nigeria news today 270118

A CALL has gone out to leaders at all levels in Nigeria to earnestly commit themselves to actions that could bring about accelerated all-round national development and unity among the people. Publisher of the Nigerian Role Models, Dr. Luke Okojie, made the call during the conferment of African...

Paul Osuyi, Asaba The Forum of Elders of the Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised security concerns over the success of the 2019 general election in the state. The group alleged that arms were being stockpiled by agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led state...

A former Nigerian senator, Iyabo Obasanjo, on Saturday lambasted her detractors who are currently recirculating her 2013 letter to her father. Some social media users had recirculated the former senator’s letter to her father in 2013 in which she criticised the former president. Ms. Obasanjo’s...

Leaders of ethnic groups in Benue State, including the Mdzough U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi Ny’Igede, have called for the resignation of Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali. This follows the minister’s statement where he blamed anti-grazing law for herdsmen killings. The groups in a...

General Olusegun Obasanjo, erstwhile military dictator and civilian despot, is so predictable, one could almost set a watch by it! The country goes through crises phenomena; people and governments are looking for the most suitable solutions, the man smells an opportunity, and he strikes...

Billionaire Steve Wynn resigned his post as finance chair for the Republican National Committee on Saturday, one day after The Wall Street Journal reported numerous allegations of him sexually harassing employees at his Las Vegas casinos over several decades. RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel issued...

Temi Otedola" The daughter of billionaire oil mogul "Femi Otedola" has cries out after spotting a fake twitter account by a scammer, impersonating her father on twitter. The fake account has already have over 1000 followers, Twitter has however suspended the account...

Doctor, 47, who killed his nine-year-old daughter in 60mph road smash while driving ‘like a lunatic’ to get her to a maths lesson on time is jailed for four yearsBy Abe Hawken For Mailonline Chizoro Edohasim, 47, was desperately trying to get his children to a maths class He was travelling …...

Tanzanian police have deemed a controversial, self-proclaimed prophet mentally ill. According to the Dodoma Police Commander, the condition was disclosed following a medical check-up on Nabii Tito. The 44-year-old Tito, real name Onesmo Machibya made headlines after he was pictured preaching...

A mother has been nabbed and is being made to pay for her brutal acts after she was found out to have starved her kids till one died. via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2DIrneI Get More Nigeria Metro News

THE operatives of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) have arrested a staff member of a new generation bank, Christian Amechi, who allegedly helped fraudsters to steal millions of naira from customers account using a string of impersonators. Amechi, who until his arrest, was serving...

Israeli Holocaust survivors are pleading with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his plan to forcefully expel tens of thousands of African migrants, citing their own experiences as outcasts. Netanyahu “We, who know precisely what it’s like to be refugees, to be homeless and bereft of a...

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A toddler was strangled by his own T-shirt after it got caught at the top of slide he was playing on in his back garden. Blake William Graves, three, died in hospital the day after the accident at his family home in Crook, Co Durham. An inquest … via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog –...

A lorry driver hanged himself in his home in Oxfordshire after his girlfriend Kate Reeves ended their 25-year relationship. Gary Tustain, 45, took his own life but did not leave a suicide note, an inquest heard. The Spurs fan had no history of depression or anxiety and … via Welcome To...

A woman beat three Jehovah’s Witnesses with a hammer when they knocked on her door to talk about the bible. During her vicious attack Kerry Mitchell, 44, hit one in the face and another on the shoulder after they chapped on her door in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. … via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s...

Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), the policy-making body of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo, has stated that with the current population density and constant pressure on the land in the South East which has resulted in many gully erosions in the area, no governor in the region has … via Vanguard News –...

Three persons were reportedly killed and several others injured Friday night by suspected Fulani herdsmen who attack Hukke village, in Maingo District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2GnS326 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The power outage in Bayelsa and parts of Rivers was the handiwork of youth who shut down a transmission station at Ahoada in Rivers state. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DOTw37 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Abdullahi Lawal has told a Lagos High Court how Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia lied about being hospitalised. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DFibUa Get More Nigeria Metro News