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Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerians to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2019 elections and has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of corruption. Premium Times reports that Atiku spoke in Abakaliki … Read more via Nigeria News today &...

Many persons were injured today after hoodlums went berserk at the Mazamaza Motor Park in Mile 2, Lagos. It was gathered that the fight, which almost snowballed into an ethnic crisis between Yoruba and Igbo factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) … Read more via...

Once again poor and shoddy investigative journalism appears to be winning. This time the victim is Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance. Premium Times a few days ago ‘broke’ news alleging that Mrs Adeosun presented a forged NYSC exemption certificate. The … Read more via Nairaland –...

Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of stealing all the money in the country before leaving power. He made the allegation during Tuesday’s governorship rally in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The former...

Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama says issue of security of Nigerians living in South Africa will be part of discussion as its President, Cyril Ramaphosa, visits Nigeria on Wednesday. Onyeama disclosed in Abuja on Tuesday that South African … Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria –...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has reiterated the need for ship-owners to use Flat Bottom Vessels (FBVs) to attract more cargo to the port in Warri. Warri Port This is even as the Olu of Warri, … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2m6LjN5 Get more: Nigeria Business News

A popular High life musician in Imo State, Mr. Ugo Stevenson known as Ndaa Chineke, who was kidnapped last week, was freed by his abductors at about 11pm on Sunday,… via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2JcE6Eu Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Crude oil prices rose by over one per cent towards $79 per barrel Tuesday due to growing supply outages, as Libyan production reduced by more than a half, while Norway shut down one oilfield following an industrial action by hundreds of workers. ... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, has said the Federal Government and oil companies are yet to remit N1.5 triillion due to the commission. Ekere said this yesterday, in Abuja, when he appeared before the House of Representatives … Read...

NIGERIANS have Stockholm syndrome: they come to love their captors, the same politicians who make true progress and development impossible. A new coalition has been formed, bringing together many of the same people who have been in government with … Read more via Vanguard News –...

The Nigerian Army has alerted of the emergence of another deadly Islamic sect known as “Hakika Islamic.” The army said the group has strange doctrines similar to that of Boko Haram. The sect, according to the army, is headed by one Yahaya Ibrahim and … Read more via The Sun News –...

Over 50 people were reportedly killed in another bloody attack in several communities bordering Adamawa and Taraba states on Monday night. Residents told Daily Sun that some Fulani militia attacked several ethnic villages of Gojefa, Bujum Yashi, Bujum … Read more via The Sun News –...

Hunters in the South West zone of the country have called on the national leadership of Fulani herders to call their colleagues in the zone to order so as to avoid bloodshed and strengthen the cordial relationship that exists between them and the Yoruba..... Read more via Vanguard News –...

The monarch was stripped naked and beaten to death by some of his kinsmen at Amodu, Awkunanaw, while on their way to Enugu for a peace meeting at Government House...... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2NEgJa5 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has declared that he would soon reveal corrupt practices in the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government. He stated that the Muhammadu Buhari-led government is the most corrupt of all the governments since 1999. Atiku, who spoke in...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Comrade Celestine Akpobari, has lauded Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, for embarking on completion of projects allegedly initiated by his successor and minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. This is as former...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has endorsed the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, for second term in office, despite the alleged plot by the Osun State Governor, Mr. … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2m6SzZj Get More...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Tuesday insisted that it remained one united political party under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it did not recognise the reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC), a group within its fold … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The Ugandan government recently introduced a law to tax social media users which went into effect as of July 1 2017. According to BBC, the taxes are an attempt by the government.... Read more via IT News Africa news alert – https://ift.tt/2zrZYvX Get more World News

The UN Security Council is expected to vote this week on imposing an arms embargo against South Sudan, a US proposal which follows a power-sharing agreement between warring leaders. The United States is South Sudan’s biggest aid provider, and was a major backer of its 2011 independence from …...