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The federal government has announced that it will carry out the last evacuation of Nigerian football fans stranded in Russia after the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament to Nigeria. The first batch of 155 stranded Nigerians arrived the country on July 20 after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered their immediate evacuation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had last week said 75 out of 230 stranded football fans absconded in spite of government’s efforts to repatriate them….

1. Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has claimed that the emergence of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress saved the party from imploding. Okorocha said in spite of the challenges currently facing the APC, with Oshiomhole in the saddle, the party would land at a safe destination. 2. The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has said contrary to the kidnap reports, the gunmen who attacked his…

The Imo state police command has arrested a dismissed US soldier identified as Garrick Slacks, who came into Nigeria with the sole aim of defrauding ladies, with fake promises of marriage and helping them secure visas and other travelling documents to US.   According to Southern City news, Garrick was arrested on Saturday July 28th. A police source said Garrick would collect money from his victims and immediately relocate to another area where he would also defraud…

The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Atta, has been impeached. A new Speaker, Alhassan Rurum has immediately been sworn in.   stay tuned for more updates  

Peter Okoye dropped a bombshell over the weekend of how his brother, Paul’s insulting his family led to their breakup. Now Paul has responded to the accusations. Paul Okoye while granting an interview with a radio station was asked about his twin brother’s latest accusation and he gave a very diplomatic answer to the question. “These are sensitive questions and the fact that it is sensitive there are ways you will say it and the way…

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Bengaluru on Wednesday, July 25, arrested a Nigerian national with 155.5 grams of cocaine which was being transported from Mumbai to the city. The accused identified as Ozy Chukwudu, 30, was intercepted by the NCB sleuths when he disembarked from a sleeper bus from Mumbai to Bengaluru. With specific information of cocaine smuggling, the NCB team was waiting for his arrival from Mumbai. Chukwudu, who did not have a passport…

President Buhari has assured Nigerians of his administration’s commitment to return the country to the path of peace and prosperity. He also said it was wrong to blame leaders alone for the present state of affairs in the country. The President, who spoke at the graduation ceremony of Senior Course 40 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, assured of his administration’s efforts to take Nigeria to higher. “May I assure…

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade yesterday accused both the seceding Ambazonian Republic in Cameroon as well as the Cameroonian government of smuggling goods and arms through 27 illegal routes to Nigeria. Speaking in Calabar after the weekly security meeting, the governor blamed the security challenges on the crisis in Southern Cameroon. “Let me bring to the knowledge of Cross Riverians and indeed Nigerians that 80 percent of security issues we are dealing with is…

A Nigerian prince from the ancient city of Benin, and his accomplice have been accused of bamboozling hundreds of job seekers out of thousands of dollars by promising them high-paying gigs in New York. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Osmond Eweka, 31, a prince from the Royal Family of Ogiesoba Eweka of the Great Benin Kingdom and his friend Kamel McKay, 27, pretended to run two consulting firms in Manhattan telling clients that if they…

1. Senator Dino Melaye was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the Gwagwalada area of Abuja Thursday morning. Melaye’s abduction was confirmed by Senator representing Bayelsa East in the National Assembly, Ben Bruce. However, the Nigeria Police Force said it was yet to receive any complaint or report in any of its Police Stations or Divisions throughout the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the development. 2. Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal is set return to…