Gambia’s incoming government accuses Jammeh of stealing $11 million

The Gambia’s ex-ruler, Yahya Jammeh, plundered the state coffers in his final weeks in power, stealing millions of dollars and shipping out luxury vehicles by cargo plane, according to an aide to new president Adama Barrow. Jammeh, who ruled the small West African country for 22 years, flew into exile late on Saturday to Equatorial […]

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To tackle unemployment, Kenya targets 1 million digital jobs for her youths in one year

Kenya has started a digital skills training program to enable 1 million young people to secure freelance online work in the next year, in a bid to tackle the country’s acute youth unemployment problem. Kenya has the highest rate of youth joblessness in East Africa, the World Bank said, with 17 percent of all young […]

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Former Rep, Ms. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas Celebrates 60th Birthday in Grand Style (Photos)

Former member of the Federal House of Representatives and daughter of late businessman, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, Jumoke, celebrated her 60th birthday recently. The APC stalwart was joined by family members, friends and well wishers including Chief Razaq and Shade Okoya, Minister of Transport Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, First Lady of Lagos state, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, Lagos state […]

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How Tinubu’s private jet flew ousted Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh into exile

Top Nigerian politician and moneybag, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu played a key role in settling the political crisis in The Gambia, Tinubu’s daily newspaper, The Nation reported this morning. According to the newspaper, “After days of stand-off, former President Yahya Jammeh suddenly agreed to quit office, yielding to last-minute pressure from Guinean President Alpha Conde and his […]

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Suspected Fulani bandits robs travellers on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Scores of commuters and motorists had raw deals at the hands of armed bandits suspected to be of Fulani extraction on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway yesterday afternoon. Many of them lost valuables and sustained injuries in two coordinated attacks by the robbers on the highway. The daylight attacks took place at two spots before and after […]

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Buhari stops death rumours, speaks to Nigerians from the UK (Photo)

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, presently on a short vacation in the UK, broke his silence on Sunday, saluting the Nigerian media for performing its duties diligently. Buhari, who tweeted from London on his Twitter handle @MBuhari, said he was always in touch with news from home. The president, whose picture was also posted in the […]

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Cameroon Military Helicopter crashes, killing Commander, General Jacob Kodji, others

A Cameroon military helicopter has crashed near the country’s northern border with Nigeria, killing the commander of the central African nation’s troops. General Jacob Kodji died in the crash Sunday evening near Bogo, a Cameroon village, while on an inspection mission, a top military official said. Kodji was coordinating the fight against the Boko Haram […]

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For disconnecting her light, 35-year-old woman allegedly stabbed NEPA official (Photo)

Ediale Ayodele, a 35 year old woman who lives at No. 6, Ayodola Close, Akonwonjo, allegedly stabbed an official of Ikeja Electric company in Lagos State. According to Daily Post, Ediale, who was arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, took a knife and stabbed the unnamed NEPA official who had come to […]

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The Beverly Osu kissing Photos that’s got Nigerians talking, her female partner reacts

  Former Big Brother Africa housemates Beverly Osu and Maria Nepembe caused a stir on social media yesterday after Beverly shared a video of them kissing and ‘being intimate’ on Snapchat. They both sparked lesbian rumours when Beverly said something about being in love makes one happy and happiness makes one look more beautiful and called […]

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Wife set on fire by husband in violent domestic abuse needs your help (Graphic Photos)

A Kenyan lady named Pauline Mugure was disfigured after her husband reportedly attacked her and set her on fire in a violent domestic attack and abuse. She is pictured above standing next to a makeshift house, struggling to speak while showing the burn wounds on her neck, back and face in a social media that […]

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I didn’t ask Gani Adams to quit as the National Coordinator of Oodua People’s Congress -Ooni

The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II refuted a newspaper report in which he was quoted to have ordered Otunba Gani Adams to vacate his position as the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress(OPC). Ooni Ogunwusi made this known in a statement released by his Director of Media and […]

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Nigerian diplomat’s son, Bala Chinda gets life in prison for killing Jessica McGraa (Photos)

The son of a Nigerian government official was yesterday jailed for life after raping and murdering a £1,800-a-night high-class escort. Bala Chinda killed Jessica McGraa only a few weeks after he arrived in Scotland to study at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. The 37-year-old £200-an-hour sex worker’s partially clothed body was found the following day […]

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32-year-old Nigerian man weds his Oyinbo cougar in Lagos (Photos)

According to reports, this wedding was conducted yesterday at the Ikoyi registry, Lagos. The young man is said to be 32 years old, from Ondo state. He is trending right now because after he and his cougar were pronounced husband and wife, he shouted: “Help Me Thank God…I Don Marry Oyinbo” Credit: IG@officialchrisay    

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No DEAL signed on Jammeh’s exit from The Gambia -Adama Barrow’s aide

Gambia’s ex-President Yaya Jammeh, who had been holding the nation of Gambia and the world hostage by first conceding, then changing and refusing to concede defeat after losing the Presidential elections of December 1, 2016, at last  stepped down yesterday. And the sub-continent breathed a sigh of relief as Jammeh left the Gambia today for […]

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President Buhari is alive, hale and hearty -Adesina, Garba

Nigerian Presidency last night refuted speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari was in a terrible health condition that could lead to his death, saying the president was well and alive. The presidency spoke through the two media aides of the president on media and publicity namely Mr. Femi Adesina who’s the Special Adviser and Mallam Garba Shehu […]

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