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  1. Nigeria World News

    World Turkey launches assault on US ally, as Republicans turn on Trump – Vanguard Nigeria

    Troops from Turkey and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with airstrikes and artillery before launching a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.... Read more via Vanguard Nigeria –...
  2. Nigeria Business News

    Business World Bank Reduces Nigeria’s Growth Forecast By 0.1 Per Cent – Sahara Reporters

    The World Bank on Wednesday revised Nigeria’s economic growth for 2019 from 2.1 to 2.0 per cent. A report by Reuters said that the revision was made in the institution’s ‘Africa’s Pulse report for October. The New York-based global lender had in April predicted that the largest economy in …...
  3. Nigeria Business News

    Business Nigeria Gets UK Court Nod To Proceed With $875m Lawsuit Against JPMorgan – Leadership Newspaper

    A London-based appeals court has rejected US bank, JPMorgan’s bid to have the $875 million case instituted against it by Nigerian government dismissed, thereby affirming the right of the government to pursue the case to logical conclusion. The bank had asked the court to quash the … Read...
  4. Nigeria Business News

    Business FG demands $62 billion from oil majors for past profits based on Supreme Court decision – The Guardian Nigeria News

    Nigeria Nigeria is seeking to recover as much as $62 billion from international oil companies (IOCs), using a 2018 Supreme Court ruling the state says enables it to increase its share of income from production-sharing contracts (PSCs). The proposal … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...
  5. Nigeria Business News

    Business Cross River Assembly reads riot act to multinationals – The Guardian Nigeria News

    Cross River State House of Assembly has ordered Wilmar PZ and other multinational companies operating in the state to obey the laws of the state or face the music. The order became necessary following … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...
  6. Nigeria Business News

    Business Commission delists over 40,000 dormant registered companies for non-performance. – The Guardian Nigeria News

    For non-performance, over 40,000 names of registered companies have been delisted from the nation’s registration records in the last two years by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).CAC said: “We have succeeded to clean up our registration records by delisting … Read more via The Guardian...
  7. Nigeria Entertainment News

    Entertainment Kehinde Wiley makes history, unveils monumental sculpure at Times Square – Vanguard Nigeria

    IT WAS a another honour well deserved for renowned Nigerian-American portraitist Kehinde Wiley as he recently unveiled a monumental public sculpture in Times Square, New York on the Broadway Plaza between 46th and 47th Streets. Following its presentation, Rumors of War will be permanently …...
  8. Nigeria Political News

    Politics House Seeks Buhari’s Intervention in Enugu Airport Closure – Thisdaylive

    House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and ensure the immediate commencement of work at Akanu Ibiam Airport in Enugu, six weeks after its closure without rehabilitation or reconstruction. At the resumption of plenary wednesday, House Deputy Minority...
  9. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Senate Kicks against INEC’s Clearance of Many Candidates for Kogi, Bayelsa Guber Polls – Thisdaylive

    The Senate wednesday faulted the clearance of many governorship candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the forthcoming governorship elections in both Kogi and Bayelsa states on November 16. Its committee on INEC at a meeting with … Read more via Thisdaylive –...
  10. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Court adjourns trial of Dasuki, others for alleged N19b fraud to Dec 11 – The Guardian Nigeria News

    A federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has adjourned till December 11,2019 the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), and four others for alleged misappropriation of N19.4 billion arms funds. Arraigned alongside the ex-NSA are erstwhile … Read...
  11. Nigeria Political News

    Politics INEC warns Bayelsa guber candidates against incitement – The Guardian Nigeria News

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised candidates participating in the November 16, 2019 governorship poll in Bayelsa State to avoid inciting statements during their campaigns. The commission gave the warning in Abuja yesterday … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
  12. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Itsekiri People Urge Senate, Nigerians to Reject NDDC Board Appointments – Thisdaylive

    The people of the Itsekiri nation in Delta State have appealed to all well-meaning Nigerians, particularly the Senators, a to strictly follow the constitution of Nigerian by rejecting the appointment of those recently nominated as chairman and managing director of the Niger Delta Development...
  13. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Nigerians In America Now Pay $200 Egunje For E-passport And Beg For Visa To Visit Naija By Churchill Okonkwo – Sahara Reporters

    In the United States, the Nigerian embassies in Atlanta and Washington DC have mysteriously run out of e-passport booklets. Thus, Nigerians coming home for 2019 Christmas are given appointment dates in March 2020 for e-passports in New York. This is technically telling thousands of Nigerians...
  14. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Randy Lecturers Risk 5-year Jail Term – Leadership Newspaper

    Randy lecturers, especially, those in the universities, risk five-year jail term if the current Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institution Prohibition Bill before the Senate is passed into law. Commenting on the bill, yesterday, deputy president of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, urged concerned...
  15. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Students demand sack of lecturer in sex –for- grades scandal – The Guardian Nigeria News

    As condemnation mounts over the sex-for-grades scandal allegedly involving embattled lecturer of the Department of European Languages and Integrated Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr Boniface Igbenegbu, students have called for his immediate … Read more via The...
  16. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro UNESCO selects YABATECH as pioneer i-hubs institution – The Guardian Nigeria News

    College of Technology (YABATECH) has been chosen as the first ever innovation hub (i-hub) institution in Nigeria by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO-UNEVOC). UNESCO-UNEVOC is an international centre for technical and vocational education and...
  17. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Suicide Prevention Is Everybody’s Business – Thisdaylive

    The World Mental Health Day is marked annually on October 10 to raise awareness about mental health issues with a specific theme each year. The theme for this year is Suicide Prevention. Suicide is a global public health challenge. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that … Read...
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