naija news today 301219

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says President Muhammadu Buhari has taken Nigerians closer to the Next Level target in the outgoing year 2019. The minister stated this on Monday in Lagos at a media briefing to present the major achievements of the … Read more...

Ministers can only travel out of the country eight times in a year, Information, Culture & Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed has disclosed. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that no minister should go on foreign trips more than twice in a quarter. Besides, no minister on a trip …...

The Federal Government on Monday said the nation’s economy in the outgoing year 2019 witnessed a strong performance, building on the steady recovery since the last recession. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos while …...

Donatus Edafe is not a household name, but the footballer was in the news recently, not for his exploits on the pitch, rather for allegedly scoring points with his club President’s daughter off the pitch.... read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/39ppH5T Get More Nigeria Sports News

Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, has cleared air on the controversial hate speech bill that is currently before National Assembly, saying that he never sponsored the bill....... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2QaPCa8 Get More Nigeria Metro News

A member of the Sokoto state House of Assembly, Isa Harisu, slumped and later died on his way to the hospital on Monday, December 30......... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2rEBnRi Get More Nigeria Metro News

Humanitarian Affairs minister, Sadiya Farouq has spoken up on why rumors were peddled about her and Buhari getting married..... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/39mS4BL Get More Nigeria Metro News

Manchester City striker, Sergio Aguero, has admitted it will be “too hard” for his side to catch up with Premier League leaders, Liverpool. Sergio stated this while speaking to Sky sports, after he netted in City’s 2-0 win over Sheffield United at the Etihad.... Read more via Daily Post...

A frontline human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has tackled the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), for the Federal Government’s disregard to court orders and rule of law..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2QbZxfD Get More Nigeria Metro News

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has said Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, lacks powers to order the release of any detainee out of mercy.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2ZELi6a Get More Nigeria Metro News

Nigerians’ hope of a better economic outlook in 2020 may not be realised unless some lingering challenges are addressed and the anxieties about more taxes, unfavorable government policies and.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2tcOARW Get more: Nigeria Business News

Uche Nwosu, governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) during the 2019 general election in Imo state, has returned to the the All Progressive Congress (APC). Nwosu, son-in-law to Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo, had defected from the APC to AA when he could not secure the ruling...

David Moyes has been appointed as West Ham manager and will return for a second spell at the club. The Scot, 55, has signed an 18-month deal and starts with the New Year’s Day home game against Bournemouth.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/353QAJj Get More Nigeria Sports News

Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned men’s player of the year at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, winning the honour for a sixth time. The Juventus forward, 34, scooped Best Men’s Player of the Year at a glitzy ceremony in Dubai.... Read more via Information Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2Q4VYYm Get...

Liverpool put in a solid performance to round off a spectacular year with a home victory against Wolves. Liverpool FC Wolves came into the match on the back of a victory against league champions, Manchester City on Friday night..... Read more via Information Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2F4AhkV...

Man City vs Sheffield United Premier League fixture saw Citizens bounced back to winning ways. Guardiola’s men needed two second-half goals to see off stubborn visitors at the Etihad Stadium..... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2Zz7pe4 Get More Nigeria Sports News

The Lagos State Government has strongly appealed to all health care providers, including public and private health facilities operating in the State to stop the trend of rejecting gunshot victims and other trauma patients on the excuse of requiring a police report or the need to provide …...

Emir of Gwoza Alhaji Mohammed Timta, who has returned to his domain, once seized by Boko Haram as their headquarters, has passed a vital information on the location of Boko Haram to Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2Q68zKU Get More...

Ugly war of words breaks out over Costa Del Sol pool tragedy as British mother whose husband, son and daughter drowned hires a lawyer and blasts hotel while insisting her family COULD swim and.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2svtnT9 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The new Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Muhammad Nami, has approved a 30- day window to enable taxpayers in the country obtain Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC). This information was announced by the tax agency in a statement personally signed by the… Read...