naija news today 180918

Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has described his sack as a blessing in disguise. Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Monday, Lawal said his monthly income as SGF was N953,000 but he made about half a billion last year. READ MORE HERE

Here are pictures showing the moment the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, including his backup car, was on involved in an accident yesterday in Abuja. It was gathered that the governor’s car was already ahead to catch up with an appointment with President Muhammadu Buhari...

National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) said it is yet to be served any court order restraining it from carrying out the ongoing Tier Based Minimum Solvency Capital policy in the industry..... Read more via Nairametrics – https://ift.tt/2PJu5Sy Get more: Nigeria Business News

Top television stars walked the red carpet for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards held at LA’s Microsoft Theatre earlier today. The ceremony, which was hosted by Saturday Night Live comedians Michael Che and..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2pgjOlV Get more...

TV Personality La La Anthony and her Basketball player husband Carmelo Anthony, are back together, having settled their differences one-year after they went their separate ways following a string of cheating allegations.... Read more via Nigerian Entertainment Today – https://ift.tt/2MKLUz7...

Gareth Bale expressed his surprise after UEFA's Goal of the Season panel overlooked his overhead kick in the Champions League final, joking that the governing body's decision makers "want to be sacked"... Read more via ModernGhana News – https://ift.tt/2xj8Wbm Get More Nigeria Sports News

Chicken curry. A few games of Fifa. Match of the Day. It sounds like an evening with your mates - not what you would do with a World Cup winner. And that is exactly what a group of friends did this weekend after spotting N'Golo Kante at a local mosque... Read more via BBC –...

Nigeria has declared a national disaster after severe flooding left about 100 people dead across 10 states, the country’s main relief agency said on Tuesday. Heavy seasonal rains have caused the Niger and... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2QDoEpA Get More...

Boko Haram has reportedly threatened to kill Leah Sharibu, the remaining Dapchi schoolgirl in Boko Haram captivity. According to The Cable, the insurgents claimed they... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2ML5gDY Get More Nigeria Metro News

Embattled Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has stormed Osogbo, the Osun State capital with his wife, First Lady Bolanle Patience Ambode and an entourage; as he doubles down on peace moves.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2pinnI6 Get More Nigeria Political News

Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Ikeja Federal Constituency have carpeted Toke Benson Awoyinka and her supporters over a protest they purportedly staged on Monday September 17, 2018... Read more via P.M.EXPRESS – https://ift.tt/2PNjp5L Get More...

The Russian Ministry of Defense has blamed Israel for the downing of an Il-20 spy plane in the Mediterranean after its own ally, Syria, shot down the plane with anti-aircraft artillery.... Read more via Business Insider – https://ift.tt/2NmaWcH Get more World News

South Korea’s president and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un drove together through the streets of Pyongyang Tuesday past thousands of cheering citizens before opening a summit where Moon Jae-in will seek to reboot stalled denuclearisation talks between his hosts and the United States.... Read...

The A-listers of television showed TF up on the Emmys red carpet on Monday night in super sheer and plunging styles. Scroll on to see the nakedest looks … via Cosmopolitan – https://ift.tt/2QBpQdc Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Alex Borstein won an Emmy Award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy … via Harper’s BAZAAR – https://ift.tt/2D3om8V Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

SpaceX Image caption Artwork: The BFR spaceship will be able to carry humans on a trip around … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2xiiNxR I Get more World News

A new book has told of how ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo ran the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as a “sole administrator” for the eight years he led the country. READ MORE HERE

More than 40 percent of “extremely poor people” in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by the year 2050, a report by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed. In the 2018 goalkeepers report released Tuesday, the foundation said by 2050, Nigeria will have 152 million people in...

Senate President and presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, excited members of the party in Lagos as he assured them that he will do everything within his reach to ensure PDP produced the next governor of the state. READ MORE HERE

Senate President and presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, excited members of the party in Lagos as he assured them that he will do everything within his reach to ensure PDP produced the next governor of the state. READ MORE HERE