naija news today 110619

The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has approved a 10 per cent discount on harbour dues in all concessioned terminals at the Eastern ports. Mr Jatto Adams, the NPA General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos said that the...

Wall Street should stop worrying about China retaliating Against American companies doing business in China. There’s little chance that Beijing will exercise this option to get even with Washington’s sanctions against Huawei. That’s according to Jeff Yastine, senior equities analyst at Banyan...

Google’s Gmail email service is used by upwards of 1.5 billion people. The Google Calendar app, meanwhile, has been downloaded more than a billion times from the Play Store. Security researchers have this week warned that threat actors are exploiting the popularity of both in order to target...

President Donald Trump let fly a jaw-dropping lie in a chatty interview with CNBC Monday, saying that because of his get-tough trade war with China, the Asian nation’s economy has lost ″$15 to $20 trillion in value since the day I was elected.” The Chinese economy is worth … Read more via...

Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was a CIA informant before he was assassinated in Malaysia in 2017, a report has claimed. Citing an unnamed “person knowledgeable about the matter.... Read more via the Guardian – http://bit.ly/2MG0AVn Get more World News

Denise Lewis says having her son Troy aged 46 has made her a more 'experienced' mum. The Olympic star appeared on Lorraine, where she spoke about the surprise of finding out she was pregnant in her mid-forties.... Read more via Prima News – http://bit.ly/2I71upm Get more Nigeria...

Africa's economic growth depends on the formation of a deeper pool of domestic savings – but high charges for remittances from the diaspora are undermining that aim. Charges of between 7% and 10% for diaspora remittances are... Read more via The Africa Report.com – http://bit.ly/2MFdG4Y...

Nigeria’s fragile reputation in the comity of nations has suffered a major setback as it has outstripped Indonesia to become the worst country in the world for piracy. Alliance Global Corporate and Specialty (ACGS), a global corporate insurance carrier headquartered in Munich, Germany, made...

About 55.31 percent of the total shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) between January May 2019, was carried out by 10 stockbroking companies. The stockbrokers traded about 39.09 billion units of shares, valued at N537.966 billion. The Broker Performance Report by the NSE for the...

Jeff Bezos’ Amazon, the US retail giant has moved past hi-tech titans Apple and Google to become the world’s most valuable brand, a … Read more via P.M. News – http://bit.ly/2R3nJj3 Get more: Nigeria Business News

Gwyneth Paltrow and her TV producer partner Brad Falchuk tied the knot at her home in Amagansett, New York, in September, and ever since they have bee living separately in different homes, not far from one another, where they spend three nights a week apart..... Read more via Olisa.tv –...

Reality TV star, Khloe has called out a Uber driver identified as Abdulsalam Lanre over an alleged assault. According to the former Big Brother Naija contestant, she ordered for a ride after missing her.... Read more via Laila’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2R4baE8 Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Clara Chukwurah has begun a new spiritual journey. The legendary actress took to her Instagram yesterday to speak about her transition in the movie industry, the roles she played and the lifestyle she.... Read more via Olisa.tv – http://bit.ly/2MABkj8 Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The D-day is here when Nigeria’s 109 senators-elect will choose their presiding officers who will pilot the affairs of the upper legislative chamber. Constitutionally, the inauguration of a Senate is preceded by a proclamation by the Nigerian president. Having issued the proclamation last...

Oluremi Tinubu, the Senator representing Lagos Central District, has said the National Assembly is gradually turning into an ‘exclusive gentlemen’s club’. Speaking yesterday in Abuja, at her induction and into.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2R4y7qF Get More Nigeria...

As election of Nigeria’s 9th Senate President and his Deputy comes up on (today) Tuesday with Senator Ahmed Lawan and Ali Ndume locking horns for the position, both former 8th Senate leaders are still gripped with tension. It’s particularly so, because the Clerk to the National Assembly, …...

ABUJA—Indications emerged, last night, that the 9th National Assembly may be in for a stormy session, today, as an Abuja High Court sitting at Bwari reportedly issued an interim order for the use of open ballot system in the election of presiding officers of the … Read more via Vanguard News...

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), yesterday met with the APC caucus of the incoming ninth National Assembly, ahead of Tuesday’s inauguration. The meeting which had several of the Governors in...

With Neymar sidelined by an ankle injury, Lionel Messi heads into the Copa America this weekend as the competition’s main attraction but one with a desperate need to end more than a decade of hurt with Argentina. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has one of the most impressive trophy … read...

Cristiano Ronaldo was in usual buoyant mood after helping Portugal lift the inaugural UEFA Nations League on Sunday. The Juventus forward is still going strong at the age of 34 and has been widely praised for the consistency he has shown throughout his career. "There hasn’t been a period …...