Myworldnaija: September 2016

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One killed, dozens injured in US train disaster

At least one person has been killed and dozens injured, some of them critically, after a commuter train crashed into a railway station in the US state of New Jersey.

I'll bring the US dollar to N200 in one month if... - Ifeanyi Ubah

The Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Services Ltd. and the Publisher of The AUTHORITY newspapers, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, has advised the Federal Government to consult some Nigerians

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SOLDIERS AND AIR FORCE OFFICERS STORM FOREST TO RESCUE KIDNAPPED WIFE OF CBN GOVERNOR

A combined team of soldiers, air force officers and mobile police said to be over 1,000 have stormed the forest at Benin-Agbor road where Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Central Bank of Nigeria

Anambra schools abandoned as 4 pupils die in flood

Pupils of primary schools ravaged by flooded communities in Ogbaru local Government Area in Anambra State have abandoned them.

Three Nigerians men and a woman, together with eleven other accomplices currently on the run, were charged in the Court of First Instance on Thursday, September 29th, with attacking two Pakistani men

Syria: Russia dares US, vows to continue bombing Aleppo

Russia has said it will carry on bombing rebel-held eastern Aleppo in Syria, defying US demands to stop.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of the late Inspector General of Police, Sir Etim Okon Inyang, who passed away at the age of 85.

Kuje council chair may probe his predecessor

Authorities of Kuje Area Council may settle to probe the former chairman and other leading functionaries if the Contracts Verification Committee recommends so.

A woman in Bangladesh gave birth to a baby boy who looks like an 80 year old due to a rare condition called Progeria he was born with. The baby has a wrinkled face, skin, shrunken body and

Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, have decried the increase in the number of the beggars on the streets.

Buhari asks Senate to confirm 6 INEC commissioners

Ahead of the conduct of the remaining governorship and 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday forwarded the list of six Commissioners of Independent National

The Nigerian Army says its troops from the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar, in the early hours of Friday, repelled an attack on its soldiers by killing seven armed militants at Efut Esighi in Bakassi

Iwobi is a mixture of Okocha, Edgar Davids - Ozil

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has hailed team-mate Alex Iwobi as a mixture of ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Edgar Davids.

In a new statement he shared this afternoon, sacked House of Representatives Appropriation committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that his office which was sealed yesterday by

Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, has restated the commitment of the Federal Government to establish ranches and grazing reserves across the country.

BREAKING: The Wife of CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele kidnapped

A group of heavily armed kidnappers Thursday night abducted Margaret Emefiele, the wife of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.

Sahara Reporters reports that Mrs. Emefiele was kidnapped along the Benin-Agbor Road.

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NIGERIAN GOVT ATTACK ON JOURNALISTS, BLOGGERS REMINDS OF DARKEST MILITARY DAYS - INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Nigerian authorities should immediately release at least 11 journalists, bloggers, and media support staff detained in recent days across the country and stop harassing the media, the Committee to

A clergyman who was reported to have been paralysed after destroying a shrine in Ketu, Ayetoro area of Ogun State, on Sept. 20th, said traditionalists beat him with charms and other fetish objects but he

Bad leadership stalling S/East devt - Ifeanyi Ubah, Soludo

Three eminent Nigerians have affirmed that the development challenges facing the South East in particular, and the nation in general, stemmed from bad leadership.

The National Council on Works has approved the constitution of a task force to sensitize Nigerians and facilitate the removal of illegal and inappropriate speed bumps from Nigerian roads.

President Buhari says he will not stop blaming PDP for the current state of the nation. Speaking at the launch of a pictorial book entitled ‘Buhari a new beginning’ by his personal photographer, Bayo

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that his administration will improve funding of creative industry in the 2017 budget in order to boost employment opportunities.

Appointments: Tiv leaders accuse Buhari of marginalisation

Again, the Tiv people of Benue State have cried out over what they described as a systematic marginalisation against them by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, especially in

FCT traffic rules must be obeyed - DRTS Chief

The Acting Director, Directorate of Road Traffic Service, Federal Capital Territory, Engr. Wadata Aliyu Bidinga, said all motorists that operates within the capital must obeyed the traffic

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a man, Owoyele Kolawole, for alleged forgery.

49 year old Anthony Ehumadu who raped his 15 year old daughter at their Oko-Oba home in Abule-Egba area of Lagos State, says he committed the abominable act under the influence of forces

Breaking: Thousands Protests, As Ize-Iyamu Rejects Election Results

Violent protests by thousands of PDP members erupted in different parts of the state on Thursday. As early as 7am, the roads leading to the state INEC office were blocked by

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah has denied allegations leveled against him by Senator Dino Melaye that he colluded with MTN to illegally transfer $13.92illion

The House of Representatives has sealed Abdulmumin Jibrin’s office, a day after suspending the lawmaker for allegedly breaching the privileges of other house members.

Vice President President Yemi Osinbajo says that it is madness for people in positions like President Buhari and himself to come into office and look for money to loot.

Justice Abubakar Umar of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja yesterday Thursday Sept. 29th, convicted Dora Gilmaska, a polish woman, alongside her company, Icon Media and Marketing

The National Human Rights Commission has “condemned senior lawyers and others in public service using human rights to shield corrupt people from prosecution and justice.”

The Senator representing Edo South, Matthew Urhoghide, has said the practice of urging voters to file a petition after an election had been rigged must stop.

Officials of the Code of Conduct Bureau are set to probe the assets of former state governors like Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state, Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, Chris Ngige of Anambra and other

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday forwarded to the senate names of nominees for the positions of national commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission and the

Police in Bangkok on Tuesday, September 27th, arrested two men reportedly from Niger, Laouari Hassane Babale and Awaisou Ibrahim, who were in possession of 215 ATM cards issued by Nigerian

President Muhammadu Buhari’s greatest dream is to see the emergence of a greater and more prosperous Nigeria from the current crisis situation, his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated.

Ahead of the important Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Zambia next month, Super Eagles head coach Salisu Yusuf has revealed that he gets on well with the

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki, has been declared winner of the Edo State governorship election.

Suspected gunmen on Thursday, allegedly killed the chairman of Muritala Mohammed International Airport taxi park, Mr Kennedy Uzor and two of his children, at Adegbose Estate Phase 2, in Igbogbo

Suspended lawmaker, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Thursday gave his colleagues in the House of Representatives three days to return all questionable allowances they paid themselves.

A day after he was suspended by the House for failing to appear before the Ethics and Privileges committee over allegations of budget padding he leveled against Speaker Dogara and others, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has released a statement in which he

The presidency has decided to keep mum on a minister who was indicted for fraud when he held office in a different capacity.

Nollywood actress, Yewande Adekoya Abiodun, has made strong allegations against popular movie marketer, Akeem Olatunji Balogun who owns Olasco films. In a message she broadcasted on her

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Chairman and Spokesperson of the Okanagan Nation Alliance was scheduled to appear on stage with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the tenth anniversary