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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the federal government will continue to release more looters list until it exhausts the names of people who allegedly stole from the nation’s treasury. In a statement by Segun Adeyemi, his…

Femi Falana, human rights activist, says the level of corruption in some banks and churches is higher than what obtains in some agencies of government. According to NAN, Falana made the remark at the 2018 edition of the Vanguard…

Manchester City have won the Premier League title after second-place Manchester United were stunned 1-0 at home by West Bromwich Albion. Pep Guardiola's side are now uncatchable at the top of the table after United's shock defeat to…

President Muhammadu Buhari says some wicked people plundered the country and “kept Nigerians poor”. According to Femi Adesina, spokesman of the president, Buhari said this in London Sunday while receiving a delegation of the Buhari…

 

N1.8 million on newspapers. N10 million for domestic trips. N1.5 million to maintain a computer — every three months. A newly-obtained National Assembly spending document cited these and nine similar expenses as leading…

A medical doctor and serving lawmaker, representing Ogun Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dr. Lanre Tejuoso, and his wife of 31 years, Moji, talk about politics, marriage and other related matters What can you…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said the contract for the award of the over $2.8bn trans-Nigeria gas pipeline project went through a bidding process that was advertised. According to the oil firm, the two consortia,…

President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the term "mission accomplished" to describe Friday's missile strike in Syria. "The Syrian raid was so perfectly carried out, with such precision, that the only way the Fake…

The All Progressives Congress  in Ogun State has said its member representing Lagos West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, had not contacted  it on his governorship ambition in the state. The state…

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a directive to the Ministry of Defence to commence the rehabilitation of military barracks nationwide under the Barracks Intervention Project. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Mrs.…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored on his first full appearance for the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday to secure a battling 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer. Ibrahimovic took his MLS goals tally to three in three games…

• Gov borrowed N56bn in four years Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday vowed to jail Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, if reelected. He spoke during the declaration of intent to contest for…

The report by the investigations conducted by the Joint Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport into the alleged revenue leakages in the import and export value chain, valued at N30tn, is due for…

The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in the South-East, Mr. Hyacinth Ngwu, has said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s reconciliation panel saved the party from imminent trouble by halting the process of extending the Chief John…

Nigerian singer Vast, who is a member of the popular music group, Bracket, has thrown a surprise birthday party for his girlfriend in London, United Kingdom. The lady identified as Jennifer Oguzie was left in total amazement as…

A pastor identified as Victor Tobore has been arrested for fraud bothering on the alleged diversion of teachers’ cooperative fund in the tune of N5million. The fund was diverted into his church account. Victor was arrested by the police…

The Presidency has disowned a journalist, Ahmed Salkida, who claimed in his tweets yesterday that only 15 out of the remaining 113 Chibok schoolgirls, believed to be with their Boko Haram abductors, are alive. The Senior Special…

With 2019 around the corner, it will be open season soon enough with political parties bearing their fangs. It will also be the season of the money bags as money, yet again, will play a prominent role in determining who is…

President Muhammadu Buhari is now set for re-election, having parted ways with fellow ex-generals Olusegun Obasanjo, TY Danjuma, and others who strongly opposed the return bid of then-president Goodluck Jonathan. Many of those who…

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, speaks to TOBI AWORINDE on the socio-economic situation in the North, President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance and the forthcoming 2019 elections You were one of those who…

The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) have announced the nominees for the 2017/2018 Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year. For Player of The Year, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Liverpool winger, Mohammed…

Nigeria registered its name at the podium of XXI Commonwealth Games by winning silver and bronze in women’s 4X100m and 4X400m relays at Carrara Stadium on Saturday. In the 4×400 metres, Nigeria finished second with a time of 3:25.29…

Some officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service have been captured on camera brutalising a man in Edo State. In the video, which was published by ITV.NG, a Prisons official was seen slapping the man while a woman, believed to be his…