Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Friday 8th March 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
Read also
target=_blank>Chikwelu cherishes Falcons’ win on birthday
Kristianstads DFF of Sweden midfielder, Rita Chikwelu, has disclosed that she deeply cherished being able to captain Nigeria’s female soccer team, Super Falcons, to victory on the same day she clocked 31 years on earth. The Falcons’ captain was again in top form on Wednesday, as she led the squad to a stunning 3-0 spanking
The post Chikwelu cherishes Falcons’ win on birthday appeared first on Newtelegraph.
target=_blank>Nigeria nets N2.64trn from cocoa amid smuggling, low output
Nigeria earned a paltry N2.64 trillion ($7.24 billion) from cocoa exports in the last five years due to smuggling to Ivory Coast and other neighbouring ports. Fungi diseases, which resulted to low production, also contributed to the low exports. It was gathered that smugglers preferred to traffic the beans to Ivory Coast port where
The post Nigeria nets N2.64trn from cocoa amid smuggling, low output appeared first on Newtelegraph.
target=_blank>Nigeria Re drops in Africa ranking
The poor state of Nigeria-based reinsurance firm, Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation, has been further highlighted through its inability to provide necessary data to reflect its 2017 combined ratio ranking among African reinsurers. In the latest compilation released by Atlas Magazine, the once vibrant reinsurance firm, which in the past cornered jobs from local and foreign
The post Nigeria Re drops in Africa ranking appeared first on Newtelegraph.
target=_blank>LaLiga: Barca, Real, other games live on GOtv
LaLiga table toppers and defending champions, Barcelona, will on Saturday, seek to continue their march to yet another title when they take on relegationthreatened Rayo Vallecano at the Camp Nou. The match is one of Week 27 matches to air live exclusively to GOtv MAX subscribers. The match will be air at 6.30 pm on
The post LaLiga: Barca, Real, other games live on GOtv appeared first on Newtelegraph.
target=_blank>Dosu charges Eagles to prove selves at AFCON
Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, has charged players invited to camp in preparation for Africa Cup of Nations Cup to ensure they take their chance and prove themselves worthy as the countdown continues towards the tournament in Egypt. Dosu has supported the team’s Manager Gernot Rohr in recent times, saying he has what it
The post Dosu charges Eagles to prove selves at AFCON appeared first on Newtelegraph.
target=_blank>Release our land, deaf students, workers tell Ajimobi
About 150 students, workers and teachers of the Christian Mission School for the Deaf in Ibadan, yesterday protested alleged forcible acquisition of their 39- acre land meant for infrastructural development by the Oyo State government. The deaf students, who had protested a few months ago, went to the disputed land located on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,
The post Release our land, deaf students, workers tell Ajimobi appeared first on Newtelegraph.
target=_blank>PwC: Increase private firms to banish poverty
To put an end to poverty in the country, the Chief Economist for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dr. Andrew Nevin, has advised that a conducive environment be provided for private investment to thrive. Nevin, who gave the advice in his keynote address during the certification of some directors by the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Lagos, said that
The post PwC: Increase private firms to banish poverty appeared first on Newtelegraph.
target=_blank>Gunmen kill another policeman in Aba
Residents of Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, have expressed fear over the continued attack on security personnel which again has led to the death of a police inspector. The residents also expressed fear over the constant robbery attacks on warehouse owners which they said were becoming alarming and could cripple businesses in the
The post Gunmen kill another policeman in Aba appeared first on Newtelegraph.
target=_blank>Persecution of the press: A threat to democracy
That the media has for a long time been the target of a pre-planned and orchestrated attack in our society is no more news. Right from the time of the courageous and fearless Dele Giwa the life and freedom of media practitioners has been a pawn in the chessboard of highly influential members of the
The post Persecution of the press: A threat to democracy appeared first on Newtelegraph.
Engineer impregnates 15-year-old maid
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested a 51-year-old civil engineer for impregnating his 15-year-old house help. The engineer, Oluwadare Adesanmi, based in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, was alleged to have sexually abused and impregnated his underage house help. The victim, a Junior Secondary School […]
The post Engineer impregnates 15-year-old maid appeared first on Newtelegraph.
You can also check
