naija news today 210619

Washington on Thursday barred American civilian flights from the area where Iran shot down a US military drone, a strike that President Donald Trump slammed as a “big mistake.” The downing of the drone — which Washington insists was above international waters but Iran says was … Read more...

There was panic at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital Naguru in Nakawa Division as patients and some health workers dashed out of the wards subsequent to an Ebola scare. Dr Emmanuel Batibwe, the hospital director, said a patient had been admitted with Ebola-like symptoms before he died … Read...

Durban – An abandoned foetus was found on board a FlySafair flight which was scheduled to take of from Durban at 6:15am on Friday. The airline on their website described the find as tragic. “Flight FA 411 was scheduled to depart Durban for Johannesburg at … Read more via IOL section Feed...

These two really don’t hold back. In the segment above from Late Night, Seth Meyers joins Rihanna for shots, pints, and a host of deeply... Read more via Mashable – http://bit.ly/2ZFCFXQ Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Three 20-year old girls who pledged to hold together despite a shocking revelation that two of them had been mysteriously switched at birth have been separated after one of the mothers reclaimed her biological daughter on Friday. Melvis Imbaya who was raised up in Kakamega with one of the...

No HIV infections occurred over two years of follow-up among individuals taking event-driven pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a demonstration study conducted in Amsterdam, investigators report in Lancet HIV. The study recruited MSM and transgender individuals who were given the option of ...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has initiated investigations into a video that has gone viral on social media involving a Nigerian English professor. In a release signed by Ms Juliana Obeng, Deputy Superintendent of Police, the Head of Public Affairs …...

Ghana has been ranked as the fourth most peaceful country in Africa, according to the latest Global Peace Index. Mauritius, Botswana and Malawi ranked first, second and third respectively as the most peaceful countries in Africa. Ghana, however, placed 44th in the world with Iceland leading...

Dufil Prima Foods Plc, makers of Indomie Instant Noodles, has denied ownership of a company-branded truck that was recently seized by the authorities for illegally transporting about 1,500 wraps of cannabis. The Mitsubishi Canter Indomie branded truck was reportedly impounded by the Seme...

The second largest telecommunications group in Africa, Airtel Africa Plc, is set to sell its shares to Nigerian investors at between N363 and N454 per […] Read more via P.M. News – http://bit.ly/2ITCfGo Get more: Nigeria Business News

According to experts at Kaspersky Lab, the number of users being attacked with fake system cleaners has increased by two-fold. These fraudulent programs are designed to trick … Read more via IT News Africa news alert – http://bit.ly/2IwnnPd Get more: Nigeria Business News

Donald Trump approved but then scrapped strikes against Iranian targets on Thursday, according to reports, after Iran shot down a US drone in what the president termed a "big mistake." The US was planning to hit "a handful of Iranian targets, like radar and missile batteries" on Thursday …...

Google will not be launching a sequel to last year’s Pixel Slate tablet, according to Business Insider and Computer World, and will instead focus its Chrome OS hardware efforts on traditional laptop devices like the Pixelbook. “For Google’s first-party hardware efforts, we’ll be focusing on...

Former Liverpool/Chelsea/Atletico Madrid striker, Fernando Torres has announced his retirement from football after a glittering 18-year career. The 35-year-old Spaniard who last played in.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2MWueWm Get More Nigeria Sports News

The federal government is considering proscribing the Al-majiri system of education in order to tackle insecurity. Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, who disclosed this at the end of the national executive council meeting in Abuja, said the ban is to ensure that no child is deprived...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on May 29, took his second term oath in office. Recall that President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won 15,191,847 of the total votes cast, while Atiku Abubakar of the,,, Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2IWHNQu Get More Nigeria...

Biafran soldiers, yesterday, claimed that they were responsible for the increase in the number of votes cast for President Muhammadu Buhari, which enabled him to emerge the winner of 2019 presidential election.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2RrLFg5 Get More Nigeria...

Abubakar Suleiman Ningi and Kawuwa Shehu Damina have emerged as Speakers of the Bauchi State House of Assembly through parallel elections. The elections were held separately with..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2x6X8sj Get More Nigeria Political News

Super Eagles winger, Henry Onyekuru will return to Turkish side Galatasaray for another loan deal next season, according to Futbol Arena. Onyekuru had a successful loan spell with the.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2Rs5UKs Get More Nigeria Sports News

The internally displaced people’s population in North-eastern Nigeria is expanding, according to a new United Nations’ report, spotlighting the unabating humanitarian disaster precipitated by the Boko Haram terrorism in the region. At the end of 2018, there were 2.2 million internally...