naija news today 050918

Metropolitan Police Service British prosecutors said Wednesday they have a European arrest warrant for two Russians suspected of a nerve agent attack on a former spy in the city of Salisbury. Police identified Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov as the men who allegedly tried to kill Russian...

French oil major, Total and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) along with some other partners will, later this month, launch Egina crude in Singapore. The launch will take place at the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC), scheduled to hold from September 24 to 26, …...

Popular singer, Davido has revealed that his father sent 50 policemen to arrest him during his first show. Davido said his father arrested his promoters, crew members, girlfriend and manager because he left school for the show. According to him, after evading the arrest by scaling the fence...

Presidency has on Wednesday warned those impersonating President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari from further using his name to woo people to themselves. Yusuf Buhari Denying an instagram account allegedly owned by Buhari’s son, Presidency opined that Yusuf does not have … via...

Paul Koech, a former world half marathon champion and long-time teammate of Kenyan great Paul Tergat, has died. He was 49.... read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NPnOEy Get More Nigeria Sports News

Real Madrid goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois has outlined some of the differences between the Los Blancos and his former club, Chelsea. The 26-year-old completed a move from Chelsea to the Santiago Bernabeu club shortly before the transfer window closed for Premier League clubs in August...

The World Bank has announced an additional $600 million (about N216 billion) for projects in the Lake Chad Basin region devastated by the Boko Haram terrorists. The Bank made the announcement at the Berlin Conference on Boko Haram crisis, which held on Monday and Tuesday in Berlin. The two …...

Over 17,000 applicants have applied for the on-going 2,200 teachers recruitment into the Lagos State public schools within three days of opening the online job portal, Vanguard gathered.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2LYAkzL Get More Nigeria Metro News

Four suspected armed robbers have been arrested while robbing Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) at the Cattle Ranch in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State. The suspects, led by one James Udofia, a graduate of the Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH, were caught by … Read...

In the village of Mangina, where dozens have died of Ebola at the epicentre of Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest outbreak, children are to be seen everywhere — except in school, because their parents fear they will be infected in class. “The children are not here today. It’s the parents who...

Nigerian parents, Titilayo and Kehinde Omosebi, have been arrested by the Reedsburg Police in Wisconsin, US, after their son, Ayanfe, starved to death during a religious fast. According to the Facebook page of Reedsburg Police, the father of the deceased, Kehinde walked into the police station...

Ahead of the 2019 presidential elections, political parties, especially the major ones, have begun releasing election schedules and costing their nomination forms for aspirants who wish to pick them up and fly the parties’ flags..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2NgANSG Get...

Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural group, says it has not endorsed any candidate for the 2019 presidential election. Sehinde Arogbofa, the secretary-general of the group, made the clarification in Akure after the visit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the leader of the group...

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who honoured the in Police to answer questions in published, was yesterday released on bail by the Inspector General of Police Monitoring unit after two hours of interrogation... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2LZiY60 Get More...

The Presidency on Wednesday gave reasons behind the alleged uncompromising stance of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the President exhibits uncompromising posture when he discovers that some privileged people want to loot the common wealth. The explanation was contained in a statement...

Again, for the third time, President Muhammadu Buhari refused to sign the amended electoral bill into law on Monday. According to his Senior Special Assistant on National assembly matters, Ita Enang, the latest refusal to sign the bill is due to some drafting issues that remain unaddressed...

A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a sports club in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding 18, officials said, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish …...

President Donald Trump responded Wednesday to a damning book about his presidency by journalist Bob Woodward by suggesting that Congress change US libel laws.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2LYY1rK Get more World News

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company says it has so far provided 50,000 customers in the South East Zone with pre-paid meters between January and August, 2018.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NQhCMA Get more: Nigeria Business News

Global money transfer company, WorldRemit has kickstarted a new digital service for sending and receiving money across Africa. This new service will make it easier and cheaper to send and receive money on the continent. Ismail Ahmed, CEO and Co-founder of WorldRemit said WorldRemit’s digital...