naija news today 120819

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that sacrifices must be made by all Nigerians to stem hardship in the country and protect legacies of the nation’s founding fathers. Minister-designate, Babatunde Fashola, also re-echoed Tinubu. The...

A pro-Buhari group has condemned the attack on a former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on President Muhammadu Buhari. The Buhari Phenomenal Leadership Centre said Frank and his gang of detractors should desist from what it termed as...

186 doctors from Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq have written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari pointing to Sheikh El-Zakzaky’s physical conditions and … Read more via NaijaGists.com – https://ift.tt/33Cpzxg Get More Nigeria Political News

OWERRI—The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Dr Anthony J. V. Obinna, has said the country is bleeding from all angles just as hatred, mindless killings, kidnapping, raping and other serious crimes, are expanding in Nigeria..... Read more via Vanguard News –...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, has rejected claims by a former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, that Nigeria is … Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2yV8vo1 Get More Nigeria Political News

Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri won the 2019 edition of the Nigeria Open Table Tennis Championship held in Lagos on Sunday. Quadri, who won the competition back-to-back, said he overcame injury in the Round of 16 to emerge victorious. He said this after defeating Austria’s Gardos Robert in a thrilling...

Manchester United inflicted a harsh lesson on Frank Lampard in his first Premier League assignment as Chelsea manager with a 4-0 victory at Old Trafford on Renault Super Sunday. Marcus Rashford opened United’s account from the penalty spot on 18 minutes, but Chelsea struck the woodwork twice...

Prof. Ademola Aremu, the Chairman, Council Committee on Security, University of Ibadan (UI), has said the university is reviewing its security architecture to forestall future attacks. Aremu, who visited the female hostel attacked by gunmen on Sunday in company of the Vice Chancellor, Prof...

Retired senior police officers and security experts have charged the federal government to ensure a thorough and unbiased investigation into the recent killing of three policemen in Taraba State by soldiers. Three detectives in the Inspector-General of Police Response Team and a civilian were...

Five children were killed after their home caught fire in Abagbo Village, Takwa Bay area of Lagos Island, the police said yesterday. The children identified as Folake Ogundiya, aged 13, her eight-year-old sibling... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Chris Ezenwa Anokam has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Kwese Television, a new satellite and broadcasting network in Nigeria to pay his client, So Dave Classic Limited, the sum N1,69,000.000 debt it has refused to pay since 2018. The lawyer in a letter … Read...

The Managing Director of Peace Mass Transit (PMT) Limited, Dr. Maduka Onyishi, has disclosed that he returned the sum of N2.2billion, wrongly paid into his First Bank of Nigeria account. The cheque, according to a statement by Onyishi, was received on behalf of First Bank by the Business...

Big Brother Naija 2019 housemate, Diane, has emerged winner of ‘Veto Power Game of Chance’ at the ongoing ‘Pepper Dem’ reality show. Big Brother said the winner of the game gets the ability to save and replace a nominated housemate even if they were the ones that had been … via Daily Post...

Nigerian Singer Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun is an Interviewers delight with the way he responds to questions….. Excerpts From the Interview… via Stella Dimoko Korkus.com – https://ift.tt/2MdCLmx Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Yvonne Nelson has broken silence months after rumours surfaced that she had parted way with British photographer-baby daddy, Jamie Roberts. Speaking with Naa Ashokor of Joy FM, the Ghanaian actress admitted that they did, indeed, split up when the viral story surfaced. And this comes two years...

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Teen Choice Awards which was held in California n Sunday, and co-hosted by Pretty Little Liars‘ Lucy Hale and YouTuber David Dobrik. Some of the stars who performed include OneRepublic, Mabel and Jordan McGraw, and Sarah Hyland. Check out the list...

Akwa Ibom State government has condemned the comments by the Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang on RUGA settlement, saying that it was based on greed and a desperate quest to cling to power despite already spending 20 years in public … Read more...

The Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Farouq Umar, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on what he described as his achievements in the fight against banditry, kidnapping, insurgency and other related violent crimes bedeviling the country. The monarch also yesterday conferred … Read more via...

Sequel to the appointment of the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, Oba Adebanji Alabi, as the Chairman of the Ekiti State Traditional Council, some aggrieved monarchs have gone to court to seek the nullification of the action taken by the state Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. The … Read more via...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday charged the Federal Government to be “decisive in dealing with those who are bent on heating up the polity with hate speeches, no … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2Mavm7P Get More...