naija news today 040718

The striker was one of six Colombia players booked in their last-16 tie and he feels his side were being “undermined” by the match official Geiger Radamel Falcao has accused referee Mark Geiger of showing bias towards England in their win over Colombia in the World Cup last … read more via...

Spokesman of the Nigeria police force, Jimoh Moshood, says the killing of seven officers in Abuja has shown the need for the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) not to be scrapped. While speaking with reporters in Abuja on Tuesday, Moshood said efforts were in place to arrest those who killed...

They dated six years and she DID NOT know he is married with kids?Bollocks please! A married man, Olusola Simeon, has been ordered to be remanded at the Ilesa prison, for savagely battering his girlfriend, Fadahunsi Alaba, for visiting him unannounced at Agowande, Osogbo, Osun state. … Read...

Five people have been killed in an auto-crash involving two vehicles at Kauran Juli on Zaria-kaduna expressway. The accident occurred around Dan-Magaji area in Zaria, Kaduna State on Monday at about 1:50pm. Confirming the accident, the Zaria Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies yesterday assured Ekiti people of free, fair and peaceful election. They pledged that the poll, slated for July 14 will be credible and devoid of any form of manipulations that could make the process not acceptable to...

The former Oyo State governor, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao Akala will today declare his intention to contest governorship election in the forthcoming 2019 general election. Otunba Akala, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) contested and lost governorship election...

The federal government has since 2016 disbursed N10 billion to no fewer than 300,000 beneficiaries through its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. Temitope Sinkaye, the National Programme Coordinator of the CCT, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the...

Procter & Gamble (P&G) may be shutting its production plant situated in Agbara Industrial Estate, Southwest, Nigeria, exactly one year after launching the $300 million … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment & lifestyle platform online – https://ift.tt/2NnUAww Get more: Nigeria...

The Kano/Jigawa Area Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), says it has generated a total sum of over #8 billion within the last six months of its operation in the year, which is above the mandated of over #7 billion set for it by … Read more via BusinessDay : News you can trust –...

A high-ranking official of Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was arrested Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe in exchange for a personal favour, Tokyo … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2tUn4G9 Get more World News

The Oluwo of Iwo, HIM Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has advised government at all levels to co-opt traditional rulers in tax collection in order to boost government revenue. The monarch said that monarchs were the leaders closest to the grassroots and noted that the move would translate to...

An All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator, Ali Ndume, has claimed that you may not leave the Wuse Market in Abuja alive if you criticize President Muhammadu Buhari there. In an interview with NAN, Ndume insisted that Buhari enjoyed goodwill among many Nigerians. READ MORE HERE

Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) has revealed plans by aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State to leave the party. He told reporters in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the new APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole assumed office at a time it had become too late to reconcile...

Acting Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. John Agim, has stated that the military will arrest the leadership of Miyetti Allah and their sponsors if ongoing investigations by the military established that they had a hand in the bloodbath in Benue State READ MORE HERE

About a year after commissioning its largest Nigerian plant, Procter & Gamble (P&G) is set to shut the plant. The leading FMCG (Fast-moving Consumer goods) is set to shut the production plant situated in Agbara Industrial Estate, Ogun State, PREMIUM TIMES can report. READ MORE HERE

The value of the naira at the Nigeria Autonomus Foreign Exchange (NAFEX) market weakened last week compared to what it closed the previous week as inflow from the window dropped to $796.02 million... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2KNgtE1 Get more: Nigeria Business News

The driver of a truck loaded with 30 cartons of tramadol concealed in vehicle’s spare parts, intercepted by policemen attached to Trade-Fair Division, Lagos State Police Command, said he was paid N70,000 to deliver the drugs. … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2IRPeq2 Get More...

Abubakar Rasheed‎, executive secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), says only one percent of Nigeria’s population form the total enrollment of students in the country’s 164 universities.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2KIKWpN Get More Nigeria Metro News

Six family members of victims of last week’s tanker accident in Lagos have come forward for DNA matching, a Lagos State official told PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday. A petrol tanker went up in flames on Otedola Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, on June 28, killing … Read more via Premium...