Author: Lanre Babalola
Buhari orders immediate evacuation of late ambassador’s corpse
President Muhammadu Buhari commiserated with the family, government and people of Edo over the death of Ambassador Queen Worlu, Nigerian…
SON seals 21 warehouses with substandard textiles in Kano
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has sealed 21 warehouses in Kano, which housed fake and substandard textiles.
Buhari to discuss killing of Nigerians with visiting South African president
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama says issue of security of Nigerians living in South Africa will be part of discussion…
Cristiano Ronaldo off to Juventus
Real Madrid on Tuesday announced the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to Italy’s Juventus, with the Portuguese superstar saying the time…
APC Mega Rally: Fayose commends Ekiti people for staying indoors
Lanre Babalola Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has commended the people of the state for heeding his directive to…
Man arrainged for impersonating BEDC staff
The police in Benin, Edo State, have arrainged a 34-year-old man, Ikechukwu Sunday, before an Evboriaria Special Grade Court, for…
PDP stole all Nigeria’s money – Tinubu
Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
El-Zakzaky’s trial: Police ban processions in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has announced total ban on all processions ahead of the trial of Shia leader, Ibrahim…
GOtv Boxing Night Returns To Ibadan With Joe Boy, Fijabi, Others
Reigning African Boxing Union (ABU) lightweight champion, Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph of Nigeria, will defend his title on 29 July…
Gov Fayose is a typical armed robber – Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has described Ekiti governor Ayo Fayose as a…
Coalition of opposition parties will end Buhari’s regime in 2019 – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amongst the various opposition parties will end…
Jeremy Hunt is new British foreign minister
British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Jeremy Hunt as foreign minister on Monday after predecessor Boris Johnson resigned in protest…
Ekiti election is do-or-die for APC: Buhari, Tinubu, others storm state
Ekiti state, where a crucial governorship election will take place on Saturday was teeming with many big guns of the…
President Buhari inaugurates Abuja light rail Thursday
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to inaugurate the recently completed first Phase of the Abuja Light Rail Project on Thursday,…
Italian Serie A Returns On DStv, Debuts On GOtv
One of Europe’s most prestigious football leagues, the Italian Serie A, will have its games return for live broadcast by…
DisCos must stop estimated billing, Fashola insists
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to…
Ekiti election is priority: IG pays allowances of participating policemen
The Nigeria Police has begun the disbursement of the allowances of all the policemen participating in Saturday's governorship election in…
President Buhari hails Thailand cave rescue
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday commended the Government of Thailand and international volunteers in the current efforts to rescue 12…
Pop star Justin Bieber engaged to Hailey Baldwin
Justin Bieber, the 24 year-old pop star is engaged to model Hailey Baldwin, multiple entertainment news outlets and the UPI…
Police arrest village head, 4 suspects for abducting 19 ExxonMobil workers
The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a Village head and four suspects for allegedly abducting…
Fire guts NNPC Depot in Minna
Fire gutted a section of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Pogo village, Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger…
Helicopter crash: How pilot saved lives
It appeared experience counted when a pilot saved lives by crashing a medical helicopter in a grassy area on the…
Bribery: FIFA disgraces Kenyan referee, bans him for life
A Kenyan referee who had been due to officiate at the ongoing World Cup in Russia has been handed a…
Nigerian embassy in South Africa angry as gunman kills another Igbo
The Nigeria Mission in South Africa has condemned the killing of another Nigerian, Mr Ozumba Tochukwu-Lawrence, by a gunman in…
MultiChoice May Reduce GOtv Subscription
MultiChoice Nigeria, the country’s leading pay television company, may soon review subscriptions on some bouquets on its GOtv platform.
Thai rescue: Divers start mission to free boys trapped in cave
The perilous mission to evacuate 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach trapped deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand…
Sunday’s Delight: 2Face’s Baby Mama delivers baby for pastor hubby
2face's Babymama, Sunmbo Adeoye and her Pastor hubby, David Adeoye, welcome their first child in the United States of America…
Spain now EU’s weakest link for Africa migration
Spain has become the new main entry point for asylum-seekers fleeing Africa, an influx that European Union officials fear could…
46 years after: Gowon defends Udoji award again
Forty-six years after, Dr Yakubu Gowon, former military Head of State, has again defended the Udoji award to civil servants…
Facebook boss Zuckerberg now world’s third richest man
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the third richest man in the world, overtaking Warren Buffett on Bloomberg’s list of…