August 2019 – OGPNEWS

Nigerian President, Buhari Departs Japan For Abuja Despite Nnamdi Kanu’s Shocking (video) Threat

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

Buhari has departed Yokohama, Japan for Abuja on Saturday. President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Japan after participating in the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African ...

Buhari Welcomes Investments From Japan Bank, Toyota

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has assured international investors that bureaucratic bottlenecks negatively affecting business in Nigeria have been removed by his administration. While speaking at ...

Jigawa Govt Breaks Silence Over Arrest Of 123 Okada Riders ‘Imported’ Into Lagos (VIDEO)

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State has reacted to the arrest of 123 motorcyclists, otherwise known as okada riders by Lagos State Government. The ...

Photos: EFCC Arrests Two More Suspects Wanted By FBI

Posted on August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested two more suspects wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The US Federal Bureau ...

1 Killed, 10 Injured In Petrol Tanker Explosion On Abuja-Kaduna Highway

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed the death of one person while 10 others were injured in a petrol tanker explosion at ...

Man Narrates How Being A Nigerian Made Him Loose A Job Opportunity

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

A man identified as Aaron Chukwuemeka took to twitter to narrate a sad story of how being a Nigerian made him loose a job opportunity ...

Nigeria Set To Begin Production Of Pencil As FG Installs Equipment

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

Report has it that the Federal Government has commenced the installation of equipment and machines for the proposed pencil factory at the Projects Development Institute ...

Pastor Who Bought Land For Church With His Son’s ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ Money Speaks Out

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

A Nigerian pastor who used his son’s ‘yahoo yahoo’ money to buy land for church has spoken out after being nabbed. A Nigerian cleric, Pastor ...

US Embassy To Close Abuja, Lagos Offices, Gives Reason

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

The US embassy in Nigeria has announced that its offices in Abuja and Lagos would be closed on Monday in honour of Labour Day celebrated ...

Deposit Bad Naira Notes In Bank By Monday – Central Bank Tells Nigerians

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed Nigerians to deposit mutilated Naira notes in any bank branch closer to them. The apex bank said this ...

EFCC Arrests Joseph Oyediran Wanted By FBI Over Internet Fraud

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one of the alleged internet fraudsters wanted in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

123 ‘suspicious-looking’ men from Jigawa detained in Lagos (photos)

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

The Lagos State Environment Sanitation and Special Offenses Taskforce on Friday intercepted a truck laden with 48 motorcycles and “suspicious-looking” 123 men coming from Jigawa ...

Five shot dead, houses burnt as southern Kaduna boils again

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

At least five persons have been shot dead and many houses burnt in an attack in Kaura local government area of Kaduna state. Bege Katuka, ...

Aregbesola asks immigration to produce passports within 48 hours

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, has directed the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to produce the international passport to eligible applicants within 48 hours. The minister ...

How A Man Saved The Life Of A Market Woman With His Last Cast (photos)

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

A good samaritan man has saved the life of a market woman who almost lost her life after she collapse. The man with social media ...

PHOTOS: Police Seize 150 Handsets From Car Snatchers In Anambra

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

Three suspected car snatchers have been arrested by Anambra state police command in Anambra and Delta states. In a statement signed and released by the ...

Border Closure: Nigeria To Save $400m From Rice Smuggling

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

The closure of Seme, a border town between Nigeria and Republic of Benin will rescue the Federal Government of $400million which would have been lost ...

Customs Impounds N501.6m Contraband In Owerri

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

16 exotic vehicles and other items of N501.6 million were impounded by the Federal Operations Unit’s (FOU’s) Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service. The ...

Protesters Block APC Secretariat, Demand Explanation For Irukera’s Disqualification

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Oluwagbemiga

The entrance of the National secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was blocked on Wednesday evening by angry protesters who were also identified as ...