Author: Lanre Babalola
News Alert! Atiku to make broadcast on Twitter, Facebook 9am tomorrow
Lanre Babalola Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP will be making a broadcast on Twitter and Facebook…
Tinubu woos Igbo voters in Lagos for APC
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday appealed to Igbo in Lagos State to…
Federal Govt declares Friday public holiday
Nigeria’s Federal Government has declared Friday, 22 February as a public holiday, to enable citizens prepare for Saturday’s presidential and…
GOtv Unveils Thrilling Programme Line-up To End February
GOtv, the country’s leading terrestrial pay television operator, has unveiled an exciting programme schedule for its subscribers as the month…
Rescheduled polls: INEC begins distribution of sensitive materials in Oyo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State on Wednesday commenced the distribution of sensitive materials at the Ibadan…
Atiku insists on selling NNPC
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday in Kaduna reiterated his plan to privatise the…
NAN MD wants journalists’ retirement age extended to 70
Mr Bayo Onanuga, Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has called for the extension of retirement age for journalists…
INEC talks to NURTW, others to strengthen logistics plan
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is strengthening its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with transport unions to ensure…
Lawyer says ballot box snatching directive dangerous
Mr Daniel Agada, a constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst, says ballot box snatching is an offence under the country’s…
Kwara Police confirms gunmen attack on APC Senatorial candidate campaign train
Kwara Police Command has confirmed that gunmen attacked a Senatorial Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Arch. Lola Ashiru, and…
Akwa Ibom starts Ibom Air
Akwa Ibom state today flagged off its state-owned airline called Ibom Air. The ceremony, which attracted Senate President Bukola Saraki,…
Only God can stop Feb. 23 elections, Yakubu tells the world
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says “only an Act of God can stop the…
Zenith Bank Plc debuts *966*911# account control code
Zenith Bank Plc has become the first Nigerian Bank to successfully launch its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) account control…
2019 Polls: Buratai talks tough, tells disloyal officers to resign by Friday
Lanre Babalola Chief of Army Staff Lt.Gen Tukur Buratai on Wednesday bluntly told officers and soldiers whose loyalty to the…
2019 Election: Buratai’s full speech to army commanders
Protocol You are all welcome to this expanded weekly meeting which has in attendance, not only Principal Staff Officers and…
Buhari swears-in 8 new Perm. Secs, warns them against partisanship
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in eight new Permanent Secretaries with a challenge that they should remain above board and…
3 UK Conservative MPs resign from party
Three Conservative MPs resigned from their party to join The Independent Group of eight Labour MPs who earlier this week…
Gunmen assassinate APC chairman in Imo
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Logara/Umuohiagu Ward in Ngor Okpala Council Area of Imo state, Ifeanyi…
Happening Now: Chief of Army Staff meets officers over election (Photos)
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai is currently holding meeting with Principal Staff Officers, General Officers…
Police arrest notorious kidnapper in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious member of a kidnap syndicate in the state. This…
China’s former military chief sentenced to life imprisonment
A military court on Wednesday convicted Fang Fenghui, former Chief of Staff of China’s Central Military Commission Joint Staff Department,…
Assistant Coach of Super Sand Eagles, Agbo, is dead
Mr Chukwuma Agbo, Assistant Coach, Beach Soccer national team, the Super Sand Eagles, is dead. His death came barely 10…
Egypt executes 9 persons for killing attorney-general
Egyptian authorities have executed nine men convicted over the 2015 killing of the country’s attorney-general, Hisham Barakat, the Egyptian newspaper,…
2Baba to perform live in Lord’s Dry Gin show
Innocent Idibia, known by his stage name 2Baba, Nigerian Afro-pop meastro , is set for a live performance at the…
Venezuela’s military on red alert for US aid invasion
Venezuela’s military said Tuesday it was on alert at its frontiers following threats by US President Donald Trump and suspended…
The promised land is near
By Oluwagbenga Oyebanji The political situation in Nigeria has compelled the electorate to choose between Atiku and Buhari, PDP and…
EFCC arrests Atiku’s associate over $4m ‘election money’
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) is reported to have arrested an associate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
PDP planning to win polls via crooked means, Oshiomhole raises alarm
Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not ready…
Police confirm abduction of village head in Nasarawa
The police command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Alhaji Yakubu Dauda, Village Head of Sabon Gida-Barkin Kogi…
Nigerians in diaspora appeal for Leah Sharibu’s release
The Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA) USA, has appealed for the release of Miss Leah Sharibu who was abducted…