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Shettima lauds war theatre commander, Nicholas, says predecessor was a disaster Olawale Ajimotokan and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri The Nigerian government has paid the United States government $496 million for the acquisition of 12 Super Tucano fighter jets to be used by the Nigerian Air Force...

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, yesterday restated his call on Nigerians to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, saying his reelection is in “the best interest of Nigerians”. The governor spoke against the backdrop of recent remarks discrediting the Buhari administration, the...

There was pandemonium and panic yesterday in Ishinkwo, Abaomege community in Onicha local government area of Ebonyi State, when the lifeless body of one Nkemjika Oyibe was found hanging on a tree in Onyemem Forest in the community. Members of the community especially youths had to scamper …...

Lagos Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has rejected the recommendation of the All Progressive Congress (APC) committee on Restructuring headed by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, which seeked to remove minimum wage from...

Benue State government has rejected the call by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to repeal the state Anti- Open grazing law implemented on November 1st 2017. This was even as the state government has reiterated its earlier call for the sack of the minister of … Read more via...

The arrest and subsequent detention of Senator Shehu Sani’s special adviser on Islamic Matters, Bashir Ahmed Hamadada, is unjustly done and the need for relevant government authorities to intervene for fairness and justice is imperative, Malam Abdulkareem Ahmed Balele, brother to the detained...

Last week, former President Obasanjo formally launched the Coalition for New Nigeria, a new political movement he claims will take Nigeria into the promised land. In this report, JONATHAN NDA- ISAIAH dissects issues bordering on the formation of the movement and how forceful it is as a …...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that 20 out of the 21 local government areas in Kebbi State are consistently low in child poverty rating index. According to UNICEF, Argungu local government area in the state was the only local government in the good index … Read more via...

A former Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Ayo Ademola Adeseun, yesterday urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to strike out the money laundering charge brought against him by the by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Adeseun, who was arraigned before Justice...

Cell phone radiation could pose a risk of certain cancers to some, the preliminary findings of two new major studies from the United States National Institutes Health (NIH) suggest. Six percent of male rats exposed … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a couple on Treasure Palace Close, in the Igando area of the state, for allegedly harbouring pregnant women and selling newborn babies. Read more via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2E5GXgq Get More Nigeria Metro News

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has repeatedly stated its determination to upstage the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State. However, that boast is itself challenged by the discord among different tendencies in the main opposition party in the state. By Perez Brisibe WITH roughly a...

The coordinated statements by retired generals scoring the administration of president Buhari poorly and urging him to honourably stand down after his first term in 2019 may force a rethink by the president not to present himself for re-election in 2019. Following the lead … Read more via...

All 11 governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and members of the National Working Committee, NWC converged at Asaba, Delta State last weekend for what was obviously a strategic meeting to advance the interests of the party ahead of the 2019 elections. By … Read...

Ahead the 2019 elections, Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has zoned the office of president to the northern part of the country. This part of the country comprises three geo-political zones, namely northwest, northeast and north central, all of which have …...

Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to ex-Nigerian leader Ibrahim Babangida, who was declared wanted by the police has absolved himself of any wrongdoing. But the spokesperson said he would turn himself in to the authorities by Wednesday and was prepared to fight his ordeal in … Read more via...

Adamawa United chairman Emmanuel Zira on Monday said Morocco’s success at the just-ended African Nations Championship was an indication of their domestic league’s superiority in Africa. Zira told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the North African country “exhibited beautiful football...

Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has praised the Super Eagles’ performance despite a 4-0 defeat by hosts Morocco in the 2018 African Nations Championship final on Sunday. Rohr’s assistant Salisu Yusuf led the country to their best-ever finish at the tournament for locally-based players. “Personally...

The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Abdullahi Muhammadu, on Monday in Lagos, warned the public against patronising unlicensed private guard companies, stressing that they posed a security risk. NSCDC Muhammadu gave the warning while inaugurating...

Thousands of tax defaulters are already gripped by fear of being exposed following the intensification of transaction and income data collection by the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). The scheme, which provides a time-limit opportunity for tax debtors to regularise their...