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PDP Blasts APC Members Over Excess Crude Oil Account Saga

President Buhari Approves $2.1bn To Help Bankrupt States Pay Salaries - BBC
Breaking: Michael Okpara University Hostel Gutted By Fire

There was fire outbreak at Michael Okpara university of Agriculture Umudike PG hostel at the early hours of today. It started from one of the rooms and spread. Thankfully, no one was injured. See more pics after the cut...

University Of Ibadan [UI] Is Nigeria's Best University, Ranked Eighth in Africa - Check It Out

For another record time since its establishment in 1948, the University of Ibadan has emerged the best in Nigeria.Its enviable position arose from the latest ranking of African universities and higher institutions conducted by Journals Consortium on 1,447 higher institutions.The Journals Consortium utilized research publications and citations from
BREAKING: Bomb Blast Rocks Zaria Leaving Many Dead [PHOTO]

A bomb explosion suspected to be carried out by Boko Haram insurgents has just gone off in Sabon Gari area of Zaria, Kaduna State with many feared dead.The blast reportedly went off at the Government lodge in the area while civil servants were undergoing biometric screening. [size=14pt] CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTO [/size]

Jos Explosion! Angry Protesters Set 2 Churches Ablaze

The Plateau State Police Commissioner, Nasiru Oki, has said two churches were on Monday set ablaze by angry persons protesting bomb explosion at a mosque Sunday night in Jos.The police boss made the disclosure Monday evening at the police headquarters in Jos, the state capital.While briefing journalists on the police’s investigations, Mr. Oki sa
Popular 'Iyaloja' In Ekiti State, Waye Osa Arrested Over N93M Scam

The leader of market women in Ado-Ekiti, Chief (Mrs) Waye Oso, was on Monday arrested and detained at the state police headquarters in controversial circumstances. The market leader, who spoke on the phone from police detention at about 8.30 pm, claimed that she was arrested and detained on the orders of Governor Ayo Fayose.Mrs. Oso said the govern

Impeachment Rally Against Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola To Take Place Today

Civil Societies’ Coalition for Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEO is organizing an impeachment rally against Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s impeachment and they say they have the support of the Osun State indigenes.According to the group at a press briefing held in Osogbo yesterday, over 20 civil and faith based societies who are members of CSCEO a
I’m Very Much A Christian - Emmanuel Emenike Denies Converting To Islam

The Fenerbahce striker, Emmanuel Emenike is upset with his coach especially for ‘leaking’ his personal information to the media. According to the striker, he was missing on Saturday morning when others ate breakfast and when his coach asked him why he was not there to join others, he simply said he was fasting. Emenike is upset that his coach

GOOD NEWS! President Buhari Approves N400billion For Workers’ Salaries

President Buhari has approved a comprehensive relief package valued at over N400bn to put an end to the lingering crisis of unpaid workers’ salaries in the country. Vanguard gathered that a three-pronged relief package that will end the workers plight include:The sharing of about $2.1b (N413.7bn) in fresh allocation between the states and the fe
Police Use Live Bullets to Disperse Protesting Students in Kaduna (PHOTOS)

Police officers in Kaduna state used live bullets to disperse angry youths who were protesting the appointment of the interim caretaker chairman of Chikun local government area, Hajiya Hadiza Yahuza today July 6th. Photoa above show a young man who was injured during the shooting and some of the bullets used.

Dino Melaye Accuses Tinubu for Offering Support to Senator Adeyemi Against Him at Court of Appeal

Senator Dino Melaye, Sunday, accused The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of offering support for Senator Smart Adeyemi, who is currently challenging his electoral victory at the Court of Appeal. Melaye, an APC senator, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the Nationa
Update On the Twin Bomb Blast in Jos, 67 Injured 44 Killed (PHOTOS)

44 people have been confirmed dead following a twin bomb blast that rocked the city of Jos, Plateau state yesterday night. The first explosion happened inside the Shagalinku restaurant located along Bauchi Road while the second one went off at Yantaya Mosque in Nassarawa Gwon area of the state. Muslim faithfuls were actually listening to an Islami

BREAKING! Police Arrests Ikorodu Bank Robbers

Four people suspected to be members of the armed robbery gang that attacked two banks in Ikorodu area of Lagos State on the 24th of June 2015, have been arrested by the police.According to Tribune Online, the men of the Nigerian Army who were on a stop and search mission, arrested one of the four suspects in Ondo State while he was trying to escap
Buhari-Appointed DSS Director Demotes Marilyn Ogar and Other Jonathan Loyalists

