Talka~G~blog

The Federal Executive Council which President Buhari presided over on Wednesday Septmber 11, approved the increment of value added tax (VAT) rate from 5 percent to 7.2% percent.   The Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed confirmed the ...

The Ghanaian Police has alleged that some Nigerians got bursted while trying to smuggle in fake dollars into the country on Monday September 9.   The fake money in $100 denomination was allegedly found hidden beneath the seat of the registered ...

A landlord was left shocked and even vomited when he discovered rubbish piled high alongside rotten food and even human waste a mother-of-four left behind before moving out from his property. Landlord Shahin Miah who owns the property located in Erdington, Birmingham, claimed his former tenant ...

Surveillance camera captures the moment a woman took a dump on a supermarket floor then walked out as though nothing happened.   In the video shared online, the shop owner can be heard commenting angrily as he watched the surveillance ...

17-year-old Aisha, who set herself ablaze over fiance’s inability to pay N17,000 dowry demanded by her father in Zamfara, has been taken to the hospital.   It is said that former Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, is footing ...

Obinwanne Okeke, the Abuja-based Nigerian businessman who was arrested on August 6 in the U.S. and slammed with two counts of computer and wire fraud has been indicted for $11 million fraud.   The indictment which is the initial process before the ...

Petara Cordero, the girlfriend of NFL Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Smith has been killed in a car accident.   The 26-year-old was struck by a car and killed in front of her NFL player boyfriend on Wednesday morning (Sept.11).   Smith ...

SA rapper, AKA is back with his ‘insensitive’ comments on twitter regarding the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa.   This time, he says, ‘10 South Africans dead in last two weeks violence. Zero Nigerians. Twitter made ...

The First Lady of Ekiti State, Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi has denied instructing policemen attached to her convoy to shoot protesting students of Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) on Tuesday September 10.   In her statement which countered the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) claim of ...

A 30-year-old graduate identified as John Ani Chukwuebuka has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.   The suspected internet fraudster was arrested on August 5 in the Jakande-Lekki Area of Lagos, ...

Two suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   The suspects identified as Akeju Crown Babatunde, 31, and Agbanah Toba, 35, were arrested over their alleged involvement in internet ...

President Buhari has reacted to the Presidential election tribunal’s judgement which upheld his victory in the February 2019 Presidential election.   The President said he was not worried about the outcome of the court process because he knew Nigerians elected ...

An interesting conversation ensued after Twitter user, Chuks Akunna responded to the recent threat by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai to arrest and prosecute anyone caught spreading false news about Kaduna State on social media.   See their conversation below…. ...

Valencia announced the sacking of coach Marcelino García after two years with the Spanish La Liga club.   The 54-year-old Spaniard is credited for winning the Copa del Rey, their first trophy for 11 years, and in their centenary season. He also secured ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the People’s Democratic Party have rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal which upheld the election of Muhammadu Buhari as the President of Nigeria in the February 23, 2019 poll. The Presidential tribunal ...

A three-storey building on Wednesday September 11, collapsed after a heavy downpour in Onitsha, Anambra state.   Though the value of the property located at No. 22 Nkisi Aroli street in Onitsha is yet to be ascertained, the owner was however identified ...

Okonofua Joseph aka Joseph Icon, a student of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) who was among those injured during the clash between protesting students of the institution and the police on Tuesday September 10, has been confirmed dead.   The 300-level student ...

Federal authorities in United State have announced a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including many senior citizens.   Operation reWired, a coordinated ...

Simi has slammed a follower who said he never listens to music made by her husband Adekunle Gold.   The follower, while replying to a tweet by Simi, said: “That’s why I don’t listen to your husband’s music.”   And ...

Actress Ada Karl, formerly known as Ada Slim, has questioned the reaction of Nigerians to broken marriages.   She asked why people celebrate crashed marriages more than they celebrate when people get married.   She went on to warn that ...

The first batch of Nigerians that opted to leave South Africa over the xenophobic attacks against foreigners especially Nigerians, have been spotted leaving the Nigerian consulate in the country in a bus for their flight back to Nigeria.   President ...

The Presidential Election Tribunal has struck out one of the major pillars of the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party which is the witness statement by Osita Chidoka, a former aviation minister, about the existence of INEC server. ...

Wale Adenuga Productions is set to release a new TV drama series, titled ‘The Babington Family.’   The story centres around the titular family and Nnenna (of the Nnenna & Friends fame). In her quest to correct social ills and ...

Akin Alabi has narrated how a 16-year-old boy was tried as an adult for phone theft after police forced him to declare that he is 19.   The NairaBET founder cum politician said the boy was eventually sentenced to 3 ...

Yul Edochie has shared a photo of his wife and their kids.   The actor, who rarely posts photos of his wife May Yul Edochie, did so today as he celebrated his son who just started secondary school.   The ...