Author: Lanre Babalola
Ramadan: Sultan tells Muslims to look for moon on Friday
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar…
Boko Haram: NEMA evacuates 270 Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday evacuated 270 Nigerian refugees who returned from Cameroon Republic to Nigeria, from Mubi…
NUPENG, IPMAN suspend strike in C/River
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have…
Govt to close hotels using teenagers as prostitutes
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has threatened to clampdown on operators of hospitality and…
Wicked! Businesswoman beats 8-year old maid to death
A Lagos-based businesswoman, Obiageli Emenike who allegedly beat her eight-year-old maid, Miracle Edogwu, to death, was on Thursday hauled up…
Court Orders DSS To Release Ifeanyi Ubah
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the Department of State Service to…
Kidnappers strike again in Epe, abduct 6 students
Six students of Igbonla Model college in Epe have been abducted.
British police arrests 2 more after Manchester bombing
British police have arrested two more men in connection with the Manchester attack, taking the number of people in custody…
Osinbajo congratulates Edwin Clark at 90
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has felicitated with former Federal Commissioner of Information and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark,…
Nigerian wins £25,000 for tutoring app
A 27-year old Nigerian, Godwin Benson has won an engineering award given by UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering for the…
Man jailed 20 years four years after killing business partner
For stabbing his 33-year-old business partner, Sanni Mohammed, to death, 27-year-old Abubakar Samaila is to spend the next 20 years…
Nigerian women pray for President Buhari
Women from all works of life on Wednesday converged in Abuja for a one-day prayer and fasting session for the…
National Minimum Wage: Federal Govt sets up 29-member committee
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the setting up of a 29-member National Minimum Wage Committee to negotiate and…
UK deports 35 Nigerians for immigration offences
The Government of the United Kingdom on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country.
Primary: Agege APC leaders choose consensus candidates
In preparation for Friday's local government primary election, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and stakeholders in Agege…
2017 Hajj airlift begins July 24 – NAHCON
The airlift for the 2017 Hajj will commence on July 24, Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON),…
Police arrest 27 kidnap, armed robbery suspects in Kogi
The Police in Kogi on Wednesday said it arrested 27 persons suspected to be behind the kidnap of two businessmen…
Libya returnees seek govt’s assistance
Hundreds of Edo returnees from Libya on Wednesday appealed to the State Government to empower them.
UK says Manchester attacker recently returned from Libya
Britain’s interior minister said on Wednesday she believed the suicide bomber, who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert…
Alert: Nigeria Immigration Service begins recruitment
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has begun recruitment into the service for 2017.
Help me, pastor dupes me of N918m, Atiku’s wife cries out
Titi Atiku, wife of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday told an Ikeja High Court that she trusted a…
Presidency dismisses reports on coup plot
Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has urged Nigerians to ignore the media…
Acting President Osinbajo mourns Onuekwusi
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed sadness over the news of the death of Mr Chukwuma Onuekwusi, the…
Police arrest two suspected killers of Inspector in Lagos
Mr Fatai Owoseni, Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of two suspects over the alleged…
Omisore commiserates with Channels Television over late Onuekwusi
Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore has joined many other Nigerians to commiserate with the family of…
Coup scare: Container-load of arms found in Lagos port
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 440 pieces of riffles at Tin Can Island Port, Lagos.
Police to recruit 30,000 personnel annually — I-G
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, says the Nigeria Police has concluded arrangements to recruit 30,000 personnel annually.
Peace Corps Commandant begs for adjournment to enable him take exams
The absence of Dickson Akoh, National Commandant, Peace Corps of Nigeria Ambassador, on Tuesday stalled his trial at the Federal…
Islamic State claims responsibility for Manchester arena attack
Islamic State claimed responsibility for Monday's deadly attack at the Manchester Arena and said it was carried out with an…
Prepaid Meters: Fashola gets 7-day ultimatum
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given a seven-day ultimatum to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde…