2017-11-09 15:08
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2017-11-09 15:02
A Former German Nurse serving a life sentence for murdering patients by injecting them with a deadly medication is now suspected of killing more than 100 people.If he is found guilty… Read More
2017-11-09 14:59
The Independent National Electoral Commission said on Thursday it had so far registered 104, 805 voters in the on-going Continuous Voters Registration in Bayelsa.The INEC Administrativ… Read More
2017-11-09 14:55
The Spiritual father and Chairman, Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Ayo Ni O, Most Rev. Samuel Abidoye, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari deserves second term.He stated th… Read More
2017-11-09 14:52
Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday declared that he has received divine directive to contest for second term in office, come 2019.Ortom had, in August, informed youths across the sta… Read More
2017-11-09 14:46
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos where the sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 were discovere… Read More
2017-11-09 14:40
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday asked its committee on Health to investigate the alleged failure of the Federal Ministry of Health to supply anti-snake venom to treatment centres and o… Read More
2017-11-09 14:35
Nigeria plans to raise 710 billion naira ($2.26 bln) via restructuring its equity in joint venture oil assets and increasing private sector participation, the Debt Management Office (D… Read More
2017-11-09 14:22
Nigeria on Wednesday called for an international inquiry after 26 women and girls drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.The bodies of the victims - all believed t… Read More
2017-11-09 14:18
The Pentagon has told family members of the four U.S. soldiers killed last month in Niger that its investigation won't be finished until at least January.In a statement Wedne… Read More
2017-11-09 14:14
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that he did not benefit financially from the three companies linked to him and Jim Ovia, the chairman of Zenith B… Read More
2017-11-09 14:07
It is gathered that Japanese stocks ended the day in the red as it suffered a sharp reverse in afternoon trade after hitting fresh 26-year highs, with most other Asian markets also fal… Read More
2017-11-09 13:43
Nigeria plans to raise 710 billion naira ($2.26 bln) via restructuring its equity in joint venture oil assets and increasing private sector participation, the Debt Management Office (D… Read More
2017-11-09 13:38
The United Young Professionals has urged Nigerians to ignore the latest sponsored blackmail in an online platform; http://247ureports.com titled “Exposed: The Untold Story of IGP… Read More
2017-11-09 13:29
The abductors of Mrs Elibeth Omotosho, mother of the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr Mike Omotosho, has demanded a ransom of N100 million for her release.The 71-year-old was… Read More
2017-11-09 13:24
Arsenal forward, Alex Iwobi has disclosed he is sheer delighted with the opportunity to wear the green-white-green colour of the Nigerian Super Eagles. In an interview with Arsena… Read More
2017-11-09 13:20
Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano is being linked with a return to Liverpool.Diario Gol says Barca star Leo Messi believes Mascherano will leave at the end of the season - with a re… Read More
2017-11-09 13:16
Barcelona have tabled a new offer for Liverpool ace Philippe Coutinho during international week.Coutinho was a top target for the Spanish club over the summer but no deal was done.Live… Read More
2017-11-09 13:13
Nigeria’s government was on Thursday urged to order the release of a pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim group leader, who has been in custody for nearly two years since clashes with soldi… Read More
2017-11-09 13:09
The Nigerian Senate has launched an investigation into circumstances surrounding the death of 26 Nigerian girls whose bodies were found on a Spanish warship.Following a motion sponsore… Read More
2017-11-09 13:05
As controversy rages over the insistence of the Kaduna state government to sack over 20,000 teachers who recently failed the competency test, Nigerians have taken to various platf… Read More
2017-11-09 13:01
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with Service Chiefs in his old office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which is called the Armed Forces Council meetin… Read More
2017-11-09 12:58
A 32-year-old man, Umar Lawali, was on Thursday remanded by a Birnin Kebbi Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl.The prosecutor, Inspector Bello Sani told… Read More
2017-11-09 12:54
The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) on Thursday won its N2bn Human Rights Suit instituted against the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the Nigerian Police Force and 4 others.&n&hell…Read More
2017-11-09 12:51
England manager Gareth Southgate selected highly-rated Fulham midfielder Tayo Edun to train with the England senior national team on Thursday, November 9. The English Football Ass… Read More
2017-11-09 12:47
The Controller of Nigeria Customs Service in Sokoto/Kebbi/Zamfara Area Command, Mr Nasiru Ahmad, said the command had intercepted two trucks with 365 bags of foreign rice.Ahmad, repres… Read More
