Author: Lanre Babalola
Man impersonates as female, sleeps with over 1000 men
A man who impersonated as a female prostitute popularly known by the name Jennifer Kpaakpa in Makurdi on Thursday confessed…
Get set for medical check up after Ramadan, Lagos tells pilgrims
The Executive Secretary of the Lagos Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mr Musbau Okoya, has urged intending pilgrims from Lagos State…
Emir of Kano holds secret meeting with Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, are currently meeting behind closed-doors at the Aso…
Unpaid salaries: NUT gives state govts 30 days ultimatum
President of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Michael Alogba Olukoya has disclosed that in the next one month, indefinite…
Money Laundering: SERAP kicks against Saraki’s acquittal, seeks UN intervention
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has stated that, “the acquittal yesterday of the Senate President Bukola Saraki at the…
High cost of flour hits bakers hard, 1m out of job
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria has condemned the increase in the price of locally-produced and imported…
Death toll in London tower block fire rises to 17
Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said on Thursday that the death toll in the blaze that engulfed a residential tower…
South Africans order Nigerians out of communities
The Nigeria Union in South Africa on Wednesday accused two communities in the country of ordering Nigerians to quit their…
Olubadan Chieftaincy Law Review: Olubadan, Ibadan high chiefs back Ajimobi
The moves by the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to review the 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration received a boost…
Army arrests wanted bandit, kidnapper
The Nigerian Army confirmed that troops from the 1 Division in Kaduna State arrested a notorious and wanted leader of…
Most Americans disapprove of Trump’s job
Most Americans say they think President Donald Trump has little to no respect for the country's democratic traditions, according to…
Trump faces investigation over obstruction of justice
U.S. President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, the Washington Post…
FIRS Seals Ex-Minister’s Hotel Over Tax Debt
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has sealed the premises of the Golden Tulip hotel, owned by Kenneth Gbagi, a…
Police Ban Rally, Procession, Demonstration In Kogi State
The police command in Kogi on Wednesday announced an indefinite ban on rally, public procession and demonstration in all parts…
Arms Importation: AGF arraigns customs officers, clearing agents
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on Wednesday arraigned five men alleged to have imported into Nigeria…
Bullion van driver, policeman die in accident
A bullion van driver and a police officer lost their lives in an accident in Jos on Wednesday, when the…
JAMB blacklists 48 CBT centres for malpractice in 2017 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has blacklisted 48 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres over their involvement in extortion and…
Osinbajo meets Igbo leaders, warns against tit-for-tat
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met with Southeast governors and other leaders of thought from the region and urged…
Police Arrest Man With Human Skull
Men of the Lagos state Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old man, Lucien Tosume, for possessing a human skull.
6 die in London tower block fire
Police said Wednesday that six people have been confirmed dead in a huge fire at a London tower block and…
False Asset Declaration: Saraki discharged, acquitted
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Wednesday in Abuja, discharged and acquitted the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, of…
Buhari too ill to see Aisha, his wife – Presidency sources
President Muhammadu Buhari was not allowed to see his wife during her recent visit to the United Kingdom, presidency sources…
Confessions of a billionaire kidnapper: Evans names victims, amounts collected
The notorious kidnapper arrested at the weekend along with six members of his gang in Lagos, by police operatives from…
Don’t carry kolanuts, drugs to Mecca, pilgrims warned
Alhaji Adamu Zungeru, the Chairman, Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Board, on Wednesday warned intending pilgrims from the state to refrain…
My phenomenal rise to the top – Akinwunmi Ambode
Today is the birthday of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos. He was born on 14 June 1963. After a 27-year…
11m children out of school in North-East Nigeria
The UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Mr Gordon Brown, says there are about 11 million out-of-school children in northeast…
Army Lieutenant disappears in Lagos
An army lieutenant has reportedly disappeared in Festac area of Lagos during a military operation.
Adekunle elected as president of Kung-fu Federation
Adewumi Adekunle and Tosin Aluko have been elected as president and vice-president respectively at the board elections of the Nigeria…
Igali returns as President of Wrestling Federation, Adenekan is VP
Daniel Igali returned on Tuesday in Abuja as the President of Nigerian Wrestling Federation, while F.A.B Adenekan emerged the Vice-President…
Nigeria’s northeast needs $172m food aid – United Nations
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it urgently needs 172 million dollars for its operations in north-east Nigeria to alleviate…