Author: Lanre Babalola
Nestle moves to source raw materials locally
In its effort towards sourcing 100 percent of its raw materials locally, Nestle Nigeria, in partnership with the International Fertiliser…
Christians must be friends with adherents of other religions – Pope
Pope Francis has urged Christians across the world to build friendship, particularly with adherents of other religions rather than trying…
Ailing President Bouteflika of Algeria set to resign
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is preparing to announce his resignation in accordance with article 102 of the constitution, Ennahar TV…
13 killed, including family of four, in ghastly accident
The Bauchi State police command has confirmed the death of thirteen persons following a fatal motor vehicles accident on Sunday,…
Photo News: Senate President Bukola Saraki hosts incoming senators
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Sunday held a dinner party for incoming Senators of the 9th…
Gbajabiamila formally declares for Speakership House of Reps
House Leader and five time legislator, Femi Gbajabiamila, formally declares to vie for the Speakership seat of the House of…
Benzema grinds winning goal for Madrid against Huesca
Karim Benzema stopped Real Madrid’s underwhelming La Liga season going from bad to worse on Sunday after firing a last-minute…
Police promote top officers
Force Public Relations officer, Assistant Commissioner Frank Mba was among the 8916 police officers promoted Sunday by the Police Service…
It’s a lie, no plan to arrest Amosun, Okorocha – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied a report that it was planning to arrest three state governors…
Algeria: Bouteflika sits tight, appoints caretaker government
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is clinging to power, despite weeks of unrelenting protests that he should step down 20 years…
INEC and the Inconclusive polls palaver
By Carl Umegboro SECTION 179(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended provides, “A candidate…
Oni Vs Fayemi: Supreme Court to give final verdict
Who is a Public Officer and can a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria be described as a public…
Boxer Ngumbu weeps after losing WBC title fight
Congo-born French fighter, Doudou Ngumbu wept Saturday night after losing by technical knockout to WBC light heavyweight champion, Ukrainian, Oleksandr…
Court backs SERAP to compel Fashola name ‘corrupt contractors’
There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing the truth about specific names of contractors that allegedly collected money for electricity…
Lebanon: What Hawkish Pompeo Did Not Know
By Owei Lakemfa When Pompeo and his American bosses asked Lebanon to eliminate the Hezbollah, they were essentially calling for…
Man shoots teenager for knocking on his door
A Georgia man has been arrested after he fatally shot a 19-year-old man who accidentally knocked on the wrong apartment…
Kano Re-run Election: A Morbid Threat To Representative Democracy
By Ali Sabo Politics as they say, especially in Africa, is sometimes a game of betrayal, destruction of lives and…
The Burden of Staggered Elections
By Eric Teniola If we add what INEC has been allocated since 1999 to conduct the six elections held so…
DSS arrests journalist Jones Abiri again
Four armed men suspected to be operatives of Directorate of Security Services (DSS) on Saturday whisked away a journalist, Jones…
Knight decries high rate of extra judicial killings
Mr Williams Adebisi, the Metropolitan Grand Knight of the Order of the Knights of St Molumba, has decried the high…
Ethics takes centre stage at maiden ‘Time-out with Journalists’
It was an evening of fun at the maiden ‘Time-out with Journalists’ held on Thursday, 28th March 2019 at the…
Gov. Fayemi to PDP: You are free to challenge my victory in S/Court
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Friday declared that he never regarded the defeated governorship candidate of the Peoples…
Video: Saboteurs tried to prevent us from congratulating Buhari – CAN
The President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has described as Saboteurs those who attempted to prevent…
Buhari: I will leave Nigeria better than I met it
Ahead of his swearing-in for his second term on 29 May, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari is already thinking about the…
Atiku, Saraki, Dogara congratulate Adamawa governor-elect Fintiri
Lanre Babalola Following his announcement as the winner of the Adamawa state governorship election on Thursday night, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri…
LEKOIL Requires Ministerial Consent for OPL 310 Interest – Court
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, and presided by Justice Sule Hassan has ruled that Lekoil’s acquisition of an…
Guber Poll: Osun tribunal judgment cannot stand – Aregbesola
Lanre Babalola Former governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared that the judgment delivered by the Osun State…
Video: Pope Francis prevents people from kissing his ring
The mystery of why Pope Francis repeatedly withdrew his right hand as a long line of people bowed and tried…
Photo News: Bola Tinubu’s day of honour
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu today clocked 67. To honour him a colloqium was…
Man, 42, in Police net over death of married lover
The Plateau Police Command has arrested a 42-year old man, Gundumi Saya, over the death of his married lover, one…