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    Business Apapa Port records N57 billion from export in seven months – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has declared that a total of 343,471 metric tonnes (MT) of agricultural produce, mineral resources, and other exportable products with Free on Board (FOB) valued at N57billion were exported … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
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    Business Diamond Bank interested in partnerships for concessionary lending to SMEs – Olojede – NaijaBizCom.Com

    Diamond Banks’ Head, Emerging Businesses, Ayodele Olojede in this interview, speaks on the bank’s approach of categorisation of small businesses and some efforts to help them over their operating challenges..... Read more via NaijaBizCom.Com – https://ift.tt/2PKI6AC Get more: Nigeria...
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    Politics Investors jostle for UBA ahead of interim dividend – NaijaBizCom.Com

    United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has been the toast of the stock market in the past four weeks as investors sought to take positions ahead of the impending release of the audited half-year results and interim dividend of the commercial banking group. UBA was the most active stock last … Read...
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    Business Naira Depreciates At I&E Window To N363 – Leadership Newspaper

    The naira depreciated at the Investors and Exporter’s window (I&E) window yesterday even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEX) injected the sum of $1.38 billion into the foreign exchange market last week. The Investors and Exporters...
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    Business Bears emerge as index drops by 0.3% amid investors’ apathy – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The volatile pattern of the market, occasioned by the ongoing anxiety in Nigeria’s political environment has continued to drive cautious trading by investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as the All-share index depreciates by 0.3% yesterday. Last … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
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    Entertainment I didn’t assault anyone at the airport – Jim Iyke opens up on alleged arrest – Laila’s Blog

    Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke was yesterday accused of slapping an airport staff at the Muritala Mohammed Airport and subsequently arrested..... via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2PDHoFb Get more Nigeria Entertainment News
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    Entertainment K-pop group breaks Taylor Swift’s record – CNN

    Korean pop group BTS beat Taylor Swift’s record for biggest YouTube debut with the music video for its song "Idol."... via CNN – https://ift.tt/2wklv5M Get more Nigeria Entertainment News
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    Sports Ferrer’s last Slam ends with injury against Nadal at US Open – USA Today

    David Ferrer’s last Grand Slam match ended with him stopping because of a leg injury against Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open... read more via USA Today – https://ift.tt/2NrYpAu Get More Nigeria Sports News
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    Sports Three things that have gone wrong for Manchester United – Daily Monitor

    Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suffered the heaviest home defeat of his coaching career as Tottenham Hotspur won 3-0 at Old Trafford on Monday to spiral an early-season crisis for the Red Devils. Mourinho is at the front of the firing line with odds on him being … read more via...
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    Sports Super Eagles’ inability to play at National Stadium worries Rohr – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Super Eagles’ Coach, Gernot Rohr is worried by the inability of his team to play in any of the national stadia in Abuja and Lagos, which have been out of use for over six years. Nigeria has been playing its international games in Uyo, Port Harcourt and Kaduna..... read more via The...
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    Sports NBBF: D’Tigress can shock the world – TODAY.NG

    The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Eng. Musa Kida, strongly believes that the Women’s Senior National team will fly the country’s flag high and give a good representation of Africa when the 2018 World Cup tips off in Spain.... read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MY0iIa...
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    Metro Police arraign ex-Imo commissioner for fraud, stealing – Punch Newspapers

    The Imo State Police Command on Monday arraigned a former Commissioner of Commerce and Industry to Governor Rochas Okorocha, Best Mbanaso, in a magistrate’s court. The 11 counts bordered on fraud, stealing and destruction of fuel stations in the state. Mbanaso was also an ex-Special … Read...
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    Metro Sex for marks: NUC asks varsities to expose lecturers’ names – Punch Newspapers

    The National Universities Commission has asked universities in the country to advertise the names of lecturers found guilty of sexual harassment in newspapers. The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Adamu Rasheed, said this on Monday during the 33rd conference of the Association of...
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    Metro ‘Mad Man’ Caught With Two Phones Confesses To Kidnapping ‘After Receiving The Beating Of His Life’ – Sahara Reporters

    A middle-aged man said to be pretending to be mentally challenged was caught in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Monday while parading the streets. Witnesses claimed he was in search of kidnap victims. The man, whose appearance was dishevelled, was apprehended at the Orita Obele Estate area …...
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    Metro Victims defrauded of N50m by developer cry for refunds – Punch Newspapers

    Hundreds of house seekers allegedly defrauded of over N50m by a Lagos developer, Hakeem Garba, have cried out for help. PUNCH Metro learnt that Garba allegedly defrauded the victims said to be over 300 with the promise that a house on Mojisola Street, Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, would … Read more...
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    Metro Police arrest 57 suspected gays in Lagos – Punch Newspapers

    No fewer than 57 suspected gays have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly gathering to conduct initiation rites in the state. The initiation reportedly took place around 1am on Sunday, … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2BQc5Ej Get...
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    Politics NASS Joint Committee Meets, Asks INEC To Re-present Buhari’s N143bn Budget Tomorrow – Sahara Reporters

    After a meeting of members of the Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), chaired by Senator Suleiman Nazif, on Monday, the committee has asked the electoral commission to re-present its budget tomorrow. The executive session of the joint committee began at...
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    Politics Seven Political Parties Form Alliance To Unseat Okowa – Sahara Reporters

    About seven political parties have joined forces in the bid to unseat Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State Governor. The parties decided to work together under the banner of ‘Third Force’, after a meeting of party aspirants held on August 25 at Casa De Pedro Hotel, Effurun, Delta State. … Read more...
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    Politics PDP: Had Buhari Not Cheapened His Exalted Office, Trump Wouldn’t Have Embarrassed Us – Sahara Reporters

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari and his “handlers” for bringing ridicule to the country. The party stated this in its reaction to the comment credited to US President Donald Trump, which branded Buhari “lifeless”. According to PDP, the statement is an...
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    Politics Police Want To Forcefully Take Me To Lokoja And Kill Me, Says Melaye – Sahara Reporters

    Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, has accused the Nigeria Police Force of conniving with the Kogi State Government to kill him. According to him, the plan was to find him “culpable [of] homicide and illegal possession of [firearms]”. He said it would …...
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