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The United States government on Friday released a damning human rights report on Nigeria, saying grave violations continued to increase in 2017 while officials who perpetrated them were almost never prosecuted by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. READ MORE HERE

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A grand coalition of opposition political parties, including a chunk of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and influential political stakeholders across the country is being firmed up ahead of the 2019 general election to wrest power from President Muhammadu Buhari’s party. Read...

With President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent declaration to seek re-election in 2019, presumably, the ruling All Progressives Congress is mapping out various strategies to ensure the success of his campaign. Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2HRLRjQ -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has reacted to a report detailing how her ministry illegally approved N10billion for the National Assembly. The report indicated that Adeosun released the money to the lawmakers, despite the N125billion appropriated for the federal legislature in the 2017...

INVESTIGATIONS by Saturday Vanguard have revealed that last Wednesday’s invasion of the National Assembly was a scripted plot to force the reinstatement of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and instigate the removal of the Senator Bukola Saraki leadership of the Senate. It was learned that the conspiracy...

Just When You Thought you have seen it all, and this comes up, So i was just scrolling through all my timeline when i saw this and i burst into laughter, After Mr President said Nigerian Youths are Lazy, " Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA – https://ift.tt/2vw1KKy Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to commence the prosecution of former minister of state for defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, for allegedly collecting funds from the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, in the build-up to the governorship election in...

The Taraba State Government on Saturday expressed shock over alleged sudden withdrawal of military contingent deployed to enforce peace and security in southern part of the state. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Gov Darius Ishaku on Media and Publicity, Mr. Bala Dan-Abu...

Freeze posted her comment on his IG page and wrote This is someone's response to the video those pastors made about the curses they were taught! - My response: Who anointed him? Anointed with what? Engine oil or brake oil? - Was he anointed by a white garment priest to preach the pentecostal...

Social critic Femi Aribisala has attacked President Buhari over his plan to contest for presidency in 2019 See tweets below

Ibadan – The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), has cautioned former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida and General T.Y. Danjuma, to do eschew actions and statements capable of “setting Nigeria on fire.” The religious body gave this...

PDP Chieftain Femi Fani Kayode has reacted to the declaration to contest for 2019 elections by President Buhari. See tweet below

A group of hackers reportedly broke into the video for "Despacito" on Monday (Apr. 9) and defaced the clip's cover image with a picture of a masked people pointing guns, resulting in the most-viewed music video of all time being taken down from Vevo. At press time a spokesperson for Vevo could...

A prominent Kaduna based Islamic Scholar, Sheik Sama’ila Abbas Dakace, 64, has passed away. His death was announced by his eldest son, Malam Abbas Sama’ila. He told the News Agency of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna state that the Sheik died on Thursday in Kaduna after a brief illness. He narrated...

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain has said Nigerians should exercise patience with President Muhammad Buhari as the administration will soon include the names of former secretary to the federal government, Babachir David Lawal and the indicted Director General of National Intelligence...

Kemi Olunloyo has joined the growing number of Nigerians who endorsed Sahara Reporters owner Omoyele Sowore for 2019 presidency. She joined Sowore at Unibadan Conference Center for TakeItBack Sowore2019 READ MORE HERE

An alarm has been raised after a Nigerian man was arrested forcefully and brutally by metropolitan police officers in South Africa over his driver's license. According to reports, the Nigerian man was stopped by the police officers while driving and it was discovered he had no driver's license...

Dino who has been declared wanted by the Kogi state police command, arrived the state for the 7-day prayers for deceased House of Representatives member, Umar Buba Jibrin.