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    Metro 80 female students escape death as fire razes hostel – PM NEWS Nigeria

    Fire Eighty female students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Mabera in Sokoto metropolis escaped death on Sunday night when fire completely razed down their hostel. The fire destroyed the four-room A’isha hostel and valuables but no student was hurt. It took the combined efforts of...
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    Politics See Inside Ex-President Jonathan's Sitting Room In Abuja That Can't Accommodate 10 People

    A retired Permanent Secretary and an associate of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ambassador Godknows Igali, says the immediate past president may be the poorest former leader in Africa. “President Jonathan’s parlour in his Maitama house cannot accommodate more than 10 persons. “Look at...
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    World Three Killed, Dozens Injured In Southern Thailand Market Bomb – Channels Television

    Members of a Thai army explosive ordinance disposal team walk toward the site where a motorcycle bomb killed three civilians and injured others at a market in Yala in Thailand’s insurgency-hit south on January 22, 2018. via Channels Television – http://ift.tt/2rte2Bd Get more World News
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    Metro Helicopter loaded with dangerous weapons lands in Taraba – Vanguard News

    A helicopter suspected to be loaded with arms and ammunition was reported to have landed in a village called Jibu, in Wukari local government area of Taraba State on Saturday. Governor Darius Ishaku’s media aide, Bala Dan Abu told newsmen that the arms and ammunition are allegedly meant for a...
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    Politics Jonathan Is The Poorest Ex-President, A Debtor And His Sitting Room Can't Take More Than 10 People

    A retired Permanent Secretary and an associate of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ambassador Godknows Igali, says the immediate past president may be the poorest former leader in Africa, adding that he is struggling to pay off debts incurred on the 2015 presidential election. The diplomat...
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    Metro "Why Fulani Herdsmen Burnt My Farm" – Olu Falae Reveals

    Chief Olu Falae, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Sunday explained why arsonists suspected to be Fulani herdsmen burnt his farmland at Imafon in Akure South Local government area of Ondo state The retired top civil servant said such deliberate setting of farms on fire is...
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    Politics Diezani In Trouble Again Over Withdrawal Of $1.3b From NNPC Accounts - The Nation

    THERE seems to be no end to the alleged mind-boggling financial misappropriation in the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration. In the centre of it all is, according to records unearthed by investigators, former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Economic...
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    Politics Presidency Denies Appointing Rotimi Amaechi As 2019 Campaign Director General - Daily Post

    The presidency has reacted to reports that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had been appointed as Director-General for President Buhari’s campaign for 2019. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, described the reports as mere rumour. Adesina told State House correspondents in...
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    Metro Foremost Muslim Group JNI Accuse Christian Body CAN Of Inventing Herdsmen Killings

    The umbrella body of Muslims in the country, Nigeria, Jamatul Nasir Islam (JNI) on Sunday accused the Christian Association of Nigeria inventing the ‘herdsmen’ to achieve a preplanned agenda Addressing a press conference in Kaduna Sunday evening, the Secretary-General of JNI Sheikh Dr...
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    Politics 2019 Elections: We'll Dump PDP If Atiku Fails To Secure The Ticket - Atiku Campaign Group

    A group rooting for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's election as President on the platform of the PDP in 2019, has said that they are ready to dump the party in the event their principal failed to secure the ticket [/b]and decided to leave the party. Responding to questions ‎from newsmen...
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    Metro Police, relatives, friends abandoned me, children after robbers killed my MOPOL Husband - Vanguard

    ONE of the 23 indigenes of Ondo State brought back from Libya, weekend, said she left the country last year after robbers killed her Mobile Police husband. The returnee, who identified herself as simply Mrs Jimoh, told newsmen at the Ondo State Correctional Home, Akure, where they are being...
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    Metro Reprisal attack: Herdsmen injure 3 in Delta, rape woman – Vanguard News

    THREE persons were, yesterday, attacked by herdsmen at Ovwor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, while another lady was reportedly raped in what was described as reprisal attacks by the herdsmen. One of the victims. The attack is coming less than a month after via...
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    Metro Alaafin Cautions Traditional Rulers against Utterances on Herdsmen Attacks – Thisdaylive

    Faults claim of killing of 800 Fulanis in Taraba By Ejiofor Alike The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, has cautioned first class traditional rulers in the country against making inflammatory statements that could fuel the attacks by Fulani herdsmen on communities in the country...
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    Politics Aisha Buhari is an intelligent woman, says Ben Bruce – The Nation Nigeria

    Lawmaker representing Bayelsa East Senatorial, Ben Murray-Bruce has said First Lady, Aisha Buhari is an intelligent woman that has the capacity to lead well. The Senator spoke in reaction to the two videos shared on her official and verified twitter handle on Friday. via The Nation...
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    Metro General overseer allegedly abducts, rapes girl after night vigil‎ – Daily Post Nigeria

    Police in Asaba, Delta State, have arrested a self-acclaimed apostle, identified as Paul for the alleged abduction and rape of a 21-year-old woman, Esther, in Ibusa area of the state capital. Paul, had allegedly held the victim captive in his shop for about one week, before he was caught...
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    Metro DSS ‘uncovers’ Islamic State militants in Benue, Kogi, Edo – TheCable

    Security service organisations, including the Department of State Service (DSS), have reportedly identified an Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) network operating within some north-central and south-south states. Benue, Kogi and Edo states were identified in security reports. via...
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    Metro Those Killing Nigerians In Benue, Other States Are Foreigners - DSS Informs Buhari

    The Islamic State in West Africa network operating within some North Central and South-South sections of Nigeria may be responsible for the recent killings recorded in Benue State and other parts of the country. This information is said to be contained in an intelligence report presented to...
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    Politics Wike: Nobody can stop me in 2019 – PM NEWS Nigeria

    Rivers Gov, Nyesom Wike Okafor Ofiebor Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that the electoral prospects of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state have been enhanced following the outstanding performance of his administration. Speaking during a special appearance on...
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    World See The Wrong Grammar By Donald Trump Causing Confusion On Twitter

    While tweeting, Dnald Trump used the word "past" in place of "passed" and many Twitter users dragged him. See tweet and reactions below
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    Metro 2019 Elections: Fayose, Atiku Will Lose, What Buhari Must Do To Win - Primate Ayodele [Vanguard]

    The founder and Spiritual Leader of INRI Evangelical and Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos, Primate Elijah Ayodele, insists that President Muhammadu Buhari’s chances of winning the 2019 presidential poll are bright but warned him against not doing things properly. He also advised Ekiti...
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