Author: Lanre Babalola
Nigeria: The Rotten Barrel?
‘A rotten apple spoils the whole barrel’ is the proverbial saying that has been used by many to describe how…
Judicial staff to die by hanging in Delta
A Delta State High Court in Ughelli, has sentenced a former Counsellor and staff of Delta State Judiciary, Narebor Stephen…
Photos: IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Freed At Last!
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi has been released from prison.
Suspected armed robbers kill apple seller in Benin
Suspected armed robbers have allegedly shot and killed a middle-aged man, simply identified as Mr. Gideon.
Boko Haram suicide car bomber kills 5 Nigerian soldiers, injures 40
A suicide car bomber has attacked a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, killing five soldiers and injuring another 40, security…
South African plots to kill 19 politicians, businessmen
A South African man on Friday appeared in court for allegedly planning to assassinate 19 government officials and high-ranking businessmen.
Suspended lawmaker storms court with supporters
Former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin on Friday arrived an Abuja Federal High Court…
Workers’ Day: Govt declares Monday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 1 May, 2017 as Public Holiday to commemorate the 2017 Workers’ Day Celebration.
EFCC Recovered N17bn Through Whistle-blower Policy – Magu
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the introduction of the whistle-blower policy…
Nigeria lose Beach Soccer World Cup opener to Italy
Nigeria’s Sand Super Eagles on Friday lost 6-12 to Italy in their opening Group B game of the 2017 FIFA…
British police foils another terrorist attack
British police on Friday thwarted an active terrorism plot after a woman was shot during an armed raid on a…
Police dock Ife monarch, 5 others over clash
The Nigeria Police on Friday arraigned an Ife monarch and five others before a court in Ile Ife over the…
Brazil faces nationwide strike
Brazilian unions called nationwide strikes on Friday to protest President Michel Temer’s efforts to reduce social security benefits and weaken…
Oyegun and the Abuja Disease
By Louis Odion The Abuja disease is a peculiar affliction in Nigerian politics. It refers to the tendency of an…
Experts seek removal of import duty on malaria drugs
Some experts have urged the Federal Government to remove the import duty placed on the importation of malaria drugs in…
Ex-FIFA official pleads guilty to corruption charges
A former FIFA official from Guam has pleaded guilty to charges of corruption in a New York court, the U.S.…
Oba Akiolu denies snubbing Ooni of Ife
Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos has responded to the video which went viral in the social media of him allegedly…
Court fixes June 19 for judgment in Tompolo’s suit against IGP, EFCC
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday fixed June 19 to deliver judgment in a suit filed by Chief…
USA-based businessman to float $2bn modular refinery in Edo
A United States of America-based Nigerian businessman, Charles Ihaza, has proposed a $2 billion modular refinery in Eghudu in Ovia…
Minister reveals how states, individuals can make billions of Naira from solid minerals
Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister for Solid Minerals and Steel Development, has a big assignment. He is to revive the dead…
Edo Prisons hold musical carnival for inmates
Authorities of Oko Medium Prisons in Benin, Edo State Tuesday organised a talent hunt concert, as part of rehabilitation and…
Modu-Sheriff pulls out of Jonathan’s reconciliation move on PDP crisis
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Senator Ali Modu Sheriff said he was pulling out of the reconciliation move…
Residents jubilate over first rainfall
Residents of Zaria and its environs in Kaduna State on Thursday jubilated over the first rainfall in 2017.
I do not have $1.2bn in any account – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the report that he has 1.2 billion dollars (about N400…
Nigeria is at crossroads, we need restructuring – Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday joined the calls for restructuring of the country to promote unity and economic…
Reps condemn assassination attack on Dino Melaye
The House of Representatives on Thursday called on the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to prosecute the persons behind the…
Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna dies at 70
Veteran Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna, known as the heartthrob of Hindi films in the 1970s and 1980s, died on Thursday…
37 companies bid for NNPC fire-fighting trucks supply
No fewer than 37 companies have submitted bids to supply firefighting trucks to Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company (NPSC), a…
Obasanjo Explodes Again: Jonathan was too small to be president
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan from his first days as President showed he was…
God, Baptist Church moulded me into what I am today – Obasanjo
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has attributed his achievements in life to God and the training he received from the Baptist…