naija news today 190918

An Italian priest was kidnapped on Monday in south Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, the second abduction of a European in the West African country this year. There was no immediate claim of... Read more via Ladun Liadi's Blog – https://ift.tt/2Oz2fs7 Get more World News

Controversial Nollywood actor Uche Maduagwu has come for Kemi Olunloyo over her recent rants on Linda Ikeji and he called her an idiot for being an ingrate. If you recollect, Kemi Olunloyo had insisted Linda Ikeji was... Read more via Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2NSAdLc Get more Nigeria...

A controversial South African pastor, who gave his church members Jik bleach to drink during service last week, has spoken out to defend his action. Pastor Ruffus Phala, of Ark Centre Ministry in... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2NSfnf4 Get More Nigeria Metro News

A fight broke out in a church in South Africa when the pastor told a woman that her best friend who was standing beside her is the cause of her problems. Pastor Alph Lukau of Alleluia Ministries International began to prophesy two... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2DasvHZ...

Nigerians on social media have reacted to the recent cult killing at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, where some students were murdered in cold blood after a fight during a graduation party... Read more via Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2MNtDAU Get More Nigeria Metro News

A woman identified as Oluchi Mba, residing in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has allegedly sold her seven-day-old baby boy for N350,000 to raise cash for Christmas.... Read more via Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2xvlXOh Get More Nigeria Metro News

Silas Adekunle, a 26-year-old Nigerian, credited for building the world’s first gaming robot, has just become the highest paid in the field of Robotic engineering. He achieved this feat after.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2NoiFqQ Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday said they shut All Progressives Congress, APC secretariat in Taraba State to prevent further breakdown of law and order. The Commissioner of Police in the state, David Akinremi, told Punch in Jalingo, the state capital that the command took … Read more via...

Fela Durotoye, a motivational speaker, has picked the nomination form of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) to contest for the position of Nigerian president in the 2019 general election... Read more via Ladun Liadi's Blog – https://ift.tt/2DbBjh2 Get More Nigeria Political News

No fewer than 400 people have been killed by both the security forces and the armed separatists in an escalating violence in Cameroon’s English speaking Northwest and Southwest regions, Amnesty International said. The London-based human rights organisation, in a report said … Read more...

A total of 21 people, mostly foreign workers, have now died from drinking tainted alcohol in Malaysia, authorities said Wednesday as police made a series of arrests over the scandal..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2Dag4vN Get more World News

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Report on Tuesday says rapid population growth in the poorest countries, particularly in Africa, has put global poverty fight at risk.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2NlKa4m Get more World News

Geraldine of Iheme, a lawyer and an ex- Big Brother Africa housemate has joined the league of a few Nigerian celebrities who have their own signature perfume lines with the launch of Osayona by Geraldine’s Bayou. The best -selling author, who was … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

A complaint has been filed with the US government accusing Facebook and 10 other companies of using the platform’s job ad targeting system to discriminate on the basis of gender. The complaint was announced Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties … Read more via Channels Television –...

The Federal Government says the sale of 21 per cent of its equity in the Nigerian Security Printing & Minting (NSPM) Plc to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will yield about N17 billion. The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex … Read more via Premium Times...

TV host and comedy writer Denis Norden has died aged 96, his family has said. The It’ll Be Alright on the Night host died on Wednesday morning after spending “many weeks” at the Royal Free Hospital in London, a statement said.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2xwHxSq...

The Libyan Football Federation has reportedly opted for Tunisia rather than Algeria as the host country for their Match-day four of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria next month..... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2NoTzrY Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Europa League group stage begins on Thursday, with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, AC Milan and Sevilla among the leading sides hoping to negotiate a marathon competition all the way to the final in Baku in May.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2pjB4Xd Get More...

Mrs Mimi Oribibi-Azape, a former Executive Chairman of Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), has alleged that policemen invaded her private residence in Makurdi and made away with her personal vehicle, Toyota Hilux, and undisclosed items. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2xyysZv Get...

Supervising Minister for Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed offering prayers during the opening of the Federal Executive Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Zainab … Read more via Vanguard News –...