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Hopefully Prof Ango Abdullahi and his power mongering cohorts from northern Nigerian listened to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II speak in Kaduna penultimate Monday. At 82, Abdullahi, who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, should ordinarily be one … Read...

The Nigeria Customs Service says ingenuity deployed by criminals or smugglers has made it possible for contraband items to come into the country. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. … Read...

Karl Marx, in the opening of his classical work, The Manifesto of the Communist Party, published in 1848 with the assistance of Friedrich Engels, declared that a spectre was “haunting Europe”, the epicentre of the industrial capitalist world. That spectre was communism... Read more via...

Vendors of phones and other technology products from Nigeria who travelled to China for the Chinese festival shopping season in late January are unable to do business or return to the country due to the Corona Virus outbreak. Phone traders and vendors who spoke … Read more via “nigeria” –...

The management of Plateau United of Jos said the team would not train on Thursday in honour of its Head Coach, Audu Pele, who died on Wednesday afternoon. The team’s media officer, Albert Dakup, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. News Agency of Nigeria reports … read more...

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has said the recruitment forms for the Operation Amotekun outfit will be ready next week. The governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Security Matter, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, said the recruitment on the operation process … Read more via...

The fight against building collapse suffered a setback in 2019 as the country recorded not less than 43 incidents within the year. Figures obtained from the Building Collapse Prevention Guild, an advocacy group of built environment professionals, showed that Lagos had the highest … Read...

The National Bureau of Statistics has said the highest rate of corruption incidences in Nigeria from 2016 to 2019 occurred in the North-Central, South-East and South-South zones. The NBS said this in its report tagged “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trend 2019,” released on … Read more...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he is ready to waive his right to immunity from investigation in order clear his name of certain accusations. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said the situation became necessary because of what he described as “defamatory and misleading assertions” by some...

Lionel Messi has been named Forward of the Season for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League. Details soon… read more via “lionel messi” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2UgnSRy Get More Nigeria Sports News

The governance of Nigeria is always in the news for the wrong reasons; incidentally, most of the challenges facing the nation are avoidable. With our economic indicators virtually facing south, while our debt to revenue profile has hit 70%, the news that … Read more via “nigeria” – Google...

The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said there is no truth in the thinking that the different regions of the country would prosper individually if the country breaks up. He said Nigeria needed to learn from the example of Sudan, which … Read more via “nigeria” – Google News –...

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Controversial blogger, Kemi Olunloyo, has set Twitter on fire following claims that she worked at CNN for 20 years. Olunloyo, who was detained for several months last year for alleged criminal defamation, said on Twitter that she was an investigative journalist with CNN from 1994 till 2014. …...

Nollywood actor and a lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot has called for the federal government to place a ban on foreign films. Elliot made this remark during an interview with HipTV. He likened the banning of foreign films to how the federal government banned...

Protesting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have shot dead a senior police officer, DCP Umar, who was in charge of Operations at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Umar was reportedly gunned down as he tried to pacify the rampaging Shi’ite members who disrupted commercial...

The National Chairman, Arewa Pastors Non-denominational Initiative for Peace, Bishop Abu Richard, says President Muhammadu Buhari is not the cause of the killings in the country. Richard made this known while briefing newsmen on Pre-swearing-in Prayer Meeting on Saturday in Abuja. Richard...

The quantum of investment in the Nigerian economy by Chinese companies has hit $20bn, the President, China Chambers of Commerce in Nigeria, Mr Ye Shuijin, has disclosed. He explained that the 160 Chinese firms operating in the country had also employed over 200,000 Nigerians, … Read more...

The United States Department of Justice has commended Nigerian security agents for aiding the arrest and extradition of a Pakistani, Muhammad Khan, said to have been indicted in the US for drug offences and money laundering. The US Consulate General said, in a statement … Read more via...