Author: Lanre Babalola
Navy releases adjusted timetable for final selection interview
The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Friday released a newly-adjusted timetable for final selection of successful candidates for the 2017 recruitment…
White farmers force black man into a coffin
Two white South African farmers who forced a black man into a coffin have been convicted of attempted murder and…
Admission processes for 2017/2018 commence on Sept.15 – JAMB
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the admission processes for 2017/2018 will commence on Sept.15 and close on…
What Buhari told party leaders at closed-door meeting
President Buhari: I thank you sincerely, collectively and individually for finding time from your busy schedules to come all the…
IPOB rejects withdrawal of quit notice, asks Igbo to leave North
The Indigenous People of Biafra has rejected the withdrawal of the quit notice issued to Igbos in the Northern part…
Man attempts to use father, siblings, 5 friends for money ritual
The Police in Anambra have arrested a 26-year-old man, Chukwuemeka Okafor, for allegedly attempting to use his father, two siblings…
Governor Ikepeazu condemns importation of $2m rice daily by Nigerians
The Governor of Abia, Dr Okezie Ikepeazu, has condemned the importation and consumption of two million dollars worth of imported…
Lagos monarchs lead walk against rape, domestic violence against women
Worried by incessant cases of sexual assault and violence against women, two traditional rulers in Lagos State on Thursday led…
NAF aircraft crashes in Kaduna, kills instructor
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Beetle on Thursday crashed in Kaduna State while on a mission, killing the pilot.
Abducted ex-Labour Minister, Akwanga, regains freedom
A former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr Hussaini Akwanga, who was abducted by unknown gunmen from his farm in…
Ladoja, former Oyo governor, returns to PDP
Former Oyo governor Rasheed Ladoja, who defected to the Accord Party to contest the state’s governorship seat in the 2015…
Arewa Youths Withdraw Quit Notice To Igbos
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum has withdrawn its quit notice to Igbos living in the northern part of the country.
Cut-Off Marks: JAMB Fights Back
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB}, has said contrary to insinuations that it fixed Tuesday’s tertiary institutions minimum admission…
ASUU Meets Tomorrow To Decide Fate Of Ongoing Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will on Friday hold a National Executive Council meeting to determine the direction…
Charly Boy, others demand extradition of Diezani Alison-Madueke
The group of protesters led by good governance advocate cum maverick entertainer, Charles Oputa, also known as Charly Boy, Thursday…
No amount of hatred will obliterate Buhari’s achievements – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said on Thursday that no amount of hatred will obliterate the…
Buhari’s Last Chance
If the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, is offering advice on what President Muhammadu Buhari must do to rescue his…
8 missing in Switzerland landslide
Eight people are missing following a landslide in an alpine valley in south-eastern Switzerland, police say.
Buhari resumes old habits, works few hours everyday
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has kept a low profile since his grand return from sick leave on Saturday.
Nigerian investigators probe aircraft crash in São Tomé & Principe
A team of accident investigators from Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has left Lagos for São Tomé and Principe to…
Ritual Killing: Rivers Police arrests second suspect
Rivers State Police has arrested the second suspect who allegedly asked a suspected undergraduate ritualist, Ifeanyi Dike, to procure human…
Jobless man rapes neighbour’s 12-year old daughter in bathroom
A 20-year-old unemployed man, Victor Akinsola, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday hauled before an Ikeja…
Residents protest escape of suspected undergraduate ritualist
Some residents of Eliozu area of Port Harcourt on Wednesday protested the unfortunate escape of Mr Ifeanyi Dike, a suspected…
2 killed, 11 injured in suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri – Police
The Police Command in Borno on Wednesday said two persons were killed and 11 others sustained injuries in a suicide…
Presidency warns Buhari’s critics on restructuring
The Presidency has advised Nigerian opinion leaders to exercise restraint in their choice of words to avoid heating up the…
Gunmen kidnap ex-Minister of Labour
The police command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr. Hussaini…
Sultan of Sokoto declares Sept 1 Sallah Day
The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Sept. 1, 2017…
Buhari did not lie about my father – Ojukwu Jr
Late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu's first son, Emeka Ojukwu Jr. has condemned the statement credited to him of refuting the remarks of…
Beware, military now monitoring social media
The activities of Nigerians on the social media are now being monitored for hate speech, anti-government and anti-security information by…
Pensioners to smile soon
The Acting Director-General of National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, on Wednesday said the Federal Government had begun modalities…