BREAKING: Mikel Donates $30,000 To Team Nigeria
John Obi Mikel, the captain of the Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, on Thursday, July 28, 2016, donated $30,000 (N9,450,000) to the Nigeria Olympic team, who are currently struggling...
View ArticleYou Lack Capacity To Lead Nigeria, Dokpesi Blast APC
Raymond Dokpesi, the national chairmanship hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday, July 28, 2016, said that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has demonstrated that it lacks...
View ArticleLawyer Files Suit Against Ban Of Sales Of Petrol In Jerry Cans, Gallons
Malcom Omirhobo, a lawyer and human rights activist, on Thursday, July 28, 2016, filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Lagos, challenging the ban of the sales of petrol in jerry cans. The applicant...
View ArticleTeenager Remanded In Prison Custody For Rape Of 35-Year-Old Woman
John Julius, a 19-year-old man, on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, was remanded in prison custody for alleged rape of a 35-year-old woman by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court The Prosecutor, Insp. Bayo...
View ArticleFix The Economy, Gowon Urges Buhari
Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former head of state , yesterday, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, took a retrospective look at the situation in the country and asked President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that the...
View ArticleSAGA: Mikel Denies Donating $30,000 To Olympic Team
John Mikel Obi, the captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics, has denied media reports making the rounds in Nigeria on Monday, July 28, 2016, that he gave 30,000 dollars to his teammates in the U23...
View Article‘You Talk Like A Garage Boy’– PDP Lampoons Oshiomhole
Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo State, has been lambasted by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for his recent threat to arrest the PDP’s candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, before the September 10, 2016...
View ArticlePolice Arraigns Seven-Year-Old Boy For Murder
Chibuike Miracle Oramalu, a seven-year-old boy, was on Friday, July 29, 2016, arraigned by the Enugu Police Command before a magistrate court, for alleged murder. Chibuike, a primary two pupil in a...
View ArticleTears, Tributes As Keshi Is Finally Laid To Rest
Tears flowed freely on Friday, July 29, 2016, as the remains of former Nigeria’s Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi, was laid to rest in his family home in Illah community, Delta State. Keshi who...
View ArticleBuhari Sacks Heads Of 5 Health Parastatals
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, July 28, 2016, approved the removal of chief executives of five major parastatals in the nation’s health sector. This was disclosed in a statement by...
View ArticleUN Suspends Aid To Borno Following Boko Haram Attack On UNICEF Workers
Following yesterday’s attack by Boko Haram on a humanitarian convoy, the United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Borno State. A UNICEF humanitarian aid worker was injured in the...
View ArticleIslamic Cleric Arrested For Marrying 6-Year-Old Girl
Mohammad Karim, an elderly Islamic cleric, has been arrested in Afghanistan after he married a six-year-old girl, officials said Friday, July 29, 2016, in the latest case highlighting the scourge of...
View ArticleIgnore Call To Close Down Turkish Schools, Owners Tell FG
The owners of the Nigeria Turkish International College have urged Nigeria to disregard the call by the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Hakan Cakil, to close its schools in the country. The...
View ArticleMilitants Kill 5 Turkish Soldiers In Deadly Ambush
Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party in Turkey have killed five Turkish soldiers in an ambush in the troubled southeast of the country, local media reported on Friday, July 29, 2016....
View ArticleAgain, Police Rescue Another Chained 10-Year-Old Girl
The Ogun Police Command has rescued another chained 10-year-old girl, Promise Udeh, at Adigbe area of Abeokuta. She was rescued on Thursday, July 28, 2016, when neighbours living close to the building...
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Development A Mirage Under Human Rights Abuses – Joe Okei-Odumakin
Rights activist and president of Women Arise, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin has described development as a mirage, except on the condition that they are targeted at improving standards of living of humans. The...
View Article‘Jibrin Is Such A Despicable Character’: Dogara Refutes Allegations Of Graft
My attention has been drawn to a statement issued by the disgraced and sacked former Chairman of Appropriation Committee , Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, wherein he falsely, recklessly and maliciously claimed...
View ArticleNigeria Will Handle Turkish Request With Diplomacy – Minister
The Nigerian government has said that the request by the Turkish government for the closure of 17 schools and hospitals owned by some Turkish businessmen in Nigeria would be handled diplomatically. It...
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Nigerian Children Rescued, Mum Drowns In Mediterranean Sea (PHOTO)
Two unidentified Nigerian siblings aged 11 and 10, were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday, July 29, 2016, after losing their mother while on a dangerous journey to Europe. The heartbreaking...
View ArticleNigerian Soldiers Write Buhari Complaining Of Being Owed 7-Months Allowances...
Nigerian soldiers have written to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting that their monthly allowances owed them for seven months be paid. The letter obtained by Naij.com tells a pathetic story of a...
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