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Some soldiers were reported missing after Boko Haram insurgents overran a military base in the remote part of the North-East, in the second major assault on the armed … Read more via – https://ift.tt/2LobWIv Get More Nigeria Metro News

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has condemned the ambush and killing of four policemen by gunmen in Sabon-gida Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of the state on July 14. It was gathered that four policemen who were... Read more via Daily Post Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2NWdvPF Get...

Minister of communication, Adebayo Shittu, has congratulated his former colleague at the Federal Executive Council (FEC), Kayode Fayemi, for what he called his deserving victory at the Saturday, July 14, gubernatorial election... Read more via Read Naija news 24/7 – https://ift.tt/2zJZQrM --...

President Muhammadu Buhari has orders that Nigerians stranded in Russia be immediately repatriated. Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and the Minister of State...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the announcement by Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, that he is no longer with the.... Read more via Daily Post Newspaper– https://ift.tt/2Nl0Kgp Get More Nigeria Political News

Ibrahim Dankwambo, Governor of Gombe State and a presidential aspirant, says he will declare war on poverty and injustices in Nigeria if elected president come 2019. Dankwambo, who is seeking to be the.... Read more via Daily Post Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2NWpso7 Get More Nigeria...

France’s triumphant World Cup winning team landed back in Paris on Monday afternoon to a hero’s welcome where tens of thousands of jubilant fans waited on the.... Read more via The Local – https://ift.tt/2LnukkL Get More Nigeria Sports News

Here is your chance to vote for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Goal of the Tournament, presented by Hyundai. Choose below from our shortlist of the... Read more via Fifa.com – https://ift.tt/2zH4Oph Get More Nigeria Sports News

The out-going governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he is heading to court to reclaim what he described as the “stolen mandate” after the All Progressives Congress, APC, party candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi emerged winner of the governorship election held in the state last...

The World Cup is over! And what a time we all had. There were surprises, shocks, awesome bits of skill, VAR controversy, strange decisions, goals, tackles – everything! But what of the.... Read more via The Telegraph – https://ift.tt/2LdrBNH Get More Nigeria Sports News

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor disclosed this on Monday at the Government House in Makurdi while swearing in his Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Jerome Torshimbe. READ MORE HERE

Russian authorities have charged four members of the punk activist group Pussy Riot for disrupting the World Cup final by running onto the pitch. They are accused of violating the rules for... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2JrTSvk Get More Nigeria Sports News

The third main land bridge in Lagos will be shut down for three days, starting from July 27, the Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said. He said this on Monday while addressing some confusion Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2uCab3e Get More Nigeria...

Mr Femi Falana has commended the NBC for closing down the Ekiti State Broadcasting Corporation following a controversial pronouncement made by … Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2NjdkMU Get More Nigeria Political News

Former Governor of Jigawa state and presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, took a swipe at the security situation in the country and declared that Nigeria is under siege. Lamido said “you see, today, we are under siege. It means all the key...

Multi-award winning Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, turned 28 today, Monday, July 16, 2018, and his famous friends and colleagues have already taken to social media pages to celebrate him. One of those friends is his one-time rival, Davido ... via Tori...

Daddy Showkey isn’t a happy man at the moment as he has revealed that there are plans to kill him. In a video released by the veteran singer on his Instagram page on Monday, July 16, 2018, he highlighted his frustration with the … via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment & lifestyle platform...

France forward Kylian Mbappe will win the Ballon d’Or “three or four times over the next 10 years”, says World Cup Supplement panellist Jason Burt. The teenager starred at the World Cup in Russia and wrote his name into the history books when he scored in France’s 4-2 … read more via...

N’Golo Kante’s ridiculous few years continued with a World Cup win but the Chelsea midfielder is still so shy and humble that he needed a teammate to ask for him to pose with the World Cup trophy. The rise and rise of N’Golo Kante in just a short … read more via ModernGhana News –...

Almost 25 million cyber attacks and other crimes on Russian IT infrastructure involved in organising the World Cup have been neutralised, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released on Monday. Putin thanked representatives of law enforcement agencies from around the world for...