nigeria news 210418

President Muhammadu Buhari would not be supported by the South-West geo-political zone in his quest to secure a second term in office in 2019, unless he starts taking concrete steps on the issue of restructuring of the country now, the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), has declared. Making the...

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has lamented that the attack on the Senate on Wednesday had further revealed a need for the review of Nigeria’s security structure which he deemed faulty. This is as the Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo expressed dismay over the...

A relative of a ticket officer for commercial motorcyclists operating around the New Market area of Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, who was said to have been tortured to death by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Kazeem Akeem, has said that his corpse was only released to the family by the...

Co-convener, Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group and former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which was in power for 16 years, has failed Nigerians. This is as she insisted that but for the failure...

British Prime Minister, Theresa May, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of Commonwealth countries to invest in young people so as to build a more prosperous future. In her speech, she told Commonwealth leaders to step up efforts in reaching a series of shared commitments that...

Temilolu Olurishe also known as Tee-Rise is a young lady with a desire to express her worship to God in her songs while she helps others enjoy an intimate relationship with God through her songs. Her debut single “First Loved Me,” she says, was born out of a revelation that we love God because...

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh who recently went under the knife showed off her surgically enhanced body on Instagram yesterday. The beautiful mother of one showed off her cleavage while praising her Nigerian plastic surgeon for doing a good job on her. Click here to read more

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make public the location and status of polling units across the country. The party made the call in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday in Abuja...

Parents and teachers gives cheers and praises to the President for the numerous benefits the free feeding programme has brought, not just to Ogun State but to Nigeria. “I want to say a big thank you to the federal government of Nigeria and the Ogun state government for providing food for us,”...

Kenneth Ebrimson, the police commissioner in Zamfara State, has confirmed the death of 15 villagers in the attack on Zamfara communities on Thursday and Friday Mr Ebrimson told Premium Times the attack occurred in a community near the border with Kebbi and blamed armed bandits who have been on...

Individuals suspected to be political thugs on Friday attacked the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Abia State. Reports available to Sahara Reporters indicated that two suspects connected to the attack on the political party's office have been arrested by the police...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Wife Aisha were pictured departing for the lavish dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II for Heads of Government and their spouses at the Buckingham palace London on 19th April 2018… The Queen hosted a dinner for Commonwealth leaders and their spouses tonight in the...

Police Service Commission (PSC), yesterday, approved the promotion of 18 senior Police officers, including the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), DCP Ibrahim Mustapha Magu. A press statement by the commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu...

The Senate has said that it will invite the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris and the Director General of Department for State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, for questioning at the Senate plenary over why the thugs beat the fierce security cordons around the parliament to invade the...

The life of a widow identified simply as Mrs. Nworie is quite pathetic though succour later came her way after many years of experiencing difficult situations. She lives in a thatched house with her surviving children after the deaths of her husband many years ago, her son, Joshua and daughter...

The federal government has guarantied about $25 billion foreign direct investment for critical infrastructure in the country. This is part of the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) package by the government aimed at stimulating the economy. Click here to read more

The Presidency on Friday alerted the nation of the existence of a fake Facebook account being portrayed as belonging to President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra. According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), the account was the...

Many do not think much of the song that goes, “Some have food but cannot eat, some can eat but have no food,” but indeed there is a lot of truth to it. Ask IDPs in the Northeastern region of Nigeria. Over 6,779 metric tonnes of rice was donated to the IDPs by the good people of China, and guess...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration’s (FCTA) Transport Secretariat recently released guidelines for Passenger Service Vehicles (PSVs) operating within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. FCTA’s Transport Secretary Kayode Opeifa said after meeting with all licensed taxi operators in...

Since his ‘heroic’ return to Nigeria after serving his jail term in the United Kingdom, ex-Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori has develop a new found passion to re-integrate him into the Nigerian high society where he used to belong. The Oghara, Delta State-born Ibori has refused to let...