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Kiki Osinbajo to start her own mentorship program soon

Kiki Osinbajo has revealed she will start her own mentorship soon. This comes after a follower asked the entrepreneur if she has any mentorship program. She then replied thus; “BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS RECENTLY. I WANT TO TRY AND PICK ...

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LVMH and Rihanna agree to pause her fashion line, Fenty

Louis Vuitton owner LVMH and music star Rihanna have agreed to suspend her fashion line Fenty less than two years after its launch, the French luxury goods giant said on Wednesday. LVMH said in a statement that Fenty’s ready to ...

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Investing in cows better than cryptocurrency – Adamu Garba

Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant, has opined that investing in cows is better any form of cryptocurrency business. Garba was lending his voice to the latest instruction to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), other Financial Institutions (OFIs) and Non-Bank Financial ...

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Aliko Dangote losses $900million in just 24 hours

  Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, reportedly lost a whooping $900million on Friday, January 8, after his company, Dangote Industries Limited, emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his ...

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Elon Musk Overtakes Bezos To Become World’s Richest Person

  Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk surpassed Amazon.com Inc’s top boss Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest man, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Including Thursday’s gains in Tesla shares, Musk, 49, had a net worth of ...

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China to leapfrog US as world’s biggest economy by 2028

China is due to overtake the US as the world’s biggest economy five years earlier than planned – despite the coronavirus pandemic starting there, experts gave revealed. The Centre for Economics and Business Research said Beijing was on track to ...

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Elon Musk’s personal fortune rockets after eventful week

After an eventful week for tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, his personal fortune has shot up by more than $15bn.   On Monday, it was announced that his electric car company Tesla has been accepted into the S&P 500, a major ...

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Mystery Chinese buyer pays £1.4m for racing pigeon

A racing pigeon has sold at auction for more than £1.4 million to a mystery Chinese buyer. The three-year-old hen called New Kim was sold by Belgian auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) in an online auction for 1.6 million euros on Sunday. ...

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NNPC raises petrol depot price, marketers to sell at N168-N170/litre

The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per litre.   The PPMC disclosed this in ...

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Indian doctor duped into buying ‘Aladdin’s lamp’ for $93,000

Two men who allegedly duped a doctor into buying an “Aladdin’s lamp” for $93,000 and even conjured up a fake genie have been arrested in India, an official said Sunday.   Laeek Khan approached police in the northern state of ...

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Yahoo Groups to shut down from December 15th

Facing a steady decline in usage over the last several years, Yahoo has made the decision to shut down Yahoo Groups from on December 15. Verizon, which bought Yahoo in 2017, announced the decision on Tuesday which marks the end ...

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Nigeria lady who sells hair says there’s no reason why any hair should cost as much as 800k

                                          According to twitter user @bibilomo__, who sells hair, hair sellers have no reason to sell hair to us at exorbitant prices.   She says there’s no reason for any hair to be 800K, while in her comment section, someone ...

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Manchester United sign former PSG striker Cavani

  Manchester United have completed the signing of former Paris-Saint Germain striker Edinson Cavani. The 33-year-old has signed an initial one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months. He is set to earn €11 million (£10m/$13m) per season ...

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Burna Boy tells Sowore to stop famzing Fela, he fires back

                                            Afro-pop sensation, Burna Boy, has called out Omoyele Sowore over Fela fanship, saying he trusts no politician.   ...

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BMW fined US$18 million for inflating monthly US sales figures

German automaker BMW has been slammed with an $18 million fine for allegedly inflating its sales figures while raising billions of dollars from investors.   The Munich-based company’s North American unit inflated US sales numbers from 2015 to 2019 to ...

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Facebook opens new office in Lagos

                                                  Facebook on Friday said it would be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria, as part ...

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$6 plastic crown worn by Notorious B.I.G in his last photoshoot sells for $594,750 at auction

            The plastic crown worn by Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace in his last photo shoot sold for $594,750 (including Sotheby’s “buyer’s premium” fees and taxes) during an auction Tuesday night –despite its original $6 price tag.   At the auction ...

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One of world’s rarest diamonds might fetch $30m as it goes on auction next month [photos]

                                                    One of the world’s rarest diamonds, about the size of an egg or a large lollipop, is going up for auction next month and is expected to fetch $12 million to $30 million.  Sotheby’s said ...

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TikTok USA rejects Microsoft offer

                                          Microsoft said on Sunday it was informed by Bytedance that it would not be selling U.S. operations of TikTok to it.   “We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security interests,” ...

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Outrage as man sells dead sister’s dirty underwear online for £10 a pair

A man has sparked fury on social media after he tried to sell unwashed knickers belonging to his dead sister.   The shameless seller from Ayrshire, who has not been identified, shared more than a dozen pictures of frilly thongs ...

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US to block key exports from China’s Xinjiang region

The US is to block key exports from China’s Xinjiang region due to allegations that they are produced using forced labour.   The proposed bans include cotton and tomato products which are two of China’s major commodity exports. The Trump ...

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Check out pictures of Chelsea new Jersey that got fans talking

Chelsea football club has released pictures of their new third kit designed by Nike. The jersey takes its inspiration from a Nike sneakers which was popular in the 90s. But fans don’t seem to be in love with the new ...

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Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie becomes the world’s richest woman

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has become the world’s richest woman after Amazon shares surged amid coronavirus lockdowns.   Scott, who owns a 4 percent stake in the ecommerce giant, has added another $30.3 billion to her bank balance in ...

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