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The Lagos State Police command has arrested two suspects in connection with the violence that broke out at the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship rally in Lagos, on Tuesday. The police have also declared wanted, one of the leaders of the National Union Of Road...

Hope for the implementation of the 2019 budget was rekindled yesterday as crude oil price climbed around three per cent to rebound to $60 per barrel. This followed the extension of talks between the United States and China in Beijing, which raised hopes that the world’s two largest economies …...

Congratulations again to Adekunle Gold and Simi! Recall that news surfaced earlier today that the singers planned to get married in the presence of 300 guests, and this comes three weeks after they secretly held their wedding introduction in Magodo, Lagos. Simi and Gold only recently have made...

CNN has confirmed that an arrest warrant was issued for R. Kelly’s former manager, James Mason, who was accused of threatening to kill the father of Joycelyn Savage, one of the women featured in “Surviving R. Kelly.” According to the media house, James made the threats in May 2018 and...

Kit Harrington has revealed how he felt making the finale of Game of Thrones. The actor told GQ Australia that the final season was gruelling and seemed “seemed to be designed to break us”...... via Olisa.tv – http://bit.ly/2SKMnFa Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has again tackled former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his endorsement of Atiku Abubakar, his former deputy and now presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after painting him as villain for a long time. Soyinka, who spoke alongside key...

President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, who reacted to claims that the ASUU strike might be suspended soon, stated that no agreement has been reached with the federal government. Prof Biodun Ogunyemi who spoke with Tribune, disclosed that the team that represented the union at the meeting …...

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated an advisory technical committee on the proposed N30,000 new minimum wage. The committee which is made up of experienced economists and administrators is to be headed by a popular economist, Bismark Rewane. During the inauguration the committee in...

A serving Corp member, Odedele Feranmi was on Wednesday arraigned before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for reckless driving and alleged killing of a young girl, one Pelumi Olasunkanmi. The death of Pelumi, a 16-year-old Junior Secondary School 3 student of Coker Memorial High School...

The is quite sad. People need to start taking safety seriously, especially using mobile phones close to petrol or gas while active. A few people, mostly ladies, have lost their lives over such. This beautiful lady, who’s based in Lagos, was reportedly killed in a gas explosion in the … Read...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been seeing a married former television anchor, and announced his split with wife MacKenzie Bezos to get ahead of the release of embarrassing photos that expose the affair. Since at least the fall, Bezos has been seeing Lauren Sanchez, a helicopter pilot and the...

Thank goodness Beyoncé had super attentive parents. They made sure that as teens working with R. Kelly that the Destiny’s Child girls were constantly supervised around the alleged sex predator. Matthew Knowles was well aware of R. Kelly’s reputation for allegedly preying on teens and young...

In continuation of its crackdown on tax-owing companies, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has sealed the premises of DN Meyer Plc, Morrison Industries Plc and seven other companies in Lagos. In a statement, the Service said that the enforcement exercise, which ran from Monday …...

Trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday further closed downswing as the overall market performance indices dropped by 0.2.33 per cent. Transactions on the stock market had the previous day also closed on the negative trajectory. However, at the close of …...

Nigerian business owner, Basil Okpara may have at a time recorded failure in his businesses but didn’t fail to learn from his mistakes. The founder of Bazz Group Limited has taken to Twitter to share how he lost about $100,000 and the avoidable mistakes he made in the course … Read more via...

Many customers of Access Bank Plc have taken to Twitter to vent their anger over the bank’s alleged “criminality”. The Twitter storm followed a post by an aggrieved Access Bank customer, Ms Arike Martins, who called out the tier-1 lender for deducting N20 from her account after she dialed the...

As part of its continued effort to provide bespoke and seamless connectivity solutions to individuals and business enterprises in the country, MTN Nigeria has deployed Corporate Wide Area Network Service (CWAN) across 139 locations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The...

Sonorous songstress, Simi and her bridesmaids dancing before her traditional wedding to Adekunle Gold in Lagos yesterday....... via Nairaland – http://bit.ly/2TCBuoP Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The President of the Senate and Director-General PDP/Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, catalogued the alleged failures of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. He described the government of President Muhammadu Buhari as very corrupt. Although...

Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) says he would defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Feb. 16 presidential poll. Kingsley Moghalu Moghalu, at a town hall meeting tagged ‘The Candidates’ organised by the MacArthur Foundation in...