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Presidential hopeful on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Unagha Mumakhai , has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to drop his re-election ambition, saying that the exercise would affect his integrity negatively.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2wmW4j9...

More than eight years after a devastating plane crash in western Russia that killed Poland’s president at the time, Russia said on Thursday that it would allow Polish authorities to once again access the wreckage. While the incident has been officially blamed on pilot error … Read more via...

A Ugandan lawmaker whose arrest sparked protest has been transferred from military detention to civilian custody and charged with treason, the state broadcaster reported on Thursday. Robert Kyagulanyi appeared before a military court on Thursday to face charges of unlawful weapons possession...

The next generation farmhand in Japan’s ageing rural heartland may be a drone. For several months, developers and farmers in northeast Japan have been testing a new drone that can hover above paddy fields and perform backbreaking tasks in a fraction of the time it takes for … Read more via...

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said no fewer than 103 cases of Ebola have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). OCHA said the figures includes 76 confirmed and 27 probable, including 61 deaths, as at Tuesday this … Read more via Premium...

Nigeria’s oil exports are expected to rise to their highest in four months in October, thanks to supply of several larger grades coming back online following a series of pipeline outages in the last couple of months. Loading of Nigerian crude … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has floated a new corporate bond issuance programme. The issuance of the corporate bonds will support a long-term credit facility to Nigeria’s agriculture and manufacturing sectors. The spokesman for the CBN, Isaac Okorofor, explained that deposited money in...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, next week inaugurate the $250million state-of-the-art International Breweries in Ogun State. The brewery, said to be the biggest in West Africa, is located at kilometre 3, Flowergate Industrial Scheme, along the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway. Read...

Honeywell Flour mills recently expanded one of its plants in Nigeria, which included the installation of BA1 4hler’s Antares roller mills. Photo courtesy of BA1 4hler.... Read more via Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2wlnkhT Get more: Nigeria Business News

Nigerian superstar singer, David Adeleke, has reacted to viral report that Port Harcort-based artiste, Duncan Mighty battered his wife. The report of Duncan Mighty battering his wife went viral on social media yesterday.... via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2BClCyo Get more Nigeria...

It’s that time of the year again when Finishing Touch Events is set to hold the grand finale of the Miss Hotlegs Nigeria competition. The event is scheduled for Saturday, September 29 at Lekki Astoria Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos. It is expected to kick off with a red carpet session at … via...

As football fans across Nigeria are looking forward to the resumption of football hostilities in the Nigeria Professional Football League NPFL, Patrick Ngwaogu, assistant coach of Abia Warriors has said that the team is in good shape after playing … read more via P.M.EXPRESS –...

Five-time Europa League winners Sevilla look set for another assault on the competition after Pablo Sarabia’s solitary goal earned a 1-0 away win to Sigma Olomouc in the first leg of their playoff on Thursday. … read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2NcwEfh Get More Nigeria...

Paris Saint-Germain may be forced into selling either Neymar Jr. or Kylian Mbappe, to avoid financial fair play sanctions. UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body are due to confirm, whether PSG are guilty of breaching FFP regulations this week... read more via Daily Post Nigeria –...

Former Real Madrid star, Kaka, has revealed two players that should win the 2018 Ballon d’Or ahead of Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona ace, Lionel Messi. Ronaldo and Messi have dominated the award in the past decade. The pair had won an incredible five awards each … read...

The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a priest, Lekan Olukolu, for the death of a 25-year-old woman, Idowu Ogunkoya, who allegedly died in his shrine. The police added that the suspect was arrested on Sunday, August 19, 2018. The state Police Public … Read more via Punch...

A professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin, United States of America, Toyin Falola, on Thursday, said that he dropped out of school in the late 60s and joined the Agbekoya Farmers Movement which revolted against the government and freed detainees kept at … Read more via Punch...

The paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Sikiru Adetona, on Thursday warned politicians and their supporters not to turn the Ojude Oba festival of his people into a campaign forum. Mr Adetona gave the warning following chants of “APC! APC!! (All Progressives Congress)” from a group in … Read more...

The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Pen Cinema Police Division, Lagos State, H.E. Nwabuisi, has been accused of conducting raids during which he allegedly arrested innocent residents and extorted money from them. Nwabuisi, a Superintendent of Police, was alleged to have led his men...

A 27-year-old fashion designer, Olamide Oyelami, has been arraigned before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court on three counts bordering on cultism and unlawful possession of firearm. PUNCH Metro gathered that Oyelami was arrested during a police patrol on July 22, 2018. It was gathered that a...