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  1. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first person to reach 200 million followers on Instagram – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first Instagram user (besides Instagram) to gather 200 million followers on the platform. The football star announced the milestone by sharing a photo montage on Wednesday.... read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/3aMiH3M Get More Nigeria...
  2. Nigeria Sports News

    Sports Real Madrid thrash Zaragoza for Copa del Rey’s quarter-finals – P.M. News

    Real Madrid thrashed Real Zaragoza 4-0 on Wednesday to ease into the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, stretching their unbeaten run to 20 games. Raphael Varane, Lucas Vazquez, Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema all scored at La … read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/3aT6HNU Get More...
  3. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Nigerian cyber fraudster and drug dealer jailed for five years in the UK – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    A self-confessed Nigerian cyber fraudster and drug-dealer, Dan Aiyegbusi has been jailed for five years in the UK. Following a proactive investigation by the Met’s Cyber Crime Unit (CCU), Aiyegbusi, 23, of Eastern Boulevard, Leicester, was sentenced on.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog –...
  4. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Kaduna Pastor arrested for kidnapping self and demanding 5m from family – Pulse Nigeria

    Police said the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of investigation. Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a pastor, Clement James for allegedly kidnapping himself and demanding a N5m ransom from his family members. In a statement by Yakubu Sabo, the command’s spokesperson...
  5. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro UAE records first Middle East cases of Coronavirus – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    The United Arab Emirate on Wednesday January 29, confirmed Middle East’s first cases of the deadly Coronavirus. A family of four who arrived the country from Wuhan (the Chinese city where the virus broke out at the end of 2019), were diagonosed with the flu-like virus..... Read more via...
  6. Nigeria World News

    World German tourist who booked hotel room with Kenyan girlfriend found dead with cuts in head – Ladun Liadi’s Blog

    Police are looking for a youthful woman suspected of killing her 78-year-old German lover in a hotel room in Malindi, Kilifi County, Kenya on Monday night. The deceased has been identified as Detering Herman, a tourist of passport number C3K6FV281.... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s...
  7. Nigeria Business News

    Business Coronavirus: FG shut down Panda Supermarket in Abuja – TobiVibes

    Considering the recent spread of Coronavirus across the world, the Federal Government has now shut down Panda Supermarket in Abuja. According to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), the store was closed after seafood and animals imported illegally from China was...
  8. Nigeria Business News

    Business N4.5trn debt: AMCON devices new recovery measure – Newtelegraph

    Recalcitrant bank debtors under Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) surveillance have a fresh legal battle to face this year, New Telegraph learnt over the weekend. AMCON has resolved to criminalise debt cases with links to insider abuse as a means to fast track recovery, an...
  9. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Afenifere Opposes Plan To Place ‘Operation Amotekun’ Under New Police Scheme – Sahara Reporters

    Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has rejected the position of the Nigerian Government to include ‘Operation Amotekun’ under its community policing strategy and have it function as mere informants for the police. The group, after a meeting held in Akure, Ondo State, said that … Read more via...
  10. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Tinubu’s Wife, Senator Oluremi, Advocates For State Police Over Rising Insecurity – Sahara Reporters

    Former First Lady of Lagos State and lawmaker representing Lagos Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Oluremi Tinubu, has called for the establishment of state police as a way of tackling the rising spate of insecurity in the country. Tinubu made the call during plenary on …...
  11. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Presidency Attacks Senator Abaribe Over Calls For Buhari’s Resignation – Sahara Reporters

    The Presidency has attacked Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe for calling for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising spate of insecurity in the country. Earlier on Wednesday, Abaribe had said, “Nigerians will go to the government and ask the government to resign because they did...
  12. Nigeria Political News

    Politics ‘No crisis in Urhobo Progress Union’ – The Guardian Nigeria News

    The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has debunked insinuations that the association is enmeshed in crisis influenced by extraneous forces from the Delta State Government House, Asaba. It insisted that rather the group was forging ahead and positioning stronger for a better … Read more via The...
  13. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Moghalu condemns Chris Ngige’s suggestion on Igbo presidency – The Guardian Nigeria News

    A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, has faulted the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, that the Igbo need to pitch their tent with either the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...
  14. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Boko Haram: Danger Of A Single Story By Promise Eze – Sahara Reporters

    To say that Boko Haram is bent on slaughtering every Christian it can lay hand on is very accurate. But there’s another side to this long-held narrative. A lot of Christians may find it hard to believe that BH also murder, maim, dismember, bludgeon and rape Muslims … Read more via Sahara...
  15. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro One dies as three Lagos high-rise buildings collapse, eight others razed in Balogun market fire – The Guardian Nigeria News

    Barely four days after fire leveled the Amu plank market in Mushin, the popular Balogun market on Lagos Island was yesterday razed in an inferno that consumed no fewer than seven high-rise buldings and shopping plazas. … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...
  16. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Lassa fever: Anambra is at alert, says Commissioner – The Guardian Nigeria News

    Following the reported cases of rising cases of contagious diseases across the nation, Anambra state Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, has assured that the Ministry is alert and fully prepared to respond to any outbreak of Lassa fever in the … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News...
  17. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Nigeria May Lose 2m Children to Pneumonia, UNICEF Warns – Thisdaylive

    The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Nigeria may lose two million children to pneumonia in the next decade if modalities are not put in place to curb the disease. The UN body identified malnutrition, air pollution and lack of access to vaccines and … Read more via...
  18. Nigeria World News

    World First detailed images show the wild, violent surface of the sun – CNN

    The surface of our sun is a wild, violent place and now we can see it in exquisite detail, thanks to the first images returned by the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope based in Hawaii. The ground-based telescope will work with NASA's Parker Solar Probe... Read...
  19. Nigeria World News

    World Justices OK immediate Trump crackdown on immigrants’ use of public benefits – Yahoo News

    The Supreme Court said Monday it will allow the Trump administration to begin enforcing a controversial new policy making it harder for low-income legal immigrants to obtain green cards or visas. Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News & Headlines – https://ift.tt/2GwXop4 Get more World News
  20. Nigeria Business News

    Business Dangote Farms Inaugurate N2.8bn Tomato Nursery – Thisdaylive

    In a bid to make Nigeria self-sufficient in tomato production, Dangote Tomatoes Processing Limited, owned by the younger brother of Africa’s richest man, Mr. Sani Dangote, has unveiled a N2.8 billion greenhouse nursery in Kano to supply the best quality tomato seedlings to Nigerian farmers...
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