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The Nigerian Naira on Friday, April 21, stayed firm against the American Dollar to close the day at N385/$1 at the parallel market as it was yesterday, April 20. However, the local currency gained N5 against the Pound sterling to close at N490 from the previous rate of N495 but maintained the same rate of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, April 21, joined Muslim faithful and top government officials for the Juma’at service inside a mosque at the Presidential Villa. The president was joined at the prayer session by the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello; Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN); National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; Director-General of the […]

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday afternoon expressed shock and sadness over the tragic death of over 30 Nigerians who were electrocuted at a football viewing centre in Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday night. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), said in a statement issued in Abuja: “The President […]

Professor Ango Abdullahi is the spokesman and de facto leader of the Northern Elders Forum. His notorious mendacities and constant submissions and assertions remind me of Shakespeares’s profound words in his classic play titled ‘Macbeth’ where he spoke of “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”. A few days […]

Beyoncé was spotted as she attended the Beauty & Essex bar in Hollywood with her husband, Jay Z to celebrate the birthday of Lenny Santiago, the senior vice president of Jay Z’s music label Roc Nation. The twins are almost here. See more photos below… Lailas

A police officer and a female passenger have lost their lives after an accident while having s*x in the moving car. The two Jamaicans lost their lives in dramatic and very ugly fashion after their car plunged down a hill while they were allegedly having s*x. The policeman identified as Constable Ramon Stephens, attached to […]

A military court in Cameroon has convicted Ahmed Abba, a journalist for Radio France Internationale’s (RFI) Hausa service, on charges of “non-denunciation of terrorism” and “laundering of the proceeds of terrorist acts,” according to his lawyer and RFI. Abba’s lawyer, Clement Nakong, told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that Abba, who has been jailed […]

There is a reason aside from passion people are actually trying their hands on Music, you can actually feed from it.  The guys maybe taking home good money but hey, the ladies are cutting big paychecks too and they are equally doing good. The hustle is real for either male or female artistes. This post […]

Some Nigerians think that it’s not a big deal if Serena Williams was one month pregnant when she won the Australian open without dropping a single set. Trust Nigerians to make a fuss out of this. See reactions below: Lailas

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has asked Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to commute the death penalty passed on death row inmates in the state to life imprisonment instead of executing them. Those on death row upon the judgment of the court of Lagos State included the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, […]

Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Jehovah’s Witnesses was an “extremist” organisation and must hand over all its property to the state, Russian news agencies reported. Interfax news agency quoted Sergei Cherepanov, a Jehovah’s Witnesses representative, as saying that the group will appeal the decision in the European Court of Human Rights. “We will do everything possible,” he […]

I have just returned from Abuja travelling through the Kaduna airport. As we disembarked from the aircraft and moved towards the arrival section, I could hear an announcement being made. The diction of the announcer was clear. She didn’t sound like those On-Air-Personalities (OAP, they are called) who speak as if they have hot water […]

Canada based singer, Stephanie Otobo has filed a $5m lawsuit against her alleged lover, Apostle Johnson Suleman, in Canada. Stephanie who was arrested and detained in a Lagos police station sometime in March this year, is claiming $5 million in damages resulting from the breach of trust, breach of fudiciary relations,  breach of contract, negligence, […]

Zimbabwean farmers who cannot afford to pay their children’s school fees will be able to offer goats as collateral for loans instead of paying directly in cash if a draft law is passed by parliament. A former deputy finance minister David Chapfika, told dpa on Thursday: “We are saying, you can go to the bank […]

Nigeria’s Naira firmed up at the Bureau de Change (BDCs) segment on Thursday, trading at between N376 and N378 to the United States Dollar in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, following interventions by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A market survey revealed that the naira, which sold at over N405 to $1 as Monday this […]

The presidential committee investigating the discovery of $43.4m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, Thursday grilled the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. The committee was set up by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday after he suspended Secretary […]

PDP has reacted to the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal. President Buhari ordered Babachir’s suspension and investigation on claims that he allegedly used his office as Chairman of the Presidential Initiative of On The North East PINE to award fictitious contracts to some companies he reportedly has links […]

13 female athletes will  represent the Nigeria at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Relays, the provisional list was released by Athletic Federation of Nigeria on Wednesday. The competition is scheduled to hold from Saturday to Sunday in Nassau, Bahamas. Those picked for the 4×100m are Blessing Okagbare, Dominique Duncan, Jennifer Madu, Mercy Ntia-Obong, […]

Controversial Nigerian pastor in Durban, South Africa, Tim Omotoso of the Jesus Dominion International is been declared wanted by the country’s police for allegedly abusing young girls at his Umhlanga home. According to South African Broadcasting Corporation 3, SABC3’s Special Assignment, Omotoso allegedly handpicked the girls and instructed them to live in his house where […]

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has given reasons for his silence on the crisis that rocked Ile-Ife in Osun State recently. Sanusi while Speaking on Wednesday during a visit to the scene of the March 8 clash in Sabo area of Ile-Ife, said he and the Sultan opted not to speak on the […]