Young DJ murdered over suspected deal in Lagos
The residents of Bank Olemoh Street, Surulere, Lagos, were terrified on Monday when two gunmen shot dead Olamide George, a 25-year-old deejay. According to eyewitnesses, the assassination was carried...
View ArticleBritish Couple Jailed For Attempting To Smuggle Nigerian Baby Into UK
A British couple – Simon and Gladys Heap from Oxford – have been convicted by a UK court for attempting to pass off a Nigerian baby as their biological child in a bid to smuggle it into the UK. The...
View ArticleFuneral Service For Late Deputy Governor Of Ekiti State, Funmilayo Adunni...
The remains of the late deputy governor of Ekiti State, Mrs Funmilayo Adunni Olayinka, would be buried on Friday, April 26. The weeklong activities for her state burial commenced on April 22. Mrs...
View ArticleBayelsa Community Demands $1bn From Shell, Agip
People of Nembe in Nembe Local Government of Bayelsa State, on Tuesday demanded $1bn (about N160bn) compensation from Shell Petroleum Development Company and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company over...
View ArticleComedy Has Done Everything For Me – Basketmouth
Recently, Bright Okpocha “the world famous Nigerian comedian” popularly known as Basketmouth was interviewed by the guys at YES International! Basketmouth was asked to state what comedy has done for...
View ArticleMercy Johnson Dedicates Baby Purity This Sunday
Nollywood star actress Mercy Johnson will be dedicating her daughter Purity on the 28th of April 2013. Mercy Johnson and her family relocated from their Omole estate home to their personal house at...
View ArticleActress Chika Ike Shaves Hair For N5 Million Naira
Actress Chika Ike got N5 million to shave her hair in a new movie titled Moments of Tears. She shaved her hair on set yesterday. See more photos…
View ArticleEmeka Ugwuonye, US-Based Lawyer Found Guilty Of Defrauding Nigerian...
A US-based Nigerian lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, resident in the state of Maryland, was a big loser today at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which entered a default judgment...
View ArticleBorussia Dortmund 4-1 Real Madrid: Four for Lewandowski as Mourinho’s men are...
The Spaniards had no answer for the goal-hungry Pole, who was a one-man wrecking ball as Jurgen Klopp’s charges inflicted a painful defeat on the visitors A sensational exhibition of goalscoring from...
View ArticleNigeria U17 4-2 Tunisia U17: Yahaya brace, goals from Iheanacho and Success...
The Golden Eaglets will play in the Caf U17 final after defeating the North Africans in Marakech on Wednesday evening Nigeria reached the final of the Caf U17 Championship on Wednesday after they...
View ArticlePDP govs forum: Amaechi, Akpabio in crucial talks •Saraki intervenes
There were strong indications that temporary reprieve might be coming the way of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday. This followed a truce brokered between the Nigerian Governors’ Forum...
View ArticleNigeria to borrow N921bn to complete road projects-Minister of Works
The Federal Ministry of Works in Abuja, Wednesday, said they are shopping for N921.4 billion of the N1.39 trillion they need to complete 195 ongoing road projects across the country. The Minister of...
View ArticleWe’ll punish those behind Borno massacre –Jonathan
An obviously disturbed President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday vowed to ensure that those found culpable in the massacre of no fewer than 185 people during a clash between the militant Islamic...
View ArticleJob-for-sale racket: Dead civil servant signed employment letters
The table has turned on the two whistleblowers, Mrs. Rose Odey and Idachaba Tijani who paid N250,000 each for fake jobs in federal ministries. On Tuesday, Odey and Tijani testified before the joint...
View ArticleUTME may not hold in troubled northern states
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday said the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination might not hold in troubled states in the North. The examination, in which over 1, 735,720...
View ArticleBangladesh building collapse kills at least 123, injures more than 1,000
An eight-story building collapsed Wednesday on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital, killing at least 123 people and injuring more than 1,000, officials said. Broken concrete and twisted metal...
View ArticleBanky W To Speak At Oxford University Conference
The R&B singer is to speak at this year’s edition of the Oxford University Pan African Conference (OUPAC 2013). It is to hold on the 4th of May at the Oxford Union in Oxford, London. Other...
View ArticlePHOTOS: “I’m The Female Version Of My Dad” – Charly Boy’s Daughter
Dominique Oputa is the last child of the Areafada a.k.a Charly Boy. She currently lives in Atlanta where she’s studying Fashion and Design in the University of Arts Institute. Her dream is to become a...
View ArticleIf APC Survives One Year, Don’t Call Me Okupe, Presidential Aide, Boasts
The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Tuesday described the merger of opposition political parties on the platform of the All Progressives...
View ArticleBill On Tinted Vehicle Glasses Passes Second Reading
The Senate, on Wednesday, committed to its Committees on Police Affairs and Judiciary, a bill meant to stop the incessant harassment of Nigerians using cars with tinted glasses. This was after the...
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