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    Sports Utaka Foundation Team Hits 2018 SATUC World Cup Final – Thisdaylive

    Nigeria’s representative in the ongoing 2018 SATUC Five-a-Side Football World Cup, John Utaka Foundation Football Team, fought hard yesterday to beat host Bulgaria 1-0 in the semifinal to sail through to the final of the competition. The highest goal-scorer of the team and tournament, Arafat...
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    Sports Diego Simeone: New signings don’t guarantee success – TODAY.NG

    Diego Simeone has said Atletico Madrid need hard work to reap the benefits of a busy summer in the transfer market as they prepare for Wednesday’s UEFA Supercup clash with rivals Real... read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MeJWeK Get More Nigeria Sports News
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    Metro Tramadol Overdose Kills Kidnapper In Owo Ondo State: Kidnap Suspect Who Slipped Into Coma After Arrest Dies In Hospital – NaijaGistsBlog

    Kidnap Suspect Who Slipped Into Coma After Arrest Has Died Ondo state Police has provided an update on the condition of the kidnap suspect arrested during a foiled kidnap attempt in … Read more via NaijaGistsBlog Nigeria, Nollywood, Celebrity ,News, Entertainment, Gist, Gossip, Inspiration...
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    Metro IPC, MURIC blast police for detaining Premium Times’ Samuel Ogundipe – Daily Post Nigeria

    The International Press Centre (IPC), says it is outraged by the detention of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe as well as the Editor-In-chief, Musikilu Mojeed and the Education Reporter, Azeezat Adedigba on Tuesday. IPC Director, Lanre Arogundade, in a statement made available to DAILY...
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    Metro BREAKING: SARS Freezes Salary Account Of Detained Premium Times Journalist – Sahara Reporters

    The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has frozen the bank account of Samuel Ogundipe, a PremiumTimes General Assignment reporter, over a report published by the newspaper on the investigation of former DSS DG Lawal Daura by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. Ogundipe was...
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    Metro 14-year-old girl trafficked to Burkina Faso for N15,000 – Laila’s Blog

    A 14 year old school girl was trafficked to Burkina Faso, after N15,000 was paid to the man to her.... Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2BbN6Lh Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Politics Kano government uncovers $1 million stashed in foreign account by Senator Kwankwaso – TODAY.NG

    The Kano State Government has revealed how it discovered a sum of over $1 million allegedly paid by former governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to a university in Ukraine where no Kano state student was studying.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2nG3yJS Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics Saraki, Dogara: No Basis to Reconvene N’Assembly – Thisdaylive

    The leadership of the National Assembly has said it cannot reconvene now to consider the 2019 general election budget proposals before it until the joint committees set up to consider the proposals complete their work.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2MML3P6 Get More Nigeria...
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    Politics PDP vows to match APC’s rigging machinery in Osun – TODAY.NG

    Beginning with the Osun governorship election next month, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it would not allow itself to be outsmarted by the rigging machinery of the All Progressives Congress (APC).... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2nHC8TX Get More Nigeria...
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    Politics Number of political parties rises to 91 – TODAY.NG

    The Independent National Electoral Commission has registered 23 new political parties, bringing the total number of parties to 91.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MLTGJM Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Entertainment All hail Madonna, a 60-year-old woman who won’t be quiet | Fiona Sturges – The Guardian

    Is Madonna dead?” my daughter asked recently, while we danced like idiots in the kitchen to Vogue. Having spent a good few months inculcating my child with Madonna’s back catalogue, I realised I’d told her nothing about the woman herself. My daughter is still young enough to have no interest …...
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    Sports Mandzukic calls time on Croatia career – Daily Maverick

    Croatian World Cup hero and star striker Mario Mandzukic has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 32, the country’s national soccer federation said Tuesday. “I think the time has come for me now. I gave my best for Croatia and I have contributed to … read more...
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    Politics Massive shakeup looms at SSS as Buhari decides acting DG’s fate – Naija.ng

    The State Security Services (SSS) may soon carry out a massive deployment of some of its personnel serving across Nigeria, Punch reports. The deployment of SSS deployment follows the recent Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 – https://ift.tt/2KT9Cbf Get...
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    Politics Shiites Allege Fresh Plot To Assassinate El-Zakzaky, Wife – Sahara Reporters

    Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) protesting at the National Human Rights Commission in Abuja Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have raised the alarm on a fresh plot to assassinate their spiritual leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife. The group made the revelation...
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    Politics IGP Must Arrest INEC Chairman, Court Insists – Sahara Reporters

    After a Court of Appeal ordered a stay of execution on the warrant issued for the arrest of Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, has restated that Yakubu must be arrested. The order was given …...
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    Politics Sowore To Contest Presidential Election On The Platform of African Action Congress – Sahara Reporters

    Omoyele Sowore, a presidential aspirant and publisher of SaharaReporters, on Tuesday unveiled the political party on which he would vie for the highest political office in the country. The logo of the party, African Action Congress (AAC), was revealed by Malcolm Fabiyi, Director General of the...
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    Politics 2018 EDOFEST: Obaseki inaugurates 16-man Planning Committee – Vanguard News

    The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated a 16-man Committee for the 2018 Edo State Festival for Arts and Culture (EDOFEST), with a charge to promote the rich culture of the people. A cross section of Inneh Theater Troops … Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    Politics After Osinbajo’s Order, Police Rename SARS ‘Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad’ (FSARS) – Sahara Reporters

    The Nigeria Police Force acting, in tune to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s order, has immediately ordered the re-ordering of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). After months of agitation by the Nigerian people over the extra-judicial and high-headedness of personnel of SARS, Osinbajo...
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    Metro SPOTTED: SARS Invited And Detained Premium Times Journalists With A Letter Written In 2017 – Sahara Reporters

    Is it possible that the invitation and detention of three Premium Times journalists by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police had been planned for one full year? Very hard to imagine but also very hard to dismiss. On Tuesday, SARS operatives sent a letter … Read more...
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    Metro Why piracy is high on Nigerian waters – Ex-Presidential aid – Vanguard News

    Former senior special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on maritime matters, Mr. Leke Oyewole, has expressed concern over the volume of Nigeria’s crude oil illegally taken to neighbouring countries, which leads to high piracy in Nigerian waters.... Read more via Vanguard News –...
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