Author: Lanre Babalola
LASU’s best graduating student delivered of baby girl a day after
It was double joy for Mrs Elizabeth Orefunwa, the overall best graduating student of the Lagos State University, Ojo, as…
Edo Govt. to reintroduce teaching of History in public schools
The Edo Government says it will reintroduce the teaching of History as a subject in public schools to allow the…
Super Eagles second friendly called off
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday said Super Eagles’ second international friendly, against Burkina Faso in London on Monday,…
NCP elects Fatai Ibuowo Lagos chairman
Mr Fatai Ibuowo has emerged as the new Lagos State Chairman of the National Conscience Party (NCP).
Why we are holding championship in Sambisa Forest – Chief of Army Staff
Lt.-Gen.Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff, says this year’s Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship is holding in Sambisa forest…
Fashola visits Ambode, pledges FG support on captive power
The Federal Government on Saturday said it was ready to support states to generate `captive power’ as a permanent solution…
Addax Petroleum executives face criminal investigation
The management of Addax Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. on Saturday confirmed that Geneva Prosecutor’s Office was conducting a criminal investigation into…
Journalist, 4 others killed in auto crash
An auto crash which occurred at Asejire end of Osun on Friday killed five persons while others sustained severe injuries.
Suicide: Cleric wants churches to increase counseling, support
A Christian cleric, Rev. John Adeyinka, has called on religious organisations to create more platforms on which members with great…
Leaked DSS report Vindicates Senate Over Magu – Spokesman
The Senate has described the leaked DSS report on Mr Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial…
5,000 Sanitation Offenders Prosecuted In Kano
No fewer than 5,000 people, who contravened the Kano State Environmental Sanitation Law, have so far been prosecuted, according to…
Half of French voters still undecided as presidential election race nears
An Odoxa poll released on Friday showed that nearly half of French voters had not made their final choices as…
NUT Calls For Registration Council To Flush Out Quacks
The Plateau chapter of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), has called for the resuscitation of the Teachers Registration Council…
Judge seeks stakeholders’ collaboration to stem divorce rate
Mr Abolade Banigbe, an Area Court judge in Omu-Aran, Kwara, has called for stakeholders’ collaboration across the country to stem…
Senate summons AGF, minister, others over e-passport deals
Senate ad hoc committee on Saturday summoned the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Interior, Retired…
No grudges against those who impeached me, says ex-Ondo Deputy Gov
A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Ali Olanusi, who was impeached in 2015 under the administration of the…
Active Telecoms Users Fall In February To 154.1m
Active users of telecommunications services in Nigeria decreased from 155.1 million in January to 154. 1 million in February, the…
Photo Essay: 90-Year Old Woman Struggles To Survive
She is popularly called Mama Ibrahim by members of her families and people in her community. Bent with age, the…
Hillary Clinton Happy Over Suspension Of Trump’s Health Bill
Hillary Clinton on Friday cheered the cancellation of a vote on a GOP ObamaCare repeal bill, calling it a "victory…
Nyako: How N1.2bn Was Diverted to Private Companies -Witness
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on March 24, 2017 through its seventh witness, presented documents to show the…
How Nigerians can curb suicides
A woman, Mrs Abigael Ogunyinka, on Friday, 24 March 2017, jumped into the Lagos Lagoon at Ebute Ero, because of…
Top Democrats in victory dance over failure of Trump’s health bill
After the Republican replacement for Obamacare was dramatically pulled at the last minute Friday due to lack of support, top…
Igbinedion presents Oba of Benin with 7-month old tiger
Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin, on Friday presented a seven-month old Tiger to Oba Ewuare II, the Oba…
Appeal Court reverses impeachment of former deputy governor of Ondo
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, on Friday, reversed the impeachment of Alhaji Ali Olanusi, former Deputy Governor of…
Whistleblowing: Ministry receives 2,351 tips on embezzlements
The Ministry of Finance says it has so far received 2,351 tips from whistleblowers bordering on cases of embezzlement of…
Court orders arrest of Sokoto Senior Councillor
A Sokoto State Sharia Court on Friday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a Senior Councillor in the…
Depression: Another Woman Jumps Into Lagos Lagoon Over Debt
Barely some hours after the police from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos saved a female textile dealer from…
3 feared dead as another Benue village comes under attack
The Police said in Makurdi on Friday that Tse-Achia village near Kasar in the outskirts of Zaki Biam, Ukum Local…
Mobile court jails driver 6 months for assaulting FRSC officials
A commercial bus driver, Joshua Willie, was Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment by a mobile court sitting in Ekiadolor,…
3 IDPs Arrested Over Stolen High Tension Cables
Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said it had arrested three Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),…