naija news today 300318

Although two African giants – Nigeria and South Africa -and nine other countries did not sign the agreement for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Rwanda last week, the 44 others are ready to implement the content of the trade deal, according to the President of the Africa Union...

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen reportedly killed six people in Bakin Kogi, Kaninkon chiefdom in Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State yesterday morning, just as troops nabbed three Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. Auta Maurice, a member of the security committee in Bakin Kogi, said...

Senator representing Yobe East, Bukar Ibrahim, said yesterday, that very serious negotiations were currently ongoing to ensure the release of Leah Sharibu, the only student of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, still in the custody of Boko Haram. Read more...

Former Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, yesterday, said that what Nigeria has lost to the Boko Haram insurgency, in the last seven years of its menace, is far more than what was lost during the civil war. Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2E6OYkp -- Get More...

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has criticized former president Olusegun Obasanjo for attacking President Muhammadu Buhari over his decision not to assent to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, for which a signing session was recently held in Kigali. Nigeria...

The health of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal’s daughter Yulia is “improving rapidly”, the hospital that has been treating them since they were found unconscious following a nerve agent attack said Thursday. Yulia Skripal is “improving rapidly and is no longer in a critical condition,”...

A Somali employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross has been killed in an explosion that targeted his car in the capital Mogadishu, the organisation said Thursday. The SITE intelligence group reported that Somalia’s Shabaab Islamists claimed Wednesday’s attack. Read more via...

Kenyan opposition figure, Miguna Miguna, said he was beaten and drugged before being forcibly removed from the country for a second time. The deportation came hours after a court held top officials in contempt for failing to release him from the airport where he was being held, the BBC reports...

A religious icon was removed and this picture of Satan was left in its place at the church alter A Catholic church has been "desecrated" for a second time after a man lit fires and left satanic images at the altar, the diocese said. The incident at St Mary’s church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Thursday it may close its case in the trial of former Abia State Governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, after a review. The EFCC has called 16 witnesses since the case commenced. The former governor is standing trial before Justice Mohammed...

Big Brother Naija 2018 housemate Tobi has spoken on why he thinks fellow housemate Cee-C is not a virgin. Recall that Cee-c had some days ago insisted that she is a virgin. However, Tobi brought up the topic again while speaking with Miracle and Rico in the garden on Thursday afternoon...

Earlier today, a video allegedly showing popular Nigerian musician Runtown, and an unknown lady having sex was released online by an Instagram page (@boss_l.a.s). The story was released along with a fake chat showing the name of Eric Many record label boss. Johnson Adumike the General Manager...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday mocked President Muhammadu Buhari, following the controversy surrounding the Martin Luther King award he received few days ago in Abuja. Few days after Buhari received the award, the King Centre denied giving him the award. Read more via Daily...

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has reacted to a picture of her son with former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, which was shared by an Instagram page dedicated to sharing pictures of of children of celebrities. The Instagram photo had the caption : ”The former president of...

American singer R Kelly has been accused of training a minor and sexually abusing her since she was 14-year-old. The allegation- which is not the first allegation of sexual abuse of young women by the singer- was made by his former girlfriend Kitti Jones who he dated for two years starting from...

Daddy Freeze’s baby mama Benedicta has allegedly admitted to getting pregnant for the On air personality whilst still in her matrimonial home…. According to Instagram handle @Andelasmith ”The court case involving Daddy Freeze’s Fiancée (Benedicta) and her husband, Paul Odekina resumed on the...

The Bishop on the Niger, Anglican Communion, Omitsha, Anambra State, Rt. Rev. Dr. Owen Nwokolo, has said that the activities of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen indicate an agenda to Islamize Nigeria, saying that Christians should not allow that to come to fruition. He called on Nigerians to be...

Gold castings of the hands of South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela have been sold for $10m (£7m) in bitcoin. Canadian crypto-currency exchange firm Arbitrade bought four casts from South African businessman Malcolm Duncan. The firm said it planned to launch a global “Golden...