Parrot Nigeria News

Newlyweds identified as Leomer and Erika Joyce Lagradilla, reportedly drowned while on honeymoon in Maldives, three weeks after their wedding. The Filipino newlyweds who walked down the aisle in front of friends and families on…

THE Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Mohammed Adamu has taken over as the new Inspector General of Police, IGP. The former IGP, Ibrahim Idris took his successor, Adamu to President Muhammadu Buhari who…

Petr Cech, Arsenal’s veteran goalkeeper, has announced that he will retire from football at the end of the season. The 36-year-old former Chelsea goalkeeper who joined Arsenal in the summer of 2015 made the…

Munir-deen Ijaiya, a professor of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has developed a new technique for effective treatment of vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF).…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, said it would soon begin the enforcement of speed limit devices installation on private vehicles. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the FRSC introduced…

Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has been sighted at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Adamu, is said to be the possible replacement for the outgoing Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, though the…

Electricity generation companies have threatened to shut down power plants across the county if the federal government fails to intervene in the challenges troubling them. In a statement on Monday, Joy Ogaji, executive…

Deposit money banks in the country will not receive interest on loans linked to petrol subsidy taken by oil marketers between June 2017 and December 2018. Olufemi Adewole, executive secretary of Depot and…

A 31-year-old tenant, Abass Babatunde, was arraigned in Lagos State on Tuesday for beating up his 63-year-old landlord.Babatunde, who resides at No. 8 Omo Osagie St., Iju Ishaga, a Lagos suburb, is facing a two-count of assault…

Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says if he is elected president he will strip all corrupt past presidents of their national awards. Speaking at the Centre for…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague have acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo. He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed…

The fourth season of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show will be staged in Nigeria. The organisers, Multichoice, announced this on Tuesday morning at a media briefing held at the George Hotel, Lagos.…

Former Nigeria international, Nwankwo Kanu, cut a pitiable sight in Lagos on Monday as he revealed how suspected vandals invaded his The Hardley Apartments situated along Waziri Ibrahim Crescent on Victoria Island,…

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is worse than the military era. Wike said this during the inter-denominational service held to mark the year’s armed…

Abubakar Bwari, the Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, said that 11 companies have indicated interest to operate the Ajaokuta Steel Company. Mr Bwari announced this while giving a three-year account…

A man was nabbed yesterday with a bag full of stolen panties at one of the female hostels of Ogun State College of Health Technology, OSCOHTECH, in Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun state. The man disguised as a woman selling ice cream to gain entrance…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says not more than one million ad hoc staff will be deployed for the coming elections. This was disclosed by Malam Mohammed Haruna, the Commissioner for…

The Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities for the Atiku Agenda (CENTAA), one of Atiku Abubakar’s campaign groups, has kicked against the replacement of Imohimi Edgal, the former Lagos Police Commissioner, with Kayode…

The search for a young lady who was declared missing in December, has taken a sad turn after her corpse was finally identified at the mortuary on Monday, January 14. Former Multimedia University student who went missing on December 30 in…

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State,  Prince Dapo Abiodun, yesterday urged residents to vote for him and re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari, to ensure good governance.…

Nigerian OAP, Daddy Freeze has weighed in on the current Jeff Bezos scandal and according to him, 90 percent of Nigerian men are like Jeff. He went on to say that the only problem is they pray a lot more and earn substantially less.…

IMO State governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) Uche Nwosu has insisted the state will vote for President Muhammadu Buhari,  irrespective of the position of the party’s national leadership. Nwosu, who…

A firefighter identified as Zach Steele, got quite creative as he set his house ablaze to propose to his girlfriend. Zach Steele and his fiancée, Maddison Ridgik of Ventura, California had been sharing the same house and preparing to…

OGUN State Governor Ibikunle Amosun disclosed yesterday that some people were labouring to turn President Muhammadu Buhari against him. He said such scheming would fail. Amosun vaguely identified people he…