Ace Nigerian musicians Davido, Wizkid, Olamide and Tiwa Savage lead the nominations in the 2018 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival. Davido, Wizkid and Tiwa Savage also nominated for the Best African Act award alongside Sarkodie, Cassper Nyovest and Shatta Wale. The ceremony is set to take place on January 12 at the Eko Convention Centre of […]
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It was on November 20, 1999, that the Nigerian military, allegedly acting on the orders of then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, invaded Odi, a predominantly Ijaw community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and wreaked monumental havoc on the community. The attack, which many observers have described as a pogrom, came at a […]
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The police in Maiduguri have arrested a suspected top Boko Haram commander, Ibrahim Diye, on Friday following a tip off from one of the residents. A senior member of an ‘intelligence Police unit’ along Airport road, who pleaded anonymity, said, “I cannot disclose the location where the suspected top commander was arrested, as it may […]
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Aminu Sanusi, the first son of Muhammad Sanusi II, emir of Kano, who has a degree in accounting from the University of Buckingham, UK, has joined the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The young Sanusi graduated from the Plateau academy of the police with the rank of assistant superintendent of police (ASP). The Prince studied Arabic […]
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Security agents and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) monitoring team have discovered 144 trucks of petrol not streamed by some marketers in Kano. The NNPC Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Ughamadu stated that the team was set up to rapidly end petroleum […]
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The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered the arrest of one Tolu Olaoye, a lawyer, over an alleged violent abuse of her house help, one 15-year-old Abigail Opebiyi . The Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, SP Chike Oti, who confirmed the arrest on Friday to newsmen, said the […]
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Nigerian dancehall star, Damini Ogulu, widely known as Burna Boy, has finally turned himself in after being declared wanted by the Lagos State police command for two months. The singer reported to the command headquarters in Ikeja at about 5 p.m. on Friday to state his side of the story as well as address the […]
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The minister of Niger Delta, Usani Usani, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will prosecute 40 contractors for delivering faulty designs on federal contracts including the East-West road, a project he says was designed to fail. The minister made this known while addressing state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting […]
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The Peace Corps of Nigeria wants the Federal High Court, Abuja, to commit the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to prison for alleged disregard of court orders. The corps in Form 48 on Contempt of Court filed on Wednesday prayed the court to jail Mr. Idris to serve as deterrent to others in position […]
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Mr Babajide Soyode, the Technical Consultant to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said Dangote Refinery, which is currently under construction would save Nigeria $12 billion annual import substitution, create 4,000 direct and 145,000 indirect jobs. It will at the same time crash prices of petroleum products. He said that the refinery would lower the prices of petroleum […]
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