naija news today 231218

Davido has just hinted that he’s leaving his Lekki home and will be moving to Banana Island (an artificial island off the foreshore of Ikoyi, Lagos) in the coming weeks.... Read more via Naijaloaded – http://bit.ly/2V4B77Y Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has denied endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari. The group also accused All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of being behind the “fake” endorsement of Buhari..... Read more via The Trent Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2EHX6fb...

The Federal Government has enjoined the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to discard the December 31, 2018, ultimatum issued over lingering disagreement between organised labour and state governments on the proposed N30,000 national minimum wage...... Read more via The Trent Newspaper –...

At least 168 people have been killed and 745 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, government officials say. The country’s disaster management … Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2ShF7jZ Get more World News

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has punctured some of the claims made by President Muhammadu Buhari during his budget presentation to the joint session of the National Assembly last week.... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria –...

There is uneasy calm in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State after the Appeal Court verdict which struck out the application seeking to validate the executives of the party at the various levels in the state through the quashing of the judgment … Read more via Vanguard News...

From Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to the Southwest yesterday came a piece of advice: vote President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 2019 election to stand a good chance of producing his successor in 2023. Osinbajo spoke in Oyo during a visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba … Read more via The...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is considering the probe of some state governors for allegedly diverting fees meant for payment to consultants who assisted states on the London-Paris Club loan refund. Some states may not be able to access the last tranche of refund of …...

Bayelsa State governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Friday, extended the frontiers of the restructuring debate, saying President Muhammadu Buhari lost a golden opportunity to become a great statesman by vehemently rejecting his party, the All Progressives Congress’ position on the...

AC Milan have been given until June 2021 to comply with UEFA’s break-even Financial Fair Play rule or face a one-season ban from European matches, European soccer’s governing body said on Friday. Under UEFA regulations, any club spending more than the revenue it generates faces possible...

Team Lagos teenager, Nimota Aregbesola, who created a shocking upset by beating veteran Funke Oshonaike in the women table tennis event of the ongoing Abuja 2018 National Sports Festival, has continued to receive commendations for making a feat not expected of her career..... read more via...

An oil firm, MRS Oil Nig Plc, dealers in the distribution and sales of petroleum products, have constructed and donated a 6000 litre capacity motorised borehole to Kwararafa University, Wukari to ease the plight of water scarcity. The commissioning and handing over of the project … Read...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has declared January 8, 2019, a national day of protest over the delay in processing a new minimum wage for the country. Labour leaders reached the decision at the NLC National Executive Council meeting, according to a statement by the union’s President, Ayuba...

LEAH Sharibu is still in captivity. But she is a symbol of freedom, particularly religious freedom. Why she remains caged by Islamic fundamentalists is the reason she is in the spotlight. Leah, 15, was among 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists from the Government … Read more...

A Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) security personnel, Mr Usman Mohammed, on Friday, slumped and died while on duty at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Mr Olayinka Abioye, immediate past general secretary, National Union of Air Transport...

The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, yesterday, maintained that the church would not be handed over to ‘rascals’ who are not portraying the image of Christ in their character. Kumuyi made the declaration via a satellite broadcast from headquarters of …...

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has canceled its proposed State Insurance Producer (SIP) policy, 11 days to the expected commencement date of the initiative, LEADERSHIP Sunday learned yesterday. In a circular signed by the Director, Policy and Regulation, NAICOM, Mr. Agboola Pius...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos will be the first governor in Lagos State since 2007 to miss out on a mansion in Abuja after leaving office, The Punch’s investigation has revealed. The Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension) Law No 11 official Gazette of Lagos State, 2007 states that …...

There are indications that the leadership of the Social Democratic Party has not submitted Prof. Jerry Gana’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission as replacement for Mr Donald Duke as a result of an appeal over a court ruling on the party’s presidential candidate. Duke was...

President Muhammadu Buhari recently asked Nigerians to give him more time to fix the myriad problems confronting the nation. There is however a need to evaluate his management of the first four years in office. It … Read more via Thisdaylive – http://bit.ly/2Abugkw Get More Nigeria...