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Manchester United Executive Vice-Chairman, Ed Woodward, has publicly declared his support for under-fire manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United go into Sunday’s clash with arch rivals Liverpool in 12th place on the Premier League table, 15 points behind the Premier League leaders and just two...

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has confirmed the postponement of the El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, due to concerns over political instability in Catalunya. A massive rally is planned for the city of Barcelona on October 26, the same day that the LaLiga champions …...

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, says the agency is planning to rehabilitate young people who are engaged in Internet fraud, popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo boys. Magu stated this in Lagos on Thursday while delivering a paper titled...

A team of Operation Zenda Special Crack Squad led by SP Justine Gberindyer, has recovered the decomposed corpse of Mrs Bridget Ihom, who was killed alongside her husband, Sgt Abraham Ihom, a Police officer serving under Katsina Ala division. According to a journalist, Raphael Akume, Sgt Ihom...

Men of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the National Assembly Complex Abuja on Thursday arrested three fake journalists on the premises. The suspects, identified simply as Balarabe Umar, Joseph Andor and Ibrahim Bello, were handed over to the Divisional Police Officer, National Assembly...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has consented to the request by the authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to float a jetty at the school’s waterfront to complement transportation on the campus... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2MRtnD5 Get More Nigeria Metro News

This is tragic. A graphic clip circulating online shows the moment a man was caught with a woman’s head in a polythene bag. The man was forced to remove the content of the bag, and to the surprise of those who forced him, it was a lady’s severed … Read more via Olu Famous Blog –...

Gruesome new details have emerged about a 2017 triple homicide involving an Arkansas mother and her two young children, including how one of their attackers allegedly forced the woman to watch as he butchered her son and daughter... Read more via News | Mail Online – https://ift.tt/32pjC5L...

While Russia has traditionally focused on arms and grain exports to Africa, it is now looking to broaden its activities and influence. Here are four sectors likely to be discussed at the Russia-Africa Summit set for next Wednesday … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and...

The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has warned that the reduction in hydrocarbon exploration and steady depletion of the oil reserves will drive Nigeria into risks of long-term disruption to oil and gas supplies, power generation, collapse of industries and significant...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) reportedly spent a whopping $396.33 million between 2013 and 2017 – a period of four years, to carryout repair works under the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) scheme on three of its decrepit refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna, … Read...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has Released to some banks part of the N499,175,535,097 deducted from 12 banks as additional cash reserves after the affected banks failed to meet a target … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2OT5DkK Get more: Nigeria Business News

The African Union has described Mozambique’s October 15, 2019 general elections as peaceful and conducted in a transparent manner. AU, which deployed a team of election experts and short-term observers to the southern African nation’s Presidential, legislative and provincial elections, noted...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has ended the era of public officials lavishing Nigeria’s commonwealth on expensive trips. The spokesman of the ruling party, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said in a statement that unlike the era of the Peoples Democratic...

Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has condemned the move by the Nigerian Army to re-launch its Python Dance and Crocodile Smile operations in some parts of the country, urging the military to focus on combating terrorism. The lawyer … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and...

South-east governors and Igbo leaders yesterday in Abuja urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on decayed infrastructure in the region. This is coming as the president has approved N10 billion for the take-off … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/33EoIuZ...

The Governor Ifeanyi Okowa administration has committed itself to the continued partnerships with vigilance groups and security agencies for better protection of lives and properties in the state. The Commissioner for … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

Quid pro quo is somehow used in French as awkward phenomenon or a mismatch of input and end result like one always notice in some policies in Nigeria designed to have a great positive impact but end up disappointing. … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

The trial of human rights activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo, has again been stalled at the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State. When the matter came up for hearing on Wednesday, it was adjourned at the instance of the … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto Zonal Office has arraigned Aminu Umar Gagi, Ibrahim Ahmed and Aliyu Suleiman before Justice Isah Muhammad Bargaja of the Sokoto State High Court on three-count charges bordering on conspiracy and bribery. Trouble started … Read more...