Former CBN deputy governor, Obadiah Mailafia, dies

Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is dead.⁣ He died at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Sunday morning, September 19. He was 64 years old. Mailafia hailed from Randa in the Christian-dominated area of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna state. He started his elementary education […]

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Miss Abuja, Oluchi Madubuike, wins Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2021 crown (Photos)

Miss Abuja, Oluchi Madubuike, has emerged winner of the 2021 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN). The beauty pagent held on Saturday,  September 18, 2021, at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. 37 women contested for the crown but Oluchi Madubuike was crowned winner. She will be representing Nigeria at the 2021 Miss World pageant […]

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Buhari jets out to New York for 76th UN General Assembly (Photos)

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday morning, September 19, departed Abuja for New York where he will be attending the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The session opened on Tuesday, September 14. The theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to the Needs […]

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“Bitter kola changed my life, heals me” ―American singer, Meek Mill reveals

American singer, Meek Mill has claimed that he took an “African herb” that healed him of a stomach problem doctors couldn’t treat for two years. He tweeted: “My stomach been messed up almost 2 years I been to a bunch of doctors … I took a African herb and it fixed my stomach like magic!” […]

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‘I am single and not searching, maybe later’ ―Actress Mercy Aigbe

Nigerian actress, director, businesswoman, and mother of two, Mercy Aigbe has disclosed that she is single but she is not searching now. The actress who made the disclosure days after her ex-husband, Lanre Gentry married a new wife, added that she might be searching later. She wrote: “Yes! I am single, No I ain’t searching! […]

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Nigerian Professor slumps, dies while praying inside a mosque

A lecturer at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Professor Abass Olajire is dead. According to a statement released by the school PRO, Lekan Fadeyi, late Olajire slumped and died while he was praying inside a mosque on Friday, September 17. “He slumped at the Ansarul Deen Mosque, Stadium Road and was confirmed dead at […]

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Fani-Kayode lied about 3 govs’ defection to APC ―Gov Umahi

Ebonyi state Governor, David Umahi has countered former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode over  his claim that he played a role in his (Umahi) defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fani-Kayode who announced his defection to the APC on Thursday, had listed Umahi of Ebonyi state; Ben Ayade of Cross River, and Bello Matawalle […]

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Kelly Rowland replies South African radio host who called her ugly, posts her exact swimsuit poses to compare (Photos)

American singer, Kelly Rowland virally trended in South Africa for giving what most are calling an epic clapback to a South African media personality who tried to shame her looks. South African radio host, Anele Mdoda had said Kelly Rowland doesn’t look good without make-up. She said: “Kelly looks amazing with make-up. Take that make-up […]

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Buhari and His Dream of A One Party State, By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, where and how does one begin? Whenever you think you have seen it all in our dear beloved country Nigeria, something bigger, bizarre and sometimes even more dastardly occurs. Let me be honest, I have no problem with those decamping in droves from the opposition party PDP to the ruling party APC. As […]

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Gunmen kill Miyetti Allah chairman in Kaduna for failure to provide N20m ransom

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed the Chairman of Lere Local Government branch of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Kaduna State, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi Damba. The Fulani community leader popularly known as Dambardi, was killed in the early hours of Friday, September 17, in his village, Lere. The State Chairman of the […]

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CBN declares founder of AbokiFX, Oniwinde Adedotun, wanted

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared the founder of AbokiFX, Oniwinde Adedotun, wanted. AbokiFX is a website that publishes the parallel market exchange rate of the naira against other currencies. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, while speaking on Friday, September 17, at the end of the 280th Monetary Policy Communique (MPC) meeting of the […]

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Brussels to name street after murdered Nigerian female sex worker

The city of Brussels has said it will name a new street after a murdered Nigerian sex worker, Eunice Osayande, as part of a wider campaign to recognise women in Belgium. 23-year-old Osayande was brutally murdered by one of her customers in the Gare du Nord district in June 2018. The street will be the […]

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Singer Gyakie completes University degree programme

Ghanaian singer, Jackie Acheampong known by her stage name, Gyakie has completed her first degree programme at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The “forever” crooner who is believed to have pursued a course in Business Administration, shared an Instastory post she captioned “congratulations to myself”. In another post, Gyakie shared a photo of […]

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Yoruba Don’t Like One Another, By Akin Osuntokun

As a Nigerian ideological statement, the prioritisation of the politics of consumption over the politics of development gathered momentum in the wake of the Action Group crisis and the supremacist struggle that ensued between the late Chiefs Obafemi Awolowo and Ladoke Akintola in the 1960s. Awolowo vacated office as Premier of the Western region in […]

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Fani-Kayode betrayed Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu by joining APC ―Omokri says

Former Special Assistant to Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s ex-President, Reno Omokri, has accused former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode of betraying Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, and his Biafran agitator  counterpart, Nnamdi Kanu. He made the allegation in a series of tweets reacting to the redefecting of Fani-Kayode to APC […]

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Court awards N20bn damages against DSS for raiding Igboho’s house, declares the raid as illegal

Oyo State High Court presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola has declared the raid conducted by the Department of State Service (DSS) on the residence of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan as illegal. The court also ordered the DSS which is also called SSS, to pay N20 billion […]

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