President Muhammadu Buhari told a shocked nation today how the National Assembly mutilated and rewrote the budget proposals for 2018 as presented by the Executive last November. In a brazen usurpation of executive powers, the National Assembly slashed ...

A manuscript written almost ten years ago has been selected as the winner of the Dusty Manuscript Contest; a Prize organized for budding Nigerian writers. Written by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, the winning manuscript, titled Devil’s Pawn clinched the top prize ...

President Donald Trump backed down and abandoned on Wednesday his policy of separating immigrant children from their families on the U.S.-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage at home and abroad. Trump signed an executive ...

Here for the records is the Obafemi Awolowo University’s council decision on the audio conversation between disgraced and sacked Professor Richard Akindele and Ms. Monica Osagie. The University also announced a programme to stop the menace of sexual ...

The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife,  has dismissed Prof. Richard Akindele  who was allegedly  involved in a sex-for-marks  scandal. Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, the Vice Chancellor of OAU,  announced Akindele’s dismissal in a statement on Wednesday ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion into law after seven months of its submission to National Assembly (NASS). The President, who signed the budget on Wednesday, however, expressed concern over changes made ...

Two persons died when a truck loaded with boards and plywood tilted on the Ojuelegba Bridge, Surulere, Lagos State late on Tuesday evening. Two other persons were also injured, according to an update provided by the General Manager, Lagos ...

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has commended the federal government’s decision to shut down a neighbouring country through which rice is smuggled on a large scale into Nigeria. Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, President Rice Farmers Association of ...

The Nigerian Government says it will shut the land border between it and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and ...

Senegal have recorded the first African win at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, beating Poland 2-1 at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow. It evoked memories of their most recent World Cup campaign – their debut 16 years ...