Author: Lanre Babalola
Coalition endorses Atiku for president
The South-South Community Association of Nigeria (SOSCAN) has agreed to float a common campaign strategy to assist the PDP presidential…
First Bank partners CFA Society for Ethics Challenge
As a way of demonstrating its commitment to ethics, professional excellence, capacity building and inclusive growth of Nigerians, First Bank…
Ogun councilors deny support for Dapo Abiodun
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Elected councilors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in all the 20 local government areas…
Police suspend ‘Operation Restore Sanity On Lagos Roads’
Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Lagos State Police Command has suspended the ongoing ‘operation restore sanity on Lagos roads or velvet’, for…
40,000 Ebonyi traders get N10,000 each trader moni
No fewer than 40,000 petty traders in Ebonyi are to receive N10, 000 soft loan each under the Federal Government…
Mice vaccine: New hope for secondary stroke victims
Japanese researchers have tested a vaccine in mice that may protect people who had a stroke against blood clots for…
2019: PDP on the rampage, Presidency alerts
The Presidency warned Monday that the Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP) facing an imminent defeat in the February polls, has embarked on…
Real Madrid sack coach Lopetegui
Real Madrid have given their coach Julen Lopetegui the boot, less than five months after he was hired to replace…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel to step down
Angela Merkel has announced she will quit as German chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021. Merkel’s decision may not…
Voice of the Masses backs Buhari for second term
An advocacy group, Voice of the Masses and Support for Credible Leaders has thrown its weight behind the second term…
Air pollution kills 600,000 children annually – WHO
Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the…
Police launch ‘Operation Restore Sanity On Lagos Roads’
Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Lagos State Police Command has launched a joint operation with other sister agencies to tackle the upsurge…
Gabon President Ali Bongo hospitalised
President Ali Bongo of Gabon has been taken into medical care after suffering a bout of exhaustion during a trip…
IBM to acquire software firm Red Hat for $34b
IBM Corp said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire U.S. software company Red Hat Inc for $34 billion, including…
Watch video of soldiers firing live bullets at Shiites members in Abuja
Members of the Shiites group on Sunday clashed with soldiers in Abuja. Nigerian Army also confirmed the clash, saying three…
Bunkering: Navy denies involvement in alleged bribery scandal
The Nigerian Navy has denied the latest allegations that some of its personnel collected huge sums of bribes from illegal…
2,500 people to receive free health services in Oyo
The Oyo State Government, in collaboration with Access to Basic (Medical) Care Foundation (ABC) and Jesus House Mission, UK, has…
NAF, Nigerien Air Force repel Boko Haram attack at Gashigar
The Nigerian Air Force, working in concert with the Nigerien Air Force provided support for Nigerian ground forces at the…
Exhibitors protest early closure of Jos Trade Fair
Exhibitors at the ongoing Jos Trade Fair on Sunday protested against the early closure of the event, and demanded for…
Kaduna Crisis: Govt relaxes curfew again
The Kaduna State Government has relaxed the curfew in Kaduna metropolis and environs after considerable peace has returned to the…
Obasanjo visits A’Ibom, seeks support for Gov. Emmanuel
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday worshipped with Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom at Qua Iboe Church, Uyo,…
Ethiopia now to give all Africans visas on arrival
Ethiopia is to issue visa on arrival to all Africans starting Nov. 9, according to Fitsum Arega, chief of staff…
Sand miners fault Edo govt over closure of burrow pits
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Licensed sand burrow pit owners in Edo State have protested the closure of their sites by the State…
Lagos gridlocks worry government
Worried by the continued traffic gridlock in Lagos, the federal government has challenged Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Nigeria…
Osinbajo visits Olubadan
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has paid a courtesy visit to The Olubadan of Ibadan Land, H.I.M Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji…
Women Advised On How To Grow Professionally
Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria, Mr. John Ugbe, and Chairman of The Punch Newspapers, Mrs. Angela Emuwa, have advised women on…
Trump, Clinton, Obama condemn deadly attack on Pittsburgh synagogue
U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Vice-President Mike Pence have strongly condemned the shooting on Saturday inside…
Buhari group mocks PDP over airport project
The Buhari Media Organization (BMO) is mocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for claiming that former President Goodluck Jonathan…
I am an active practitioner of restructuring – Osinbajo
“I am an active practitioner of restructuring, and I have gone to the Supreme Court 12 times to test restructuring,”…
U.S. trains 187 Nigerian students on robotics
The United States Consulate General Lagos, in collaboration with RoboRAVE International, a U.S.-based robotics education academy, trained 187 Nigerian students…