nigeria news today 07022018

The Chief Press Secretary to the Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Dakingari, said on Wednesday that six traders died while 12 persons were missing after a boat mishap on River Niger in Shanga Local Government Area of the state. Mr. Dakingari made the confirmation on Wednesday … Read more via...

Emmanuel David Ombugadu, PDP Senator Welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari With A Big Billboard

Uniosun lecturer, Sesan, seen flogging 200 Level English Department students at the Ikire campus

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it will begin Exercise Ayem Akpatuma covering Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states in order to tackle the cases of kidnappings, herdsmen/farmers’ clashes among others. The Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen David Ahmadu, who...

Just Yesterday, following the controversial statements released over the coming 2019 elections; Afegbua, IBB's aide sued the Nigerian police force of 1billion Naira over claims that he wasn't formally invited for questioning before they threatened to arrest him.

Boko Haram leader, Shekau has appeared in a new video, days after the military said the sect has been completely defeated. Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, had made the claim last weekend. He disclosed that hundreds of insurgents surrendered, several...

Some alleged ritualists have been nabbed in the act after they tried to steal a baby who was just one day old. Read more via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2BJeL5Q Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has adjourned the case of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, till February 27, 2018, to enable parties involved to address the court on their final submissions. Dr. Saraki had on Tuesday returned to the CCT after a long stay from the issue of Read more via...

In an accident which occurred last month in Kampung Pasir Jonge, Indonesia, a 28-year-old man shockingly killed his pregnant neighbour after repeatedly being asked, “When are you getting married?”. The 28-year-old man identified as Faiz Nurdin got irritated with the question his pregnant...

A heartbroken new father is presently mourning the death of his wife who died during childbirth, leaving him with their newborn son. Ida and Mustafa were reportedly a popular social media couple with an impressive follower-ship. They chronicled their pregnancy journey and YouTube and couldn’t...

Wynter Parker died after being found outside in the cold on Friday on the family’s front porch in Akron, Ohio, where temperatures had been hovering around 15 degrees. Akron police said the mother left the child with the father while she ran errands. The father, who works nights, fell asleep...

The Zambian government on Tuesday denied media reports that it intends to consider research on witchcraft as a science. Witchcraft or witchery broadly means the practice of and belief in magical skills and abilities exercised by solitary practitioners and groups. Read more via PM NEWS...

A coalition of Muslim Organisations in Nigeria on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the Hijab controversy between the body of Benchers, The Nigerian Law School and Miss Firdausi Amasa as soon as possible. Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria –...

Police have arrested and subsequently paraded some Biafra activists in Aba, Abia State. It was gathered that about seven Biafra activists were arrested in a Jewish synagogue in Aba during a prayer meeting. A police source said the men were holding “illegal meeting,” an allegation which the men...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the police and other security agencies not to allow themselves to be used by the sinking All Progressives Congress (APC) as instruments of persecution against Nigerians perceived to be unsupportive of the unpopular reelection bid of President...

A coalition of support groups under the aegis of Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria (FONGON) yesterday held a solidarity rally in support of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration (PMB) in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They also asked him to take advantage of his...

Like every other city in the world, Abuja, being Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is regarded as a 24 hour city because of its peculiarities. Being the seat of government and epicenter of political activities, civil servants, businessmen and women, as well as other social Read...

The Senator representing Abia Central in the Senate and former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, has distanced himself from a rumoured presidency ambition in 2019, saying his detractors were behind the rumour in order to ridicule him. Read more via Leadership Nigeria...

In May 2015, the then Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, shocked many when she revealed that she was a cancer survivor. She made this revelation at the night of tributes in honour of the late Oronto Douglas who fell to cancer on April 9, 2015. In her … Read more via Punch...

GIRL (18) DIES OVER AFFAIR A LOVE triangle ended tragically when an 18-year-old woman from Harare committed suicide by downing poison after her sister discovered that she was bedding her husband under her nose. The tragic incident occurred last week when the teenager, Farai Chirara from...