Tag Archives: local news from Nigeria

On the heels of the face off between the House of Representatives and the ministers of mines and steel development, 301 members jointly sponsored each of two bills aimed at stopping the concession of Ajaokuta Steel Company of Nigeria. The ...

A Nigerian Air force training air plane has reportedly crashed in Kaduna. It was gathered that the plane crashed in Kauran Dawa in Saminaka Local Area of Kaduna state. The airplane known as Diamond 40, is a one person seater ...

A combine team of military personnel have rescued the abducted Yobe schoolgirls at Jilli-Muwarti, a border village between Gaidam in Yobe state and Borno State. Daily Trust learnt from a security source that the students are on their way to ...

 A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed February 21, for the prosecution and defence counsel to adopt their final addresses in a suit filed by the Federal Government against Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze, the alleged masterminds of ...

On February 7, Public Relations Deputy Director of the Nigerian Army Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu announced in an official statement that the Nigerian Army had expanded its military operations against the ISIS-affiliated militant group, Boko Haram, and fully secured the outskirts ...

Jide, first son of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reportedly slumped and died yesterday evening. Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com from a reliable source close to the former Lagos Governor revealed that Jide suddenly ...

Assailants believed to be al-Qaeda affiliated attacked and killed five Nigerian and three United States special forces soldiers in an ambush on Wednesday, according to the US military. Two US soldiers were also injured in the attack, and others are ...

Success Nwogu,  Ilorin The Joint Health Sector Union on Wednesday declared a nationwide indefinite strike. JOHESU national Chairman, Mr. Biobelemoye Josiah during a media briefing in Ilorin,  the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday said the strike will become effective on Thursday. He stated that the ...

The University of Ibadan Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday directed members of the union to begin full academic activities as from Thursday, September 21. The directive was given at a Congress of the Union held ...

Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Odu’a Investment Company Limited on Tuesday inaugurated a N500m real estate project, which was completed in nine months. The project, which is called Ace Estate, comprises of seven luxury duplex apartments with all the required facility, and ...