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Suspected internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha has been granted a bail of N100 million by a Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He was granted bail on Friday after he was arraigned for alleged N33 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had arrested Mompha on 19 October at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...

ENTERTAINMENTBBNaija’s winner, Mercy regrets fame, cries out for her old life published 2 days ago on November 27, 2019By Seun Opejobi Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, winner, Mercy has cried out over the challenges presented by her current celebrity status. The Nigerian celebrity who got to fame following her appearance on the entertainment show, says she...

Fabrication engineer and chief executive officer of Bennie Technologies LTD, Jerry Mallo, has unveiled the first made in Nigeria carbon fibre sports car. The carbon fibre car named Bennie Purrie was exhibited on Thursday at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. “ Africa is a good market for luxury vehicles,” Mallo said on ChannelsTV Sunrise Daily on Friday. “I got...

If a report by Daily Trust is anything to go by, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has dropped all 14 count charges against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC was also said to have dropped the charges against Ben Otti, Nnamdi Okonkwo, Stanley Lawson, Lanre Adesanya, and Dauda Lawal, all of whom are...

Nigerian comedian Ayo Makun also known as AY is celebrating his eleventh wedding anniversary with his beautiful wife, Mabel today Friday, November 29, 2019. To mark their special day, the comedian and actor took top his Instagram page where he shared some adorable photos of his family. He went on to celebrate his wife in one of the photos, calling her...

Zenith Bank Plc,  GTBank Plc, Access Bank, First Bank of Nigeria, Citibank Plc and 15 others have disbursed N610.4 billion for 593 projects in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS), CBN’s third quarter (Q3) 2019 economic report revealed. According to the report, while Zenith Bank disbursed N123.91 billion, UBA...

The yuletide season comes to life in Lagos as Zenith Bank Plc lights up Ajose Adeogun Street with the theme “LET THERE BE LIGHT” This year marks the 14th year since the traditional Light-up Ceremony at the Ajose Adeogun roundabout came to be. The official lighting was done by Mr EbenezerOnyeagwu the GMD/CEO, Zenith Bank Plc supported by Executive management,...

 Top global designers and brands will storm Lagos for the “Style by Zenith 2.0” Fair, the second edition of Zenith Bank’s highly anticipated Lifestyle Fair, which holds from Friday, November 29 to Sunday, December 1, 2019, at the Eko Energy City, Eko Atlantic, Victoria Island, Lagos. Some of the top designers billed to feature at the fair include...

The closure of the country’s land borders is contributing to rising inflation says Federal Government. The headline inflation stood at 11.61 per cent as of October according to recent figures from the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance/Budget /National Planning,  explained to the State House Correspondents that...

Nigeria must up-skill to compete successfully in the 4th industrial revolution. This is because the Nigerian labour market is currently seen to have such enormous size but the talents requisite skills needed in the modern-day workplace may be missing. With a workforce of about 85 million people, Nigeria has been described by information communication,...

A leaked e-mail, seen to be sent to Pepsi’s Heads of Depot across the country by the  Managing Director of PEPSI, Ziad Maalouf, stating his determination to stop at nothing, to crush the dreams of Nigerians, has begun raising questions, and generating controversy on Twitter, Instagram, and other Social media platforms. According to him, it's...

The Mexican fighter will who has also only lost once in his career will have a chance to prove his victory against Joshua was not by chance on December 7. Joshua’s fight with underdog Andy Ruiz Jr in New York was stopped in the seventh round during their bout on 1 June at Madison Square Garden in New York Anthony Joshua says he will “reign again” in...

The role of the media is sometimes more important than that of government, said the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Femi, who was represented by the lawmaker representing Bende federal constituency of Abia State, Benjamin Kalu, said the media remains the fourth arm of government and must live up to its responsibilities. He said,...

The appeal court had annulled the February election of Melaye and ordered a fresh one which held on November 16, an exercise that was declared inconclusive while a supplementary poll fixed for November 30.Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the PDP, while speaking on Saturday expressed worry that INEC might not conduct a free and fair election. The Peoples...

Floyd Mayweather has made it clear that he is done with boxing and won't be returning to the ring for a rematch with Manny Pacquiao or for any professional fight. Since he stopped Conor McGregor in the 10th round in 2017, Floyd Mayweather has not fought any professional fight. There has been speculation that Floyd Mayweather could return to professional...

