naija news today 210818

Jurgen Klopp has told kicker there would be “no chance” that Liverpool would spend an amount similar to the world-record £198.5m Paris Saint-Germain paid for Neymar last year, according to Soccernet. Klopp spoke out against high transfer fees after Manchester United paid £89.3m for Paul Pogba...

Spain got a second-half winner from Patri Guijarro Monday to defeat hosts France 1-0 and advance to the final of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup 2018. This despite La Rojita playing the final quarter of Monday’s semi-final with ten players. In front of a … read more via Thisdaylive –...

Nigeria has avoided sanctions from FIFA over the leadership crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation after the Federal Government recognised Amaju Pinnick as president of the NFF. The country thus beat Monday’s deadline to hand the NFF offices “back to the … read more via Punch...

After nearly six years at Chelsea, Eniola Aluko already felt “the timing was right” for her move to Italian giants Juventus, several weeks before Ronaldo made his switch from Real Madrid for 112m euros. And Aluko, capped 102 times by England, is enjoying being out of her comfort … read more...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Port Harcourt Zone, on Monday called on the Osun and Oyo State governments, the joint owners of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, to fund the institution and save it from collapse. ASUU urged both governments to urgently take …...

A former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Prof. Michael Iloeje, has said that poor funding on the part of the Federal Government is the reason why Nigerian universities are lagging behind in many respects. Speaking during the Second...

For every 10 Nigerian children that are at least five years old, there are no records about the birth of seven. Even though these children have names, their birth … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2nU2Fhh Get More Nigeria Metro News

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State and Delta South senatorial district aspirant in the 2019 general election, Air Vice Marshall Terry Okorodudu (retd), has said that there was a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, fatigue in the state, which … Read more via Vanguard News...

Ahead of the 2019 elections, the leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State has unanimously endorsed Kogi State Speaker, Prince Matthew Kolawole, as the sole aspirant to fly its flag … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2N5cbcc...

JUSTICE and equity advocate, Annkio Briggs, has called on the international community to rescue Nigeria from the brink of self destruction over inability to govern well. Briggs, weekend, who spoke at a coalition of rights groups from across the nation, hosted by her group, Niger Delta Self...

The National Secretary of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Dr. James Okoroma has stated that leadership and governance has failed in Imo State. He stated this during the presentation of nomination form to the party’s governorship aspirant for Imo state, Mr. Success Obioma. He said … Read...

Fomer President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to remain prudent and uphold its uniqueness by being a members’ driven party, where its supporters were the sponsors of the party and not a few money bags. He told the National Working … Read...

The Consul General of the Peoples’ Republic of China to Nigeria Ambassador Chao Xiaolinag, has disclosed that China’s gross domestic product（GDP） expanded 6.8 per cent in the first quarter and 6.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2018, representing 12th straight quarter that the GDP … Read...

The Naira yesterday appreciated to N359 per dollar in the parallel market. According to naijabdcs.com, the live exchange rate platform of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators (ABCON), the parallel market exchange dropped to N359 per dollar from N359.6 last … Read more via...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, received $94.279 million, about N28.85 billion, from Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company, Glencore, being payment for crude oil sold to the company in 2017.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2ORNvEq...