A country’s military power is one critical index of the level of respect it enjoys in the comity of nations. Our military under former President Goodluck Jonathan as the Commander-in-Chief were easily dismissed by […]
A Saudi Arabian Airlines co-pilot found himself in an unenviable position earlier this week, having to land a passenger jet single-handed after his captain died moments before arrival in Riyadh.
Down the years, professional footballers have blamed a lacklustre performance on many things. Famous explanations have included the ball being too bouncy (Newcastle United); the pitch being too small (Tottenham Hotspur); and the team being […]
With a staff strength of 317,000 to a total area of 923,768 km2, and a population of 170 million, the Nigeria Police Force lack the numerical strength to effectively secure the country’s geographical space and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria cannot afford to sell forex to parents seeking to fund their children education abroad. Buhari said his position on the forex allocation issue followed a discovery that the […]
A 92-year-old widow living in the care of her daughter has been told she can remain in the UK after the Home Office dropped its threat of immediate removal to South Africa. Myrtle Cothill, […]
RIO DE JANEIRO — The colossal graft scandal surrounding Brazil’s national oil company engulfed the country’s most prominent political figure on Friday, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as the police raided his home […]
Nigerians are, perhaps, the most religious people in the world. But, to tell it like it is, they are very ungodly and their religious rituals are mostly shallow. They are not interested in the important […]
We need to understand that what President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement simply exposed is that there was a lack of coordination between the then candidate and now president (Buhari), and his party – All Progressives Congress […]
Teacher beheads proprietor’s granddaughter ‘Dead woman’ alive, hospitalised Police: No fresh killings, arrest now 141 The communal clash rocking the Mile 12 Market in Ketu area of Lagos, yesterday took a new dimension, with some […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji Aje Ogungunniso 1 on his coronation on Friday. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Friday by Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser […]
From Chris Wallace’s slides to Megyn Kelly’s flip-flop videos, Fox News was well-armed to take on Donald Trump on Thursday night. This time, he wouldn’t get away with vagaries about cutting waste and abuse. This […]
Republican front-runner Donald Trump moved to staunch scathing criticism of his national security views on Friday, executing an abrupt about-face by declaring that he would not order the U.S. military to violate international laws to […]
Four cattle markets in northern Nigeria, where stolen animals were allegedly being sold to finance the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, have been shut down. Insurgents are using unscrupulous middlemen to sell stolen cattle, the governor […]
Police said on Friday they were examining a knife purportedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson, the onetime football star acquitted of stabbing to death his ex-wife and her friend in the “Trial […]
A plan to block Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump struggled to gain traction on Friday as rival candidates rejected it, while Democrats reveled in the chaos they hoped would boost their chances of keeping the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Ogbonnaya Francis Nwaifuru. Mr. Nwaifuru was picked up at about 11a.m. Friday at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, […]
“Do you want me to punch you to the floor to realise I am still there?” So said Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, 92, to a TV interviewer who asked him about his retirement and who […]
Ministers have been forced to reassure consumers and business that the latest changes to the government’s flagship energy market reforms will deal with any supply problems, illustrating how desperate matters have become “Keeping the lights […]
A decent-size asteroid will zoom past Earth next week, but astronomers aren’t sure exactly when the flyby will happen, or just how close the space rock is going to get. The latest observations suggest that […]
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