Author: Lanre Babalola
The Jabs, Darts and Spats Over Hijab At the Bar
The Rules that were set by the Body of Benchers and the Council of Legal Education regulating attendance of the…
Minister Flags Off Final Dry Run Of Calabar Carnival
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has flagged off the third and final dry run of the…
Tithe Debate: Theology Versus Evidence
Profiling the Nigerian anti-tithe coalition is no mean task. For, it is a potpourri assembly comprising many non-Pentecostal Christians, old…
Photos: Buhari cuts birthday cake with Osinbajo, others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday celebrated on a low key his 75th birthday at the Presidential Villa Abuja.
Photo News: Arsenal Great Thierry Henry arrives Nigeria
One of the greatest footballers that ever played for Arsenal football Club of London, Thierry Henry has arrived Nigeria.
Stop panic buying of petrol, DPR warns public
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Anambra has warned members of the public against storing petroleum product in their…
Presidency cancels Special Parade on Buhari’s birthday
The planned special birthday parade to be mounted by the Brigade of Guards as part of activities to mark President…
Look out for new moon, Sultan tells Muslims
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Sunday, urged Muslims to start looking for the new moon of…
Photo of the day: Gov Amosun presents Buhari birthday card
Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun presenting a birthday card to President Muhammadu Buhari as he turned 75 today.
4 fake FSARS operatives shot dead in Rivers
Four armed robbery suspects parading themselves as operatives of the dreaded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, were on Sunday shot dead…
3 suspected cult members in police net
The Police Command in Cross River on Sunday said it had arrested three suspected cult members and recovered two locally…
Buhari to attend 59th Independence Anniversary of Niger Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday attend the 59th Proclamation of Republic of Niger in Tahoua, Niger.
Navy recovers 1330 jerry cans of petrol from oil thieves
The Nigerian Navy says it has recovered 1,330 jerry cans filled with petrol during a raid on oil thieves in…
DPR suspends 6 petroleum products marketers
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket field, says it has suspended six marketers in Akwa Ibom for diverting petroleum…
SERAP queries Buhari over $1billion fund to fight Boko Haram
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has queried President Muhammadu Buhari over his decision to withdraw $1 billion from the…
Senator raises alarm, says kidnappers have taken over 4 states
Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central in the red chambers of the National Assembly has raised an alarm that kidnappers…
Birthday Gift: Buhari should resign – Femi Fani-Kayode
Former aviation minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from…
Calabar Carnival Not Just a Street Party – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the Calabar Carnival is not just a street party but a…
Opposition dead in Oyo State – Tinubu
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Saturday in Ibadan declared the death of opposition parties in…
Seyi Shay reveals secret of her big buttocks
Nigerian musician, Seyi Shay has revealed the secret behind her big buttocks.
Former SGF Gidado Idris is dead
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Alhaji Gidado Idris is dead.
167 Boko Haram fighters captured, many killed
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed several Boko Haram members and captured 167 others during an intensified offensive on…
Buhari clocks 75 on Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari clocks 75 on Sunday. He was born on December 17, 1942 in Daura, Katsina State.
Trump administration issues new rules on U.S. visa waivers
The Trump administration put new requirements in place on Friday for the 38 countries participating in the U.S. Visa Waiver…
Petrol Hoarding: Security agents discover 144 hidden oil tankers
Security agents and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) monitoring team have discovered 144 trucks of petrol not streamed by some…
Obasanjo bags PhD in Christian Theology
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was on Friday pronounced worthy and competent for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in…
Italian woman jailed for ordering boyfriend’s murder
An Italian woman who ordered her boyfriend’s murder in March through a website and paid a hitman in bitcoin digital…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa says land reform irreversible
Zimbabwe’s new President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has reassured those who repossessed land from white farmers in a programme spearheaded by deposed…
$1 billion to fight Boko Haram is a ruse – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday described the approval for the release of $1billion to the APC-led Federal Government…
Nigerian Law School and the need for change
A law graduate or lawyer that cannot defend his or her own basic rights as contained in the constitution does…