naija news today 090818

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) have come under attack for registering and releasing some Genetically-Modified (GM) products and the Bt cotton, one of the subjects of litigation into the country, despite pending suit in...

Residents of Itele on Lafenwa-Ayetoro road, a border community between Lagos and Ogun States, have called on the relevant authorities to intervene without further.... Read more via Premium Times Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2nlusXA Get More Nigeria Metro News

A 29-year-old teacher, David Ikejiobi, is to cool his heels in prison for allegedly raping one of his students, an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court ruled on... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2AWjMIl Get More Nigeria Metro News

Residents of Badagry, Lagos State have cried out over four years power outage in the coastal town and accused Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) of “total neglect” of the.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2AWkFRb Get More Nigeria Metro News

For the second time, the Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Dino Melaye, did not appear in court on Wednesday to answer the charges bordering on gunrunning levied against him and two others..... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2AWZoXO Get More Nigeria Political News

The Acting Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Mathew Seiyefa, has assured Nigerians that the service will continue to protect the nation’s interest at all times..... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2OT69g6 Get More Nigeria Political News

Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday threatened to jail one Bashiru Bolarinwa, who is parading himself as Caretaker Chairman of the... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2KEs9YA Get More Nigeria Political News

The Speaker of the Kwara House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, on Thursday posited that for there to be a meaningful democratic government, political office holders... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2M91nxe Get More Nigeria Political News

…Condemns Akwa Ibom, Benue states accounts frozen Immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has revealed that.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2AXqUEo Get More Nigeria Political News

The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok jumped to 319 Thursday, as strong aftershocks triggered panic among traumatised survivors waiting for aid in the worst-hit regions. .... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...

At least 20 people were killed on Thursday in landslides triggered by heavy rains in southern India, an official said, pushing the nationwide monsoon death toll for this year to over 700. The monsoon, which lasts roughly from June to September, is heralded by millions of Indian farmers …...

Russia on Thursday handed life sentences to four gangsters who brutally murdered 17 motorists using methods similar to those of the violent video game Grand Theft Auto... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2vSJ3h1 Get more World News

The Philippine Navy on Thursday successfully tested its first ever missile system, acquired from an Israeli weapons manufacturer, Officials said. The Spike Extended Range missile system, fitted on a multipurpose attack craft, accurately hit a metal plate target six kilometres away, Navy...

Eleven Fulani civilians were kidnapped and killed in the latest bout of ethnic violence to hit Mali, local groups said Thursday, while an official put the toll at 14. The attack, which occurred in the restive central region of Mopti on Tuesday, was attributed to hunters from the … Read more...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Linking the Youth of Nigeria through Exchange (LYNX), have identified the diversification of means of approach towards educating the Nigerian youths to become financial literate in order to develop self-sustainability at a young age of paramount importance...

Love is like a magic that knows no bounds, it can break barriers, join people who have no common interest together and even heal. A Chinese man has shown just how much of a magic love is after he … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 –...

Thai authorities on Wednesday, August 8, said they have arrested 261 transnational drug suspects, most of whom originated from Nigeria and used their unsuspecting Thai wives as drug couriers. Narcotics Control Board of Thailand (ONCB) Chief Sirinya Sitdhichai, said the men offered the women...

About 24 hours after he was arrested for alleged armed robbery and attempted kidnapping, the police in Ondo State is yet to know the identity of a middle-aged man who has been sleeping due to effects of tramadol. During the parade of the suspect and other criminal suspects at … Read more...

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, chairman of the Presidential Support Committee (PSC), has stated that those who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be surprised by the outcome of the 2019 general elections..... Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news...

Adams Oshiomhole, All Progressives Congress,APC, national chairman has described the defection of Godswill Akpabio to the party as uncommon. Oshiomhole, who lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for robbing the people for 16 years, asked the people not to be deceived... Read more via...