Author: Lanre Babalola
Angry Osun workers begin indefinite strike, close secretariat
Angry Osun State civil servants this morning commenced an indefinite strike to protest over incomplete salary being paid them by…
Gunmen kidnap monarch in Rivers
Gunmen have kidnapped the paramount ruler of Mgbuolua in Rundele community in Rivers state, Eze G.A.O Omodu.
Motorists get petrol free of charge in Abuja
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday sealed a filling station in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja, for allegedly…
Fire guts N183m TETFund project in Zamfara school
Zamfara Government has described the fire that gutted the N183 million Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention project at the…
Polls close in Liberia’s run-off elections, counting underway
Vote counting is underway at 5,390 polling units across Liberia following Tuesday’s presidential run-off election described by observers as “generally…
Photo News: Osinbajo visits filling stations to assess fuel supply
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has visted fuel stations in Lagos to assess the availability of petrol at filling stations.
Stop opening new varsities, Iwuanyanwu advises FG
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, University of Calabar, has advised the Federal Government to stop establishing more…
Poultry industries closing down due to shortage of maize
Mr Tunji Adenola, the National President of Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN), says poultry industries across the country are closing…
Christmas tragedy: Policeman kills colleague in error
A police officer in Yenagoa was inadvertently shot and killed by a fellow policeman during a gun duel between the…
Fuel: NNPC’s monopoly of petrol supply causes scarcity – Oil Merchant
An oil and gas merchant, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho, has attributed the persistent scarcity of petrol to monopoly of the product…
Say, He Is Allah, the One
Respected brothers and sisters! The Surah Al-Ikhlas (chapter 112 of the Quran) was revealed in Makkah. This Surah concisely describes…
Innoson and GTBank: A Case of Two Smart Alecs
I’m totally uninterested in tribal wars. I just can’t stand them. So I naturally stood aloof as Nigerians had their…
Petroleum Minister Buhari and ‘Fuel Scarcity Minister’ Kachikwu
At home we face enormous challenges. Insecurity, pervasive corruption, the hitherto unending and seemingly impossible fuel and power shortages are…
Voting commences in Liberia’s presidential run-off poll
Voting has begun in polling centres across Liberia as the West African country chooses its next president in a delayed…
Video: President Buhari’s softer side exposed
Here is the 55-minute documentary on President Muhammadu Buhari that describes his governance style and ‘softer side’, in the words…
Yuletide: British Airways slashes fares for Business Class passengers
The British Airways (BA) says it has introduced slashed its airfares for its Business Class customers and the general public…
Nigerian soldiers repel Boko Haram attack
Nigerian troops on Monday repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents at a security check point few kilometres away…
NNPC uncovers illegal fuel reservoirs in Abuja
A combined team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and security agents on Sunday…
Abuja residents spend Christmas at petrol stations
Most Abuja motorists celebrated Christmas on long queues at filling stations as the scarcity of petrol continue in the territory.
Vice President Osinbajo spends Christmas at fuel depots
The Presidency says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will be visiting fuel depots in Lagos on Monday to monitor the loading of…
Soldiers kill 3 Boko Haram insurgents, recover 200 cattle
The Nigerian Army on Monday said its troops killed three Boko Haram insurgents and recovered 200 cattle in Borno.
NUPENG confirms massive loading of petrol at depots
Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the South-West Chairman of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Monday confirmed that…
Tinubu calls for support for Buhari
The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, on Sunday called on Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari to…
Fuel diversion: Buhari orders security agencies to beef up surveillance
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to beef up surveillance and enforce distribution of petroleum products to intended destinations.
Armed robber mistakenly shoots partner during robbery in Bayelsa
An armed robber died from his partner’s bullet during a foiled robbery attack on one Francis Chibueze, along Bakery road,…
Gov Fayose supplies fuel to residents at N145/litre
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has done it again.
Mildred Ehiguese is new Miss Nigeria
Adamawa state queen, Mildred Ehiguese, has emerged as the new Miss Nigeria at the beauty pageant concluded early on Friday…
Christmas: Saraki calls for prayers for peace, unity of Nigeria
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has felicitated with Christian faithful in the country as they celebrate the…
Fuel scarcity: Buhari expresses regret
President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with Nigerians over their suffering occasioned by the scarcity of petrol across the country, and…
Praising the Lord
PRAISE HIM! The God who made and formed you. (Deut. 32:6). PRAISE HIM! The God who sees you. (Gen. 16:13).…