Author: Lanre Babalola
Ronaldo avoids jail, to pay $22m to Spanish taxman
Spanish tax authorities have conceded that football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo should pay close to 19 million euros ($22 million) to…
Gov Okorocha offers N20m bounty to fish out killer of APC chairman
The sum of N20 million has been staked as reward for anyone with information concerning the killer of Ideato North…
World witnesses longest Eclipse of the moon, spectacle in Abuja
The longest “blood moon” eclipse this century began on Friday, coinciding with Mars’ closest approach in 15 years to treat…
Igbinedion’s son-in-law on trial in US for fraud
A day after a Nigerian-American Osmond Eweka, son-in-law of Bright Igbinedion, was charged with fraud in New York, another Nigerian,…
Photo News: Isalu Hospitals marks World Hepatitis Day
A private hospital based at Ogba, Isalu Hospitals on Friday marked the World Hepatitis Day with a free screening for…
AAAN President Outlines Direction Under New Leadership
Mr. Ikechi Odigbo, new President of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN), has outlined the new direction for…
Ibadan Agog For GOtv Boxing Night 15
Boxing fans in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, have expressed excitement over GOtv Boxing Night 15 holding on Sunday at…
Alliance Française de Lagos hosts photography exhibition
Alliance Française de Lagos on Thursday launched ‘Music’ a collective photography exhibition at their branch office in Yaba, Lagos, Southwest…
Hashidu, first civilian governor of Gombe, is dead
The first civilian governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Abubakar Hashidu passed away on Friday at the age of 74.
Offa robbery: Saraki surrenders to police, makes ‘cautionary statement’
Senate President Bukola Saraki has now made a statement to the police, in respect of the investigation into the multiple…
United Nations running out of cash
The United Nations is running out of cash, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned, saying the cash crunch is the worst…
Saraki, Dogara must go now, APC lawmakers insist
A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s deputy publicity secretary have offered a friendly advice…
Why we deployed policemen to Ekiti Assembly – PPRO
The Ekiti Police Command on Thursday said it deployed its personnel to the state House of Assembly to prevent a…
We have not received report on Melaye’s abduction – Police
The Nigeria Police Force says it has not received any complaint or report on the purported kidnapping of Sen. Dino…
5-year old Nigerian, Jare, is ‘world’s most beautiful girl’
Angelic five-year-old Jare from Nigeria has been dubbed the world’s “most beautiful girl” as snaps of her sent the social…
Gunmen kidnap catholic priest in Kogi
The parish priest of St. Michael Catholic Church , Obajana, Kogi, Rev. Fr. Leo Michael, has been kidnapped by unknown…
GOtv Boxing Night 15: Boxers Talk Tough
Boxers billed to fight in the 15th edition of GOtv Boxing Night holding at the Indoor Sports Hall of the…
No cause for alarm in Kwara APC – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has called on the people of Kwara State to remain calm in…
Gunmen kidnap Senator Dino Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
2 sentenced to death for killing priest in Makurdi
The Makurdi High Court has sentenced two persons to death for kidnapping and killing a former Vicar-General of Otukpo Catholic…
Senator Ademola Adeleke does not have primary school certificate – PDP Members
The Osun PDP’s governorship candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has been dragged to court by some aggrieved members of the party…
Feet ‘n’ Tricks announces hosting of first ever Africa freestyle football championship
Feet 'n' Tricks International in partnership with the World Freestyle Football Association (WFFA) has announced hosting of debut Africa Freestyle…
Defections: 2 senators backtrack, meet Buhari in Aso Rock
Senators Lanre Tejuoso (Ogun Central) and Adesoji Akanbi from Oyo South who were reported to have joined the Peoples Democratic…
75 Nigerian football fans disappear in Russia after World Cup
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said 75 out of 230 stranded Nigerian Football fans vanished in Russia after the 2018…
APC expresses shock over Gov. Ortom’s defection to PDP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the defection of the Benue State Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom to the Peoples’…
Nigerian Govt bought 18 new aircraft in 3 years — Chief of Air Staff
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar, on Wednesday, said that the Federal Government bought 18 new aircraft…
Unemployment: NNPC pledges more than 5 million jobs with biofuels soon
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Wednesday pledged that more than five million jobs would soon be created to…
Buhari moves to avert more defections, meets senators at Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight meet with members of Parliamentary Support Group of the Upper Chamber Chapter at the Presidential…
Ajimobi, Alaafin, Others To Grace GOtv Boxing Night 15
Governor Isiaka Ajibola Ajimobi of Oyo State and the Alaafin Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, are among dignitaries expected to…
GOtv Boxing Night star, Skoro To Fight For IBF Title In South Africa
GOtv Boxing Night star and African Boxing Union featherweight title champion, Waidi “Skoro” Usman of Nigeria, will on Sunday seek…