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Ahead of Senegal’s quarterfinal clash against Benin republic, Coach Aliou Cisse has urged his team to maximise the opportunity created by the exit of Cameroon from the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to move closer towards ending the nation’s long wait for a continental title. The …...

Serena Williams survived a determined challenge by compatriot Alison Riske with a 6/4, 4/6, 6/3 victory on Centre Court and moved closer to her quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title. On the day for the ladies’ quarterfinals, Simona Halep.... read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Oranges, grapes and carrots may contain cancer-fighting compounds that closely resemble those used in licensed drugs, research suggests. A study found that out of more than 7,900 molecules within fruits and vegetables, 110 have the potential to battle tumours.... Read more via The Guardian...

Recent research has revealed that a new urine test can detect aggressive prostate cancer cases that need treatment up to five years sooner than other diagnostic methods. Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, United Kingdom, and the Norfolk and Norwich University...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu recently donated $5,000 to each Nigerian player for the Round of 16 victory over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2NFd2VI Get More Nigeria Metro News

Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Zubairu Muazu, has said that any policeman who collects money for bail is not different from a kidnapper. Muazu made the statement while speaking against corruption with … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

Ado-Ekiti— A high court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has ordered the detention of a middle-aged man, Basiru Adeyanju, in prison custody for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2YJONXF Get More Nigeria Metro News

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has described the Assa North-Ohaji South (ANOH) gas processing project as bankable and capable of boosting Nigeria’s domestic gas supply significantly.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/30nRRJi Get more: Nigeria Business News

Newly appointed group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mela Kyari has said automation will tame the menace of corruption in the corporation..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/30rEnwi Get more: Nigeria Business News

Despite price losses that outweighed gains, transactions in the equities sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), sustained rising profile as market capitalisation rose by N1.34 trillion.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2S5LIhO Get more: Nigeria Business News

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to facilitate the implementation of the agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with $1 billion..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/32fxL5K Get more: Nigeria Business News

9ice Nigeria singer, Abolore Adegbola Akande popularly known as 9ice has reacted to the ongoing conversation of rape and rapists that seem to be trending in Nigeria for weeks now.... Read more via Notjustok – https://ift.tt/2NJBBRB Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Earlier on in the year, Ice Prince teamed up with Falz and Phyno for the bubbly track, "Feel Good". Now, he's bringing our attention back to the song, as he's just released a pan-African remix, featuring M.I, Sarkodie, Khaligraph Jones and Kwesta... Read more via Konbini –...

For the low, laughable, calibre of many of those who voted, were voted for, or will be voted for in future Nigerian elections, Dr. Kayode Esuola of the Institute of Diaspora Studies of the University of Lagos offered two explanations. First, he argues, the … Read more via “nigeria” – Google...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the 2019 governorship primaries to select its flag bearers for November 16 Kogi and Bayelsa governorship polls. This was contained in a statement signed by its national organising...

The madness of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations continues on Wednesday. As do the mind games. This time, South Africa’s Stuart Baxter is at the receiving end, but he’s not falling for it. Bafana Bafana stunned everyone by beating Egypt in the last 16 and now … read more via The South African...

A Twitter user @vibrandtvick has taken to the micro-blogging platform to advise Nigerians against using… Read more via Information Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2XSw9Q9 Get More Nigeria Metro News

A bike rider, identified as Ahmed, has committed suicide by hanging inside his room at his house located on Shoretire St, #Agege, Lagos State. The incident happened this evening, shortly after he returned home from work. The father-of-three is said to be battling with debt.… Read more via...

A frantic search by the East London K9 search and rescue unit together with the Berlin police led to the successful discovery of 104-year-old Nqisa Nqokola who went missing on Friday.... Read more via News24 – https://ift.tt/2XyuOK4 Get more World News

A newly released ex-convict who stabbed a teenager to death at an Arizona convenience store on Independence Day, later telling police he had felt threatened by the boy's rap music, was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday.... Read more via IOL News – https://ift.tt/2LMtd0W Get more...