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The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is to hold an emergency meeting on Oct. 30, to discuss the national minimum wage and come up with a position, Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Senator representing Bayelsa East at the National Assembly, Ben Murray Bruce, has attacked the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo reportedly opting to learn the trending “shaku shaku” dance steps for…
Angela Merkel will not seek re-election as Germany's chancellor when her term ends in 2021, she has reportedly told senior members of her party. The comments, reported by the German media, came as the premier met with…
Micheal Adedeji, a member of the Ekiti state house of assembly, who was shot in the head by gunmen on Friday, is dead. Jackson Adebayo, publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, confirmed…
British authorities have briefed the Nigerian government about the temporary travel document they are about to issue to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to NAN, a top official of…
18 corps members have reportedly lost their lives in a ghastly accident along Mowe on their way from Kaduna It was gathered that there was 30 passengers in the car, and they all lost their lives including the driver.…
There are unconfirmed reports of heavy shooting and fighting currently rocking the Edo State House of Assembly. The violence reportedly started after some members of the State House moved to remove the Speaker, Hon…
Ayodele Fayose, embattled former governor of Ekiti State has been refused bail today at the federal high court in Lagos. It was gathered that Fayose was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the latest killings in Kasuwan Magani in Kaduna State which claimed 55 lives. In a statement by his his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the…
The Lagos East Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Princess Abiodun Oyefusi, says the party will dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the state in 2019. Oyefusi, an entrepreneur,…
Suspected Boko haram insurgents have attacked and killed at least eight farmers and injured 15 others near Maiduguri on Saturday, according to DAILY TRUST. The incident occurred near Molai village in Jere local…
The Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) leader ,Nnamdi Kanu, has allegedly agreed to work with the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2019 elections. This was inferred in a tweet by Fani Kayode, a…
Boko Haram jihadists on Saturday hacked 12 farmers to death as they worked on their fields in the volatile Borno State, civilian militia told AFP. They came in two trucks and attacked the farmers with machetes outside…
Shehu Sanni, a senator representing Kaduna central, has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senator announced his resignation in a letter dated October 19 and addressed to the…
The Federal Road Safety Commission in Ogun State, on Friday, said that one person died while three others sustained injuries in a lone accident that involved a commercial bus at Sango-Ota, Ogun. Mr Adekunle Oguntoyinbo,…
The leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is set to address a world press conference that will be held live on Sunday, 21st October 2018. This was made known in a statement signed by his lawyer,…
A former Managing Director of the defunct National Electricity Power Authority, Hamman Tukur, is dead. According to PUNCH, Tukur died in Kaduna on Saturday morning. Tukur was at various time a former Chairman of Revenue…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, has arrested seven National Diploma (ND) students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State for alleged offences bordering…
Saudi Arabia has confirmed that preliminary results of investigations showed US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul after a fight with people he met there, state media reported. "The…
Gunmen on Friday kidnapped the Paramount Chief of Adara Chiefdom in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr. Maiwada Galadima; and his wife along Kaduna/Kachia road. A son in-law to the chief, Mr. Ibrahim…
