Author: Lanre Babalola
Rocket carrying space station crew fails mid air
A booster rocket carrying a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian and U.S. astronaut on board headed for the International Space…
Nigerian troops kill 76 Boko Haram terrorists, Chad kills 48
Seventy-six Boko Haram terrorists, among others, trying to overrun Nigeria’s military formation in Metele, near Kangarwa in Borno have been…
2019 Presidential Battle: 64 reasons why Buhari should be re-elected – Aide
As the battle for the 2019 presidential election hots up, Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari's aide on social media has…
Seizure of assets: Buhari floors two lawyers
Two lawyers, Ikenga Ugochinyere and Mr. Keneth Udeze have lost their bid to challenge the Executive Order No.6 issued by…
Africa’s youngest billionaire kidnapped in Tanzania
Africa’s youngest billionaire was kidnapped on Thursday morning by gunmen in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam, officials said.
AFRIMA announces programme for GHANA 2018
The International Committee of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, and The African Union Commission, AUC, have announced the programme for…
Trump calls US Federal Reserve Bank crazy as stocks crash
It was a black Wednesday as stocks on Wall Street fell to their lowest level in 8 months and in…
UNIPORT Chemistry Dept On Fire
Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt There was pandemonium at the University of Port Harcourt early today when a popular building called…
No going back on N30,000 minimum wage – Labour
The Organised Labour has insisted that the Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage has concluded its assignment for…
Minimum wage: Nigerian Govt proposes N24,000 for workers
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Wednesday said that the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage had…
Zamfara APC has candidates: Oshiomhole replies INEC
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has replied the Independent National Electoral Commission, setting the records straight…
I can’t take it anymore, husband killer tells friend
Mrs Maureen Offor, a close friend of the female lawyer, Udeme Otike-Odibi, alleged to have murdered her husband, Symphorosa Otike-Odibi,…
Rivers APC in disarray as court nullifies nomination of guber candidate
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into confusion as a high court in Port…
GOtv Boxing Night 16: Fans Assured Of Adequate Security
GOtv Boxing Night organisers have assured fans coming to watch the 16th edition of the show of adequate security in…
INEC bans APC from fielding candidates in Zamfara
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has informed the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC that it will not be allowed…
Lagos Home and Property Festival Holds 8, 9 December
Dedeigbo Ayodeji PropertyPro.ng, an online real estate company, on Tuesday at Maison Fahrenheit Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, officially announced the…
Oyo Govt presents N1m cash to wife of late NSCDC officer
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Government has donated N1m to the family of Inspector Sunday Omikunle, an officer in the Oyo…
Gov Ajimobi grants amnesty to 15 prisoners
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has granted amnesty to 15 various offenders currently serving prison sentences at…
Trump’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley resigns
Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday as the US ambassador to the United Nations, in the latest departure from President Donald Trump’s…
The Political tail of Jagaban Bola Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political victories fit into Arnold Toynbee’s figurative description of a mighty, always-winning America, which the British…
PDP Convention: How Atiku won presidential primary
Just as you will not easily notice when he is tensed up except you study him or when he is…
Longest serving teacher, missionary in Nigeria, dies
The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi has announced the death of Reverend Father Angus Fraser, believed to be the longest serving…
2019: Atiku Vs. Buhari
By Reuben Abati There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election, with the end of the October 7…
Daddy Showkey Woos Customers for GOtv
GOtv ambassador, Daddy Showkey, was at the MultiChoice offices in Victoria Island, Surulere and Ikeja as part of the Customer…
APC mocks Saraki over crashed presidential run
The All Progressives Congress has taunted Senate President Bukola Saraki over his dismal run for the presidency of Nigeria at…
Google+ shut down after 500,000 users’ data breach
Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500,000 users…
Lawyer Otike-Odibi killed by wife found with genitals, intestines cut
Symphorosa Otike-Odibi, the 50 year-old lawyer who was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife, Udeme, also a lawyer, was…
Minimum Wage and Maximum Politics
By Owei Lakemfa The general strike on September 27 and 28 over a new national minimum wage will, going by…
There was no dollar rain during our convention – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the claims of vote-buying at its national convention as false and completely unfounded.…
Buhari set to announce new minimum wage
The Federal Government is set to announce the new minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee completes its assignment for onward…