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Oil marketers yesterday appealed to the federal government to hasten payment of over N650 billion subsidy arrears being owed them to save their assets from being taken over by banks. The marketers under the aegis of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) made the appeal in Lagos. …...

Nigerian- Irish double bass player Professor Chinyere Adah Nwanoku has made the BBC Woman’s Power List. In the list which has the likes of Beyonce and Taylor Swift, she takes the number nine spot. Chi-chi, as she is popularly called, is the founder … via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand said the club faced some "big decisions" over manager Jose Mourinho’s future after a damaging 3-1 loss away to West Ham on Saturday. United’s third defeat in seven Premier … read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News...

A high ranking Boko Haram Commander has been killed by his own colleagues after his secret plan to surrender was discovered by some of his colleague.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2xNmegr Get More Nigeria Metro News

Mrs. Rebecca Nathan Sharibu, whose daughter, Leah, was abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in February, says that she needs her back alive and not monetary compensation from the Federal Government.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NcWE9H Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, (NOUN), Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu, has described the refusal of the Legal Council on education to admit graduates of the university into law school as unfair.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2QhoNOx Get More...

Pan Northern Groups, Weekend, refuted claims that they are considering certain presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to adopt as its candidate as for the next year’s election... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2xLsMfp Get More Nigeria Political News

As debates on the mode of primary election for the Bauchi State Governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) continue, a party stalwart and ardent supporter of the incumbent Governor, Alhaji Garba Musa has stated that Governor Mohammed Abubakar would emerge victorious at the...

The Kogi Government, on Saturday, says the results of candidates for the State 2018 Basic Certificate Examinations (BECE), Common Entrance Examinations (CEE) and Basic Six (6) Examinations (BSE), are ready for collection. Mr Eric Aina, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

The senator representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, Andy Uba, has assured President Muhammadu Buhari of victory in Anambra state in the 2019 presidential election.... --Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2QjE2q7 Get More Nigeria Political News

Barely six hours of her resignation as a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, former minister of women affairs, Aisha Alhassan, Saturday, officially joined the United Democratic Party, UDP....... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2xMOM9G Get More Nigeria Political News

Syria’s foreign minister on Saturday denounced US, French and Turkish forces operating in his country as “occupying forces” and demanded that they leave immediately. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem, who is also Syria’s deputy prime minister, said the...

North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on Saturday accused the United States of hindering peace efforts on the Korean peninsula with its insistence on enforcing tough economic sanctions against his country. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ri said “the recent deadlock is...

California Governor Jerry Brown signed several gun control bills into law the Media reports on Saturday. The bills included one measure that raises minimum age for buying rifles and shotguns from 18 to 21.. Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2NcNCtj Get more World News

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says availability of credit to the corporate sector increased in third … Read more via Leadership Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2DFdX3n Get more: Nigeria Business News

Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance, NTCA, a tobacco control advocacy group, has urged the ... Read more via Vanguard Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2OXUuMI Get more: Nigeria Business News

A masseuse made a house call to Kevin Spacey’s Malibu home two years ago and claimed he ... via Newsweek News – https://ift.tt/2N4dOGl Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The manager needed a big shift out of his players at West Ham but instead they were insipid and carried … read more via Goal.com News – International – https://ift.tt/2RfQqJk Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Red Devils saw a troubled campaign hit a new low against West Ham, with a 3-1 away defeat seeing … read more via Goal.com News – International – https://ift.tt/2N4cZgJ Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has instituted an investigation into the air … Read more via Olisa.tv – https://ift.tt/2QiphnM Get More Nigeria Metro News