nigeria news today 04022018

There seem to be no letting up on the scandals plaguing the National Intelligence Agency as another $202 million has been discovered to be missing from its coffers Recall that first there was the issue of $43 million found in an Ikoyi, Lagos apartment said to belong to the NIA, Then there was...

The last has not been heard of the clash between the Ooni of Ife, Adeye Ogunwusi and the Oluwo of Iwo, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, at the summit of traditional rulers which held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday. The Iwo monarch has insisted that he was maltreated by the security officer...

The publisher of the Ovation Magazine and former presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, has warned Nigerians against the newly formed Coalition for Nigerian Movement, CNM. He warned that Obasanjo and members of the coalition are not saints as the country presently lacks men to form a third force...

INDIGENOUS Tiv Communities in Nassarawa State have raised the alarm that their people in Kadarko, Keana Local Government Area of the state were under siege as 25 villages of the area have been sacked by the herdsmen. Read more via Vanguard News – http://ift.tt/2EcsK4F Get More Nigeria...

Former President Ibrahim Babangida has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step down in 2019 to allow a generational shift that should reinvent the wheel of leadership and spur healing in the land. Former heads of state, Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari Babangida in a special...

Big Brother Naija housemate, Bitto on Saturday created another drama in ‘Double Wahala edition.’ Bitto seems to be ‘drama king’ of the house as he burst into tears after the Saturday night party, blaming himself for Kbrule’s swollen knee. This happened after Kbrule jumped from a chair either out...

The final of this year’s African Nations Championship, will be contested between hosts Morocco and Nigeria on Sunday. The game will be played in Casablanca, a day after the bronze medal match between Libya and Sudan in Marrakech. read more via Naijaloaded – http://ift.tt/2FI2wEx...

President Buhari’s media aide, Femi Adesina, paid a courtesy visit to the family of late Nigerian music legend, Sunny Okosun, who died almost 10 years ago (May 2008). Sharing photos from the visit, Adesina wrote, ‘Oziddi King, Sonny Okosuns, was my good friend. I felt the loss keenly when he...

Five years have passed in the dogged effort to secure justice for the family of Mr. and Mrs Emmanuel Olisa Efobi Anakwe, natives of Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, whose son, Stephen Anakwe, was murdered by a group of policemen, … Read more via The Sun News –...

FOLLOWING the success of its June 2017 holy war against kidnappers of students of Lagos Model School, Igbonla-Epe, in Lagos, who were arrested a few days after, General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, again Read more via Vanguard News –...

In the quest to plug the huge gap in Nigeria’s power need, especially that of those who, either due to their remoteness or logistics factor, cannot access electricity from the grid, the introduction of mini-grids solution the federal government may have come the rescue. Read more via...

Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau, has called on aspiring actors and actresses to be focused and believe in their ability to make it to the top in the industry. Sadau gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. “I will admonish upcoming actors to...

Manchester United have reduced the gap between them and rivals Manchester City to 13 points, following a 2-0 win over Huddersfield City on Saturday. United failed to break down David Wagner’s men in the first half at Old Trafford. read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://ift.tt/2s7cJIy...

Dr. Arnold Gold, a pediatric neurologist whose belief in the importance of an empathetic bedside manner led him and his wife to create a foundation to inspire young doctors to practice compassionate patient care, died Jan. 23 in Manhattan. He was 92. via pulse.ng – http://ift.tt/2nIT3Wb...