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    Metro IG Withdraws Policemen from VIPs, Deploys 2,000 Personnel in 300 N’East Schools – Thisdaylive

    • Amnesty: Security forces ignored distress calls on Dapchi girls’ abduction Gboyega Akinsanmi in Lagos and Paul Obi in Abuja with agency report The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all policemen attached to very important persons...
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    Metro Prison Officers Secretly Move Charles Okah To Borno Prisons After Life Sentence - Thisdaylive

    Charles Okah, the brother of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), who was given a life sentence for terrorism, has been secretly moved from Kuje Prisons, Abuja, to one of the prison facilities in Borno State, THISDAY has learnt. Worried about his seeming...
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    Metro Aero Flight Makes Emergency Landing, Abandons Passengers at Airport – Thisdaylive

    A Boeing 737/500 flight from Sokoto to Abuja at about 1:45p.m. on Wednesday made an emergency landing back in Sokoto due to problems allegedly associated with the landing gear. One of the passengers, Ismail Sani, told PRNigeria in Sokoto that the Flight No 128 after half-way in its journey …...
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    Politics Senator: Niger Governor Does Not Deserve Second Term – Thisdaylive

    Almost three weeks after the Niger State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) endorsed Governor Abubakar Sani Bello for a second term in office, a senator from the state has said the governor does not deserve such endorsement. Senator David Umaru who is representing … --Read more...
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    Sports Nigeria vs Argentina Group D Match Tickets Sold Out – Thisdaylive

    WORLD CUP 2018 Duro Ikhazuagbe Nigeria’s World Cup 2018 last Group D match against Argentina on June 26 in Saint Petersburg, Russia has been sold out. However, Super Eagles other two games against Croatia and Iceland did not receive such attention from fans going to be physically present in …...
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    Business Nigeria’s External Debt Rises to $18.9bn, Domestic Debt to N15.9tn – Thisdaylive

    Nigeria’s external debt rose to $18.91 billion (N5.787 trillion) as at the end of December 2017, while domestic debt rose to N15.937 trillion, bringing the total debt stock of the country to N21.725 trillion ($70.92 billion), data released wednesday by the Debt Management Office (DMO), has...
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    Metro Measles: Lagos Takes Step Towards Elimination – Thisdaylive

    Martins Ifijeh Children are dying needlessly from vaccine preventable diseases namely measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis and yellow fever because parents and caregiver are uninformed about the importance of this very simple act of immunisation to the health...
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    Metro S’East Govs Set to Construct 450km Ring Road in Five States – Thisdaylive

    By Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu Worried by the deplorable state of roads in the South-east Zone, governors of the zone rose from a closed door meeting last night in Enugu with a resolve to to construct a Ring road covering a total area of 450 kilometers that would connect … Read more via...
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    Metro FG: Treatment for Lassa Fever is Free – Thisdaylive

    The federal government has debunked a newspaper report stating that the high cost of treating Lassa Fever was responsible for the high mortality rate recorded so far in the country. In a statement issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and signed by its Chief Executive Officer...
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    Politics Stop Hiding Under Buhari to Attack Tambuwal, APC Youths Warn Support Group – Thisdaylive

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youths Mobilisation Alliance, Sokoto State, yesterday accused some former members of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) of plots to distabilise the APC in the state and incite the public against Governor Aminu Tambuwal. The youths spoke against...
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    World Tillerson Falls Ill on Africa Tour – Thisdaylive

    The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson saturday took ill and canceled all his planned events in Africa on Saturday. “The secretary is not feeling well after a long couple of days working on major issues back home such as North Korea,” Undersecretary of State for public diplomacy and Read...
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    Business NNPC Report: PPMC Recorded N102 Billion Loss in 2017 – Thisdaylive

    Chineme Okafor in Abuja An analysis of the December 2017 edition of the monthly operations and financial reports of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that Products and Pipelines Marketing Company (PPMC) exceeded the projected loss in its year-to-date (YTD)...
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    Sports Woods in Contention after ‘Brutal’ First Day of Valspar Championship – Thisdaylive

    Tiger Woods defied conditions he described as “brutal” as he fired an entertaining one-under 70 to lie just three shots off the lead after the first round of the Valspar Championship. Woods produced several vintage shots, including a remarkable escape from the trees at the 16th followed...
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    Politics shina peller: How I’ll Use My Social Life for Public Good – Thisdaylive

    SUPER SATURDAY Suave and sensational, Shina Peller, is a popular socialite who runs a thriving night club in Lagos. The Oyo-born business man and the son of late renowned Nigerian magician, Prof. Peller, is moving from the social scene to the political arena. In this interview with Timilehin...
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    Metro Seven Arsenal Fans Win MTN All-expense Paid trip to London – Thisdaylive

    The MTN subscribers – Aniekpeno Mkpanang, Ademola Sulaiman, Asemota Ivie, Coker Olabisi, Orimoloye Olateju, Arthur Chuks and Kingsley Chinedu arrived in London last week on an Air France flight. Following the brand’s recent Season of Surprises campaign, a spokesperson for the brand says the trip...
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    Politics Osinbajo Erred On Magu’s Portfolio in EFCC – Thisdaylive

    The attention of notable Nigerians has been drawn to a statement credited to the Nigerian vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, describing Mr. Ibrahim Mustapha Magu as the most senior staff of the Economic and Financial crimes commission, which is false. The lies in the position of … Read...
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    Politics Fresh Crisis Looms As APC NEC Plans To Amend Party's Constitution - Thisdaylive

    Fresh crisis may be looming in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the national leadership is alleged to have perfected plans to amend the party’s constitution at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting slated for this month, in order to validate the tenure extension of its principal...
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    Politics US University Appoints Ekweremadu Professor – Thisdaylive

    The Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, has appointed the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a Full Visiting Professor and Senior Mentoring Scholar of E-Governance and Strategic Government Studies. Ekweremadu, according to the appointment letter...
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    Politics I’ve Not Been Informed of Buhari’s Visit to Rivers, Says Wike – Thisdaylive

    Insists visit will not revive dead APC in the state Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the Presidency has not informed him of President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed visit to the state. He, however, said the president’s visit might be aimed at...
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    Business Dangote Loses N2b Monthly to Apapa Traffic Jam – Thisdaylive

    The management of Dangote Group has said its sugar and salt companies lose about N2 billion monthly to the perennial traffic gridlocks on Apapa Port roads every month. The company’s traffic Manager, Mr. Mohammadu Rabiu, revealed this at a stakeholders meeting called at the instance of Read...
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