According to a report by Sahara Reporters, the newly appointed DG of the Department of State Security, DSS, Lawal Musa Daura, has demoted Marilyn Ogar, the agency’s former spokesperson, via a memo. Read report below...Apart from demoting Ms. Ogar, the acting DSS director general also directed the demotion of numerous other officers of the agency

Buhari To Reopen Cases Of Political Assassinations And Kidnappings

A statement by the President's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said that President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday promised that his administration will make sure that all cases of political assassination and kidnapping in the country are thoroughly investigated. This promise was made while addressing state chairmen of
Why Bola Tinubu Boycotted APC NEC Meeting Yesterday - Report

More facts have emerged on why former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu, and former governor of Osun State Chief Bisi Akande boycotted the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party yesterday. A member of the National Working Committee (NWC) who was at the meeting said the former Lagos State governor was aware that there were plans to

We May Negotiate With Boko Haram - Presidency

The Federal Government has said that it is open to negotiations with the Boko Haram sect in order to find a lasting solution to the security crisis in the country, if the group is willing.This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Friday, in an interview with the BBC.In the inte
CRAZINESS! Business Woman Flushes Her day old baby Down The Toilet In order To Focus On Her Business

Residents of Okpoko in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State were, on Thursday, shocked when the news broke that a housewife in the community, names withheld, had dumped her newborn baby into the toilet.She was said to have a protruded stomach, a peculiar nature that made many people in the area, not to be aware that she was pregnant.She d

Buhari Meets With Saraki, Dogara And Others In Abuja To Settle Their Differences [Photos]
Breaking News!!! Twin Explosion as Bomb Kill 10 In Borno State

Two suicide explosions along a highway in Borno State killed at least 10 people on Thursday afternoon, state police said, the latest in a string of almost daily attacks by suspected insurgents.A female suicide bomber killed seven and injured 13 at a village called Malari on the main road from Bama to Konduga while a second suicide bomber killed th

Youth Corpers Protesting Over Pending Allowance Attacked With Tear Gas in Bayelsa (PHOTOS)

According to a Twitter user, the people pictured above were protesting against NYSC Bayelsa + Bayelsa State Government over the non payment of their allowances. Apparently force (tear gas & gun shots) were used to disperse them.
Gov. Gabriel Suswam Currently In Jail In UK After Battering His Wife Over His 28 Yrs Old Mistress

The Metropolitan police in the United Kingdom have arrested the former Benue state governor Gabriel Suswam after he allegedly battered his wife.After his arrest, the Metropolitan Police Domestic Violence Office initially held him at its London detention centre. He was later released on £5,000 bail. Suswam’s wife Yemisi placed an emergency call

Buhari Is Planning To Sack 5 Southern Service Chiefs To Replace Them With Northerners

All the service chiefs will get the boot before the end of July except for the Police IG, Solomon Arase, who might be secured. The service chiefs are the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh; Chief of Army Staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Ade
Jonathan Govt. Created 469,070 Jobs In 2015 Before Leaving Office - National Bureau Of Statistics

According to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics , Nigeria generated close to 500,000 jobs in the first quarter of 2015. The report said between January and March of 2015 , 469,070 jobs were created in all sectors of the economy. Former President ,Goodluck Jonathan ,was in office during the period covered by the report. The former

Boko Haram Kills 11 Of Its Own Members By Slitting Their Throats

Islamist militant sect Boko Haram today killed 11 of its members in Miringa village in Biu local government area of Borno state after the members reportedly fled from one its camps near the area. The militant sect sent at least 20 fighters in hot pursuit of the fleeing members caught up with them in the village as they waited to surrender to gover
The Constitution Has No Place For National Leader - Former APC Governors Tackle Tinubu
NARROW ESCAPE! 18 Children Cheat Death In Lagos, As Truck Falls On School Bus

But for divine providence, the families of many pupils of a nursery and primary school in Okota area of Lagos State could have been thrown into mourning by now. A truck plying the pothole-riddled Ago Palace Way, Okota, lost control and hit a school bus that was conveying pupils to school. The incident happened on Tuesday.An eyewitness told Daily S
President Buhari Will Release List Of Ministers In A Few Days - APC Says

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APC's Yakubu Dogara And Loyalists Allegedly Plan To Defect To PDP