naija news today 050419

Actress Tonto Dikeh has revealed that ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo told her himself that her ex-husband Olakunle Churchill is not his son. This was after a follower of hers mocked her for boasting.... Read more via Laila’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2FPYgED Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

As we all know we are in a fvck you season but Victoria Kimani #Fuvkyouchallenge causes a lot of drama as she blasted Ycee and Tiwa Savage. When Victoria Kimani did her own cover of the challenge, people percieved it to be a shade at Tiwa Savage. In response, Tiwa… Read more via INFORMATION...

A suit filed by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, challenging the emergence of Imo State Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been thrown aside by a Federal Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State capital. Senator Anyanwu, representing Imo East...

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to Nyesom Wike’s re-election for a second term as Governor of Rivers State. Fayose in a post on his Twitter page described Wike’s victory as a historic one. Mocking the opposition, Fayose said Wike’s victory showed that...

According to the UK Sun reports, English giant, Manchester United are ready to open talks with Paul Pogba over a new contract. But the French midfielder is going to test Old Trafford chiefs desire to keep him.... Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA – http://bit.ly/2FPk17s Get More Nigeria...

Walter Onnoghen, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), says some money paid into his account sometime in 2015 were gifts for his daughter’s wedding, and not bribe as alleged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a petition filed before the National Judicial Council...

Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, has said that the federal government will ensure free access to the internet in public places across Nigeria. Mr Shittu said this in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders workshop on the role of the Public Internet Access for Economic Development. …...

The caller on the other end of Samiel Asghedom’s phone was panicked but clear. His younger brother known to the world as rapper Nipsey Hussle, but to Samiel as just Nip had been shot. It was Sunday afternoon hours before hundreds of mourners.... via Top stories – Google News –...

The man accused of gunning down rapper Nipsey Hussle pleaded not guilty on Thursday to murder and attempted murder as he made his first appearance in court. Eric Holder, 29, who has also been charged with possession ...... via IOL section Feed for News – http://bit.ly/2CXAR3k Get more...

Durban – The life sentence handed to a KwaZulu-Natal woman for raping a 10-year-old boy was a lesson that children were not safe from rape, even from women and relatives. This is according to the mother of the boy, … Read more via IOL section Feed for News – http://bit.ly/2WO2MKG Get More...

World’s richest man and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie, have agreed on the biggest divorce settlement in history. The settlement which leaves him.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2TWpC0H Get more World News

International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says withdrawing SA ambassador is just ‘stage one’ in downgrading relations with Tel Aviv. The South African government has implemented what International Relations Minister... Read more via Daily Maverick – http://bit.ly/2WFXrVE Get more...

A person who told authorities in Kentucky that he is Timmothy Pitzen who went missing in 2011 after his mother was found dead in an Illinois motel room is instead a young man with a criminal record...... Read more via Top stories – Google News – https://ift.tt/2FZRXiS Get more World News

A new first-of-its-kind rechargeable battery will give electric cars a range of more than 600 miles on a single charge. Innolith AG – a company that specialises in inorganic battery technology – is developing what it claims will be the world’s first 1,000Wh/kg (watt-hour per kilogram)...

Every April 7, Rwanda recalls the hundreds of thousands of people who perished in the 1994 genocide — an occasion that for many survivors triggers terrifying memories. But for the two-thirds of the population born in the aftermath of the slaughter, the trauma is of a different kind.They face …...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and banks, under the aegis of the Bankers’ Committee, Thursday said they have resolved to commence the disbursement of single-digit loans to the.... Read more via Nairaland – http://bit.ly/2UiYMVG Get more: Nigeria Business News

Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has released the Public Debt Data for the year-ended 2018. The report which includes data on the composition of Public Debt Data, also provided a breakdown of the.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2G36pFV Get more: Nigeria Business...

Mobile money company, Paga, clocks 10 years in business since being founded in 2009 and officially opened its doors for commercial operations in 2012. This April marks 10 years since Tayo Oviosu, Paga’s founder and CEO, embarked on the Paga … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, by the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Unit yesterday, said it had impounded N10 billion suspected criminal funds. It also stated that all confiscated assets of public officials and senior political office holders would soon be made public. …...

A list of prominent entrepreneurs that have left the Nigerian eCommerce space and what they are doing at the moment..... Read more via Techpoint.Africa – https://ift.tt/2WQpoKB Get more: Nigeria Business News