naija news today 050818

England Football Association (FA) is carrying out a study into the feasibility of hosting the 2030 World Cup finals, FA chairman Greg Clarke said. England, who hosted the World Cup in 1966, failed in their most recent attempt to win the rights for the … read more via BusinessDay : News you...

Seven companies importing substandard and life-endangering products into Nigeria from China are set to be blacklisted and their promoters prosecuted in both countries.... Read more via BusinessDay : News you can trust – https://ift.tt/2vi2LmQ Get More Nigeria Metro News

In 2017, Compensation of Employees stood at N16.03 trillion growing by 11.14% in real terms, the first positive year on year annual growth rate recorded since 2015.... Read more via Nairametrics – https://ift.tt/2vhy15w Get More Nigeria Metro News

The scary reports of imminent food crisis in Nigeria keep coming at us in a fusillade, like the scourge of a devastating flood. Precisely on November 5, 2017 a report jointly prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), … Read more via BusinessDay...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that he became poorer throughout his three years sojourn in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ortom, who recently defected from the ruling party to the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), assured that with former Senate …...

The Senators representing Bauchi Central and Kwara South respectively, Isa Misau and Rafiu Ibrahim have warned their counterpart from Katsina South, Abu Ibrahim and other Pro-Buhari senators not to foment any trouble when the Senate resumes on September 25, insisting that Senate President Bukola...

If John Odigie-Oyegun, immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were a vindictive man, he would be sitting over some chilled bottles of cognac with friends in his house right now having a good .... Read more via BusinessDay : News you can trust –...

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan (Mama Taraba), weekend, debunked claims of her resignation from President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. The denial followed speculations that the minister has tendered her resignation.... Read more via BusinessDay : News you...

A presidential aspirant and former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has pledged N1 trillion ‎venture capital and credit fund that would fast-track and guarantee access to finance for small businesses if elected. Muoghalu who was a guest speaker at … Read more...

Theresa May has met with French president Emmanuel Macron with the aim of winning his support on her latest Brexit plans. The pair met on Friday evening at his.... Read more via Evening Standard – https://ift.tt/2LZLx7n Get more World News

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he survived an assassination attempt using drones, and blamed right-wing enemies, Colombia and US financiers.... Read more via Sky News – https://ift.tt/2ObTuDE Get more World News

President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zimbabweans to unite on Friday after he was declared the first elected head of state since Robert Mugabe’s removal from power, but the opposition... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2AEVcvq Get more World News

Rick "Zombie Boy" Genest, a Canadian model and influencer known for his numerous tattoos, has been found dead in his Montreal home. He was 32. Local police have ruled his death a... Read more via Inside Edition – https://ift.tt/2AJ35Ag Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Around the time of Falz’s ascent into the mainstream, I wrote that he would never be rated as one of Nigeria’s great rappers. The reason was simple: he is too funny to.... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2vkaPUh Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, has said that the meeting of speakers of 36 states Houses of Assembly in the state despite gale of defections experienced across Nigeria, showed … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2AHoHNh Get More Nigeria Political News

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday, recounted that the former chairman of its Board of Trustees (BoT) and former minister of Works and Housing, Chief Anthony Anenih, stabilised the party during its formative years as well as helped it remain in control of governance at the centre. …...

The Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty, Rilwan Osuolale Akiolu, has called on Nigerians, particularly Lagosians, to ensure the return of.... Read more via Leadership Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2ONFsJQ Get More Nigeria Political News

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC), as shameless and hypocritical for attempting.... Read more via Leadership Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2MgGcFG Get More Nigeria Political News

In Abuja during the week, there was fanfare and razz matazz at the Chinese embassy in Abuja, as the country marked the 91st anniversary of the founding of the.... Read more via Leadership Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2ndSFis Get more World News

It’s not one year yet when our attention was turned to the Southern Africa country of Zimbabwe. To be honest, the eyes of the world have.... Read more via Vanguard Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2vjJ3aq Get more World News