Новости за 01.01.2016

Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelistic Church, Isolo, Lagos has advised President Muhammadu Buhari that former President Goodluck Jonathan needs to be handled with care so that it does not boomerang. According to The Guardian, Ayodele said the tremendous goodwill Jonathan enjoys around the nation for honourably stepping down during the last election and putting Nigeria […]

Editor’s note: In this piece, naij.com sports editor, Aderonke Bello showed concern about the state of health of the Nigerian referees, we have seen referees died in active service and she urge them to get proper medical checks. She also advised the NFF to provide them with adequate security and gadgets that will ease their work. Mr Basil Giwa […]

Popular Catholic priest and spiritual leader of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has raised an alarm over what he says is a plot by some people to assassinate President Muhammadu Buhari. The Enugu-based priest who has been in the news for a while because of his role in the 2015 elections, recently visited the […]

As the world marks the beginning of the new year on Friday, January 1, 2016, Naij.com was at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in New Kuchingoro, Abuja, to see how they celebrated the new year in their new environment. A young man, who simply gave his name as Kumbo Bukar, revealed to Naij.com that he was […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday, December 31,  passed into law the N662.588bn Year 2016 Appropriation Bill presented by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday, December 17, 2015.  The Appropriation Bill, tagged “The Peoples Budget,” is the highest in the history of the state and it was an improvement on the N489.69bn appropriated for […]

Lagos was filled with so much festivity on New Year’s eve, as Lagosians trooped out in their thousands to count down to the new year. Gov Akinwunmi Amobode was among top dignitaries present at the 2015 Lagos Countdown, tagged “One Lagos Fiesta“ which held at the Bar Beach on Victoria Island. It was a night […]

The rumour going round that the Muhammadu Buhari government plans to ban the use of hijab by Muslim women has been dismissed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. The rumours had been sparked by the comment of President Buhari during his first media chat recently where he […]

Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and former minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma, are front-line members of a powerful committee that will soon be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari.    According to a press statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, the committee’s major brief will be to rehabilitate infrastructure and resettle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the troubled North-East […]

Nigeria had to deal with so many scandals in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti graft war opened numerous cans of worms. Within the course of the year, a couple of prominent Nigerians were found to be part of some very hideous crimes (mostly financial). These top-shots in the society have been charged on various counts, […]

Reactions are still pouring in over some of the comments made by President Muhammadu Buhari during his recent presidential chat. A couple of Nigerian activists and lawyers that spoke to Premium Times condemned the president for saying his government will continue to detain two prominent detainees – former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and the […]

Chief Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the yet to be concluded Bayelsa state gubernatorial poll has joined other prominent Nigerians in sending his heart felt message. READ ALSO: Gov Dickson Reacts To Cancellation Of Election In Southern Ijaw Syva, who is a former governor of the state in a […]

In welcoming the New Year on a memorable note, a veteran former BBC journalist and philanthropist Ibrahim M. Jirgi donated a wheelchair to a physically challenged girl who is being carried in a plastic container, in Kano. The 19-year old physically challenged girl popularly known as Rahma Haruna hails from Lahadin Warawa local government area […]

Latifat Adeleke, a woman who seeks for the dissolution of her nine-year-old marriage, has told a Mapo customary court in Ibadan that her husband- Adetola Adeleke, constantly denies her of sex. The mother of two, on Wednesday, December 30, told the court that her husband who is a spare parts dealer, does not only neglect […]

Lagos state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has given Lagosians a shocking revelation as they stepped into the year 2016. READ ALSO: One Lagos Fiesta: Ambode Reaches Out To Lagosians Vanguard reports that Ambode in his New Year message, on Friday, January 1, to residents, revealed that the year 2016 would usher in economic challenges. He then […]

As people were rejoicing that the Lord as kept them till the last day of 2015, a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officer caused the untimely death of a five-month old baby and leaving several others injured in Ikorodu. The incident which took place on Thursday, December 31, 2015, was reported to have occurred […]

President Muhammdu Buhari has been accused of toying with the Igbos, the accusation was made by the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB). The accusation follows a recent claim by Buhari that he is not marginalizing the bloc in anyway. READ ALSO: Dasukigate: EFCC Makes New Arrest It is recalled […]

Following her refusal as the governor of Taraba state, Mama Taraba as fondly called has decided to contest the appeal court judgement. At the court of appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, December 31, the appeal court was reported to have upturned the decision of the Taraba state election tribunal which declared the All Progressives […]

The Nigerian army on Friday, January 1, announced that it had uncovered plans by the Boko Haram terrorists’ member to cause mayhem in Maiduguri and environs. READ ALSO: How Female Suicide Bomber Killed Family In Maiduguri The army media coordinator, Colonel Mustapha Anka, in a statement, said the attention of Operation LAFIYA DOLE was drawn to Boko […]

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state commented on the tone of President Muhammadu Buhari during the December 30 presidential media chat in the section that concerned some of the ‘controversial’ prisoners Nigeria has at the moment. He also called on international organisations to focus their attention on human rights abuses and contempt for the rule of law in […]

The immediate past national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has reportedly begged President Muhammadu Buhari. READ ALSO: $2.1 Billion Arms Saga: Ex-Minister On The Run According to Daily Sun, Dasuki, on Thursday, December 31, begged Buhari to let him go on the bail the Federal High Court in Abuja, granted him. Counsel to Dasuki, Alhaji Ahmed […]

The rape of a 19 year old Indian girl in West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area has led to the arrest of three Nigerian men. The three Nigerians were arrested by Indian police on Tuesday, December 29. READ ALSO: How Indian Doctors Killed Nigerian Girl In India According to the police, the suspects were arrested after […]

Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Lagos, made some stunning predictions at the end of his annual ‘crossover service’ in the final hours of the year 2015.  Naij.com presents you the protocols of the man of God’s visions for the new year. 1. Prophecies for the African continent There will be a large-scale […]

Famous Nigerian music artist Wizkid on twitter came out in support of his friend and colleague, Davido for being accused for attempted child trafficking and abduction of his daughter Aurora Imade Adeleke. Wizkid who has also had his share of the “baby-mama” drama over the years took to his twitter handle on Thursday, December 31, […]

Editor’s note: Remi Oyeyemi, a Nigerian analyst and public commentator, gives an alternative look at the ‘Budget of Change’ presented by the Nigerian president on December 22, 2015. In his piece published by SaharaReporters the author emphasised on ‘dark holes’ in the Buhari’s budget, expressed fears that looting and corruption may continue, based on the […]

The former governor of Lagos state who is now a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has expressed hope in Nigeria, Premium Times reports. READ ALSO: Tinubu Reacts To Fuel Subsidy Removal, READ What He Has To Say The national leader in his New Year message to Nigerians as contained in […]