Author: Lanre Babalola
Boko Haram Kills Another Army Lieutenant, Police Sergeant
In continuation of their onslaught against Nigerian communities and soldiers in the Northeast, Boko Haram insurgent on Wednesday evening killed…
Edo declares Friday public holiday for late Ogbemudia
The Edo State Government has declared Friday as a public holiday in honour of the late Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, former…
Letter Bomb Explodes At IMF Offices
A letter exploded when it was opened at the offices in central Paris of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on…
EFCC Arraigns Ex-NNPC Boss Andrew Yakubu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum…
Customs’ Boss Defiant, Appears Before Senate In White Mufti
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), has been sighted in white attire at the National Assembly Complex.
Respite For Fani-Kayode As Judge Withdraws From Fraud Case
Respite came the way of former Minister of Aviation on Thursday as the judge presiding over his alleged N4.9 billion…
Church Rat To Spend 2 Months In Prison
A 29-year-old man, Ricab Vondip, was on Thursday sentenced to two months imprisonment by a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court,…
14-Year Old Girl Commits Suicide Live On Facebook
A 14-year-old foster child who hanged herself in a shower stall and broadcast it on Facebook suffered years of sexual…
Governor Goes Mad, Demolishes Kidnappers’, Terrorists’ House, Mosque
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State was so angry with kidnappers, terrorists and armed robbers in Kogi State on Wednesday…
6 Soldiers In Hot Soup For Beating Ikorodu Woman
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had set up a Board of Inquiry (BOI), and…
Protest In Onitsha Over Customs’ Proposed Duty On Old Vehicles
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations of Nigeria (COSCON), on Wednesday demonstrated against the duty imposed on old vehicles by…
Senate Rejection of Magu: Way Forward For Buhari – Falana
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana has suggested three options for President Muhammadu Buhari following the refusal…
4 Killed In Edo Road Accident
Four persons have so far been confirmed killed in an auto accident that occurred Wednesday night on the Benin-Asaba dual…
NLC suspends Chairman in Ebonyi
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), in Ebonyi has suspended its Chairman, Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, indefinitely “for gross misconduct and financial…
Helicopters Now To Fly Into Abuja Airport
Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, says helicopters can now fly in and out of the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
Mother of 4 electrocuted at Ogwashi Uku, Delta
A mother of four, Mrs. Onyeka Anene, was in the early hours of Wednesday electrocuted in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha North Local…
2 Lagos Civil Servants Remanded In Prison For Attacking LASTMA Official
Two brothers, Animasaun Lekan, 43, a level 13 officer with the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development…
Gov Ajimobi Promises To Complete Road Projects
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has told contractors handling the multi-billion naira road projects within Ibadan metropolis and residents…
Trending: Buhari Misses Lai Mohammed, Says ” I Haven’t Seen Lai”
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed his fondness of Alhaji Lai Mohammed at the start of the Federal Executive Council…
Reps Want More Kerosene To Reduce Price
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other relevant agencies to urgently regularise the…
Ogun doctors protest shortage of personnel in govt facilities
Medical doctors in the Ogun State public service on Wednesday protested what they described as “gross shortage of medical personnel’’…
The DSS Letter That Nailed Magu
This is the DSS letter sent by the security outfit to the senate that prevented the senate from confirming Mr…
NPA retirees stage protest over unpaid pension arrears
Hundreds of retirees of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday staged a protest at the Marina Headquarters of the…
6 Unilag students charged with gang-rape, get N6m bail
Six students of the University of Lagos (Unilag), who allegedly gang-raped a 17-year-old female colleague, were on Wednesday granted reprieve…
Southern Kaduna: CAN holds 10-day prayer session
Worried by the insecurity in Southern Kaduna, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Moro’a Chiefdom chapter, Kaura Local Government Area…
Bill to establish EFCC court passes second reading
A Bill for an Act to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act on Wednesday, passed second reading in…
Gunmen Assassinate Benin Prophet Speed
The founder and head pastor of Love Fire Ministry, a Benin-based pentecostal church, Pastor Godwin Emmanuel, has been assassinated by…
Customs Boss Hameed Ali Faces Arrest If…
The Nigerian Senate is determined to cut the Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Colonel Hameed Ali to size as it threatened…
Update: 6 Killed As Boko Haram Strikes In Maiduguri Again
Borno Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of five persons, including four suspected suicide bombers, after an early morning…
Obaseki, Okowa, Odili Eulogise Late Ogbemudia
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his Delta State counterpart, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa said that the Late Dr. Samuel…