naija news today 170419

The Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, yesterday pressed ahead with his bid for the headship of the ninth National Assembly, promising to protect legislative … Read more via Thisdaylive – http://bit.ly/2KKuFBW Get More Nigeria Political News

Tanzania’s head coach Emmanuel Amuneke has predicted that some of the bigger names in African football like Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal could make an early exit from June’s Africa Cup of Nations. Amuneke The former Nigeria and Barcelona star thinks some of the lesser names at the finals …...

Manchester City’s fans must match the players’ desire to reach a Champions League semi-final, according to manager Pep Guardiola. City host Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium today, nursing a 1-0 deficit from read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

Ajax stunned Juventus to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 1997 as Matthijs de Ligt’s thumping second-half header secured a 2-1 second-leg victory in the last eight in Turin on Tuesday. ... read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

Three policemen and four others were, yesterday, sentenced to death by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo for kidnapping one Deaconess Ime Anietie Ekanem Those sentenced included Cpl Emmanuel Charlie, Cpl Bassey Sunday, PC Mfon Bassey, Ekaette Edet Moses, Fidelis Emmanson … Read...

Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion Diocese of Mbamili, Anambra State, has read the riot act to priests and members of the laity who may involved in homosexuality, saying anyone caught in the act will be shown the way out of the diocese. .... Read more via Vanguard News –...

Abuja natives, under the auspices of Coalition of Original FCT Indigenes, took their protest against alleged land encroachment by army to the FCTA secretariat where they blocked the entrance to the office of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, for...

Ghanaian controversial pastor, Prophet Kumchacha has stated that women who scream the name of God during sex are going to end up in hell. In a live television discussion on UTV, Prophet Kumchacha said: “Whether you are making the love with your husband or your … Read more via Nigeria News |...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal Office on Monday, secured the conviction of Nwakanma Charles Chukwudi before Justice I.N. Buba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu State, on one-count charge bordering on internet fraud … Read more via The Guardian...

US President Donald Trump has vetoed a bill passed by Congress to end support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Mr Trump described the resolution as an "unnecessary" and "dangerous" attempt to weaken his constitutional powers.... Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2GpYdR7 Get more World News

For the very first time in Nigeria’s 59-year history, the signature of a woman, Priscilla Ekwere Eleje, goes on the naira. Eleje, who has been acting director of currency and operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been confirmed, substantive director of the apex bank. She is the...

Prosecution witness, Chidi Nweke, has told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, how two directors of Origin Oil and Gas Limited, Adegbite Adetoye and Ponle Abiodun, defrauded the federal government of over N735 million … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has blamed poor telecom services being delivered to customers on poor power supply by the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria..... Read more via Thisdaylive – http://bit.ly/2XmfgJH Get more: Nigeria Business News

Credit Suisse Group AG has reportedly taken Nigerian oil trader, Igho Sanomi’s private jet and is now set to take over his London apartments. The Swiss bank is owed about $3 million by Sanomi, who was a guarantor for a credit facility extended to one... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

MTN Nigeria has restated its commitment to enhancing internet penetration by promoting the deployment of fibre optic capabilities to residential users across the country.... Read more via Thisdaylive – http://bit.ly/2IoEsvC Get more: Nigeria Business News

Doctors are working toward a diagnosis and care plan for a baby boy who has spent the first three months of his life in hospitals after he was born without skin. Ja’bari Gray has been hospitalized since his birth on Jan. 1 at Methodist … Read more via AP NEWS – http://bit.ly/2KKs3nC Get...

An Arizona man is accused of killing his wife and two of his three children, allegedly telling police he only spared his youngest child because she takes after him and not her mother. Austin Smith, 30, … Read more via PEOPLE.com – http://bit.ly/2v8ZUMs Get More Nigeria Metro News

A leading academic and cleric from World Cup host country Qatar has filmed a shocking guide on how Muslim men should beat their wives. The vile video features Abd Al-Aziz Al-Khazraj … Read more via Fox News – https://fxn.ws/2ZihM5l Get more World News