Pop star D'banj took to social media to slammed Nigerians for placing much attention of imported products and failed to support their own insisting many of the products we embrace and cherish in the...
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Two Dead, One Blind After Eating ‘Forbidden’ Fish In Ebonyi
ABAKALIKI-TWO persons Thursday reportedly lost their lives in Ezillo community, Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State after eating a fresh fish alleged to be forbidden in the area.Another victim...
Photo: Man Kills 41-Day Old Baby Just To Divorce Wife
A 41-day-old baby, Zainab Olajide, has died after she was allegedly poisoned by her father, Kazeem Olajide, in a desperate attempt to divorce his wife. The incident happened at...
President Buhari Arrives Nigeria From Cameroon (Photos)
President Buhari this afternoon arrived Nigeria from Cameroon after his one day state visit to the country.
He was received by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
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I am praying for Buhari that God will protect him – Rev Fr Mbaka
Founder of the Enugu Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, while preaching at a special mass organized to celebrate his 20th anniversary in priesthood yesterday July 29th, offered prayers to God...
Nigerian doctor who scored 5.0 Cumulative GPA in Russian Uni. honoured by FG
Nigerian doctor Victor Olalusi, who scored 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) in Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow (RNRMU) in 2013 was yesterday July 29th honoured by the...
Photos: Nigerian Air Force Cutting Off Boko Haram’s Supply
The Nigerian Air Force has announced that its patrol and surveillanc activities have succeeded in blocking routes through which petroleum products and other materials are supplied to the extremist...
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
UNIBEN bans students from wearing earpieces, headsets.
Following the death of the UNIBEN student, Rita, the school has banned students from wearing headsets and earpieces outside of their rooms. They say this is a security measure to ensure that students...
US Government gave Buhari names of oil thieves - Source
According to a report by Punch, the US government handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to President Buhari during his last trip to the country. A member of the President’s entourage...
Photo: Nigerian man jailed for rape in London
38 year old Nigerian man, Olaoluwa Ibrahim was yesterday July 28th sentenced to jail by the Central Criminal Court in London for raping and stealing from a woman he attacked in Central London in June...
SEE PHOTOS: Suicide Bombers Carry Bombs In Handbags
SUICIDE BOMBERS NOW CONVEY IED IN FASHION HANDBAGS.Suicide bombers have now device the use of fashion bags to convey improvised explosive device (IED). People in and around Yobe State as well as the...
Nigerian Military Rescues 22 Children, 7 Nursing Mothers From Boko Haram
As a result of ongoing operations under the aegis of OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE to clear Dikwa and its environs from Boko Haram Terrorist, the troops of 7 Division Nigerian Army yesterday...
PHOTOS: 18yr Old Nigerian Rapper, Isaiah Ekpaloba's Killer Jailed For Life
18-year-old Nigerian Isaiah Ekpaloba (above) was stabbed to death in Wood Green, UK, after a fight with his friend Jaydee Dorsett (below) following what police believe was a dispute over drugs on 9th...
The Ooni Of Ife Dies At 85
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has died at the age of 85 in a London hospital.The monarch was said to have died around 5pm on Tuesday (today).Relevant officials, who spoke to our correspondent...
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Akpabio Elected Senate Minority Leader
Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state and Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) senator (Akwa Ibom northwest), has been named the
minority leader of the senate. Akpabio was nominated by the...
We’ll Bring Down El-rufai’s Government, Beggars Warn
Some Beggars who besieged the NUJ Secretariat in Kaduna on
Monday said they had used proceeds from begging to facilitate the
election of Governor El Rufai of Kaduna State and promised to bring down
...
Prophet Commits Suicide Inside Kirikiri Prison
A prophet, Destiny Onwudinjo, of Heaven Divine Ministry, in Shasha, a
suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria, has committed suicide inside Kirikiri
Prison.He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment without...
Woman Names Baby Born During Obama's Trip To Kenya ''air Force One Barack Obama"
Obamamania
may have seized Kenya over the weekend, but for some, the frenzy will
now be life-long. A batch of Kenyan newborn babies have been named in
honour of the US President, his wife and even...
Imo Workers Begin Indefinite Strike Today
OWERRI—Government activities in Imo State will, with effect from today,
remain grounded, following the indefinite industrial action called by
labour leaders in the state.This development has eventually...
Photos: EFCC Arraigns Six Persons for N31m Fraud
Find the EFCC Press statement below...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 24, 2015, arraigned six persons before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos High Court,...
