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When Olajumoke Orisaguna photo-bombed popular and accomplished photographer, TY Bello’s shoot with British-born Nigerian rapper, Tinie Tempah, she never knew what lied ahead of her. Few days after the shoot, she became an internet sensation…

The Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI) has debunked reports that its chairman, Theophilus Danjuma, has resigned. Head of Media and Communications of the Committee, Alkasim Abdulkadir, made this known in a…

Five Cameroonian athletes have gone missing from their accommodation at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, team officials have confirmed. Press attache Simon Molombe told the BBC officials viewed it as "desertion" and that the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N28billion from tax defaulters for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Executive Chairman of the FIRS Babatunde Fowler stated this when he led a delegation to…

NIGERIAN Financial Intelligence Unit’s (NFIU) expulsion from the Egmont Group was never on the agenda of the group’s last meeting in March, it was learnt yesterday. This is contrary to media reports prior to the meeting held in…

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five serving policemen over the alleged robbery attempt on one Mr Immanuel James, at Ago-Palace way, Okota, a Lagos suburb. The suspects — two Inspectors and three Sergeants…

Party: no such plot Rather than go away, tenure elongation is still haunting the All Progressives Congress (APC). Some of its members yesterday cried out over the content of a memo presented to the National Executive…

Teleology Holdings Limited (THL), the preferred bidder for 9mobile Limited, has paid the $50 million unrefundable deposit for its acquisition of the firm. It has 90 days to pay the $450 million balance to seal the deal. 9mobile…

•Presidency: looters behind it SOME Nigerians living in London yesterday protested against President Muhammadu Buhari. The protesters stormed the Abuja House in Kensington London, where the President is staying, blaming him for…

Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has described as a `misquote’ the report that President Muhammadu Buhari had pledged only one term presidency and will never seek re-election in view of his age status. President Buhari, 75, had on…

Mohamed Salah ensured Liverpool’s return to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in a decade as a 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday took them through 5-1 on aggregate and ended Manchester City’s European dream…

Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, has deactivated his Facebook account following the latest privacy crisis rocking the social media platform. It’s been almost three weeks since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke and Facebook users…

Kostas Manolas capped a sensational Roma comeback as the Italian side shocked Barcelona 3-0 in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg to progress on away goals after the tie finished 4-4 on aggregate. Edin Dzeko’s early…

A middle aged housewife, Umma Bashir, on Tuesday dragged her husband, Ibrahim Bashir, to a Sharia Sourt II at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for renting out her bedroom without her knowledge. The complainant told the court that her…

According to reports, a woman has set her cheating boyfriend’s car on fire after failing to smash the bulletproof windows. The lady tried to break the windows by hitting them repeatedly and at full-force with a big rock. The windows,…

A man has taken to Facebook to call out a lady who allegedly stole his phone and reset it to factory setting. The man identified as Moses Dickson, said the lady is a final year student of Fine and Applied Arts in Niger Delta…

Multiple music award winner, Innocent Idibia, has announced his entrant into politics. He, however, did not reveal under which political platform and at what level he would be seeking to actualise his political aspiration. Idibia…

A Nigerian man is currently in shock after he discovered that his wife of 9 years has been exchanging sex textswith another married man The obviously shaken man, then decided to take screenshots of the alleged sex chat and shared on…

= = What is the ‘Foreign Reserve’ of a country? It is the total possible value of foreign currency available to a country, held by its Central Bank to facilitate international trade and transactions. The Foreign Reserves of a…

The next edition of the Big Brother Nigeria reality show should be hosted in Nigeria, says Adedayo Thomas, executive director, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB). Thomas, in an interview with NAN on Tuesday, expressed…

Big Brother Naija 2018 housemate, Nina has lamented the question put to her by Ebuka. She said her relationship with Miracle was now in serious confusion as a result of the said question. Nina now fears she may lose both Collins and…

President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert — once a presidential favourite — on Tuesday left the West Wing in the latest departure from the United States’ White House of a senior adviser. “The president is…

The All Progressives Congress, United Kingdom chapter, said it would pay for Expression of Interest and nomination form for President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest in 2019. The chapter made the promise in a statement by its…

Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo cannot stop President Muhammadu Buhari from winning in 2019. Speaking in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday, Shittu described Buhari’s…