Author: Lanre Babalola
Leave Gov Obaseki Alone To Govern, Oyegun tells Oshiomhole
Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has accused his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, of engaging in…
2 ATM Robbers In Police Net
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two members of a syndicate which specialised in robbing…
Methodist Prelate seeks life imprisonment for kidnappers
The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu has called for life imprisonment for persons found culpable for…
Senate President’s Aide On New Media Resigns
The Special Assistant on New Media to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Mr. Olu Onemola, has resigned his appointment. This…
Tell people to stop killing Fulani, bandits tell Zamfara police boss
Bandits in Zamfara State have given conditions for laying down their arms. One of the conditions is that extra-judicial killings…
Ogun Gov Promises to Repair Roads Connected to Neighbouring States
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has assured the people of Ota, in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area…
Nigerian Politics: What Goes Around, Comes Around
By Eric Teniola Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme (1932-2017), from Oko, Orumba North local Government Area of Anambra State, was the…
Burundi made us suffer – Coach Gernot Rohr
Though the Super Eagles won their opening match in the Africa Cup of Nations clash with Burundi, coach Gernot Rohr…
Truck driver crushes mother, son to death in Abia
The Police Command in Abia has confirmed the arrest of a driver whose vehicle crushed a woman and her son…
Buhari orders probe of pipeline explosion
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a thorough investigation into the oil pipeline explosion in Oyibo Local Government Area of…
Bard of the River Nun
By Niyi Osundare (Remembering Gabriel Imomotimi Okara, 1929–2019) . . . .my river’s calling too ……………………..…… And each dying year…
GOtv Boxing Night 19: Female Boxers Thank Sponsors for Selection
The four female professional boxers billed to fight at GOtv Boxing Night 19 have commended event sponsors for bringing back…
AIB Probes Air Peace Accident
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Saturday said that it has begun investigation into a serious incident involving an Air Peace…
Nigeria Vs Burundi: We are not underrating the Swallows – Rohr
Gernot Rohr has warned Nigeria to be wary of Africa Cup of Nations debutants Burundi as his side begin their…
UPDATED: 3 die as oil pipeline explodes in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of three persons in the raging fire caused by pipeline explosion…
History Back As stand alone subject In Nigerian Schools
The Federal Government has directed all basic and secondary schools across the country to immediately implement the teaching of history…
Ebola: Federal Govt orders total health surveillance at ports, borders
Federal Government has directed port health service officials and other relevant agencies at the points of entry to Nigeria to…
Trump threatens to jail TIME magazine journalist
President Donald Trump’s interview with a team of reporters from Time magazine took a sudden turn when he made a…
ICAN Accredits Mapoly For Another 3 Years
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has again accredited Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta (MAPOLY) for the…
AFCON 2019: Femi Kuti, Others thrill ’em inside jam-packed Cairo Stadium (Video)
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) was heralded with a spectacular and colourful opening ceremony inside the jam-packed 75,…
Photo News: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Visits Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday paid an official visit to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.…
Tribunal Dismisses Labour Party’s Petition Against Gov Abiodun’s Victory
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta on Friday struck out the petition by the Labour…
Seven killed in Shi’ite mosque blast – Police
A bomb blast killed seven people at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in eastern Baghdad on Friday and wounded more than…
Court remands student in prison for impregnating 16-year old girl
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Friday ordered that a 20-year old student, Babangida Husseini, who allegedly impregnated a 16-year…
Businesswoman Hacks Into First Bank Account, Steals N16.2m
Paul Iyoghojie. A businesswoman Wuraola Folashade Olukoye, 67, based in Odogbolu, Ogun State has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s…
Gabriel Okara: Remembering His Life as Final Call Stills His Waves
Gabriel Okara, a Nigerian poet and novelist, has often been described as the first Modernist Poet of Anglophone Africa. Okara,…
PDP orders fresh state congress in Kogi
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ordered a fresh congress to elect new officers for…
Federal Govt to proscribe Almajiri, other groups
The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Thursday disclosed that some groups like the Almajiri groups would be proscribed by…
Trump chickens out of military strikes against Iran after approving them
President Donald Trump abruptly called off military strikes against Iran on Thursday night after previously approving the strikes in retaliation…
14,000 Nigerians returned from Libya, France
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said a total of 14,036 Nigerians have voluntarily returned home under the…