Author: Lanre Babalola
Benue governor Samuel Ortom returns to PDP
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Wednesday in Markurdi formally defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples…
More defections loom in the House of Reps, says lawmaker
A House of Representatives member, Rep. Abdulrazak Atunwa, who with 36 others defected from All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday,…
APC still has majority in Senate
The All Progressives Congress(APC) Caucus of the Senate has said that the party remains in control of the Senate, even…
Oshiomhole blasts APC defectors, says they are mercenaries
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has told former members who switched to the…
Saraki ignores police invitation
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday failed to honour the invitation of the Nigeria Police Force over his…
Nigerian Govt to Online Publishers: Don’t Lend Your Platforms To Fake News
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to Online Publishers not to lend their platforms to…
Defections: APC consoles members, says it has majority in 25 states
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told its members and supporters not to be flustered by the loss of some…
APC in trouble as 33 House of Reps members defect to PDP
Thirty seven members of the House of Representatives formerly in the fold of the All Progressive Congress (APC), have dumped…
Photo News: Saraki outwits policemen blocking his residence
With a number of policemen and vehicles blocking his residence, Senate President Bukola Saraki was still able to evade police…
Saraki escapes police siege, arrives National Assembly
The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has arrived the National Assembly Complex where he is set to preside…
Political Tsunami: Kwankwaso, Gemade, 13 other Senators dump APC
A total of fifteen senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have dumped the party and defected to the opposition…
APC in Imo elects new officers as faction boycotts
The Imo chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday elected new officials to run its affairs following a court…
List of admission into JSS 1 in Govt. Colleges out
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has approved the release of admission into Junior Secondary School 1 of the…
Offa robbery: Saraki’s trouble not over, Police summon him again
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to report tomorrow to make further statement…
Fire guts Gov. Aregbesola’s office
A section of Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s office in Osun, popular known as Bola Ige House, was on Monday gutted by…
GOtv Boxing Night 15: We’ll Ensure Maximum Security, Organisers Promise
Flykite Productions, organizers of GOtv Boxing Night, have promised to provide adequate security in and around the Indoor Sports Hall…
Photo News: Joke Silva’s son weds heartthrob
The wedding of Olusoji Jacobs and Blessing Douglas was held on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at The Dome, This Present…
Bandits kill former education commissioner along Abuja-Kaduna expressway
Armed bandits have killed a former Commissioner for Education in Katsina state, Prof. Halimatu Sa’adiya Idris, along the notorious Kaduna-Abuja…
IMF boss Christine Lagarde escapes death by whiskers
The Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, escaped death by the whiskers after an American Airlines plane…
PDP holds NEC meeting
The meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the national opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will hold on Monday.
Libya stops Nigerians, other migrants from crossing to Europe
Libyan coastguard has intercepted 156 migrants, including Nigerians, in two separate incidents as they tried to reach Europe by sea,…
Amosun Tasks Advertising Practictioners On Economic Growth
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has advised advertising practitioners on ways of growing the country's economy for their benefit…
Gov. Bindow condemns report linking him with Atiku’s Rally
Governor Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa has described as “malicious and false” an online report alleging that he gave N70 million…
JAMB remits N7.8bn as examination surplus
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has remitted another N7.8 billion to the Federal Government.
Photo News: Atiku Abubakar declares for president
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has finally thrown his hat into the ring for the 2019 presidential contest under the…
Lagos police arrests 5 PDP local government chairmen for murder
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five local government chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state…
PDP resolves to change name
Suffering from corruption stigma placed on it, the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to change its name, a…
Auto crash claims 3, injures 4 in Jigawa
Three persons on Saturday were confirmed dead in an auto crash involving a commercial vehicle (Sharon) and a tractor, along…
Hajj 2018: 1st batch of Nigerian pilgrims arrive Madinah
The first batch of 445 pilgrims from Kogi on Saturday arrived in Madinah on board the inaugural flight for this…
Stop depending on social media for news about Nigeria – Minister tells Diaspora
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has admonished Nigerians in Diaspora to stop depending on Social Media…