naija news today 170818

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has urged officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to remain loyal to constituted authority and be vigilant in the discharge of their duties..... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2w5wRta Get More Nigeria Metro News

Samuel Ogundipe Premium Times Services Ltd , owners and publishers of Premium Times online publication, said that statements by the Nigeria Police on the arrest of Mr Samuel Ogundipe were misleading and prejudicial. The spokesman of police, DCP Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement … Read more...

A former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, has said that he would grant conscience amnesty to those who realised they offended him. He said this while responding to Governor Nyesom Wike’s plea to forgive those who betrayed him (Odili). He said, “I have forgiven. I will … Read more via...

Former Vice president, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has described President Mohammadu Buhari’s government as one replete with lies. Atiku stated this when he visited the PDP secretariat in Enugu on Thursday.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2BjpX9F Get More Nigeria Political News

Eyinnaya Abaribe, a Nigerian senator and chairman of the committee on power and steel at the upper chamber, on Thursday, August 16, said the presidency’s call for the National Assembly to resume was not necessary.... Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 –...

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and his Kano State counterpart, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, have enjoined Nigerians to engage in acts that would foster national unity and socio-economic development. The governors made the call on Thursday when Ganduje … Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria –...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday called the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson over the death of his mother, Madam GoldCoast Dickson. A tweet on the Presidency’s official Twitter handle said Buhari, who is currently on a 10-day vacation in London called Dickson to condole with him...

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No fewer than three million toilets are needed to be constructed annually if Nigeria would meet the Sustainable Development Goals to scale up sanitation and hygiene before 2030, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. A public toilet This was the thrust at a National Meeting …...

Alhaji Abubakar Baraje, leader of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), has expressed his support for the presidential ambition of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, should the latter officially declare. Addressing journalists at the graduation ceremony of the Baraje Centre for...

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has declared that they were not elected to only pay salaries of civil servants but to also provide good roads, electricity, education and other necessary amenities for the people. Addressing journalists last night after the meeting of the governors in …...

Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has said his ministry would need about N180 billion to implement its road map in a period of three years.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2OHLomB Get More Nigeria Political News

Erstwhile chieftain of the Progressives People’s Alliance (PPA) and two-time gubernatorial candidate of the party in Anambra State, Godwin Ezeemo, on Thursday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2PiHAcS Get More Nigeria Political News

Hundreds of Google employees have signed a protest letter over the company’s reported work on a censor-friendly search engine to get back into China, The New York Times said Thursday. The employees are demanding more transparency so they can understand the moral implications of their work...

There is excitement among telecommunications stakeholders as the process of secondary spectrum market begins in the sector, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has learnt. The board of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had in first quarter of this year approved … Read more via The Guardian...

Ethiopia Airlines has offered to sell its shares to African investors after several years of profitable operation. The airline, which was established in 1945 and owned 100 per cent by the Ethiopian government, said it is targeting African governments to buy stakes in … Read more via...

Ahmed Musa, Alex Iwobi and William Troost-Ekong on Thursday paid tribute to Victor Moses who announced his immediate retirement from international football on social media on Wednesday. The 27-year-old former England junior international’s decision to call time on his international...

A driver, Olasunbo Usibajo, has been arrested for allegedly stealing 63 mobile phones. PUNCH Metro learnt that a phone retail outlet, Gloryland Communications Service Limited, Lagos, on June 11 sent a carton of 146 phones through Usibajo to a customer of the firm in.... Read more via Punch...

The U.S. Embassy has said the suspended consular services in Abuja may resume after the Eid-el-Kabir holidays. The embassy stated this in an updated information on its website accessed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria –...