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5 interesting Nigerian marriage traditions

Posted by admin Headlines, Sex and Relationship Saturday, August 5th, 2017

With 250 ethnic groups, Nigeria can be easily be referred to as a culturally rich country with different ethnic backgrounds and culturally resplendent practices to admire. Marriage traditions is one of such culturally resplendent practices and Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 interesting Nigerian marriage traditions to know. The Fulani Sharo Tradition […]

2019: My son not interested in governorship – Saraki

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Kwara, State News Saturday, August 5th, 2017

President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has ruled out the possibility of his son participating in the governorship race in Kwara in 2019. He said at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja that it was untrue that his son was being groomed as the next governor of the state. According to […]

We’ll send Nnamdi Kanu back to prison – Anambra community

Posted by admin Anambra, Biafra, Headlines, State News Sunday, July 30th, 2017

Tony Okafor, Awka The Nri community in Anambra State, believed to be the ancestral home of the Igbo, has threatened to jail the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for allegedly invading the area and desecrating sacred places. The community said it had concluded arrangements to drag the pro-Biafran agitator to […]

Picture: Osinbajo pulls Wike, Amaechi together to witness as he commissions fertilizer plant in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Sunday, July 30th, 2017

Osinbajo pulls Wike, Amaechi together to witness as he commissions fertilizer plant in Rivers By Jimitota Onoyume Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, his predecessor and Minister of Transportation, were seen together in public, yesterday, with acting President Yemi Osinbajo, who visited the state to commission a world class fertilizer plant […]

Ogun: Monarch, killed by assassins, corpse and car burnt

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Sunday, July 30th, 2017

SAMSON FOLARIN Some assassins have killed the traditional ruler of Owo town, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Patrick Fasinu. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that Fasinu had gone for a meeting of traditional rulers in the Ilaro area on Wednesday. He was said to have dropped off his driver along […]

Ambush on oil workers: Army recovers additional 21 corpses

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Oil Politics Sunday, July 30th, 2017

The Nigeria Army on said it has recovered 21 additional bodies in an operation to rescue oil exploration crew abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Kukasheka, in a statement, said that the army recovered vehicles and various calibres of weapons in the operation. “So far […]

Arizona: Angry girl (pictured) forwards unsolicited photo of manhood to sender’s mother

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Sunday, July 30th, 2017

A 20-year-old lady has been forced to send an unsolicited photograph of a penis to the sender’s mother. The sender was not previously known to the young lady, though. On her Tinder wall, Madison Kohn writes as part of her dating biography, “If you send me dick pics I will send them to […]

Former England football star, John Fashanu, locked in Abuja prison for two days

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, July 30th, 2017

Former England football star, John Fashanu was last week locked up in an Abuja prison over involvement in a land related scam. The former Wimbledon player and television personality was arrested and held for two days because he was involved in a scam to sell land that wasn’t for sale, The Sun UK reported. […]

Russia 2018: Abedi tips Eagles to fly over Indomitable Lions

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

By Chidera Akalonu Ghanian soccer legend, Abedi Pele has tipped Super Eagles to beat Cameroon in September’s back-to-back Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The Super Eagles are currently on top of Group B table with 6 points from two matches with the Indomitable Lions managing just 2 points from two matches. And the former Ghana […]

Kaduna, Taraba, herders/farmers crisis: NAF, deploys fighter jets

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, Kaduna, Navy, State News, Taraba Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

From Molly Kilete, Abuja, Agaju Madugba, Katsina The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), yesterday, said it had deployed two of its fighter jets to Taraba and Kaduna states to restore peace and and order. This is coming just as it announced the establishment of a new Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Kafanchan, Kaduna State to stop […]