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Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, has broken his silence on the call for revolution which led to the arrest of Omoyele Sowore. Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) during the elections, was on Saturday arrested by the...

On Wednesday, August 7th, the Nigeria Police Force accused soldiers of killing three of their personnel while freeing a kidnap suspect in Taraba state.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2yJwkyZ Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Kaduna state government says Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), must not seek asylum in India. In a statement signed by Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for internal security and home affairs, the government of Kaduna which is currently prosecuting El-Zakzaky...

Drop your best caption for this photo of President Buhari.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2yJbik1 Get More Nigeria Political News

GROWING up, I read Professor Anezi Okoro’s seminal 112-page book, One Week, One Trouble, in which the author, one of the country’s finest fiction writers of his generation, regaled the reader with the protagonist, Wilson Tagbo’s weekly troubles which were majorly run-ins with his secondary...

Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the concept of dividends of democracy is a mistake as dictatorship also comes with dividends. Oshimhole said this while fielding questions from journalists after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday...

Four months after a landmark launch on the New York Stock Exchange, e-commerce giant, Jumia’s shares has crashed below its IPO price. After launching its IPO at $14.50 per share, the mid-point of its initial share price range, Jumia’s shares reached an all-time low of $14.02 before recovering...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has proffered ways to having a stable and peaceful Nigeria. In his reckoning, the ruling party must be pro-poor, work towards lifting Nigerians out of poverty and recreate the middle … Read more via...

The police on Wednesday announced the killing of three officers and severe injuries on other personnel after Nigerian soldiers opened fire on a police team in Taraba. The incident occurred along Ibi-Jalingo Road, police said. The officers were of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Felix...

Olam International, a leading food and agri-business company, that previously showed interest in the acquisition of Dangote Flour Mill (DFM) has made a final offer of N120 billion. The transaction if successful will make DFM a completely owned subsidiary of Olam International. Dangote Flour...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday said that Nigerians have the right to protest but must properly articulate their grievances. Briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the APC National Working Committee, NWC, … Read...

The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubu, has commended the Nigerian Army for maintaining security and securing critical national infrastructure in the Niger Delta. Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, who disclosed this in a statement on...

Moghalu said Nigeria’s population needs to be controlled because the country is unproductive and not well-equipped to fight poverty. Professor Kingsley Moghalu, a former presidential candidate, has proposed that Nigeria adopt a population control policy to arrest a future explosion. Nigeria...

A boat cruise in Canada went sour as a man of Nigerian Descent drowned on the outing with his friends. The 25-year-old Nigerian man identified as Uchenna Stanley Nnaji met his fatal death in Lac des Sables in the Laurentian community of Ste-Agathe-des-Monts on July 13, two weeks after …...

Rivers state police command says its personnel have killed a member of a notorious armed robbery and kidnapping gang at Rumuakunde in Emohua Local government area. Police public relations officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni said operatives of the Operation Sting while working on credible information...

Here is a video showing the moment a young man lost control of himself and crashed like a log of wood, while smoking weed on top of a tree. The man on reaching the ground, alighted for safety, thinking he was under an attack. However the moment was captured … Read more via Nairaland –...

As part of its corporate sustainability and social development initiatives, BUA Obu Cement Company, a Cement manufacturing subsidiary of one of Africa’s largest manufacturing conglomerates, BUA Group, has commissioned and donated 6 solar-powered water projects to various communities in Okpella...

Veteran Nollywood Actor, Harry Anyanwu has apparently delved into the music industry as a rapper and he appears to be making a quite a name, after getting featured on Zamo, a song by singer Slim Brown. Anyanwu shared several clips from the official music video of the song on his verified …...

Nigerian singer, Seyi Shay is the cover star of Thimxx Magazine’s maiden edition. The magazine which is owned by beauty store Persianas Retail, also with this edition are launching a new campaign tagged Colour Me Pretty With Seyi Shay.... via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/33gqBi8 Get more...

Nollywood actress, Maureen Solomon has graduated from the Redeem Christian Bible College. Excited Maureen wrote; Thank God for the Grace to become a graduate of Redeem Christian Bible College.... via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2YOhbak Get more Nigeria Entertainment News