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  1. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Court Threatens DSS DG over Sowore – Thisdaylive

    The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a warning that it would order the imprisonment of the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi over the failure of the agency to release the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. The … Read more via...
  2. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Bandits Kill Pastor’s Wife after Collecting Ransom in Kaduna – Thisdaylive

    Facts have emerged on how Mrs. Esther Katung, the wife of Pastor Ishaku Katung of ECWA Church in Bagoma, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State was killed by suspected kidnappers after collecting a ransom of N250,000 from the family. The deceased was abducted … Read more via...
  3. Nigeria Political News

    Politics FG Unveils Nigeria @59 Programme of Activities – Thisdaylive

    The federal government has unveiled the activities lined up to mark the country’s 59th Independence Day anniversary celebration. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said yesterday at a press conference that the events that would signpost the commencement of...
  4. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Foreigners of Arab Extraction Fighting Alongside Boko Haram – Thisdaylive

    New intelligence gathered and shared among Nigerian security operatives in the theatre of war has revealed that the reinvigorated Boko Haram terrorist group … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/30hW1qD Get More Nigeria Metro News
  5. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Soyinka Condemns Treason Charge against Sowore – Thisdaylive

    The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Saturday condemned the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to file charges of treason and money laundering against the Convener of Coalition for Revolution, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. Soyinka, Africa’s foremost playwright, poet and … Read...
  6. Nigeria Political News

    Politics After 20 Years in Corridors of Power… Bukola Saraki Adjusts to Normal Life – Thisdaylive

    Twenty years is a long time by any measure. For Dr Bukola Saraki, 20 years is just like yesterday. No doubt, he’s often been reminiscing of the young man of yore who saw the terrifying terrain of politics and vowed to someday conquer it. With a family whose stronghold … Read more via...
  7. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Yemi Osinbajo – Shed No Tears – Thisdaylive

    I hear you want to cry. Why should you, can’t you be a man? So they have side-stepped your ineffective committee and set up another one reporting directly to the President? What is wrong with that? ... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2ANZGgR Get More Nigeria Political News
  8. Nigeria Political News

    Politics ATIKU ABUBAKAR – ‘LEAVE AM’ – Thisdaylive

    That is how we say it in Shomolu. Leave am, you don try. You see the thing is not a matter of life and death. Me sef I don tire. The kind of things we have heard from the tribunal showed that there was not enough seriousness from your … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2QxSVtU...
  9. Nigeria Business News

    Business SPDC Moves to Tackle Crude Oil Theft, Others – Thisdaylive

    Worried by increasing rate of oil theft and vandalisation of its assets, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has mounted state-of-the-art high definition cameras on specialised helicopters for detection and response to crude oil spills from its facilities.... Read...
  10. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Adekuoroye Qualifies for Tokyo 2020, to Battle for Bronze Thursday – Thisdaylive

    Nigeria’s Odunayo Adekuoroye wednesday secured the ticket to the women’s wrestling event of the 2020 Olympic Games following her qualification for the semi final of the ongoing 2019 Senior World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The African champion defeated Sun Jong of North...
  11. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Neymar’s UCL Ban Reduced to Two Games – Thisdaylive

    Paris St-Germain forward Neymar’s three-game European ban for insulting match officials has been cut to two by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The 27-year-old was charged by UEFA after PSG’s Champions League exit at home to Manchester United on 6 March. Neymar called the award of a …...
  12. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Xenophobia: Nigeria, South Africa Mend Fences as Ramaphosa Apologises – Thisdaylive

    South Africa yesterday toed the path of rapprochement as it apologised to Nigeria over the killings of its nationals in xenophobic attacks in the rainbow … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2NlHGCM Get More Nigeria Metro News
  13. Nigeria World News

    World Group Carpets S’Africa for Attempting to Stop Nigerians from Returning Home – Thisdaylive

    A leading Non-Governmental Organisation, African Diaspora Coalition for Unity and Progress (ADCUP), has condemned the action of the South African Government that disallowed several Nigerians willing to return home from South Africa from boarding the Air Peace flight sent to the former apartheid...
  14. Nigeria Business News

    Business Minister Gives NCC Sept 26 Deadline to Rectify Improperly Registered SIM Cards – Thisdaylive

    The Minister of Communications, Dr. Ibrahim Isa Pantami, yesterday gave the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) till September 26 to rectify all improperly registered SIM cards in the country. Pantami who received the management team of the commission in his office in Abuja, however...
  15. Nigeria Business News

    Business Banks Intensify Drive to Meet 60% Loan-to-Deposit Target – Thisdaylive

    With two weeks to the September 30 deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for commercial banks to maintain a minimum Loan-to-Deposit Ratio (LDR) of 60 per cent, the financial institutions have launched an aggressive deposit drive to meet the target, findings by THISDAY have …...
  16. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Gunmen Abduct Four Bayelsa Youths Who Went to Rescue Accident Victims – Thisdaylive

    A younger brother to former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power and a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Godknows Igali, was among those kidnapped last weekend while attempting to rescue several Bayelsa youths who were involved in an accident during a … Read...
  17. Nigeria Business News

    Business Expert Advocates New Roles for CEOs, CFOs in Financial Technology Adoption – Thisdaylive

    Following the rise in emerging technologies globally, that are currently shaping financial transactions, a financial technology expert has called for the adoption of new roles for chief executive offices (CEOs) and chief finance officers (CFOs) of financial institutions. This, he said would...
  18. Nigeria World News

    World FBI: 20,737 Victims of Scam Mails Lost $1.2bn – Thisdaylive

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) yesterday disclosed that 20, 737 victims of Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Email Account Compromise (BAC) lost $1.2 billion. This is coming as the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission … Read more via Thisdaylive –...
  19. Nigeria World News

    World Iran Football Fan Dies after Setting Herself on Fire – Thisdaylive

    An Iranian female football fan who set herself on fire a week ago has died. The woman set herself alight in Tehran after her trial, for attempting to enter a football stadium disguised as a man, was postponed. The authorities in Iran regularly stop women from entering stadiums. Her … Read...
  20. Nigeria Business News

    Business Access Bank Reaping Benefits of Merger, Says Afrinvest CEO – Thisdaylive

    The Group Managing Director of Afrinvest West Africa Limited, Mr. Ike Chioke, yesterday said the recently released first half 2019 results by Access Bank Plc showed that the bank has started reaping its benefits with former rival, Diamond Bank. Chioke, said this in an interview on Arise …...
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