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If there were no Lion Air crash Flight 610 involving Boeing 737MAX, the same aircraft type that was also involved in the Ethiopian Airlines, there are indications that the attention would have been more on the maintenance culture of the African airline rather than on the Maneuvering … Read...

A SENIOR Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Olusina Sofola, has dragged Coscharis Motors Ltd to a Lagos Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Igbosere, over a defective Jaguar car valued at N24.15million sold to him. Defendant in the suit is Jaguar Land Rover Limited..... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria...

HYUNDAI has announced plans to introduce new ‘digital key technology on future models, allowing drivers to unlock and start their car via a smartphone. Selected new cars will start offering the technology in 2019. Users will download the digital key as an app, with … Read more via Vanguard...

The Top10 magazine, Nigeria’s foremost monthly publication has released the list of Nigeria’s top 10 philanthropists, under the title, “Top 10 Philanthropists behind Nigeria’s Largest Private Foundations”. In the latest edition of the magazine which looks at the stakes and contributions of...

The Nigerian stocks market yesterday recorded marginal gain of 0.01 per cent to halt three successive sessions of closing negative, which was majorly impacted by gains in the Banking sector. Also, Wema Bank was the most active stocks as it traded 1.7 billion shares, valued at N1.28 billion. …...

Leading global information and communications technology company, Huawei, has partnered with more than 40 universities across the country to achieve a fully connected and digitally inclusive Nigeria. Huawei is currently working with the higher institutions in establishing its Huawei...

Actress Oge Okoye has broken silence over a video which shows her allegedly undergoing deliverance by Pastor Alph Lukau who is famed for a controversial resurrection miracle. According to Oge Okoye who received lots of backlash after the video went viral, her decision to go before pastor …...

Daddy Freeze has reacted to a post by singer Waconzy who called him a demon for always attacking the Church on social media. Waconzy took to his Instagram page to condemn the activities of Freeze who he labeled as daddy foolish. He wrote: “As christains, one of … via Nigeria News | Laila’s...

IK Ogbonna, who is married to his heartthrob, Sonia, has finally spoken up about speculations that he is divorced. The actor, in an interview with Hip TV, insists that the rumours are false and should be disregarded. He however admitted that their relationship is not what it used to be …...

Manchester City could welcome back Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones from the treatment room when they travel to Fulham for the first of nine … read more via “spurs football” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2HKPqev Get More Nigeria Sports News

Mauricio Pochettino “looks like a Manchester United manager”, says Phil Neville, with the Tottenham head coach expected to remain in the picture even if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is handed a permanent contract. A man currently in interim charge of the Red Devils … read more via SOCCER news...

Over 150 children have been rendered homeless after the Development Control Department (DCD), a unit under the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) demolished an orphanage in Kubwa, a suburban in Abuja. The Director of DCD, Muktah Galadima, said the demolition was in a compliance...

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen last Wednesday allegedly ambushed and killed three farmers in Bagana community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State.... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2OzYqUn Get More Nigeria Metro News

More than 10 cases of cholera have been recorded in Nairobi since the outbreak of the disease was reported in the capital two weeks ago. Nairobi County Health Chief Officer Washington Makodingo said that so far, 14 patients with cholera symptoms have been admitted … Read more via AllAfrica...

Member of Parliament for Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira, Bright Wereko Brobbey, has appealed for support for his constituents after a rainstorm displaced hundreds. He wants the public to support the effort by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to resettle … Read more via...

Sudanese police fired tear gas at protesters defying a nationwide state of emergency on Thursday, with demonstrations in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere, witnesses said. Protests and deadly clashes … Read more via Modern Ghana News – https://ift.tt/2JY12N4 Get more World News

A Bangladeshi woman has given birth to twins almost one month after delivering a premature baby boy, her doctor told the BBC. Arifa Sultana, 20, gave birth to … Read more via BBC News – Health – https://ift.tt/2U6jkRj Get more World News

A federal jury on Wednesday ordered Monsanto to pay more than $80 million in damages to a California man whose cancer it determined was partly caused by his use of the popular weedkiller Roundup. The six-member jury found that Monsanto should be held liable for the man’s … Read more via NYT...

Africa’s downstream sector has seen an injection of $30 billion in investment, as the continent is one of the few regions where oil demand is expected to grow steadily for the … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2JO8CtT Get more: Nigeria...

Following Tuesday’s 50 basis points cut in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), from 14 per cent to 13.50 per cent, analysts have predicted that the naira will appreciate in the coming days. Analysts … Read more via Thisdaylive...