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Twenty-seven people have died in Iran from alcohol poisoning, and a further 15 are in a critical condition, local media reported on Sunday. The national emergency services said they have taken 290 people to hospital in four Iranian provinces in recent days after they consumed tainted alcohol. …...

No fewer than 150,000 persons have been displaced by flood in Bayelsa, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday disclosed. Mr Yakubu Suleiman, Co-ordinator, Emergency Operation Centre E, Rivers/Bayelsa Territory of NEMA disclosed this..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper –...

Foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama has called on the international community to demonstrate strong commitment to policy of returning of all illicit assets and money to their countries of origin.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2zGTLu7 Get More Nigeria Political News

LEADER of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, yesterday, affirmed that the reason Deltans are voting President Muhammadu Buhari for second term in 2019 is because.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2ItxAtW Get More Nigeria Political News

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the Lagos All Progressives Congress governorship primary scheduled for Monday..... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2xOrUqC Get More Nigeria Political News

The immediate past Governor of Delta State and Delta South Senatorial District hopeful, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan, has said his defection to the All Progressives Congress would put to an end the era of the party’s “barrenness” in winning elective positions and.... Read more via TODAY.NG –...

Governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State scheduled to hold on Sunday have been postponed. It was gathered from authoritative sources in the party executives that the.... . Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2OleSu6 Get More Nigeria Political News

The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia leapt to 832 Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi struggled to find food and water and looting spread. Trail of destruction by the Indonesian Quake-Tsunami The new toll announced by the national disaster...

European Union nations may boast the world’s most stringent anti-money laundering rules, but recent scandals show that money launderers are good at exploiting the bloc’s Achilles’ heel: A patent lack of coordination. Denmark’s bank Danske used by money launderers to spirit away about...

"It was as if time stood still," said an exuberant announcer as Cameroon’s President Paul Biya landed in the country’s north to kick-off campaigning ahead of next week’s polls.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2zFOG52 Get more World News

Chinese factory activity slowed in September, official data showed Sunday, as the Asian giant’s trade war with the United States showed no sign of abating.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2IrhelT Get more World News

Thousands of rival demonstrators hit the streets of Cologne as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the country’s largest mosque at the end of his visit to Germany. The inauguration on Saturday capped a controversial three-day state visit aimed at repairing frayed ties with Berlin...

We see different things even when we are looking at the same picture. When CBN asked MTN to return the $8.1 billion dividends it “illegally” repatriated between 2007 and 2015, I was not thinking about MTN or CBN. Rather, my mind was on Econet, the … Read more via The ScoopNG –...

World number one Simona Halep is out of the China Open at the first hurdle, retiring with back trouble after losing the first set 6-1 to Ons Jabeur on Sunday. The Romanian’s tournament lasted just 31 miserable minutes in Beijing and she never looked comfortable against the Tunisian … read...

A blood sucking mosquito really turned Dracula, when it lodged in a Vietnamese man’s nose for several days. The man, living in the city of Hai Duong had complained to his doctor of a strange noise in his nose and an itchy sensation and some bouts of … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Fresh facts have emerged on the recent death of two students of the Abia State University, ABSU, who lost their lives in a fatal accident in Imo State. The students, who were believed to be from the same... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2OZINFg Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, led the ancient city of Ile-Ife on Saturday to celebrate the 2018 Olojo festival amidst pomp and pageantry. The festival was an opportunity to showcase the rich culture.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NV2fqj Get More Nigeria Metro News

For many people, October 1, 1960, is the most pivotal date in Nigeria's history. For many others, you'd have to go as far back as the 1914 amalgamation by Lord Frederick Lugard. For what is considered purely economic reasons, Lugard merged the... Read more via Pulse.ng –...

Soji Adagunodo, the Osun state PDP chairman says leaders of the party at the ward levels all over the state have been asked to get actual reports of what happened during the rerun election.... Read more via Naija Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2P45isQ Get More Nigeria Political News

Crisis is rocking the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the decision of key stakeholders to adopt a consensus arrangement in the selection of its governorship candidate..... Read more via BusinessDay News – https://ift.tt/2QjgLoi Get More Nigeria...