2017-11-09 12:15
PoliticsNGR has obtained photographs of the two female suicide bombers responsible for a bombing attack in Madagali, Adamawa state on Wednesday. The attack reportedly claimed seve… Read More
2017-11-09 12:12
Former US president Barack Obama answered a jury summons Wednesday but was dismissed soon after arriving at a Chicago courthouse to perform the civic duty asked of all Americans.As a p… Read More
2017-11-09 11:16
Nigeria’s government was on Thursday urged to order the release of a pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim group leader, who has been in custody for nearly two years since clashes with soldi… Read More
2017-11-09 11:03
An FCT High Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of 37-year-old man, Mathew Ankyoor, in prison for allegedly beating his eight-month pregnant wife to death.The judge, Justice Peter Af… Read More
2017-11-08 20:07
The N-Power scheme has announced the commencement of the second phase of its Volunteer Corps Programme.In a message displayed on its official website, the scheme revealed that there ar… Read More
2017-11-08 20:03
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has given insight into the amount recovered by the agency in the last two years.He spoke at a meeti… Read More
2017-11-08 19:54
The Senate has blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria in its investigation of the alleged illegal repatriation of $13.9bn by the telecommunication giant, MTN.Adopting the report by the Com… Read More
2017-11-08 19:45
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has said it delisted about 72 designated CBT centres for engaging in various acts of misconduct during the 2017 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation… Read More
2017-11-08 19:41
Pope Francis on Wednesday chastised priests and bishops who take pictures with their cell phones during Masses, saying they should focus on God instead.The priest says “lift up y… Read More
2017-11-08 19:34
A Pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ochie Igbo has called on those behind calls for a boycott of the forthcoming Anambra Governorship election to desist as such actions were… Read More
2017-11-08 19:27
The Nigerian Army said it had destroyed 46 illegal bunker sites in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers at the just-concluded Exercise Crocodile Smile II.Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of 6 Di… Read More
2017-11-08 19:22
Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, on Wednesday said that the ongoing face-off between the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and the state government would soon be re… Read More
2017-11-08 18:42
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Federal Government (FG) will launch the first African Sovereign Green Bond in December 2017, to finance renewable energy projects, THISDAY… Read More
2017-11-08 18:37
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, on Wednesday delivered a shocker to members of the Senate ad-hoc committee probing the scandal involving&nbs&hell…Read More
2017-11-08 18:32
The Senate on Wednesday mandated its committee on power and public accounts to invite the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to render an account of funds spent… Read More
2017-11-08 18:29
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has put the losses made by Nigeria’s three refineries in the month of August at N4.54 billion, The Guardian reports… Read More
2017-11-08 18:24
Spanish warship, Cantabria, delivered 374 migrants to the shores of Italy on Nov. 6. Most of them came from sub-Saharan African nations—Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Gambia and Sudan… Read More
2017-11-08 18:15
Former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has confirmed he has fled Zimbabwe and has issued a warning to President Robert Mugabe that he will come back for him Emmerson Mnangagwa w… Read More
2017-11-08 18:07
MANAGEMENT of the University of Ilorin has advised students of the institution to be security conscious, saying that a male student of the institution (names withheld) was recently ki… Read More
2017-11-08 17:58
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N5,567, 314,541.76 as third quarter soil control acceleration for six states the different geopolitical places in the countr… Read More
2017-11-08 17:53
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) took to their official IG page to share these photos as Super Eagles train ahead of their final 2018 World Cup qualifier against Algeria on November 1… Read More
2017-11-08 17:48
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Heath, Prof. Isaac Adewole to investigate reports of an ‘unknown disease’ that has led to the death of several child… Read More
2017-11-08 17:44
The Adamawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has renewed its call on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to return to the party ahead of the 2019 general elections… Read More
2017-11-08 17:40
The Central Bank of Nigeria has intervened in the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market with the injection of another $195 million. Figures released by the Bank on Tuesday, Nov… Read More
2017-11-08 17:36
