Author: Lanre Babalola
Governor Ambode gets pass mark from APC chieftain
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has been commended for opening up the state by providing infrastructure in all the…
God is good! Woman delivers quadruplets after 20 years of barreness
Certainly, God is good. All the time. A woman in Ibadan Oyo State has been delivered of a quadruplets at…
Ogoni clean-up: MOSOP gives Federal Govt deadline
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has given the Federal Government till December 2017 to commence…
It’s all over: Psquare sells mansion in Lagos
The twin singing sensation Psquare has put up their mansion at Omole in Lagos for sale.
He Makes A Meaningful Difference
What meaning are we talking about? What significance? In this age of information overload, journalism is facing some seemingly intractable…
Church member builds N1billion chapel for Oyedepo in Lekki
There was huge celebration in Lekki as Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners Chapel dedicated a N1 billion 1,000 seat chapel…
We are not planning to rig Anambra election – APC
All Progressives Congress (APC) has described allegations that it plans to use the military to rig the November 18 governorship…
PDP governor backs Buhari for second term
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest the presidential election in 2019 just as he…
ASUP rejects retired secondary school principal as rector for MAPOLY
The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) Thursday rejected the appointment of Mr Ayodeji Tella as…
Ogun Chief Judge frees 106 prison inmates
The Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade, on Thursday granted pardon to 106 inmates as part of efforts to…
Syria declares victory over Islamic State
Syria’s army declared victory over Islamic State on Thursday, saying its capture of the jihadists’ last town in the country…
Court orders police to pay Peace Corps of Nigeria N12.5m
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Nigeria Police to pay N12.5 million to the Peace Corps of Nigeria…
Photo News: Nigerian ministers attend UNESCO conference in Paris
The UNESCO General Conference is ongoing in Paris, France.
Americans honour Nigerian dwarf goat with obituary
Ollie, a Nigerian dwarf goat, kept at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, Pennsylvannia, United States passed away on Tuesday.
UNILAG will admit only 8,000 out of 32,000 applicants – VC
No fewer than 24,000 applicants to the University of Lagos who scored 200 marks and above will still be unable…
World Cup Qualifier: Algeria vs Nigeria Match Airs Live on GOtv
GOtv subscribers will on Friday, 10 November watch the live broadcast of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between…
Why I was arrested by police – Bobrisky
Self acclaimed male barbie, Idris Okuneye, otherwise known as Bobrisky has confirmed his arrest by the Lagos State Police Command…
Nigerian Army destroys 46 oil bunker sites in Niger Delta
The Nigerian Army said it had destroyed 46 illegal bunker sites in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers at the just-concluded…
EFCC recovered N738.9bn in 2 years, says Magu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday in Austria said it recovered loots totalling N738.9 billion or $2.9…
2018 UTME: JAMB bans pens, wristwatches in centres
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), organisers of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has banned the use of…
Abuja taxi drivers dissociate members from protest, police arrest suspects
Commercial taxi drivers under Painted Abuja Taxis (PATs) on Wednesday dissociated its members from the protest that paralyzed social and…
Photo News: Abuja boils over killing of taxi driver by taskforce
A violent protest rocked the nation's capital Abuja on Wednesday following the alleged killing of a taxi driver inside Wuse…
Corruption: IGP appears before Senate committee probing him
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has appeared before the Senate committee investigating the allegations of corruption levelled…
Buhari’s aides sheathe their swords, embrace at FEC meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari's Chief of Staff Malam Abba Kyari and the Head of Service of the Federation Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita…
Kaduna shut down over teachers’ sack
Nigerian workers under the aegies of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday shut down Kaduna to protest the sack…
26 Italy-bound Nigerians girls died in Mediterranean Sea – Govt
The Federal government has finally confirmed the identity of the 26 Italy-bound migrants who were drowned in the Mediterranean Sea…
Economist predicts Nigeria will Overtake India as world’s poorest people
A non-governmental organisation in Vienna, World Poverty Clock, funded by the German government and led by Homi Kharas, deputy director…
N3.2b fraud: Judge’s absence stalls Orji Uzor Kalu’s trial again
The trial of a former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, charged with N3.2 billion fraud, on Wednesday suffered another…
Gani Adams should leave OPC, says his former chief security officer
Following the appointment of Otunba Gani Adams as the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, a former Chief Security Officer to…
Promoter says Parker, Joshua keen to fight
Britain’s Anthony Joshua and New Zealander Joseph Parker are keen to fight each other in a heavyweight title clash early…