naija news today 210918

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation says it has no hidden 470.5 million dollars and N8 billion in any commercial bank as alleged by the Nigerian police. The NNPC in a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja on Friday, explained …...

Nigerian Journalist, Kemi Olunoyo keeps blowing hot with her continuous shading of media entrepreneur Linda Ikeji, as she advised Sophia Momodu, Davido‘s first baby mama to pray against having role models like Linda for her daughter.... via Nigerian Entertainment Today –...

Save for a just a handful out there, almost all Nigerian celebrities, especially the male have one or more children out of wedlock. While some of them try to keep that part of their lifestyle and even totally hide that aspect of their lives, many more have been found … via Nigerian...

Once a cheater, always a cheater. This is a common thing often said about… well… people who cheat. And Tristan Thompson is a person who cheats. This is not exactly breaking news, as all celebrity gossip fans are aware that Thompson stepped out on a then-pregnant Khloe Kardashian numerous times...

Fresh cases of cholera have left 61 people dead and 50 still on admission in hospitals across Yobe State. Confirming the figures on Friday in a statement, the state government also noted that there were 906 fresh cases. According to NAN, Dr Muhammad Kawuwa, Commissioner for Health, said the …...

The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service, to with immediate effect, put an end to the payment of fines by Nigerians holding dual citizenship at the nation’s International Airports. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, stated this in a...

A 26-year-old herbalist from Krofofordo near Cape Coast was on Thursday remanded into police custody by a Cape Coast Circuit Court for causing harm. The accused, Kwamena Issah slashed the lower abdomen of someone he suspected of stealing his mobile phone during a confrontation between …...

Hand in hand with her heartbroken parents, 13-year-old Danielle John today returned to school nine days after she found her ‘bullied’ brother hanged in the toilets. The teenager has ‘gone through hell’ after her elder sibling took his own life in south Wales last week. Bradley’s … Read more...

Early today, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations – DCI Detectives arrested two Nigerians and one Tanzanian for engaging in electronic fraud in Kenya where local banks lost huge amounts of cash. According to reports, most of the money defrauded from the local banks was withdrawn outside...

The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has defended his decision to skip the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)..... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MV1JmC Get More Nigeria Political News

Nigerian Senator representing Bayelsa East in the red chamber, Ben Bruce has disclosed why Ministers without NYSC certificates pass through the National Assembly without getting busted. According to Senator Ben Bruce, they screen Ministers without NYSC certificates based in information...

Residents make last-minute shopping on Friday ahead of Saturday’s governorship election at Owode-Ede market, Ede, Osun State... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2NvnKhf Get More Nigeria Political News

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said he was moved to join the presidential race following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to perform. Saraki made the declaration in Bauchi on Friday while addressing the Peoples Democratic Party’s supporters in the state. The … Read more via...

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), on Friday condemned the call made by the Plateau State branch of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that Joshua Dariye, a convicted criminal, should stand for election in 2019... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2QMvEka Get...

It was brazen even by Liberian standards. Shipping containers carrying the equivalent of $US104m in Liberian bank notes, ordered by the Central Bank from printers in Sweden and China, arrived at Liberia’s port and then vanished. The news broke in local paper Africa on Monday. … Read more...

“We’re not at war with Great Britain,” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told Austrian media on Friday following a summit where EU leaders rejected a Brexit plan presented by British Prime Minister Theresa May. “We have to be careful, like two loving hedgehogs. When two...

Only months after a historic vote legalized abortion in Ireland, the country’s health minister has said new legislation will make procedures free for all women. The May referendum was one of the most charged votes in the country’s history. For a land traditionally conservative with huge...

stylist Ade Samuel who has worked with stars including Michael B. Jordan and Letitia Wright had her ‘Lagos Night’s’ birthday bash featured in Vogue. Stylist to the stars Ade Samuel has had a monumental year and has styled a whole host of … via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment & lifestyle...

Pep Guardiola revealed that Manchester City had little trouble in convincing Sergio Aguero to sign a contract extension with the Premier League champions but believes the days of high-profile international players spending a decade with one club are over. The Argentinian striker … read more...

Veteran coach Oscar Tabarez will remain in charge of Uruguay until the next World Cup after signing a four-year contract extension. Tabarez reached an agreement with the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) on Friday to continue in the role he has held since 2006. The 71-year-old’s future had...