Author: Lanre Babalola
Man seeks court order to be appointed wife’s Special Guardian
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has fixed August 31 for hearing of the suit instituted by one Ekeocha Enyeribe, against…
HIV rises, defies drug in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is recording increased cases of drug resistant HIV which have contributed to shortages of Abacavier, a drug administered to…
Buhari postpones FEC meeting
Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, says the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC)…
Photos: Buhari presides over security meeting at home
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presided over his first security meeting with the service chiefs after over 100 days.
Rats sack Buhari from office, now works from home
President Muhammadu Buhari will work from home after rodents damaged his official office during a more than 100-day overseas medical…
Accident claims pregnant woman, 8 others in Benin
No fewer than nine persons, including a pregnant woman and another woman with two of her children, were crushed to…
Federal Govt Plans Audience Measurement For Broadcast Industry
The Federal Government is to organize an Audience Measurement Conference to provide broadcast industry stakeholders the opportunity to contribute to…
Police arraign man for defrauding Fan Milk of N17 million
Men of the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigerian Police Force, Milverton Road, Ikoyi Lagos have arraigned a 45-year old…
26 suspects in police net for kidnapping, rape, armed robbery
The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested 26 suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and unlawful possession of prohibited…
UNILAG student accused of raping colleague granted N.2m bail
A 500-level student of the University of Lagos, Oluwatobi Emehin, who was arraigned for allegedly raping a fellow student, was…
Chinese human rights lawyer pleads guilty to ‘state subversion’
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges of “inciting state subversion” in a trial that…
Oil prices rise, heading to $53 a barrel
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, lifted by indications that supply is gradually tightening, especially in the United States.
4 suspected Barcelona attack plotters appear in court
Four men accused of being members of an Islamist cell behind the August 19 van attack that killed 13 people…
No Nigerian died in Ghana protest – Federal Govt
The Federal Government has said that no Nigerian died during the August 20 protest by Ghanaian in Sowutoum area of…
Suspected Ritualist escapes from police custody
A suspected ritualist, Ifeanyi Dike, who was paraded on Saturday by the Rivers State Police Command for raping and killing…
Hajj: Saudi apologises to Nigeria for beating 2 pilgrims
Saudi Arabia on Monday apologised to the Federal Government over an alleged maltreatment of two pilgrims by its security agents…
Raji was compassionate, loyal – Aregbesola
The Governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday described the late Lateef Raji, who was a commissioner in…
Edo Assembly lifts suspension of impeached Speaker, Majority Leader
Edo State House of Assembly has lifted the suspension of its former Speaker, Justin Okonoboh, and the Majority Leader, Foly…
Nigeria Joins 71 Countries To Combat Tax Evasion
Mr. Tunde Fowler, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has signed two major multilateral instruments.
‘Don’t borrow money to buy ram for Sallah’
As Muslims prepare for Eid el-Kabir celebration, a Professor of Islamic Studies, Badmas Lanre Yusuf, has warned Muslims against obtaining…
Buhari officially resumes work at home
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina says the President will resume office immediately.
Taliban stones man to death for adultery in Afghanistan
Taliban militants on Monday stoned to death a man on charges of having extra-marital relations with a woman in Afghanistan’s…
Millions of Americans await awe-inspiring total solar eclipse
Millions of Americans armed with protective-glasses are taking-positions along a slender-ribbon of land cutting diagonally across the United States to…
Panic as fire breaks out in Mecca hotel
A fire broke out in a hotel in the Saudi city of Mecca, which alarmed the annual hajj pilgrimage, the…
I’m pleased to be home – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says he is pleased to be back in the country among his “brothers and sisters” after his…
Nigeria’s unity not negotiable – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday condemned recent comments and discussions, especially in the social media, which questioned Nigeria’s existence as…
Nigeria’s Unity Is Settled and Not Negotiable
My dear citizens, I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to…
Protesters take over Shell flow station
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has described the occupation of its Belema flow station and gas plant in Kula Kingdom,…
Wreckage of U.S. WWII warship found after 72yrs
Civilian researchers led by entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul Allen have announced they have found the wreck of the U.S. World…
3SC defeats Nasarawa United FC 2-0
Coach Edith Agoye of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), says the team gave all it had to beat Nassarawa United…