Author: Lanre Babalola
Fire guts NAFDAC headquarters
The headquarters of National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Abuja has been gutted by fire…
Governor Amosun launches Ogun Ofada rice
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State on Thursday launched the Ogun Ofada rice christened Mission To Rebuild Ogun State (MITROS)…
Latest: Pirates abduct 10 sailors in Niger Delta
Pirates have kidnapped 10 sailors from a merchant ship off the coast of southern Nigeria in the latest attack in…
Editor TheNEWS magazine Ademola Adegbamigbe loses wife
Mrs Banke Adegbamigbe, wife of Ademola Adegbamigbe, Editor, TheNEWS magazine, died on Tuesday 19 December 2017. She was 45.
Rivers police launches manhunt for doctor’s kidnappers
Anti-kidnapping unit and the special anti-robbery squads of the Rivers State Police Command are on the manhunt for the gunmen…
GOtv Boxing Night 13: Boxers Talk Tough
Ahead of GOtv Boxing Night 13, scheduled to hold on 26 December, boxers billed to fight at the event have…
When in Rome…
Everyone must see Rome at least once, regardless of nationality, colour or creed. It is one of the few cities…
Christmas: Federal Govt declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Monday, Dec. 25, Tuesday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 as public holidays for…
My experience at #TheFalzExperience – Reporter
Folarin Falana has won 2017 and it would be futile to argue this. I’ll tell you why. The first time…
Sheer Bliss! When governor’s son proposed to governor’s daughter
This was exactly the feelings of Fatima Ganduje, daughter of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State when her heartthrob, Abolaji…
Gov Amosun gives Ogun CDAs N49.5m
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has donated N49.5million to Community Development Associations (CDAs) in the state.
Police arrest 20 MAPOLY students over protest
No fewer that 20 students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, were arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command…
Buhari seeks confirmation of 9 nominees as RECs
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, requesting for consideration and confirmation of nine nominees as State Resident Electoral commissioners…
Shell, Eni to be tried for corruption in Nigeria
An Italian judge has ordered Royal Dutch Shell and Eni to stand trial over alleged corruption in Nigeria with the…
PDP breaks again, splinter group emerges
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in crisis again as a splinter group has emerged within the party.
Kidnappers kill abducted manager after collecting N10m ransom
The police have arrested seven suspects who allegedly kidnapped and murdered a 64-year-old man, Mr Ubani Onyema, after collecting N10…
Good News: Oil prices rise to $63 a barrel
Oil prices inched up on Wednesday supported by expectations of a fall in U.S. crude inventories and by the ongoing…
Boko Haram suffers heavy casualty, loses vehicles, arms to soldiers
The Nigerian Army has inflicted a heavy casualty on Boko Haram insurgents at the remote islands in Lake Chad basin…
Education in Nigeria: The way forward in 2018
A way forward cannot be charted without considering the present situation and the limitations that currently exist.
Enugu residents to have blissful Christmas as foodstuff prices drop
Barely one week to Christmas festivities, prices of foodstuff, especially local rice, have decreased considerably in some markets in Enugu…
Buhari congratulates Saraki at 55
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Senate President Bukola Saraki on his 55th birthday.
25,000 Nigerians in Libyan slave camps
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more…
Trouble in Kano: Deputy governor withdraws support for governor
Deputy Governor of Kano State, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar has vowed not to support Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for a second term…
INNOSON boss, Innocent Chukwuma arrested by EFCC
Boss of Innoson motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma has been arrested by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
Fayose promises to pay Ekiti workers Christmas bonus on Thursday
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has promised to pay civil servants in Ekiti State a christmas bonus by Thursday
Governors meet over controversial $1billion fund to fight Boko Haram
An emergency meeting of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is currently holding in Abuja, the nation's capital.
Prepaid metre producer wants direct sale of electricity to customers
Sabrud Consortium, an indigenous prepaid meter manufacturing company, has advised the Federal Government to allow producers to sell prepaid meters…
The Village Headmaster producer, Tunde Oloyede, is dead
Chief Tunde Oloyede, Veteran broadcaster, producer and director, is dead.
Wizkid, Tuface, Tiwa Savage, others to perform at Christmas Groove
Wizkid, Tuface, Tiwa Savage will perform at the maiden edition of the Akwa Ibom Christmas groove tagged, “Ukap’isua,” scheduled to…
Corpses of accident victims from Benin-Ore-Lagos Road flood Ondo hospital
Dr Akindele Semudara, the Chief Medical Director, Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Ore, says the morgue at the hospital is over-congested…