Award-winning Nigeria singer, Burna Boy, has been nominated for a Grammy Award. The recording academy announced the nominees for the 62nd Grammy Awards next year and the Nigeria singer was nominated in the World Music Album category for his album “African Giant”. The World Music category had African music legend like Angelique Kidjo who is also a Grammy...

DJ Cuppy who is currently in Dubai with her Dad and they visited the Fame park today, while at the park, she met with ‘Little Cuppy’, a baby lion in the park. Florence Otedola aka DJ Cuppy has shared an adorable video of herself feeding a baby lion which was named after her in Dubai on Twitter. See her post below: Introducing the world to...

The Super Eagles have received an accolade from Lesotho coach Thabo Senong after they defeated his team 4-2 in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier clash on Sunday in Maseru. South African was defeated by Nigeria from a goal down to side 4-2 in the encounter. The very first goal was by Alex Iwobi in the 26th minute. Further goals came from Samuel...

David Lyon, the Governor-elect of Bayelsa State, on Monday, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa. The aim of his visit is unknown, but it is believed he wants to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to express his happiness and gratitude over the outcome of Saturday’s governorship poll. He was accompanied on the visit by the Minister...

Nigerians have expressed their displeasure at President Muhammadu Buhari for describing the emergence of Yahaya Bello as winner of Saturday's  governorship election in Kogi as a “victory well won”. Bello had won by defeating Musa Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party with 216,518 votes. However, the election was marred with high rate of violence...

The Lagos State newly appointed Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu has made it known that managing the menace of traffic in the metropolis would be his top priority. He disclosed this during a press briefing Monday in Ikeja. Muazu who has just passed on the barton has been posted to Force Headquarters, Abuja as AIG in charge of Counter-Terrorism...

United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, has been rewarded with double honours as it emerged the Bank of The Year 2019 at a business newspaper awards. The bank’s Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, also emerged CEO of the Year at the event. Uzoka beat other CEOs to the prize owing to his sterling achievement since he assumed the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for fairness and transparency towards the Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. According to his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari called on contestants and their supporters to play by the rules....

Aremu Afolayan, an actor and filmmaker, has slammed at the critics who have tagged him a gigolo. In an interview with Scoop Sunday, the actor, who is a brother to Kunle Afolayan, a Nollywood producer, said if his critics got the exposure and opportunity, they had been a gigolo. He said being in a relationship with an older person does not mean he gets...

The President Muhammadu regime has warned tourists and travelers to be wary of Nigerian crossdresser, Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, aka Bobrisky. Reacting to a complaint that Bobrisky used a female restroom at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria's Director-General of National Centre for Arts and Culture, Segun Runsewe, told...

At Kaiama, headquarters of KOLGA Dickson commended traditional rulers, Chiefs, leaders of the party and the people of Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA for the rousing reception and show of solidarity for their son and the PDP and urged them to deliver the area to the PDP come Saturday, November 16. Dickson declared: “I and all leaders of our party are very happy with...

The unlawful arrest and detention of Sowore, who is also the publisher of SaharaReporters, have been greeted with public outcry, both locally and publicly, condemning the actions. Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has called on the Nigerian government to release pro-democracy activist Omoyele Sowore and save the country from further global embarrassm...

Cristiano Ronaldo will undergo a medical at Juventus' training center on Monday morning before finalizing his £105m move from Real Madrid. The 33-year-old Portugal captain will also face the media in his first official press conference since joining the Serie A club. Ronaldo scored 451 goals in 438 games for Madrid during the nine years he spent at...

Banky W has shared his experience with robbers who told him to sing for them after robbing him in Lagos Island. The singer who spoke at ‘Monday Night Live’, a program hosted by a Gospel artiste Tim Godfrey said the incident occurred on a certain December 31 night ‘crossover’ service after he dropped off a friend. Banky W said, “I recall that after a...

Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has presented a total budget size of N1.168trillion for 2020 to the House of Assembly. The budget is tagged “awakening to Greater Lagos”. The Governor presented the budget estimate on Friday, allocating N723.6 billion to capital expenditure and N441.8billion for recurrent expenditure, which represents a ratio of 62-38%. The...