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FG Financial Transparency: Assent to Audut Service Bill, CSOs pressure Tinubu

…Say assent ’ll build public confidence in fiscal reforms Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief A group of seven Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have commenced a cam...

Ondo APC Primary: thugs attack Senator Adegbonmire at polling unit

—Gunshots, panic as armed men disrupt primaries By Dayo Johnson Akure Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire, SAN, representing Ondo Central, narrowly escaped harm a...

10 footballers who nearly quit before playing at the World Cup

For millions of footballers around the world, appearing at the FIFA World Cup is the ultimate dream. But for some stars, that dream almost never happened. Long...

Ondo APC Primaries: 6 Reps incumbents lose tickets as disqualified candidates’ votes voided

— Adefarati, Makinde, Ehindero win return tickets By Dayo Johnson, Akure Only three of the nine serving All Progressives Congress members of the House of...

Signs of ‘feeding’ ritual at dingo burial site shed new light on bond between First Nations people a...

Never documented archaeologically before, evidence points to First Nations people caring for and nursing the animalGet our breaking news email, free app or dail...

Oyo: When children are hunted in classrooms, silence becomes complicity — CAN

By Luminous Jannamike The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the abduction of schoolchildren, teachers and school officials during coordinated...

Senatorial primaries: APC bars Ben Murray-Bruce, Jack-Rich, 45 others

By Omeiza Ajayi No fewer than 47 senatorial aspirants have been disqualified from participating in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senate primary elections,...

Celebrities call for permanent end to gnome ban at Chelsea flower show

Bill Bailey and Alan Titchmarsh paint gnomes for king’s garden at event in one-off to raise funds for RHS campaignGarden gnomes should make a permanent return t...

Man charged with murder after woman and two children found dead inside Sydney home

NSW police called to home in Campbelltown where they arrested a man, aged 47A man has been charged with murder after the bodies of a woman and two children were...

Fuel subsidy savings insufficient for Nigeria’s annual infrastructure deficit – IMPI

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Independent Media and Policy Initiative, IMPI, is of the view that funds saved from the removal of fuel subsidy annually are not eno...

AFRICOM releases video of strikes that killed over 20 ISIS fighters in Nigeria

U.S. Africa Command released footage of recent airstrikes in Nigeria that killed over 20 ISIS militants, an operation aimed at weakening the terror group. Read...

Oyetola flags off PMAWCA meeting in Lagos

…as Dantsoho announces $27bn Port projects in West, Central Africa By Efe Onodjae The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, on Monday, fl...

England call up ex-'Baby Bok' Janse van Rensburg

Former South Africa Under-20 centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg could make his England debut this summer.

South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses

A lens the size of a thumbnail — and the South Korean startup that makes it could become the optical backbone of the AI glasses era.

Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of House seats – US po...

GOP to target seat held by Jim Clyburn, the only Democrat among the state’s seven representatives in the HouseSign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and we...

AFC enters African VC with $40 million backing for Future Africa, Lightrock

Africa Finance Corporation, the development bank with over $19 billion in total assets, has committed $40 million to Future Africa, an early-stage venture capit...

Twins wow Cannes with ‘mesmeric’ tale of Nigeria’s rich

The Lagos of Arie and Chuko Esiri’s Cannes Film Festival hit “Clarissa” is not one that has ever been seen on the big screen. The lives, loves...

Don’t ‘abduct’ El-Rufai from court, Timi Frank warns

By Omeiza Ajayi Former spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank, has cautioned against an alleged plot by some intelligence operative...

5 . 2 - magnitude quake kills two in south China

Nigeria, US forces killled over 20 ISWAP fighters in fresh operation -DHQ

Nigerian troops and the US Africa Command killed over 20 ISWAP fighters in coordinated air strikes in North-East Nigeria, the Defence Headquarters reports. Read...