News From Nigeria

…‘We should move fast to remove structural bottlenecks that hobble our country’…Says APC committee proposed significant devolution of powers between federal, state govtsGovernor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State says state police is among the key recommendations the All Progressives ...

This is about the first story I’ll be posting here, so please pardon my typo and I’ll try to make it a short one. I met this girl about four years ago and we started dating immediately (she was 20). ...

The curfew imposed on Lagos State after the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS  protests has been lifted immediately. The 12 am to 4am curfew imposed by the Federal Government to curb the spread of COVID19 remains. Lagosians are free to ...

James Bond actor, Sir Sean Connery dies in his sleep aged 90 : Oscar-winning 007? legend passes away in the Bahamas after being ‘unwell for some time’. *Sir Sean leaves behind his wife Micheline and sons Jason and Stefan with ...

Sodiq Oyeleke A lawyer, Yusuf Nurudeen, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos to seek N50 million compensation each for #EndSARS protesters that were killed by security operatives in Nigeria. The suit was filed against the President, Major General ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for backing Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in emerging as the first female and African Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The party’s National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, gave the commendation ...

The Presidency has said Amnesty International does not run the country and was wrong in its report on the movement of military men from the barracks to Lekki Tollgate, where peaceful #EndSARS protesters were shot at on Tuesday, October 20. ...

Port Harcourt— Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has described the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group and signed an executive order to reinforce the ban on IPOB its activities in the state. He made this known ...

A lady allegedly killed by the Nigerian Army during the shooting that greeted the #ENDSARS protest at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, said she’s still alive and hearty.She said the rumours of her death was a purported attack by unscrupulous elements who ...

The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army in Lagos says its soldiers were not responsible for the bloodshed witnessed in the state last week. Eyewitnesses reported on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 how soldiers of the Nigerian Army fired live ammunition ...