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fulani Sometimes last year, on some social media platforms, I asked a question: Where are the Hausas? In the wake of on-going herdsmen/famers debacle, I became more curious and did a mental survey of the problem based on reported cases. My … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

One of the three petrol stations attacked by the armed robbers. It all played out like a scene from a movie shoot when a four-man robbery gang invaded Dapsey petrol station at lgando, an outskirts of Lagos State, killing a police … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...

Calabar-based urban contemporary radio station, Hit 95.9 FM, has, for two days, given out fuel to car owners at strategic filling stations in the metropolis. The station did this as part of the activities to mark her 2nd anniversary which was … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lagos State chapter, Israel Akinadewo (left); Chairman, Apostle Alexandar Bamgbola; Bishop Stephen Adegbite, (Treasurer), and Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Sola Ore, at a press briefing in Lagos recently. A Methodist Bishop...

Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) has disclosed it would demolish over 750 illegal shanties. Diamond and M&D Estates also risk pulling down. The FCTA said all the structures did not conform to the Abuja Master Plan. Coordinator of Abuja … Read more via The Guardian...

Federal University, Oye Ekiti The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, has dismissed rumours suggesting it sacked the institution’s Registrar, Mr. Daniel Adeyemo. The Public Relations Officer, Godfrey Bakji, in a statement, said the Registrar was only directed by the … Read...

A 14-year-old girl, Unwana Emmanuel, who had been serially subjected to physical abuse by her guardian known as Mummy Chidera, in the Mushin area of Lagos state, has been rescued. Read more via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2GDvJBE Get More Nigeria Metro News

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a campaign rally to launch his presidential candidacy for the upcoming October elections, at the Workers Central Union (CUT) headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 25, 2018. A Brazilian appeals court Wednesday … via...

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 26, 2016 shows Africa National Congress stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela acknowledging a crowd of ANC Women League supporters gathered in Soweto to celebrate her 80th birthday. South Africa’s Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who is popularly known as "the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his confidants ahead of March 18 presidential elections in Moscow on January 30, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Sputnik / Alexey NIKOLSKY Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday joked that he was "offended" the US Treasury had … via The Guardian Nigeria...

A waxwork model of US President Donald Trump is framed by famous tweets comments in front of a picture of the New-York Trump Tower at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in Berlin on January 25, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / dpa / Jens Kalaene … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...

Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS President Donald Trump said the United States "deeply respects" Africans and will dispatch its top diplomat to the continent, in a letter to African leaders seen by AFP on Sunday. The letter sent last week … via The Guardian Nigeria...

Itchy, dry skin can be quite annoying and doesn’t look good, especially when you have to scratch yourself all the time. The weather is changing, especially for those who are back from the holidays and the change may be taking a toll on … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World...

Nigerian Stock Exchange •Says 33 firms, 435 d irectors pass CGRS rating •Dangote Cement, Access, UBA, others retain rating To sustain investors’ renewed interest in the nation’s capital market and entrench high level of corporate governance in the affairs of listed firms, the … via The...

AFP Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane singled out fit again Gareth Bale for praise on Tuesday as he prepares his side for a Copa Del Rey quarter-final return leg against Leganes. Welsh winger Bale produced a sumptuous strike to level against … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria...

Joel Obi Nigerian midfielder, Joel Obi, has become surplus to requirements at Italian club Torino FC, with the club subsequently placing him on transfer, AOIFootball.com has scooped. Joel Obi joined Torino from Inter Milan in 2015 for a region fee of €2.2m. Torino … via The Guardian...

Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris In a move to curb the rampant criminal activities in Ikorodu, the police high command on Monday inaugurated the Squadron 63 Mobile Police Base in Igbogbo Baiyeku area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports … via The Guardian...

Residents yesterday woke up to see a baby wrapped in a white cloth and abandoned at the middle of the road among heaps of refuse. An unknown person suspected to be a single mother had allegedly dropped the one-day old baby in front … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World...

Most parents are feeding their babies solid foods too early – raising their risk of obesity and diabetes, according to new research. The study showed that more than half of infants start eating solids before the recommended six months and only a third … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

• ‘I want the club to push to the next level,’ Walcott says• Walcott has struggled for regular starting role at Emirates Theo Walcott said after signing for Everton from Arsenal: ‘The club has won trophies but I want them to win trophies now.’ Photograph: Tony McArdle – Everton FC/Everton …...