naija news today 160819

Emmanuel Okoro, the Controller of the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service, on Thursday, refuted reports by a section of the media which claimed there was a jail break at the Keffi Old Prison. Okoro denied the news while speaking to newsmen in Lafia, adding … Read more...

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to threats by Miyetti Allah to shut down all meat market in Nigeria which will lead to scarcity of meat.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2P147i0 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Kenyan Police have arrested Nicholas Mugo Mwangi aka DJ Moh for public display of firearm. The deejay was attending a fellow DJ, Kym Nickdee’s birthday party at K1 Klub House, on Tuesday, when his picture was taken. A close look at the picture reveals that he had a … Read more via...

A 34-year-old man is nursing injuries at the Narok County Referral Hospital Kenya, after his wife bit off his lower lip in a family fight on Sunday night. Talking to the press from his hospital bed on Thursday, Benson Onsongo, a resident of Talek in Narok West and … Read more via Linda...

RVMG releases ‘Gelato’ the latest single from Cuppy featuring the prolific Zlatan Ibile. The single was inspired by ‘Gelato’, the frozen Italian dessert featured in Cuppy‘s viral video with her father, Femi Otedola and her sister, Temi Otedola while visiting in Italy... via 360Nobs.com –...

Actor #DikeOsinanchi aka #Apama completes his ultramodern castle 8h.... via Instablog9ja – https://ift.tt/2YPky5z Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

OAP quits radio station after impregnating three of his colleagues... via Instablog9ja – https://ift.tt/2NhnD7J Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

A key leader of the sect confirmed that the couple would leave the Madenta Hospital India back for Nigeria. A top member of the IMN, Yahaya Muhammad Soje disclosed these to the Nation that El-Zakzaky and his wife had expressed dissatisfaction over the treatment provided … Read more via...

The House of Representatives has summoned heads of four government agencies to appear before it, Igbere TV reports. The agencies include the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria National Petroleum Coperation (NNPC), Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Customs. The decision...

A former senator representing Kaduna central district at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has advised the federal government to be careful in handling the complaint by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2TCoiS1...

Roger Federer is out of the Cincinnati Masters, ousted by Russian Andrey Rublev in two straight sets 6-3 6-4 in the round of 16.... read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2YLsJzM Get More Nigeria Sports News

There was pandemonium today at University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), after a Gorilla broke out of its cage in the institution’s zoo. Though no one was hurt by the break-out today August 15, however some UNILORIN students were spotted filming the fleeing wild animal. Here is a video from the …...

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Jos, Plateau State for allegedly staging his own kidnap and demanding the sum of N500,000 as ransom. The minor, who was paraded on Thursday, August 15th told newsmen that he initiated the plan with his friends in order to enable him buy … Read more...

Facebook doesn’t have the most stellar privacy and security track record, especially given that many of its notable gaffes were avoidable. But with billions of users and a gargantuan platform to defend, it’s not easy to catch every flaw in the company’s 100 million lines of code. So four …...

A trade officer at the Dutch Embassy has refuted the claims by some agricultural stakeholders in the country that the European Union ban placed on Nigerian beans export has been lifted. The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr...

Although it is currently under pressure at the Investors and Exporters’ (I&E) foreign exchange window, the naira continues to remain stable at the parallel market, findings by New Telegraph show. Yesterday, the local currency exchanged at N360 to the dollar, the same rate it had largely traded...

The Federal Government has identified criminal activities including kidnapping, sea piracy, and armed robbery as some of the factors militating against the smooth and optimal operations of eastern ports in the country. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Alhaji Sabiu...

The investments are majorly made through China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), which began its operations in the country in 2005. Vice President, CNOOC, Mr. Lu Yan Ji, … Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2Ml4Rwd Get more: Nigeria Business News

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, yesterday told the oppositionPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) to suspend its Board of Trustees (BoT)Chairman, Senator Walil Jubril for supporting suspended RUGA settlement for herdsmen proposed by the federal government. Walil had openly declared that the...

Some governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State including former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe and Dr. Chris Osaisai, among others, have become panicky as the September 3, 2019 … Read more via...