PDP National Chairman, Ahmed Markafi in a closed door meeting with Obasanjo

National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Markafi, is said to be currently in a closed-door meeting with the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta. The meeting is said to be going on now at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta. Just a few days ago, members of the caretaker committee […]

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North Korea says Nuclear war imminent if U.S. invades

North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador says the situation on the Korean peninsula “has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment.” Kim In Ryong told the U.N. General Assembly’s disarmament committee Monday that no country in the world except North Korea has been subjected to “such an extreme and direct […]

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Nigerian Ports Authority gives INTELS three months to quit ports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has given the management of oil and gas logistics firm, Intels Nigeria Limited (INTELS), three months to round up and hand over the pilotage services to the authority. This, it was learnt, was contained in a letter sent by the NPA to the company last week. Addressing reporters in Lagos […]

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AfDB to create 10,000 agric entrepreneurs per country in Africa

African Development Bank (AfDB) is to make agriculture a profitable business as well as create 10,000 young agricultural entrepreneurs per country in the next 10 years. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the continental bank, gave the assurance at the 2017 World Food Day celebration. The celebration with the theme: “change the future of migration; Invest […]

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Delay in visa issuance to Nigerians embarrassing — Interior Minister

Nigeria says it is embarrassed with the reported cases of delay in issuance of visa to its citizens and vows will no longer tolerate the situation. The Interior Minister, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), has subsequently met stakeholders to take a firm position on the issue. The minister stated on Monday in Abuja at a meeting […]

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Monkey pox patient commits suicide in Nigeria

A patient receiving medical care for monkey pox at the quarantine centre in Bayelsa State, Nigeria has committed suicide, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu has said. While addressing a press conference in Yenagoa, Etebu said the deceased was among the 21 suspected cases of monkey pox that were being managed at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital […]

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Football legend, Kanu Nwankwo launches N1billion lotto

Nigerian football legend Kanu Nwankwo has launched the N1 billion Jackpot Lotto to support Kanu Heart Foundation (KHF) which was inaugurated in 2000. The Foundation has helped not just people in Nigeria, but also paid for 538 children to be treated at facilities throughout the world Kanu, a philanthropist, launched the biggest lotto in Africa […]

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95-year-old Nigerian, his 80-year-old wife celebrate their birthdays and 62nd wedding anniversary (Video)

Over the weekend, a 95-year-old Nigerian man and his 80-year-old wife celebrated their birthdays and also a 62nd wedding anniversary together in London. MC Ushbebe hosted the event and shared a video from the celebration via Instagram. Watch video below: Ushbebe, Instagram  

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Beautiful Kogi Poly student kidnapped, N10m ransom being demanded

A female student of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Nigeria, Miss Adebanjo Adetutu has been kidnapped. Miss Adedutu who is a Higher National Diploma (HNDII) student from the Department of Office Technology Management (OTM) of the institution was kidnapped along Itakpe-Lokoja-Okene road on her way to her home town Ogun State after her first semester exams. […]

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Retired ASP, Police sergeant arrested for robbery in Lagos, Nigeria

A retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, Obosa Augustine, and a Police sergeant serving at the Oworo Police Division, Lagos State, Yakubu Aiyegba, have been arrested for alleged robbery. Operatives from the Shasha Police Station arrested the duo, alongside a taxi driver identified as Godwin George. According to Punch, Aiyegba and Augustine paraded themselves as operatives […]

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Nigerian man gets 18 years imprisonment for stabbing father of two to death in the UK

Abraham Omotoso, who stabbed a father to death in a busy high street while his young daughter was in a nearby shop, has been jailed. Omotoso, 27, of Tudor Gardens, Harrow, was handed an 18-year prison sentence on Friday, 13 October, following a two-week trial, where he was found guilty of manslaughter at the Old […]

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See the daughter of former Cross River state Governor, Xerona Duke’s Introduction ceremony (Photos)

Xerona Duke and her fiance, Derin Phillips aka DJ Caise, had their wedding introduction over the weekend. Sharing these photos from the ceremony on IG this morning, Xerona wrote “One of the aspects of the wedding we’ve looked forward to most is being able to embrace the cultures of our parents (my father is Efik and […]

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OPC leader, Gani Adams is Yoruba’s new Aare Ona Kakanfo, replaces MKO Abiola

Leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Mr. Gani Adams, is the new ‘Aare Ona Kakanfo’, which in the pre-colonial Yoruba history was Generalissimo, a supreme military title conferred by the Alaafin of Oyo. The Alaafin, Lamidi Adeyemi, confirmed the choice of Mr. Adams for the title during his 79th birthday celebration on Sunday. The […]

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Osinbajo lambasts Nigerian churches for not speaking against corruption

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the Kingdom Summit 2017 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, blamed churches for not speaking against corruption. Mr. Osinbajo, who was at the Kings Court Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Sunday, remarked that corruption in the country still existed because the church had failed to speak against […]

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