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Farmers in Lagos yesterday alleged that some Local Government officials in Ikorodu were demanding money for registration and collection of Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC, attributing their refusal to bow to the request to the delay in collection of their … Read more via Vanguard News –...

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Richard Akassa, has urged the political class in Delta South senatorial district to give room for the Itsekiri ethnic nationality … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2nHonEN Get More...

Moritz Abazie is the Chairman, Strides Group, owners of Strides Energy & Maritime Limited. In this interview with STANLEY OPARA and EMEKA NWACHUKWU, he spoke on the future of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...

The increasing menace of dumping of sub-standard goods from Asian countries, into the Nigerian market is seriously undermining the competitiveness of the nation’s already distressed manufacturing sector, local operators have lamented. Steel distributors who are … Read more via The Guardian...

Former Nigerian international, Etim Esin has urged the national U-20 women team, Falconets to see their quarterfinal opponents, Spain as equals, saying the team should approach tomorrow’s match at the ongoing FIFA Women U-20 World Cup as wounded lionesses. … read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

National U-20 women team coach, Chris Danjuma is confident that his side will reach the final of this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in France, reports footballlive.ng. Danjuma gave the assertion in the wake of his side’s heroic draw with China on... read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

As part of measures targeted at curbing the influence of call masking, SIM boxing menaces in the telecoms sector, the regulator-Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has not ruled out major adjustment to both International Termination Rate (ITR) and mobile Local Termination Rate … Read more...

The Association for Public Policy Analysis, APPA, has called for a protective framework that would guarantee the safety of e-Commerce Consumers in Nigeria.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2w9iYKD Get More Nigeria Metro News

Lagos city Lagos has been ranked third among the ten least liveable cities in the world. This was contained in the 2018 Global Liveability Index released by The Economist Intelligence Unit and World Bank. The report, which rated Lagos 138th of … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper...

Federal Ministry of Health has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabia on scientific research to mitigate crowd-induced illnesses during the hajj exercise. The partnership, which is in collaboration of the Saudi-based … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, Ile-Ife has blamed the denial of the institution accreditation of some courses on the National University Commission’s existing regulation that does not allow for back to back interim status. It would be recalled that Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has affirmed the decision of the party to use direct primary for next year’s elections in the state. He said members would use their membership card or slip based on the party... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

The plot to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki thickened yesterday as federal lawmakers on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) resolved to forcibly reconvene the National Assembly and carry out the plan. During … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo for his intervention in the blockade of the National Assembly complex. Tinubu gave the commendation while addressing party members at the state secretariat of the party on Tuesday. He said...

A car swerved into passers-by then slammed into a barrier protecting Britain’s Houses of Parliament in a suspected terror attack on Tuesday. A 29-year-old British man, not previously known to the security services, was .... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2B8Wpf1 Get more...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can help rural communities yet to be connected to the national grid, gain access to clean renewable electricity quickly and cheaply if payment of the service is allowed through licenced Mobile Network Operators (MNO) experts from the Nigerian office … Read...

Periodically, Nairametrics conducts a review of mobile banking apps in Nigeria. We would be reviewing these banking mobile Apps in no particular order. Read more via Nairametrics – https://ift.tt/2nB5cwu Get more: Nigeria Business News

LONDON (AP) — FIFA has officially eradicated corruption. All it took was pressing the delete key. Soccer officials and players who bother checking out the new code of ethics governing their conduct will find the word "corruption" missing. They also will discover … read more via SOCCER news...

Real Madrid captain, Sergio Ramos has slammed Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp over comments made after the UEFA Champions League final in May this year. Forward, Mohamed Salah was forced off with a shoulder injury following a challenge from Ramos, and the Los Blancos went on to win … read...

Former Technical Director of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), James Peters, has declared as negative the tactics adopted by the Super Falconets at the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in France. The Nigerians will confront Spain in one of the quarter-final … read more via Thisdaylive...