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Photographed in a two-story home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, International Tennis star and champion, Serena Williams is on the cover and inside spread of the latest issue of the Wall Street Journal Magazine. See more photos next: Photo Credit: www.wsj.com, LIB

The arraignment of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu before an Abuja High court today on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and forgery of the Senate Standing Rules during the senate leadership election in 2015, has been stalled as court officials say both men have not been properly served their […]

Former first daughter, Chelsea Clinton beamed at flashing cameras while leaving New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital with her son Aidan, flanked by her husband Marc Mezvinsky and overjoyed politician parents, Bill and Hillary Clinton. Chelsea gave birth to her second child last weekend. See more of their photos below: Photo credits: Reuters, ETonline, ENews, LIB  

MTN Group has tapped competitors and the banking sector’s talent pool to strengthen its executive team and improve on risk management and governance. Rob Shuter was on Monday named group CEO, effective July 2017, to replace Sifiso Dabengwa, who resigned in November 2015 after Nigerian authorities slapped the company with a huge fine for regulatory […]

Naira slumped 30 per cent against the dollar yesterday as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) flagged off the new flexible trading at the Interbank foreign exchange market. Yesterday’s rate at the interbank was sharply weaker than the N197 peg maintained by the CBN for the past 16 months. Bids submitted by banks prior to the […]

One of the drafters-reviewers of the 1999 Nigerian constitution and retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Niki Tobi is dead. He died after a protracted sickness which denied him a valedictory court session upon retirement from the Bench. Already, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed has paid glowing tribute to the late jurist. […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, will be arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory today on charges of criminal conspiracy and forgery of the upper legislative chamber’s Standing Rules, 2015. Saraki and Ekweremadu are being charged along with two others, a former Clerk of the National Assembly, […]

The Federal High Court, Lagos Division, yesterday, restrained NICON Investment Limited, Global Fleet Oil and Gas Limited and Mr Jimoh Ibrahim from dealing with any assets or funds belonging to NICON Investment, Global Fleet Oil and other assets. The order was granted to AMCON as an interim injunction against NICON Investment Limited, Global Fleet Oil […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reacted to the claim that Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State cannot be investigated because of immunity currently being enjoyed by him. The commission said that the immunity being enjoyed by any governor does not prevent the commission from investigating suspicious movements of money into his accounts. […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has allegedly frozen the personal account of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose and many of his associates. The governor’s personal account in the Zenith Bank, Ekiti branch, was allegedly frozen on the order of the anti-graft agency, according to a source in the bank. Fayose, who […]

As the new foreign exchange policy of the Central bank became effective this morning, the Naira was quoted at 253 against the U.S. dollar at the Interbank market. CBN last week said it would scrap its fixed exchange system which has seen the currency pegged at 197 to the U.S. dollar for the past 16 […]

Controversial sultry actress Moyo Lawal is back in the news again as center of attention as usual. Well this time she would be leading 10 provocative girls who signed up to relieve their secondary school experience in the Lagos Dorm Girls reality show. The REALITY SHOW which is billed to be streamed live on the […]

Apparently shocked that the stage is set for the trial of its key officials for alleged forgery, the Senate has launched a battle to stave off a major crisis. It yesterday accused the Executive of attempting to force out its leaders and named Attorney General Abubakar Malami leader of the plot. President Muhammadu Buhari, the […]

Power struggle among militant groups in Niger Delta is posing a threat to the Federal Government’s plan to have an all-embracing dialogue with stakeholders in the oil-rich region, including the rampaging Niger Delta Avengers, NDA. Three militant groups, Reformed Egbesu Boys, Egbesu Water Lions and Egbesu Mythier Fraternity, yesterday, said neither the Avengers nor the […]

There has been no shortage of controversy and hair-raising incidents from the 8th National Assembly of Nigeria, but nothing breaks the heart more than the name-them-shame-them letter that has been sent to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by the US Ambassador in which he accused three Nigerian lawmakers of sexual misconduct during an […]

Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, had said that the $5.2 billion fine slammed on telecommunication giant, MTN, was reduced to encourage foreign investments into the country. Shittu said this on Sunday in Ibadan at an award ceremony in honour Chief Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland. He said that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) […]

Press Release: After Intriguing our ears with his latest collaboration with Olamide in “Who You Epp”–joining him on his United States tour, Tade Adepoju commonly known by his stage name LasGiiDi (two I’s) is ready to break into the Nigerian music scene with his new song titled LOGO.   SOUNDCLOUD LINK: https://soundcloud.com/tade-lasgiidi/lasgiidi-logo Facebook: Tade LasGiiDi Twitter: @LasGiiDi Instagram: @LasGiiDi, @teamLasgiidi […]

‘I AM’ can mean a lot of different things depending on your perspective. For instance it can show your individuality e.g ‘ I AM Mr X’. Or it can mean a supreme being – God, Allah or whatever you refer to as God – exerting his superiority over us mere mortals. Likewise the word ‘Gospel’ […]

Speaking with journalists shortly after he returned from the UK on Sunday, President Buhari said he is fit and even jokingly challenged a journalist to a wrestling competition. “You have seen me, you saw me when I was going, you can do the assessment by yourself. You can see me inspecting the guards of honour, […]

Above is the Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi pictured with his daughters & only son. (Photo credit: Tolani Alli)