LATEST NEWS IN NIGERIA THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, SEPT 18, 2021
We return with latest news updates across Nigeria this evening, Saturday, September 18, 2021.
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Troops Rescues Army Major Abducted During Bandits Attack On NDA
On Friday night, the Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Colonel Ezindu Idimah, announced the rescue of Datong from the kidnapper’s den. Idimah said the operation leading to his rescue brought about the CONTINUE READING…]
No Automatic Ticket For New Decampees Over 2023 – APC
APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, in a statement released on Friday, September 17, said defection into the party by any person does not confer the status of an automatic candidate of the CONTINUE READING…]
Police Kill 2 Suspected IPOB Members, Recover Arms In Ebonyi
A statement signed by the assistant Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Levi Philips, said the police team acting on a tip-off trailed some of the hoodlums to their hideout. He said the hoodlums opened fire on sighting the CONTINUE READING…]
Brussels To Name Street After Murdered Nigerian Sex Worker, Eunice Osayande
23-year-old Osayande was brutally murdered by one of her customers in the Gare du Nord district in June 2018. The street will be the first named after a sex worker in the country, according to Belgium broadcaster RTBF. The street that will carry her eponym will CONTINUE READING…]
Gunmen Invade Community, Abduct Nursing Mother In Bauchi
At about 12 midnight, we started hearing sporadic gunshots from different directions around our house. We woke up and thought of having cover. We then heard people jumping the fence trying to gain entrance into the CONTINUE READING…]
Nigeria Retains 34th Position In Latest FIFA Ranking
The Super Eagles of Nigeria has retained the 34th position on the latest men’s football ranking released by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The men’s team had previously dropped to 34th position from CONTINUE READING…]