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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Super Eagles forward and Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi as Nigeria’s Football Ambassador. A statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/371cRbC Get More Nigeria Sports News

A Nigerian girl, Ms. Nnemdi Ozoemena, has received an award from Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall at Buckingham Palace as Senior Runner-up of the 2019 “Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition.” A press statement issued yesterday by Senior Press and... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Catholic Bishops across the South-west region of Nigeria yesterday rose from a conference to endorse the recently launched regional security outfit, Western Nigeria Security Network,with the code name, Amotekun, to address security challenges facing the people.... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said that the number of deaths caused by cancer in the country annually is 72,000 while about 102,000 new cases of cancer are also recorded yearly.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/36XLAXF Get More Nigeria Metro News

Stakeholders who gathered last week to find solution to the intractable gridlock in Apapa not only identified deep-rooted corruption and operational deficiencies on the part of terminal operators, but also said allegations of extortion by policemen and members of the presidential task force have...

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Five persons were saturday killed in a gas explosion, which occurred in the Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna State. The State Police Command gave the figure in a statement.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2sNl6Ks Get More Nigeria Metro News

The President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, saturday in Abuja, disclosed that the apex African Bank actually supported Nigeria out of recession in 2017 by pumping funds in the region of $600 million into the then receding Africa’s largest economy..... Read more via...

Apparently responding to public outrage against the invasion, by the Department of State Services (DSS), of the court of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu at Federal High Court, Lagos last Friday, the federal government has instituted an enquiry into the incident..... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has faulted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s assertion that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration took more loans in the last three years than the preceding administrations did in 30 years..... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2rdBpiL...

Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of six female students and two staff of Engravers College in Chikun Local Government Area of the state..... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2LdQLL8 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara has deployed 150 Cameroonian vigilantes to flush out remnants of Boko Haram from his state. The newly engaged Cameroonians, who are also equipped for the task, are to work side by side with Nigerian hunters and vigilantes currently.... more via...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned Nigeria and other African countries against their rising level of indebtedness to China, stressing that the non-Paris Club creditors, “create some instability or some..... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2Mn7Ym9 Get more World News

A Nigerian passenger, Jude Oladapo, on Saturday slumped and died while undergoing boarding procedures at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) , Lagos.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/33wfJMC Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has signed a $876 million oil and gas deal with.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2AyOWCE Get more: Nigeria Business News

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele Thursday expressed appreciation to the federal government for the recent border closure, noting that it had yielded positive results for the economy, particularly agriculture..... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, Thursday in Abuja explained why security operatives opted to enter into negotiations with bandits recently, insisting that if peaceful initiative can restore peace, the use of force will no longer be necessary.... Read more via...

The Theartre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole has declared a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Action Against Hunger, (AAH) persona non grata following its alleged involvement in subversive activities.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/30yc5zM Get More Nigeria Metro News

When will the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal determine who between President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his main challenger in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2ZSOGgU...

James Emejo in Abuja The Chairman, Bank of Industry (BoI), Alhaji Aliyu Dikko, wednesday disclosed that the bank has committed $700 million (about N2.4 billion) to empower Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across six states in the North-east region..... Read more via Thisdaylive –...