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is opening more business opportunities in Nigeria through the National Collateral Registry (NCR).The Bank’s position was made known in A… Read More
2017-11-08 12:00
Nigerian music legend, 2face Idibia has lost his cool and he just went off on a twitter rant blasting his ex-band member Blackface alongside Eedris Abdulkareem… Read More
2017-11-08 11:55
Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede is a true beauty and really knows how to show off her smoking hot body. The star actress took o her Instagram page to share these new pho… Read More
2017-11-08 11:51
Popular Nigerian socialite, Bobrisky, was today arrested in, Lekki, Lagos.According to reports, his arrest may not be unconnected to the lingering fight between him and serial entrepre… Read More
2017-11-08 11:36
As if he wasn't already 2017's most vital performer, Kenny Omega became the talk of the wrestling world yet again following New Japan Pro Wrestling's blockbuster announcement that indu… Read More
2017-11-08 11:33
WWE are sometimes guilty of producing shows so moribund that they circumvent the need to pored over analytically, with the pre-2016 Brand Extension SmackDown perhaps the biggest offend… Read More
2017-11-08 11:25
Across Africa, the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model has become increasingly critical as both a funding and operational mechanism for social and economic infrastructures. The Worl… Read More
2017-11-08 11:20
The trial of a former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, charged with N3.2 billion fraud,on Wednesday suffered another setback at a Federal High Court, Lagos, as the judge was unavailab… Read More
2017-11-08 11:16
Contrary to reports going round that captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria John Obi Mikel is in the camp of the team in Morocco, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively report that the cap… Read More
2017-11-08 11:14
Umar Ardo, former Special Assistant to ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Local Government and State Affairs, has said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo will fight Abubakar should the… Read More
2017-11-08 11:10
Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, has urged the people to collect back all the money that Governor Willie Obiano “has been sharing” ahead of the November 18 gove… Read More
2017-11-08 11:06
A group knowns as the Democracy Coalition has reacted to a comment credited to Dr Umar Ardo, former Special Assistant to the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Local Gover… Read More
2017-11-08 11:03
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited some Department of State Services (DSS) operatives for questioning over the $2.2billion arms procurement scandal in whic… Read More
2017-11-08 10:59
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to expedite the passage of the bill for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.He recounted the number of di… Read More
2017-11-08 10:56
At least 70 per cent of pharmaceutical products circulating in Nigeria are fake, says Andrew Nevin, the Financial Services Advisory Leader and Chief Economist, Project Blue PWc Nigeria… Read More
2017-11-08 10:52
The EFCC today, Tuesday, November 7, 2017, arraigned twenty-nine persons before Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari of Federal High Court, Ikoyi in an alleged case which borders on conspiracy… Read More
2017-11-08 10:47
The Benue State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Michael Gusa, yesterday said that the new anti-open grazing law did not violate the country’s constitution.Gusa mad… Read More
2017-11-08 10:41
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna), has attacked his state governor, Nasir El Rufai for “blowing N10bn feeding school c… Read More
2017-11-08 10:37
The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has called on Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to stop a private television station from organizing its planned election debate ahead of t… Read More
2017-11-08 10:34
Prince Paul Ikonne, a founding member of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State, has advised the South East to support President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.Ikonne hinted that fail… Read More
2017-11-08 10:30
The Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his administration is determined to begin the construction of the second bridge across River Niger in 2018.As gathered, to this ef… Read More
2017-11-08 10:13
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, while presenting the 2018 budget before a joint session of the National Assembly said his government plans to borrow N1.699 trillion in 2018.&nbs&hell…Read More
2017-11-08 10:05
The All Progressives Congress (APC), South-East, says the era of abandoned projects and dashed hope of development is over.MYNATION NEWS gathered as the APC South-East Publicity Secret… Read More
2017-11-08 09:57
A female IPOB member who was present during the army invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s home a few months ago has finally opened up on what she witnessed. The lady who was recently… Read More
2017-11-08 09:52
Eleven persons were killed and four others injured when gunmen opened fire on villagers returning from Rim-Dyem market in Riyom, Plateau State, Tuesday night.“The attack took pla… Read More
2017-11-08 09:47
