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Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) workers have kicked against the company’s plan to move its operational base from Onne in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Lagos.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2ObbM8b Get More Nigeria Metro News

Three university students- one from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the other two from the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State have been arraigned before a Minna Senior Magistrate’s Court for alleged murder. The suspects were arrested on July 23, 2018, for...

The minority leader in the Senate, former governor Godswill Akpabio, might defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) any time soon. There are indications that he is in serious talks with the APC and might dump his party.... Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has called on the youths and supporters of the party to support President Muhammadu Buhari “to Root out thieves and treasury looters, who believe it is their birthright to continue to loot.”.... Read more via...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the recruitment of additional 1,200 teachers for the Junior and Senior Secondary schools in the state, bringing to 2,200, the number of teachers approved for recruitment into Primary Schools in the state. The governor, had stated this at...

A First republic Minister of Aviation, Mbazulike Amaechi has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a dictator, calling on Nigerians to end dictatorship in 2019. According to him, there was no difference between Buhari as military Head of State and Buhari as a democratic president. The...

They joined the Army as teenagers. They rose rapidly thanks to the Civil war and in their 30s were holding plum positions. As septuagenarians, these men are still calling the shots. All of them began life at the Nigeria Military Training College [NMTC] Kaduna, in … Read more via Vanguard...

Kunle Afolayan is one proud dad. In new chat with Punch, the Nollywood producer explained why he enrolled his son in a mechanic workshop.... via Olisa.tv – https://ift.tt/2OIfZ4n Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Spirits were high as soulful singer, Chidinma, thrilled an audience of francophone fans on July 27, 2018. Fans of the artiste converged at Le Mixx Nightclub, Abidjan and danced the night away...... via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2KrSPfr Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, who has taken a hiatus from the make-believe industry has just launched an application to source artisans in Nigeria. Titled ‘Oga Work’, the virtual app provides users with the opportunity to source for skilled persons who have passion for their crafts but don’t have...

North East Commodity Association (NECAS) in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commenced the distribution of farming inputs for 2018 wet season to 27,000 farmers in the region. The National president NECAS, Alhaji Sadiq Deware, who stated this in Gombe during the …...

Gunmen have killed the General Overseer of Intercessory Prayer Ministry, Prophet ThankGod Abam also known as The Commander, Onowu 1. The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer , Nnamdi Omoni, has also confirmed the death, saying that efforts were on to unravel … Read more via – The...

A group, Girls Connect, on Thursday in Kano, launched a pilot project, ostensibly to address the numerous challenges confronting the girl-child nation-wide, especially to empower marginalised girls, as the most vulnerable group in the society. In view of the challenges the girl-child is...

Barring any last minute change, the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are set to arrest some senior staff of the Joint Matriculations Board, JAMB, who have been fingered in the disappearance of over N8 billion revenue... Read more via TODAY.NG –...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has identified religious beliefs and ignorance as factors responsible for Nigeria’s status as Africa’s only country with polio burden. This was disclosed during an engagement with media practitioners in Yola, organised by UNICEF and the Adamawa State...

The Elders Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, yesterday pledged their commitment and loyalty to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed and others over their recent defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP, …...

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that he is not afraid of being probed, provided it is fair and just. The governor, who spoke through his special adviser on media and ICT, Tahav Agerzua, made this known while reacting to media reports credited to Benue APC, which … Read more via...

Wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s wife, Tola, and former Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Aisha Alhassan have called on Nigerian women to rise up and participate in partisan politics as a way of choosing the best for their … Read more via...

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Friday, said it was perturbed over the increased spate of killings in Zamfara State, even as it tasked the Federal Government to wake-up to its responsibility of protecting lives and properties of its citizen..... Read more via Vanguard News –...

THE Anambra State branch of the Association of Professional Bodies in Nigeria (APBN), said yesterday that it was unhappy with the slow pace of work at the site of the International Cargo Airport project in Umuleri in Anambra East local government area being executed by the state government. …...