naija news today 090419

Speaker of House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, has warned that the leadership of the ninth National Assembly should be allowed to emerge from elected parliamentarians. Dogara said a leadership that is forced will fail. He noted that a situation where … Read more via...

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United’s remarkable recovery to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last 16 has instilled a belief they can also end Barcelona’s European dreams. The Spanish champions travel to Old Trafford on Wednesday for the first leg of their...

Manchester City have released their squad that will tackle Tottenham Hotspur in today’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash. According to Manchester Evening News, City manager, Pep Guardiola has released a list of 23 players. Man City head to the game following … read more via...

Since the curtain dropped on Caroline Danjuma’s marriage to her rich ex-husband, it’s been the show of one lady named Kelly and she is grabbing all the bags... via Tori News – http://bit.ly/2KB6x51 Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, T-Boss is advocating for murder charges for people who break hearts. According to her,breaking Someone’s heart should qualify as murder because you kill a little bit of a person each time you break their heart..... via YabaLeftOnline –...

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Tuesday said that he would remain grateful to all his sureties, noting that God would bless them for standing by him in his moment of despair.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2U9SH8R Get More...

Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu on Tuesday visited Zamfara State. Adamu, during the visit, met with stakeholders over the suspension of mining activities and to ensure compliance with the directive... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2ULxtCJ Get More...

The International Monetary Fund says Nigeria’s economy will expand a little faster than its earlier projection. In the World Economic Outlook report released on Tuesday at the ongoing spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group, the fund said Nigeria’s economy will grow by 2.1% in 2019, an...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of nine senior police officers over cases of gross misconduct. The affected officers, according to a statement by the commission, are Abdul Ahmed, who will also be prosecuted; Adamu Abare, and Osondu Christian. Others are Samson...

India retained its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances with its diaspora sending a whopping USD 79 billion back home in 2018, the World Bank said in a report Monday. India was followed by China (USD 67 billion), Mexico (USD 36 billion), the Philippines (USD 34 … Read more...

You could be forgiven for thinking startups had stopped going public. Travis Kalanick, Uber’s notorious co-founder and former chief executive, famously said he would take the company public as “late as humanly possible.”.. Read more via Quartz – http://bit.ly/2ImSBZC Get more World News

Three years past the crisis period, economies are still performing poorly The growth story in Sub-Saharan Africa in the past few years has been one of faltering recovery from the worst economic crisis of the past two decades.... Read more via allAfrica.com – http://bit.ly/2D77fjY Get more...

ONLY four elected Nigerian leaders have had the opportunity of presenting lists of ministers after re-election. They are Sir AbubakarTafawa Balewa (1912-1966), first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria; President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (1925-2018), President Olusegun Obasanjo (82) and now...

Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk, has said he voted for Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, to be named PFA player of the year. Van Dijk is one of the favourites for the award, after helping Liverpool deliver a sustained Premier League title challenge. Sterling has scored 15 league … read...

Candidates preparing to seat the coming West African Examination Council, WAEC, and the Joint Admissions Matriculations Board, JAMB have cried out over the clashes in the timetable of the two examination bodies. The candidates have complained bitterly about the clashes, thus, asking the two...

Amina Mohammed, who served as a Minister of Environment under President Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed that his victory over former vice-president Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential poll, was “a miracle”. Mohammed, who is now the United Nations’ Deputy Secretary-General, stated this in an...

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed, has claimed a woman will likely succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The former Minister of Environment stated this on Saturday, while speaking at the Mo Ibrahim governance weekend in Abidjan.... Read more via...

Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri, has admitted he is powerless from stopping Eden Hazard’s possible move to Real Madrid. Sarri stated this while speaking to Sky Sports, following their 2-0 win over West Ham on Monday, when Hazard netted both goals. When asked about Hazard joining Madrid, the …...

The Oyo Division of the Court of Appeal has affirmed the five years jail term issued against each of three workers of the Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE). The court in a recent decision, disclosed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related offences Commission (ICPC), …...