naija news today 080319

NYSC coordinator in Anambra says NYSC has written to INEC asking for the withdrawal of corps members from the areas. The management of the National Youth Service Corps has reportedly withdrawn corps members from crisis-prone areas in Anambra state ahead of the gubernatorial elections on...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has effectively tackled all challenges of logistics experienced during the presidential and National Assembly elections. Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on...

A 14-year-old girl yesterday told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Pastor Emmanuel Matthew of the Winners Chapel defiled her when she was seven years old in 2012. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the defendant is also the proprietor of … Read...

Rivers State University’s Banking and Insurance Law lecturer, Emmanuel Nwosu, seen manhandling, harassing students for not being “properly” dressed. Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2EWcowI Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Federal Government of Nigeria shut down two Abuja-based filling stations after they were allegedly found guilty of overbilling their customers.... Read more via Nairametrics – https://ift.tt/2TnMfzN Get more: Nigeria Business News

The Nigerian Stock Exchange ended today’s trading session in the red for the second consecutive day. The All Share Index closed today’s trading session at 32,010.06 basis points, down 0.35%. Year to date, the index, however, remains in the green, up 1.84% Top Gainers and Losers Cadbury...

Nigeria earned a paltry N2.64 trillion ($7.24 billion) from cocoa exports in the last five years due to smuggling to Ivory Coast and other neighbouring ports. Fungi diseases, which resulted to low production, also contributed to the low exports. It was gathered that smugglers preferred …...

Visionscape Sanitation Services has allayed the fears of investors over the Lagos State’s Government default in paying the Green Note. The statement is coming from Visionscape Sanitation Service, the company contracted to handle waste management in Lagos State after missing the payment of the...

Vladimir Furdik who plays the ice-cold Night King– the commander of the White Walker army set to terrorise the final Game of Thrones season, has hinted on how the last drama will play out. “People will see he has a target he wants to kill,” Furdik told Entertainment Weekly, “and you will …...

THR is reporting that Nnamdi Asomugha will also be starring in the ’50s and ’60s New York City period drama, Sylvie, starring Aja Naomi King and Tessa Thompson. According to the media house, the story follows “Sylvie (Thompson) as she meets aspiring saxophonist Robert (Asomugha) when he takes...

Paris Jackson has finally spoken up after the documentary Leaving Neverland, in which Wade Robson and James Safechuck accused her dad of sexually assaulting them as children, surfaced. In response to a news story that alleged Paris believes her father was innocent, she denied ever speaking...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not issue certificates of return to any candidate declared winner of an election under duress. Prof Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, made this known during a meeting with the inter-agency consultative committee on election...

President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has questions to answer about the $16 billion spending by its government in the power sector with no improvement on electricity generation and distribution. The President, at a meeting with a delegation of the...

Barely a week after President Muhammadu Buhari said his next tenure would be tough, the president yesterday toned down his language, saying his next four years would rather be peaceful and prosperous. Buhari, who made this … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2NQ61hh Get More...

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, says he agrees that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be held accountable for squandering the nation’s resources. He, however, said this should involve all past and present members of the political party during its sixteen-year rule. A...