naija news today 210519

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said that Nigeria does not have the luxury of constantly relating with one country in the world. Osinbajo, who made the assertion in Lagos at a two-day 2019 USA Fair, said that Nigeria as a developing country was ambitious … Read more via...

The Federal Government has reacted to the comment made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo comment on the activities of Boko Haram terrorist group. PM news had reported that Obasanjo said on Saturday that the Boko Haram activities ”is no longer an issue of a … Read more via P.M. News –...

The Premier League has picked Andros Townsend’s strike for Crystal Palace against Manchester City in December as the official Goal of the Season.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2Wfpyyd Get More Nigeria Sports News

Ghanaian football star who’s also the country’s all-time leading goal-scorer Asamoah Gyan has retired from international football a month before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations...... Read more via BellaNaija – http://bit.ly/2LW1yw5 Get More Nigeria Sports News

Chelsea will not block Eden Hazard’s move to Real Madrid, the UK Daily Mail reports. The Blues are ready to let him join the Spanish giants even if they are handed a transfer ban, provided Real pay their asking price..... Read more via Naijaloaded – http://bit.ly/2w9STf3 Get More Nigeria...

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has promised to offer a 3-day holiday and other prestigious prizes to the best pupils of The Learning Center, Maiduguri. Osinbajo disclosed this while addressing pupils of the centre on Tuesday, as part of his one-day official visit to Borno. … Read more via...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested eight suspected fraudsters for an alleged involvement in internet crime. The suspects are: Adesanmi Abiodun, Olasupo Emmanuel, Segun Amudah, Aina Oladipo and Babatunde Olawuyi...... Read more via Nairaland...

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned “a certain South West political leader” to leave Bukola Saraki, outgoing Senate President, alone. Although the AYCF did not mention any name, POLITICS TIMES gathered the group’s warning was issued to Bola Tinubu, … Read more via...

Okey Bakasi shared the video and ofcourse he was the commentator too. ‘River Lekki…..earlier today.#realitycheck’, he wrote while captioning the videos.... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2WcfYwh Get More Nigeria Metro News

The 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has decried the high rate of suicide in Nigeria. Atiku on Tuesday enjoined Nigerian parents and communities at large to look out for early signs of depression in the lives of young people. According to …...

The military has commenced the evacuation of the residents of Sabongari in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in Damboa. Sabongari is 34 kilometres from Damboa on the 100-kilometre Damboa-Biu road. Maj. … Read more via Daily Trust –...

Davido unfollows ikorodubois hours after they called him out for not given them the ₦1M he promised them since January 2019. Recall that Popular Instagram Mimickers, the Ikorodu Bois reveals Davido hasn’t … via www.nairaland.com – http://bit.ly/2HuNdCN Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

One day after hosting Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, President Muhammadu Buhari held a meeting with Mamman Daura, his cousin, and Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the.... Read more via TheCable – http://bit.ly/2WXqX9M Get More Nigeria Political News

The Federal Government has assured foreign dignitaries and world leaders of their safety as they come for the Presidential Inauguration Day and National Democracy Day on May 29th and June 12th respectively..... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2WV9Pla Get More Nigeria...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/30xILKT Get More Nigeria Political News

Niki Lauda, the legendary Formula 1 racer, has died aged 70. Lauda, who is considered as one of the world's greatest Formula 1 drivers ever, died on Monday, May 20, 2019, his family confirmed.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2JvDcav Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the extension of a funding facility by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for electricity generation companies (GENCOs) in the country. CBN had earlier stepped into the.... Read more via Newtelegraph – http://bit.ly/2w7qiXC Get more: Nigeria...

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, has taken a Final Investment Decision, FID, for Amukpe to Escravos 160,000 barrels of oil per day, (bopd), alternate export pipeline. This will provide a third.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2VRJXdj Get more: Nigeria Business News

The humanitarian crisis in the North-east part of the country has received the attention of the United Nations (UN) Nigerian Humanitarian Fund- Private Sector Initiative (NHF-PSI) made up of some key private sector.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2wcix2A Get more: Nigeria...

The Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, has said the Nigerian telecom sector has contributed N2 trillion which is about 9.5 per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2LZ8gSj Get more: Nigeria Business News