nigeria news 050418

  1. Kayode Falayi

    Metro Social worker allegedly parades self as Lieutenant-Colonel - The Punch News

    A 43-year-old social worker, Jacob Daniel, was on Thursday brought before a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court over alleged impersonation of an army officer. Daniel, who resides at Dalla Street, Uguwan Boro in Kaduna, is facing a charge of impersonation. Click here to read more
  2. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Police recover 948 arms in Sokoto – Tribune Ng

    The Police Command in Sokoto State said it had recovered 948 guns under the state amnesty programme and police operations in last 24 months. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Murtala Mani, disclosed this at a news conference in Sokoto on Wednesday, Mani said the recovered and...
  3. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics Fayose raises alarm over Buhari’s approval of $1bn for arms – The Tribune Ng

    Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has raised the alarm over the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency, saying it was rather for the conduct of the 2019 election. Fayose in a statement by his Special...
  4. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro FG demands justice for Nigerian killed in London – Tribune Ng

    The Federal Government has demanded justice from the United Kingdom government on the killing of a Nigerian, Mr Abraham Badru, by a gunman in London. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, made the demand in a statement by her Media...
  5. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Okowa flays attempts to divide Warri kingdom – The Guardian Ng

    Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has cautioned against attempts to divide the Warri Kingdom. He said the state government recognizes only the Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli as the paramount ruler of the kingdom. Click here to read more
  6. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics APC governors backtrack; join President against tenure extension – The Guardian

    At last, governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have moved against the controversial tenure extension for the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led executive and opted to hold congresses at all levels of government. The development came less than 24 hours after a meeting in...
  7. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Ebonyi police demolish gun factory, recover 146 firearms – Guardian Ng

    The Ebonyi State Police yesterday said that it has demolished an arms factory in the state. Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State, Titus Lamorde, disclosed in a statement in Abakaliki that a cache of 146 illegal firearms and assorted ammunitions in possession of unauthorised persons were...
  8. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro MPC predicts fragile but promising growth – The Nation Ng

    The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has predicted a fragile economic growth for 2018. To achieve this fragile but promising growth, the Committee urged “the government to initiate strong stabilisation programmes and freeze the growth in its aggregate...
  9. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Three dead, six injured as concrete road sign falls on bus – The Nation Ng

    Three persons were killed and six injured yesterday in an accident at Ilasamaja Bus Stop on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos. A worker of Makasa Sun Nigeria Limited, a civil engineering construction firm, identified as Odejayi Adebola, and a Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market trader were among...
  10. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro ‘Why we laid off workers at Nigeria’s embassy’ – The Nation Ng

    The Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, has said that the recent disengagement of some workers at the embassy followed due process. Senior officials at the embassy told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the benefits of the 15 local workers, who were recently laid off, would be paid soon...
  11. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics Oyegun loses extension bid as Buhari stays firm – The Nation

    Advocates of extended tenure for All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman John Odigie-Oyegun and others have lost their battle. President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence on due process and the failure to get more governors into the pro-extension plot forced its few supporters to back down, it was...
  12. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics APC presidential primary: I‘ll beat Buhari, others — Garba – Vanguard News

    A presidential aspirant, Mr. Adamu Garba II, has said that his decision to run for president on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, is not to campaign for President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that he has what it takes to get the party’s ticket. Garba, who is the founder of IPI...
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    Why some Nigerians are ‘protected’ from cancer – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria...

    Scientists have provided explanation why more West Africans especially Nigerians unlike other races are better protected from developing cancers. Evidence of an unknown species of human ancestor has been found hiding in the Deoxy ribonucleic Acid (DNA)/genetic material of West African people.…...
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    Lawyers tackle police over parade of suspects – The Sun News

    On a daily basis, the Nigerian security agencies, especially the police, parade suspected criminals before the media. Most times, the names and pictures of the suspects are displayed. But some lawyers are worried that such extensive media publicity is not engaged afterwards to exonerate those...
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    Kalu establishes N100m endowment chair in UI – The Sun News

    Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has established N100 million endowment chair in the University of Ibadan, to help brilliant students of the institution settle down to businesses of their choice; after graduation. Kalu made … Read more via The Sun News –...
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    Police invade Abuja park, disperse Shiite protesters – Punch Newspapers

    The police in Abuja on Wednesday, occupied the Unity Fountain, Maitama and prevented members of the Shiite movement from congregating to hold their daily protest over the continued detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakyzaky. The group had been holding sit-outs at the park to press … Read...
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    Mr President, Please Don’t Contest Again – Leadership Nigeria Newspapers

    In the build up to the 2011 general elections, I was humbled and honoured as a columnist when I got a letter personally signed by General Muhammadu Buhari soliciting for my support. I did not reply since I knew what to do. Personally, I have enormous respect … Read more via Leadership...
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    APC Governors Close Ranks with Buhari, Ditch Oyegun, Exco – Thisdaylive

    Party prepares for congresses, convention, NEC to meet Monday Omololu Ogunmade and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja After a flurry of meetings spanning over 24 hours, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Wednesday finally caved in to President Muhammadu Buhari’s rejection of the tenure elongation...
  19. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro 24-year-old man arrested over his grandmother’s murder – Vanguard news

    Policemen attached to the Ijanikin division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 24 -year old man, Musendikwu Christian, for killing his grandmother in Otto area of Ijanikin at about 3 am on Monday. Musendikwu, who was just released recently with his father from prison after...
  20. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Footwear Academy wins ‘Made in Aba’ Hackathon challenge – Vanguard News

    Footwear Academy, a footwear training firm, has won the maiden edition of the Proudly Made in Aba Hackathon challenge, designed to proffer solution to challenges currently faced by Aba entrepreneurs, especially in the finished leather, garment and steel fabricating clusters. The event...
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