nigeria news today 260118

The Bayelsa Government says it will spend N407 million on training youths in solar energy this year. The state Commissioner for Youths Development, Mr Collins Cocodia, disclosed this on Friday in Yenagoa during the ongoing inter-ministerial briefing on Gov. Seriake Dickson six years in office...

Rasheed Bisiriyu & Femi Asu Lekki Concession Company Limited has announced that it will increase the toll tariffs being charged at the Admiralty Circle Toll Plaza on Lekki-Epe Expressway and the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza with effect from Thursday, February 1. The LCC said in a statement...

The historic Nigerian female Bobsled and Skeleton team have signed on new African partners. As confirmed by Travelstart and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on Wednesday, January 24 2018, the two partners have joined forces to fly the flag carrying team to South Korea to aid their quest for gold. The …...

Barcelona are heading towards another treble, superstar Lionel Messi said on Friday, promising fans the La Liga leaders would go all out to win everything. Chelsea await Barca in the Champions League last-16, they’re unbeaten in the league and ahead of nearest challengers Atletico Madrid by 11...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked the rumour that ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) would end on Jan. 31, 2018. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Head of Publicity of the commission in Lagos State, Mr...

Perhaps you bought some illegal narcotics on the Silk Road half a decade ago, back when that digital black market for every contraband imaginable was still online and bustling. You might already regret that decision, for any number of reasons. After all, the four bitcoins you spent on that …...

Davos Economic Forum attendees booed President Donald Trump at an appearance on Friday in which he criticized the media as “fake.” Trump told world political and business leaders at the annual gathering in Switzerland that as a businessman, he received positive media coverage, but once he...

Fired Google engineer James Damore says he was vilified and harassed for questioning what he calls the company’s liberal political orthodoxy, particularly around the merits of diversity. Now, outspoken diversity advocates at Google say that they are being targeted by a small group of their...

When we think of blockchain, we usually associate it with financial services applications. However, blockchains have a multitude of applications and can be used in a variety of fields. It is, therefore no surprise that it can be used to power a new generation webcam platform such as Live …...

Back when Donald Trump was still campaigning for president, Starbucks—then helmed by Howard Schultz—was one of the most vocal critics of the Republican candidate’s divisive rhetoric. In keeping with its ethos of social responsibility, Starbucks took tangible steps to combat Trump’s proposed...

As Senate empanels c’ttee to reconcile differences in Bill Damilola Oyedele in Abuja The House of Representatives’ amendments to the Electoral Act, which effected a change in the election order, has caused ripples and discomfort in the presidency and the Independent National Electoral Commission...

In December 2017, former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, addressed a press conference in which he announced the formation of a new political coalition, the National Intervention Movement (NIM) started by 90 Nigerians with a mission in the long run “to wrest power...

The storm ignited by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s “special statement” in which he castigated the Muhammadu Buhari administration is yet to subside. The reactions have been mixed, with some people hailing him and others knocking him for advising the president not to run for a second term...

A governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 poll in Abia State, Dr. Nyerere Anyim, has pointed out that Nigerians have rejected the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He also accused the PDP of inflicting hardship on the people through bad for sixteen...

Taiwo Akinlabi ,47, who allegedly beat his son to pulp for not collecting change from where he sent him to buy beer was on Friday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused, a carpenter, who resides at 43, Oyemekun St., Ifako Agege, suburb of Lagos is being tried … via...

Two brothers, Sunday Ikuedowo, 35, and Olumide Ikuedowo, 25, were on Friday arraigned in an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged theft of Christmas chickens valued at N25,000. The first defendant, a barber, and the second, a bricklayer, all of no fixed address, were arraigned...

Gyang Bere, Jos Eight persons were killed and 10 others injured, on Thursday night, by suspected Fulani herdsmen who launched fresh attack on Jabu-Maingo village of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Daily sun gathered that the attack which took placed at about 9:00pm also left 20...

Zimbabwe’s leading university has published the thesis submitted by former first lady Grace Mugabe, who was controversially awarded a doctorate which is now the subject of a fraud investigation. Grace, whose apparent desire to succeed her 93-year-old husband prompted last year’s army takeover...

Tiger Woods and Charley Hoffman walk to the second tee during the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on January 25, 2018 in San Diego, California. Michael Reaves/Getty Images/AFP Tiger Woods launched his … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...

Hyeon Chung pulls out of semi-final while trailing 6–1, 5–2• Federer will play his 30th grand slam final against Cilic on Sunday Roger Federer literally and figuratively ran Hyeon Chung off his feet on his way to a record seventh Australian Open final on Friday night, the young Korean … via...