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Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday said senators who accused him of being behind the siege on National Assembly are under ‘Tramadol.’ Akpabio made the statement while speaking at an APC rally organised in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday, while officially announcing his defection from the APC to...

The death has been announced of a young Idoma-born Benue State volleyball coach, Isaac Ijigba.WWW.IDOMAVOICE.COM gathered that the deceased fell during training Tuesday morning while trying to pick the ball. He was rushed to the hospital but passed away this morning. Until his demise, Ijigba was...

Unidentified hoodlums on Wednesday killed a 70-year-old woman, Helen Udugbezi, at her residence in Benin, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2ASK6mG Get More Nigeria Metro News

The former Chief of Protocol Officer to Ex- president Jonathan, Ambassador Jameel Waziri,, has formally declared interest to contest Adamawa guber race in 2019 elections. Waziri who formally declares his intention in Yola under the peoples Democratic Party in Yola Wednesday, promise to change...

The acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, says that a combination of all PDP presidential candidates cannot floor Buhari in 2019. He said that President Muhammadu Buhari has been growing the Nigerian economy in spite of difficulties in the country. Osinbajo said this at Ikot...

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has hailed Godswill Akpabio for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at an APC rally in Akwa Ibom on Wednesday, he accused the PDP of robbing Nigerians during...

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Imo, Francis Ezeonu, has expressed displeasure at the 435,449 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) yet to be collected in Imo State. Mr Ezeonu made this known at a meeting of the State Inter Agency Committee on Voter Education and Publicity … Read more via...

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Friday avoided journalists after holding a private meeting with the former Military President Ibrahim Babangida at his hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger State. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2ARAbhf -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Bobrisky has said he calls for attention whenever he steps out. He made this known while showing off his curves in figure-hugging dress... via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2OgKPzS ------------- Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Seems singer tiwa savage’s husband "Teebillz" is not happy with the affairs going on between his wife (Tiwa savage) and wizkid Teebillz recently reacts to a fan’s wish that Wizkid should leave Tiwa savage alone. Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2Me1SoQ ------------- Get more...

A Nigerian couple, Ugochukwu Nwachukwu, 28, and Glory, 30 have been arrested for selling three different babies, including their own 4 months old baby, for N800,000 in Imo State. Vanguard reports that the state Commissioner of Police, Dazuki Galadanchi, while parading the, said: “The suspects...

For sure, tribal marks don’t look good on Edo State native and University of Lagos graduate, Mercy Aigbe as seen in a photo of her. Mother of two, Mercy Aigbe is presently shooting... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2ATypwf Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu has shocked many people by quoting the bible as he revealed PDP’s plan against... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2OUMA7h Get More Nigeria Political News

Following Pope Francis‘ announcement that the death penalty is “inadmissible in all cases,” Pastor Robert Jeffress, an ardent supporter of Donald Trump took to Twitter to.... Read more via Friendly Atheist – https://ift.tt/2vqBUFi Get more World News

Kechi Okwuchi, the young Nigerian lady who made it to the finals of America’s Got Talent years after she survived a fatal plane crash in Nigeria, has undergone... Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA – https://ift.tt/2ATVLSx Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Tiwatope Savage-Balogun, better known by her stage name Tiwa Savage has shown that she still has feelings for her ex-husband, Teebillz in a... Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA – https://ift.tt/2vPUIxb Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has alleged that some members of the National Assembly are planning to... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2vJVCuW Get More Nigeria Political News

Ahmed Lawan, Majority Leader of the Senate, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)did everything to prevent Godswill Akpabio, the Senate Minority Leader, from defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at an ongoing rally in Ikot Ekpene to welcome Akpabio to the APC, Lawan...

Godswill Akpabio, the Minority Leader of the Senate, is on the verge of formally sealing his return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/2APgero Get More Nigeria Political News

This is the season of mass defections and counter defections from APC to PDP and PDP to APC. But the icing on the cake was the defection of.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/2nlCz6o Get More Nigeria Political News