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    World Militants abduct five aid workers in Somalia – Officials – Punch Newspapers

    Suspected Al-Shabab militants have kidnapped five aid workers in southern Somalia in the latest series of abduction in the Horn of the African nation, an official said on Friday. Mohamed Aflow, Director of the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency in Bay region, confirmed the...
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    Business Devakumar Edwin: Dangote Refinery will be ready 2020 – TODAY.NG

    The Dangote Group has dismissed suggestions that the huge oil refinery being built in Lekki, Lagos Nigeria, will not be ready in 2020 as planned. Executive Director Devakumar Edwin, who oversees the... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2OsrxaZ Get more: Nigeria Business News
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    Business Importers urge opening of Eastern ports for cargoes to reduce Apapa gridlock – TODAY.NG

    Some importers on Friday appealed to the Federal Government to open up the seaports in the Eastern flank of the country to decongest ports in Lagos. The importers said that the designation of the... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MmRPyd Get more: Nigeria Business News
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    Entertainment Nicki Minaj’s ‘Queen’ Album Will Drop Today – XXL – XXL Mag

    The rollercoaster that is the promotional cycle for Nicki Minaj's Queen album continues. On Thursday night (Aug. 9), an episode of her recently announced... Read more via XXL Mag – https://ift.tt/2MalE4T Get more Nigeria Entertainment News
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    Sports Man Utd v Leicester City: Iheanacho, Ndidi storm Theatre of Dreams – Premium Times Nigeria

    Will Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi make it a bumpier and grumpier journey for Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United, when the new English Premier League [EPL] season kicks off at the Theatre of Dreams Friday?.... read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2KGYNsI Get More...
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    Sports Halep doubles up, destroys Williams in straight sets – Punch Newspapers

    World number one Simona Halep crushed seven time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams in straight sets on Thursday at the WTA Montreal event just hours after a delivering a marathon three-hour victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Top seed Halep took no prisoners against Williams, blitzing the...
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    Metro Dreaded Serial Killer, Swagger Arrested As Charms Failed – P.M.EXPRESS

    Wanted serial killer, Mr. Muyiwa Arowoye, popularly known as Swagger, has been arrested in Lagos by detectives after the dreaded suspect attempted to escape but his charms were said to have failed him. P.M.EXPRESS reports that Swagger was arrested and his charms were recovered at Ifako Ijaiye...
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    Politics R-APC members, Kwankwaso supporters in Edo defect from APC – Vanguard News

    Some members of Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC and supporters of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso in Edo State have resigned their membership from All Progressives Congress, APC.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2M420Ix Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics 2019 governorship: Buhari supports my ambition- Aisha AlHassan – Vanguard News

    Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha AlHassan, yesterday, in Lagos, said President Muhammadu Buhari endorsed her governorship ambition in Taraba State on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2019 general elections.... Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    Politics 35 Reasons Why Ambode Deserves A Second Term (1) – P.M.EXPRESS

    When Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as Governor of Lagos State, there were many who wagered that he would not live up to the expectations the electorate had for a better and much more developed state. To them, … Read more via...
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    Politics No plot to impeach Buhari, senator replies Tinubu – Punch Newspapers

    The Senator representing (PDP, Bauchi) Isah Misau, debunked claims by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that the National Assembly was planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Misau made the rebuttal in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He...
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    Politics IGP Ibrahim Idris writes acting President Osinbajo, requests to search Lawal Daura’s house – TODAY.NG

    The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has written to the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, seeking permission to search the residence of the sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Lawal Daura... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2Mvh126 Get More...
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    Business FG Saves $1bn Through Direct Sale Of Crude Oil – Leadership Newspaper

    Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has confirmed huge benefit accruing to the country following the replacement the offshore processing arrangement (OPA) and crude oil swap with the Direct Purchase of Petroleum Products (DSDP). According to the minister, the country...
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    Entertainment Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee robbed in Spain – TODAY.NG

    A thief who pretended to be Daddy Yankee stole two million euros in jewels from the reggaeton star’s hotel room safe in Spain, his representatives and local media said Thursday... via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2KGxDlO Get more Nigeria Entertainment News
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    Metro Why we cancelled N200bn projects in Niger-Delta – NDDC – Daily Post Nigeria

    The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has explained why it cancelled projects worth N200 billion in the nine Niger Delta states. The Commissioner representing Delta State on the NDDC board, Dr. Ogaga Ifowodo blamed it on the “huge challenges” the current board inherited.... Read...
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    Metro Psychiatric patient goes berserk in Ondo hospital, beats CMD to coma, injures nurses – Vanguard News

    Two medical doctors and three nurses in one of Ondo State Neuro-Psychiatric Specialist Hospital, Akure, escaped death by whiskers as a patient, Folorunso Olawale, went berserk.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2MAv5HN Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Skin bleaching in Africa: A risky ‘addiction’ – Topix

    Dr. Isima Sobande was in medical school when she first heard of mothers who bleached the skin of their babies. She dismissed it as an urban myth... Read more via Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2Mf2gnm Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro 24-Year Old Lady Slaps Senior Police Officer – P.M.EXPRESS

    A 24-year old lady, Ifeoluwapo Lukmon, displayed uncanny courage by slapping a female senior police officer, DSP Laura Elo, at a police station in Lagos and damned the consequence. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Ikeja … Read more via P.M.EXPRESS – https://ift.tt/2M8UVGI...
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    World Nigerian undergraduate stabbed to death by fellow student – Premium Times Nigeria

    A Nigerian university undergraduate at Kogi State University, Ayingba, Alli Sharif, has been stabbed to death by his colleague, police have confirmed. Mr Sharif, a 300-Level student of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, was allegedly stabbed to death on his birthday by a …...
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    Politics I was admitted into university without WAEC result – Adeleke – Daily Post Nigeria

    The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said he was admitted into the university in the United States without presenting his West African School Certificate Examination result... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria –...
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