Revenue from non-oil sources is expected to double the revenue generated from oil sources in 2018.Report have it that while presenting the 2018 appropriation bill of N8.6 trillion to a… Read More
2017-11-07 19:44
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the House of Representatives say they suspended their planned protest against President Muhammadu Buhari because of the respect they have for… Read More
2017-11-07 19:31
Reno Omokri, former Special Assistant on New Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over what he described as the “success… Read More
2017-11-07 19:28
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, Tuesday, announced that Liberian President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, will on Thursday, be conferred with a chieftaincy title and a road named… Read More
2017-11-07 19:19
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said that the three tiers of government would receive additional 12 per cent revenues in 2018.The president disclosed this while presenti… Read More
2017-11-07 18:37
Staff members of Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct an investigation on the commission’s project acc… Read More
2017-11-07 18:32
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said on Tuesday in Kaduna that it would not support the sacking of unqualified teachers.Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, its Registrar and Chie… Read More
2017-11-07 18:28
Coach of French Ligue 1 side Lille Marcelo Bielsa has dropped a hint on why he asked former captain of the senior national team of Nigeria Vincent Enyeama and ten others to stay away f… Read More
2017-11-07 16:11
The award winning actress revealed a lot about her failed marriage, her decision to change her name and future projects.Fathia Balogun who was in the mood to speak about all gist surro… Read More
2017-11-07 15:59
President Muhammadu Buhari says his government’s leveraging on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the enforcement of Bank Verification Number (BVN) has saved the… Read More
2017-11-07 15:54
Italian authorities have commenced an investigation into the deaths of 26 teenage girls whose bodies were discovered in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday.The victims are between the ages… Read More
2017-11-07 15:50
Israeli sources in Tel Aviv revealed that the Subcommittee on Security Affairs in the US Congress would hold a special session on Wednesday to discuss the transfer of the American Emba… Read More
2017-11-07 15:46
A wide-ranging “anti-corruption” drive, which remains ongoing in Saudi Arabia, will boost sustainable development in the Kingdom, the Saudi Cabinet asserted today.On Saturd… Read More
2017-11-07 15:42
A Syrian official says the war-ravaged country plans to sign the Paris climate accord. Until now, it had been the only United Nations member state not to have done so. The move wa… Read More
2017-11-07 15:08
It is obtained that the Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, again extended the tenure of local government chairmen and their counterparts at Local Council Development Areas, (LCDA… Read More
2017-11-07 15:01
The Borno State police command says four people were killed in Tuesday morning multiple suicide attacks near the state capital, Maiduguri.A spokesman, Victor Isukwu, said four teenage… Read More
2017-11-07 14:47
President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with a joint session of the National Assembly for the presentation of the 2018 budget, a constitutional requirement in Nigeria.Ahead of the presid… Read More
2017-11-07 14:36
A Nigerian senator on trial for forgery is to be re-arraigned on December 12, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.An error by the prosecution compelled Anwuli Chikere of the Abuja Division o… Read More
2017-11-07 14:28
The People’s Democratic Party caucus of the House of Representatives shortly before the commencement of presentation of the 2018 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari planned to p… Read More
2017-11-07 14:24
Former Vice- President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is alive, stable and responding to treatment, an official of Memfys Neuro-surgical Hospital, Enugu, has said.The official said in Enugu on Tue… Read More
2017-11-07 14:11
Donald Trump's administration has detained an American citizen at a secret jail in Iraq for nearly two months, denying him access to a lawyer and refusing to release his name… Read More
2017-11-07 13:59
General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has ordered a clampdown on purveyors of fake information in the social media, especially those r… Read More
2017-11-07 13:51
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Tuesday asserted that Nigeria is governed by “wizards and witches.”The former Minister claimed that thE “wizards and wi… Read More
2017-11-07 13:44
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived the National Assembly to present the 2018 appropriation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly.Buhari arrived the complex at exactly 2… Read More
2017-11-07 13:40
Base on report after fierce battles that lasted several hours, Nigerian troops supported by hunters and vigilantes pushed back invading Boko Haram terrorists in Gulak, headquarters of… Read More
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