naija news today 030519

A mentally unstable man identified as Eligwe, has been killed after beheading six people in Rivers State. The incident happen around 11pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in #Ebiriba 2 Community. It was gathered that Eligwe had been tied up by the villagers but his family members later untied …...

Yahoo boys are legitimate children of political and business elites – #SeunKuti.... Read more via Instablog9ja – http://bit.ly/2DMokQJ Get More Nigeria Metro News

Sudan’s prosecutor general on Thursday ordered the questioning of deposed president Omar al-Bashir over money-laundering and “financing terrorism”, as protesters staged a vast rally in Khartoum to demand a civilian government. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir A source in the prosecutor...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, yesterday said the nation’s unemployment rate would reach 33.5 per cent by year 2020. The minister disclosed this while declaring open a two-day workshop on; “Breaking the Resilience of High Unemployment Rate in the Country,” in Abuja. He …...

Notore Chemical Industries Plc has posted an operating profit of N4.63 billion for the half year ended March 31, 2019, compared with N0.11 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. According to the unaudited six months financial results, Notore recorded revenue of N12.68 billion in...

Traders at Johnson Street, near Main Market Onitsha, Anambra State have been counting their losses following an inferno that destroyed goods worth N50 million at the market. The fire, which started at night, when activities at the market had closed and the traders ... Read more via Nairaland...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has opened 2019 Direct Sale of Crude Oil and Direct Purchase (DSDP) to its local and international business partners, and potential offtakers and suppliers. Already, 132 firms have opened bids for … Read more via Newtelegraph –...

Royal Dutch Shell reported yesterday a small drop in first quarter profit to $5.4 billion, but still easily beat forecasts, helped by stronger trading and liquefied natural gas earnings. Shell’s results outshone those of rivals – Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BP – which all saw sharp … Read more...

Tolu Itegboje, a young producer cum director, has performed a feat some of his peers and senior colleagues would not dare to dabble into. Tolu has succeeded in making a documentary with a story line whipped around the dreaded and most scorned set of people in society, the popular ‘Area …...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to end his “private visit” abroad and immediately return home to face the deteriorating security situation in the country. The opposition party said it is completely unacceptable for.... Read more via Leadership...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described the reconciliation of the minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2Y5UjmO Get More Nigeria Political News

The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has called on groups and persons to desist forthwith any attempt at dragging the name of the revered retired General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma into the Tiv/Jukun crisis. In a press statement signed by the national president of the MBF, Dr Bitrus Pogu, the … Read...

President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to end his "private visit" to the United Kingdom and face the plummeting state of affairs in the country, especially security.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – http://bit.ly/2VbwnRH Get More Nigeria Political News

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, yesterday relieved all Permanent Secretaries in the state of their duties with immediate effect. In a statement signed by the.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2J02f5o Get More Nigeria Political News

To combat malaria and create more awareness on the plight of the less privileged Nigerian child and mother, Sterling Bank Plc. and the Malaria, Child, Maternal Mortality Eradication (MACMME) project have collaborated to produce a movie titled ‘ANAVE.’ The film, which was written, produced and...

Since losing their homes and source of livelihood for no reason of their own, the residents of IDP camps in most terror–hit Maiduguri have had to do menial jobs to support government’s effort but it is mostly the women and children who take up this task, Chika Mefor … Read more via Leadership...

United Nations Women and government of Norway have identified poor representation of women in all areas of the Nigerian economy as a contributor to insecurity and attacks on women. Norwegian Ambassador to … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

Justice Haleeman Salman of an Ilorin High Court yesterday adjourned further hearing on the trial of the suspects of the April 5, 2018 robbery in Offa, Kwara State to June 6 and 7, 2019. The absence of a leading prosecution witness in court yesterday stalled the continued hearing … Read more...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared May 30 as sit-at-home day throughout Biafraland and Nigeria in remembrance of its fallen heroes and heroines. The group urged religious institutions across the country to offer special prayers the night before the day for Biafran heroes...

Interswitch Group, the Nigeria Pan-African integrated digital payments and commerce company, has signed a multi-billion Naira deal with Bekoz UK Ltd, a British transport ticketing company, to enhance transportation ticketing in Nigeria. The deal, which is worth £56 million (approx...