Author: Lanre Babalola
Police arrest 3 for stealing 203 bags of rice
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects who hijacked a truck loaded with 203 bags of rice at…
Fayemi challenges 10-year ban
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has challenged the 10-year ban slammed on him from holding…
Police confirm death of kidnapped Taraba lawmaker
The Police Command in Taraba on Monday confirmed the death of Mr Hosea Ibi, a member representing Takum 1 constituency…
I’ll continue to fight, Shekau boasts in new videos
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, has refuted all claims by Nigerian military that he has…
Fayose spits fire: Ekiti’ll not surrender land for cattle colony
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has criticised moves by the Federal Government to create cattle colonies for herdsmen in…
Gunmen kidnap ex-Bayelsa State Commissioner for Transport
Former Commissioner for Transport in Bayelsa State, Mrs Marie Ebikake has been kidnapped by gunmen.
How President Trump’s grandfather was banished from Germany
A historian has discovered a royal decree issued to Donald Trump’s grandfather ordering him to leave Germany and never come…
Oyo stands still for Gani Adams the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo
On Saturday January 13 2018, all roads led to the ancient town of Oyo as eminent Nigerians gathered at Durbar…
Fire renders 300 homeless in Yenagoa
More than 300 persons on Saturday were rendered homeless in Yenagoa, after fire gutted a neighbourhood in Ekeki suburb of…
Photo: Gani Adams becomes Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland
The installation of Otunba Gani Adams as the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland is on at the ancient city of…
Anambra re-run poll: Collation of votes in progress
Voting ended with collation in progress in Anambra Central Senatorial re-run election on Saturday in areas where voting and accreditation…
Buhari felicitates with Eleganza Boss, Okoya, at 78
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated top industrialist and Chairman of the Eleganza Group of companies, Chief Rasaq Akanni Okoya on…
Bayelsa monarch’s wife, principal regain freedom 25 days after
Mrs Tina Inegbagha wife of the Paramount Ruler Of Ayakoro Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa and Mr…
I’m alive and kicking – Ibrahim El-Zakzaky
Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has assured Nigerians that he is alive and well.
You must apologise to Africans, AU tells Donald Trump
African Union ambassadors to the UN have demanded an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his racist remark on…
By 2019, Buhari will be too old to run Nigeria – Dele Momodu
Publisher of the World acclaimed Ovation magazine, Mr Dele Momodu, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to shun the advice…
Fayose blasts governors for endorsing Buhari for 2nd term
Fiery governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has condemned some northern governors and all those endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for…
Yobe Govt. reunites 29 Libyan deportees with families
The Yobe State government on Saturday reunited 29 indigenes of the state repatriated from Libya to Nigeria with their families.
Man, 40, electrocuted in Jigawa while cutting firewood – Police
A 40-year old man, Sale Mamman, electrocuted, while cutting firewood from a fallen tree branch on an electric high tension…
Road accidents claims 210 lives in Ogun
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun said on Saturday that 210 persons lost their lives with several others…
Low voter turnout recorded in Anambra Central re-run poll
Low voter turnout characterised early voting in the Anambra Central Senatorial District re-run election organised by the INEC.
DPR seals 6 filling stations in Anambra
Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has seal off 6 fuel stations in Anambra for allegedly hoarding and selling petrol above…
Army chief warns officers to steer clear of politics
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has issued a stern warning to all officers and soldiers…
Anambra rerun: Transporters, Corps members abandon INEC duties
Some transporters engaged to move materials for Anambra Central re-run election in Idemili North Local Government Area, abandoned the assignment…
Nigerian narrates how he met his wife on facebook
A Nigerian, Sochi Infiniti, has recounted how he met his lovely wife and did his introduction on the same day.
Suspects who allegedly killed Jumia dispatch rider docked
The two suspected killers of Eleje Chukwuma, a dispatch rider whose body was found in a septic tank last year,…
Buhari thanks well wishers as son leaves hospital
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed appreciation to all men and women of goodwill for their prayers and best wishes which…
Ambassador moves to protect Nigerians in South Africa
Mr Godwin Adama, Nigeria`s Consul General in South Africa, says the mission is on top of the situation in the…
CBN pumps another $262.5m to Forex market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday intervened in the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market with 262.5 million dollars.
Congolese police fire teargas on churchgoers
Congolese police fired teargas on Friday to disperse dozens of churchgoers, who had gathered in the capital Kinshasa to mourn…