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The Indian subcontinent was the first place where modern microfinance, at the time called “micro credit,” really became a phenomenon.  Whilst small scale lending has been going on for centuries, it was in the 1970s that…

The Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has written to the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police seeking the probe of an alleged peddler of false claim of the death of President…

The echoes of the 2015 presidential election won by President Muhammadu Buhari reverberated on Tuesday as former President Goodluck Jonathan presented his book, ‘My Transition Hours,’ to the public in Abuja.Dignitaries that…

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is gradually regaining his lost ‘territories’ in the South West with support from Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the embattled national chairman of…

Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the Southwest will not drop the position of Vice President for a lesser office. Reacting to a report that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had zoned the…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed how some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governors worked against his re-election in 2015. Jonathan in his new book, ‘My Transition Hour,’ which he publicly presented in Abuja on Tuesday,…

A 40-year-old man, Mr Joseph Abanda has revealed that he killed one Umaru Yakubu, for having sex with his wife in the bush. According to Punch Nigeria, the Niger State Police Command has arrested Joseph Abanda, for the death of Umaru…

Queen of afro-pop music, Tiwa Savage, has stunned many of her fans after revealing that she sometimes feels depressed by low self-esteem. The Mavin queen, also revealed that she only looks beautiful by the help of make-ups and…

Ahead of next year’s general elections, a Second Republic senator and National Leader of Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Fasanmi, has promised to convene a meeting of Yoruba leaders. The meeting, he said,…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, on Tuesday insisted that there is no fight between him and the current Governor Ambode Akinwunmi . Obviously referring to recent…

A man identified as Fidelis Michael has been reportedly arrested for kissing king’s daughter in the Ejigbo area of Lagos. An act which reportedly drew the fury of the monarch. According to a report by PM Express, Michael was caught and…

The Oyo State government has said the September and October salaries approved by Governor Abiola Ajimobi have been paid to the civil servants and teachers on government employ. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and…

American celebrity Blac Chyna bleaching cream to sell for N90,000 in Nigeria. She made this revelation via her Instagram post and Nigerians have reacted to the exorbitant cost of the cream. The model and mother of two partnered with…

Moroccan lady who got ditched by her lover, reportedly killed and butchered him before cooking and serving his remains to workers at United Arab Emirates. The ditched lady who dated her lover for 7 years, killed him at her home in Al…

Igbo leaders in the and scores of traditional rulers from Imo state have disagreed over which presidential candidate Igbo people will support in 2019 general elections.Southeast Voice recall that hundreds   Imo monarchs led by His…

Robert De Niro and his wife, Grace Hightower, have called it quits after over 20 years of marriage, according to multiple reports. A source close to Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower told Page Six on Tuesday that De Niro, 75, and…

The umbrella body of global mobile operators, GSMA says 93 percent of the global population now have access to mobile phones.It said the figure is more than people who have basic services such as electricity, or sanitation, or…

Super Eagles’ Ahmed Musa has criticised the criteria used in the selection of the BBC African Player of the Year nominees and has termed it all politics. No Nigerian player was deemed good enough to make the cut of the five…

Amidst the brouhaha still trailing the allegation levelled against Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, of collecting kickbacks from contractors, the National secretarial of the All Progressive Congress (APC)…

The Lagos State Police Command said a suspected robber, Yusuf Nasiru, has started giving information to detectives because he is angry that his gang members gave up on him when he needed them most. Nasiru was said…

Three members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun state have dragged the party and its governorship candidate in the September 22 governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, to court for allegedly contesting…

Controversy is said to be currently trailing the award of oil facilities surveillance contract to a the tune of $18.48million by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), without adherence to the nation's…

Former Chief of Staff to Imo State Governor, Mr Uche Nwosu, has said the threat by the National Working Committee (NWC) to aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to withdraw their suits or face sanctions…

•’Fed Govt achieves 1,360 per cent success rate than PDP’s 16 years’ THE Presidency has condemned the comment by former United Kingdom (UK) Secretary of State for International Development Ms Priti Patel attacking…