Author: Lanre Babalola
UN says 815 million people hungry all over the world
No fewer than 815 million people are hungry in the world, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report 2018 has revealed.
We can’t watch World Cup due to poor power supply – Nigerians
Some residents in New Nyanya and Mararaba in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, have appealed to Abuja Electricity…
FIFA fines Mexico, Serbia over fans’ misbehaviour
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed a 10,000 Swiss Francs sanction on the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) for the misconduct…
2 female bombers die at a military mammy market in Maiduguri
The Borno Command of the Nigerian Police Force said two female Boko Haram bombers died on Wednesday night while attempting…
I will make Buhari, govs bow before party if elected APC national chairman- Oshiomhole
Former Edo Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that he will ensure party supremacy if elected as the national chairman of…
2019: Agbakoba’s NIM collapses into political party
The Nigerian Intervention Movement (NIM), on Wednesday adopted Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) as the political party to contest the…
Ronaldo now Europe’s leading scorer
Cristiano Ronaldo became Europe’s all-time leading international scorer with 85 goals when he headed in Portugal’s opening strike in their…
World Cup: Nigerian Asylum seekers, others enter Finland illegally from Russia
Five persons have entered Finland illegally with the help of soccer World Cup fan identity documents and subsequently applied for…
How Saraki, Dogara destroyed 2018 budget – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari told a shocked nation today how the National Assembly mutilated and rewrote the budget proposals for 2018…
Trump bows to pressure, ends migrant family separation
President Donald Trump backed down and abandoned on Wednesday his policy of separating immigrant children from their families on the…
ISIS fighters not in Nigeria – Defence Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters has said that there was no concrete evidence to support the claim that the Islamic State –…
Phone dealer dies after hot chase by FSARS
A member of the Mobile Phone Dealers and Technician Association of Nigeria in Abeokuta, Ogun State has died after a…
EFCC slams ex-Gov Dakingari with 15-Count Criminal Charge
After eluding operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for over one month, former governor of Kebbi State,…
N24bn Police Pension Fraud: Court Overrules Defence, Admits Suspect’s Statements
The trial-within-trial of Veronica Onyegbula, who is standing trial along with a former director at the Police Pension Office, Esai…
Absence of Defendants Stalls Arraignment of Ex-Gov Dakingari for N700m Fraud
The arraignment of a former governor of Kebbi State, Usman Saidu Dakingari alongside three others before a Federal High Court…
Nestlé’s Maggi promotes healthy cooking with Yelo Pѐppѐ
Nestlé’s MAGGI brand is celebrating contemporary African cuisine and promoting healthy lifestyles with a unique online nutrition education series called…
Migration: New York to sue Trump administration for family separations
New York intends to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over family separations at the border, Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
U.S. quits U.N. Human Rights Council
The United States announced its withdrawal from the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday, accusing it of being anti-Israel.
2 dead as wooden boards fall off Ojuelegba bridge
Two people have been confirmed dead at Ojuelegba, Lagos when a truck carrying wooden boards crashed against the railings of…
Judge’s Death Stalls Case Against Newspaper
High Court Judges in Edo State were Tuesday thrown into mourning, following the death of their colleague, Justice Timothy Ukpebor…
Alleged N2bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Oronsaye’s Case to June 27
A Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole, has adjourned the case of a former Head of…
Rice farmers support closure of border
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has commended the federal government’s decision to shut down a neighbouring country's border…
EFCC Arrests Operator of Fake Degree- Awarding College
Operatives of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, have arrested a fake school operator allegedly…
Electoral commissioner complains over uncollected 73, 109 PVCs in Edo
Newly deployed Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Edo State, Mr. Emmanuel Alex-Hart, has disclosed…
Gas supply: NNPC restores ruptured pipeline
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Tuesday in Lagos said gas supply to generating stations had built up gradually…
God will help us defeat Buhari in 2019, Obasanjo prophesies
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo is determined to confine the Muhammadu Buhari administration into the dustbin of history, come 2019.
Controversial US rapper XXXTentacion shot dead
A successful US rapper who attracted controversy after multiple accusations of domestic violence has been shot dead in Florida.
Boko Haram terrorists mark eid-el-fitri in Sambisa Forest, Nigerian Army, where are you?
The Boko Haram terrorists in a flagrant show of defiance have again openly celebrated this Year’s Eid-el-Fitr in Sambisa Forest.
Angry residents report alleged land grabber to Olubadan
Irate residents of Ire-Akari Estate in Soka area of Ibadan on Monday raised an alarm over the destruction of their…
Governor Wike swears in 23 new council chairmen
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has charged the 23 newly elected council chairmen to prudently utilize council funds to pay…