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Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Mr. Muhammad Mustafa, has beefed up security at Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South-West Local Government Area with an Armored Personnel Carrier, APC, and reinforcement of Police Mobile Force, PMF, in the community, following a fresh attack by armed men.... Read more...

Reaction has begun to trail the death of a 54-year-old woman, Mrs Basirat Akinmushire, in the custody of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Lagos, following suspicion that she could have been tortured to death during interrogation..... Read more via Vanguard News...

Many rained curses on a woman who allegedly left her five years old twins at home unattended to as they were both consumed by the fire that razed their building in Calabar, the Cross River state capital yesterday.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2SdSEcL Get More Nigeria...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will today commence its 2018 Batch ‘C’ Stream 1 Orientation Course across the country.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2POnXJv Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), are yet to take a position after a United States court gave a $6.59 … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...

Across Africa, planting oil palm is a lifeline for millions of small farmers, and palm oil development is key to the future of countries including Nigeria, Liberia, Gabon, Burkina Faso, and many others. However, new threats are rising from Europe that will undo the … Read more via...

Joining fact-checking programmes in Kenya and South Africa, Facebook recently announced the launch of third-party fact-checking to help assess the accuracy of news in Nigeria, and reduce the spread of misinformation, whilst improving the quality of news people find on its platform. Working...

The United States is working with Japan and other Asian countries to build facilities for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports and improve their competitiveness, a move that further threatens Nigeria’s market share. At the annual LNG Producer-Consumer Conference in Nagoya, Japan, yesterday, Dan...

Walmart is making free two-day shipping available on more items and simplifying the returns process for customers. Walmart has partnered with "hundreds" of its third-party marketplace sellers to offer free two-day shipping on "millions more" items on Walmart.com.... Read more via pulse.ng –...

American pop icon Lady Gaga has called out the President Donald Trump administration over its attempted rollback on Transgender rights in the country. Lady Gaga has spent much of her decade-long career being an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ rights. From starting her own anti-bullying campaign...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said the news about an alleged plans to impeach the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, is unfounded and false. Speaking at plenary yesterday, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, said that there was no truth in the impeachment rumour. ...

A source close to the Presidential Villa has reportedly claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari is embarrassed and worried by the ongoing crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has ordered party's national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole to fix it.... Read more via Nigeria News today &...

Chelsea’s Nigeria international defender Kenneth Omeruo says things are looking up after a work permit hitch delayed his start to life in La Liga on loan to Leganes. The 25-year-old joined the Spanish side in August, his seventh loan move away from the English Premier League club Chelsea since...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recorded 172 convictions from January to date, Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, said in Gombe yesterday..... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2PNaBwT Get More Nigeria Metro News

Richard Branson has reportedly stepped down from the chairman role of Virgin Hyperloop One. In a statement, cited by Reuters, Branson said that the company would require a more time than he could devote to the company.... Read more via NaijaBizCom.Com – https://ift.tt/2CySdUK Get more...

Netflix’s commitment to growing its original content collection will see the company again returning to debt markets to raise more financing, the company announced today. According a release published to its investors site, Netflix says it plans to raise $2 billion to help fund new content...

eBay today launched a new service to help users unload their old smartphones on its online marketplace. With eBay Instant Selling, as the service is called, consumers can list their device info, add images, then receive an instant voucher that can be used towards the purchase of a new … Read...

The local currency opened bearish at the first trading day of the week on Monday, going down by 0.02 percent at both the interbank and Investors and Exporters segments. Business Post reports that the Naira closed at N306.55 against the Dollar yesterday versus the N306.50/$ it was exchanged in...

Inter’s captain believes his team can now go toe-to-toe with the Spanish side on Wednesday due to the Argentine’s injury Lionel Messi’s absence is a big blow for Barcelona and levels the playing field for Inter in their Champions League clash, according to captain Mauro Icardi. … read more...

The former defender spent three years with the Portuguese star at Manchester United and he lauded his former team-mate prior to Tuesday’s game. Nemanja Vidic described Cristiano Ronaldo as the perfect role model as the Manchester United great returns to Old Trafford with Juventus. It will …...