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Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, took to his Twitter page to congratulate Ms. Amina Mohammed on her appointment as the UN Deputy Secretary-General. He also expressed his belief in her abilities to excel in her new position. See screenshots of the tweets above

Lagos state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, APC National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dangote, Atiku Abubakar and others pictured at the wedding ceremony of Zahra Buhari and Ahmed Indimi in Abuja. See more photos of dignitaries at the event below: LIB

The South African President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, was rushed off stage earlier today after the tent he was attending a function in collapsed. President Zuma was speaking at a National day of reconciliation when a strong storm swept the marquee forcing it to fall. There have been no reports of people injured in the incident. […]

Mohammed Indimi, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor of Nassarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura and a lot of other dignitaries were present at the wedding fatai of Zahra Buhari and Ahmed Indimi which held today at National Mosque, Abuja. See more photos below: LIB

President John Dramani Mahama was voted out in the just concluded elections in Ghana and he will be leaving office and handing over to President-Elect, Nana Akufo-Addo. Read below the emotional letter his 8 year old daughter, Farida Gyamfua Mahama wrote to console him. The emotional write-up was shared on the President’s Instagram page. “I […]

Press play to watch this Nigerian woman rain abuses and threats at some Halifax Bank staff over ATM issues.

President and Mrs. Buhari’s daughters are pictured above with their mum and the new bride Zahra at her traditional #Kamu. See more photos below: Photo: Lailas

Zahra, the newest bride in town just shared this photo to thank God and announces she is officially married.

The death of Mr. Ndubuisi Beluolisa, an awaiting-trial inmate of Awka Prison, fouled the mood of the court yesterday when the Chief Judge of Anambra State, Justice Peter Umeadi, was informed of the death development. The armed robbery suspect, who had been in prison custody for six years without trial, was among those whose cases […]

As evidence of Zahra Buhari’s big day, photos of the bride-to-be cultural Henna pre-wedding party were released.

Nigeria has discovered huge crude oil concentration in Borno State, North East, raising the hope of the region joining the league of oil producers. Lagos state recently joined the league of crude oil producers. Some states in the league are Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Jamila Shua’ra, broke […]

The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Mr. Ja’afaru Ahmed, has charged information officers of the Service to pay greater attention to the achievements and exploits of inmates in education, sports and other fields of human endeavour. He cited example of a best graduating students in National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and many inmates […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has dismissed the appeal filed by CSP Segun Fabunmi, a former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) attached to Pen Cinema Police Station, Agege, Lagos, Nigeria. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the killing of Ademola Aderintola Daramola during the January 9, 2012 fuel subsidy protest in Lagos. […]

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday stormed the Ado-Ekiti branch of the Zenith Bank to make withdrawal from his hitherto frozen account following a Federal High Court order asking the bank to de-freeze the Governor’s account. Governor Fayose made a withdrawal of five million Naira in cash. “I came to the bank […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) on Friday signed an agreement to exit the Joint Venture Cash Call (JVC) with some international oil companies. The agreement was signed in Abuja at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources between the Federal Government and Shell, Chevron, Agip, Total, Oando. Nigeria owes an estimated 6.8 billion dollars accumulated over […]

Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Head of the Civil Service (HOS) of the Federation, said a total of 5,635 civil servants would benefit from the first phase of the Federal Government Housing Scheme. Mr Mohammed Manga, Assistant Director, Media Relations in the Office of the HOS in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the HOS […]

The Senate on Thursday rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The lawmakers said they refused to confirm President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Magu based on security report available to them. The spokesperson for the upper legislative chamber, Aliyu Abdullahi, revealed this Thursday afternoon after […]

SCENE ONE: In the course of a break-in at a local branch of the Central Bank (not in Nigeria), one of the robbers, holding a pump action gun in his hands, shouted to everyone: “Don’t move, if you don’t want to die. The money in this bank belongs to the government while your life belongs […]

Valentina Guebuza, the influential businesswoman daughter of former Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, was shot dead by her husband in their apartment in a wealthy neighbourhood of the capital, Mozambican police said on Thursday. Ms Guebuza was shot with a pistol at home on Wednesday night, a police spokesman said. Zofimo Muiuane is being held for […]

President Buhari’s daughter, Zahra and Billionaire Indimi’s son, Ahmed are set to wed tomorrow, 16th, December. They were hosted to an exclusive, invite-only wedding ball at the Royal Wedding Hall, Dunes Centre, Maitama, Abuja. Reports say, the guests were ‘highly prohibited’ from taking photographs at the wedding ball. No photo of the bride and groom yet, […]