Nigerian News

By Dare Babarinsa On July 7, 1998, they brought Chief Moshood Abiola home in a body bag.  That was not what we expected, but that was what we got.  They...

For the first time in Nigeria, an online biographical databank has been established to chronicle the work of scholars, researchers, government officials, historians, diplomats and top players in the private...

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, directed the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to reopen investigation into the unresolved murder of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday raised the alarm that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration  was plotting to slam false charges on him through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

There are around 1.1 billion smokers in the world today, the same number as at the turn of the century, according to latest data from the World Health Organisation. WHO’s ‘Global...

The Chairman, PUNCH Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbadebowale Wayne  Aboderin, is dead. He died on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 6.05am after a heart surgery at the First Cardiology Consultants, Ikoyi,...

A 54-year-old man, Abayomi Adewunmi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly forging the licence of a Lagos-based firm, Nucleus Ventures Limited, to import four vehicles into Nigeria. The...

Airline Operators of Nigeria, the umbrella body of airlines in the country, has said its members will no longer pay Value Added Tax with effect from June 14. The group...

There was tension in Enugu and other major cities in the South-East on Monday over the planned celebration of the Biafra Day on Wednesday (tomorrow). One of our correspondents in...

The House of Representatives has said that a clean copy of the 2018 budget will be on the table of President Muhammadu Buhari within one week from the date of...