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Tottenham Hotspur will be without five key players for at least two weeks due to injury, but manager Mauricio Pochettino was in upbeat mood ahead of the Champions League clash with Barcelona on Wednesday. Dele Alli (hamstring), Serge Aurier (thigh), Mousa Dembele (thigh), Christian Eriksen...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has ordered a state-wide filling of potholes to ensure smooth vehicular … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2OIW0Ch Get More Nigeria Political News

James Emejo in Abuja The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2CSCJwO Get More Nigeria Metro News

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja Following the claim by the National Chairman of the All Progressives … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2Ms3fML Get More Nigeria Metro News

Fellow Nigerians, these are interesting times in our dear beloved country. High-wired politics is here again and there are many gladiators already queueing up for the biggest prize of all, the Presidency. The latest political figure to throw his hat into the ring is the President of the Nigerian...

The stage appears set for a major confrontation between key power brokers in the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the mode of primaries to adopt for the selection of its candidates for the 2019 general election. Party top shots are divided on whether to adopt the direct or indirect primary...

The federal government has increased the duration of international passport from five to 10 years. This was disclosed yesterday by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede during the inauguration of the Guaranty Trust Bank POS Passport Fee Terminal at...

A new report released Thursday by the International Crisis Group, an independent organisation working to prevent wars and shape policies that would build a more peaceful world, revealed that herdsmen crisis has become Nigeria’s gravest security challenge, now claiming about six  times more...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC) and 37 other political parties, agreeing to work out an arrangement by which they would produce a common presidential candidate to oust the ruling All...

Like gypsy moth eternally attracted to a flare, the Indimi sisters court controversy with their lifestyles. But their father, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, the billionaire oil magnate currently enjoys the best of a charmed life. Besides being rich, he recently became an in-law to the most powerful...

John Shiklam in Kaduna A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC ) in Kaduna State Isa Ashiru has withdrawn his membership from the party. Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2LuSYQ3 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s strides in security, economy, fight against corruption as the administration marks three years in the saddle. The National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim, praised Buhari in a statement released on...

The Dangote Foundation has commenced the distribution of food and clothes worth about N150 million to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other less privileged people in Borno State. Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2sm8aqR Get More Nigeria Metro News

In his third democracy day address to the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari listed the achievements of his government and his administration’s plans going forward. Here are 10 key passages from the speech: 1. ON HIS PROMISED CHANGE READ MORE HERE

BET in Africa, part of Viacom International Media Networks Africa multimedia portfolio, has announced Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy award-winning musician, Jamie Foxx, as this year’s host for the BET Awards 2018 taking place at Microsoft Theater on Sunday, June 24. via THISDAYLIVE...

The Presidency Thursday in Abuja denied media reports that it had substituted some members of the National Convention Sub-Committees of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying President Muhammadu Buhari would never interfere in party affairs. Read more via Thisdaylive –...

A former Inspector General of Police (IG), Musiliu Smith and a former justice of the Supreme Court, Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, have been named by President Muhammadu Buhari into the Police Service Commission (PSC) as members. Smith will serve as chairman. If he gets the nod of the Senate, Read...

For the 15th consecutive month since January 2017, inflation rate recorded a decline in April from 13.34 per cent in March 2018 to 12.48 per cent (year-on-year). Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2Gj757U Get more: Nigeria Business News

The federal government has removed five top officials of the National Examination Council, NECO, investigations by THISDAY in Minna Niger state has revealed. READ MORE HERE