Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Tuesday 21st May 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
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target=_blank>Lobi coach, Ogbeide, slumps, dies
Veteran coach and Technical Adviser of Lobi Stars of Makurdi, Solomon Ogbeide, is dead. The former Warri Wolves coach reportedly slumped and died few hours to his team’s week 20 match against Wikki Tourists of Bauchi on Monday. Although details of the cause of his death were still sketchy as at press time, reports suggested
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target=_blank>Olympic Day celebration gets June date
Preparation is in top gear to smoothly host the 2019 edition of the Olympic Day celebration across the nation. The day which is being organized by the Nigeria Olympic Committee in collaboration with the Nigeria Sport For All Commission is an annual event that takes place all over the world and it gives the populace
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target=_blank>Shooters, Safety Babes lead in Prudent Energy Handball Premier League
Safety Shooters and Safety Babes currently occupy the pole positions in the male and female categories respectively at the end of the first phase of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League. In the latest table released yesterday by the Handball Federation of Nigeria , Shooters and Babes, both sponsored by the Federal Road Safety Corp
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target=_blank>17 footballers die in Uganda boat accident
A boat carrying football players and fans has capsized in Lake Albert in western Uganda, local media reports say. Newspaper reports that three people have been confirmed dead, including a female goalkeeper, and more than 20 are missing, while the privately-owned Daily Monitor reports that 30 people are feared dead after the Sunday afternoon incident.
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target=_blank>Hisbah arrests 21 suspects, confiscates 111 bottles of beer in Jigawa
Hisbah, the Sharia Law enforcement agency in Jigawa on Monday said it had arrested 21 suspects of immoral acts and confiscated 111 bottles of beer from them. The Hisbah Commander in the state, Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, said the suspects were arrested in Kazaure
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target=_blank>Speakership: Buba steps down for Gbajabiamila
Rep. Yusuf Buba (APC-Adamawa) on Monday announced that he is withdrawing from the race for 9th Assembly Speaker-ship to support the candidature of Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos). Buba disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja, saying that the zoning policy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the reason for his decision. The lawmaker
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target=_blank>14 suspected kidnappers arrested in Nasarawa
The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested 14 suspected kidnappers terrorising parts of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, stated this while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters on Monday in Lafia. Longe explained that the suspects were arrested during a raid on their hideout at Mararaban-Udege, Toto
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target=_blank>Police arrest 6 suspected drug dealers in Adamawa
The Police Command in Adamawa has arrested six suspected drug dealers operating in the state. Mr Adamu Madaki, the state’s Commissioner of Police disclosed this while handing over the suspects to officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at a ceremony on Monday in Yola. Madaki said they were arrested by the police
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target=_blank>Ukraine’s prime minister resigns
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman announced on Monday that he would resign in the coming days, following a recent demand to that effect by the newly inaugurated president. “I have decided to tender my resignation immediately after the next cabinet meeting is conducted on Wednesday,” Groysman said in a televised address. President Volodymyr Zelensky had
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Kogi: APC Aspirants’ Forum rejects Yahaya Bello for 2nd term
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Aspirants’ Forum, Kogi Chapter, has rejected the candidature of Gov. Yahaya Bello for a second term in office over alleged bad leadership and non-performance. This was made known in a communique issued by the forum at the end of its meeting on Monday in Abuja. The communique was jointly signed […]
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