Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Monday 29th July 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
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target=_blank>Nigeria wins Africa Cup Track Cycling competition
Team Nigeria has won the African Cup Track Cycling competition at the Velodrome of the National Stadium, Abuja. The Nigerian team won eight gold, 10 silver and three bronze medals in twelve events on Saturday. In the women’s junior individual pursuit, Tawakalt Yekeem won the first gold for Nigeria, Mary Samuel won silver,
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target=_blank>Insurance: FDI influx stimulates sector’s growth potential
A head of the planned recapitalisation in Nigeria’s insurance sector, foreign investors have started taking strategic positions by partnering local underwriters through equity acquisitions. Reinforcing this last week, the management of Nigeria’s foremost underwriting firm, Royal Exchange Plc. announced that a German firm, InsuResilience Investment Fund (IIF), had acquired 39.25 per cent stake
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target=_blank>Tour of Morocco: Sport enthusiasts scramble for African Network packages
African Network Centre has revealed that sports enthusiasts are currently enthusiastic at the moment, eager to take advantage of several packages put in place by the tourist organisation to visit Morocco in the month of August. The tour which coincides with the African Games coming up in the North Africa country was put
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target=_blank>Lagos SWAN mourns Akinloye Oyebanji
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Lagos chapter has described the demise of veteran sportscaster, Akinloye Oyebanji, as a monumental loss to the sports section in Nigeria. Lagos SWAN chairman, Debo Oshundun, in a statement on Sunday said late Oyebanji’s wealth of experience in sports circles would be greatly missed. He
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target=_blank>AFROCAN: NBBF defends road trip to Mali
T he Nigeria Basketball Federation has advised stakeholders to focus more on the positives being recorded in the sport rather than expending unnecessary energy on the few challenges encountered by the AFROCAN team due to lack of funds. The board said due to the peculiarity of sports budgeting and how funds are released,
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target=_blank>Elneny stunned as dead body discovered in home
A dead body has been found in Mohamed Elneny’s house in Egypt. Police are now investigating the matter after the corpse was discovered by the Arsenal midfielder’s father. According to Italian newspaper Gazetta, Elneny’s dad immediately notified the authorities after he discovered the ‘lifeless body inside his son’s home’.
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target=_blank>LG allocation: HEDA petitions NFIU, accuses Lagos, Zamfara of violation
T wo state governments, Lagos and Zamfara, have been accused of gross violation of the new Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, (NFIU) guidelines on the disbursement of funds belonging to local councils. In a petition to the NFIU, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) asked the anti-corruption unit to investigate the diversion of
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target=_blank>Akpatason: PIB, most politicized bill now
Deputy Majority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Peter Akpatason, has said the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has been highly politicised and until it is de-politicised, the proposed law may continue to elude the nation. He also said there was a conspiracy by some powerful interests to ensure that the bill did
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target=_blank>Gunmen kill 65-year-old businessman, kidnap son’s wife
Gunmen yesterday killed a businessman in Gulma town of Kebbi, Alhaji Yusuf Garkar-Bore, and abducted his daughterin- law, Mrs. Aisha Yusuf. A member of the family, who did not want his name mentioned for security reasons, told journalists that the gunmen invaded the community about 2a.m., and attacked the home of 65-year-old Garkar-Bore, shooting
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Northern youths tackle Buhari over ministerial nominees
Y outh groups from the 19 northern states at the weekend tackled President Muhammadu Buhari for his choice of ministerial nominees, saying that some of the nominees left much to be desired. In their separate chat with New Telegraph, National President, Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu and Arewa Youths Consultative Forum […]
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