Author: Lanre Babalola
2019 Election: New coalition to challenge Buhari, Atiku may emerge
Following the withdrawal of Dr Oby Ezekwesili, presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) from the presidential…
Buhari will defeat Atiku next month – Prophet Tibetan
A renowned Lagos cleric, Prophet (Dr.) Marcus K.O. Tibetan has predicted a landslide victory for President Muhammadu Buhari of the…
Finland tops World’s Good Country Index
Finland ranked first in the Good Country Index published on Wednesday, Ambassador of Finland to Nigeria, Dr Jyrki Pulkkinen, said…
Bloodless coup in Venezuela, opposition leader claims presidency
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has taken an oath and sworn himself in as interim president, as droves of protesters…
Female governorship candidate launches campaign Jan. 28
Aminu Oyarekhua The governorship candidate of the United Democratic Party (UDP) in Ogun State, Dr. (Mrs.) Jackie Adunni Kassim will…
Buhari sends minimum wage bill to NASS
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly after its approval by the National…
I will slash your jumbo pay If I become president, Sowore tells lawmakers
Presidential Candidate, African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Omoyele Sowore, on Wednesday, said if elected into office, he would cut the…
Traffic Alert: Multiple accident at Palmgrove near Anthony in Lagos (PHOTOS)
A multiple accident at Palmgrove inward Anthony is causing heavy traffic up to Ojuelegba.
Photo News: Buhari gets huge support in Sokoto
Thousands thronged Sokoto stadium on Wednesday for President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign rally. See the massive crowd below:
Voter education: INEC begs media to help
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the media in the country to…
Atiku loses support group
The Diplomatic Youth Movement of Nigeria (DYMN), a support group of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), has dumped PDP’s Presidential Candidate…
NRC to test run Lagos-Abeokuta rail line
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will test run the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge line early February. Mr Fidet Okhiria,…
Buhari, APC Campaign train move to Kebbi
The Presidential campaign train of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has departed for Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, after…
Minimum wage: NUT rejects N27,000, insists on N30,000 for all workers
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has frowned at the N27, 000 minimum wage approved for Nigerian workers by the…
My 3 cardinal programmes – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari took his nationwide campaign to Sokoto on Wednesday where he pledged to continue his duty of protecting…
Mass protests in Venezuela today, president accuses US of coup plotting
On the eve of a mass protest in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has accused United States of ordering a coup…
Court grants Senator Dino Melaye bail again
The FCT High Court in Maitama presided over by Justice Yusuf Halilu has again granted bail to Sen. Dino Melaye…
Chris Brown released from police cell
U.S. singer Chris Brown, who was arrested in Paris on Monday with two other persons on suspicion of rape, has…
2019 polls: Abia governorship debate ends in chaos
A debate for the governorship candidates of four major political parties in Abia on Tuesday ended in chaos, following sporadic…
Atiku’s visit to the US and the debate
By Muhammad Ajah The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has proven to Nigerians that…
No dollars to import rice, cement, chicken, others, CBN insists
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday said the bank’s policy to restrict importers of…
CAN will not endorse any candidate – Rev. Ayokunle
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) will not endorse any presidential candidate in the forthcoming election, president of the group,…
Obasanjo, Jonathan meet with Buhari in Presidential Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the meeting of the National Council of State with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some…
Cristiano Ronaldo jailed 2 years for tax fraud
Portuguese football icon Cristiano Ronaldo has accepted a prearranged €18.8 million fine and a suspended 23-month jail term for tax…
Photos of the Day: Buhari meets foes, Obasanjo, Saraki at Council Of States meeting
Despite attacks on his government, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met his ”foes” former president Olusegun Obasanjo and the Senate…
Leader of Shiites Ibrahim El-Zakzaky to remain in custody
The Kaduna State High court has adjourned the trial of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh…
Court sacks Cyprian Igweh as MD/CEO Bolingo Hotels
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court has granted an order restraining a Nigerian businessman Cyprian Okechukwu Igweh, from parading himself…
Federal Govt releases N163b to universities, ASUU says strike continues
The Federal Government said it has released N163 billion to the universities from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), but…
Meet Brian Ballard, the lobbyist who arranged Atiku’s US visit
The full story is now out: Brian Ballard, a friend of the US President, touted to be the most powerful…
Buhari prays for victims of crashed pavilion in Maiduguri
President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with those that sustained injuries following the collapse of a pavilion at the massively-attended campaign…