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Worried by the increased attack on vessels berthed at the Lagos Ports Complex, LPC, the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has commenced moves to fish out the perpetrators. Hadiza Bala Usman Speaking at its quarterly stakeholders meeting in Lagos, yesterday, Managing Director of...

(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden is leaving the ride-hailing company, an Uber spokesman told Reuters on Thursday, the latest of more than a dozen senior executives to depart since last year. Holden oversaw Uber Elevate, the company’s flying car...

Despite the huge N500 billion mark up on the Federal Government’s expenditure outlay in the 2018 Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly earlier this week, the government is still going to hit budget surplus at end of the fiscal year … Read more via Vanguard News –...

President Donald Trump strove to preserve an upcoming summit with North Korea Thursday, assuring leader Kim Jong Un that he would retain power if he relinquished North Korea’s nuclear weapons and would not face attempts at regime change. Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office during a...

The Federal Government through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday said the country is prepared for another Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. The assurances is on the sideline of the fatality … Read more via The...

“I Became A Robber Because I Needed Money To Buy A New Motorcycle” – Says Okada Thief Arrested In Shasha Lagos. Chikwo Okechukwu, 25-year-old robbery suspect recently told operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, … Read more via NaijaGistsBlog...

No fewer than 13 persons have been killed in fresh attacks in four villages in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, and Ukemberagya community, Gaambe-Tiev council ward of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. While 10 were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari communities on Tuesday, three others were...

The jostle for control of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has continued unabated as two persons are feared dead following violence which erupted during the local government congresses in the state. Investigations by Daily Sun revealed that the local government …...

The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has vehemently rejected the accusation that he orchestrated the arrest of youths in Kwara State. The minister in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP Friday in Abuja yesterday, said he has nothing to do with the arrest of …...

The controversy arising from the arrest of some alleged cultists in Kwara State and warning of blackmail against Senate President, Bukola Saraki, deepened yesterday as the Kwara State caucus in the House of Representatives and the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, … Read more via...

Award winning broadcast journalist turned politician and media mogul, Senator Chris Anyanwu, was recently at the corporate headquarters of Vanguard Media Limited, during which she drew questions from Vanguard editors on her latest media project in Lagos, Hot FM, 93.3. The parlay also offered...

Nigerian Billionaire, Femi Otedola, has countered claims that he declared his intention to run for the Governor of Lagos State in the 2019 elections. This is coming after a parody account claimed that the billionaire businessman declared his interest in the election, with his Lagos deserves...

The federal government has stated that there is not enough military manpower available to be deployed to secure every village in the Middle Belt in order to stop incessant killings in the region, occasioned by the clashes between herdsmen … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷...

A restraining order has been issued to the Ikoyi registry by a Lagos High Court Judge, Chuka Austine Obiozor, who ruled that............ Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2Lc4Ffe Get More Nigeria Metro News

25-year-old man rapes corps member for snubbing love advances 25-year-old Ogochukwu Namanene has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command, for raping a 22-year-old graduate and corps member serving............. Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2KBA7T1 Get...

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) thursday called on health workers in Lagos, Kano and Yobe States to relax the ongoing indefinite strike in their domain following the cooperation of the governors from the above … Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2L9Ag17 Get More Nigeria...

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has identified rivalry between the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and anti-graft agencies as one of the hindrances to the current war against corruption in Nigeria. Falana, who stated this at the “2nd …...

US Senate has voted to approve Gina Haspel as the first female director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Her confirmation follows a partisan fight among senators about the spy agency’s … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2rOpaGA Get more World News

A woman who slung an assault-style rifle across her shoulder for her graduation photos in the US has sparked a fierce debate over personal freedom, student protests and white privilege. Kaitlin Bennett graduated from Kent State University in Ohio with a degree in biology. The … Read more...

US President Donald Trump has contradicted his own national security adviser, saying the so-called "Libya model" for denuclearisation is not being pursued with North Korea. The suggestion by John Bolton angered the North, which threatened to pull out of a summit with Mr Trump next ...