Author: Lanre Babalola
SERAP wants removal of some members of corruption monitoring committee
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, National…
Judge withdraws from trial of Boko Haram suspects
A Federal High Court Judge, John Tsoho, on Tuesday withdrew from the trial of eight Boko Haram terror suspects charged…
Apprehension as army launches “operation crocodile smile 2” in Niger Delta Oct 7
Palpable apprehension has gripped the people in the Niger Delta as officers and men of the 6 Division of the…
NJC probes two Chief judges, 13 other judges
The National Judicial Council, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has set up 15 panels…
Stop persecuting me, Patience Jonathan tells Buhari
Patience Jonathan, former first lady, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic…
Update: 50 dead, 400 injured in Las Vegas music concert shooting
Gunman has killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 on Monday after shooting near the Las Vegas…
Buhari has responsibility to restructure Nigeria – Bakare
Overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly, Mr Tunde Bakare, has said the buck of championing the structural, institutional and constitutional…
Sagay, you’re caught between a rock and a hard place!
Comrade, greetings! You finally gave a piece of your mind to the bosses of the ruling party, the APC, this…
Federal Govt grants tax reliefs to TStv Africa
The Federal Government has granted a 3-year tax relief to the newly inaugurated Pay TV operator in the country, TStv…
Ogun get ready for “Operation Crocodile Smile’’ – Army Commander
To address the security challenges in Ogun and its environs, the Nigerian Army said on Sunday that it had concluded…
Nigeria will not disintegrate, Bishop Oyedepo prophesies
Dr. David Oyedepo, the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide says Nigeria will not breakup in spite of…
Former governor of Kaduna State, AVM Mohammed, dies
A former Military Governor of old Kaduna State, retired AVM Mukhtar Mohammed, has died in a London hospital at the…
More than 20 killed, 100 injured in Las Vegas shooting – Police
More than 20 people are dead and more than 100 others injured after a shooting near the Las Vegas Mandalay…
O.J. Simpson leaves prison after 9 years
After serving nine years for a Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery, an upbeat O.J. Simpson walked out of a…
Photo News: Buhari’s visit to Maiduguri
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday visited Nigerian troops operating in Maiduguri to thank them of his government's appreciation of their…
Independence Anniversary: Governor Wike Explains Why Nigeria Is Not Progressing
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that these are extraordinary times for the country, made worse by the…
Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu backs down, seeks dialogue with Buhari
At last, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has abandoned his violent struggle for the…
Nnamdi Kanu has escaped to London through Malaysia – Orji Kalu
The riddle over the whereabouts of the leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has been solved…
Electricity remains a huge problem, President Buhari admits
President Muhammadu Buhari says power remains a huge problem to the country despite the fact that energy production has reached…
Full text of Buhari’s Independence Day broadcast
October 1st remains a special date for all Nigerians as this marks the day when we attained one of the…
I’m determined to eradicate corruption – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the National Assembly on the need for swift passage of Anti-Corruption Bills for laws that…
Troops kill 1, repel Boko Haram attack in Borno
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it had killed one Boko Haram member after repelling an attack by the insurgents…
Independence: Buhari addresses Nigerians 7a.m.
President Muhammadu Buhari will this morning (7a.m.) address Nigerians on the 57th Independence anniversary.
Boko Haram: U.S. announces $54m aid for Nigeria, 3 others
The U.S. Government has announced 54 million dollars in addition to humanitarian assistance to Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and the four…
Governor seeks divine courage to sign convicted-kidnappers death sentence
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said that he constantly seeks courage and conviction from God to sign the…
APC wins Lagos bye-election
Mr Noheem Adams, Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday defeated eight opponents to emerge winner of the…
Police Corporal kills sachet water vendor over N100 bribe
All hell was let loose on Saturday morning in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when enraged members of the public who…
Wizkid becomes first African to sell out at Royal Albert Hall London
Nigerian born Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has made history by being the first African artiste to sell…
Too much money: SeyiLaw mark’s daughter’s birthday with billboard advert
Like the popular saying: ''if you have it flaunt it,'' popular Nigerian comedian SeyiLaw decided to show other that he…
Insurgency: USAID trains 7,169 teachers in Borno
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has trained 7, 169 teachers in Borno to mitigate the shortages…