France’s rightwing Republicans party on Tuesday confirmed it had expelled Prime Minister Edouard Philippe after he jumped ship to join President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist government. The opposition party said in a statement that two other members of the government, public accounts minister Gerald Darmanin and junior environment minister Sebastien Lecornu, had also been expelled. Two […]

Several people were injured in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday, US media reported after police confirmed that they were responding to reports of shots fired. Police said they had mobilized to the scene in Lower Manhattan and that one person was in custody, giving no further details. The incident happened in the area of Chambers and […]

No fewer than 600 youths will be trained on employability skills during the Edo Jobs 2017 summit holding from October 31 to November 8 in Benin City, the Edo State capital.

THE leadership of the National Assembly led by the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara currently have dinner with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

AWKA, the Anambra State capital will play  host to Nollywood stars and film makers on Friday, November 3, as they storm the state for the official premiere of actress cum producer, Chioma Okoye’s  latest Igbo drama series titled, “Anyanwu Ututu.”

POPULAR Nollywood actresses and actors, including Omotola jalade-Ekeinede, Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic, Omoni Oboli, Ramsey Nouah, Stephanie Okereke-Linus, among others, were conspiciously missing at the opening ceremony of this year’s Africa International Film Festival, AFRIFF, which held Sunday night, at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, The Palms, Lekki, Lagos. Despite their absence, however, the event was no less a gathering of the best of African and indeed, world film makers and stars.

THOUGH it started off on a tentative note, 15 years on, Atunda Entertainment, has become a household name in the entertainment world. The outfit, in the past 15 years has remained focused on hunting and grooming young talents to stardom.

Below is the Nigerian Senate’s proceedings ofTuesday 31st October, 2017.

The governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El Rufai has vowed that no amount of threat from labour union would make his government back down from sacking the 22,000 teachers who failed competence tests and replace them with 25,000 new qualified ones.

PERSONAL Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie has alleged that members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have infiltrated the presidency, the judiciary and the National Assembly and have become a bad influence to the government.