"I won’t appoint people who lack integrity as ministers' - Buhari says
Yesterday during his live programme on NTA, President Buhari said he won't appoint men and women who lack integrity as ministers in his cabinet...
Monday, 27 July 2015
List of approved traffic/vehicle offences in Nigeria
See List of approved traffic/vehicle offences in Nigeria, more after the c...
Photos: Nigerian Man Kills US Woman Over Money Dispute
31-yearold Ezeoma Obioha, a Nigerian up and coming entrepreneur in the United States of America, is now in jail on a $1million bail bond for allegedly murdering 30-year-old Carrie Jean Melvin,...
Presidency, Boko Haram reportedly begin negotiations
There are reports that the presidency has started negotiations with Boko Haram. This comes a week after president Buhari told CNN's Christine Amanpour that his government will negotiate with the terrorist...
Stephen Keshi Demands N1billion Compensation From NFF
Sacked Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is demanding N1billion compensation from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for defaming him. According to Vanguard, Keshi has dragged the NFF to court for...
Whitney Houston’s Daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown Dies At Age 22
The adorable daughter of late singer Whitney Houston has passed on to glory. Bobbi Kristina Brown died on Sunday exactly 6 months after she was found in a bathtub in a condition similar to that of...
Sunday, 26 July 2015
Many Killed As Explosion Rocks Damaturu Sunday Market
An explosion has occurred at the Damaturu Sunday Market in Yobe State.
The explosion occurred on Sunday at about 10:07am.
Though the casualty figure could not be obtained as at press time, several persons,...
Saturday, 25 July 2015
Buhari Plans To Bomb Niger Delta, Says IYC
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Saturday, July 25, 2015, said that it had uncovered plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to send federal troops to invade the Niger Delta with Ijaw communities as the...
Wickedness! Head Teacher raped And Put Stick Inside The Private Parts Of 4 Female Pupil
A Senior Magistrate Court V sitting in Katsina has remanded a Primary school Headmaster, Abubakar Isiyaku, 56, and his Assistant, Abdullahi Liman (Baban Ummi) for allegedly raping 4 teenage girls.The...
Boko Haram Kills 25 In Adamawa - CNN
Gunmen storm villages on motorcycles.Kano, Nigeria (CNN)A bloody and terrifying raid by Boko Haram on Friday left at least 25 people dead in three villages in eastern Nigeria's Adamawa state, according...
Reuben Abati: My Phones No Longer Ring Nonstop
As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space. They defined my entire life; dusk to dawn, all year-round. The...
Friday, 24 July 2015
PDP warns FG not to intimidate them with EFCC
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senators have warned the Federal Government against using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to intimidate them, vowing to resist such attempt.
They...
God won’t listen to Nigerian songs- Etcetera
Etcetera says God won't listen to Nigerian songs and thinks most Nigerian artistes are confused and bewildered. He says Nigerian artistes sing meaningless songs and that those who listen toNigerian...
See How 9 year old girl narrowly escapes decapitation
Zainab Oluwole, a 9 year old girl, narrowly escaped death in the Oyo-Ode area of Ede in Osun State recently. Zainab’s mother, Adebukola Oluwole, a nurse at the State Hospital, Ede,...
WWE Fires Hulk Hogan For Using Racist Rants On Black Man Dating His Daughter
WWE Sacks Hulk Hogan For Using Racist Rants To Abuse A Black Guy Sleeping With His Daughter, How Racism Ended Terry Bollea’s CareerIt is official, WWE heavy weight champion Terry Bollea popularly...
Buhari To Split NNPC Into, plans Fresh Bid Round For Oil Blocks
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally revealed what will be the fate of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, saying thenational oil company will be divided into two successor entities under...
NYSC bars pregnant women, nursing mothers, PG students from service
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has barred pregnant women, nursing mothers and Post graduate students from partaking in the national service across the country.NYSC DG, Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawumi,...
90 African migrants rescued, more than 40 feared dead
According to UN and aid agencies, more than 120 migrants, believed to have been from Sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal, Mali and Benin were on the boat when it started taking in water on Wednesday....
Ex SEC DG, Arunma Oteh appointed VP and Treasurer of the World Bank
Former DG of the Security and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh has been appointed the Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank. Congratulations to h...
Nigerian man allegedly killed by South African police
A 30 year old Nigerian man named Nonso Odo from Amangwu-Nkwerre, Imo state was allegedly tortured to death by South African Police officers on Thursday July 23rd.According to Mr Emeka Ezinteje, Public...
Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan reportedly barred from VIP lounge of PH Airport
Tribune is reporting that former First Lady Patience Jonathan was stopped from using the VIP lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport, recently. Mrs Jonathan, who was in Port Harcourt...
Buhari restricts wife, relations and aides from using presidential jets
Sources within the presidency say President Buhari has restricted his wife, relations and aides from using the presidential jet unless it is necessary. This was recently played out when the first...
NUC Bans Online Degrees, Abacha Varsity Certificates
The National Universities Commission has said online degrees obtained from foreign institutions will not be accepted as means of seeking employment or doing other legitimate business in Nigeria.The...
We Need N108 Billion To Revive Mathematics – NMC DG
To revive the study of Mathematics in Nigeria, the Federal Government should declare a four-year national emergency in Mathematics, Director/Chief Executive Executive Officer of the National Mathematical...
Naval Officers Allegedly Brutalize 15 Oil Workers In Aba
ABA—SOME officers of the Naval School of Finance and Logistics, Owerri-Nta, Abia State have allegedly forced 15 workers of an oil company in the commercial city to lie in mud water and drink it.One...
Thursday, 23 July 2015
President Buhari Arrives Nigeria After His State Visit To The US (Photos)
President Buhari arrived the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja this morning after concluding his 4 day visit to the US. He was received at the airport by the Vice...
Armed Forces Radio Begins Live Transmission
The Nigerian Armed Forces Radio station which was commissioned in May by former President Jonathan has started transmitting live on 107.7. The radio station, which is located in Abuja, is to provide...
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Over 100 Oil Pipeline Vandals Burnt To Death At Arepo, Near Lagos State
No fewer than 100 persons involved in vandalisation of oil pipelines and theft of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were reportedly killed on Wednesday while trying to steal the product from an oil facility...
Photo: Tiwa Savage Gives Birth To A Boy
Mavin Record first lady Tiwa Savage has put to bed, this was confirmed on twitter by the odn himself Don Jazzy....The baby's arrival has been confirmed with her husband posting a photo of him holding...
Bomb Blast At Dadin-Kowa Motor-Park In Gombe This Night
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect struck at Dadin-Kowa motor park in Gombe state around 7:30 pm on Wednesday.A source that activities are usually low during the period that the attack took place....
Nigeria Donates $1m To Fight Ebola In Africa
The Federal Government on Tuesday demonstrated its commitment to
stamping out Ebola Virus Disease in Africa, with President Muhammadu
Buhari announcing a donation of US$1 million to the continent.This...
Protesters Block EFCC Office, Want Lamorde Sacked
Over 20 Civil Society Organisations on Tuesday barricaded the
headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja,
calling for the sacking of its chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde.The
...
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Fuel Scarcity: NNPC Moves Against 3 Marketers, Revoke Licenses
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday wielded the big stick on three independent petroleum products marketing firms for various sharp practices, including products diversion and hoarding.The...
Nobody Will Escape Justice, Not Even Corrupt APC Members - Buhari
In an interview with CNN's Amanpour, President Buhari talked about what he wants the US to do for Nigeria as it relates to the fight against Boko Haram"The United States and even the G7 promised to...
Pictures: UNIBEN Student Protest For Speed Breaker And Flyover After Student Death
Two Female students of the University of Benin, Ugbowo Campus were
hit by an oncoming vehicle at 10:15Am sunday morning,19th July 2015.
The two girls were hit by an Army Vehicle with the inscription...
EFCC set to probe Jonathan’s ministers, aides
According to a report by Punch,
EFCC has concluded plans to commence the probe of former ministers,
special advisers, heads of parastatals and aides of former President
Jonathan. EFCC Chairman,...
3 year-old Falls Into Well While Playing With Friends
A three-year-old boy, Emmanuel Samuel, died on Sunday after he fell
inside a well in front of a building on Hassan Sule Street, Ita Oluwo,
in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.The kindergarten pupil, his...
Photo: Police Stray Bullets Kill 33-year-old In Lagos Community
Policemen who trailed some suspected robbers to their alleged hideout
in Ilaje community, in the Ilaje-Ajah area of Lagos State on Monday
caused confusion after stray bullets from their guns killed...
Obama Approves Buhari’s Agenda For Defeating Boko Haram
THE US President, Barack Obama, on
Monday offered strong support for Nigeria’s new President, Muhammadu
Buhari, saying he had a “clear agenda” for defeating the militant
Islamist group,...
Monday, 20 July 2015
Read What Obama Told Buhari During Their Meeting
As shared by Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina....
