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Popular comedian and Instagram personality Freedom Atsepoyi, popularly known as Mr Jollof, has shut down an Instagram observer identified as @mollybee200. The comedian replied the Instagram user after she compared his wife to media personality, Toke Makinwa.... via Legit.ng –...

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Self proclaimed African giant Burna Boy has been featured in a Newspaper in Denmark. The singer retweeted a post on Twitter where a fan had posted a screenshot of the singer appearing in the newspaper … via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2vGJzSA Get more Nigeria Entertainment...

Over the weekend, Anita Joseph tied the knot with her beau, MC Fish, and she’s feeling so grateful for marrying the love of her life. Check out their pre-wedding shoot. The Nollywood actress took to Instagram to share a few photos from the wedding, … via BellaNaija – https://ift.tt/2UVTnD6...

Award-winning Nollywood actress Funke Akindele-Bello has become the first Nigerian act to reach the 10 million followers milestone on Instagram. The popular actress also known as Jenifa moved ahead of multi-award singer, Ayodeji Balogun also known as Wizkid who has 9.6million followers...

Governor of Imo State Senator Hope Uzodinma has been told to focus his new administration on infrastructural development, education and prompt payment of workers as done by the successful governments of... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/3bI2FIH Get More Nigeria Political News

The Special Adviser to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on the newly constituted council of Emir’s in Kano State, Alhaji Tijjani Mailafiya Sanka has called on the Emir of Kano, HRH Sanusi Mohammed II to as a matter of urgency withdraw all suits... Read more via Vanguard News –...

A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, said Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was behind the success of his administration’s privatisation programme. Mr El-Rufai was the first Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (PBE) established by Mr Obasanjo in his first...

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has filed a preliminary objection to challenge the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to review its January 14 judgement that brought him to power... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/31XmW8A Get More Nigeria Political News

DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege Sunday condemned in very strong terms, the killing of eight persons in Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2P04bfx Get More Nigeria Political News

The uncertainties around where the Super Eagles will play their next game in the qualifying series for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations has now been quelled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). In a statement issued on Sunday, the NFF announced that the 15,400 – capacity Stephen … read more...

Tension in Ondo community over missing farmer as family, residents suspect herdsmen attack. Palpable tension is currently building up in Arimogija town in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State following the disappearance of a farmer in the community..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria –...

A businessman is seeking the reassignment of a suit between him and Eko Hotel and Suites from Justice Saliu Saidu. Solomon Nwadiogbu, who was once a permanent resident in the hotel, said he lacked confidence in the judge handling the case, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria...

The Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), has suggested compulsory psychiatric test for the operatives of Ekiti State Security Network Agency called ‘Amotekun’. The body said subjecting recruits to such exercise would inject sanity into the conduct and operations of the operatives... Read more via...

The Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants under the Lagos Police Command have arrested a kingpin of the Aiye Confraternity, Sikiru Samuel a.k.a Samora in Ikorodu. DSP Bala Elkana, Police Public Relations, in a statement on Sunday, said the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, deployed...

Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has disclosed that retired generals would be placed in charge of the proposed Southeast regional security outfit. Iwuanyanwu said that former warlords and retired security officers may oversee the security operation.... Read more via Daily Post...

Following the improvement in the weather and visibility at Lagos, foreign airlines who hitherto diverted their Lagos bound flights to Ghana have started landing at the Murtala Muhammed International airport Lagos. For over two weeks all international flights were diverting to Accra, Ghana due...

Nikita Pearl Waligwa, the actress, who starred in the Queen of Katwe, a film about a chess prodigy from a slum in Uganda, is dead. 15 years old Nikita had a brain tumour. She was first diagnosed in 2016.... via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/3bMWiUL Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The Imo State chapter of Ourmumudondo group yesterday pleaded with the members of the public to dissociate them from the last pro-Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, protest in Imo, headed by their founder Charles Oputa, known as Charley Boy. According to the State Co-ordinator of the … via...

The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,600 on Sunday after 139 more people died in hard-hit Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. In its daily update, the province’s health commission also reported 1,843 fresh cases — … Read more via Daily Nation | Home –...