Author: Lanre Babalola
Don’t give bribes to police, FRSC, Immigration, Osinbajo tells Nigerians
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is unhappy that some Nigerians offer bribes to obtain drivers licences, passports or to clear goods…
Mikel Obi, Musa, 23 others make Super Eagles AFCON squad
Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr on Tuesday listed midfielder Mikel John Obi, Ahmed Musa and 23 others in a 25-man…
Footballer, 2 Others Arrested For Internet Fraud
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan A member of the feeder team of the popular Ibadan-based Shooting Stars Sports Club, popularly known as 3SC,…
Speakership: We have the number to win – Gbajabiamila Campaign DG
The Director General, Femi Gbajabiamila Campaign Organisation, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC-Kano) on Tuesday said that they have secured the required…
400-Level UNN student commits suicide
A 400-level student of the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), identified as Chukwuemeka Akachi,…
Nigeria after the Oil Age
By Tony Ogunlowo With the rest of the world beginning to turn its back on petroleum products in favour of…
The real haters of Ndi Igbo
By Tochukwu Ezukanma I am incontrovertibly Igbo, and I am unwaveringly committed to the good of the Igbo. However, I…
Saraki is corrupt, his investigation not personal – Magu
Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday said the ongoing investigation of the President…
Updated: Swazi King didn’t order men to marry 5 wives
The Swazi government has vehemently denied reports that His Majesty King Mswati III ordered men to marry as many as…
Marry 5 wives or be jailed, Swaziland King orders country men
The King of Swaziland, King Mswati III has made a declaration in the country that from June 2019, men will…
African Union unveils calendar for 6th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA)
Lanre Babalola The African Union Commission, AUC, has formally unveiled the 2019 All Africa Music Awards, tagged; 6TH AFRIMA, calendar…
Student detained by Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking Zainab Aliyu arrives Kano
Zainab Habib Aliyu who was detained for more than four months by the Saudi Arabian government over alleged drug trafficking,…
524,315 applicants jostle for 3,200 customs vacancies
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said 524,315 applicants had successfully completed their application process in the ongoing recruitment exercise of…
El-Rufai: If you believe everything from Senate, you’ll have mental problems
Governor Nasir El-Rufai warned Nigerians Monday not to take hook, line and sinker everything that emanates from the Nigerian Senate,…
Sanusi resigns over installation of new emirs in Kano
A District Head of Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano, Haruna Sanusi, has resigned his appointment less than 48 hours…
Photo News: Gowon visits Buhari in Abuja
Today, President Muhammadu Buhari received in audience former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon (retd) at the State House, Abuja.
Photo News: Jubilation in Imo over new Okigwe Road
There's jubilation in Imo as federal govt fixes the 32+000km death-trap road in Okigwe that was abandoned since 1999.
I’m leaving office happy, wiser says Ambode
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says he is leaving office a happy person and much wiser because he has…
Video, Photos: FCTA demolishes Caramelo Night Club, gives 2-week ultimatum to Ibiza
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCDA) through its Department of Development Control (DDC) has demolished the controversial Caramelo Lounge, a…
Aviation unions issue 7-day ultimatum to Federal Govt over new NCAA organogram
Some aviation unions have given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to review the newly -approved organogram for the Nigerian…
Governors Ortom, Ambode, El-Rufai visit Buhari in Presidential Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met separately behind closed doors with Governors Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Samuel Ortom, Benue,…
Hollywood actress Doris Day dies at 97
Hollywood super-actress, singer, and animal welfare activist Doris Day has died aged 97. She was one of the biggest female…
Venezuela: Guaido requests for US military assistance to topple President Maduro
Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido has formally requested the support of US military forces in the ongoing political and humanitarian…
Things fall apart in Sowore’s AAC
Crisis has hit the African Action Congress led by Omoyele Sowore as officials suspended and expelled each other.
UTME results inaccessible, JAMB admits hitches
Candidates of the Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination(UTME) have decried technical challenges faced in accessing by telephone, the just released…
JAMB remits N5b to Federal treasury
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has returned N5 billion to the Federal Government coffers, after the conduct of…
Nigerian govt launches massive operations against bandits, kidnappers
There are at least five security operations, counter and preemptive being undertaken by the Nigerian police, the army and the…
Nigeria: Only 10 states economically viable, 17 insolvent – Viability Index report
The Economic Confidential has released the Annual States Viability Index ( ASVI) which shows that seventeen (17) States are insolvent…
Photo News: Frank Kokori absent as Ngige inaugurates NSITF board
Lanre Babalola Comrade Frank Kokori, a former General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Union…
Ngige bows to Labour, inaugurates NSITF board
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has inaugurated the new National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) board after a…