Tag: NIGERIAN
Nigerians begin #BuhariChallenge as presidency releases Buhari’s photo to prove whereabouts
Nigerians have begun a challenge on social media called #BuhariChallenge to show their disbelief that President Muhammadu Buhari is in the country following his...
Boko Haram kills 50 Nigerian soldiers in deadly ambush
No less than 50 Nigerian
soldiers have been killed in an ambush by Boko Haram fighters near
Goneri village in Yobe State.
Defence ministry spokesman, John Enenche,...
MI Abaga names Mode 9 in top five Nigerian lyricists
Rapper, MI Abaga, has named fellow rapper, Mode 9, as one of his top five Nigerian lyricists of all time.
The 38-year-old revealed the list...
Nigerian doctor dies in Italy of coronavirus
Minister of State for Health, Adeleke Mamora, says a Nigerian
doctor has died in Italy of coronavirus.
Olumide Okunuga, a pathologist who lived in Italy aged
63,...
Chinese restaurant in Lagos sealed over refusal to serve Nigerians
The Federal Government has sealed a Chinese restaurant in Lagos, Haufei Restaurant and Mall, for refusing to serve Nigerians.
The restaurant's staff admitted that it...
Twitter erupts as Nigerians compare Patience Ozokwor to Iya Gbonkan
Nigerians on Twitter have begun comparing Nollywood actresses, Patience Ozokwor and Margret Olayinka, popularly known as Iya Gbonkan.
Both actresses are well-known for playing perceived...
Nigerian coronavirus patient recovers
Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire, on Friday, said the Nigerian, who earlier tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country, has now tested negative.
The...
Nigerians reject bill to ban generator importation
Nigerians have spoken against a bill seeking to ban the importation of generators in the country.
The bill titled ‘Generating Set (Prohibition/Ban) Bill,
2020’ was first...
Pope Francis appoints Nigerian priest aide on relations between Christians, Muslims
Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr Joseph Ogundipe of
the Catholic Diocese of Oyo as an adviser on relations between Christians and
Muslims in Nigeria.
Fr Ogundipe...
British-Nigerian schoolboy woos Meghan Markle in Essex
A British-Nigerian schoolboy stole the show on Friday when the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, visited Robert Clack Upper School in Essex, Dagenham, East...