naija news today 070918

A 28-year-old man, Kelvin Michael, who allegedly raped a woman to death, was on Friday arraigned in Ota, Ogun. Michael, who lives at No. 21 Abebi St., Sango-Ota, is facing murder charge at an Ota Magistrates’ Court. A state counsel, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria...

Gbenga Obadara, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the Ogun Central senatorial district seat, has withdrawn from the race, Premium Times reports. In a press statement on Friday, September 7, Obadara said his withdrawal was because the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has declared...

Civil society groups on Thursday, September 6, asked President Buhari to reject the N45.5 million APC presidential nomination forms bought for him by a shadowy group, Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors Network (NCAN). This Day reports that the groups include Centre for Transparency... Read...

China on Friday said it signed MoUs with 37 African countries and the AU on the Belt and Road development. Xia Qing, Deputy Head, the National Development... Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2MaNV78 Get more World News

President Donald Trump destroys U.S. credibility while Iran is working toward a political solution in Syria, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif, said in a Twitter post on Friday. Zarif posted the message in the midst of a... Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2M8jsqj Get...

Italy has been urged to release six Tunisian fishermen who were arrested at sea on suspicion of smuggling migrants. Supporters of the fishermen, from the south-east... Read more via Daily Trust – https://ift.tt/2M7CNrG Get more World News

The Board of Directors African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $15 million for equity investment in Verod Capital Growth Fund III, a private equity fund for investments in high growth middle market companies. AfDB made known that the approved fund will.. Read more via Nairametrics –...

Tesla shares dropped sharply on Friday after the electric-car company disclosed that its chief of accounting was leaving the company only weeks after coming aboard. The upheaval in the executive ranks emerged... Read more via Business Day – https://ift.tt/2QcAaIf Get more: Nigeria Business News

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria recorded a trade surplus of N2.36 trillion in the second quarter of 2018. According to a report posted on its website on... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NW3vp5 Get more: Nigeria Business News

5G is coming, and it’s going to have a massive impact on almost every facet of how we use technology, with faster speeds and lower latency theoretically opening up huge new frontiers in everything from smartphones to self-driving cars.... Read more via The Verge – https://ift.tt/2NuW6zQ" Get...

Asia Argento had words for Rose McGowan. McGowan’s partner, Rain Dove, released a statement clarifying the nature of a previous exchange Dove had with Argento regarding nude pictures of Jimmy Bennett. Argento is currently facing sexual misconduct allegations from Bennett, who claimed the actor...

KrizBeatz The Drummer Boy releases the Official video for his song “Poker” featuring DMW act Mayorkun & Alaga Ibile Reminisce. Poker by Krizbeatz featuring Mayorkun x Reminisce is a via TooXclusive – https://ift.tt/2NWyf9l Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Daddy Freeze, Davido, Jude Okoye and others have reacted to the news about a pastor who allegedly survived a gun attack, with reports claiming that the bullets didn’t penetrate him after he was shot.... Read more via YabaLeftOnline – https://ift.tt/2No9RQT Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

More celebrities are coming out to speak on depression and how it’s affecting them. Singer and producer, Samklef has just cried out on instagram saying he needs help. His words; I need Emotional counseling it’s eating... Read more via Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2Crbo4q Get more...

Few days after posting what seemed to all like a death wish and announcing to the general public that he is emotionally unbalanced. Harrysong goes to seek medical intervention by visiting a therapist. according to him, the therapy session helped a lot and he his... Read more via TooXclusive –...

The 22-year-old Manchester City winger will miss the clash with Peru as he pulled out the squad after making a brief appearance against France Leroy Sane has withdrawn from the Germany squad for “private reasons”. The Manchester City winger was brought on as a late substitute … read more...

Nduka Ugbade, the Coach of the U-17 Golden Eaglets on Friday attributed the team’s 5-1 victory over Cote d’Ivoire at the U-17 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers in Niamey, Niger Republic, to team work. Ugbade made this known to the News … read more via PM NEWS Nigeria –...

Diego Maradona has been appointed coach of Mexican second division team Dorados, local media reported on Thursday. The club issued a short video on their social media channels with the messages ‘Welcome Diego’, and ‘Make it a 10’, the Argentina great’s shirt number as a … read more via...

We’ve reached the men’s singles semifinals today in U.S. Tennis Open 2018 action. It’s Nadal vs. del Potro and Djokovic vs. Nishikori today from New York. ... read more via Newsweek – https://ift.tt/2wPQjuE Get More Nigeria Sports News

It’ll be a dream realized after a (short) lifetime of work when 20-year-old Naomi Osaka takes on Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final scheduled for Saturday. Williams—perhaps the greatest tennis player to ever live.... read more via Newsweek – https://ift.tt/2M7ZYSP Get More Nigeria...