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A former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned citizens against traveling outside the country for medical treatment. He urged Nigerians to shun medical tourism. The former president while speaking in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state, during.. Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking...

After a 10-year struggle with drugs, Keji Hamilton has dedicated his life to help drug addicts in Nigeria kick the deadly habit. In Nigeria’s fight against drugs and drug abuse, there are many people on the front line playing their part. Keji Hamilton is … via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

Jose Mourinho says he "didn’t learn anything" from Manchester United’s pre-season tour because he already knows about his players. read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2vt5BEG Get More Nigeria Sports News

Nigerian international, Henry Onyekuru has revealed that he rejected offers from Valencia to join Galatasaray on loan. Onyekuru is on loan at Galatasaray from English Premier League side, Everton.... read more via – The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2n11R9T Get More Nigeria Sports News

Lionel Messi is back in Barcelona training for the first time since his World Cup disappointment. Argentina were one of Russia 2018’s biggest flops, losing 4-3 to France in the last 16 after squeezing through the group stage thanks to a late Marcos Rojo volley against … read more via – The...

She also emerged the best graduating student from her secondary school in Abuja. Helen Peikumo Dickson has made her fatherland proud as she graduated with distinction from the University of the University of Warwick, United Kingdom... Read more via YNaija – https://ift.tt/2KgyXvH Get More...

The residents of Morounfolu Street in the Ogba area of Lagos State have expressed shock over the death of a generator repairer, Olatunji Opadiran, who committed suicide after hanging out with friends. Punch Metro learnt that Opadiran on Monday committed suicide by hanging himself with …...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has deployed additional troops and air assets along with necessary ground support equipment and logistics facilities to Katsina and Gusau, in support of anti-armed banditry operations in the North West. AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya … Read more via PM NEWS...

About one hundred and twenty (120) pretty ladies alleged to be prostitutes were arrested in various cities of Anambra State by various police detachments over the weekend, South-East Voice has learnt. Some men allegedly patronising them were arrested too. Read more via Vanguard News –...

The Executive Director, Edo State Agency for the Control of Aids (EDOSACA), Flora Oyakhilome, has praised Governor Godwin Obaseki’s repositioning of the agency, noting that the constitution of the agency’s board and deployment of staff for its operations have improved their response to the fight...

Kano Deputy Governor of Kano State, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, has alleged threats to his life as well as plans to impeach him barely 24 hours after the impeachment of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Yusuf Atta. … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2M6tiK2 Get More...

DEMOCRACY requires an active media to thrive. This is because the parameters that constitute good governance, which is a common feature of a vibrant civil rule, can be measured by the level of accountability, transparency and rule of law that exist in a country. Ordinarily, … Read more via...

A faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi state yesterday floated a splinter campaign platform different from the South East for Buhari, SEB, making wave across the region..... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2O20zGZ Get More Nigeria Political News

Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has asked Mohammed Umar Jibrilla, Governor of Adamawa State, to explain how he spent a total of N87billion tat accrued to 21 local councils in the past three years. Lawal’s accusation comes just as a transparency group...

Senate President Bukola Saraki hurriedly announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday evening because he was about to be expelled from the party, it has been revealed. SaharaReporters was gathered that an emergency meeting of...

The management Olam International Limited, parent company of OK Foods, has denied the death of one of its casual workers, who was alleged to have died while at work. A source within the company had told The Guardian that a man … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...

Shareholders of Oando Nigeria Plc have unanimously applauded the management team for restoring market confidence by maintaining a track record of growth over the last 18 months... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2vnzAhy Get more: Nigeria...

Two years after its initial launch, banks and telecommunication operators in Nigeria have come together to promote mCASH, a payment solution that is meant to be the nation’s version of Kenya’s mPESA. Speaking at the re-launch of the payment solution, the managing director and chief executive...

Calabar Port Complex Expectations are high on the Federal Government, particularly the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), to dredge the Calabar Port channel, to diversify available infrastructure and reduce excessive pressure from the ever-busy Lagos ports, while saving huge revenue losses...

In furtherance of its expansion belief in Nigeria, Shoprite Nigeria had opened its 25th store in Novare Central, the newly launched shopping mall in Wuse, Abuja. According to the company, “Shoprite Wuse promises to be a destination of choice for shoppers in Abuja. In addition to offering...