Author: Lanre Babalola
Bayelsa governor supports APC report on restructuring
Governor Sariake Dickson of Bayelsa has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to constitute a multiparty committee to consider the All…
Gov. Ganduje destroys N1 billion illicit drugs in Kano
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Friday destroyed illicit drugs worth N1 billion intercepted at various places within Kano…
EFCC releases ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal on administrative bail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released detained former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir…
Ogun customs command impounds goods worth N67m in 2 weeks
In its determination to curb smuggling of products outside Nigeria by some unscrupulous Nigerians, the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun state…
Mother of 4 recounts ordeal in Kidnappers’ den
Mrs Adeola Dawodu, a 46-yearold woman, has expressed gratitude to the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army for…
President Buhari leaves Abuja for Addis Ababa
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate at the 30th Ordinary Session of the…
Deji Tinubu: Lagos Speaker, others condole with Tinubu family
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Friday commiserated with the Tinubu family and…
Gunmen kill 3 in Plateau – Police
The Plateau Police Command on Friday said three persons were killed by gunmen in Jebbu-Miango community in Bassa Local Government…
Minister orders NBC to sanction violators of Broadcast Code
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction broadcasting organizations…
Big Brother Naija Returns Tomorrow
The highly anticipated third edition of Africa’s biggest reality television show, Big Brother Naija, premieres on Sunday, 28 January at…
Governor Ambode deserves a second term – Lanre Razaq
The former Commissioner for Public Transportation in Lagos State Chief Lanre Kamoru Rasak has commended the Lagos State Governor, Mr.…
Mainagate: How I met Maina in Dubai – AGF
Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has confessed meeting Abdulrasheed Maina, the fugitive former…
Nigerians hawk Obasanjo’s letter to Buhari in “go slow”.
Nigerians have begun to sell the 13-page statement addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari by a former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo,…
Rape: Taxify Driver opens up on Actress Shola Fapson
The taxify driver accused of attempting to rape actress Shola Fapson in Lagos has explained his own side of the…
Restructuring: APC recommends true federalism, state police, scrapping of LG
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee on True Federalism has recommended the scrapping of local government as third tier of…
Federal Govt approves 3 new police area commands for Oyo State
The Federal Government has approved three new area commands for the Nigeria Police in Oyo State to complement the existing…
Federal Govt directs population commission boss to resume work Monday
The Federal Government has directed Dr Ganji Bello, Director-General, National Population Commission (NPC) to resume work on Monday, January 29.
Governors accuse NNPC of short-changing Nigerians
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGC) on Thursday accused the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of short-changing the country in revenue remittances…
Killings: Nigerian Embassy reach agreement with South African police
The Consulate of Nigeria in South Africa said on Thursday that an agreement had been reached with the police to…
Dead Libya returnees were on illegal journey – Edo Govt
Edo State government Thursday disclosed that the eight Libya returnees who were burnt to death in a ghastly road crash…
9 escape death as plane overshoots Abuja airport runway
There was à commotion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja this afternoon when a private aircraft E.A.N chartered by…
Female Deputy Director convicted for pension fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Aisata Abba Kwana, a…
Buhari departs for Ethiopia tomorrow
President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday depart for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly…
Army begins manhunt for killers of beheaded soldier
The Nigerian Army has launched a military operation at at Toru-Ndoro community in Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, to…
President Buhari congratulates Gov. Amosun at 60
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and citizens of Ogun State in congratulating…
2019 Election: INEC seeks N9bn as hazard allowance
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has earmarked N9 billion in the 2018 budget estimates of the commission for hazard…
INEC to suspend voter registration 60 days before 2019 general elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) would be temporarily suspended 60…
Stop “oppressing” members of the public, Police chief warns men
Mr Kayode Aderanti, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). in charge of zone 3, has warned Policemen against harassing and…
2 killed, 3 injured in petrol tanker accident in llorin
Two persons were killed while three others were injured along Kwara Polytechnic road, Oyun, llorin, when NNPC petrol tanker lost…
Stubbornness: Parents chain 12-year old boy for 2 months
The Police in Ogun on Wednesday arrested a 33-year-old woman, Yomi Kazeem, and her mother, Yemi Kazeem, for allegedly chaining…