Author: Lanre Babalola
PHOTO: NFF President Pinnick Amaju, Coach Gernot Rohr visit Eagles goalie Carl_Ikeme today in London
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Pinnick Amaju and Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, Friday visited Eagles goalie Carl_Ikeme…
Leave Buhari alone, Youth Organisation tells Fayose
The Buhari Youth Organisation, Lagos State Chapter, has urged Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to stop negative comments about…
Governor Obaseki rewards mathematics teachers, students
Governor Godwin Obaseki has donated N500, 000 to a mathematics teacher in Asoro Grammar School, Mrs Birgitta Okodugha, and N250,…
Gunmen kill 5 Egyptian policemen
Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian security checkpoint on Friday, killing five policemen in an area just south of the capital, the…
Bureau de Change operator dupes Chinese of $2.4m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested and detained a Bureau de Change operator alleged to…
Air passenger dies on arrival at Lagos Airport
A Nigerian passenger on Emirates Airlines on Wednesday slumped and died on arrival at the international wing of the Murtala…
Ifeanyi Ubah fights back, says NNPC owes Capital Oil N16b
The Chairman of Capital Oil, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, on Thursday disputed claims that he was owing Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
Court Grants Ex-Jigawa Governor Saminu Turaki Bail
An FCT High Court on Thursday admitted to bail the former Governor of Jigawa State, Saminu Turaki.
Buhari phones Akande over wife’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed "heart-felt" sadness over the death of Madam Omowunmi Bisi Akande, wife of the founding chairman…
Buhari’s Absence: PDP Reps say Aso Rock is vacant for another occupier
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives on Thursday said that there is vacancy in…
Ifeanyi Ubah refunds N2bn to NNPC for stolen petroleum products
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that the Chairman of Capital Oil, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah has paid back…
Venus Williams Advances To Wimbledon Final
Venus Williams on Thursday advanced to her first Wimbledon championships final since 2009.
Reps move to investigate alleged killing of 97 Nigerians by Cameroon’s gendarmes
The House of Representatives, on Thursday resolved to investigate alleged killing of 97 Nigerians in the ceded Bakassi Peninsula by…
EFCC arraigns 3 INEC staff over N138m bribe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the administrative secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Youths protest beheading of 2 brothers
Angry youths of Rumuokparali Community in Obio-Akpor local government area of Rivers State have staged a peaceful protest against the…
WAEC releases WASSCE results 19 July
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to release the results of the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate…
Stop walking alone in dark alleys, Unilorin warns students
The Management of the University of Ilorin, on Thursday warned students of the institution, particularly female students, against walking alone…
South Sudan President Kiir sacks 12 judges over strike
South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, has sacked 12 judges, who had been on strike over poor pay and living conditions…
Visit to Buhari: Osinbajo is deceiving Nigerians – Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state on Wednesday described the reported visit of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to President Muhammadu…
Gowon opens N3.3bn Bayelsa Govt. House
A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Wednesday performed the official opening ceremony of the new Bayelsa Government…
Former Brazilian President Lula jailed 9 years for corruption
Former Brazilian leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday in the first of five…
LASU employs 80 students for part-time jobs
Lagos State University (LASU) has employed more than 80 students to work in its library on part-time basis.
Photos: Gov Fayose, Makarfi others celebrate PDP victory at Supreme Court
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State was clearly ahead of the pack of chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Supreme Court judgment, victory for democracy – PDP lawmakers
Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the party to brace up…
Senate swears in Adeleke
Newly-elected senator for Osun-West Senatorial District, Ademola Adeleke (PDP-Osun), on Wednesday took oath office to replace the late Isiaka Adeleke…
The Abiku Called Magu
The above quotation is the opening stanza in the eight-paragraph poem titled “Abiku” by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. Abiku in…
Supreme Court sacks Modu-Sheriff, reinstates Makarfi as PDP chairman
The Supreme Court on Wednesday removed Senator Modu-Sheriff as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared…
Chief Bisi Akande Loses Wife
Pioneer Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande has lost his wife, Mrs Omowumi Akande.
Federal Poly, Idah shut down as students protest killing of colleague
The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Idah in Kogi, on Tuesday closed down the institution, following students violence over the…