Anglican Bishop of Ijesha North Diocese Calls on Nigerians to Unite Against Insurgency, Banditry

The Diocese of Ijesa North (Anglican Communion) has bemoaned the current security challenges being faced in parts of Nigeria, calling on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution before it’s too late. In an address, read by its Bishop, Rt. Revd. Dr. Isaac Oluyamo, at Ijebu-Jesa, on Tuesday; in preparation for its 2021 Synod, […]

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Malami says high profile Nigerians will face prosecution for financing terrorism

Nigeria’s federal Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has disclosed that some high profile Nigerians will be facing prosecution for financing terrorism. This is coming after over 400 businessmen were arrested in an operation coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), and in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the […]

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Why Nigerians Should Apologise To Somalians, By Reno Omokri

The most foolish thing I have read this year is the utterly ridiculous defence of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, by the Buhari Presidency. That statement, by Garba Shehu, the ‘Any Government In Power’ former spokesman to a Peoples Democratic Party government, is only bested in its stupidity, by the […]

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CSOs, Nigerians can use court to compel Malami to prosecute Pantami for terrorism ―Ozekhome

Senior lawyer and human rights activist, Mike Ozekhome SAN, has called on civil society organisations and Nigerians to approach the court to compel the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN, to prosecute Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for acts of terrorism. Ozekhome also lambasted the Nigerian Presidency for exonerating Pantami’s past […]

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Nigerians blast the Police for giving 4 armed officers to guard one ex-BBNaija housemate (Photo)

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been rebuked seriously by Nigerians after a viral picture of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) former housemate, Terseer Waya, popularly known as Kiddwaya, with their officers surfaced online. BBNaija’s Kiddwaya on Wednesday shared pictures on his Instagram page where he had about four police officers with guns as his escorts in […]

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Nigerians, other gang members, jailed for £358k phone and email fraud in UK

Some Nigerians and their gang members have been convicted and jailed after they were arraigned in court by Hampshire Constabulary’s Economic Crime Unit. The convicts who gained access to as much as 2,000 BT customers’ accounts in an elaborate phone and email divert scam between May 2014 and July 2016, were busted after a complex investigation which […]

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Nigerian Minister warns Nigerians with dual citizenship against applying for e-passport

Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has warned Nigerians with dual citizenship against applying for the e-passport. Addressing Nigerians at the Nigerian High Commission in Tokyo on Friday during the roll out of the e-passport, the minister told Nigerian-Japanese who have accepted Japanese citizenship that a new visa regime that would grant them multiple entries […]

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Fani-Kayode wonders why Nigerians more concerned about BBNaija’s Tacha than Nigeria’s sorry state under Buhari

Former Nigerian Minister, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode wonders why Nigerians are more concerned about the fate of Tacha after her disqualification from the Big Brother house than they are about the sorry plight President Buhari has put them in.

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US Government imposes Visa restrictions on Nigerian politicians who engage in 2019 election violence

Visa restrictions on individuals responsible for undermining the Nigerian democratic process have been imposed by the US Government. Spokesperson of the US Department of State, Ms Morgan Ortagus, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Ortagus explained that the action applied to those responsible for election-related violence. She said the unidentified individuals had “operated with […]

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2019 Election: Nigerians – Torn Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, By Fisayo Soyombo

There is something baffling about the fascination of Nigerians with the lesser of two figurative evils. In fact, the twin-devil concept is popular in Nigeria beyond politics, as exemplified by the widely-applied saying: “The devil you know is better than the angel you don’t.” In 2015, Nigerians went to the polls torn between the devil […]

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President Buhari’s New Year message to Nigerians (Full text)

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed Nigerians into the year 2019. Buhari stated that the year 2019 will be significant for the country. Dear compatriots, It is my utmost pleasure to rejoice with all Nigerians as we enter the year 2019, which will be a very significant one for our country. 2. At the turn of […]

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President Buhari’s message to Nigerians at Christmas

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has enjoined Nigerians to show generosity to their neighbours as they get set for tomorrow’s Christmas celebration. Buhari, in the Christmas message he personally signed on Monday, also appealed to Nigerians to demonstrate the diversity of the country in all they do. The message: “I felicitate with all Nigerians, particularly our Christian brothers […]

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Gen. Abdulsalami tells Nigerians to vote out bad leaders, incompetent govts

  Ex-Nigerian military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has urged Nigerians to stop criticising failures of government and misrule of bad leaders in the country but should rise up and vote out incompetent government. General Abubakar spoke yesterday evening at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, where he delivered […]

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Fani-Kayode hits Buhari, Tinubu as 12 million Nigerians lost their jobs in the last 3 years

Former Nigerian Minister for Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday, lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari. He also knocked former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu Fani-Kayode mocked the duo on Twitter, saying both deserved applause for bringing the country to its knees. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain restated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians. […]

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Ghanaians don’t bleach their skin like Nigerians -Lepacious Bose (Video)

Lepacious Bose has listed the things she loves about Ghana and Ghanaians and one of the things she mentioned is that she admires the fact that they do not bleach their skin, unlike Nigerians. The comedienne was at an event in Ghana where she granted an interview. During the interview, she talked about the Ghanaian […]

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Nigerians should ignore Buhari’s wrong steps, decisions –Keyamo

Director of Media for the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr. Festus Keyamo, in his tweets, Friday, agreed that not all steps and decisions taken by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government were right but that Nigerians should ignore them. Keyamo tweeted: “Let’s be clear that the present government may not have gotten EVERY decision right or taken EVERY […]

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