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We believe Ekweremadu can lead Nigeria – PDP

The Ahmed Makarfi led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed its belief in the leadership qualities of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who turned 55 years old on Friday. In a statement signed and issued by the Publicity Secretary of its National Caretaker Committee – Dayo Adeyeye, the PDP described Ekweremadu as one its pillars […]

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Court orders continued detention of Ifeanyi Ubah for 14 days

A  Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted a request by the State Security Service, SSS, to keep the chairman, Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Ifeanyi Ubah, in custody for another 14 days pending the completion of its investigation of the charges against him. Efforts by Mr. Ubah’s counsel to have the Lagos division of the court […]

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SSS seeks Court order to detain Ifeanyi Ubah for another 14 days

The State Security Service (SSS) has approached a Federal High Court, Abuja, to detain the chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Ifeanyi Ubah, for another 14 days pending the completion of its investigation, counsel to the businessman told a federal court in Lagos on Friday. The Lagos division of the Federal High Court had, […]

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Policemen exchange blows, cause traffic in Abuja (Video)

  A video showing two traffic policemen exchanging headbutts and blows yesterday along the Ahmadu Bello Way, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has gone viral. In the 31-second video, the two policemen – both wearing the traffic jackets – were unsuccessfully separated by three pedestrians, as the brawl caused traffic at the Muhammadu Buhari […]

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Buhari treats me as a son, says Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari treats him as one of his sons. According to Laolu Akande, spokesman of the vice-president, Osinbajo said this on Thursday during his visit to Katsina state for the launch of the micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) clinic in the state. Shortly after his arrival […]

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Every time my husband beats me, he gets family and friends to beg me, I don’t want to leave him – Mercy Aigbe

Renowned Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, who recently revealed the challenges she had endured in her marriage to Lanre Gentry, has said that her coming out with the story of the domestic abuse was to enable them get help and that it is never ever intended to serve as an exit point from her marriage. “It’s not like I want […]

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London Actress Cum Director, Toyin Moore Set To Launch Her Book – “I Did A Very Bad Thing”

London based actress cum director, Toyin Moore has released her first book, titled ” I did a very bad thing”. The book was released online on Wednesday, 10th May, 2017…  Talking to Diamond Celebrities, TY disclosed the reason she wrote her book. “I wrote the book as an offshoot of my live broadcast TY SFIARIES on Facebook because […]

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Veteran Nollywood actor, Uche Odoputa Embarks On Europe Tour (Photos)

Uche Odoputa aka Mazi Livinus  looking charming as he embarks on one month Europe Tour… The hardworking actor was in Italy last weekend for Zero Deal’s premiere. This week, he will be visiting Paris, Germany, and many other European countries. See photos below:

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Puff Daddy Beats Jay-Z For World’s Richest Hip-hop Artist

American rapper Jay Z’s fortunes jumped 30 percent last year to give him an estimated net worth of 810 million dollars, but it was not enough to dethrone Sean Diddy Combs from the top of Forbes annual list on Wednesday of the world’s wealthiest hip hop artists. Combs retained his No. 1 spot with an […]

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Fight for Nigeria’s Future: ‘Cabal may force Osinbajo to resign’

A former presidential aspirant, Princess Hadiza Ibrahim, has noted that some cabal were doing everything possible to kick Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo out of office ahead of 2019 general elections. She said this while appealing to Osinbajo, now Acting President, not to resign under any circumstance so that he would not betray the confidence […]

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Femi Kuti breaks world saxophone record

Son of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Femi, has broken the world record for the longest single note held on a saxophone. He attained the feat on Sunday at the New Africa Shrine as shared by his sister, Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti on her Instagram page @yenikuti: “This evening, 7th May, at the New Africa Shrine, Femi […]

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Trump fires FBI director over Hillary Clinton emails

Donald Trump fired James Comey, the FBI director, on Tuesday evening over his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails. The US president said in a letter to Mr Comey that he was “not able to effectively lead the bureau”. The Trump campaign is currently being investigated by the FBI over allegations that it […]

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Singer Davido Gushes As He Welcomes 2nd Baby Girl In US (Photos)

Davido yesterday welcomed his second daughter with US based baby mama, Amanda, in Atlanta and has named her, Hailey Veronica Adeleke. The star wrote: SHES HERE!! HAILEY VERONICA ADELEKE HAS COME TO BALL!!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!! SHES TOO BEAUTIFUL!! 😍😍😍😍

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Don Jazzy, Wizkid, Davido make Forbes list of richest Africans

Forbes Africa has released its list of Richest African musicians. The list was put together using factors such as endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance in newspapers, investment, social media presence, influence and others. Nigerian artistes, Don Jazzy, Wizkid and Davido, are among the top ten richest African musicians. The top […]

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Chibok girls for Boko Haram members, so what? Even US negotiated with Taliban – Lai Mohammed to PDP

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to hold its peace over its criticism of the swap deal that led to the freedom of 82 Chibok girls from Boko Haram captivity. The Ahmed Markafi faction of PDP had described the deal as a setback to the fight against […]

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Renowned Journalist, Kemi Olunloyo begs Nigerians to donate to her N1m bail fund

American trained journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has taken to social media to plead with Nigerians to donate, for her to  meet her N1 million bail condition… The controversial Journalist, daughter of a former governor of Oyo State, was remanded in Port Harcourt prison over alleged defamatory report against Port Harcourt-based cleric. She was granted N1 million bail shortly […]

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French election: Macron defeats Le Pen to become France’s youngest president

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron won by 66.06% to 33.94% to become, at 39, the country’s youngest president. Mr Macron will also become the first president from outside the two traditional main parties since the modern republic’s foundation in 1958. He […]

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