Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in secret employment of Northerners -Report

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has secretly employed 20 members of staff, most of them from Kano State and a few states in the North. The interview of the candidates, which some top officials of the agency condemned, was carried out on December 23, 2016 while the affected workers were hurriedly asked to report […]

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Onaiyekan, accuses Buhari of selective fight against corruption, canvasses “quiet refund” and amnesty as President does for his friends

The Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of selective fight in the ongoing war against corruption in the country, even as he called on the federal government to create channels for “quiet refund” of stolen public monies and amnesty for the looters caught in the web. The cardinal believes that […]

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Veteran and star Yoruba actress, Toyin Majekodunmi, is dead

The Yoruba movie industry has recorded its first death of 2017 as one of its own, Toyin Majekodunmi, died today. The veteran actress, popularly known as Iya Kike in Yoruba movie circles, did on Monday. The cause of her death is not yet officially announced. Married to a fellow actor, Solomon Majekodunmi  aka ‘Baba Kekere’, the […]

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Newly engaged Tennis star, Serena Williams, steps out with fiancé, Reddit wizard, Alexis Ohanian (Photo)

The tennis star surprised the world with her exciting engagement announcement last week. Now ringing in the New Year together, the 35-year-old world champion stepped out in style with her new fiance and Reddit co-founder, as they welcomed 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. Recall, Serena had revealed her engagement with the 33-year-old tech wizard on […]

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Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Obiang, charged to court in France

Teodorin Obiang, the eldest son of Equatorial Guinea’s president , was put on trial in his absence on Monday in France, accused of buying palatial Parisian properties and exotic cars with money plundered from his native country, a small oil-rich state on Africa’s west coast. Obiang, who is also  a vice-president of the country, denied […]

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Nigerian government starts N5,000 monthly stipend to 1 million poor Nigerians

In its determined efforts to touch the lives of Nigerians positively the Buhari administration has now started the payment of N5,000 monthly stipends to the poorest and the most vulnerable in the country through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) of its Social Investment Programmes, SIP. This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media & […]

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Drunk pilot allegedly arrested in Canadian cockpit before take-off

A pilot who was drunk in the cockpit has been arrested shortly before take-off in Canada. Two hours after his arrest, the 37-year-old man was found to have more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his body. His plane, part of the Sunwing budget airline, later left Calgary for Cancun, Mexico, with […]

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Chief Imam battered by Soldier, rushed to the hospital

A soldier identified as Corporal Muritala Ibrahim on Monday battered the Chief Imam of Federal Prison, Ile-Ife in Osun State, Malam Muritala Akanbi Tadese, as the crises rocking the Jama’at Ta’awunnil Muslimeen Islamic movement became messier. The soldier, who is serving in Maiduguri, Borno State, was said to have come as bodyguard of the factional […]

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Sex abuse by priests should not be pardonable -Pope Francis

In a letter dated Dec. 28 but released on Monday, Pope Francis said that priests who abused children should not be tolerated when they asked for forgiveness. “I would like us to renew our complete commitment to ensuring that these atrocities will no longer take place in our midst.” “The Church recognises the sins of […]

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Financial expert wants CBN to review forex policy, lift ban on 41 items

A financial expert on Monday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review the foreign exchange restriction placed on 41 items imported into the country. Dr Uche Uwaleke, the Head of Banking and Finance Department, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]

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Judge hangs self in custody after being accused of corruption

A senior Egyptian judge hanged himself in custody on Monday a day after his arrest in connection with an investigation into a corruption case, his lawyer said. Wael Shalabi, secretary general of the council of state, an administrative court, was taken in for questioning on Sunday, his lawyer Sayed el-Beheiry told AFP. After questioning him, […]

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China Railway Corporation launches its first cargo train transport to London

China has launched its first cargo train to London, the China Railway Corporation said. It will take 18 days for the train to reach London from its departure point at Yiwu West Railway Station in eastern Zhejiang Province. The journey is about 12,000 kilometres. Yiwu is known for producing small commodities, and the train mainly […]

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Twenty (20) Nigerians were murdered in South Africa in 2016 alone, says Dabiri-Erewa

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the latest extra judicial killing of a Nigerian in South Africa as “worrying and condemnable”. Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa in a statement in Abuja on Monday said the latest gruesome killing of Tochukwu Nnadi by Police in South Africa, was […]

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You’ll like to see these cute photos of American celebs in African attires (Photos)

Check out these cute photos of American stars, Queen Bey, Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Drake, etc, all dressed in African attires. The creator, FYB Craft also added our Nigerian Flavour and Jesus to the mix. See more of the beautiful artwork/photos below: Photo credit: Fybcraft

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Meet 30-year-old graduate who married two wives same day in Nassarawa State. See their pre-wedding Photos

30-year-old Isyaka Dahiru married two women on New Year’s eve, December 31, 2016 which brings the number of his wives to three. Dahiru, a graduate of Accountancy from Federal Polytechnic, Nassarawa, took to his Facebook page to share his pre-wedding photos with the two brides, Khadijat and Rashida. “The family of late Mallam Dahiru Ahmed invites […]

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Meet 77-year-old Akwa Ibom Superman who pulls cars with his teeth, eats bottles and can’t be brought down by 15 men (Photos)

This Akwa Ibom man said to be 77 years old performs amazing feats such as pulling a car with his teeth and eating broken bottles. Super Sampson, The World Sampson or Super Dragon, as he is called is so strong that he cannot be pulled down by 15 men. Check out photos from his show […]

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Former Chief Judge of Ondo state, Justice Gladys Olateru-Olagbegi is dead

A former Chief Judge of Ondo state, Justice Gladys Olateru-Olagbegi, is dead. According to family sources, she died on Sunday night January 1st after a prolonged battle with an undisclosed ailment. She became the Chief Judge of Ondo state in 2003 and retired on 26th October, 2010. May her soul rest in peace.

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