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By Paul Olayemi SAPELE—Goods and valuables worth millions of Naira were razed by fire in Amukpe area of Sapele in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. The fire, according to a resident, Mrs AKpevwe Michael, affected 12 rooms at 112, Warri-Sapele Road and about nine shops at … Read...

Questions sudden arraignment of CCT chairman Fred Itua, Abuja President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, yesterday, questioned the genuineness of the anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. In a statement posted on his official Facebook page, Saraki questioned the...

The Presidency, yesterday, clarified its position on why it has continued to send names of officials for appointment into key Federal Government agencies, boards and parastatals to the Senate for confirmation, despite arguing that certain categories of officers do not need the … Read more...

A joint session of the National Assembly, is to be addressed by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, when he visits Nigeria in early July, Ambassador of France to Nigeria Mr. Denys Gauer, has said. Gauer spoke during a visit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives..... Read more...

Lagos State Government has arrested no fewer than 200 cart pushers across all the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas of the State for constituting environmental nuisances. The arrest was made possible through a joint environmental sanitation raid by the Lagos State...

The Ebonyi state House of Assembly on Tuesday imposed a fresh six months suspension on the member representing Afikpo North East constituency, Maria Ude Nwachi. The decision followed the submission of the report of the ad hoc committee that investigated the lawmaker for allegedly posing …...

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has announced the lifting of the curfew on Gboko, the headquarters of Gboko Local Government Area of the state. Read more via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2Bb1gdY -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Suspected gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two contractors working on one of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, projects in Otuogiri Community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command, Asinim Butswat, said in Yenagoa that...

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Matrix Music Nation act "Efe" releases the official music video to his recently released banger Titled “Warri” featuring YBNL boss, Olamide. The video was directed by "Avalon Okpe". Watch The Video Below: Download The Video Below:http://www.nairaplus.com/2018/02/video-efe-ft-olamide-warri.html...

Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Justice Nayai Aganaba, Bayels State High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to death by hanging of 30-year-old Victoria Gagariga for the killing of her husband, Henry Gagariga, on February 4, 2015 at the residence along Ebisam Road in Akenfa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The...

Five men on Tuesday appeared before the newly inaugurated Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, for allegedly using social media to lure, kidnap and rape two women in Lagos. Read more via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2sbTwFw Get More Nigeria Metro News

Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure Veteran journalist and ace politician, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, has condemned what he called ‘incessant attacks’ on the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi. Ogundokun, who hails from Iwo, in Osun State, said in a...

A 47-year-old, Zachariah Olumorokun, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court over alleged N1.1 million visa fraud. Olumorokun is being tried for a three-count of fraudulently obtaining money under false pretences, stealing and threat to life. The accused, however, pleaded...

The Odocha Siblings: 3 Nigerians In The US Army (Photo) by MyX1: 2:07am Nigerians excel in many fields both at home and overseas, and the US Army is not an exception. What is more remarkable is how one family resident in USA has produced three full-fledged officers for the … Read more via...

South African pastor and general overseer of Alleluia Ministries International, Alph Lukau, is said to be the richest pastor in the world, with an estimated net worth of $1billion. Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://ift.tt/2ELE2Ll Get More Nigeria Metro News

May be it’s time prescribe life imprisonment or death sentence for kidnapping offence or has it been signed into law already? Most Read Stories ‘How I almost died at Ikoyi club’ – TV Personality, Daala Oruwari shares shocking experience Maryam Sanda who stabbed her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, to …...

Photos: 23-year-old Nigerian beauty queen killed in ghastly motor accident Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://ift.tt/2EL22OC Get More Nigeria Metro News

Mallam Umar Qassem, one of the Shiites leaders who was reportedly shot by police during a protest in Abuja a few weeks ago has died. The Shiite members have been demanding the immediate release of their leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. May his soulr est in peace, Amen. Most..... Read more via...