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Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, a Nigerian militant commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has debunked some publication on some media platform that he has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for the February 16 Presidential elections. This was made known in an...

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined the four major network operators in the country a total of N74m for various infractions. The NCC had in 2018 highlighted some noncompliance by the network providers “such as the routing … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and...

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the remand of a former manager of Ecobank Nigeria, Ifeanyi Chukwu Azike, over allegations of defrauding the bank’s customers to the tune of N411 million. Azike, who was arraigned by the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU), was … Read more via...

Rapper T.I has slammed Floyd Mayweather over his recent comment about the boycott Gucci call which many have heeded to. In a new diss track, T.I labeled the lightweight boxer a..... via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2N5zdAq Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Kanye West surprised his wife Kim Kardashian by having popular saxophonist Kenny G play for her on Valentine’s day right in her living … via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2SKyvy3 Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Cardi B and Bruno Mars team up on new single, Please Me. Few days after the announcement of her upcoming collaboration with Bruno Mars on her Instagram page, Cardi B has now shared her first single for the new year. The song which is produced by Bruno Mars … via Pulse Nigeria – Nigeria –...

Although the positions were reversed, Obama was also frustrated by a lack of congressional action for what he viewed as a broken immigration system..... Read more via USA Today – http://bit.ly/2X4aAc3 Get More Nigeria Political News

A 35-year-old medical doctor appeared before Mutare Magistrates Court yesterday charged with extortion after he demanded $1000 or 100 rounds of sexual intercourse from his ex-girlfriend or risk having her nude pictures spread on social media. According to the state, on 9 February Lazarus …...

A broad new scientific analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides, the most widely used weedkilling products in the world, has found that people with high exposures to the popular pesticides have a 41% increased risk of developing a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin...

US President Donald Trump is to declare a national emergency to fund his planned border wall with Mexico, the White House has said. He will sign a … Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2tnQZ9e Get more World News

Chicago police have concluded that the alleged attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was staged, according to two local media reports. The Chicago Police Department pushed back on the reporting, saying the notion that the attack was a hoax was “unconfirmed by case detectives.” Police spent...

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has denied media reports that he wrote a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), requesting … Read more via Thisdaylive – http://bit.ly/2TL3fvU Get More Nigeria Political...

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja, dissociated his government from threats of death and intimidation against international observers from some individuals in the … Read more via Thisdaylive – http://bit.ly/2Gs0BIv Get More Nigeria Political News

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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged party members in Lagos State to deliver a minimum of three million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in tomorrow’s presidential election. Tinubu told APC members and supporters at a stakeholders’ …...

Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, yesterday urged chairmen and members of the election petition tribunals to deliver judgements based on merits of cases before them and jettison sentiments. Mohammad said that cases arising from the 2019 general elections...

A man’s nap in the back of his car in Delaware turned into a nightmare after the car he was sleeping in was stolen and crashed. Musician Justin Koerner told the News Journal in Wilmington he had spent a night playing music with friends, went to … Read more via Autoblog –...

Yet to be identified thugs have invaded a Police station in Anambra state, beating up policemen and setting the station on fire. According to a source, several policemen were beaten up before the station located in Ajali Orumba North Local Government Area of the state was set ablaze. Many...

Police in Manafwa District have arrested a 43-year-old man over killing his son. The suspect, Mr Anthony Namisiko is a resident of Buwamwibi Village, Maefe Parish in Maefe Sub-county. It is alleged that he strangled his eight-year-old on Wednesday evening. The deceased was a … Read more via...

In a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump, nearly all the Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday provide a full investigation into the death of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi..... Read more via...