VICE President, Yemi Osinbajo has clarified that the controversial $1 billion originally approved by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) at Thursday’s meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting was not meant...

The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday dismissed the speech by the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, while welcoming former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala and other defectors to the party on Saturday,...

For those who knew him back then in Unilag and those that knew him back then on the street, as a form of encouragement, the House of Representatives leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has presented a car to a physically challenged (crippled) beggar turned...

The President’s and the Vice-President’s pay is low, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday. He criticised the private sector for not respecting the national minimum wage law, which puts the lowest pay at N18,000. Speaking at the end-of-year seminar...

A lawmaker and three-time cabinet member under Italy’s Former Prime Minister Silvio Berusconi, Mr Altero Matteoli, died on Monday in a road accident, Italian Senate Spokesperson confirmed. The spokesperson said 77-year-old Matteoli died after the car...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday cancelled his planned trip to Niger Republic. His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had announced on Sunday that Buhari would join some worlds leaders for the 59th Proclamation of Republic...

The Department of Petroleum Resources said it has sealed 16 filling stations for selling petrol above N145 per litre pump price. The Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Tamunoiminabo Sundaye, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...

The Kano State Government said on Monday that it had destroyed illicit drugs worth N4.1 billion confiscated in the state this year. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje who revealed this at the Senate Roundtable on Drug Abuse Epidemic held in Kano, said this was part...

From fuel scarcity to secured scarce roads, the ugly norms in our clime during yelutide and other festive periods have again come to fore. These do not only shatter smooth movement of commuters, they are feel-bad factors that should not ensue in an organized...

A woman in the United States has been mauled to death by her own pitbulls in an “absolutely grisly” attack. Bethany Lynn Stephens, 22, was found by her father who went looking for her in a wooded area where she often walked the dogs in Goochland, Virginia....

Football legend, Henry Thiery, who is popularly referred to as ‘Igwe’ by Arsenal fans, was on Sunday crowned ‘Igwe of football.’ The Arsenal legend was unravelled as the ambassador for Guinness ‘Made of Black’ campaign held at the Landmark Event Centre,...

The timely intervention of some elders in Umuduru Village, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State has saved a man and woman from being lynched for openly having sex during a funeral in the community. It was gathered that the woman and the man had...

Governor Rochas Okorocha showed that he's a spiritual man as he prayed for a couple who visited him at the government house in Owerri, Imo state capital. The governor who laid his hand on the lady - prayed for her and her husband who knelt down as others...

Ex-Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja has declared that the defection of Chief Adebayo Alao Akala; former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin; former Deputy Governor, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja and a former Secretary to the State Government,...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has come out with the debt profile of Ekiti State within the three years of Governor Ayo Fayose in power. According to DMO, Fayose has borrowed a total sum of N56 billion since coming to power on October 16, 2014. In its...

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after participating at the One Planet summit in Paris, France. It was reported that, the president’s aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, at about 4.35 p.m. where he...

A former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, has expressed doubt over chances of his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), winning the upcoming 2019 Presidential Election. He said that noted that if APC fails to do its homework, many of its leaders...

Former President of the Senate, David Mark, has reacted by denying contact with N2bn from the Peoples Democratic Party through a National Assembly account for distribution to senators. Mark, in a statement on Sunday by his Media Assistant, Paul Mumeh,...

A British diplomat who worked at the UK embassy in Beirut has been found dead. The body of Rebecca Dykes was reportedly found on the side of a motorway in the early hours of Saturday morning. The circumstances surrounding her death were unclear, but local...

The emerging online newspaper and blog, flashme, conducted an online interview yesterday (16 December, 2017), via Skype and Whatsapp pages, with the view of recruiting officials into the media and publicity agency of the organization. The publicity of...

Caged in a condition with people of unpatriotic attitudinal dispositions, badged with injustice at heart, unreliable, lack of national commitment and lopsided trust, it is important we take an overview of this social malaise with the view of correcting...

Former Brazilian World Cup champion Kaka announced his retirement as a player Sunday, suggesting that a management career at his old club AC Milan could be on the cards. “I am preparing to continue in football and to have a different role, but I will...

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Aliyu Mohammadu, for allegedly cutting off his cousin’s manhood. It was learnt that Mohammadu, from Babana Borgu, in New Bussa Local Government Area of Niger State, allegedly attacked his...

Liverpool coast to victory on Sunday, defeating Bournemouth 0 - 4. The three points garnered moves Liverpool back into the top four, while Bournemouth’s 10th defeat of the season leaves them still just one point above the relegation zone. Liverpool were...

A bus driver identified as Ifeanyi was on Sunday killed on the Third Mainland Bridge after his vehicle colluded with a Toyota Camry saloon car. It was gathered that the Camry marked FKJ441CN, which was heading to Obalende, had a break failure, rammed...