naija news today 180220

A report by Premium Times indicates that Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, of undue interference on matters bordering on national security. Legit.ng gathered that the development... Read more via...

Moves to stop the de-registration of 74 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, February 17 suffered a setback. Reacting to the situation, the interim management committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC).... Read more via Legit.ng –...

The Presidency has raised an alarm of President Buhari and his family being under fake news attack from people it described as "enemies of national cohesion". The disclosure was made in a statement released by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Mr Femi Adesina, in which …...

Former Nigeria international, Odion Ighalo, came on as a late substitute as Manchester United secured a crucial 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Monday... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2vDVjFE Get More Nigeria Sports News

Manchester United moved to within three points of fourth-placed Chelsea with a smash and grab 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge thanks to goals from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire on Monday.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2UY7983 Get More Nigeria Sports News

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has little sympathy for Manchester City over their ban from European competition, especially as he regularly lost some of his best players to their wealthy Premier League rivals..... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/323eS6h Get...

Dutch legend Ruud Gullit said Monday that Moussa Marega’s Porto team-mates should have done more to protect him after the Mali striker walked off in protest after receiving racist abuse in a Portuguese league game... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2V60I2K Get More...

Enyimba Football Club produced a clinical performance to outclass Abia Warriors 4-1 thriller in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture at the Okigwe Stadium yesterday morning..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/37FKLmx Get More Nigeria Sports News

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has said that Nigeria’s Northern region will destroy itself if it doesn’t change. Speaking on Monday in Kaduna during an event to commemorate the.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/37Cuejx Get More Nigeria Metro News

A Police Inspector, Ibrahim Chibok, has been killed during a shootout with bandits who attacked Muchiya Kaji village in Niger State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, Muhammad Abubakar, confirmed this in a statement on Monday... Read more via Channels Television –...

It was a revalidation of the oldest cultural festival in Igboland at the weekend when the President-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, and other stakeholders in Igboland gathered at the... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/325y6Z9 Get More...

The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted that Nigeria may experience drug insecurity due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in China, saying the situation portends danger for the country.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Corpses of eight farmers from Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State reportedly killed by hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen last Friday, have been exhumed, on Monday, by a search team made up of the police and representatives of the..... Read more via Vanguard News –...

Two children have died and 11 others admitted to Busolwe General Hospital, Butaleja District after eating suspected ‘poisonous’ pancakes commonly known as kabalagala. The victims are all children of Mr Kalimu Mulongo, a residents of Mabale village, Mabale parish in Budumba Sub County...

Kenya’s Ambassador to South Sudan, Chris Karumba Mburu, is dead. Mburu, a former director at the National Intelligence Service (NIS), collapsed and died at his residence in the capital Juba on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. In his condolence message, President Uhuru Kenyatta...

The President, Nigeria LPG Association (NLPGA), Mr. Nuhu Yakubu, has disclosed that LPG penetration will increase from the current 7.5 million cylinders to 10 million cylinders yearly in line with the Federal Government’s LPG penetration initiatives. Speaking at a recent stakeholder engagement...

Despite efforts of the Federal Government and operators, Nigeria is currently losing $2.5 billion yearly because of severe gas flaring from 178 flare sites nationwide, a development expected to hit … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/37EzvqC Get more: Nigeria Business News

The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, NIESV, weekend, lamented that the heightening insecurity situation in the country has impacted negatively on its trade as available investors and foreign partners are scared of investing in the real estate sector of the economy. ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a $500 million project to begin the implementation of special agro industrialised processing zones (SAPZ) to aid agricultural growth in Nigeria. The special adviser to the AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina, on industrialisation, Banji Oyeyinka...

More than 1,500 Nigerians have been stranded in Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana after they were dumped there by British Airways, BA, Delta Air, and other foreign airlines. Their flights were diverted by these foreign airlines to Ghana due to the inclement weather in Lagos … Read...