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Hip-Pop singer Janet Jackson broke down into tears while performing onstage Saturday [September 9, 2017] night, hours after she visited people affected by Hurricane Harvey. The singer, who is on her “State of the World” tour, which stopped by Houston’s Toyota Center Saturday night, was singing her hit song “What About” from her 1997 album, […]Read More

The new Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, will travel to Nigeria and Niger from September 9 to 12, 2017. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, said Mr. Lowcock’s visit is aimed at drawing global attention to destructive impacts of the crisis on the people in […]

The Police in Borno on Saturday, September 9, 2017 said two female suicide bombers believed to be working with Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, were killed when they detonated the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strapped to their bodies in the outskirts of Maiduguri. A statement issued and signed by Isuku Victor, the Police Public Relations […]

The Delta Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR) on Friday sealed 12 companies, hotels and schools in Warri, over tax liabilities. According to Joel Ogege, DBIR’s Director (Enforcement and Compliance), the companies were shut over accumulated Personal Income Tax liabilities totaling more than N10 million. Ogege, who led the team, said that the tax liabilities ranged […]

The 2017 Nigerian Independence Day parade in the USA would attract no fewer than 150,000 participants, the largest African parade in the U.S. The annual event holds  every October in New York since 1991 and is also the largest gathering of Nigerians outside of their homeland. The organising committee of the parade, on the platform […]

Army’s Radicalization And Bastardization Of Security And People Of South East Nigeria: Before It Is Too Late! The announcement by the lopsidedly composed Nigerian Army of commencement of the so called “Operation Python Dance 11” in the South East part of Nigeria; starting from 15th September to 14th October 2017 is nothing short of radicalization and […]Read More

On a Platter of Gold, a book that gives definitive account of the Goodluck Jonathan presidency will be presented in November 2017. Written by Bolaji Abdullahi, the national publicity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former minister in the Jonathan cabinet, the book gives detailed and largely exclusive account of the making and the unmaking […]

Plateau United have won the 2017 Nigerian Professional League championship, beating defending champions Rangers International 2-0 on the last day, to clinch the coveted  trophy and cash of N50 million. The 2017 championship in the last few weeks was  a cheek and jowl affair between United and Lagos based MFM FC, with just one point […]

Ibikunle Amosun, the governor of Ogun State, has berated Women Affairs and Social Development minister Jummai Aisha Alhassan over her comments on 2019 presidential election candidacy and asked her to resign. She had confirmed a BBC report where she expressed preference to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against her boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, for the […]

Barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Army began the militarization of the South East region, a team of soldiers in armoured tanks invaded the compound of Nnamdi Kanu, the secessionist activist leader shooting and reportedly, killing at least 5 youth. According to a source familiar with the situation, the soldiers were on a mission to […]

The political back-and-forth involving the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Aisha Alhassan, President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of last week has spilled over into the new week with a new player, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a main opposition leader in Nigeria. An online medium, Point Blank News, published an unsourced statement credited […]

The Imo State Police Command on Thursday, September 7, 2017 paraded five suspects in connection with the murder of Reverend Father Cyriacus Onunmwo. This comes 24 hours after the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with the murder. Onunkwo was murdered after he was reportedly snatched from his vehicle […]