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The Spokesman of Arewa Consultative Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi has expressed the North’s readiness to debate whether Nigeria should remain as a country or not. Abdullahi added that some Nigerians believe the regions making up the country were mistakenly put together by the British...

The Presidency has responded to a call made by a former Army chief, urging Nigerians to rise up and defend themselves against violent attacks. Former Army general, Theophilus Danjuma, said Nigerians were being slaughtered by deadly gangs because the armed forces were “not neutral”. He said...

Fellow Nigerians, there is so much to write about today, but first, I must quickly apologise for my absence on this page last week. My itinerary has been very packed lately, Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2J6wO6k Get More Nigeria Political News

INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC)said it has registered over 195,000 voters in Delta State in the ongoing continuous voter registration ( CVR) exercise in the State. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) State Administrative...

Electorates in the Delta South Senatorial District have vowed not to treat the 2019 elections with kid’s gloves, especially as it has to do with their representation in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Uduaghan Majority of those whose opinions were sampled agreed that they have not …...

ABUJA-SENATOR Stella Oduah, PDP, Anambra North has called on all Nigerians to emulate the virtues of love and sacrifice which Jesus Christ exhibited by dying on the cross as Nigerians join the rest of the world to mark Easter. Stella-Oduah In an Easter message she … Read more via Vanguard...

Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital/New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has described Nigerians as animals for ‘slandering Naomi Campbell’. Campbell, a super model, had shared a tweet alongside several photos with Buhari at the Eko Atlantic City launch. The pictures of Buhari with...

The wedding Fatiha of Hamza Halilu Ahmed, younger brother to the wife of the President, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari to Miss Hadiza Jika, took place on Friday in Abuja. The ceremony was conducted at the National Mosque by the Chief Imam, Shehu Galadanci, a professor, a … Read more via –...

A Nigerian lady identified as @Augustine Ebele took to her Facebook page to reveal how her phone was snatched from her and BVN fraudsters cleared her life savings by accessing her BVN via her sim. She is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospita Read more via Naijaloaded | –...

A Nigerian oil and gas engineer was, yesterday, jailed for seven years for the rape of an 18-year-old student in Aberdeen, three months after his lavish wedding in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in December, 2017. Kufre Umoh Uwem, 34, of 6 Waterton Lawn, … Read more via https://ift.tt/2pSHSuR Get...

American Embassy on Tuesday slammed a Nigerian, Julius Olawale Oluwagbenro, 46, with life ban for allegedly posing as an engineer, among other lies in order to get American Visa, Newtelegraph reports. . . According to the suspect, Tuesday was his fourth attempt to get the … Read more via...

A 32-year-old man, Obagie Ikede is battling for his life in a private hospital in Sapele, Delta State, after Nunu Allround, a 30 year old mother of two slit his throat with razor blade for daring to end their three months … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2IeBANI Get More...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has distanced itself from the news making the rounds that it called for the decriminalisation of cannabis in Nigeria. In a statement recently in Abuja, the UNODC denied that it said it was okay to legalise cannabis in … Read more via...

Fed up with the chaotic and indiscriminate parking of trucks with the attendant lingering gridlock on the Apapa/Oshodi expressway, Lagos . Nigerian Navy has handed down a one-week ultimatum to all trucks to vacate Lagos roads,Gridlock as tankers shut down Apapa road Already, the Navy … Read...

The Inspector – General of Police, IGP. Mr. Ibrahim Idris. the Assistant Inspector -General of Police, Zone 2, Mr. Ibrahim Adamu and five others have been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over alleged acts amounting to threat to life. Others joined … Read more via...