FIFA electoral committee confirms 5 candidates for its Feb 26 presidency election

FIFA’s ad-hoc Electoral Committee has formally admitted five candidates to stand for the presidency of soccer’s global governing body at an election on Feb. 26, it said on Tuesday. Their names are Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, Sheik Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Jerome Champagne of France. Gianni Infantino of […]

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Star Musician, Davido Flaunts His Expensive Jewelries In New Photo

African music golden boy, Davido, shared the photo above on his official Instagram page flaunting his expensive jewelries with this caption; “HOW’S BUSINESS ?? BOOMIN!!! The talented singer recently inked a deal with Sony music entertainment, making the first African artiste to be signed by the brand. Congrats Davido.  

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See the 8 loopy Photos of Cynthia Morgan that broke the internet

Nigeria’s finest female dancehall star, Cynthia Morgan was a year older five days ago, the singer is now synonymous with sharing trendy photos that go as far as her music. Kindly take a look at 8 of her most famous photos till date.Was she wearing anything? The question remains unanswered.  Another one! One can see… Was she naked […]

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Invitation by Circle of Diplomats, Jonathan leaves Nigeria early today for Geneva

Immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan leaves Nigeria early today for Geneva, Switzerland, to honour a Gala Night uptomorrow, January 27, being organised to honour him by the Circle of Diplomas. A statement signed by Peter Agba Kalu for the Circle of Diplomats said: “While there he will deliver a speech on ‘Security and Education in Africa’ […]

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Okonjo-Iweala issues statement over Falana’s attempt to link her with $2.1bn arms scandal

The former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described as malicious attempts by Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), to link her with the $2.1 billion arms scandal. Falana had written the International Criminal Court, ICC, asking it to investigate those allegedly involved in the arms deal, including the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. […]

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NNPC fails to remit N936 billion oil revenue, Audit Report shows

Not less than N936,027,634,479.81 being proceeds from crude oil sales remains unaccounted for by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The same applies to about $998,881.77 earned as interest on Joint Venture Cash Call Account. Principally, crude oil sales at the NNPC is the major function of the Crude Oil Marketing Division (COMD) of the […]

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Nigerian government says Halliburton, Siemens’ cases not closed

The Federal Government has said that it had not closed any criminal case being investigated in the country, technically raising the potential for some prominent Nigerians implicated in the legendary Siemens and Halliburton scandals to face trial. The Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, who made the disclosure in an interview with Vanguard […]

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Over $200 billion Dollars are stolen away from Nigeria to Dubai alone by corrupt Nigerians, says Senator Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central Zone) has said that over $200 billion was being stashed away in the United Arab Emirates, UAE, specifically, its global financial hub, Dubai, by corrupt Nigerians. Buhari, last week in UAE, signed a “Judicial Agreements on Extradition, Transfer of Sentenced Persons, Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters, and Mutual […]

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Biafra Youth League warns against military action, threatens to take up arms

The Biafra Nations Youth League has expressed displeasure over what it called “the continuous killing of Biafra activists and invasion of Riverine communities by Nigerian soldiers.” A statement signed by the League’s Public Relations Officer, Aghaulor Godspower, quoted the National President, Comrade Prince Chimezie Obuka, as saying: “It’s now clear to the world that Biafra […]

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Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal surprises some kids who were reported for playing ball in a Gainesville neighborhood (Photos)

Remember the viral video of Officer Bobby White of Gainesville, Florida who was called to the scene of a ‘noisy kids’ complaint, found some teens innocently playing basketball during the daytime and instead of scolding them, joined them to play? Video of the cop’s good-hearted community policing which went viral with over four million views, […]

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7 land in hospital as flight from Miami to Milan makes emergency landing in Canada

Plane passengers and flight attendants were rushed to the hospital after an American Airlines flight experienced severe turbulence in flight that led to injuries. The seat belt light was fortunately on when American Airlines flight 206 from Miami to Milan hit a pocket of extremely rocky turbulence. The flight had to make an emergency landing in Newfoundland, […]

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JLo suffers wardrobe malfunction onstage in Vegas (Photo and Video)

When you’re famed for having one of the most ample, most famous derrieres in show business, it’s only a matter of time before the combination of tight pants and frenetic dancing will lead to the dreaded on-stage wardrobe malfunction. Joining such stars as Lenny Kravitz (who famously let it all hang out when the crotch […]

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Crisis brews in APC over parastatals and agencies boards’ appointments

According to Punch, a crisis is brewing in the All Progressives Congress over appointments into boards of federal agencies and parastatals. The Punch gathered in Abuja on Sunday that the dispute over the appointments was partly responsible for the delay in the reconstitution of the boards. At the core of the dispute is a disagreement over […]

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Nigerian govt hails international endorsement of its fight against corruption

The Federal Government on Sunday in Lagos hailed the global endorsement of its anti-corruption fight, calling it an incentive to continue with the battle that must be won for the nation to achieve sustainable growth. Recently, the US Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, […]

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill DPO, 29 others in Adamawa state

The Divisional Police Of­ficer, (DPO) in charge of Vonokilang police station in Direi Local Government Area of Adamawa State and 29 others were yes­terday killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen. It was gathered that some suspected Fulani herdsmen who were on vengeance over a quarrel between them and some farmers two years ago had storm Demsare, […]

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Nigerian government increases Kerosene price from N50 to N83

‎The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA)‎ has increased the price of Household Kerosene from N50 to N83. This is contained in its products pricing template, released on Sunday in Abuja. It stated that the N83 per litre price applied only to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) outlets. The template also showed that at […]

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Former president, Goodluck Jonathan to address UN, Swiss press on Wednesday in Geneva

According to daily Sun, former Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will, on Wednesday, January 27, hold a world press conference in Ge­neva, Switzerland. The press conference, which holds at 3:00pm local time, is part of ac­tivities lined up by the Circle of Diplomats (Circle Diplomatique) Geneva, in honour of Jonathan, which would be concluded with a […]

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