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A Bus Rapid Transit vehicle belonging to Primero Transport Services Limited knocked down 18-year-old Adanne Isaac and killed her on January 27, 2019. PUNCH Metro gathered that Adanne, … Read more via Nairaland – http://bit.ly/2DXVE7L Get More Nigeria Metro News

Outrage as Twitter users accuse Lagos police of allegedly freeing young men who drugged and raped a lady then filmed it The police have been accused of freeing the two young men who drugged and raped a 23-year-old woman then filmed it with their phones..... Read more via Nairaland –...

The cheating man is having serious hassles exercising his waist outside his marital home after his wife allegedly jinxed him....... Read more via Tori News – http://bit.ly/2MU8JlB Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday said that his men are ready for the 2019 elections, stressing that over 24,000 Mobile Police officers, 4000 Counter-Terrorism operatives and 8000 personnel of the Special Protection Unit personnel, will be deployed across the...

The Naira yesterday appreciated to 361.72 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the… Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2Sw7LkI Get more: Nigeria Business News

A follower threatened to commit suicide if newlywed singer, Simi doesn't marry him. Well, Simi wasn't prepared to coddle anyone and she gave him a savage reply.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2ByL4mj Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

On Wednesday night, Senate President, Bukola Saraki mocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) over their “incessant replacement” of police commissioner in Kwara state..... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2St89QX Get More Nigeria Political News

Youths from Benue State on Wednesday stormed the Aper Aku stadium in Makurdi with broom lit with fire to ‘cleanse’ the venue of the All Progressives Congress presidential rally..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2MSWDci Get More Nigeria Political News

A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last primaries, SKC Ogbonnia, has asked the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to resign immediately..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2Bnp25U Get More Nigeria Political News

Former Abia state Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to arrest former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, for allegedly embezzling $16billion meant for the power sector..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2SfkNn7 Get More...

Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A,’ Nigeria Customs Service, said it intercepted bales of uniforms, tear gas canisters and other paraphernalia of the Nigeria Police Force..... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2TCDRbx Get More...

A 10-year-old Cub Scout is going viral after he took a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance at a city council meeting in Durham, North Carolina. During Monday's Durham City Council meeting, Cub Scout Troop 451 was.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2tdJP77 Get More Nigeria...

The Naira yesterday appreciated to 361.72 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the window dropped to.... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2Sw7LkI Get more: Nigeria Business News

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Monday commenced full banking operations in Mali, extending its footprint 20 African countries. The bank, which also has global operations in the United States, United Kingdom, and France, had Ibrahim Keita, President of the Republic of Mali, at its latest...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State said, yesterday, that the state belongs to President Muhammadu Buhari. This is even as the president announced that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, will soon commence drilling for a deeper search for oil and gas in the Benue trough.... Read...

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has ordered the contractor handling renovation works at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata to immediately demobilise to pave way for..... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2RK9MoT Get More Nigeria Political News

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, has defended Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, who came under heavy criticism on Wednesday over his comment on an NTA programme.... Read more via TheCable – http://bit.ly/2UHat48 Get More Nigeria Political News

Shehu Sani, lawmaker representing Kaduna central senatorial district, says President Muhammadu Buhari has surrounded himself with culprits. In a Twitter post on Wednesday, the senator said those who worked for the third term agenda of former President Olusegun Obasanjo are presently in the...

DHL Global Forwarding, has consolidated its portfolio of humanitarian logistics services within its first Global Competence Center for Humanitarian Logistics, designed to meet growing global demand for these logistics services..... Read more via Nairametrics – http://bit.ly/2GdBQj4 Get more...

Unilever has acquired snacks company, Graze, from Carlyle’s European technology fund ahead of competing bidders – Kellogg and Pepsico, the owner of Walker’s Crisps. The deal is the first acquisition of Alan Jope, the new Chief Executive Officer of Unilever who took over the CEO position last...