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Saudi Arabia held its first ever fashion week last week. But photos of the latest fashion from the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom will not flood social media feeds because photograpers were not allowed. Men were also not allowed.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog –...

Khloe was one of the 10 female housemates that made it to the 2018 edition of the Big Brother Naija reality television show. Khloe’s disqualification came as a shock to her supporters and viewers of the show given that she and her partner, K-brule were sent packing before the … via Daily...

Big Brother Naija 2018 housemate, Lolu, was evicted on Sunday. While in the house, Lolu established relationship with Anto, a fellow housemate. He had told Biggie that if he wins the N45 million grand prize, he would renovate his father’s house and travel to four countries. DAILY POST brings 8...

Big Brother Naija 2018 housemate, Anto was evicted from the house again on Sunday. Earlier, Anto was voted back into the show a week after her first eviction. While outside the show, the female housemate discovered that her lover and strategic partner, Lolu, had a relationship. She came back …...

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria will meet Donald Trump in Washington on April 30 to discuss issues including “fighting terrorism” and economic growth, the White House announced Sunday. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2JPqxw0 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The Northern socio-political group, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, says it has not decided the fate of President Mohammadu Buhari in the 2019 election. Chairman of the group, Ibrahim Coomasie, who made the remark, noted that ACF will soon give directives on which candidate the North should...

A former presidential aide, Rene Omokri, on Sunday, released what he called “RealLootersList”, describing it as the list that President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, “should have released”. The list released on Sunday follows a previous one the...

MINNA—Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), has again urged Nigerians to ensure that only the younger generations were voted to power in the country. This came on a day former Military President also threw his weight behind the … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Elder statesman and Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed has described the president Muhammadu Buhari-led government as a complete disaster. Mohammed said the Buhari government had thrown Nigeria into turmoil, thereby making the nation ungovernable. He made these observations in an...

Some Oando Plc shareholders on Sunday demanded the immediate sack of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, accusing her of “unwholesome interference in the smooth operation of the capital market.” The aggrieved investors also accused Mrs Adeosun of meddling with the functions of the...

Director General, National Taskforce to combat illegal importation, smuggling of goods, small arms, ammunition and light-weapons, Dr. Osita Emmanuel Okereke, has called on Nigerian communities to be on alert, claiming that members of terror group Boko Haram have infiltrated herdsmen to cause...

Plateau State Police Command has said it has recorded 19 rape cases from February to date. Commissioner Mr. Undie Adie, who briefed reporters in Jos at the weekend, lamented the increasing rate of defilement, saying 24 suspects had been arraigned. Click here to read more

The Police have appealed to members of the public to be patient with them as the move to rescue the kidnapped twins of Oba Lekan Balogun. The twins were kidnapped in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, last week. The abductors, who demanded N100million, reduced it to N40milion. Click here to...

A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has vowed that the party will never allow Senator Iyiola Omisore to leave the party. He said this while describing the former Deputy Governor as an invaluable member of the main opposition party...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has spoken on the purported cut-off marks being circulated in some section of the media. The board’s Head of Media and Information Department, Dr Fabian Benjamin debunked the report saying no cut-off mark whether for programmes or institutions...

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted efforts by governments, security agencies, religious and community leaders, to rescue the remaining 112 Chibok girls and Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, from Boko Haram’s captivity. Saraki in a statement by his Special...

Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, disclosed how he was betrayed by many of those he made during his reign as governor of the state after losing a re-election on June 21, 2014. Fayemi claimed that some of those he entrusted with positions during his administration...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said it will be impossible for his administration to identify and recover all looted funds of the country. He also said his administration has not done badly, compared to what it met on ground when he took over power in 2015. Click here to read more

Towards eradicating malnutrition among Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Nigeria, Promasidor Nigeria Limited donated products to Empower 54 Project, that is at the forefront of eradicating malnutrition in the country. The Founder/President, Empower54, Princess Modupe Ozolua, said the...

Former FBI director James Comey has said Donald Trump is a man "morally unfit to be president", who treats women like "pieces of meat". Mr Comey was giving his first major television interview since he was fired by President Trump last year.… Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2qAlWFq...