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The process of establishing a Federal University of Environmental Technology in Saakpenwa, Ogoni, Rivers State, Tuesday, got a boost as the Bill for an Act to that effect scaled second reading in the Senate. The bill for an Act for … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2T0fRQF...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has lent its voice to the South West Security outfit, Amotekun and has fixed a public hearing on the outfit for Monday 24th February 2020. Speaker of the House, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa subsequently committed … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Rita Dominic says only people with poverty mentality believe showing of wealth on social media means you are doing well. Rita Dominic says a lot of people believe if you don’t post your wealth on social media then you are not bailing.... Read more Pulse Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2SJ2yW3...

“No govt is as wasteful as the Nigerian govt. Buying N35m Camry 2020 model for each NASS member is pure wickedness! With all the debt owed by Nigeria, they are thinking of doing such? Is renewing their vehicles every three … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2V566TR Get More...

Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore has alleged that the Nigerian government ‘secretly’ asked the court to order his arrest. Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare are still standing trial on a two-count charge of felony conspiracy and felony by the Nigerian government.... Read...

The World Bank on Tuesday approved six projects worth about $2.2bn for implementation in Nigeria in the 2020 fiscal year. The management of the bank had met to deliberate on a request from the Federal Government.... Read more via “nigeria” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2SJOT0L Get More...

The European Union says it can impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigeria, if it fails to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally in the EU. The EU, which comprises Germany, Italy, Spain, France and 23 other countries... Read more via...

The Juventus star is on fire in front of goal and that comes as no shock to his supposed rival. Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi isn’t surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent Serie A scoring streak for Juventus as he praised the striker’s… Read more via Goal.com – https://ift.tt/2vRjhxq Get...

Although flight services have since resumed this week, the dust raised by last week’s disruptions is yet to settle. Just yesterday, a score of passengers arrived Lagos from Accra, Ghana, were they had been ferried and allegedly abandoned by British Airways since last week.... Read more via...

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram has been challenged to show his face if he is not afraid of death following a threat video he released some days ago vowing to kill Nigeria's Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami.... Read more via Tori News –...

Are three days enough to study one’s lover and decide to marry him or her and live together for life? A couple who took that scary risk close to four decades ago has recently celebrated their success over the period. They reportedly tied the knot in … Read more via Pulse Nigeria – Nigeria –...

A 28-year-old sickle cell anaemia survivor Musonda Mwilwa has fulfilled her dream of becoming a medical doctor. Mwilwa said she had always wished to be a medical doctor even after she was diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia when she was nine months old, Times of Zambia reports... Read more...

A part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Afeez Baruwa has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for raping an 18-year-old girl admission seeker. The judgement was handed down on Thursday by an Ikeja High Court.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2P8KUbK Get More...

The Nigerian mobile phone market has been thriving in recent years, buoyed by the competition between mobile phone brands offering decent and affordable mobile phones for users in the country..... Read more via Techpoint.Africa – https://ift.tt/2V6pAYf Get more: Nigeria Business News

Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has revealed the last conversation he had with rapper, Pop Smoke who was recently murdered. Popular Singer, Burna Boy has mourned the death of 20-year-old American rapper... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2vMnHph Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

A part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Afeez Baruwa has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for raping an 18-year-old girl admission seeker. The judgement was handed down on Thursday by an Ikeja High Court.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2HGrZ46 Get More...

A die hard fan of president Buhari has come out on social media to apologise for supporting the present Administration.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2vT1y8t Get More Nigeria Metro News

The bill for the establishment of a national agency for repentant Boko Haram terrorists has passed first reading at the Senate. The Nigerian Senate has introduced a bill for the establishment of an agency for the rehabilitation of repentant insurgents.... Read more via Pulse Nigeria News –...

Two passengers on the coronavirus-stricken cruise docked in Japan have died, the country’s state-owned broadcaster reported Thursday. The passengers were an 87-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman, according to.... Read more via Time – https://ift.tt/2P8Rnnf Get more World News

The bug of demand for review of Supreme Court judgement has reached Kano State. Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the state are also asking for a review of the governorship judgement delivered in respect of the March 9, 2019 governorship election. The chapter was at the …...