Author: Lanre Babalola
Don’t hoard petrol, we have plenty in stock – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has warned petroleum products consumers across the country against mishandling of products as dry…
Institute of Town Planners postpones conference to Nov. 19
The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners has postponed its National Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) slated for October 29…
Global Fund announces $660m grant for Nigeria
The Global Fund, an International Financing Organisation, has announced an additional humanitarian grant of 660 million dollars to tackle HIV/AIDS,…
Kaduna Govt relaxes curfew
Kaduna State Government has announced a relaxation of the 24-hour curfew it imposed on Kaduna metropolis with effect from Thursday.…
6 persons burnt to death on Sagamu/Benin Expressway
No fewer than six persons were on Wednesday reportedly burnt to death in a multiple accident involving a container laden…
FEC approves N8.73trn 2019 budget proposal
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a budgetary proposal of N8.73 trillion for 2019 fiscal year, N400 billion…
Restructuring and Enhanced Subnational Accountability Mechanisms
By Eze Onyekpere The debate on restructuring Nigeria along the path of a weaker and leaner federal government and more…
Nigeria’s Underbelly of Violence
Last week, in Kaduna, communal clashes claimed about 55 lives in Kajuru Local Government Area, leading to the intervention of…
Yusuf: The Insolent Child of Impunity
By Louis Odion Those tempted to view corruption only in materialist terms, overlooking the abstract subversion of norms and values,…
No burial yet for dead suspected cultists
Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Lagos State Police Command has warned trouble makers in Bariga, Shomolu and Onipanu areas to stay off…
Meghan Markle rushed out of Fiji market
Meghan Markle’s only solo engagement during her royal tour of Oceania with Prince Harry was cut short this morning when…
Social Investment Programme: 2 nabbed for extorting N40,000 each from Nigerians
The National Social Investment Programme says two fraudsters have been arrested and handed over to the Department of State Security…
Watch the Hit Series, Empire, Plus Other Exciting Shows this GOtv Open Week
GOtv Plus customers are still in for a treat during this Open Week; a celebratory gift for active GOtv Plus…
AAAN Cocktail For Women In Advertising To Hold On Thursday
The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) and the Committee on Women In Advertising will hold its maiden edition…
$4m attempted fraud: Foreigners reveal how Obasanjo’s in-law allegedly forged documents
Two foreigners — Mr Paul Piche, a Norwegian and Ms Charlene Cross, a Briton, revealed how Mr John Abebe, the…
Britain briefs Nigeria on IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s movement
British authorities have briefed the Nigerian government about the temporary travel document they are about to issue to Nnamdi Kanu,…
SERAP gets court order to compel Fashola explain N900bn spent on power privatisation
Nigerians keen on knowing why the power sector reforms in the country have not yielded any tangible result and why…
Governor Tambuwal says National Assembly needs more money
Amid criticisms and call for slashing of its funds, the governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has called for more…
Oshiohmole dismisses reports on APC Governors’ gang-up against him
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, on Monday dismissed as untrue the reported gang-up…
SARS Reforms panel to hear 27 complaints, begins sitting
The Presidential Panel on the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) Reforms for the North Central Zone has received 27 complaints…
Kaduna crises: Rumour mongering causing more deaths than guns in Kaduna – Bishop
Most Rev. Mathew Ndagoso, the Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna, on Monday appealed to people of Kaduna State to shun rumour…
Normalcy returns to Kaduna, GOC tours communities
Normalcy has returned to Kaduna metropolis following Sunday’s fracas, in which 23 people died and 17 were injured. This much…
N-Power graduates to receive stipends beyond Dec. 2018
The Federal Government has decided to continue paying the stipends of the N-Power 2016 Batch 1 beneficiaries beyond the expiry…
Kaduna curfew: Trapped journalists, civil servants recount ordeal
Journalists and civil servants, trapped by the imposition of an emergency 24-hour curfew by the Kaduna state government on Sunday,…
Gov El-Rufai promises to review curfew tomorrow
The 24-hour curfew slammed on Kaduna metropolis will be reviewed on Tuesday, in view of the return of normalcy, Governor…
Governor Amosun fingers Tinubu, Osoba as brains behind Dapo Abiodun
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has accused chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Aremo…
Supreme Court nullifies Rivers APC congresses
The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, which vacated a…
Nigerian Govt visa-on-arrival policy boosts tourism
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government’s Visa-On-Arrival Policy has started yielding fruits,…
85-year-old Biya wins Cameroon’s presidential election again
Eighty-five-year-old Paul Biya has been declared winner of the October 7 presidential election by the Cameroon’s Constitutional Council. Biya won…
Photo News: Defiant Fayose appears in court in high spirit
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose this morning arrived the Federal High Court in Lagos in high spirit. He…