Author: Lanre Babalola
Election: NSCDC deploys personnel to 277 polling Centres in Ogun
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogun has deployed 277 personnel for the March 9 governorship and…
Will Smith to play the Williams’ dad in ‘King Richard’
American actor and rapper, Will Smith, 50, is to take the role of Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars…
Photo News: Buhari eats dinner with APC campaigners
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night hosted members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) to a…
UN shuts human rights office in Burundi
Burundi has forced the United Nations to shut its local human rights office after 23 years, the U.N. human rights…
Okowa in trouble as Buhari eyes Delta in Saturday’s guber election
President Muhammadu Buhari assured voters in Delta of adequate security in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections and declared…
Cocaine: Nigerian Princess Okoye arrested in Nairobi, Kenya (Photos)
A Nigerian Princess Okoye arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on Sunday for cocaine trafficking is due…
Attempted suicide: Melaye gets N5m bail
Senator Dino Melaye was on Tuesday docked before an FCT High Court, Apo area of Abuja on a six-count charge,…
Lagos: Ifeanyi Ubah, TAN endorse Sanwo-Olu, promise Igbo votes
The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) has endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu for…
Kwara APC targets bigger victory on Saturday: Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win Saturday’s Governorship and State…
US House of Reps opens fresh probe of Trump
The Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives launched a sprawling new probe Monday into Donald Trump’s inner circle…
How the 2019 presidential election in Nigeria was massively rigged
Femi Aribisala In the 2015 presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari of the APC was awarded 15,424,921 votes by Attahiru Jega’s INEC;…
Ex-nursery school staff charged with manslaughter
Akin Kuponiyi A former staff of a Lagos-based private nursery school, Rukayat Amisu, has been remanded in prison by a…
Nigerian Govt Introduces Measures To Discourage Young Nigerians From Travelling
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants & Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) on Monday commenced a national skills acquisition programme for…
Court nullifies Kano PDP governorship primary, orders fresh election
Barely five days to the governorship election, a Federal High Court in Kano on Monday nullified the governorship primary election…
TUC wants more appointments for women in Buhari’s administration
The Chairperson, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) Women Commission, Mrs Oyinkansola Olasanoye, on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to…
NASS Poll: Alagboso wins Orlu, Orsu, Oru East federal seat
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chief Jerry Alagboso the winner of the Orlu, Orsu and Oru East…
Plea Bargain: Late Badeh loses 6 properties, $1m to Federal Govt
The late Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh has lost six properties to the Federal Government and $1 million recovered…
6 injured as truck loses rear axle, tyres along Abuja-Keffi highway
Six persons, all males, sustained various degrees of injury on Monday morning, in a lone accident involving a 911 DAF…
Okota, Tribalism And Political Warlords
By Ken Tadaferua The only reason why this flagrant rape on rights happen is that perpetrators and political oligarchs who…
Do the Igbo and the Yoruba Know They Are Children of the Same “God”?
By Fredrick Nwabufo But can the Igbo and the Yoruba ever unite? Yes, they can. And they will. There will…
Police arrest 323 suspected electoral offenders
The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested 323 persons across the country for alleged electoral offences during the Feb.…
PDP holds caucus meeting
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scheduled an expanded caucus meeting for Monday, March 4. According to a statement by…
NDLEA arrests 1,247 drug offenders in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced that no fewer than 1,247…
Mass defections hit Kaduna PDP
With six days to the 9 March governorship election in Kaduna, a major defection of members has hit the opposition…
Nigeria 2019: When Character Triumphs In Popular Electoral Choice
By Adewale Ajadi The most distinctive dynamic of the 2019 elections seems to be focused on the character of the…
Nigeria Decides 2019: A Post-election Note (2)
By Rafiq Raji Turnout Conundrum One of the facts that struck me after the release of the 2019 presidential election…
Election: Atiku inaugurates legal team to challenge Buhari’s victory
The defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has inaugurated his legal…
Customs donates over 30,000 bags of rice, other materials in Ogun
Nigeria Customs Service has donated 32,576 bags of rice, 1,794 kegs of Vegetable oil, 329 bales of used clothes and…
Babangida congratulates Buhari, calls for restructuring
Former military president of Nigeria, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has sent a message of congratulations to President Muhammadu Buhari on his…
Thai king sacks staff member for adultery
Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has sacked a member of his staff for adultery. According to a royal gazette announcement published,…