Tag Archives: local news from Nigeria

A Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday ordered the remand of one Abubakar Mustapha for allegedly enticing and wooing a married woman. Mustapha had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which contravened section 226 of the Kaduna ...

The Inspector – General of Police , Ibrahim Idris , has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered him to redouble efforts to tackle the killings around the world.  Idris disclosed this yesterday at the state handover of 150 operational ...

A Nigerian national identified simply as Chidi was killed by suspected hijackers in South Africa.  Based on his friend, Taiwo Saheed who’s situated in Pretoria, the incident happened last Sunday night in Mpumalanga Nelspruit. He wrote; “Sad news again gone ...

The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Charles Soludo has decried a predicament where only eight percent of the Nigerian population is controlling ninety percent of the nation’s wealth. Speaking at the maiden District conference of ...

  The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose , has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a captured president who has been reduced to offering condolences to Nigerians slaughtered by herdsmen as opposed to taking firm action to avoid the atrocities. Reacting ...

A Nigeria woman, Fatima Mohamid Khalil, in a shocking revelation, has narrated how her Saudi Arabian husband allegedly slaughtered their three daughters on Sunday in Al-Rawdah District, Makkah.  According to the woman, her daughters were sleeping with her in the ...

The Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge was conceived in 2008 by the Babatunde Raji Fashola administration, according to the ideal, it was perceived to reduce congestion on the already congested Lagos roads, reduces long driving hours at lots more. The 4th ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday insisted that the Presidency should make public all issues associated with the so-called private visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to London. The party, which queried the Presidency for always shrouding issues around the ...

Ex-aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to reports of a Yoruba Oba, the Oluwo of Iwoland converting to an ‘Emir’. Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, recently declared himself the first and only ‘Emir of Yorubaland’, adding that the ...

At the least five persons have now been killed and 13 others wounded including a University Professor when multiple bombers attack Maiduguri yesterday evening, residents and Civilian JTF said. The suspected Boko haram suicide bombers stormed Muna Zauyar in Jere ...