Author: Lanre Babalola
8 suspects arrested for raping 4 female hawkers
The Niger State Child Rights Protection Agency has announced the arrest of eight persons suspected of raping four girls in…
EFCC Trains Kano Officials On Corruption Fight
Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has pledged training support for the Kano State Public Complaints…
Rivers govt wants SARS boss redeployed
The Rivers state government has warned that the people might be forced to take steps necessary to protect themselves if…
Stop Using My Name to Con People – Magu
For the umpteenth time, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is constrained to alert the public on the activities…
Monkey Pox: Federal Govt confirms 3 cases in Bayelsa
The Federal Government has confirmed three cases of monkey pox in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, and urged Nigerians to avoid stigmatising people…
Nigeria wins re-election into UN Human Rights Council
Nigeria has won a re-election into the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva for the 2018 to 2020 term…
Kidnappers sleep off after taking holy communion wine, abducted priest escapes
God is still in the business of delivering His servants, no matter what cynics say. This was amply demonstrated on…
Monkey pox patient commits suicide in Bayelsa
One of the 21 patients of suspected monkey-pox being managed at the isolation facility of the Niger Delta University Teaching…
Federal Govt to retaliate visa delay to Nigerians
The Interior Minister, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd) has warned that Nigeria would no longer tolerate delay in issuance of visa…
Kidnappers of Kogi Poly student demands N10m ransom
Abductors of Miss Adetutu Adebanjo, a student of the Kogi State Polytechnic, have demanded for a N10 million ransom for…
Shell executives charged with bribery in Italy
Senior Royal Dutch Shell executives have been charged in Italy for their role in a vast bribery scheme that deprived…
Agbakoba urges court to sack Buhari as petroleum resources minister
Constitutional lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has asked the Federal High…
Fire guts Kachikwu’s Abuja residence
The Asokoro residence of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, had a minor fire incidence on…
Academic staff embark on prayer and fasting over unpaid salaries
Members of the Academic Staff Union of the College of Education (COEASU), Ilorin said they had embarked on prayer and…
Alleged N15m fraud: 5 welders granted N500,000 bail each
Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of a Benin High Court on Monday granted N500,000 bail each to five members of Edo Welders…
Edo pensioners protest, accuse Gov Obaseki of plans to divert Paris Club refund money
Scores of unpaid pensioners in Edo State Monday resumed their protest to call the attention of the state government to…
Arms Smuggling: Customs boss to accompany Buhari to Turkey
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (retd) will accompany President Muhammadu to Turkey this week where a bilateral talk…
Saraki calls for collective fight against terrorism
Senate President Bukola Saraki, says it is the collective responsibility of world leaders to combat terrorism, reaffirming Nigeria’s commitment to…
Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks rises to 300
Authorities on Monday confirmed that 300 people died after twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, as locals packed hospitals in search…
Liberia’s presidency: Weah, Boakai for runoff Nov 7
Former international footballer George Weah and Liberia's Vice President Joseph Boakai will face a runoff for the presidency on November…
Alaafin declares Gani Adams as new Aare Ona Kakanfo
The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Otunba Gani Adams has been conferred with the prestigeous traditional title…
Killings: Angry Plateau governor vows to deal with attackers
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has vowed to identify and prosecute those behind the resurgence of terror attacks in the…
God has plans for Nigeria – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said God had a purpose for the Nigeria with the kind of persons He put in…
Gov. Ikpeazu warns soldiers against extortion of Abia residents
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has warned soldiers deployed in the state to desist from alleged extortion and molestation of…
Soldiers arrest ship with stolen diesel
Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin, participating in the on-going Operation Crocodile Smile II, have arrested a barge…
Why there are no drugs in Aso Rock clinic
The Presidency has said that the State House Medical Centre received only 33 percent of its Capital allocation from 2015-2017,…
100 Nigerian Students Face Deportation In UK Over Debts
More than 100 Nigerian students on scholarship in the United Kingdom universities could be deported home as early as this…
Dangote Refinery: Nigerians, stakeholders excited about pace of work
Nigerians on Sunday in Abuja showed excitement about the pace of work at the refinery being built by Forbes richest…
You have right to protect your rights – Campaigner
A non-governmental organisation, Citizens Voice Development Initiative (CVDI), has called on Nigerians to speak out when their rights are abused…
Nothing can stop my victory`”, says Liberia’s Vice-President
Vice-President Joseph Boakai of Liberia says “nothing is going to stop” his victory in the October 10 presidential elections.