naija news today 050719

Christopher Cline, the billionaire coal tycoon best known for reviving Illinois’s mining industry and making a fortune doing it, died in a helicopter crash Thursday -- just a day shy of his 61st birthday. Cline died in an accident off the coast of the Bahamas that also killed six... Read...

In line with the commitment of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to ramp up activities in the Nigerian economy in his second term, the apex bank has taken fresh steps to channel more funds to … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2xyzSU0 Get more...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is soon to introduce a new model, tagged the Incorporated Joint Venture (IJV), to ease the funding of joint venture projects that have suffered delays due to financial hitches. Former NNPC Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Maikanti Baru, told...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has directed its team of engineers to immediately investigate and commence repairs of Thursday’s pipeline explosion allegedly caused by.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2FUvDqs Get more: Nigeria Business News

The board of directors of Total E&P Nigeria has appointed Mr. Mike Sangster as managing director/chief executive of Total E&P Nigeria Ltd. (TEPNG) with effect from July 01, 2019. He succeeds Mr. Nicolas Terraz, who is now the senior vice president for Africa, for the Exploration and Production...

Nigeria will lead other Sub-Saharan African countries in transport construction with an investment portfolio rising from $7.6 billion in 2019 to $9.8billion in 2020. Moreover, investment in transport (road, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

Riza Aziz, one of the producers of “The Wolf of Wall Street” movie and the stepson of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, pleaded not guilty to charges linked to 1MDB and sought trial..... via Bloomberg – https://ift.tt/2JaAJkq Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Halle Bailey is about to be part of our big screen world. The 19-year old -- who forms one half of the R&B duo Chloe X Halle, along with her sister -- has been cast as Ariel in the upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.... Read more via The Hollywood Gossip –...

A very striking symbolic assessment of the Presidency of General Muhammadu Buhari was highlighted in the decision of all the former Presidents/Heads of State of Nigeria to stay away from the June 12 Democracy Day celebrations which the President inaugurated with so much pomp. It symbolised a...

The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party, PDP yesterday opened their case against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari with a … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2Jv9O1E Get More Nigeria...

Fear has gripped residents of Osun State, especially those in the camps of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of today’s Supreme Court judgement on the last governorship election won by the APC candidate, Adegboyega Oyetola. The...

The minority leadership crisis of the House of Representatives rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday took a new dimension with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) issuing a summon on Hon. Ndudi Elumelu and some of his supporters to appear before … Read more via...

Contractors, who include members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State have been directed to refund N38 million being funds meant for the School Feeding Programme but allegedly diverted. The Federal Government’s Home Grown School Feeding Programme which was launched last year in...

A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore challenging the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by Benue State House of Assembly, while Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, described the ruling as victory for justice...

Man's injustice against man.... Read more via Peacefmonline News – https://ift.tt/2YwmHid Get more World News

The Chief Executive Officer of Boeing, Dennis Muilenberg, has addressed the new flaw that was detected on the company’s 737 Max planes which is threatening the return of the aircraft to global airspace.... Read more via Nairametrics – https://ift.tt/2YvelYg Get more World News

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), on Wednesday, shut down the premises of Debonairs Pizza and thirteen other companies (including several hospitality firms), over alleged failure to fulfill tax obligations. According to the Director of Legal Services for the Lagos State tax...

Nigerian self-acclaimed male barbie, Bobrisky is not taking nonsense from anyone, as he has called out controversial Instagram user, Joyce Boakye alias Bold Pink over her remark about him. Bold Pink Bobrisky took to Snapchat to share a post, dragging and shaming the controversial Vlogger and...

Iyanya x Peruzzi – ‘Ijeoma‘. Talented Nigerian singer, Iyanya returns with a brand new tune to bless our speakers and kick start 2019’s second half. The veteran has been consistent with the release of banging gbedu from the days of ‘Kukere’. Iyanya teams up with DMW’s vibe creator, Peruzzi for...

More than 10 people were feared killed on Wednesday evening by bandits who attacked four communities in two local government areas of Katsina State. It was learnt that dozens of the armed bandits who rode on motorcycles stormed the...... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and...