Author: Lanre Babalola
Zamfara appoints new emir of Tsafe
The Zamfara State Government on Sunday announced Alhaji Muhammadu Bawa as the 18th Emir of Tsafe Emirate Council.
Why Is It So Difficult to Trust God?
Jesus used five loaves of bread to feed 5,000 people. He then used seven loaves to feed 4,000. Nevertheless, instead…
King of Witches, Struggling Against Community Madness
In the first quarter of the year 2000, then a student of the University of Calabar, Sam Itauma, upon a…
NTA director advises movie producers on good scripts
Mr Wole Coker, Executive Director Programmes of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has advised movie producers to insist on good…
Recession: Businesses finding it difficult to operate with profit – Director
Many businesses are finding it difficult to operate with profit due to the biting economic recession in the country, Mr…
Nigerian Army admits feeding public with lies
The Nigerian Army has admitted feeding the public with bareface lies over the abduction of NNPC staff by a faction…
I am not not dying – Robert Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Saturday said he was not stepping down nor dying and that there was no…
Okra can lead to infertility in men
Okra, though very nutritious, can lead to infertility in men of reproductive age, Dr Ochuko Erikainure, a Senior Research Officer…
Late Suntai to be buried Aug. 19
Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku has announced the postponement of the state burial of former Governor Danbaba Suntai from August 5…
Herbalist in police net over fatal concoction
The Enugu Police Command has arrested a herbalist, Adekunle Oseni, who allegedly prepared a concoction for the detection and arrest…
Lagos PDP factional chairman hands over secretariat to Bode George
Chief Segun Adewale, the Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, on Saturday handed over the state secretariat of…
Death toll in Kogi petrol tanker accident rises to 13
The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) on Saturday said the death toll in the Friday petrol tanker accident in…
8 killed as suicide bombers hit IDPs camp
No fewer than eight persons were killed and 14 others sustained in Friday night suicide bomb attack in Dikwa Local…
Airforce deploys aircraft to Kaduna to maintain peace
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has deployed armed helicopter with force protection elements and other logistics support to…
PDP National Chairman escapes death
Senator Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Caretaker Committee on Friday survived a multiple auto…
APC nullifies suspension of Muiz Banire
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as a nullity the purported suspension…
Boko Haram exposes lies of Nigerian Army, releases video of abducted NNPC staff
The Abu Musab al-Barnawi led faction of Boko Haram has exposed the many lies of the Nigerian Army over the…
Julius Berger, RCC threaten to abandon works on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Two construction companies handling rehabilitation and expansion works on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Reynolds Construction Company and Julius Berger, have threatened…
Scholars celebrate prolific writer, D.O. Fagunwa
On Thursday 27 July 2017, eminent Nigerians, scholars and students gathered at the Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, UI, to…
Nigerians worry over deleting of NYSC decree from 1999 Constitution
Some Nigerians in Abuja have expressed mixed feelings on the deleting of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Decree from…
Indonesia ombudsman faults execution of Nigerian
The office of Indonesia’s ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights violations in the execution of a Nigerian drug convict in…
Boko Haram: Osinbajo orders service chiefs to relocate to Maiduguri
The nation’s Service Chiefs are to move back to command centre of the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgency with…
Mob kills policeman over death of woman, 2 children
A mob on Thursday attacked and killed a policeman over the death of a woman and two children on Owerri…
School teacher docked for criticizing Bukola Saraki
A 37-year-old primary school teacher, Biodun Baba, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ilorin Senior Magistrates Court for allegedly defaming…
Police sack Modu-Sheriff loyalists from Lagos PDP Secretariat
Officers of the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies are in the Lagos State secretariat of the PDP to…
Students kick against stoppage of legislator’s recall
The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has stated that the process of recall of any legislator should not be…
Sterling Bank declares N57bn
Sterling Bank Plc on Thursday declared gross earnings of N57 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2017.
Paris Club Fund: Oyo workers to receive April and May 2017 salaries
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the payment of April and May 2017 salaries for workers in the…
How Boko Haram killed 9 Nigerian soldiers, 4 Unimaid staff, 14 others in ambush
The kidnap of oil workers that resulted in the death of nine soldiers also led to the death of at…
Bukar Abba Ibrahim: When Sharia Law Is Without Sharia Faith
One of the greatest tragedies of Nigeria’s corporate existence as a nation state is the widespread and pervasive but negative…