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The playboy son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader was handed a 30-million-euro fine by a Paris court Monday on top of a suspended jail term and the confiscation of his assets for embezzling public funds.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2w7HMqa Get more World News

Raphael Coleman, the former child star known for playing one of Emma Thompson’s troublesome charges in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee, has died at 25. Coleman, who transitioned from his youthful career as an actor into environmental activism, died suddenly on Friday after collapsing during...

The new EP, titled “999,” contains 9 tracks, and features both regular collaborators like Phyno, and new artists like Jayboi. The EP was released 9 PM on Monday.... Read more via BellaNaija – https://ift.tt/39qmcvs Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Not only was she in the running for the Best Actress in a Leading Role crown, Cynthia Erivo also performed at the Oscars on Sunday. Now we know she can sing—she’s a Tony winner, after all.... Read more via BellaNaija – https://ift.tt/2w91WQD Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The singer was right when he said it’s a good time to be alive: his album, “A Good Time,” just went platinum! And not just that, his song, “Risky,” featuring Popcaan, also goes double platinum, while “Blow My Mind” with Chris Brown goes platinum! Winning, winning, winning.… Read more via...

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Monday said a refinery in western Libya had been shut down due to lack of crude oil. NOC said this was after losses resulting from a blockade on major oil facilities and... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/31JXovv Get more World News

The Federal Government has failed in its target to generate 10,000 Mega Watt (MW). Former Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who set the target, maintained that the Buhari administration was determined to realise 10,000 megawatts target by the end of 2019 in order to ensure...

West African powerhouse Nigeria on Monday called for a delay to the launch of a region-wide currency tentatively scheduled to come into effect this year..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2SfKOBe Get More Nigeria Political News

Weddings are a big deal in Nigeria. Typical Nigerian weddings, irrespective of a couple’s financial status, are worth celebrating in grand style. It is not really surprising that Nigerian wedding planners and vendors are making a killing..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria –...

Alhaji Bello Danjumu’a, the father of an underage girl, Hauwa’u, who was allegedly abducted for 34 days and sexually abused, has appealed to the authorities to ensure justice on the issue...... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2tQMUhG Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, rescued four kidnapped victims from a notorious kidnappers’ den located at Sauni Hills, Lambata, along the boundary between the territory and Niger State.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/31Hhcjj Get...

Chinese President Xi Jinping donned a face mask and had his temperature checked Monday while visiting medical workers and patients affected by the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 900 people. The Chinese president, who has called the virus.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

The United States of America is opposing China’s plan to build an $80m headquarter for the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Ethiopia, owing to Beijing’s scientific spying program.... Read more via Ventures Africa – https://ift.tt/2UG5cNn Get more World News

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, granted bail to the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2Sgyktd Get more: Nigeria Business News

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to bury every thought of further ‘mortgaging the nation’s future’ by securing $500 million dollars (N182 billion) loan, purportedly for the... Read more via Channels Television –...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said that Nigeria’s Value Added Tax (VAT) is the lowest in the whole of Africa. The vice president stated this in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, at the National Micro, Small and... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2UHvzT6 Get More Nigeria...

Liverpool failed with a £30 million bid for Samuel Chukwueze during the January transfer window, according to express.co.uk. Quoting France Football, the English publication said Villarreal rejected the offer from Liverpool in January.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo will be able to travel with Manchester United for their Europa League tie in Bruges next week despite having to miss the club’s training camp in Marbella over the coronavirus alert.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2Sxf4q8 Get More Nigeria Sports News

Chelsea made the biggest net profit of any club in the world in the last two transfer windows, according to newly-released data. The London club, who served a transfer ban last summer after breaching FIFA rules on the recruitment of young players, spent just over £38million on Mateo Kovacic …...