naija news today 010618

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi State has urged the electorate in the state to register and get their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) in..... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2HbpK64 Get More Nigeria Political News

Pewsident Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, expressed sympathy for those defending him and his administration, saying it is not easy to defend his..... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2sviQn5 Get More Nigeria Political News

A lot of fans queued outside London’s Nike Town store in Oxford Street to buy the Nigeria 2018 World Cup kits on Friday. read more via Goal.com News – International – https://ift.tt/2sxmBsa --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports News

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino responded Friday to speculation that he is Real Madrid’s favoured candidate to succeed Zinedine Zidane as coach by saying: “What will be, will be.” read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2soxOvP --------------- Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos has upheld the ‘no case submission’ filed by a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, over an alleged fraud of N2.6bn. Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2J8c5Pd Get More...

Nigeria may have lost about N224 billion to the sit–at-home called by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday to commemorate the slain Biafran supporters.The revelation came as stakeholders and experts put revenue loss of the southeast zone over the one day sit-at-home to over N40...

The ex-governor was on Wednesday convicted of misappropriating N1.64 billion from the state’s treasury through shoddy stationery contracts which he awarded at the tail of his eight years administration that ended in 2007. READ MORE HERE

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is still investigating the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, and will act based on the outcome of the probe. READ MORE HERE

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to take credit for the ‘Not Too Young to Run’ Act signed by the president on Thursday. The opposition party said the bill was its initiative. READ MORE HERE

Two lions, two tigers and a jaguar that escaped their enclosures at a zoo in western Germany have been recaptured. The animals were found inside the... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2LOPAk6 Get more World News

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been forced out of office by a no-confidence vote in parliament. Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, who filed the... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2xuKne8 Get more World News

Gunmen suspected to be cultists yesterday invaded Ubima, country home of the Transport Minister, Chibuike Amaechi and former governor Celestine Omehia in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. READ MORE HERE

Spain’s parliament on Friday ousted Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence vote sparked by fury over his party’s corruption woes, with his Socialist arch-rival Pedro Sanchez automatically taking over. READ MORE HERE

Dr. Elishama Rosemary Ideh has become the second woman to officially join the race to run for President of the country in the 2019 general election, with a vow to challenge the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari and other aspirants. READ MORE HERE

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The Imo State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Dr. Hilary Eke, has petitioned the National Working Committee, urging the party to take appropriate disciplinary measures against Governor Rochas Okorocha. READ MORE HERE

A professor of English Studies in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, and former Vice-Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, Olusegun Awonusi, has been accused of sexual harassment by an unnamed student of the institution. READ MORE HERE

Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State, has revealed why some Political Officeholders 'must Steal' public funds. In an interview with Channels TV, which has now gone viral on social media, Okorocha explained that “no man on earth” lives on his monthly pay, hence governors should not be exempted...

A heartless man has been declared wanted after he killed his boyfriend and raped his girlfriend in front of his corpse. According to report, he killed his friend following an argument. READ MORE HERE

The Nigerian economy recorded capital inflows valued at over $6 billion in the first quarter of 2018, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, has said. Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2Jnw4fS Get more: Nigeria Business News