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A senior civil servant, Mohammed Ndanusa has been arrested in Minna, Niger state after he was found to have smuggled his brother’s name in government’s payroll, since 2009.   Ndanusa, who was working for the Ministry of Health collected the ...

  The Barcelona star looks set for a big payday should he secure a move away   Lionel Messi has agreed to financial terms with Manchester City that if given the green light would be worth €700 million (£623m/$834m) over five ...

Billboard has announced on Monday that K-pop sensation BTS has become the first all-South Korean act to rule the top US singles chart, with their English-language “Dynamite” hitting number one.   It is another milestone cementing the seven-member boy band’s ...

Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede on Tuesday decided to let go of the past and publicly reached out to all her exes, including her ex-husband, Olakunle Fawole.   The 37-year-old actress who also announced that she is now with a management ...

US police have shot dead another black man, who they said had a handgun but had dropped it during a violent altercation in Los Angeles, triggering fresh outrage as tensions soar over racism and police brutality.   The man, named ...

Forbes has released its annual Top 100 Highest-Paid Celebrities List, with the stars collectively raking in a reported $6.1 billion before taxes, a $200 million drop from 2019.   The magazine published the list on Monday and Kylie Jenner together ...

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina was on Tuesday sworn-in as the President of African Development Bank, AfDB for a second term of five years.   The AfDB President in a passionate speech unveiled his vision for for his next five years. Speaking ...

Police in Anambra State have arrested a woman, Mrs Nkechi Odinye, aged 55, who specializes in buying children suspected to have been stolen from across the country.   The woman was said to have been arrested on Monday by men ...

The Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Education has warned the public to disregard a resumption time table flying around the social media.   The time-table claims to be the 2020/2021 academic calendar, states that ...

Usher and girlfriend Jenn Goicoechea are reportedly expecting their first child together.   The 41-year-old singer already has two children and photos in US media have shown that record executive Jenn, 37, has a baby bump. The couple have not ...

His Royal Highness, Eze Israel Chibueze Agbo, the Ogaba Idu II of Izhia, in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, is dead.   The family in conjunction with the Eze-in-council of Izhia kingdom announced the death of the monarch ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the General Hospital in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.   The kidnappers who laid ambush on the CMD, Dr. Olufemi Adeogun also abducted a ...

There was confusion on Saturday at the Great Salvation Christian Centre, aka Father’s Church, on Ako Aro Road, in the Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos State, after a man, Iberemu Osadebe, disrupted an ongoing wedding in the church.   He claimed ...

Truth is we all love Odunlade Adekola and Femi Adebayo, but Lateef winning this is good too. He is also a very good actor and very close in terms of popularity with his two seniors now, Man so good doing ...

Oh dear…. the actress shared the very adorable photo online and captioned it; “3 generations of beauty.” Hehehe mothers smile are always very different when their daughters are successful. Especially with the actress just moving into her Lekki home. Go ...

U.S. Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden is a puppet figure, who, if elected in November, will ignite a “revolution” in the U.S., President Donald Trump said.   “Biden won’t calm things down,” Trump said. They will take over. They will ...

Former Big Brother Naija housemate Diane Russet, has disclosed her new movie project stating that it would be a web series, as against the short versions she’s been producing.   The reality TV star has quite a number of short ...

Gashu’a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate President, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan is in recent time grappling with perennial flooding as the rainy season intensifies.   For the residents of ...

The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration, ARD-FCTA, have declared an indefinite strike commencing on Tuesday, September 1.   The group in a statement signed by Roland Aigbovo and Mustapha Ibrahim, chairman and general secretary of the association, ...

  Sevilla have re-signed Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic from Barcelona for an initial fee of €1.5 million. The Andalucian club have confirmed that they’ve reached an agreement with Barca on Tuesday which will see the 32-year-old head back to Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium ahead ...

Nollywood actor Bolanle Ninalowo has gotten a new appointment from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration.   He is now an Ambassador of the Lagos Waste Management Authority. He disclosed this on his Instagram page Monday. He wrote: “Signed & Sealed. New ...

The Federal Government on Monday said it would not tolerate any move by South African company, Multi­Choice, to lay off Nigerian workers in its employ under any guise.   This followed a meeting between the management of the National Broadcast­ing ...

Big Brother Naija housemate, Erica has threatened to verbally attack fellow housemate, Laycon.   The BBNaija housemate vowed to interrupt and insult Laycon if he ever responds to any question about her from the anchor of the show, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. ...

Drivers of commercial buses, popularly called Danfo, along Iyana-Ipaja, Ikotun and environs in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Tuesday morning, withdrew their services to protest extortion and daily seizure of their buses by officials of Lagos State ...

In a surprise move, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved an increase in electricity tariff with effect from September 1, 2020 (today).   This comes three months after the tariff hike implementation slated for July 1 was halted by ...