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Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Thursday, killed five farmers at Ukemberagya district, near Anyiin, in Logo local government area of Benue State. A community leader, Chief Joseph Anawah, who confirmed the incident told The Nation on phone that the attackers who were armed with sophisticated weapons...

Photos: President Buhari in closed door meeting with Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai

President Buhari today received in audience the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, in the State House Abuja. The Army chief briefed the president on the activities of the Army and how it is tackling the challenges of insecurity. See more photos from the meeting below....

EFCC detains another PDP Senator for receiving N303m worth of cars as gift

A member of the Nigerian senate, Senator Albert Bassey who represents Akwa Ibom North East in the senate, has been arrested by EFCC operatives for allegedly receiving vehicles worth N303 million from Babajide Omokore, an oil magnate who is standing trial for allegedly helping ex-petroluem...

Police officer arrested for extorting N5k from roadusers in Ikorodu

A police officer who extorted N5, 000 from road users in Ikorodu, Lagos state yesterday has been arrested and is currently undergoing interrogation. Twitter user @@ife_luv12 lodged a complain to Abayomi Shogunle, the Head Police Complaints Commission Unit who just informed her that the...

PDP expresses worry over plots to implicate Saraki

Read the press statement from PDP below The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is deeply concerned over reports by Senate President Bukola Saraki of alleged plots by the Police to use suspected cultists, who have been in detention, to implicate him and the Governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed. The PDP, as a party, has taken judicious note of...

EFCC closes case on N49m cash found in Kaduna airport

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office today, Thursday May 17th 2018, closed its defence in the N49 million civil matter with five others claiming ownership of the money which was intercepted at the Kaduna International Airport on the March 13, 2017. Lead counsel...

Photos: President Buhari leads Ramadan Tafsir session at the State house, Abuja

Today, President Buhari joined the Muslim faithfuls all over the world who thronged neighbourhood mosques for the Ramadan Tafsir - the translation and explanation of the Holy Quran. At the Mosque in the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, the Chief Imam, Abdulwaheed Abubakar opened the exercise with gratitude to...

''Buhari, APC taking Nigerians for fools'' ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo says

nze ihunanyaMay 11, 2018

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Buhari and his party, APC, have in the last three years been taking “Nigerians for fools.” The former president said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital, where he announced...

THE PEOPLE OF NKPOLU NEEDS THE GOVERNMENT HELP

nze ihunanyaMay 08, 2018

The people of nkpolu really need the intervention of the Nigeria government as owners of stores cry over flood that happened after the rain that fell yesterday night at nkpolu sellers now using rain boot to attend to costumers across the road living their store unattended to when attending to the costumers who...

Uche Secondus' letter to the UN Secretary General accusing President Buhari of several allegations confirms PDP as a bad loser and desperate - Garba Shehu

nze ihunanyaMay 07, 2018

Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to President Buhari on media and publicity has reacted to a letter written by the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus to the United Nations Secretary General accusing President Buhari of several allegations. According to Garba...

President Buhari in closed door meeting with Saraki, Dogara

nze ihunanyaMay 07, 2018

President Buhari is right now in a closed door meeting with Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The meeting is holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ...

Real Madrid rally for draw against 10-man Barcelona with late Bale goal

Gareth Bale’s equaliser helped Real Madrid rally for a 2-2 draw against 10-man Barcelona in a combative affair on Sunday night at the Camp Nou. With Barcelona having wrapped up the league and Real preparing to play in the Champions League final later in the month, the Clasico lacked some of the hype that...

President Buhari won’t hesitate to fire corrupt officials – Presidency

The Presidency on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari would not hesitate to sack any government official found culpable in any shady deal the same way he fired a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo...

President Buhari's aide Bashir Ahmad vows to resign and report himself to EFCC if...

President Buhari's personal assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has vowed to resign and report himself to the EFCC if anyone has evidence to show he has enmassed wealth since picking up his appointment with this administration. Replying someone's tweet, Bashir wrote ''Your claim that every single person...

''Stop with your cosmetic patriotism, your second term will further divide, impoverish Nigerians'' PDP tells President Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Buhari that his quest for re-election, if permitted by Nigerians, after a horrible first term, will further divide and impoverish Nigerians. Recall that yesterday at the APC ward congress in Daura, Katsina state, President Buhari said he was seeking...

