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President Muhammadu Buhari and the United States’ President Donald Trump will address a joint press conference today after their meeting at the White House. The press conference is scheduled to hold at 6.30pm Nigerian time at the Rose Garden in the White House. Read more via Punch...

Former Director of World Bank and former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed how she and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Madame Christine Lagarde, were locked out of the Presidential Villa by someone she described as ‘a very powerful aide’...

Missile strikes on central Syria killed 26 pro-regime fighters, most of them Iranians, a monitor said Monday, in a raid that bore the hallmarks of Tehran’s archfoe Israel. Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News & Headlines – https://ift.tt/2KmXd0e Get more World News

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A public servant and his daughter shocked residents of the entire community of Mwangaza, Hola Town in Tana River County, Kenya when they were caught red-handed having sexual intercourse which looked clearly consensual. The incident reportedly happened early this week and was … Read more...

A Nollywood actress who goes by the name Charity Nnaji has alleged that most female housemates of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show make more money when they sleep with politicians. After the Sunday finale of the Read more via Nairaland Forum – https://ift.tt/2raTz0D Get More Nigeria...

The process of assembling a credible and formidable National Working Committee (NWC) to work with ex-Governor Adams Oshiomhole as the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is gathering steam, according to indications yesterday. Actively involved … Read more via The...

Thugs, armed with machete and other guns on Sunday disrupted a meeting convened by Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi with members of the All Progressives Congress from Kaduna Central Senatorial District at NUT Endwell Hotel. The meeting attended by representatives...... Read more via...

Police say they have arrested one of the prominent and most wanted marijuana drug lord in Kampala. Kyataka Mukiibi who also calls himself “General” was arrested by police officers around Market Street after a tip off by concerned citizens while he was supplying and collecting money from his …...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari to forget re-election in 2019 if the killings going on across the country continue. The umbrella … Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2vXbX2H Get More Nigeria Metro News

MO MAMARONECK, New York — A two-year-old girl is dead and her mother wounded following a violent string of events inside a Westchester County, New York home on Saturday. Police say a 911 caller told them the child was in need of medical attention. When … Read more via More Top Stories –...

The embattled senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, on Saturday, survived the attempt to recall him from the Senate as only 5.34 per cent of the total 188,500 signatories to his recall petition were verified in the exercise. Melaye’s victory signalled the humiliation...

Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi have joined the growing list of injured Super Eagles players, which also include Ogenyi Onazi and Tyrone Ebuehi. Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger confirmed in a post-match conference yesterday that Iwobi suffered a hamstring problem in their … read more via The...

World football governing body, FIFA at the weekend warned that it would not consult with any of the parties fighting for the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) before throwing the country out of the game if it found that … read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

THE Oba of Nri (the ancestral home of Igbo), Chief Emelie Okika, has warned those parading themselves as regents of the community to desist from doing so to avoid the wrath of the gods. Speaking with Southern City News in his palace at Nri, Anaocha … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

Rafael Nadal won his 11th Barcelona title on Sunday when he breezed past Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-1 in the final, AFP reports. It was world number one Nadal’s 55th career clay-court title while he also extended his winning streak on the surface to 46 consecutive sets. …...

The move to recall Senator Dino Melaye by his supposed constituents in Kogi West senatorial district has failed. The results of the signature verification … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2raE9tc Get More Nigeria Political News

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at an event preceding the signing of the book, ‘Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines’ held at the Politics and Prose, Washington DC, which had in audience members of her family, friends, colleagues, international...

The senator representing Rivers East senatorial district at the National Assembly, Chief Andrew Uchendu, has urged Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stop alleged attacks on him. Uchendu-Wike1 Uchendu, who spoke, weekend, at the First African Church (Holy Trinity Anglican Church) in Port...

Notorious Imo kidnapper arrested in students’ hostel Godwin Onyebuchi, a notorious kidnapper and a suspected serial killer has been arrested by the operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the […] Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2JEihOC Get More...