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  It’s that time of year again! From hostess gifts and Secret Santas to all the friends and family members in your holiday gift exchange, the most wonderful time of the year and quickly become the most stressful if you don’t know where to shop or what to get. Fortunately, The AEDITION is here to help. Looking for something for ...

Toke Makinwa has fired back at Yomi Black calling him an ungrateful fool and ass licker. Toke says she has supported Yomi with her resources — time, platform and cash in the past but this is all she gets from Yomi. She says, Yomi is angry after she turned him down when he asked for free TM bags from her, ...

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has laid to rest speculations that he will strip Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi of his position under the new Emirate rules as he appoints the Emir as Chairman State Emirate Council. Ganduje said he made the appointment from the powers invested on him by Sections 4 (2) (g) and Section 5((1) (2) ...

The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing workshop will have a new home this year. Now in its 11th year, the workshop, which is organized by multiple award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will hold in Awka, Anambra State, from December 9 to December 14, 2019. It has previously been held in Lagos. Alongside Chimamanda, sessions at past workshops have been facilitated ...

Operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad , SARS Katsina State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly masterminding the kidnap of his six-year-old step-sister in Makera Funtua Local Government Area of the state. The victim, Asiya Kazeem was abducted while returning from an Islamic school on April 16,2019. During investigation, the suspect, Ibrahim Kazeem, confessed to have ...

Mrs. Rachael Adewumi, founder of TAKEM Empowerment Initiatives (TEIs), an NGO, has advised women against remaining full-time housewives. Adewumi, at an end-of-year party on Sunday in Abuja, urged women to get an employment or learn a trade. The  party was organised by the NGO to support widows with household items. Adewumi explained that it was no longer news that a ...

Saudi Arabia will no longer require restaurants to have separate entrances segregated by sex, the government says. Previously, it was mandatory to have one entrance for families and women, and another for men on their own. The restrictions had already been quietly eased in practice, with many restaurants, cafes and other meeting places no longer enforcing segregation. A series of ...

Russia’s national team will be missing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) handed down a four year ban over doping. Russia will also not be able to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and other major sporting events during the period. WADA accused Moscow of falsifying data from its anti-doping laboratory. However, Russian sportsmen and women ...

Many people where shocked when CDQ took to social media to ’embarrass’ his colleague — Mochedah, saying the songstress would have been the most sexiest artist that ever came out of Nigeria, but she lost the title due to too much d–ks. Shortly after his claim, many went after him, calling it distasteful as Mochedah is fully married. Some also ...

Former prisoner John Anthony Crilly, who robbed Nigerian businessman Augustine Maduemezia in his Manchester home in 2005 has turned out to be one of the heroes, who subdued the London Bridge terrorist, Usman Khan. Crilly, armed with a fire extinguisher, followed Khan to the bridge after fighting him at Fishmonger’s Hall where he had fatally stabbed Cambridge graduates, Jack Merritt ...

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has postponed the presentation of an Integrity Award to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo amidst protests over the tightening of space for freedom of expression in the country. Osinbajo was slated to be presented with the award as part of the 2019 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting holding on Monday night ...

Carroll Spinney, the man behind Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for nearly 50 years, has died. He died at the age of 85 on Sunday. Spinney died in his home in Connecticut, and had been living with dystonia, a disorder that causes a person’s muscles to contract uncontrollably, a Sesame Workshop statement announced on Sunday. “Since ...

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele has just announced the death of her father, saying she tried, but God knows best. Though she didn’t disclose when and what killed him, the actress and mom of two simply wrote; ”Dad!!! May your soul Rest In Peace!! I tried Dad! I did!! We love you but God knows best!!! #iwish i can turn back ...

A South Korean court, on Monday, jailed three executives of Samsung Electronics for their role in a plot that included burying computers under factory floors at its biotech affiliate, in an investigation of alleged accounting fraud. Prosecutors began investigating the suspected fraud at Samsung Biologics after South Korea’s financial watchdog complained the firm’s value had been inflated by 4.5 trillion ...

Femi Falana, counsel to Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, on Monday, alleged that the Nigerian government offered the activist a “death warrant” deal while in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Falana disclosed that the Nigerian government reached out for the deal during Sowore’s first 45 days in detention. Featuring on TVC’s The View, Falana said: “They ...

Twelve persons have died in an accident on Sunday as a truck container carrying over 103 people somersaulted at Sawmill village along Mokwa-Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger state. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Joel Dagwa, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Minna that the accident involved a container truck with ...

A hungry artist has eaten the world’s most expensive banana and police had to intervene after his action caused a scene.   The banana duct-taped to the wall sold last week for $120,000 and was hailed as “a symbol of global trade”   The banana art piece, titled Comedian, by 59-year-old Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was on show at the ...

  Nollywood filmmaker and actor, Abayomi Aderibigbe a.k.a Yomi Black has called out Toke Makinwa over her Instagram post in which she shaded Nigerians complimenting Cardi B over some acts she pulled off in Nigeria but slamming Nigerian celebrities for living same lifestyle.   Recall that LIB reported that the media personality tackled Nigerians who attack their celebrities for being a ‘bad role ...

Lagos State Government stated that it has sealed 24 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in various parts of the state for illegal operation and operating beyond scope of pharmaceutical practice.   Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, December 11th in Lagos saying the enforcement was part of the mandates of the Pharmaceutical Inspectorate ...

Femi Falana, has lashed out at the Department of State Services (DSS) over its statement in which it denied invading a trial court to rearrest Omoyele Sowore.   Recall that the DSS alleged that the #RevolutionNow convener violated his bail conditions hence his rearrest. The secret police who insisted that they are a law-abiding agency, also claimed that Sowore’s supporters “stage-managed the drama” ...

34-year-old Sanna Marin has become Finland’s youngest Prime Minister ever after winning Sunday’s election to replace Prime Minister Antti Rinne who resigned on Tuesday December 3, after losing the confidence of the coalition partner Centre Party over his handling of a postal strike.   The former transport minister whose party is the largest in a five-member governing coalition, will be the world’s youngest serving ...

Dapo Abiodun, the Governor of Ogun State on Sunday, December 11th felicitated with the world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua for displaying “Ogun standard of excellence” by reclaiming all titles in a re-match with his opponent, Andy Ruiz Jr.   Governor Abiodun said that the State-born Joshua made Nigerians proud and restored confidence that the nation would be great again.  “I congratulate ...

Officers of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 24 members of an alleged dreaded cult group known as ‘Awawa Boys.’   A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana on Sunday, December 11th said the arrest took place on Thursday at about 11am.   He said the Special Strike Force established by CP Hakeem Odumosu to ...

Cardi B who left Nigeria for Ghana yesterday December 8, has apologized for keeping Ghanaian celebrities waiting after getting called out.   A handful of Ghanaian celebrities took to social media yesterday to call out the superstar rapper for keeping them waiting for over 4 hours after turning up for a meet and greet. It was learnt that some Ghanaian ...

Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, have shut down 19 buildings in Igbogbo Baiyeku area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for violating the town planning laws of the State.   General Manager, LASBCA, Engr. Abiola Kosegbe, led the enforcement team of the agency, escorted by officials of the State Taskforce. The Chairman, Igbogbo Baiyeku Local Council Development ...