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Sunday night will be full of laughs and celebration when the 2018 BET Awards take place. Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx has been tapped to host the award show, devoted to highlighting the accomplishments of African Americans and other minorities for their contributions to film, music...

Two students of Ekiti State University have been rewarded for their emerging best in their faculties with cash prize of N2250. The best graduating students at the Faculty of Arts in Ekiti State University, Fashina Aderonke has reportedly been rewarded for her … Read more via pulse.ng –...

The Pan Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF) has described as unacceptable the reduction made from the 5billion naira initially approved for the take off of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South Local Government Area, by the National Assembly in the 2018 Appropriation Act. It has … Read...

The Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAM) says conditions of operation in Lagos State have become unsuitable and undermining its members’ jobs. The Chairman of AWAM, Oladipo Egbeyemi, said on Sunday that there was an effort to undermine AWAM members, popularly known as Private …...

The US has warned Syrian rebels in the south-west of the country they should not expect military support to help them resist a major government offensive. The message from Washington comes as Russian jets struck an opposition-held town on Sunday in the first air cover provided by Moscow …...

Argentina's World Cup camp descended into chaos on Saturday night with reports that Jorge Sampaoli would stay on as coach but be stripped of effective power before Tuesday night's vital fixture with Nigeria. With 2018 billed as the last chance for Lionel Messi to win... read more via Mail...

Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir has been appointed by the FIFA to officiate the crucial Group D Russia 2018 World Cup clash between the Super Eagles and Argentina in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday. Cakir’s appointment was confirmed on the verified Twitter handle of FIFA Media … read more via...

Mo Salah is considering quitting the Egyptian national team due to his unhappiness over what has happened in Chechnya, where the team was based during the World Cup at Russia 2018, a source close to the Liverpool forward has told CNN.... read more via CNN – https://ift.tt/2MUnMeE Get More...

England recorded their biggest win at a World Cup to overwhelm Panama and secure a place in the last 16 before their final Group G game with Belgium. Harry Kane played a captain's role once ... read more via BBC Sport – https://ift.tt/2McuX0u Get More Nigeria Sports News

Boris Becker has insisted he takes his duties as a diplomat for the Central African Republic seriously, despite the country’s foreign secretary saying the tennis player’s passport is fake. The German sportsman is involved in a long-running bankruptcy dispute but last week his lawyers said that...

The drama contines as Bobrisky’s former stylist, Seun Olaitan accuses him of doing ‘blood money’, without hesitation Bobrisky responds... via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2ty2EBN Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Perhaps we should start with a note of caution. The opposition will not always be this obliging and nobody, surely, can expect Harry Kane to keep scoring so prodigiously throughout the rest of the World Cup. Maybe England have peaked too soon. And no doubt the most overheard … read more...

Cristiano Ronaldo may be in fine form at the World Cup, but we think his side could have a frustrating final group against a defensive Asian outfit. Iran would not have expected to reach the final round group games with a chances of making it through to the .... read more via Goal.com News...

A Nigerian Twitter user identified as Oladimeji recently recounted his experience with Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS). According to the distressed young man, who shared the details on his Twitter page, the officers stopped him and his wife while they rode in a taxi on June 23. .... Read...

A former member of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ms. Comfort Obi has said that the Commission only approved promotions of those recommended by the Inspector-General of police (I-GP). Obi, who made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency … Read more via The Guardian...

A man has reportedly committed suicide in Delta State after he couldn’t pay his wife’s hospital bill. The 45-year-old unemployed.... Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2tzxBWn Get More Nigeria Metro News

A cleric has reported the killing of 120 people who were returning from a funeral service. The police confirmed the attack but said only 11 persons died. The pastor in charge of Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN) Regional Church Council (RCC) Rop in Barkin … Read more via Premium Times...

The immediate past governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has explained that he deliberately avoided the APC national convention held on Saturday and Sunday to avoid breakdown of law and order. Mr. Kwankwaso said he and his supporters intended to attend the convention but did … Read more...

Nigerian comedian, Obinna Simon, popularly known as MC Tagwaye, who is known for mimicking President Muhammadu Buhari, arrived in style for the continuation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention at the Eagles Square in Abuja earlier today. The … Read more via Naijaloaded...

The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye, has began mobilisation of voters ahead of the 2019. Adeboye in a recent political awareness campaign encouraged worshipers in his church to go and collect their Permanent Voters’ … Read more via Naijaloaded...