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DELTA Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa and the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday decried Nigeria’s ranking as the country with the highest maternal and child mortality rate in the world..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2NYHXe4 Get More Nigeria...

Police detectives from the FCT Command have arrested one Hamza Abdullahi ‘m’ and his cohort, Awalu Shuaibu, for arranging his kidnap and demanding ransom from his father. DCP (Operations) Sunday Abaji, said this.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2LvfMlv Get More Nigeria...

The new U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Kelly Craft told reporters on Thursday that she would defend the interests of the U.S. at the world body and would continue to convey.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2NbXwQ5 Get more World News

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has revealed that he congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal confirmed his election because he is not a hypocrite like other Governors..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/32HBskf Get...

The Northern Governors’ Forum is holding an emergency meeting in Kaduna to deliberate on issues surrounding insecurity, livestock management, Almajiris and poverty..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2LOzGH0 Get More Nigeria Political News

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says he did not congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the initial victory at the..... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/31kEPwY Get More Nigeria Political News

The national and state house of assembly election petitions tribunal,sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has upheld the election ofChristopher Ekpenyong, striking out Senator Godswill Akpabio’spetition.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/2ZO1gxh Get More Nigeria Political News

Female banker sacked for sleeping with 200 male job seekers, clients A Zambian female banker has been suspended for allegedly sleeping with over 200 men while promising them jobs, according to a report by the... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/32Cxpp7 Get More Nigeria Metro News

News Extra: Kenya bans child adoption by foreign nationals President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday announced an immediate ban on adoption of children by foreign nationals..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/31jzC8L Get more World News

Nigeria produced more oil than its 2019 budget assumption of 2.3 million, as it registered an output of 2.386 million barrels of oil daily in August 2019, according to the International Energy Agency.... Read more via Sahara Reporters – https://ift.tt/31jpCwa Get more: Nigeria Business News

Falz Snags BET Hip-Hop Awards Nod Nigerian rapper and actor, Falz (the Bahd Guy) has recently been unveiled alongside other international artistes as nominees for the 2019 BET Hip-Hop Awards...... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2LL1uME Get more Nigeria Entertainment...

Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday attacked the home of a man identified as Alhaji Usman Bobo in Jalingo, Taraba State The gunmen attacked the man with a machete and whisked his daughter, Farida Usman, away around... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2AfEEam...

A freight train derailed in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo early Thursday, killing illegal passengers who were riding on it, in the latest rail tragedy to strike the.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2LJwP26 Get more World News

France warned Thursday it will block the development of Facebook’s planned Libra cryptocurrency in Europe because it threatens the “monetary sovereignty” of governments..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/34FbkZ0 Get more World News

A grab taken from a video provided by a guest of the Acapulco hotel in Kyrenia (Girne) in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), north of the divided Cypriot capital Nicosia, shows fire and.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2NX7WCT Get more...

Several persons have become political prisoners in Nigeria since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed power. These are some of those people. Since assuming office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has arrested and.... Read more via The Trent Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2NXzbx2...

For asking Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to apologize to Nigerians rather than appeal his loss at the election tribunal, Lai Mohammed, Information Minister, has been told that he’s smoking weed.... Read more via Nairaland –...

David De Gea has drawn interest from Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus in recent weeks. Premier League giants, Manchester United have identified two goalkeepers as David De Gea’s possible replacement at Old Trafford..... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2ZSmHxT Get More Nigeria...

Brazil football legend, Ronaldinho is temporarily coming out of retirement for Colombian side Independiente Santa Fe. The club regarded as one of Colombia's most successful teams, having won 17 league titles announced the... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2AcnJWb Get More...

The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that the Nigerians returning from South Africa will receive sim cards with airtime worth N40,000 and 9GB of valid data for … Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2ZUs1jn Get More Nigeria...