naija news today 080518

I have read reactions and counter reactions of the people as regards the cancelled APC Primary Election which was held on Saturday, 5th May 2018 at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado-Ekiti. Putting the records straight. I took that.... Read more via P.m. Express News – https://ift.tt/2FVVKup...

The dust raised by last Saturday’s ward congress of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State has not settled despite the announcement … Read more via The Sun Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2I10i8E Get More Nigeria Political News

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged Muslims across the country to get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in order to elect competent leaders in the upcoming general.... Read more via The Sun Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2rtpzgx Get More Nigeria Political News

Learning from how the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary was botched by irate party members, there was massive security beef up around the arena where the Peoples Democratic Party is holding its governorship primary in Ekiti...... Read more via Thisdaylive News –...

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that the president is the only person who can reveal his ailment or details about.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2FVQtmB Get More Nigeria Political News

Russia’s football association has been fined 30,000 Swiss francs (25,000 euros) following racist chants by supporters during a friendly between the World Cup hosts and France in March, FIFA said on Tuesday. Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba and Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele were the...

The death toll from a bloody clash between bandits and militiamen over the weekend in Kaduna has risen to 71, a traditional ruler told AFP on Tuesday. More bodies were recovered after bandits overran a local militia protecting the village of Gwaska in Kaduna state on Saturday, putting …...

The Senate has invited Service Chiefs, Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, to hold discussions with lawmakers and proffer solutions over the proliferation of dangerous firearms in Nigeria. The lawmakers mandated the Senate Committee on Intelligence and National Security to conduct a...

The National Population Commission (NPC) says it has commenced the listing of all dead persons in the country for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead next year’s general elections. Chairman of the Commission, Mr Eze Duruiheoma, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 16-year-old housewife, accused of poisoning her husband to death, in a children’s remand home. The defendant, who lives at Shittar village, Danbatta Local Government Area of Kano State, is facing a count charge of culpable homicide. …...

A baby fell to his death after his mother lost her balance in high heels and dropped him from a balcony. He was reported to have suffered spinal injuries and died before he could be taken to the hospital. Police were called to the scene and later ruled … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

The Catholic Bishop of Osogbo Diocese, Most Reverend John Akin Oyeloja ,has slammed Governor Rauf Aregbesola for lack of transparency on the fiscal responsibility of the state. Oyeloja said the process and procedure of development plan of the state and the annual budget are neither...

Nollywood actress Sophie Alakija shared how close she and her family came to death after a car they were in was hit by..... Read more via Nollyzone News – https://ift.tt/2jHUL8g Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has expressed its confusion over the decision of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to shut down one of its sites where Emzolyn with codeine was produced. In a raid by the agency on Monday, May 7, 2018, Emzor, Peace...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the second time this week in the Chinese city of Dalian, Chinese media reports. They held talks about Chinese-North Korean relations, according to CNN’s Will Ripley. The discussions likely centered … Read more via...

The senator representing Ekiti South, Abiodun Olujimi, has stepped down for a former Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in the race for the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate. Olujimi said she sacrificed her ambition for peace, progress, and stability of the …...

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Mr. Hassan Hyat, has hit back at Governor Nasir el-Rufai for cursing the three senators from the state. Addressing thousands of party supporters at a reception for the All Progressives Congress (APC) defectors in Zonkwa, Zangon...

THE Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumini Kabiru Usman, yesterday, said those against President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term re-election were behind the current killings and insecurity bedevilling the country. Read more via Naijaloaded |– https://ift.tt/2FV6N75 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Veteran Nigerian actor who is popularly known in Kannywood as Moda has died after a long battle with diabetes. Veteran Kannywood actor and a staff of Kaduna state Ministry of Sports, Youth and Culture, Alhaji Sani Idris Moda, has passed away via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2ru5Ayi...

One of the offa’s robbers is a former police officer identified as “Michael Adikwu” he was dismissed by police in Ilorin for misconduct in 2012. Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2rtJNae Get More Nigeria Metro News