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  1. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Senate presidency: I won’t step down – Senator Ndume – TODAY.NG

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met behind closed doors with the former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume. Ndume has been aspiring to be President of the 9th Senate due for inauguration in June. He had declared his intention to run for the number three highest political office … Read more via...
  2. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Presidency: 20 Nigerians on death row in Saudi Arabia – TODAY.NG

    It has come to light that no fewer than 20 Nigerians are on death row in Saudi Arabia over drug-related offences just as a Nigerian woman was executed on Monday. Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said two Pakistani men, a Yemeni man, and a Nigerian woman were executed on Monday … Read more...
  3. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Neymar to resume Paris Saint-Germain training on Wednesday – TODAY.NG

    Neymar is due to return to Paris Saint-Germain training on Wednesday as part of his recovery from a foot injury. The Brazil star has not played since damaging a metatarsal in a Coupe de France victory over Strasbourg on January 23. The 27-year-old, a record-breaking €222million signing …...
  4. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Tiger Woods loses to Lucas Bjerregaard in WGC Match Play quarter-final – TODAY.NG

    Tiger Woods won a dramatic morning showdown with Rory McIlroy only to be upset by Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard in Saturday’s quarter-finals of the WGC Match Play Championship. Woods, a 14-time major champion seeking a fourth WGC Match Play title, defeated McIlroy 2&1 in a morning knockout match...
  5. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Final words of pilot of crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane revealed – TODAY.NG

    One of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302’s pilots told the other “pitch up, pitch-up” moments before the Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed three weeks ago, a new report has revealed. According to The Wall Street Journal, that instruction and other information about the plane’s final moments paint...
  6. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Ederson backs Manchester City to achieve quadruple dream – TODAY.NG

    Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson is confident of achieving his dream of winning a quadruple of trophies this season. Pep Guardiola’s team have already won the Carabao Cup this term and are challenging for a second consecutive Premier League title, while they are also in the quarter-finals of...
  7. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Bayern Munich held to 1-1 draw at Freiburg – TODAY.NG

    Bayern Munich failed to produce a second-half winner against a gutsy Freiburg as they were held to a 1-1 draw that allowed Borussia Dortmund to move two points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. Lucas Holer put the hosts in front after just three minutes but Robert Lewandowski … read more...
  8. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Zinedine Zidane praise for Manchester United’s Paul Pogba opens door to Real Madrid bid – TODAY.NG

    Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane opened the door to a possible bid for Paul Pogba on Saturday when he hailed the Manchester United star as “a player who knows how to do everything”. The French World Cup winner has thrived under new United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but has made no secret of...
  9. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Ourmumudondo: Charlyboy remains our leader – TODAY.NG

    Twitter Executives and members of ‘OurMumuDonDo’ Movement, a civil society group that advocates good political leadership, on Tuesday said that Charles Oputa, a.k.a Charlyboy, remained their leader. Mrs Folake Agunbiade, who is the Knowledge Management and Learning Manager of the group, stated...
  10. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Rivers elections: AAC deputy governorship candidate defects to PDP – TODAY.NG

    The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in Rivers State, Chief Akpo Bomba Yeeh, has withdrawn from the 2019 Rivers State Governorship Election. He also announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), just as he accused Minister of Transportation...
  11. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Peter Obi worries over outcome of Kano supplementary polls – TODAY.NG

    The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, has described as scandalous and height of brigandage last Saturday’s supplementary election in Kano State. Obi said that what all democratic watchers saw in Kano State rerun election last Saturday amounts to...
  12. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Atiku Abubakar: How I defeated President Buhari – TODAY.NG

    Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has given a breakdown of the number of votes he allegedly scored in each state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The PDP candidate released the figures in his petition against the outcome of the...
  13. Nigeria Business News

    Business FIRS refutes report of 50% VAT increase – TODAY.NG

    The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday refuted report of planned increment of Value Added Tax (VAT) by 50 per cent to meet up payment of the newly proposed minimum wage. The Head, Communication and Servicom Department, Mr Wahab Gbadamosi, made this known in a statement …...
  14. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Governor Akeredolu to rename university after late Olusegun Agagu – TODAY.NG

    Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, says Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), will be renamed after the late Olusegun Agagu, former governor of the state. Akeredolu disclosed this during a tour of Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. He urged...
  15. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Asiwaju Tinubu: I’m not meddling in Kano elections – TODAY.NG

    All Progressives Congress National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday refuted rumours going round that he was in Kano and meddling in the state’s rescheduled elections. Tinubu in a statement said he had not been in Kano at any point during the conduct of the elections. A copy … Read...
  16. Nigeria Entertainment News

    Entertainment Koffi Olomide bags two years in prison for raping 15 year-old girl – TODAY.NG

    International music star, Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba a.k.a. Koffi Olomide was handed a two years suspended jail sentence by a court in France for raping a 15 year-old girl. He was sentenced in absentia as he was a no show. This sentence means that the 62 year-old music composer, producer...
  17. Nigeria Business News

    Business Access Bank secures $162.5 million loan – TODAY.NG

    Access Bank has signed a subordinated syndicated Loan agreement worth $162.5 million (N58.18 billion) to promote growth and job creation. The money would be used to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The bank’s Spokesman, Abdul Imoyo, said in Lagos that the facility was...
  18. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Taraba elections: Governor Ishaku declared winner of governorship poll – TODAY.NG

    The incumbent Governor of Taraba State and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Darius Ishaku, has been declared winner of the last Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Ishaku polled a total of 520,432 voted to beat his closest rival and candidate of the … Read more...
  19. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Kano elections: Police arrest deputy governor, commissioner – TODAY.NG

    The Police in Kano have taken the state deputy governor, Nasiru Gawuna, and the State Commissioner for Local Government, Alhaji Sule Garo, into custody over alleged threat to public peace. The two were arrested for alleged disruption of the Collation of results of the Governorship Elections at...
  20. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Kauduna elections: Governor El-Rufai wins deputy’s polling unit – TODAY.NG

    The All Progressives Congress has won the governorship and State Assembly elections at the polling unit of the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Mr. Barnabas Bantex. Vote counting at the Polling Unit, Randiam Ninyo Allah, 009, Manchok Registration Area, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna...
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