Author: Lanre Babalola
Number of Ebola cases in Congo exceeds 1,000
The number of Ebola cases in Congo has exceeded 1,000, the country’s health ministry said, as the second-largest outbreak of…
Kenyan teacher wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize
A math and physics teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away 80 percent of his monthly income to help the…
Flash: Appeal Court nullifies Zamfara APC Guber, Assembly primaries
The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto, led by Justice Tom Yakubu, has set aside the judgement of a Zamfara…
Court strikes out suit stopping Bauchi collation
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday made an order allowing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to proceed with…
Stakeholders converge on Abuja to end Tuberculosis in Nigeria
Some Key stakeholders on Sunday converged on Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory to further strategise on how to end the…
Trump, lawmakers anxiously await Russian meddling report
U.S. lawmakers drew battle lines on Sunday over how to handle a special counsel long-awaited report on Russian meddling in…
Thousands of Moroccan teachers stage protest over pay terms
About 10,000 teachers staged a new protest in the Moroccan capital Rabat on Sunday to demand permanent jobs, hours after…
Ex-NANS president weeps as INEC declares Ortom winner of election
Former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Mr Daniel Onjeh, on Sunday burst into tears after the…
Brexit troubles for May as ministers plot to unseat her
The UK’s exit from the European Union on Sunday was in disarray as Prime Minister Theresa May faced a possible…
Ex-FCT minister heads to court as INEC declares Lalong re-elected
Senator Jeremiah Useni, gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau has vowed to challenge the re-election of…
Supplementary Polls: PDP dominates Bayelsa Assembly with 19 seats, APC 4
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dominated the Bayelsa State House of Assembly winning 19, while All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Ijaw groups honour Jonathan, Lulu Briggs, 48 Others
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt It was a moment of celebration for some prominent Ijaw sons and daughters as two notable Ijaw…
Why 52.7m Nigerians have no access to water – Minister
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleman Adamu, has said that 52.7m Nigerians have no access to water…
Obaseki’s wife bought my prosthetic leg for me – Suspected cultist
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 27-year old amputee, Omiyor Endurance, for alleged cult-related activities. Endurance,…
Voodoo pastor arrested for allegedly for impregnating teenager
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Benin-based pastor, Ekene Samuel, who allegedly specialises in charming his victims with voodoo, has been apprehended by…
Gov. Ortom of Benue wins second term in office
Governor Samuel Ortom of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the keenly contested Benue Governorship election held on March…
Fani-Kayode blows hot: Kano election was war, thuggery, murder
Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode has described the Kano rerun election which took place on Saturday as the height of…
100 people evacuated from cruise ship off Norway
Norwegian officials say rescue workers have managed to evacuate about 100 people so far from a cruise ship that ran…
Why Obasanjo congratulated Adeleke after tribunal’s verdict
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday congratulated Sen. Ademola Adeleke over his victory at the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal…
Fire destroys building in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service on Saturday evening said that fire razed an entire building at France Road, adjacent Zenith…
Gov. Lalong leading in Plateau
As the results of the Plateau Governorship supplementary elections held on Saturday began to trickle in, Governor Simon Lalong got…
FCT: PDP wins Bwari Area Council Chairmanship
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared Mr Shekwogaza Gabaya of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of…
Boko Haram: I slept in tents to inspire my people to return – Emir
The Emir of Akira-Uba in Borno, Alhaji Abdullhi Ibn-Muhammed, said he slept in tents when he returned home after the…
US-backed Syrian forces declare victory over Islamic State
US-backed forces in Syria announced Saturday they have liberated the last area held by the Islamic State in the eastern…
Alert! Congo faces largest outbreak of Ebola
Democratic Republic of Congo is facing the second largest outbreak of Ebola in history as attacks on clinics pose a…
Trump blocks ‘phantom sanctions’ against North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has decided against imposing new large-scale sanctions on North Korea in a…
New Zealand: Christchurch mosques reopen after attacks
Smelling of fresh paint, the two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch where a gunman killed 50 worshipers…
I influenced 2019 elections, Tinubu admits at last
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his moral authority plays a role in his…
Rainstorm: JSS2 student gets electrocuted in Nsukka
The Nsukka Catholic Diocese has confirmed the death of a student, allegedly electrocuted on Thursday night at the Queen of…
Oyo seeks intervention of National Boundary Commission over boundary dispute with Osun State
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Government has called on the National Boundary Commission, NBC, to interfere in the lingering inter-state boundary…