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the African Action Alliance has expelled its National Chairman and presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Omoyele Sowore. The party announced Sowore's suspension at its national convention which held in Owerri, the Imo State capital today August 9th. The party aslo suspended read more

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President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors are meeting in Abuja right now. The agenda of the closed-door meeting is said to be insecurity. The service chiefs and heads of other security agencies are also attending the meeting. The governors sighted so far are those of Read more via Punch...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dragged the Punch newspaper and columnist, Sonala Olumhense, before a federal high court in Abuja over a publication on January 27, 2019, he considers defamatory. The former president is demanding N1 billion as damages from the newspaper and the columnist...

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Today's News Highlights Include; BREAKING: Onnoghen Convicted, Banned From Holding Public Office For 10 Years - Channels Tv https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/breaking-onnoghen-convicted-banned-from-holding-public-office-for-10-years-channels-tv.382614/ I’m far more educationally...

President Buhari has said that he is more educationally qualified to be the President of Nigeria than his main contender in the February 23rd presidential election, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP. President Buhari stated this at the electon tribunal while responding to the allegation leveled against...

The Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has called on the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy, saying it is the right thing to do. Addressing a press conference on Thursday at the on-going joint annual spring meetings with the World Bank in Washington DC...

British police have arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in London after his asylum was withdrawn, the police said in a statement Thursday. Assange has been living at the embassy since 2012 when he sought refuge there. read more

Today's News Highlights Includes; Those offering you jobs in Middle East are after your organs, IOM warns Nigerians - PUNCH NEWSPAPER https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/those-offering-you-jobs-in-middle-east-are-after-your-organs-iom-warns-nigerians-punch-newspaper.381289/ Nigeria...

According to a report by SaharaReporters, a Lagos Island resident said the collapsed building was a residential building. An unconfirmed number of people were said to be trapped in the rubble READ MORE

Today's News Highlights Includes; Photos: Bukola Saraki signs National Minimum Wage Bill – Linda Ikeji’s Blog https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/photos-bukola-saraki-signs-national-minimum-wage-bill-%E2%80%93-linda-ikeji%E2%80%99s-blog.378830/ CUPP alleges plan to depose Sultan of...

Kidnappers have released the mother of Bordeaux and Nigeria winger Samuel Kalu after holding her for nearly a week, police have said on Tuesday. Ozuruonye Juliet Kalu was seized from her car on February 27 as she travelled to her home in Abia state. Reports said the kidnappers … Read more via...

Sixteen people were killed in a fresh attack on three communities in the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen. The suspected herdsmen, who were said to have invaded the communities on Saturday, shot indiscriminately and killed 16 people. The Chairman … Read...

Today's News Highlights Includes: BREAKING: Buhari wins Atiku's ward https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/breaking-buhari-wins-atikus-ward.375403/ PDP Wins Peter Obi’s Polling Unit With Wide Margin – Nairaland...

Haute couture designer, Karl Lagerfeld, who was also the artistic director of the fashion brand, Chanel, has died. Sources close to the fashion label revealed the sad news of Lagerfeld’s demise, reports Guardian UK. READ MORE

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday told the Federal High Court in Lagos that it did not know the whereabouts of the sacked Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folashade. Read more

Buhari goofs, calls Ogboru APC presidential candidate Success Nwogu, Theophilus Onojeghen and Adekunle Peter The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, urged members of the opposition party to join the APC so that their sins could be forgiven. He spoke Read...

US President Donald Trump’s net worth has flatlined at $3.1 billion, but he has slid down a Forbes ranking of billionaires as the magazine believes his White House stint is harming the Trump brand.... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2y0kCQx Get more World News

The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, on Tuesday, abandoned her boss, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, as she announced that she would support Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election. Adebule told newsmen at Ward A and D, in Iba Local...