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Nigerian police Tuesday night said the country’s deputy senate president was a victim of a burglary attempt and not assassination as he claimed. “Preliminary investigation carried out so far did not reveal assassination attempt … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...

Senate president Bukola Saraki has said that he’s confident of the victory of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election. Saraki, who is also the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, assured that...

While pursuing his feudal aspiration in Imo, Rochas Okorocha would appear to be reading Igbo history book upside down. Several decades after warrant chiefs appointed by the imperialists failed in Igbo land, how pathetic that the Imo … Read more via NaijaGistsBlog – https://ift.tt/2Qqb8Fw...

Kano State House of Assembly yesterday said that it would continue investigating the videos showing the state Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, allegedly receiving bribe from a contractor, despite a court ruling on the investigation. A Kano High Court on Monday had ruled that the status …...

Former Brazil and Barcelona star, Ronaldinho, has had his passport seized for owing £1.75m with just £5 in his bank account. A judge in Brazil has Ronaldinho‘s international passport seized in a bid to ensure he doesn’t flee the country after it was gathered that … read more via Nigeria...

Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) board member, Brown Ebewele, who was involved in a car crash along the Lagos-Benin Expressway. Doctors in a private hospital in Benin City, Edo State are battling to save the limbs of Athletics Federation of Nigeria … read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier- General Sulaiman Kazaure, yesterday said that the scheme was collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bank of Industry (BoI) and other international organisations to provide funds for corps members to...

A r*pe victim has accused the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Anthony Village Police Division of spraying tear gas on her eyes and calling her a pros-titute after she reported a r*pe case The victim said this on Tuesday while being led in evidence by the state counsel, … Read more...

Members of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) Staff Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society yesterday, embarked on a peaceful protest against an alleged misappropriation of the cooperative fund, by its former executive. The protest, which took place at the FCT minister’s office at Area...

Politics, they say, is a game of numbers. These numbers, in a sane clime are often solicited in a decent manner from electorate. However, the ever increasing trend of do or die politics lately especially in some states of the federation is a growing cause for national … Read more via...

A civil society organisation has called for the prosecution of a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, an ex-minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma over their alleged involvement in the crimes against humanity in Odi area of Bayelsa and Zaki Biam, Benue state between 1999 and 2007..... Read...

Democratic US Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke conceded defeat to incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz late on Tuesday evening. O’Rourke, a 46-year-old from El Paso, … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment & lifestyle platform online – https://ift.tt/2SPUoZL Get more World News

Nestoil Tower in Victoria Island, Lagos In line with the country’s local content agenda, over 98 per cent of Nestoil Group’s workforce, manning its operations nationwide, are Nigerians. This covers the Group’s engineers, fabricators, welders, architects and administrative staff members, among...

Oil prices slipped yesterday as concerns mounts that an economic slowdown may curb fuel demand growth overshadowed the reintroduction of sanctions on Iran. International Brent crude oil futures were down 21 cents, or 0.3 per cent, at $72.96 a barrel, while the U.S. West Texas Intermediate...

Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) Plc has denied receiving any regulatory sanctions for insider trading from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). This, according to the company, was contrary to allegations by the House of Representatives...

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said the takeover of the defunct Skye Bank PLC has been able to save more than 6,000 jobs and over NN949.60 billion in customers’ deposits as at June 2018. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the NDIC had in … Read more via Leadership...

May & Baker Nigeria Plc grew on improved cost management and increased margins to sustain impressive growth in profitability in the third quarter as total comprehensive profit grew by 240.65 per cent to N744.33 million. The nine-month report for the period ended September 30, 2018 submitted at...

‘The Nigeria of my Dream’ this year‘s NNPC/CNL Joint Venture National Art Competition for Nigerian Secondary Schools, like previous editions, has encouraged junior and senior secondary school students across the country to proffer solution to some of the problems confronting the country through...

Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder, Bill Gates had his hands full on-stage in Beijing on Tuesday, showing a jar of human faeces. The stunt was part of his speech at the Reinvented Toilet Expo event – a showcase for new toilet technologies. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has...

Following the release of her latest song, "Thank U, Next", American singer Ariana Grande has apologised to her ex-boyfriend, Ricky Alvarez who she dated in 2015 for giving him the worst lines in the song. In "Thank U, Next", Grande name checks nearly all … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper...