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The Obama Foundation seeks to identify a group of emerging African leaders from all sectors — government, civil society, and the private sector — who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the common good. The objective of the program is to build a growing network of innovative and ethical changemakers, who seek to drive positive […]

After their historic participation at the just-concluded 2018 Winter Olympics, the Bobsled and Skeleton athletes, Seun Adigun and Simidele Adeagbo were received by the President, Muhammadu Buhari and VP Osibanjo , on the 7th of March. The bobsled and skeleton athletes, Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, Akuoma Omeoga and Simidele Adeagbo made history as the first Nigerian representatives at the Winter Olympics.They rank 20th in […]

Although we have not been able to lay our hands on any concrete evidence like court papers or the suit number, but there are fresh reports that music diva, Tiwa Savage may have filed the papers requesting a divorce court to annul her marriage with estranged husband, Teebillz. In 2016, a dirty public spectacle was […]

Nigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and his wife Dolapo Osinbajo have shared photos from their daughter, Oludamilola Osinbajo and her love, Oluseun Bakare‘s engagement ceremony. See more of their photos below:

  Speaking today at the maiden edition of Ripples Nigeria dialogue in Lagos, former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi said many Nigerians will stop shouting over what Nigerian Senators earn, if he reveals what Governors earn. The statement sent a lot of ripples through the Nigerian social media platforms. Comparing Nigeria with the US, […]

Nigerian Supreme Court has adjourned indefinitely the hearing in the appeal filed by the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Federal government to challenge the decision of the Court of Appeal in the trial of Saraki on false assets declaration. The court put off the two appeals sine die to enable Saraki and government […]

More than two-thirds of prison inmates in Nigeria are awaiting trial, the Prison Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), has revealed. PRAWA, a body championing the reform of the Nigerian Prisons disclosed to journalists in Enugu at a joint press briefing with the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) that out of 71,642 prison inmates in various prisons […]

Nigeria’s National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended the compulsory retirement of the Chief Judge of Abia state, Theresa Uzokwe, after it was discovered that she received N825,000 to rule in favour of a litigant and subsequently signed a garnishee order for N109, 612, 500. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the spokesman of the NJC, […]

Indigeous rapper, Phyno has bought himself a brand new Rolls Royce Phantom. The ‘Fada Fada’ rapper took to Instagram to share a photo with the new whip and wrote:  U can’t loose wat u ain’t choose.’ LIB

Nigerian popstar, Dbanj has acquired a new mansion in Ikoyi, Lagos, according to LIB. Dbanj silently moved into the property a few weeks ago leaving his long time Lekki Phase One residence which has now been converted to his office. See another photo of his massive living room below:

It may be argued that flaunting sensual parts of the body is not one of the reasons while NYSC was established in 1973. We don’t think a female graduate in Youth Service will do this. Well, if this lady is a model or an actress, she may be doing this not as a graduate but […]

Former Nigerian Minister of Education, Ms. Oby Ezekwesili, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘a leading contestant in the competition of the incompetents.’ She accused President Buhari of unduly comparing his incompetence in office with that of his predecessor. Ezekwesili made this known while reacting to President Buhari’s comment that his administration acted faster after the […]

A fire outbreak at Olulosun dumpsite in the Ojota area of Lagos state led to traffic lockdown on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday evening. The cause of the fire is not yet known but some vehicles were reportedly destroyed. Many motorists and commuters were stranded as the fire raged for hours, while thick smoke bellowed […]

A 31-year-old lady has died, days after she was allegedly battered by her husband in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, for a yet-to-be-disclosed reason. Linda was said to have died, last week, at the Kimbondo Hospital Center, Monkole, as a result of the internal bleeding she suffered after her husband, Francis Mbuyi, a lawyer, allegedly […]

First, let’s deal with the praise, the plaudits, before ending this piece with the questions, the posers. Before I watched and heard him on television conduct an extraordinary “town meeting” with the business community in Lagos this last Monday, I hadn’t known much about Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State. As a matter of fact, […]

Nigerians are happier than they were between 2014 and 2016, according to the World Happiness Report released by the United Nations on Wednesday. The World Happiness Report measures “subjective well-being” – how happy the people are, and why. The UN agency had ranked Nigerians the 95th happiest people in the world in 2017, based on its statistics […]

Dear BT, I have chosen this medium of an open letter to reach out to you due to the substantial issues I intend to bring to your notice in the full glare of the Nigerian public. You are important to me as a comrade in the Nigerian project, and as a co-combatant in the seedy […]

British Prime Minister, Theresa May, expelled 23 Russian diplomats from Britain on Wednesday. She also suspended high-level contacts which include the World Cup coming up in Russia in June. Theresa May said her government has found Moscow “culpable” of a nerve agent attack on a former spy. The Prime Minister said she would be pushing for […]

The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Act of 2018, which repeals a similar law of 2001, and consolidates ground rent, tenement rate, and neigbourhood development levy.  The Land Use […]

Fateema Ganduje wore this stunning Zuhair Murad wedding dress for the second part of her wedding extravaganza in Ibadan over the weekend. More photos below… Photo credit: WaniOlatunde Photography, NAN