naija news today 020819

Thank goodness I stopped using WhatsApp when I did – things are about to get MESSY. As of this Facebook currently has a content moderation plan*… another NEW content moderation plan I should say…. Read more via SlashGear – https://ift.tt/2GJ01Vb Get more World News

The Nigerian presidency has worded another stern note to Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice-president and defeated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, asking him to stop daydreaming, whipping up emotional sentiments and devaluing the Buhari administration...... Read more via P.M...

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to inaugurate the 43 ministerial nominees recently cleared by the Senate after an Induction Retreat slated for August 15-16 in Abuja..... Read more via Daily Trust – http://tiny.cc/znunaz Get More Nigeria Political News

Manchester United have reached an agreement to sign England centre-back Harry Maguire from Leicester for £80m - a world-record fee for a defender.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2KjTZLF Get More Nigeria Sports News

Nigerians have criticised the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over the kidnap of five pastors of the church.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2Kew0Pi Get More Nigeria Metro News

Femi Otedola, Nigerian business mogul and philanthropist, has taken to his social media platforms to congratulate Nana Otedola, his wife, on her birthday.... Read more via TheCable – https://ift.tt/2YBPbKL Get More Nigeria Metro News

Despite the proscription order, top members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on Friday, August 2nd allied with the decision of daughter of their detained leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky that protest will continue.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2Yj6Ur2 Get More...

Prominent Ugandan academic, Stella Nyanzi was on Friday August 2 handed an 18 months jail sentence over a poem in which she used President Yoweri Museveni's mother’s vagina to criticise his “oppression, suppression and repression” in the country.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog –...

Nigerian singer, Tekno who has been off the scene for a while has just granted a ‘tell all’ interview with Daddy Freeze where he revealed in details the struggles he went through when his vocal cords shut down for months..... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2LUrSWV Get more...

Toyin Lawani shared this new raunchy photo showing her sniffing the vagina of Gambian actress, Princess Shyngle.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/31eF4Js Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The inaugural first of two matches in the 2019 Ghana-Nigeria Rugby President’s Cup is set to kick off tomorrow 3 August 2019 at 11 am on the Nduom Sports Stadium in Elmina Ghana..... Read more via Africanews – https://ift.tt/2T3ApaD Get More Nigeria Sports News

MTN Nigeria has asked a Nigerian tax tribunal to rule on whether the company should pay corporate tax on a 330 billion naira ($1.1 billion) fine, a spokesman for the telecoms company said..... Read more via WSAU – https://ift.tt/2Keec6I Get more: Nigeria Business News

Aviation security officer, Jennifer Luka who works at the Yola International Airport has been suspended indefinitely by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria following a report of theft involving the officer..... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2KbSkca Get More Nigeria...

Femi Fani-Kayode tweeted this while reacting to reports of the abduction of five RCCG pastors.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2ZsOoct Get More Nigeria Metro News

The U.S. government is not the only one that’s watching you. So warns famed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who on Thursday called Facebook to task for spying on its users.... Read more via Mashable – https://ift.tt/2MwVHMD Get more World News

Hamza bin Laden, the favorite son of the late al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, is reported dead, according to multiple news outlets citing U.S. officials. Officials said Hamza bin Laden was killed during the first two years of the Trump administration. They said he was killed before February...

Two paedos allegedly raped and beheaded a three-year-old girl who was kidnapped while sleeping beside her mum at a railway station in India. Government railway police said the toddler was decapitated with a sharp weapon after she started crying while being sexually assaulted.... Read more...

The government of Saudi Arabia has announced amendments to its laws to allow women travel abroad without permission from their guardians, a condition that had faced heavy criticisms. Bloomberg quotes the Okaz newspaper, as saying the government also approved... Read more via Legit.ng –...

A group of dentists in India have reportedly removed 526 hidden teeth from Ravindranath, a seven year old boy in Chennai. The boy was taken to the hospital after he complained of pain and swelling in his … Read more via Pulse Nigeria – Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2Zr4bZ4 Get more World News

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been intervening in the currency market over the past two weeks to keep the naira stable as foreign investors took profits after yields fell on the local debt market, Reuters reported a forex trader as saying yesterday. The naira was quoted at … Read...