naija news today 170719

Calls for the rebirth of the defunct Republic of Biafra have been increasingly heard on the streets of Nigeria in recent times. Following the reunification of Nigeria and Biafra in 1970, the world looked forward to a new Nigeria without the ethnic-tinged political injustices that had alienated...

Nigeria and Tunisia will square off play in the third placed match of AFCON 2019 as both teams play their final game of the tournament. The Super Eagles were denied going into extra time by a 94th minute winner by Riyad Mahrez which dented their hopes of winning a fourth AFCON title... read...

Wales and former Arsenal midfielder, Aaron Ramsey has been unveiled as a Juventus player. The 28-year-old Welshman was officially unveiled by the Italian champions in Turin and was handed the No 8 shirt worn by Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Conte and Didier Deschamps. ‘I wanted the No … read...

Super Eagles playmaker, Alex Iwobi, has said that Gernot Rohr’s men will try hard to win the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, third-place bronze match against Tunisia. The 23-year-old Arsenal star believes the game against Tunisia will give the Super … read more via Naijaloaded |...

Former Netherlands midfielder Clarence Seedorf has been sacked as Cameroon coach after the side failed to defend their Africa Cup of Nations title. The former Real Madrid player, 43, had been in charge for under a year. His assistant Patrick Kluivert, … read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s...

Premier League side, Manchester City has been ranked the best club in the world following Advance analysis Manchester City In their system, every team is given an offensive rating that represents the number of goals it would be expected to score against an average team on a neutral … read...

The Nigeria Customs Service, Port Harcourt Area II Command, Onne Port, has collected a total of N54 billion between January and June 2019 with seizures worth N443.3million in the last six months.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2JB2Fy5 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Bandits dressed in military uniforms have kidnapped the Zamfara State Director of Budget, Hamza Salihu, killed his deputy, Kabir Ismail, and abducted two of his staff.... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2JLGzYC Get More Nigeria Metro News

Obinna Chima The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, yesterday officially notified the Executive Board of the Fund of her.... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2JzQIbW Get more World News

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has reportedly offered award letters on Monday for highly sought-after contracts to exchange crude oil for imported fuel, oil industry. According to Reuters, a total of 15 groupings, with at least 34 companies in total, received award letters...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, (NCDMB) has said the execution of Total Exploration and Production Nigeria’s Ikike Field Development Project would gulp at least $500 million and the project is expected to deepen Nigerian Content implementation, create huge … Read more...

Aviation industry stakeholders have rejected the plan by Ethiopian Airlines to set up a domestic carrier in Nigeria, using local investors. Industry players who spoke to THISDAY described Ethiopian Airlines’ plan as a strategy to sustain its existence amid challenges in the global air travel...

The absence of a functional national carrier in Nigeria, and other African major air markets has been blamed for local airlines’ loss of international air traffic to their foreign counterparts.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2XVjSWW Get...

Operators under the umbrella of Airline Operators Nigeria (AON) have decried 100 per cent dominance of the Nigerian sky by foreign airlines, with capital flight of about three billion dollars. The operators therefore called on the federal government to increase support for indigenous carriers...

Bond. James Bond. As it turns out, the iconic British spy known as Agent 007 will soon be someone else. In the upcoming Bond 25 film starring Daniel Craig, the spy formerly known.... Read more via AskMen – https://ift.tt/2XS5GTL Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The Oyo State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Governor Seyi Makinde to explain the source of his N48 billion asset made public on Monday. The state chairman of the party, Mr. Akin Oke, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) … Read more...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), have called on Fulani herdsmen living in the various southern states to relocate to the north if their safety can no longer be guaranteed by the state governments where they reside and the … Read more via Thisdaylive...

Director of Voter Education and Publicity at Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said the power to punish an erring candidate or political parties does not lie with the commission. Osaze-Uzzi said this in Lagos. Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Chuks Okocha in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday commended the decision of the Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, to declare his assets … Read more via Thisdaylive...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference to tackle insecurity. He gave the advice after he paid a condolence visit to Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere...