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Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N27.7bn for the purchase of grains, meters and a road project in Abaji, Abuja. The approvals were granted at the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.... Read more via Daily Trust –...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opens the week tradings' on a bearish note. The All Share-Index (ASI) declined by 1.26% to close at 28,484.44 basis points. Year-to-Date the ASI was down by.... Read more via Nairaland – http://bit.ly/2Hphula Get more: Nigeria Business News

The post Regina Daniels set to become a successful garage owner, as she receives another #Benz gift appeared first on.... Read more via Instablog9ja – http://bit.ly/2VHbw9k Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has alleged plan by President Muhammadu Buhari and the.... Read more via Naijaloaded – http://bit.ly/2YtgQtK Get More Nigeria Political News

The federal government says the kind of politics being played by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) constitutes a threat to the nation’s democracy. Addressing state house correspondents at the.... Read more via TheCable – http://bit.ly/2VtBmIW Get More Nigeria Political News

Fears that companies will shelve investment, consumers will cut spending and stocks will slide have been revived after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s fragile trade truce was shattered with both sides slapping.... Read more via Daily Maverick – http://bit.ly/2HxSgRt Get more World News

TOKYO (Reuters) – Iran is committed to its obligations under an international nuclear deal despite the U.S. withdrawal from the landmark agreement, its foreign minister said on Thursday, calling the reimposition of sanctions by Washington “unacceptable”. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...

Bandits Security forces are now trailing yet to be identified gunmen who invaded Kanoma village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara and abducted seven persons, including a three month old baby along with her mother, killing two people. An eye witness, Malam Ibrahim Muhammed told the News...

A minister, Pastor Michael Arowosaiye, has committed suicide over challenges said to be linked with accommodation. It was learnt that Arowosaiye committed suicide on Tuesday in his residence at Sunnyvale Estate, Abuja. According to witnesses, when people entered his home, they found that he...

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has hit out at former president Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as the country’s number one troublemaker. Akiolu aimed jabs at the former president on Wednesday when participants of the senior executive course (41) of the National Institute of Policy and...

Daddy Showkey has taken to his Instagram to plead with the operatives of the EFCC who still have Naira Marley in their custody. Recall that the artiste was arrested last week and agency claimed that they recovered incriminating items in his possession and so will be charging him to court...

Lamar Odom has opened up about his old obsessions. According to the former NBA star, he had been fascinated with sex, the idea and performance of it, such that he ended up sleeping with over 2, 000 women. “I have been obsessed with sex for as long as I can remember,” … via Olisa.tv –...

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has fired a slight dig at her estranged husband, Olakunle Churchill, for debunking that he is a 40 seconds man as she claimed earlier in the media.... Read more via Information Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2VuTzWq Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Popular Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, simply known and addressed as ‘Bobrisky” has come out to declare that he needs another bae aside from his boyfriend. Bobrisky who made this known..... Read more via Information Nigeria – http://bit.ly/30k3T7i Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The Nigerian DJ, DJ Cuppy (Ms Abena) has taken to her official page to announce the launch of her own reality TV show which is called Cuppy Takes Africa and it’s to be launched on the.... Read more via Nairaland – http://bit.ly/2JOsTO2 Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The Nigeria Senate has reacted to the allegations of stolen N500 billion at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institution dismissed the allegations on Wednesday at plenary..... Read more via Nairaland – http://bit.ly/2Ebgiko...

The Federal Government today accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential flag bearer in the February 23rd election, Atiku Abubakar, of planning to sabotage the Buhari-led administration..... Read more via Naijaloaded – http://bit.ly/2VBSrVQ Get More Nigeria Political News

The Chairman, Nigeria Economic Summit Group’s (NESG) Fiscal Policy Roundtable, Mrs. Sarah Alade, has said Nigerians would always be responsive to paying tax if there is proper education and full disclosure by the government. Alade, who is a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of...

Former judge of the Federal High Court, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, was yesterday re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged corruption. She was re-arraigned alongside Godwin Obla (SAN), a former prosecutor of the Economic and Financial … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News...

The executive secretary and chief executive of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Ms. Yewande Sadiku, has said the commission was in talks with other..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2JH05Hq Get more: Nigeria Business News