naija news today 020819

The aging actor who has been homeless for over three years, was said to have lived in his office without assistance through the years. . He was handed the keys to a two bedroom flat after the Apostle was informed about his living conditions. .… via Instablog9ja – https://ift.tt/2LYrmXM Get...

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has shared photos with Ned Nwoko on Instagram and everyone is talking! She posted the photos below and shared three love emojis as caption. For months social media has been filled with comments about the duo’s relationship, with people saying they are...

Abia—Traditional rulers from the Olokoro clan in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State have faulted the report that land has been acquired in the area for Ruga settlement. Chairman, Umuahia South Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Godfrey Onwuka, explained that there … Read more...

Akwa Ibom State Government said it recorded N20.4 billion between January and June 2019 as internally generated revenue (IGR). Executive Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Board of Internal Revenue, Mr Okon Okon, disclosed this at an interaction … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2GJoABr...

As part of the efforts by the present administration to provide uninterrupted electricity to Nigerian students by supplying power through off-grid captive power plants, the federal government under its Energising Education Programme (EPP) will today inaugurate the first solar hybrid power plant...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, has dismissed an appeal by Gani Topba, the leader of a civil society group, Conscience of Ogoni People, against the judgment of Ogoni Civil Disturbances Tribunal of 1995 against the Ogoni environmental activist, Ken...

The two-year royal crisis within the Ibadan Traditional Council, Thursday assumed another dimension as indications emerged that there are still some scores to settle, with the new kings vowing that they would only return to the Olubadan palace if they were accorded due recognition as … Read...

The Nigerian military contingent for the 2019 Hajj exercise has arrived in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The 348 soldiers landed at the Prince Mohammed Abdulaziz International Airport early yesterday morning. They departed Lagos last Wednesday evening aboard a Flynas Flight XY5133 that also had …...

Nigeria’s cattle and diary market presents major business opportunities for livestock farmers and government at all levels. Unfortunately, this sector has not been fully tapped or harnessed. In this report, EMAMEH GABRIEL writes that amidst the controversies and fears generated by the recent...

Opposition leaders said, yesterday, that they had resolved major sticking points in talks with Sudan’s military rulers, bringing them closer to a deal on forming a new transitional government after the ousting of long-time leader, Omar al-Bashir. The reported progress came three days after...

Britain said it is ramping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by spending an extra 2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) to stockpile medicines, hire more border officials and fund one of the biggest peacetime advertising campaigns. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who took power last week, has...

A year after the start of a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a third case has been confirmed, yesterday, in the major border city of Goma, just as neighbouring Rwanda announced the closure of the border between the two countries. DRC authorities, … Read...

A missile attack on a military camp in Aden, the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, has killed dozens of people, according to officials, while a separate suicide bombing in the southern city killed at least 10 others. The Houthi movement, which controls the capital, Sanaa...

Recent reports that Nigerians are being maltreated in a neighbouring West African country, Ghana are alarming, especially at a time the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) just joined the rest of Africa and signed a remarkable trade agreement for … Read more via The Guardian...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) yesterday renewed hope for passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and other legislations in the oil and gas sector. Specifically, the NGE pledged to enlighten members of the... Read more via The...

The cold war between the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Elder Simon Achuba, and the state Governor, Yahaya Bello, has taken a dangerous dimension as Achuba Thursday expressed that his life is in danger, alleging that the governor is … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2OBqj2f Get...

The unending traffic gridlock in Apapa, Lagos State, reached a new level Thursday when a yet-to-be-identified truck driver was shot around Tin Can Island Port as hoodlums allegedly attacked truck drivers around Coconut bus stop on Apapa road. Also, scores of people who were attacked with...

Had Batunde Raji Fashola opted to return quietly to his private law practice after serving eight years as governor of Lagos State, many would still be idolizing and … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/33637wg Get More Nigeria Political News

The National Democratic Front (NDF) has asked Atiku Abubakar not to make a show of the Wall Street Journal report, alleging that thousands of soldiers were killed and buried secretly. The publication had said over 1000 soldiers killed in the fight against insurgency were secretly buried, …...

The daughter of the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shiites, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, Suhaila El-Zakzaky, has insisted that the group will continue its protesters till her father is released. Suhaila said this in reaction to a … Read more via...