News From Nigeria

Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, 91,  appeared as though he wore weave and ear rings as he touched base in South Africa yesterday morning for a state visit. His first visit in 20 years. In any case on close examination of the clever ...

An unidentified young man with earphone on, was killed this morning April 8th by a passenger train at Cappa area of Oshodi, Lagos. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who was inside the train reports that the ...

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank accepted Iran’s membership on Tuesday, the Iranian embassy in Beijing said.  The Islamic Republic thus became the 34th founding member of the AIIB, which is the main rival of the World Bank, Iran’s Fars news agency ...

Amid a shut entryway meeting  in Abuja yesterday with senior police to strategize on security for the April 11 decisions, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Suleiman Abba, uncovered that the police have found the processing plant that made Improvised ...

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship race in all conditions of the alliance, the central Government has coordinated that all area outskirts be shut from midnight of Thursday April ninth to midnight of Sunday April twelfth.

The initiative of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, has dripped an announcement cautioning Nigerians to stop the uncomplimentary comments being coordinated at the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, taking after his comments he made to Ibo occupants in Lagos last Sunday. As ...

In March, MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DStv announced a 20% price increase for all its satellite pay TV bouquets in Nigeria. Multichoice said the increase, which was supposed to take effect from April 1st, was necessary for them to ...

The Greek prime minister’s visit to Moscow aimed at improving relations with Russia angers many in Europe – this is what reports in Greek media, covering the visit, boil down to.   Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is on a two-day ...

A stakeholders meeting by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State is ongoing in Ikeja, in preparation for Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly polls.  Those present include politicians, party agents, electoral observers, media practitioners and security agents. ...

Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday, said he was not thinking of joining the All Progressive Congress. He likewise re-confirmed his unflinching faithfulness to the Peoples Democratic Party. Mark expressed this at a unique church administration to mark his 67th birthday at St. ...