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The male voice in the leaked sex-for-mark audio which has got Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife reeling in public attention since Monday is that of Richard Akindele of the school’s Faculty of Administration, the lecturer’s church members have said. A spokesperson of the school had told PREMIUM...

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has fired back at Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu for saying erstwhile Heads of State, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida were not God. Shittu, had told newsmen on Tuesday that Obasanjo and other ex-military leaders cannot hinder...

As the intrigue behind the upcoming US-North Korea summit gains momentum, theories on where the summit will be held prompted an additional question: how will North Korean leader Kim Jong Un travel to the meeting location? While the summit on April 27 between South Korean President Moon Jae-in...

The Facebook scandal has taught me a valuable lesson this week. When the inevitable zombie-virus apocalypse hits us, the whole world will be infected because a few people didn’t wash their hands. No matter how prepared we are, how many vaccinations we’ve stockpiled or how many faceless soldiers...

The son of Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos planned to siphon off $1,5 billion when he ran the oil-rich country’s sovereign wealth fund, the finance ministry said on Monday. The figure is three times higher than an initial sum illegally transferred to a London Read more...

The Nigerian stocks market yesterday rebounded with a gain of 0.17 per cent on Consumer Goods and Industrial Goods stocks. In summary, the All Share Index (ASI) gained 69.86 absolute points, representing a growth of 0.17 per cent to close at 40,499.04 points. Similarly, the market capitalisation...

Nigeria has recorded 6,673 oil spill occurrences which discharged 250,973.96 barrels of oil causing environmental challenges especially in the Niger Delta region between 2009 and 2017. LEADERSHIP gathered that there are strong indications that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which...

Ladies and gentlemen, Nina Daniele is a name you may want to know. Earlier today, Playboy revealed the Bronx native is the 2018 Playmate of the Year. Nina’s 11-page pictorial breathes new life into an iconic Playboy character, the Femlin, created by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and illustrated...

A bodyguard for Floyd Mayweather was wounded when a gunman in a vehicle opened fire on the boxer’s motorcade. The vehicle was travelling through an Atlanta intersection early on Monday, police said. Mayweather was not in the vehicle that was fired upon and was not injured in the incident, a...

The management of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) say they will deepen and strengthen their collaboration to track both individuals and organisations who refuse to pay the right taxes. Read more via Premium Times Nigeria –...

Team Nigeria has won another gold at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast after reigning champion, Esther Oyema smashed the World Record in women’s Lightweight #GC2018Powerlifting Oyema surpassed her previous mark of 126kg set four years ago in Glasgow to win GOLD at #GC2018, lifting...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have acknowledged the hoards of well-wishers who want to send them gifts to celebrate their upcoming wedding by asking them to donate to charity instead. Kensington Palace sent out a statement on twitter on behalf of the couple, explaining that the Prince and his...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved fresh appointments to fill vacancies in the headship of some key federal government establishments, with Usman Mohammed emerging as the new Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria, ( TCN). Read more via BusinessDay : News you can trust...