Author: Lanre Babalola
Reckless Foreign Borrowing Is A Crime Against Humanity
What are our states or even the federal government borrowing for?
Give the Nigerian Youth a Chance: A Memo to APC
The clarion call by the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) demanding President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election did not…
AfDB To Create 25 Million Jobs
The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has launched the Presidential Youth Advisory Group (PYAG) to…
Xmas: 1,000 FRSC officials to monitor traffic on Lagos/Ibadan expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, says it will deploy more than 1,000 personnel to ensure safety on…
Zimbabwean president gives looters 3 months to return stolen funds
Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has opened a three-month amnesty window for the return of public funds illegally stashed abroad…
Prostitutes can now donate blood in UK
The United Kingdom on Tuesday lifted a ban on commercial sex workers donating blood, an official said.
Kingmakers pick Obalanlege as Olota of Ota
Kingmakers in Ota, Ogun State of Nigeria have picked 51-year old Dr Kabiru Adeyemi Obalanlege as the 13th Olota of…
Photo News: Oba Timson gives out 2 daughters in marriage same day
Jagunmolu of Bariga, HRM Oba Gbolahan Akanbi Timson on Saturday gave out his two daughters, Ademola and Ayoola in marriage…
Nigerian Navy decorates 16 Rear Admirals
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok Ete-Ibas, on Monday decorated 16 newly-promoted rear admirals urging them to…
8 warders sacked for smuggling prohibited items into prison yards
The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has sacked eight junior officers for various acts of indiscipline including smuggling of prohibited items…
Support war against corrruption, minister begs media
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the media to fully support the Administration's fight…
Corrupt traditional system retards Africa’s development – Iwo Monarch
Oba Rosheed Akanbi of Iwoland in Southwest Nigeria has traced lack of development in the African continent to corruption of…
President Buhari off to Abidjan to attend EU-AU Summit
Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina says President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the 5th European Union-African Union (EU-AU) Summit in Abidjan, Cote…
Wole Soyinka’s son, Tunlewa, weds Nneka Ekechukwu in Atlanta
Tunlewa, son of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, recently wedded Nneka Nwachukwu in Atlanta, USA.
Fire guts 2 female hostels at Government College
Fire has razed down a block of two female hostels at the Federal Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa State.
Mugabe did not weep after resigning, he was happy – Priest
Contrary to reports that former President Robert Mugabe cried when he resigned last week, the priest who mediated his resignation…
Atiku holds meetings with PDP leaders, governors
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is presently holding consultations with leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State…
Why I did not attend Banky W’s wedding – Wizkid
Star boy, Wizkid has disclosed the reason why he did not attend Banky W's white wedding in Cape Town, South…
Enugu LG Polls and Ugwuanyi’s Winning Ways
Upper week, the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) released the final results of the 2017 local government elections conducted…
Suicide Bombings: Last Acts Of Dying Terror Group – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the Administration is taking the necessary measures to end the suicide bombings by…
Photo of the week: Mugabe’s visitors from Namibia
Moments after the swearing-in of Emmerson Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe’s new president on Friday, deposed leader, Robert Mugabe and his wife…
Tam David-West explodes: Buhari better than Babangida by far
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof Tam David-West has declared that he cannot vouch for retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's integrity…
Lagos govt issues 3-day ultimatum to Okada riders
The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal, has given commercial motorcyclists in the state three days to register with…
I won’t take N325 million from govt – Ikoyi whistle-blower
The Ikoyi whistle-blower who informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of the $43m, N23.2m and £27,800 (N13bn) recovered from…
2019 PDP ticket: Jonathan tells Atiku to apologise to Obasanjo
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to apologise and beg former President Olusegun Obasanjo to…
Retired Gen. Nwachukwu wants 2014 confab report implemented
Retired Maj.-Gen. Ike Nwachukwu has re-echoed the need for the Federal Government to implement the 2014 National Conference report, saying…
Education and the 2018 Federal Estimates
In this season of the presentation of budget estimates by the executive and their consideration by the legislature, it is…
The Scholars Are the Inheritors of The Prophets
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy
Oba of Benin begs South Africans to stop killing Nigerians
His Royal Highness, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II, has appealed to South African Government to…
Customs impounds 200 bags of imported rice
The Calabar Free Trade Zone and Akwa Ibom Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 200 bags…