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Akeem Lasisi Although she is still a student at Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State, Damilola Adeshina is making steady progress in the modeling world. The final-year Accounting student believes that she has what it takes to become a successful model that is why she decided to delve …...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, on Wednesday, said it received 166, 575 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) of new registrants and distributed over 4,000 PVCs in a week. Sam Olumekun, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, told journalists after a...

Igbos and supporters of the defunct Biafra on Wednesday marked the 30th remembrance of the rested country. In South eastern part of the country, commercial activities were paralysed due to the sit-at-home order earlier given by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Shops and markers in Enugu...

One person has been killed following an alleged attempt by some unknown gunmen to assassinate the Amanyanabo of Okochiri Kingdom in Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Majesty, King Ateke Tom. It was gathered that Ateke, an ex-Niger Delta freedom fighter, had visited...

The forum of South-South Governors on Wednesday in Port Harcourt restated its demand for restructuring and 13 per cent derivation from a federal government withdrawal. The spokesperson for the forum, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, said after a one day meeting that the demand was in the …...

Jason Njoku is the pioneering British-Nigerian founder and CEO of iROKO, a multimedia company that provides paid-for, on-demand Nollywood content to audiences worldwide. He spoke of his business experience in this interview culled from ‘How We Made It In Africa’. Excerpts What’s is the...

This thread is being created for anything and everything Bonds including FGN Bonds and FGN Savings Bonds. I don’t know a lot about it but I’m also looking to invest in bonds…hence,this information gathering quest Let’s move this thread forward by sharing the how-to, tips, tricks and rates of …...

Drake has finally spoken up after Pusha T unearthed of him wearing the racist Blackface and used it to promote his latest Drake diss track called, The Story of Adidon. Recall that their feud started after Pusha dissed Drake on Infrared, and the Canadian rapper replied with a hit freestyle...

Pusha T really did hit a nerve because Drake’s dad, Dennis Graham, has taken to his Instagram to unleash a sexist vitriol on Wendy WIlliams for reciting lines from Pusha’s diss track, The Story of Adidon. It all started yesterday after everyone started talking about the diss track and Wendy...

Kim Kardashian and President Trump finally met yesterday at the White House to discuss prison reform, and particularly the case of Ms. Alice Marie Johnson who had served more than 20 years in prison for a low-level drug offence. The news of the meeting was first reported yesterday and it...

Berom Educational and Cultural Organisation (BECO) yesterday regretted that the outgoing month was a bloody one for the ethnic nationality, particularly in Barkin Ladi and Riyom council areas of Plateau State. The group expressed displeasure … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

Two police officers have been killed in an attack launched on a police patrol vehicle in Ada George area of Port Harcourt. The attack which took place on Wednesday, May 30, at about 12.10 am was carried out by some unknown gunmen......... Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has insisted that the attacks and killings in the state could be regarded as a jihad, following verifiable comments by the various herdsmen groups in the country which openly declared a jihad in the state. Gov Samuel Ioraer Ortom … Read more via...

A yet-to-be identified 27 year-old Nigerian is awaiting extradition by Poland to the United States over an estimated $7m cybercrime. The Nigerian was arrested by Poland’s police in the southwestern city of Wroclaw in connection with alleged cyberfraud and extortion done over the internet. The...

Telecom Operators Give Reasons For Network Interruption In Nigeria. Telecom operators on Saturday blamed intermittent interruptions on network on vandalism of base stations, destruction of optic fibre, high forex and shutting of base stations by government agencies. If You Are Experiencing ...

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, yesterday, insisted that there is no part of the state that is under Boko Haram occupation as being insinuated in some quarters. Gov Kashim … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2xtwmxd Get More Nigeria Political News

Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday said part of what the Goodluck Jonathan administration did to improve the Nigerian economy was target setting. She said this while calling for a massive education of insurance policy makers in the country to achieve deep insurance...

With the persistent attacks by herdsmen in Nigeria, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, urged state governors to take urgent steps at nipping the attacks in the bud, saying it was not the … Read more via Vanguard News –...

An English-based player dominates Marca’s splash but it is Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen rather than David de Gea. The only mention of Gareth Bale is the fact that he posed in the new Real Madrid kits ahead of next season but Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t. Marca does report that Real president …...

The couple asked for charitable donations and also set up a private gift list for their closest friends and family members. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have had to return some of the presents they received for their ......... Read more via HOLA – https://ift.tt/2J1aDOg Get more World News