naija news today 090819

Eden Hazard has been handed a new shirt number for his debut season as a Real Madrid player. According to a post on club’s official website, on Friday, August 9, the former Chelsea playmaker will wear the No. 7 previously worn by Cristiano Ronaldo before heading to Juventus last summer...

Tacha and Joe had a heated argument which led to name calling and almost turned physical before other housemates intervened. Joe had teased Tacha after his team won today’s task but she wasn’t having any of that and it led to a session of verbal abuses. Joe pushed the button further … via...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed Abuja for his hometown, Daura, Katsina State to observe the Eid-el-Kabir. The federal government had on Tuesday declared August 12 and 13 as public holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-El-Kabir celebration.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria –...

ABUJA- Human Rights Activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr. Femi Falana, on Friday, filed a motion to challenge the legality of the order of the Federal High Court in Abuja that gave the Department of State Service, DSS, permission … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Many Nigerians on social media have reacted to the killings of three police officers by some officials of the Nigerian Army. PREMIUM TIMES reported how three officers were killed and others injured after Nigerian soldiers opened fire on a police team in Taraba on Tuesday. The incident …...

Arsenal have announced Mesut Ozil and Saed Kolasinac will not be part of the squad against Newcastle, following “further security incidents”, which the club says are being investigated by police. The two players were victims of an attempted car-jacking in late July, after returning to London...

THE Nigerian Army has captured suspected notorious cultist, Bobrisky, barely 24 hours after Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike placed a N30million on him and suspected killers of a state official in recent Choba crisis.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2YCTXsu Get More Nigeria Metro...

The Coalition For Revolution (CORE), a group led by detained 2019 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and its allies, have vowed to resume protests demanding revolution in Nigeria. Co-convener of the group, Mr. Olaseni Ajai, made the announcement to...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with families of thosne who died and others whose property were destroyed in floods, windstorms and fire incidents across the country. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, said the president expressed his...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified its statement on the resignation of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River State, Dr Frankland Briyai. Amid reports that the REC was sacked, INEC’s … Read more via Channels Television –...

To the west of the Nigerian capital Abuja, the grey monolith of Zuma Rock towers above the cars on the motorway below. One of the West African country’s most famous landmarks, Zuma is shrouded with local myths and adorns the 100 naira banknote. But it’s also a … Read more via World Economic...

Apple’s new iPhone 11 is coming very soon and it is already facing extreme scrutiny for the way it looks and the moderate upgrades being made. But now existing iPhone owners have been hit by a far more immediate concern. All Apple’s latest iPhones have "user-hostile" software built-in which …...

State House sources informed pressmen that the President, who left Abuja after Juma’at prayers, would return on August 18..... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2Z3mebb Get More Nigeria Political News

Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has been charged with money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2Ma4JQ2 Get More Nigeria Political News

President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign coordinator in Zamfara State in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Bature Sambo, and other top officials of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in a ceremony in the Gusau Government House. … Read more via...

Lionel Messi has won yet another award. This time, from users of uefa.com, who have determined that the Argentinian’s free kick goal in the semi-finals of last … read more via “barcelona football” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2KPIJar Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Spaniard said that David Silva is now the Skipper, adding that the decision was taken by the squad..... read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2ONv8W2 Get More Nigeria Sports News

Lionel Messi has toppled Cristiano Ronaldo to UEFA's goal of the season award for 2018-19. According to a report of UEFA’s official website, fans voted the Barcelona captain stunning free-kick against Liverpool in the first leg of their semi-final clash at Camp Nou.... read more via...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Maurice Iwu bail in the sum of N1 billion. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Thursday arraigned Iwu before a Federal High Court in Ikoyi for...

26-year-old entrepreneur and daughter of Nigeria’s Vice President, Kiki Osinbajo took to her Instagram page to reminisce about her journey as an entrepreneur and plan to launch her third business. Kiki admitted to have been born with a silver spoon, she, however, said no one can deny the …...