Photos: President Buhari receives governor Okorocha in his home in Daura

President Buhari today received in audience Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State at his home in Daura, Katsina state. See more photos below... ...

'Buhari has never recognized or honored Umar Yar'Adua's memory because he defeated him in 2007'' Reno Omokri

Yesterday was the 8th year remembrance of former president Umar Musa Yar'Adua. According to Reno Omokri, President Buhari has refused to honor or remember the former president since assuming office because he defeated him during the 2007 electio...

2019: Ensure No Candidate Gets Easy Pass – Ezekwesili Admonishes Nigerian Youths

Former Nigeria’s minister of education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has called on Nigerian youths not to freely give their votes to any candidates in the 2019 elections. Ezekwesili, who is also an activist was reacting to a recent speech in which Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo commended Nigerian youths over their roles...

Offa Robbery: Police release photos of four of the robbers, announce N5m reward for anyone with information that will help in their arrest

The Nigerian police has declared wanted four of the robbers that participated in the bloody bank robbery incident that took place in Offa on April 4th. The state police command released the photos of the robbers from the CCTV footage of the bank. The Kwara State Government has also announced a N5 million...

Billionaire businessman, Muhammadu Indimi despite having no formal education, delivered speech at Harvard University

Billionaire businessman and chairman of Oriental Energy Resources, Muhammdu Indimi delivered a speech during an event at Harvard University few days ago. The Maiduguri oil mogul never had any formal education and learnt English Language by listening and associating with people. In a recent interview, Indimi,...

Davido reveals he has been with his lover, Chioma, for 5 years

The singer revealed on twitter that he has been with Chioma for five years now. In that five years, he welcomed Imade, his first daughter with Sophia Momodu and Hailey, his second daughter with is Atlanta based lover, Amanda. See the twitter exchanges below... ...

''N100m was spent on Dino Melaye’s failed recall'' INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu says

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, today disclosed that the electoral commssion spent N100m on the failed attempt to recall Kogi-West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye. INEC chairman disclosed this while denying claims made by PDP that the commission spent...

Court orders police to relocate Dino Melaye to National Hospital Abuja

Justice Nasir Ajanah of the Kogi State High Court in Lokoja has given an interim order that embattled senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, be moved from police custody in the state to the National Hospital Abuja, for further treatment. Recall that a...

Photos: EFCC arraigns three NGO workers for stealing N4.5m from MTN Foundation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, have arraigned the trio of Owolabi Kayode Samuel, Esther Olubukola Mate and Abimbola David-Orugun before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy...

Kogi court denies Dino Melaye bail, orders that he be remanded in police custody till June 11th

A Lokoja Magistrate Court has ordered that embattled Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district be remanded in police custody till June 11th pending the commencement of hearing in the case brought against him and three others by the state police command. The charges...

Buhari’s current records cannot keep him beyond 2019 — Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan wednesday asked the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to call the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to order for peddling falsehood against his person. Jonathan added that even after Osinbajo had been called upon...

President Buhari currently in the UK, presidency says ‘It’s a technical stopover’

President Buhari is yet to arrive Abuja two days after he left the US after his bilateral meeting with President Donald. Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, when asked why the president is yet to return to Nigeria, said President Buhari...

Update: ''President Buhari to arrive Nigeria later this evening'' Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina gave an update on President Buhari's itinera...

Governor Okorocha reportedly gifts Miracle a plot of land + scholarship for his CPL, gives Nina, Teddy A and Bam Bam N2m each

Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha hosted #BBNaija housemate Miracle Igbokwe and some of the ex-housemates Nina, Teddy A and Bam Bam. According to reports, the governor gifted Miracle a plot of land and scholarship for his Commercial Pilot License CPL. The governor also gave Nina, Teddy and Bam Bam...

PDP queries President Buhari’s London ‘Technical Stopover’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Presidency to end their official secrecy and come clear on the reasons for President Buhari’s alleged ‘technical stopover’ in London. In a statement released today, the party said Nigerians should note that President Buhari left the United States...

Lagos police arrest ‘one chance robbers’ along Apapa expressway

Yesterday, two suspected commercial bus robbers Sunday Oghenero and Daniel Johnson were arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for dispossessing passengers of money and valuables worth thousands of naira. Ogenero, 24, lives in Agausa area of Ajegunle in Apapa,...

Melaye jumped from vehicle because he was being tear-gassed by police - Senator