nigeria news today 300518

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured 603 convictions in three years. The agency also claimed that it has altered the narrative of the fight against corruption in Nigeria through aggressive tracing and recovery of stolen assets. The commission, in a statement...

The Russia 2018 World Cup-bound Super Eagles contingent will on Wednesday meet with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. In a statement on Tuesday, the scheduled meeting comes after an unsuccessful session with the President that also fell on the...

The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, has said that the new national minimum wage may not materialise in September as earlier envisaged. Mr Ngige, who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday at his residence in Abuja, said that the September date was just … Read more via Premium...

The fact has emerged on why the Ladipo trader, Mr. Tochukwu Chukwu killed his wife, Joy, in a cold blood by stabbing her to death as police investigation revealed. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the police investigation revealed that Mr. Chukwu actually planned and murdered his late wife due …...

It was a sad end for suspected robbery syndicate who specialised in breaking and entering warehouses, as the police busted their operations and arrested them at a warehouse in Lagos. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at the warehouse located at Abule Taylor by U-Turn Abule Egba …...

The blacklisted institutions include the University of Accountancy and Management Studies, Christians of Charity American University of Science and Technology, Nkpor, Anambra State; University of Industry, Yaba, Lagos, University of Applied Sciences and Management, Port Novo, Republic of Benin...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked for the cancelation of the computer based test (CBT) aptitude examination conducted last Friday, by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for applicants shortlisted for recruitment in to the Nigeria Police. DAILY POST reports...

Members of the nPDP bloc in the All Progressives Congress , have said they will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari before deciding whether to leave or stay in the party. The group met with the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, behind closed doors on Monday inside his Akinola Aguda … Read...

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State says the defection of former Minister of State for Works, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye from the PDP to APC will not affect the party’s fortune. The governor made the disclosure in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communication and … Read more via...

The National Chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP) believes that there is a negative change in Nigeria. Yabagi Sani who was one of the guests on Channels Television programme, Channels Forum held on Tuesday, faulted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in its campaign promise...

Papua New Guinea will ban Facebook for a month while it identifies fake profiles and considers the website’s effect on the country. Communication minister Sam Basil said users posting pornography and false information … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2LHieDE Get more World News

A suspected terrorist attack in the Belgian city of Liege has left a total of four people dead, including the attacker. Authorities on Tuesday confirmed the toll from the shooting in d’Avroy central boulevard which left two policewomen and a passer-by dead. The man who carried … Read more...

This article is the first of a three-part package exploring immunity and infectious diseases around the world. Sadly, as I write this piece, three isolated rural communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being “invaded” by an infectious disease, Ebola. Such infectious disease...