Author: Lanre Babalola
Bill to establish National Renal Centre passes 2nd reading
A Bill seeking to establish a National Renal Centre passed second reading in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
We remain PDP members – Lagos Reps
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of Representatives from Lagos State, on Wednesday affirmed their loyalty to the…
Senate passes Whistle Blowers Protection Bill
The Whistle Blowers Protection Bill has been passed by the Senate.
Court orders temporary forfeiture of assets linked to Diezani Alison-Madueke
A Court in Nigeria has ordered temporary forfeiture of a property at Banana Island, Lagos bought for $37.5m in 2013…
PTDF shortlists 1008 candidate for 2017/18 Ph.D scholarship category
No fewer than 1,008 candidates have been shortlisted by the Petroleum Development Fund (PTDF) for selection under the PhD Scholarship…
Why I did not attend PDP caucus meetings – Ali Modu-Sheriff
The disgraced national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has opened up on his absence…
Stop humiliating Nigerians, Federal Govt warns Italy
The federal government has asked the Italian authorities to stop humiliating Nigerian immigrants seeking greener pastures in Italy.
US Justice Dept reveals details of $1.2 billion bribe paid to Diezani Alison-Madueke
Details of the mega-swindle of Nigeria by Messrs. Olajide Omokore and Akanni Aluko have emerged.
Taleveras complies with International Trading Standards, says legal team
The Taleveras Group has clarified that all its business transactions and investments in the oil sector have been in compliance…
Beware! Lagos court insists taking Fanta, Sprite with Vitamin C is poisonous
A Lagos high court has insisted that its order that the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)…
Multiple powerful explosions rock Maiduguri again
Powerful multiple explosions rock Maiduguri on Tuesday night, a day after 12 persons were killed by suspected Boko Haram suicide…
3 UN envoys to visit Osinbajo
Ms Amina Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, has begun a trip to Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
PDP holds non-elective convention 12 August
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) has fixed the party’s non-elective national convention for Aug. 12, in…
Dokpesi’s Daar Communications suffers N2.139 billion loss
DAAR Communications Plc, owners of AIT and other business interests, has posted an operating loss of N2.139 billion in 2016,…
EFCC probes 18 senators for alleged N367.5b fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating 18 senators for alleged N367.5 billion fraud, it has been…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend pregnant with baby No 4
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced that his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez is pregnant with his fourth child. The footballer, 32, confirmed the…
Watch out for Boko Haram’s new tactics, Army alerts Nigerians
The Nigerian Army has warned of some new tactics it said the Boko Haram insurgents now employ to get at…
Soldier shoots superior dead after reprimand for cell phone use
An Indian soldier shot dead his superior after he was reprimanded for using a mobile phone while on the job…
Disgraced Modu-Sheriff shuns PDP caucus meeting
Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, the sacked National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was absent at the party’s expanded national…
Gunmen abduct 2 Catholic priests
The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) says gunmen kidnapped two Catholic priests in an area at the centre of…
Court of Appeal confirms judgment on foreign oil thieves
The Court of Appeal, Lagos, southwest Nigeria on Monday affirmed the judgment of a Federal High Court, Lagos which sentenced…
Dispatch from the Inaugural Kaduna Book Festival
All that is left of the first ever Kaduna Book and Arts Festival, July 5-8, 2017, are memories. I recollect…
Floods kill 18 in China, 18 missing
Eighteen people have died and another 18 remain missing after floods in China's northeastern city of Jilin, local authorities said…
FIRS Seals Four Firms Over Tax Debt Of N630m
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, on Monday, sealed four companies in Lagos and Port Harcourt over their failure to…
Electricity consumers to pay more
Managing Director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Joseph Chiedu Ugbo, says the call for increased electricity tariff is…
APC wins all council seats in Kebbi
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the chairmanship seats in all the 21 local government areas of Kebbi…
Fire razes 35 shops in Ibadan
Property worth millions of naira was destroyed in Sunday early morning inferno which engulfed at least 35 shops at Ogunpa/Oke…
Osinbajo seeks help from Supreme Court over Magu
The Presidency has reiterated its stance that certain federal appointments should not require the Senate's confirmation.
NNPC Produces Five Million Litres Of Kerosene Daily – GMD
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says its three refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna now produce five million…
Fake Kings and the King of Kings
The Bible presents a binary perspective on kings and kingdoms. On the one side is the true king of the…