The U.S. has strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday, saying North Korea has now become a threat to the world and calling for global action to stop the country from developing nuclear capability. The U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Pyongyang action represented a threat not only […]
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US confirms North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson strongly condemned North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch, calling it “a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region, and the world” in a statement Tuesday. “Global action is required to stop a global threat,” he said. “Any country that hosts North Korean […]
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Pro-Democracy Group Asks Buhari To Address The Nation By Thursday, Or Face Protests
A Nigerian pro-democracy group has again demanded that Senate President Bukola Saraki, in conjunction with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, direct the setting up of a medical panel to ascertain whether President Muhammadu Buhari is incapacitated, under the provisions of Section 144 sub-section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution. It also asked the President to address the […]
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Igbo sue Buhari over appointment of PENCOM DG
The South East has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation, for failing to appoint a member from the zone as replacement to Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, for the position of director general of National Pension Commission (PENCOM). The action of the zone is contained in a […]
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Aje ku iya ni oje: Save me from recall, Dino Melaye begs senators
The Kogi State senator, Dino Melaye, at the Senate plenary on Tuesday rallied his colleagues to save him from being recalled by his constituents. The appeal comes as the Independent National Electoral Commission unveiled a timetable and modalities for the exercise at his Kogi West Senatorial District. The senator restated his claim that his recall […]
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Biafra: My death will bring Igbo freedom faster – Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that it was better he died fighting for the actualization of Biafra. Kanu also alleged that the government was using the media to spread false information about him and his agitation for Biafra. In an interview with SarahaReporters, Kanu revealed that the people […]
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Lagos arraigns Lekki Gardens MD for manslaughter
Lagos State Government on Monday arraigned the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Limited, Richard Nyong, before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere over alleged complicity in the events leading to the collapse of a building in Lekki area of the State on March 10, 2016. The company had claimed that only 5 workers died […]
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Church Politics; Nigerian catholic community defies Pope Francis, insists on removal of Bishop
The order of Pope Francis after a June 8 meeting at the Vatican with a delegation from the Ahiara Diocese has been defied again as 3,000 faithful of the Diocese of the Catholic Church protest the appointment of Bishop Peter Okpaleke. The protesters were reportedly backed by the laity, priests and community leaders. Mr. Okpaleke was appointed […]
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Calls for Nigeria’s division will fail, says US
Amid growing calls for secession, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, says Nigerians who preach unity will overcome those calling for secession. Symington said this at an event held in commemoration of the 241st anniversary of American independence in Abuja on Thursday. The US envoy said his country and Nigeria shared many similarities, […]
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Donald Trump hosts Chibok girls
The U.S. President, Donald Trump, and his daughter, Ivanka, met with two Chibok girls, Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu on June 27 at the White House. Bishara, 20, and Pogu, 19 were among 57 girls who escaped from Boko Haram in Borno by jumping off the back of a truck in 2014. The 57 were […]
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Nigeria not poor, no more financial assistance, European Union says
The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Michel Arrion, says EU will not increase its financial assistance to Nigeria. Mr. Arrion made this known in Abuja while delivering a Distinguished Lecture organised by the IBB Golf Club, with the theme “40 years of European union in Nigeria: Lessons learned and the way forward”. […]
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Buhari on life support since June 6, says Fayose
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari is suffering from voice impairment and has been on life support in a West-End London Hospital since June 6. He also dismissed a purported audio message of the president greeting people for the just celebrated Eid-el-Fitri in Hausa language as “absolute lies.” “No […]
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Update on the Nigerian woman sacked by husband for moaning while being raped by robbers
Last week, we brought you reports about a viral story of a woman who was sacked by her husband for moaning while being raped by robbers, here’s an update. According to TheNigerian, the 28-year-old woman has finally arrived her country home in Owukpa for spiritual cleansing. The woman, whose name was given as Ejalo (surname withheld) […]
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Ignore Arewa youth…they only want relevance, says Dangote
Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, has said Nigerians should ignore Arewa youth, who asked Igbo to leave the north in three months. Speaking in Lekki, Lagos, over the weekend, Dangote said he is bothered about unemployment in Nigeria and the explosion of the country’s population, as a result of poverty. […]
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Altogether, President Buhari has now spent 100 days receiving medical care outside Nigeria
Exactly 50 days ago on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari left the country for London in what the State House described as a trip for medical check-up. The latest trip has surpassed the extent of his first trip of the year in which he left on January 19 and returned on March 10. He spent exactly […]
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Woman issues warning to others after having surgery to remove four-inch SEX TOY stuck in her bottom (Photos)
A young woman had a four-inch sex toy surgically removed from her bottom after it almost left her needing a colostomy bag. Emily Georgia, 20, was enjoying bedroom fun with a male acquaintance when the stainless steel sex toy vanished after he got “excited” and pushed too hard on it. After attempts to manually retrieve […]
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Three CNN journalists resign as network apologises over controversial Trump-Russia story
Three CNN journalists have turned in their resignations after the broadcaster retracted a story about alleged meetings between an associate of President Donald Trump and a Russian, a spokesperson said Monday. Thomas Frank, author of the article, was among those that CNN said resigned. Eric Lichtblau, an editor in the investigations unit that published the story, […]
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If you are not happy with Buhari, vote him out – Ooni of Ife
Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the ooni of Ife, says if Nigerian youth are not happy with President Muhammadu Buhari, they should vote him out in the next election. Speaking in an interview aired on The Osasu Show, the king said the youth were yet to fathom how powerful they are in the scheme of things., admonishing them […]
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