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Host communities of electricity generation companies (Gencos) in the country are demanding steady electricity supply to them at no cost from the Gencos, the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) has claimed. APGC which is the…

The move to divert cargo to other ports across the country received a major boost recently when the Dangote Oil Refinery jetty located at the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos has received its first ever ship call. The ship named “BBC Naples”…

Calling All Models! Have you got what it takes to strut the runways of Africa’s biggest fashion event? Then, the GTBank Fashion Weekend is looking for you. In preparation for the upcoming 2018 GTBank Fashion Weekend, there will be…

Saudi Arabia will offer an electronic visa for foreign visitors to attend sporting events and concerts from December, as it tries to diversify its economy and open its society, local media reported on Wednesday. At present,…

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been slapped with a £1,250 fine after he was caught doing 99mph in a £270,000 Lamborghini on the M1, Daily Star reports. Aubameyang, 29, clocked after six penalty points after he was caught…

The Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has said that a special court martial has been established to try soldiers who are found to be supporting political parties ahead of the 2019 general elections. Buratai said on…

An oil tanker was involved in an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan on Wednesday morning. The tanker fell around Berger area, coming inwards from the Kara area of the expressway. Although the vehicle has been evacuated, the oil spill is…

Over the weekend, Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council(GAC), a leading voice within the All Progressive Congresses (APC) in the state, came up with its final verdict: the incumbent Governor Akin Ambode will not be given a consensus…

NBA legend, LeBron James posed with his new LA Lakers teammates in new photos ahead of new NBA season. LeBron James who joined Lakers this summer as a free agent from Cleveland Cavaliers, was pictured with his new team-mates as part…

Nigerian man in Malaysia has lost his life after he jumped from a building while trying to evade arrest from authorities. According to reports, the deceased who hails from Awkuzu in Anambra State – jumped from a second floor due to…

French man has been sentenced to three months in jail for slapping woman’s bum while on a crowded bus in Paris, France. The court heard the 30-year-old pervert called the woman, 21,  a ‘whore’ and commented on the size of her breasts.…

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has revealed that Paul Pogba will never captain Manchester United again due to his attitude. The French star, Paul Pogba criticised Manchester United inability to attack in the 1-1 draw at…

A banker, Ronke Shonde, allegedly beaten to death by her husband, Lekan, three years ago, died of severe brain injuries, a pathologist, Dr. S.S. Soyele, said yesterday. Soyele, from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital…

Meghan Markle's half-sister Samantha Markle is flying to the UK in an attempt to confront the Duchess of Sussex over their father's health. Outspoken Samantha, 53, and father Thomas Markle, 74, have taken it in turns to make public…

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) on Monday protested at the ECOWAS Secretariat in Asokoro, and also at the Ghanaian High Commission Abuja, against alleged discriminative closure of businesses belonging to Nigerians…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Olorunnimbe Mamora, as the Managing Director of the National  Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). A letter signed by the…

DESPITE ALL THE HATE HE’S GETTING, YOU’D THINK WIZKID MIGHT LOOSE HIS FANS BASE, BUT NAH, THEY JUST PROVED THAT THEY ARE STANDING TALL BEHIND HIM… For weeks now the singer has been on the news, been dragged for either one reason or the…

We don’t know what transpired between this social media user and Toke Makinwa. But she said a prayer for the media personality that God would bless her with a beautiful daughter and Toke replied saying ‘’Soon. Very soon.’’

Oh dear! The camera gets it all! Yesterday during President Buhari’s speech at the UN General Assembly, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki was pictured deep asleep. Below are more photos of him sleeping.

A housewife  has opened up to security operatives why she took a kitchen knife and stabbed her husband to death.  A housewife, Mrs. Damilola Ayeni, who stabbed her husband, Olumide to death in Lagos has finally opened up on what made…

Titi Atiku-Abubakar, the wife of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said she never stole government’s money to run Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). Mrs Abubakar said this at the second…

Former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, has alleged breach of security after a drone, which allegedly flew over his Abeokuta home, was intercepted. Two persons, who operated the drone, were apprehended by security operatives…

Governors of the 36 states of the Federation have said that they will not succumb to blackmail or be stampeded into reaching an agreement on the new minimum wage. This is coming as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliate…

The rift between All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has given impetus to an organised challenge of the party’s dominance in the state as a political…