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Entrepreneur and tv host Tajé Prest shared a really beautiful photo of herself, her mother, and grandmother on Instagram and it’s one of the most lovely things you’ll see today..... via BellaNaija – https://ift.tt/315uoNj Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

You must pay me N2m before I can go on a date with you – Lagos socialite, Toyin Lawani..... via Instablog9ja – https://ift.tt/2GEQdvv Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Islamic clerics in Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Wednesday warned Muslims to refrain from incurring unnecessary debts to buy ram for the Sallah celebration. The clerics, who gave the warning in their separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria in Omu-Aran, said ram … Read more via Naijaloaded |...

A Nigerian jailed in Singapore for money laundering, has been charged to court for another fraud. Paul Gabriel Amos, 48, allegedly defrauded one Milled El Khouri of S$37,800 to make bail. Court documents showed this incident happened between January and May 2018. Amos was in remand at the...

Abuja-based lawyer, Victor Ibeh, set to marry himself....... Read more via Instablog9ja – https://ift.tt/332m6rp Get More Nigeria Metro News

Barely a month after a wrongfully arrested Nigerian PhD student died inside a deportation camp in Malaysia, another casualty has been recorded. According reports, the latest victim was sick before his arrest in Kajang. All his pleas to be released on condition of his health fell on deaf ears...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell to six-week lows on Thursday while the dollar jumped to two-year highs as the U.S. Federal Reserve poured cold water on market expectations of a lengthy easing cycle following a 25... Read more via Reuters – https://ift.tt/2yqoCcU Get more World News

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions against Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, effectively slamming the door on the country’s top diplomat..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2GF7DIa Get more World News

The management of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has confirmed securing an approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to offer financial services to millions of residents of the country. A statement signed by its scribe, Uto Ukpanah, on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, said the licence … Read...

The Sukuna community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State has threatened to drag Chevron Nigeria Ltd. to court over the neglect it suffered in the aftermath of an explosion which rocked the Ojumole oil well owned and operated by the firm. The threat was contained in a … Read more...

Foreign and local investments worth $15.15 billion were announced in Nigeria in the first six months of this year to fund various projects, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has said. The investments, which were targeted at funding various projects across … Read more via...

Senator who represented Kaduna Central at the Senate in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani has called for a revolution to free Nigerians “the shackles of the prevailing imposed paralysis & self afflicted retardation.” The senator said this on Wednesday in the post via his Twitter … Read...

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bewaji local government area of Kano state has suspended a member of House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin. According to a statement signed by Suleiman Gwarmai, chairman of the APC in Bebeji, the lawmaker representing … Read more via Pulse Nigeria...

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, on Wednesday, led eight witnesses to defend his election at the Sokoto State Governorship Election Tribunal.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2yrAZWb Get More Nigeria Political News

Gov. Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno has directed the monarch of Dikwa, Shehu Masta and that of Bama, Umar Ibn El-Kanemi, to return home following the restoration of peace in their domains..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2ypXYkj Get More Nigeria Political News

A woman who has turned 107-years-old believes the most important secret to living such a long life is ‘never getting married.’ Louise Jean Signore from the Bronx, New York, joined more than 100 guests to celebrate her birthday at Bartow Community Center.... Read more via News | Mail Online...

DETROIT — Andrew Yang says it’s already too late to stop climate change, and that it’s time for Americans to head for the hills. Yang, debating his fellow Democrats on Wednesday night in Detroit, had this to say when the subject of climate change was in full swing.... Read more via...

Barely 24 hours after the Senate unveiled the chairmen of its 69 standing committees, early signs of rancour have appeared in the caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the chamber.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2K8oZja Get...

ABUJA—The Deputy Registrar of the West African Examination Council, WAEC, Oshindehinde Adewumi, yesterday, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that he was the one that certified President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Unless there is an immediate communication from the Senate, President Muhammadu Buhari, may wait for another two months before inaugurating his cabinet. This is because the Red Chamber of the National Assembly proceeded on a two-month recess on Tuesday without an official communication to the...