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Two wives and a son of a lecturer with Zamfara Atate College of Education, Alhaji Suleman Abdullahi, were on Wednesday kidnapped in Gora Namayi Village of Maradun Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the two house wives, Malama Suhaima Abdullahi, and Adiza Abdullahi, …...

A quite pretty Nigerian lady who has been battling depression for a while and was finally getting over it was supposedly struck with another tragic event that has made her even suicidal this time. @Mss_Nessa on Twitter, has had friends and family worried after she sent in tweets … Read more...

A popular Juju musician and Chairman/CEO of Fresh FM, a private radio station in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Mr. Yinka Ayefele has reacted to the notice issued by the Oyo State government to demolish part of Music House which houses the radio station. Ayefele in a … Read more via Daily...

Eight police officers in Lagos have been dismissed over “very serious criminal offences”, while six others were demoted in ranks, the state commissioner, Mr Imohimi Edgal said. Edgal, also said that 108 officers were disciplined for various offences from January to July, 2018 in the … Read...

Senator Philip Gyunka (PDP-Nasarawa North) has disclosed that Peoples Democratic Party senators have begun taking turns sleeping at the National Assembly in order to prevent any nocturnal removal of Senate President Bukola Saraki by their colleagues in the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has written a petition to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo against the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. The union complained about the detention of PREMIUM TIMES journalist Samuel Ogundipe and other journalists by the police under Mr Idris. “I...

Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, is the fourth cheapest city in the world. The Economist Intelligence Unit on Wednesday, 2018 Worldwide Cost of Living report released on Wednesday, Lagos ranked 130 of the 133 cities surveyed. ... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2KXJ88s Get More...

The presidency on Wednesday spoke on the “true status” of the electoral act amendment bill, maintaining that President Muhammadu Buhari has not declined assent. Garba Shehu, the president’s senior special assistant on media and publicity, said Buhari does not object the use of card readers in...

WhatsApp is formally informing all customers that due to a new agreement with Google, backups will no longer count against Google Drive storage quota. Up until now, WhatsApp users had a limited backup storage quota but starting November 12 that will no longer be the case. Also, … Read more...

The 80 per cent financial inclusion target by 2020 is still in the build up, as the banking industry has unveiled a new strategy to get 35 million new customers into the financial system in the next 28 months. With arrangements … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...

Federal Government yesterday said technical partners for the new national carrier were yet undecided, as the bidding process, among others, were still ongoing. The disclosure was in response to a report that one of the bidders, Ethiopian Airlines (ET), was … Read more via The Guardian...

The auction for August 2018, which was conducted by Debt Management Office, DMO, saw the agency offering N90 billion … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2OB6GlQ Get more: Nigeria Business News

Former Nigeria international Adokiye Amiesimaka has called on football authorities to find out if there was more to Moses retirement at 27 than the reason he gave which was to concentrate on his club career. ..... read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2vMeZUP Get More Nigeria Sports News

Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested a 41-year- old man, Mr. Jude Nwanokwara, in connection with alleged human trafficking and rape cases. The state chairman of the NSCDC, Mr. Solomon Iyamu, disclosed this in Ado Ekiti yesterday when the International Federation …...

Despite the warnings to Nigerians to refrain from patronising traditional bonesetters due to the consequences, Nigerians have increased their confidence in the practice. ADAKU ONYENUCHEYA writes on the high rate at which Nigerians visit bonesetters for cheap and effective service. A … Read...

AMO Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited has lauded the Governor Ibikunle Amosun led administration for alleviating poverty, improving the living standards of rural women as well as making them economically independent through its Noiler Birds Empowerment Programme. Speaking during the second phase...

Fifteen year-old Orisheneye David Okorogheye, who made 9As in the 2018 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), has declared his intention to study neurosurgeon at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Okorogheye, an indigene of Delta State, Warri … Read more via The...

Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has declared to run for presidency on the platform of African Action Congress (AAC).Sowore, who made the declaration yesterday in Abuja, called on youths and progressive people to embrace the party. Addressing a … Read more via The Guardian...

Nigeria is at a political crossroads. Recent events in the Senate and the House of Representatives have highlighted how close the country is to a misstep at the … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2OEnSHe Get More Nigeria Political News

The Nigerian Institute of Management, NIM, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of marginalizing about half of Nigeria’s population over his failure to appoint significant number of women into his cabinet.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2Pf91nV Get More Nigeria Political News