Author: Lanre Babalola
Conference of Speakers dissolves executives
The Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly has dissolved its executives, following the expiration of their two-year tenure…
Boko Haram: Activist offers scholarship to 300 orphans in Borno
A Borno-based humanitarian activist, Mr Zanna Mustapha, said on Sunday that he was sponsoring the education of 300 orphans as…
Plateau United out of CAF Champions League
Plateau United Football Club of Jos on Sunday crashed out of the 2018 CAF Champions League on a 3-4 aggregate…
Land Use Charge: Police warn Lagosians against unauthorised protest
The Lagos State Police Command has cautioned residents against unauthorised protest by any group in the state.
Rainstorm renders hundreds of residents homeless in llorin
Hundreds of residents in various parts of llorin, the Kwara capital, have been rendered homeless by rainstorm, following downpour which…
$232mn debt: APC throws Edo into bottomless pit, PDP alleges
The Chairman of Edo State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has accused the APC-led government…
Meter supply to electricity consumers will get better – Fashola
The Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola says supply of meters to electricity consumers will improve following…
Nigeria can generate, transmit over 7,000MW of electricity – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola says that the country now has the capacity to generate…
Banks lose customers despite CBN’s campaign for financial inclusion
Despite Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) effort to promote financial inclusion, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) banking industry statistics…
BBNaija: Alex Slams Cee-C And Tobi For Always Fighting
BBNaija housemate, Asogwa Alexandra, popularly known as Alex, has blasted fellow housemates, Tobi and Cee-C, over their frequent quarrels disturbing…
Photos Of The Day: Osinbajo’s Daughter Weds
The wedding of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo's first daughter Damilola, took place at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja on Saturday.
Nigerian Army kills 4 herdsmen planning to attack villagers
Nigerian Troops of 33 Artillery Brigade, on Sunday killed four members of a herdsmen militia in Bauchi state.
2019: Obasanjo moves to send Buhari packing, holds secret meetings
To actualise his plan to send President Muhammadu Buhari packing from the Presidential Villa, come 2019, former President Olusegun Obasanjo…
Putin on track to win Russia’s presidential election
Russians voted in a presidential election on Sunday set to give Vladimir Putin a runaway victory, the only possible blemish…
Group urges UN to declare herdsmen terrorists
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council and its members to…
MFM FC crash out of CAF Champions League
Lagos-based MFM FC were on Saturday handed the heaviest defeat in their history as they were walloped 0-6 by MC…
Tell Nigerians Fanta, Sprite with Vit C harmful, Reps order NBC
The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), producers of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks, to indicate…
Russians elect new president on Sunday
Russians are to vote Sunday in a presidential election expected to result in another six-year term for Vladimir Putin, who…
WAEC amends exam timetable to accommodate Jummat service
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has effected a minor adjustment in its timetable for the 2018 May/June Senior Secondary…
Why I exposed senators’ salaries – Shehu Sani
The lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has explained the reason behind his revelation of…
Herdsmen Attacks: Kogi to set up judicial panel of inquiry
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Saturday said that government would set up a judicial panel of inquiry to unravel…
Era of fuel scarcity is gone for good, says NNPC GMD
The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, on Saturday assured Nigerians that the era…
Suspected herdsmen kill 5 in Edo
Five people have been reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen in two separate attacks in Esan South East and Ovia North…
INEC and Election Reordering Bill
The bill of the Parliament seeking to reorder the sequence of elections which intriguingly hit the brick wall remains a…
Senate President Bukola Saraki mourns Sen. Wakili
The President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki has expressed sadness over the death of Sen. Ali Wakili who was…
Bauchi senator slumps, dies inside room
The senator representing Bauchi south in the National Assembly, Malam Ali Wakili is dead. He was 58.
Political apathy is bane of bad governance in Nigeria – Group
Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has described political apathy as the root cause of successive bad governments in…
Trump hails sack of FBI deputy chief
U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed the firing of outgoing FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe by Attorney-General Jeff Sessions two…
3 involved in accident but one died
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), on Saturday, confirmed the death of one person in a morning…
2018 UTME Results: Be patient, JAMB tells candidates as exams end
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged its 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates to patiently await…