nigeria news today 280118

Mayorkun and Kiss Daniel to perform at launch show today Two of Nigeria’s leading pop singers, Kiss Daniel and Mayorkun, have been announced as performing artistes for this season’s Big Brother Naija launch show. Mayorkun The highly anticipated reality show returns for a third season on Sunday...

Barely two months to the end of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), the Executive Secretary of the Joint Tax Board, Mr. Oseni Elamah, says the Federal Government is set to establish Tax Whistle Blower and warns that the tax authorities won’t … via Vanguard News –...

Nollywood actress and producer, Aisha Ibrahim, has explained why it is hard for an actress to find a husband. According the Aisha, no one was ready to trust and settle down with an actress. The make-believe star, who spoke with Vanguard, said the reason behind delayed marriages for some …...

Manchester City are ready to make a £150million move for Chelsea playmaker, Eden Hazard. Pep Guardiola has identified Hazard as his No.1 summer transfer target. City missed out on Alexis Sanchez this month, after refusing to meet his £400,000-a-week wage demands and saw the Chilean sign for ...

The refrigerators in the U.S President’s plane, Air Force One, are being upgraded with the sum of $24 million. U.S President’s plane, Air Force One, The contract for the upgrade by the new government has been awarded to Boeing, Washington Post reported on Sunday. The U.S. Air Force will pay …...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said on Friday that it has approved no fewer than 90 Tour Operators out of the 144 companies that applied for participation in the 2018 Hajj operation. NAHCON Head of Tour Operators’ Unit, Alhaji Alidu Shutti who made this revelation in a …...

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has described the Federal Government’s proposed military cattle ranches as another plot kill Igbo people and take their land. According to the group, cattle ranches in military barracks for herdsmen was a ploy by the...

THE Nigerian Army has alerted Nigerians to be vigilant as fleeing Boko Haram terrorists may recruit suicide bombers to carry out attacks in some places of gathering such as church, mosque, market among others. The Army said In the past two weeks, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole … via...

Group lifts the visually impaired with N200,000 By Yinka Ajayi The Bikers with Attitude and Determination Group (BAD Gang) has urged corporate organisations, individuals and government agencies to engage in corporates social responsibilities (CSR) that will have huge impact on human lives rather...

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades arrives to cast his vote in the 2018 Cypriot presidential election at a polling station in the coastal city of Limassol on January 28, 2018. Voters in Cyprus headed to the polls Sunday for a presidential election that could … via The Guardian Nigeria...

They report that ad-hoc staff of the State Independent Electoral Commission arrived at polling units on time but with just a few voters to attend to. At St. Peter Primary School, Unit 1, Otun Balogun Ward, Gbongan in Ikire Local Government, the turnout of electorate was low. via Nigeria News...

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Saturday said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost relevance, describing it as a dead party in the state. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2nhiwGz -- Get More Nigeria Political News

A former chief of naval staff, Samuel Afolayan, says the Kwara state police has admitted that it is difficult to arrest sponsors of recalcitrant herdsmen. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2ByPlmH -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Spain’s constitutional court on Saturday announced it was blocking Catalonia’s ousted separatist leader Carles Puigdemont from returning to power in the region while he remains the subject of legal action. The court said in a statement that its 12 magistrates had decided unanimously “to...

There are indications that the country would raise over N120bn yearly through sustainable development levy, Chika Okeke writes… As federal government seeks additional sources of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), there is indication that the country would raise over N120bn annually with the...

To us here in Nigeria, a colony is nothing new. The colony of Lagos established by the British in 1861 has familiarised us to it. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2njHS65 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The discovery of two corpses in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara following exchange of gunshots between members of a local vigilance group and some gunmen has heightened tension in the council area. Ajayi Okesanmi, the Public Relations Officer of the Kwara Police Command, has confirmed the...

Following the unchecked activities of a criminal group popularly known as Ekanda boys led by one Ikechukwu Udensi, Onitsha residents were left wondering if there had been complicity with the police in their nefarious activities. P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the Ekanda boys had been terrorising the...

Memers of the Mexican army patrol the area where seven people were killed inside a house, while they were watching a soccer game in Monterrey, Mexico on January 28, 2018.Julio Cesar AGUILAR / AFP At least seven people watching a football match have … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has opined that states that approved cattle colony proposed by federal government will face the consequences. Omokri on Saturday revealed that Fulani herdsmen will keep requesting for more piece of land once cattle colony is approved...