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Man reportedly dies after being rushed to the hospital from SARS office where he had been locked up for over a month via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://ift.tt/2ALoymU Get More Nigeria Metro News

American music mogul, Diddy has reacted to the viral racism inspired advert by giant clothier, H&M UK after the European clothing line ran an advertisement on its website featuring a black boy wearing a hoodie with the words “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle”. Diddy shared an edited image with...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned kidnappers and cultists to leave the state or risk death sentence. The warning is coming on the heels of the amendment of the State Anti-kidnapping Law prescribing death sentence for criminals involved in...

Musawa said that the allegation was a ploy to stop the current mass defection of PDP members to the APC in the state. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to a public debate over an alleged misappropriation … via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

At least 78 Libyan returnees, who are indigenes of Delta State, had been absorbed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa into his Job and Wealth Creation skill acquisition empowerment programme in the state. The returnees, who were between the ages of 18 and 28, described their ordeal in the dry lands of...

New Whip Alert! Davido gifts himself a Bentley. Davido Following the success of Davido‘s headline concert 30 Billion, which he announced today made half a billion Naira in profit, the superstar singer has acquired himself a new ride. The FIA crooner shared... via BellaNaija –...

Abdul-Jamal Ottun, a teenage schoolboy drowned after his friend pushed him into a lake as a joke during a school trip to Canada. According to a report by Metro UK, Abdul-Jamal Ottun had two training sessions before joining a group of 25 school pals for … via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s No. 1...

The police have, on Tuesday, January 9, in Jere, Kaduna state, paraded 19 notorious kidnappers and armed robbers terrorising the Abuja-Jere-Kaduna-Zaria highways. The police also paraded suspects responsible for the kidnap of an Imam, Hakeem Kososko. In a press .... via Nigeria News today &...

A young college graduate from Inglewood, California named Nyjah Cousar who goes by the handle @dearfashionn on Twitter, took a nude photo of herself in the shower and mistakenly sent it to her father instead of her boyfriend Dasquan. The young woman laughed about it, although she thought about...

With seven workers dead and hundreds of positions redundant, Nichemtex industries limited embarks on a massive retrenchment of 400 of its workers and still counting. ELIZABETH ROWLAND reports The company that is known for producing best quality Ankara material is regarded as the biggest textile...

Starboy General “Wizkid” is wasting no time this year at all…. Wizkid has revealed that he is currently working on a new album, now that he’s currently Lagos. The singer made this revelation via Twitter, in response to a question asked by a fan. The conversation between Wizkid and his … via...

Tennis champ, Serena Williams who got married to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian last year November, is the latest star to land on the cover of Brides Magazine. The mother of one looked like a princess as she modeled her white gowns for the February/March edition of the magazine cover. Taking...

A French court has ordered that Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat be evicted from an apartment in a posh part of Paris for failing to keep up with the rent. In a December 14 ruling seen by AFP on Tuesday, the court told Sherawat and her French husband Cyrille Auxenfans to via Punch...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that campaigns for the 2019 presidential elections will commence on 18 November, 2018. The commission also announced that the campaigns for the governorship and the national assembly elections will also commenced on December 1...

47 gainers emerged at the end of today’s trading against seven losers with Dangote Flourmills Plc leading the other gainers with 10 percent increase, to close at N16.17 from N14.70. FCMB Group Plc followed with 9.05 percent gains to close at N2.17 from N1.99 per share. Alhaji Aliko Dangote Wapic...

Reacting to the incessant killing by Fulani herdsmen across the country, Comrade Mohammed Kudu Abubakar, Deputy National President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately pronounce herdsmen as a terrorist organization. Comrade Abubakar...

Lawyer and social critic, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised Mr. Sam Ortom, governor of Benue State, to use his constitutional powers instead of begging the federal government to order the arrest Fulani herdsmen killing people in the state. … via All Content – http://ift.tt/2ALlGGs -- Get...

Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) has threatened to pull out of Nigeria. The company is alleging breach of contract by Messrs Kunle Ogunba, the Skye Bank appointed receiver/manager of Intercontinental Hotel Lagos. The IHG, which went into an international management agreement with Milan...

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has spent N112.079 billion on fuel subsidy in the first 10 months of 2017, between January and October 2017, financial documents obtained from the corporation have revealed. Dr Maikati Baru,Group Managing Director of the NNPC Contrary to claims...

Naira appreciates to N359.38/$ as I&E records $26bn turnover in 2017 The naira Tuesday recorded its biggest daily appreciation of N1.76 in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Data from the Financial Market Dealers Quote (FMDQ) revealed that the indicative exchange rate for the … via...