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ENUGU—The traditional ruler of Ogbozine Akpugo, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Nwatu has been murdered. Police sources said that Nwatu, was allegedly killed by unknown persons while returning from a court sitting at Nkanu, the local government … Read more via...

The Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, Nigeria, have bemoaned the continued maiming and killing of innocent Nigerians in the country by suspected Fulani herdsmen, regretting the flip-flop approach of the Federal Government to the matter. This was even as the Aguata … Read more via...

Following positive sentiment by investors in Oil stocks, trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), yesterday sustained its bull run as market capitalization rose by N117 billion to close at N14.188 trillion. Owing to significant interests … Read more via The Sun...

Mobile service provider, Globacom, has grown its subscriber base by about 400,000 from 39,042,979 in March to 39,523,811 in April, 2018 This was contained in the latest sector report published on the website of the telecom industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The...

The Federal Government has stated that it plans to partner with other stakeholders to address the challenges hindering the targets set for the West African Gas Pipeline Project. The Federal Government listed the challenges as disruptions in gas supply, high debt profile of some countries and...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), through the Agriculture and Rural Development (ARDS) secretariat has distributed assorted fisheries inputs, worth N10 million to fish farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Secretary of ARDS, Stanley Ifeanyichukwu Nzekwe, who...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has congratulated the leadership of both the United States of America (USA) and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) for hosting a successful summit, describing the feat as a historic achievement. The federal government in a statement signed by …...

Pentagon officials were surprised Tuesday after President Donald Trump vowed at his summit with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un to cancel “provocative” joint military drills with South Korea. Following the unprecedented meeting in Singapore, Trump stunned observers when he said continuing the...

NEW YORK (AP) — As Kim Kardashian West put it to her 60 million-plus followers on Twitter, the call she made to Alice Marie Johnson "will forever be one of my best memories." It was the reality star and makeup mogul who brought the 63-year-old Johnson first word of her … via AP News –...

The federal government on Tuesday begged Nigerians traveling to Russia not to escape during or after the 2018 World Cup tournament. Solomon Dalung, Minister of Youths and Sports made the appeal in a chat with newsmen in Abuja. Speaking on the fears of trafficking in persons during … read...

The National Population Commission (NPC) recently informed the world that Nigeria has a population of 198 million. Now, if that figure is anything to go by, it means that 158.40 million Nigerians, about 80 per cent of this … Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2JRtRtt Get More...

For the fourth day running, the Twitter account of Ahmed Salkida, the Nigerian journalist with the deepest knowledge of the workings of Boko Haram, has been locked. Expressing his frustration with the development, Salkida said he received a message from Twitter on Friday that his account had...

The intervention of the police in Anambra State has saved Modestus Eze, the Principal of Seat of Wisdom Secondary School, Okija, in the Ihiala Local Government Area, from being lynched by some youths of the area. PUNCH Metro gathered that the youths had stormed the … Read more via Punch...

A pastor, Peter Adebolu, has accused the Divisional Crime Officers of the Amadi Ama Police Division of colluding with a tenant, one Chidi, who allegedly beat him up at the station. Adebolu, who is also a real estate manager, alleged that the two DCOs acted on … Read more via Punch...

Governor Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa has ordered the payment of council workers salary before the Sallah. The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mustafa Barkindo made this known to journalists....... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2JN6uBq...

Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court in Kano yesterday refused an application by a former Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, for the release of his international passport to enable him travel to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj. Shekarau approached the court with a...

Former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole, has said he would have arrested and prosecuted former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he were President Muhammadu Buhari. This is coming as the former Edo State governor received more endorsements … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Barring any last-minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari will Wednesday sign the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law, THISDAY learnt Tuesday. In fact, but for the June 12 activities, including the investiture of late Chief Moshood Abiola, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe and late … Read more via...

Sylva Timipre Sylva, former Governor of Bayelsa State and flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2016 governorship election in Bayelsa State, says he will someday take over from the “rats” currently occupying the state government house. Although he didn’t … Read more via...

Donald Trump arrived in Singapore promising to make history. That he did by shaking Kim Jong-un’s hand for the world’s cameras – becoming the first sitting US leader to meet his North Korean counterpart. But what have they really achieved, what are … Read more via BBC News –...