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Pretoria closes diplomatic missions as Nigeria encourages its citizens to return home amid anti-foreigner violence. 4 hours ago Protesters set tyres on fire in Abuja [Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters] South Africa temporarily closed its embassy in  Nigeria  following violence against South African businesses in reprisal for attacks on foreign-owned stores in Johannesburg, while Nigeria announced plans to evacuate its nationals from  South Africa . South African Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday the embassy was closed temporarily after threats led to fears for staff safety. "There is Afrophobia we are sensing that exists, there is resentment and we need to address that," Pandor told Reuters news agency. Foreign ministry spokesman  Lunga Ngqengelele confirmed the diplomatic missions in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja have been closed since Wednesday. The announcement, which si...

Governor Ihedioha Takes Bold Step In Repositioning Imo; Flags Off Massive Road Construction, Reconstruction Of Dan Anyiam Staduim, Performs Ground breaking ceremony  Of Four Technical Collages As part of activities marking the 100 days in office of Gov. Emeka Ihedioha as the Executive Governor of Imo State, the governor has done the flagging-off and ground breaking ceremony of a lot of developmental projects in the state. ROADS In keeping with his campaign promises to deliver quality road network across the state, the governor has flagged off massive road construction project in Imo State measuring 81km and valued at N23.4bn. The roads involved which cut across the three zones of Orlu, Owerri and Okigwe, include: ●Ahiara-Okpala junction ●Nkume-Umuowa-Orlu ●Mgbidi–Oguta ●Naze-Nekede-Ihiagwa-Obinze ●Concord-Hotel –Jacob Zuma ●Imo State University Teaching Hospital-Orlu ●Imo State University –Bishop Court ●Aba Branch-Ahiara Junction ●Okigwe Roundabout–St. Mary Okigwe ●Asumpta–Umuguma...

A man visited a Zoo in Abeokuta, Ogun State but was shocked after spotting fake crocodiles.  The Twitter user, @tweetmankind shared the video and narrated his experience.  He wrote: "I went to a ZOO in Abeokuta I met the Lions there sleeping but that didn't pain me. On getting to where the crocodiles were, from close examination I suspected they were not real. I confronted the Zoo management they first acted like they don't know but later confessed. SCAM!!!!" WATCH HERE

Naledi Pandor, South African minister of foreign affairs, says there are many Nigerians in the country involved in drug and human trafficking. Pandor said this on Thursday while responding to criticisms that South Africa’s security agencies are not doing enough to protect foreigners in the wave of xenophobia rocking the country. Many Nigerians based in South Africa lost properties worth millions of dollars in the fresh attacks. But in an interview with eNCA, a South African outfit, Pandor said South Africans believe many Nigerians are “harming our young people.” Asked if the country’s security agencies have helped in protecting foreigners including Nigerians, she responded: “I would appreciate them in helping us as well to address the belief our people have and the reality that there are many persons from Nigeria dealing in drugs in our country. “I believe that Nigerian nationals are involved in human trafficking and other abusive practices. “These kind of assistance of ensuring that s...

Students ran for their lives as suspected SARS operatives storm Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State. In a video making rounds, some got injured while scampering for safety as the suspected SARs operatives started shooting sporadically WATCH VIDEO HERE :  CLICK HERE

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has said the 36 Nigerians arrested for allegedly vandalising businesses belonging to South Africans in reaction to the xenophobic attacks will be prosecuted. Adamu said Nigeria is a country being governed by laws, describing those displaying such anti-xenophobic destruction as criminals and unpatriotic citizens. He said the arrest was lawful and justifiable and was done to portray Nigerians as law abiding citizens before the global community. The Inspector General of Police spoke in Ado Ekiti on Thursday during a security Stakeholders’ meeting held in Ado Ekiti capital city. Defending the arrest, Adamu said: “the arrest showed that Nigeria is a country that has laws and it shows that we can never behave the way others behaved. “No individual is allowed to take law into his hands. The Federal government is dealing with the issue of killings and attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. “The fact that Nigerians are being attacked ove...

The people of kilometer 5(Owo/Benin road) were left in tears Today, as a car collided with an okada and a Toyota Camry this afternoon in Ondo state. The sad thing about this incident was the moment when a military van came to scene and left without helping the victims, the victims were eventually helped by the police that came to the venue, though at first They said "We no get fuel" Then one of them went to get fuel on another okada, two victims died. My sis later called FRSC emergency line,The last guy was taken to the nearest hos pital by the FRSC , and he's currently receiving treatment.

Mark Zuckerberg made this known on his latest post that they are introducing Facebook Dating. He stated that he is pleased to hear when people tell him how they met their partners on Facebook even though Facebook had no features to help with dating. Hence this led to to idea to introduce Facebook Dating. He said Facebook dating will be launching the US today and already live in 20 countries.. Most importantly, he also stated that users privacy and security is already taken care of. Who's excited for this news?!

Some ladies who feign blindness and use rented kids to beg for alms, were, yesterday, arrested by the taskforce team of Anambra Ministry of Women Affairs, Social welfare and Children Development. One of the suspects revealed that one Edith, who hails from Ebonyi state and is currently at large, brings the kids to them every morning for them to rent at N1,000 per day. . During interrogation, the Commissioner in-charge of the Ministry was able to discover that the kids don't even know where their real parents are. It is being speculated that they are victims of kidnapping or trafficking. It was also discovered that the group of fake beggars camp at Army Barracks, Onitsha and none of them are from Anambra State.

