naija news today 290919

Controversial US sprinter Christian Coleman stamped his mark on world sprinting on Saturday with a dominant performance to sweep to the global 100 metres title and suggest the heir to retired Jamaican legend Usain Bolt.. read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2m14YSg Get More...

Unknown gunmen have killed one Sule Moses, a 100 level student of the Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences and Technology, Idah, Kogi State. Multiple sources in the college confirmed to THISDAY that Moses was allegedly attacked and killed by unknown gunmen late … Read...

Ogbia Kingdom in Bayelsa East could best be described as a paradox of a resource-rich enclave yet pervasively poor. It was in this relatively unknown backwater of the Niger Delta that the black gold, which launched the country into the club of petro dollar … Read more via Vanguard News –...

The United Kingdom (UK) Government has announced changes to its Visa and Immigration Rules. This will take effect from Tuesday October 1, 2019. A policy paper seen by DAILY POST entitled ‘Statement of changes the Immigration Rules’, covered categories including individual, families...

In the study, researchers analysed cell-free DNA – which enters the bloodstream after becoming detached when its parent cell dies – in more than 3,500 blood samples. The samples were taken from more than 1,500 cancer patients and more than 2,000 from people without cancer.... Read more via...

George Barkhuizen, a South African businessman has been sentenced to life in jail in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for the murder of his wife, Odette who was killed in what was initially thought to be a hijacking four years ago. He was also handed 15 years for … Read more via Linda...

The federal government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation yesterday said peaceful resolution of issues surrounding OML 25 would encourage more investors to the Niger Delta. With the resolution of the OML 25 dispute, Rivers State … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Shunning the Western-coloured perceptions of African art, the nonagenarian artist Abayomi Barber asserts his artistic independence in naturalism and blazes a trail in the contemporary Nigerian art scene. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke reports Boredom was inevitable under the circumstances. Being confined...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dares Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to make good his threats to set aside his constitutional immunity by immediately resigning his office to face the corruption allegations, in which he was named, in court. The statement was made available to The … Read...

Femi Falana, the lawyer representing the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to a claim by the State Security Service , SSS, that it was not served with copies of the order directing the release of the publisher. In a telephone interview … Read more via The...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, said the federal government has pumped about N1.5 trillion in intervention fund into Nigeria’s power sector in the last two years. Osinbanjo said this at a power sector roundtable hosted by Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly directed Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, to hasten negotiations with the organised labour on the new N30,000 minimum wage. The Nigerian Tribune reports that Buhari said this through Tukur Ngawa, chairman of the federal civil service...

Reno Omokri, a staunch critic of the APC-led administration has deemed the vice president Yemi Osibanjo as an unintelligent fellow. Reports that the vice president wants to sue search engine, Google has generated mixed reactions from Nigerians.... Read more via Information Nigeria –...

Raheem Sterling has defended his Manchester City team-mate Bernardo Silva after accusations of racism following a tweet the Portugal forward sent to team-mate Benjamin Mendy. Silva posted an image on social media in which Mendy was compared to a character on … read more via Naijaloaded |...

Manga Mohammed, Nigeria’s U-17 pacy forward at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Cup winner, has died at the age of 42. Mohammed, who also went on to play for the senior teams, passed on Friday, September 27, according to report.... read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2ofM9vm Get More Nigeria...

Paul Pogba has reportedly told Manchester United to increase his weekly salary to £600k (£30million-a-year). The Frenchman who has been linked with a move away from Manchester United to Juventus and Real Madrid asked for huge wages in an effort to force a move in January. ... read more via...

Two Nigerian medal contenders are in jeopardy of being booted from world championships because their federation entered them in events they never planned to run.... read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2lUXznk Get More Nigeria Sports News

A new report has revealed that of the more than six million children under age of five that die each year, pneumonia is the second leading cause of … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2lVDrl0 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Abuja-based writer, @eketiette had one of those experiences with sexual predators which ladies dread. All alone at night and trying to get a cab home, she was approached by a man who took her for a prostitute and got aggressive when she didn’t give in to him.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s...

A 25-year-old lady, identified as Blessing Stephens, has confessed to selling her 3 children for the sum of N500k. The lad was among the six suspects arrested by the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) for stealing and selling over 30 babies to childless women...