naija news today 060419

Walter Onnoghen, immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) has stated why he resigned from his position. Mr Onnoghen stepped down on Thursday evening, months after resisting. He was alleged to have failed to declare some assets traced to him.... Read more via Nairaland –...

Sixteen new cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed from five states in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its latest Situation Report on the disease for Week 13 which covers.... Read more via Channels Television – http://bit.ly/2OXcW96 Get More...

All is now set for the inauguration of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme of the Federal Government in Ekiti, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2D3GnBE Get More Nigeria Metro News

The two suspects, namely Gbadebo Jimoh and Malik Adeboye, were eventually arrested in connection with the dastardly act.... Read more via Tori News – http://bit.ly/2ORZlzL Get More Nigeria Metro News

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have shared an affection photo of them together on their new joint Instagram as they asked fans to stop sending gifts for their new baby and donate to charity instead.... Read more via Ladun Liadi’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2Igxic3 Get more World News

David Malpass has emerged as President of the World Bank. Malpass, a Donald Trump loyalist who was a senior economic adviser to the US President during his 2016 election campaign.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – http://bit.ly/2uKZqvY Get more World News

Boeing Co said on Friday it plans to cut its monthly 737 aircraft production by nearly 20 percent in the wake of two deadly crashes, signaling it does not expect aviation authorities to allow the plane back in the air anytime soon..... Read more via TODAY.NG – http://bit.ly/2IhiYzZ Get more...

Claims that the daughter of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Buba Galadima, is working for President Muhammadu Buhari has been dismissed … Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2YS74Cz Get More Nigeria Metro News

THE Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has lamented that banks are allegedly being converted into fraud and money laundering institutions in the nation. Magu, who spoke in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday during a meeting with Compliance Officers …...

The Vice-Chancellor of Baze University, Professor Maman Tahir, has reacted to the reported resignation of suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, Tahir stated that one expected Justice Onnoghen to have...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said army authorities had approved the establishment of a ‘Special Forces Battalion’ Barracks to be located in Okene, Kogi. NAN reports that Buratai disclosed this on Friday to journalists in Okene after inspecting the proposed site of the...

Though a few parade themselves as the super-rich actors in the industry, LANRE ODUKOYA, takes a look at some of the evidently highest paid from the eight billion US dollars film sector called Nollywood.... Read more via Newtelegraph – http://bit.ly/2U2GqmE Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Youths from the 19 northern states under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), yesterday in Kaduna State passed a vote of no confidence in the Federal Government, saying it had failed in its primary responsibility of protecting lives and property.... Read more via Newtelegraph –...

Popular Nollywood actor, Bigvai Jokotoye, revealed that he didn’t complete his education due to lack of funds. Bigvai Jokotoye, who is well known for his roles in Yoruba movies revealed the reason why he didn’t complete his education... Read more via Laila’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2Kbx4Fz Get...

A former Commissioner for Information in Edo State, Hon. Charles Idahosa, spoke with OJIEVA EHIOSUN on the 2019 general elections, among other issues. .... Read more via Newtelegraph – http://bit.ly/2Uma0Zk Get More Nigeria Political News

Comrade Oladimeji Odeyemi, a security analyst and a counter-terrorism expert is the Convener of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups Against Terrorism in Nigeria. In this interview with WALE ELEGBEDE, the member of Global Agenda Against Terrorism, spoke on the conduct of the military during...

A police officer has reportedly shot one Jubril Mobolaji in the Ajiran, Lekki area of the state over a bad N100 note. The policeman identified as, Sergeant Kabiru, attached to the Special Protection Unit of the Lagos State Police Command, was said to have shot … Read more via Nigeria News |...

Homosexuality and sodomy are two practices hitherto alien to this clime. But not anymore! ISIOMA MADIKE, who has been tracking the activities of those neck-deep in these acts, tells a disgusting story of a self-confessed pastor filled with evil spirits.... Read more via Newtelegraph –...

The Federal Government has called for the support of Brazilian Government in the fight against Boko Haram terrorism and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, made the call in Rio de Janeiro, when he … Read more via P.M. News – http://bit.ly/2G2J202 Get More...

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), on Friday appealed to Luxury Drivers Union in Kano, to shun consignments of illicit drugs from drug peddlers in the state. He made the appeal while interacting with the...