Author: Lanre Babalola
Court dissolves 14-year old marriage
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Friday dissolved the 14-year old marriage between one Kafayat Lawal and her husband,…
Universities to be shut again as ASUU mulls strike
University teachers are set for another strike over the controversial 2009 agreement they reached with the Federal Government among other…
Customs Impounds 37 Assorted Cars Smuggled Into Nigeria Through The Bush
Anti-smuggling operations of NCS has continue to yield more results as CGC Compliance Team and Roving Team of the Federal…
Suicide bomber kills 4 soldiers
A suicide bomber killed four Pakistani soldiers in an attack in the troubled northwest near the border with Afghanistan, the…
Charly Boy’s group clash with Buhari supporters in Abuja
As the anti-Buhari march enters Day 5 in Abuja, Charly Boy and his supporters on Friday clashed with supporters of…
Charlie Boy’s Protest and the Hypocritical Puritans
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is a highly respected member of the Puritan community. He is a beloved Reverend who many people…
Charly Boy fights back, berates Presidency over Buhari’s health
Popular Nigerian musician Charly Boy has accused the Presidency of hiding the true nature of President Muhammadu Buhari's illness.
3 police sergeants dismissed over robbery
Delta State Commissioner of Police Zanna Ibrahim has dismissed three police sergeants from the force over alleged robbery.
Boko Haram: 58,000 Nigerians to be repatriated from Cameroon
The Tripartite Commission for the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon has called for the safe, dignified return and…
Charly Boy, others want to derail anti-corruption war – Presidency
The Presidency has described the “Return or resign’’ group as an illegal assembly formed to frustrate the ongoing Federal Government’s…
Senate debates bill to establish private detectives
The Senate has commenced the process to establish private detectives and investigators in the country.
Nigeria now 38th in FIFA rankings
Gernot Rohr's men climbed up one step and sixth in Africa based on the latest Fifa rankings released on Thursday.
Bukola Saraki sacks 98 aides
Senate President Bukola Saraki has sacked his director of protocol, head of administration and 96 others to scale down the…
Glo declares tomorrow free data day
Globacom has declared Friday, 11th August, 2017, as the first Free Data Day on its network.
Protest continues in Abuja against Buhari’s absence
The Concerned Nigerians group has taken to the streets in its fourth day of a sit-out protest to demand the…
Police presents N12.8 million to families of 10 deceased officers
Mr Abubakar Mohammed, Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, with headquarters in Benin, on Wednesday presented…
Mauritania Abolishes ‘Too Costly’ Senate
Mauritania has joined Senegal in abolishing the Senate, its upper legislative chambers.
NNPC Raises Alarm on Recruitment Scam
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has, for the umpteenth time, reiterated that it has not launched a recruitment campaign…
Protest against Buhari’s absence continues in Abuja
Despite the police brutalization of #ResumeorResign protesters yesterday, the pro-democracy group again converged at Abuja’s Unity Fountain today to continue…
You’ll sweat when you see properties traced to Alison-Madueke
The former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has so far had N47.2 Billion and $487.5 Million in cash…
How Obasanjo, Yar Adua, Jonathan squandered over N11 trillion for electricity – SERAP
A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed how over N11 trillion meant to provide…
INEC to punish erring officials
Dr Briyai Frankland, the new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River, says the commission will deal decisively with any…
U.S. property, investment and eb5 visa
With news agog both in the print and social media last week of an American who duped some Nigerians on…
29 born-again Christians return WAEC certificates for cheating
Twenty-nine born again Christians have returned their certificates to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for engaging in examination malpractice…
Court Strikes Out Federal Govt’s Suit Against Seven Banks
The Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has struck out a suit filed by the Federal Government against seven commercial…
Army wipes out 6 Boko Haram terrorists
The Nigerian Army said that it killed six terrorists in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno during an operation to…
The Moral Debris of GEJ’s Looted Home
Editorials of the Vanguard newspaper, in my view, belong in the heavyweight echelon of Nigeria’s commentariat. The weight of their…
Today’s Nigeria and Awo’s Counsel (2)
Last week, this column brought to you excerpts of an address delivered by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, on…
Fraudsters swindle Lagos House Speaker
The police in Lagos have arraigned three men before a Federal High Court, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding the Speaker of…
Accident claims 5 lives on Okene-Lokoja Road again
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed the death of five persons in a ghastly accident on the Okene-Lokoja…