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EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has reacted to his promotion to the rank of commissioner of polce – The PSC had on Friday, April 20, promoted Magu and 17 other senior officers to their next ranks – Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news – https://ift.tt/2HfBERr Get More Nigeria...

Reports reaching NAIJ.com is that suspended senator, Ovie Omo- Agege has been arrested by Abuja police at the Senate premises after he led a team of thugs to invade the Nigerian Senate. The incident which became violent saw the thugs drive away with the Senate Mace, which is the symbol of...

Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared intention to contest September 22 gubernatorial election in Osun state under PDP – He defected to PDP last year and became the senator of federal republic of Nigeria after the demise of his … Read more via Naija news 24/7 – https://ift.tt/2vn31U4 -- Get...

Born on May 13, 1993, Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku is today one of the richest footballers in the world considering what the Belgian earn on a weekly basis at his Premier League club. But the 24-year-old never knew … read more via Naija news 24/7 – https://ift.tt/2JQ1lpl...

The federal government has assured Nigerians that no amount of pressure, including the antics of hack writers and threats of litigation, will prevent it from releasing more names of the alleged looters of the public treasury. Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news –...

A Ghanaian jouranlist has taken over social media after he challenged a Chinese national to pick up a can he dropped into a drain. In a 27-second video that has gone viral, Erastus Asare Donkor, who works with Kapital Radio, is seen ordering the Chinese man to take out the can which he had...

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to look at the rising insecurity in Nigeria particularly the Boko Haram crises and the herders-farmers clash. This was contained in a post on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, April 11. Read more...

These are tough times for Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich as his team are struggling in the field of play and also some personal development from Russian that is believed to be negatively affecting the billionaire. Chelsea are almost certain to miss out on Champions League qualification this...

The Ebonyi state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor David Umahi of victimising opposition in the state. Daily Trust reports that the leadership of the party in Ebonyi made the accusation on Tuesday, April 10, in Abuja when they visited the Secretary to the...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, April 10, presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) as the federal ministries of information and culture as well as women affairs brief the council on their activities since November 2015 till today. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

A former captain of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh has defeated Dutch club, Fortuna Sittard in the Royal Dutch Football Association, KNVB, court. The court ruled that the Dutch second tier club were guilty of ‘Black Money Payment‘ as Oliseh claimed. read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s...

Former national vice-chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Ishola Filani is dead. He died on Thursday in London, United Kingdom. Filani, 72, was PDP Vice Chairman (Southwest) between 2012 and 2014. Reacting, former Deputy Chairman of the party, Olabode George, described the...

Hearing about Africa, many people think about the numerous peoples and tribes most of which live in extreme poverty. Nevertheless, there are many countries on the continent that enjoy prosperity and have thriving economy. This is not surprising because Africa provides many opportunities for high...

The Presidency has declared the Muhammadu Buhari administration to be a success, and told Nigerians to count the blessings that the president has brought to the nation’s economy, Tribune reports. The assertion was made in a statement released by the senior special assistant to the president on...

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has stated that the ruling party has resolved the issues dividing it, The Cable reports. Oyegun made the comment after meeting with five governors of the party – Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, Simon Lalong of Plateau...

Less that a week after the National Assembly mourned the death of Umar Buba Jibril, one if its members representing Lokoja/Kogi/Koton Karfe, the Senate is again grieving as a senior lawmaker, Mustapha Bukar, has died. Senator Bukar died in the morning of Wednesday, April 4, after brief illness...

The Abuja Islamic Development Foundation (AIDF) has disclosed that it plans to build a N2bn hospital to complement the effort of both private and public hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Daily Trust reports that the chairman of the group, Malam Muhammad Lawan Muhammad, made the...

The Coalition for Nigeria Movement led by former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has raised concerns that security agencies in the country may have been corrupted by the government ahead of the 2019 general elections. The Punch reports that spokesman for the group, Akin Osuntokun, said the...

The curse placed on human traffickers in Edo state by the Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare 11, has led to the death of three persons including a young man from the state who was based in Napoli, Italy, Vanguard reports. The young man whose name has been withheld, was said to be a notorious human...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state, Okey Adiaso, has said that there is no alternative candidate to President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 presidential election. Adiaso reacting to statement made by a northern group led by Ango Abdullahi against the present...