naija news today 171019

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said yesterday it recovered over 200 properties including plazas, bungalows, and mansions, from suspected corrupt individuals in the last eight months. The Chairman of the Commission, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, who made...

Army renames Military Operation in South-East from ‘Exercise Egwu Eke’ to ‘Exercise Atilogwu Udo’ The authorities of the Nigerian Army wish to inform the general public of the change of … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2OTEgqM Get More Nigeria Metro News

No fewer than 42 per cent of women in Ghana, Guinea, Myanmar and Nigeria, suffer physical or verbal abuse, stigma or discrimination during childbirth. According to new evidence from a World Health Organisation (WHO)-led study, published October 9, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday said a total of 119,663 pieces of counterfeit notes with a nominal value of N98.82m was recorded in 2018, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The bank said this in the Currency Operations 2018 Annual Report, posted on its website. … Read more...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed no fewer than 30 petrol stations and two gas plants in Anambra State in the last five months. Controller of Operations of the DPR in the state, Mr Ignatius Anayanwu said at a briefing in Awka, the state capital, … Read more via TODAY –...

Weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari visited South Africa in the wake of xenophobic attacks on African migrants including Nigerians, another Nigerian, Ikenna Otugo, was on Tuesday killed in the former apartheid nation. Acting Chairman of Nigerian Union, South Africa, in the Kwazulu Natal...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday called for urgent diversification of the Nigerian economy to lessen national reliance on crude oil, saying the country must invest in agriculture and small and medium scale enterprises. “The theme of your study tour —Economic … Read...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has assured to produce presidential candidates from the South-East who are in the same pedigrees of the likes of Dr Nnamdi Azikwe and Chief Samuel Mbakwe, who sees entire Nigeria as his Constituency. This was disclosed in … Read more via Vanguard...

10 African startups founders have made it as finalists for the first-ever Africa Netpreneur Prize. Out of them, 4 are Nigerian founders, two from Egypt and Rwanda and one from Liberia, and Cote D’Ivoire..... Read more via Pulse Nigeria – Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2nQSoWx Get more: Nigeria...

The chairman of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma, has asked to a boy, Osuolale Farouq, who redesigned the company’s logo. It should be noted that the said young man posted his redesign of the logo on twitter on Tuesday, October 15, giving full details and the...

The list of the top richest musicians in the world changes year after year, not only because new musicians keep cropping up, but also because the artists themselves get involved in different projects that.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2MmRQ45 Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Tarzan actor Ron Ely's wife was stabbed to death by the couple's son, according to police. Valerie Lundeen Ely, 62, was killed in the brutal stabbing which unfolded at her home in Hope Ranch, California.... Read more via Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2BhiDsf Get more Nigeria...

Bella Hadid has been named as the most beautiful woman in the world, according to the ‘Golden Ratio of Beauty’. The 23-year-old was found to be a 94 per cent match to the ratio, a mathematical equation known as Beauty Phi devised by the ancient Greeks.... Read more via Naijaloaded –...

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for the approval of six aides to her office. Mrs Buhari expressed her feelings on Wednesday when she received wives of Governors who visited her at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ... Read more via Pulse...

Days after her return from London, wife of the vice president, governors wives, senate president’s wife & senators’ Wives, speaker’s wife & wives of members’ of the house of reps, today paid a courtesy visit to the first lady, Aisha Buhari, … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited...

Govs’ wives pay solidarity visit to First Lady First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has apologised to her children, members of her immediate family and all well-meaning Nigerians over the embarrassment that a leaked video circulating on social networks may have caused them. The apology came yesterday...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of new aides for the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari. The new aides are Dr. Mairo Almakura – Special Assistant on African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM); Muhammed Albishir – Special Assistant on Organization of African First Ladies for...

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday said his administration will not shy away from taking hard decisions in order to set the state on a path of sustainable development. Makinde, who also advised other state governors not to allow themselves to be caged by … Read more via Welcome...

The Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has sympathised the family of a woman and her child who was burnt to death in a truck accident in Onitsha, the state capital. Governor Obiano has directed owners of properties affected by the tragic accident, including shop owners, to report at the …...

Girls need to be very careful nowadays – the guys out there are very desperate now!!! A young lady was thrown out of a car this evening at Ajah under the bridge and according to eyewitnesses, she began to shrink until … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited Music &...