nigeria news 180418

Mavin’s act, Dr Sid was harassed today by SARS officers who mistook him for a “yahoo boy”. The singer whose phone was seized, was reportedly saved from physical assault by the timely intervention of label mate, Reekado Banks and comedian Basketmouth. Click here to read more

The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu on Wednesday briefed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over invasion of the Senate during plenary session. The suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on Wednesday stormed the red carpet chamber with thugs who made away with the maze. Click here to...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has revealed how 55 politicians, high-level public officials and leaders allegedly stole N1, 354tr between 2006 and 2013 from the nation’s treasury. Click here to read more

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), on Tuesday, said it has so far recovered about N57.7 billion unremitted revenues from collecting banks in its efforts to boost revenue accruals into the federation account. According to the agency, the recovery followed...

Iran president, Hassan Rouhani says Iran is not producing weapons to attack its neighbouring countries but for defence of the country. While he addressed the Tehran crowd and a live TV audience on Wednesday on air, Rouhani said, “We tell the world that we will produce or acquire any weapons...

BBNaija 2018 finalists Cynthia Nwadiora aka Cee-C, on Monday received a warning strike for going berserk on fellow housemate Tobi Bakre. This is coming after she verbally attacked Tobi, and challenged him to a fight. Click here to read more

The Senate has asked the Inspector-General of Police and the State Security Service (SSS) to recover its mace, forcefully removed at the chambers by hoodlums on Wednesday. The call followed a resolution by the lawmakers at the end of a closed-door session held immediately after the removal of...

A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope on Wednesday said the party would present a better candidate that would be able to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections. Click here to read more

Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has admitted that Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, could dominate the Premier League for years to come. City were crowned champions last weekend with five games of the season still to go, after their rivals Manchester United were beaten 1-0 at Old Trafford by...

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja has stopped the planned sale of 9Mobile (Etisalat) telecommunication company, following opposition to the move by some aggrieved shareholders. Click here to read more

The crisis rocking the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reached its peak following the reported sack of its President-General, Chief John Nnia Nwodo. DAILY POST reports that Nwodo has been in a running battle with the leaderships of both the Youth and Women wings of the apex Igbo socio-cultural...

On Wednesday, Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, led some unidentified persons into the red chamber. In an operation that lasted less than 10 minutes, the mace, symbol of authority of the senate was carted away. Click here to read more

Ex-Nigeria national team coach Augustine Eguavoen is happy with the quality of defenders in the Super Eagles team. He also feels that the current coach, Gernot Rohr, will have a selection headache because of this. Click here to read more

One 27-year-old man, Aaron Mubo, has today been arrested and arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, after he allegedly abducted a septuagenarian and demanded a sum of N5million ransom for his release. Mubo is standing trial on a two-count of kidnap and demanding ransom...

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday remanded a 25-year-old applicant, Peter Agbo, for allegedly defiling his neigbhour’s 12-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr P. E. Nwaka, ordered that Agbo be remanded in Kirikiri Prisons, and the case file sent to the Director of Public...

This morning, controversial Big Brother Naija housemate, Cee-C went on a total tirade raining insults on fellow housemate and former love interest, Tobi. The clips have been making the round on social media and quite a lot of people are reacting to it. Click here to read more

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is killing it on and off the pitch following reports that he’s started constructions of a hospital and a school in his hometown in Egypt. Following a remarkable debut campaign in England that’s seen him nominated for the PFA Player of the Year, the 25-year-old has...

There is an eccentric possibility that Big Brother Naija housemate, Tobi was born ‘twice’ as he claims to be 23 years old as well as being 29 years old according to scanty details revealed by his former strategic and romance partner, Cee-C. Click here to read more

Iraqi courts have sentenced to death, more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic State group, a judiciary spokesman stated today. Naija News learnt that the suspects are being tried by two courts, one near the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul in...

The symbol of authority in the senate--otherwise called the mace--is missing at the moment after thugs led by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) invaded the national assembly, created an uproar and took the mace along with them. Click here to read more