Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr has announced Super Eagles squad ahead of the 2019 AFCON qualifiers against Seychelles in Kaduna on September 7. John Mikel Obi will miss the action slated at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna. GK Francis…
Did Miyetti Allah cross the line by threatening to remove Saraki? – Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe. Miyetti Allah, the Fulani cattle breeders association has joined the ranks of those antagonizing the senate president, Bukola Saraki and railing against his presidential ambition, which is both curious and unbecoming. Hear what the herdsmen umbrella body…
3rd Mainland bridge closure: Tankers, trucks take over alternative routes (Vanguard) * Lagos set for Red Cross youths camp, tackles drug abuse (Nation)
Third Mainland bridge closure: Tankers, trucks take over alternative routes (Vanguard) The temporary closure of the Third Mainland Bridge to allow for a three-day investigative maintenance test prior to its repair began last night with strong indications that serious hardship…
Jonathan’s administration outperformed Buhari administration – Reno (Vanguard)
Reno Omokri aide to the former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Jonathan’s administration outperformed the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He also called the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo liar for saying that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has done more in…
ISIS still ‘serious’ global risk with 20,000 fighters-UN (ThisDay)
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – or Syria (ISIL/Da’esh) still has no fewer than 20,000 ISIS fighters. It is continuing its dangerous transformation into a covert global network, UN counter-terror officials said. The officials also said that…
Doctor among Ebola infected persons in Congo (Vanguard)
A doctor in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is hospitalised with Ebola, and 97 of his contacts have been identified in an area almost entirely surrounded by armed militia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. “It is…
Lagosians set to welcome Atiku towards 2019 election (Vanguard)
Bishop Victor Enweruezo, the Lagos State Coordinator for Atikulated Agenda 2019, a pressure group for Atiku Abubakar presidential ambition, has said preparations are in top gear to welcome the presidential aspirant to Lagos. Enweruezo told newsmen in Lagos that Atiku…
Aisha Buhari inaugurates women centre, visits the sick (Punch)
Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the wife of Nigeria’s president, has inaugurated the new office building of Daura Grassroots Women Initiative, a women’s association aimed at empowering women towards self-reliance. She used the event to donate a groundnut extruder machine for the…
Corrupt people make up Buhari’s cabinet-PDP (Guardian)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari who is supposedly fighting corruption is surrounded by corrupt people. This is after a week when the president’s party All Progressives Congress (APC) claimed that Buhari’s fight against corruption…
INEC denies budgeting N6bn to feed Police (Guardian)
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission Friday denied reports it budgeted six billion Naira to feed the Police during next year’s elections. The 2019 general elections budget of N189.2bn is subject to approval by the National Assembly and has been pending…