naija news today 221219

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has expressed his disappointment with the Reds’ 2-0 Premier League defeat to Watford. Speaking to MUTV and Sky Sports after the final whistle, the Norwegian reflected upon a poor first-half showing from his side and also discussed the return of Paul...

The premier league match between Tottenham (host) and Chelsea ended 0-2 in favour of Chelsea side led by Frank Lampard a former player under new Tottenham’s coach Jose Mourinho..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2ZdRRfL Get More Nigeria Sports News

Three people were feared killed on Sunday when suspected members of the Boko Haram attacked humanitarian workers in Borno State. Two others were also reportedly kidnapped by the insurgents, sources told PREMIUM TIMES. The insurgents carried out the attack along the Maiduguri-Monguno road...

The President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, saturday in Abuja, disclosed that the apex African Bank actually supported Nigeria out of recession in 2017 by pumping funds in the region of $600 million into the then receding Africa’s largest economy..... Read more via...

The Presidency has again reacted to attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari by some prominent Nigerians. The seat of power said such people do not like President Buhari “because he does not sign papers or give out oil wells at will.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2sUqDym...

The Northern Elders Forum has launched a peace effort to Kano State, with a view to ending the prolonged misunderstanding between Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Emir of Kano Malam Muhammad Sanusi. The Forum will lead eminent personalities from the North to meet with elders...

The Presidency has again reacted to claims that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has been hijacked and now at the mercy of a power-hungry cabal. Presidential Spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu said no president can operate alone without having a team of close confidants..... Read more...

A fire outbreak has been recorded at the Ekiosa market in Benin city, causing commotion in the area. According to a report by The Nation, many traders at the Ekiosa market in Benin City are currently in tears as fire razed the market.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2Q9NQVx Get...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, passed for second reading a bill to make Presiding Officers of the two chambers of the National Assembly members of the National Security Council. The bill seeks to amend the third schedule of the 1999 constitution … Read more via...

Pope Francis has said that the church is no longer listened to by the world. The pontif explained that this is because the church has lost its influence over natuions as the source of cultures.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2SkdNUW Get more World News

The entertainment space comes with everything fast and furious with tendencies to cause a meltdown. Whether in private or public, entertainers live a life of scream that can hardly be kept under wraps. Here, are some celebrity, Timaya, Flavour, Afrocandy, Cossy’s confessions that.... Read...

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has released another series of allegations against Adams Oshiomhole. Obaseki alleged that Oshimhole got the approval board of the NDDC without the knowledge of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Edo state governor claimed that APC national chairman did this with the...

The Nigerian government has condemned the designation of Nigeria as a country that tolerates violations against religion. The condemnation was made by the minister of information, culture and tourism.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2tID4ho Get More Nigeria Political News

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, had his quarterly media chat in Ibadan, the state Capital, on Friday night, where he promised that the state workers will get a 13th-month salary on Dec 28, 2019. Makinde’s government was said to have paid December salary on the 16th, to help civil servants...

Premier League trio comprising Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Riyad Mahrez have been shortlisted as the final three players that would emerge new king of African football. Mane and Salah helped Liverpool win the prestigious Champions League competition last season while Man City star Mahrez won...

Hon. Komsol Alphonsus Longgap is a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the member representing Mikang, Shendam & Quaan-Pan Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives. In this interview, Longgap posits that...

Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski is currently the 2019 highest top scorer in Europe top-five league ahead of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappé and Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo. Lewandowski has scored 54 goals in 58 matches for Bayern in all competition...

It does not need pointing out that wealth has a certain appeal. Among its colleagues of virtue, wealth and affluence appear to be the only ones who can completely overshadow every other, regardless of how mysterious their origin. Physical beauty is an inherited virtue and has since become...

Police in Benue State have arrested a young businessman for alleged r.a.p.e of a 21-year-old lady. The lady was said to be working for the alleged rapist who runs a business along David Mark Bypass in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog –...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service failed to collect taxes worth about N41 billion in Lagos Nigeria, , a government audit report has said. This is even as it has not been able to meet up with its target over the past four consecutive years, the report added.The taxes, which … Read more via...