Freedom Reporter, Author at Freedom Online

An Ikeja High Court has adjourned till Jan. 24, 2014, arraignment of a one-time Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental...

N1.8b subsidy fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Tukur, Alao, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned two oil marketers, Mahmud Tukur and Abdullahi Alao, over an...

Babalakin, others challenge court’s jurisdiction to entertain N4.7bn fraud charges

The Chairman, Bi-Courtney Ltd., Mr Wale Babalakin, and his co-defendants on Monday challenged the jurisdiction of an Ikeja High Court...

ASUU Strike: Lecturers defy FG directive to resume classes

Lecturers in Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Yola, have resolved to continue with the ongoing nationwide strike by the...

Sam Sodje at centre of new match-fixing allegation in Britain

The National Crime Agency in Britain is investigating a fresh series of match-fixing allegations after claims that a former Premier...

South Africans hold Day of Prayer for Mandela

A mass in memory of Nelson Mandela takes place at the Regina Mundi church, which became one of the focal...

FG approves N1bn for upgrade of insurgents’ detention camps

President Goodluck Jonathan said Federal Government had approved the disbursement of N1 billion to the military to upgrade detention camps...

Ministry to introduce MRI tests in subsequent editions of NYG, says Abdullahi

Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Sunday, said Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test will be introduced in subsequent editions of...

Jonathan tips Super Eagles for victory in Brazil 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Super Eagles will have a victorious outing in the 2014 FIFA world cup...

Revealed: Jonathan approved Digital Switch Over contracts, documents exonerate Lai Mohammed, Kawu Modibbo

PDP remains the party to beat, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) notwithstanding, it remains a party...

Gov Ahmed signs four bills into law, pledges more empowerment

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed last Friday signed four bills into law with a pledge to streghten governance...

Kwara produces youngest pilot

The pool of trained commercial pilots in Nigeria will increase on Thursday this week as the Kwara State Government owned...

Mark, Tambuwal, Anyim, Uduaghan, Kalu to grace launch of Funke Egbemode’s second book

Celebrated columnist, Funke Egbemode, is set to launch her second book titled Conversations with my country. The book is a...

Lar’s legacy will be difficult to emulate – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said it would be difficult to emulate the legacy of late Chief Solomon Lar, a...

Kingship Tussle: Ellu community resolves dispute after 67 years

The 67 years of kingship tussle in Ellu community in the Isoko-North Local Government Area of Delta has finally been...

South Africa prepares 10-day farewell for Mandela

South Africa prepared Saturday a sweeping, emotional farewell for Nelson Mandela and a funeral to underline the anti-apartheid icon's transcendent...

First Lady in Paris, calls for stiff penalties against rape

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has called for stiff penalties, backed by effective laws for perpetrators of sexual violence...

Sultan tasks Nigerians to march words with actions to achieve peace

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to march words with actions to enable the nation to...

French, African troops try to halt Central African Republic killings