The police in Adamawa state have arrested 23 year old Abubakar Yahaya, pictured above, for chopping off the wrist of one Mohammed Jafar, following their dispute over a girl named Mariam Boni. According to the state police command spokesperson, Othman Abubakar, the suspect and Mariam were lovers and when their relationship crashed, Mariam started seeing Jafar. Abubakar became jealous and made several attempts to persuade Mohammed from seeing Mariam. For failling to heed his several warnings, Abuabakr arranged with his friends and they ambushed Mohammed on November 21st. They beat him up and during the attack, Abubakar used a matchete to chop off Mohammed's hands. The case was immediately reported to the police and Abubakar was arrested. The police spokesperson said the suspect will soon be arraigned in court.

The ugly trend of xenophobia resurfaced in South Africa on Sunday as nine Nigerians suffered from the loss of properties due to attacks from arsonists in Central Johannesburg. The Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Habib Miller, told media sources on the telephone on Monday suspected South Africans unleashed mayhem on unsuspecting Nigerian shop-owners in the precinct. Miller stated the body already relayed the information to the Nigerian Mission in South Africa and they await their response to the ugly development. He said, “Nine Nigerian businesses have been looted and burnt. The incident began on Sunday and continued till Monday, October 22. “Businesses affected range from restaurants, internet cafe, bar, groceries and stores. “At the time of the incident, electricity in the area was cut off. One of the businesses affected is owned by Mr C.J. Ubah, a bar owner at Fife Street”. He continued by appealing to the local police to come to the rescue of Nigerians by ...

Dr. Rabiu Ahmed Rufai has been selected as the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress. Born on July 17th, 1976, Dr. Rufai is a world-class expert in public health intervention. He is from Jigawa State. His areas of expertise include Maternal and Child Health Services, Communicable Disease Prevention & Control, Health Systems Development for Primary Health Care, Health Management, Policy and Planning, Health Economics and Policy Research, Health System Development and Strengthening, Demography, Monitoring & Evaluation of Health Programs, Medical Statistics and Epidemiology. Dr Rabiu’s impressive qualifications include a medical degree (MBBS) from Bayero University, Kano, and Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Leeds University UK. He is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians (FWACP) and also a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH). He is a member and Associate Fellow of the West African Postgraduate Medical College, a Member and As...

The Israeli government yesterday said it has no evidence about the appearance of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in the country. According to the government, the pictures and videos showing Nnamdi Kanu praying in Israel could be old. Speaking during an interaction with some African Journalists in Jerusalem, the spokesman of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Mr Emmanuel Nashon said there was no evidence that the leader of IPOB was in their country of recent. “There are no details about his recent visit to this country yet,” Emmanuel said adding that the pictures and videos could be old ones.  Speaking on their relationship with Africa, Emmanuel said Israel has been misconstrued adding that they are getting back to their old friends. “Our relationship with Africa is extremely important,” Emmanuel said insisting that the continent stand to benefit more from Israel. “Israel is a peaceful nation that believes in the process of the world at this changing tim...

Ndigbo have been advised to treat the touted disappearance and resurfacing of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, as “a non-issue because it was carefully prearranged by the Department of State Security, DSS”. The protagonist of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, stated this Monday, at a press conference in Owerri, to react to Kanu’s reappearance in Isreal and broadcast. “Not many of his ardent followers truly know that Kanu is not sincerely working for the Independence of Biafra. His coming to Nigeria, his arrest, detention, trial, release on bail and his alleged disappearance and resurfacing, were all prearranged by the DSS”, Uwazuruike said. It was the considered opinion of the MASSOB/BIM leader that if Mazi Kanu was sincere, he should have disclosed how he was spirited away from his Afara Ukwu country home, when the soldiers struck. “How did h...

The one-year-old marriage between Olujonwo, the son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and Temitope, daughter of Lotto boss, Chief Kessington Adebutu aka Baba Ijebu, is in crisis, as the husband has dragged the wife to court over threat to his life. According to some documents obtained yesterday, trouble started few days after their wedding in May, 2017, when Olujonwo noticed that Temitope was acting strange. According to one of the documents, when he approached her to find out what was happening, he received two slaps and the wife became even more aggressive, later that day. Olujonwo’s mom had, in February, 2018, raised alarm that her son had left their matrimonial home and has gone into hiding over the way his wife was treating him, an allegation that Olajuwon debunked, but the mom insisted that it was true and that his son was being manipulated. Having had enough, now Olujonwo has officially written the Ogun State Judicial Service Commission, to detail his ordeal and...

A former member of the National Assembly, Senator Femi Okurounmu, has described members of the National Assembly is the most corrupt people in Nigeria, according to a report. The former lawmaker who represented Ogun Central Senatorial District, in the upper legislative arm from 1999 to 2013, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Abeokuta, on Thursday. The former Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference submitted that the legislators are fraudulent, not only because of budget padding but because they introduced extra-illegal amount to meet their illegal allowances. Okurounmu said, “They are fraudulent; not only do they do a lot of budget padding, they introduce a lot of extra-legal amounts just to meet all those illegal allowances that they are getting. To now accommodate their own demands, they inflate the budget. “The President doesn’t know how to deal with the National Assembly; so there is always a stalemate between the Nati...