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(CNN)Saudi Arabia has issued its first driver's licenses to 10 women ahead of June 24, when the Kingdom's due to end the world's only ban on women drivers. Officials expect another 2,000 women to seek licenses in the coming week, according to a news release from the country's Ministry of...

A teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack in London, making her one of the youngest females to be charged and convicted of terrorism offences in the UK. Safaa Boular, 18, was accused of discussing a grenade and gun attack on the British Museum in … Read more via the...

ZINEDINE ZIDANE quit Real Madrid following a row over Eden Hazard and David De Gea. The night before Zidane announced his resignation at a press conference, sources say he and Real president Florentino Perez clashed over summer transfer plans..... read more via The Sun –...

With the 2018 World Cup fast approaching, and with all 32 final rosters announced, Yahoo Sports set out to rank the 100 best players you’ll see on fields in Russia this summer. It was, inherently, … read more via Yahoo Sports | Sports News, Scores, Fantasy Games – https://ift.tt/2Jtzw8U...

Mastercard on Monday said it was changing a campaign in which thousands of free meals were to be given to the needy every time football superstars Neymar and Messi scored goals. Messi and Neymar Under the scheme, every time the Brazil and Argentina strikers scored, 10,000 meals would …...

ABUJA — Amid reported threats by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State to dump All Progressives Congress, APC, as a result of crisis generated by the conduct of congresses in the state, Director-General of the Voice … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2HkPgG6 Get More Nigeria...

The naira appreciated Monday as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approved an upward review of the trading margin for Bureau de Change (BDC) operators in the country. With the review, BDC operators will now buy the United States dollar from the CBN at N357/$ and sell … Read more via...

A night fire has destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira at the popular New Benin market in Benin City, Edo State. The fire, which reportedly started at about 7:25pm, on Sunday, razed down over 25 shops at the market. Traders mostly affected … Read more via The Sun News –...

Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki on Monday stepped down following a series of protests in the country’s capital, and other cities in the country. The Prime Minister’s resignation is coming after he was summoned by King Abdullah II over growing protests against his government’s austerity...

Former U.S. President, George H.W. Bush, 93, was discharged from a Maine hospital on Monday after a week’s treatment for low blood pressure, a family spokesman said on Twitter. Mr Bush, the oldest living former U.S. president, had been taken to Southern Maine Health Care … Read more via...

Russian police on Monday detained two baggage handlers at a Moscow airport on suspicion of taking cash worth $11,000 from former Nigerian skipper Nwankwo Kanu’s check-in luggage as he flew from London to the World Cup host country..... read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2LXhier Get...

Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi has been named among the top seven most valuable African players ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. A study by the CIES Football Observatory shows that the Leicester City star is rated number six in Africa and 79th position in … read more via...

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun bows out of office on June 25. In this interview with select journalists last weekend, the outgoing national chairman spoke on several issues within the party. Excerpts: By Omeiza Ajayi Despite the...

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday gave an assurance that the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) currently being harmonised by the National Assembly Conference Committee will be adopted within one week of its presentation. Saraki, who made this … Read more via...

Some members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) block of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have returned to the trenches with the prospect of dumping the APC. The development came barely 24 hours after the Nigeria Police invited Senate President Bukola Saraki for questioning...

Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, has called on Nigerians to demand that the President and governors publicly disclose their running cost. The senator, who made this call while speaking on Roadmap to 2019, a Channels television programme, said his...

The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has expressed hope that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) “will rule Nigeria forever”. She said this while addressing journalists shortly after the inauguration of a factional chairman of the APC in Taraba State, on Monday in Abuja. …...

A commercial sex worker has revealed how a client almost killed her after he had sex with her and refused to pay in her hotel room in Ajagbandi area of Lagos State. Faith & Chizoba According to the ‘worker,’ 18-year-old Faith Nuel, the incident happened on … Read more via Vanguard News –...

The minister of health, Isaac Adewole, says the police should arrest defaulters of the ban on tobacco products including Shisha. Speaking on Monday in Abuja at a press conference to mark the 2018 World No-Tobacco Day, Adewole said the ban placed on tobacco products............. Read more...

The Coordinator, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, Dr. Adebola Lawanson, yesterday disclosed in … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2LoJzcF Get More Nigeria Metro News