Police promote 11 DCPs, 3,201 ASPs, others

The Police Service Commission (PSC) in Abuja on Thursday approved the promotion of 11 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the substantive ...

Gov. Amosun wades into Customs/Rice Sellers’ rift

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has promised to intervene in the rift between men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) and rice s...

Naira appreciates further at parallel market

The Naira on Thursday consolidated its gains against the dollar at the parallel market, few days after the CBN announced a new forex pol...

Premier League champions Leicester sack Ranieri

Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as manager of Leicester City just months after leading the club to a remarkable Premier League title tri...

Osinbajo pays inspection visit to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday paid an unscheduled inspection visit to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. ...

World donors gather in Oslo to tackle Nigeria famine

UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threate...

I’m staying at United says Rooney

Wayne Rooney said Thursday he was staying with Manchester United following persistent speculation he could make a lucrative move to the ...

Bashir orders full aid access to South Sudan famine areas

President Omar al-Bashir has ordered Sudanese authorities to assist the delivery of international humanitarian aid to famine-hit South S...

Nigeria plans Africa’s first sovereign green bond

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said that the Federal Government was making arrangements to inaugurate the first Afric...

Court to hear Ozekhome’s suit to unfreeze N75m legal fees from Fayose

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday fixed March 2 for the hearing of a suit filed by a human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (S...

Ex-IMF chief Rato handed 4.5 years in jail for embezzlement

Former IMF chief, ex Spanish Economy Minister and former president of Caja Madrid, Rodrigo Rato and also former president of Caja Madrid, ...

Metuh asks Abang to disqualify self from trial as court declines to summon Dasuki

The former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisah Metuh on Thursday asked Justice Okon Abang of t...

Cazorla set to miss rest of season

Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla’s recovery from ankle surgery could see the Spain international ruled out of the rest of the English sea...

Commuters appeal to Lagos over BRT, LAGBUS fares hike

Some commuters in Lagos State have appealed to the state government to reconsider its plan to increase the bus fares of Bus Rapid Transp...

South Africa struggles to quell xenophobic violence

The South African government on Thursday called for calm after a wave of xenophobic violence in which dozens of shops and houses owned by...

Army jails soldier for battering actress

The Nigerian Army has sentenced one Sulaiman Olamilekun, a soldier to 28 days imprisonment with hard labour for battering Nollywood Actr...