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Meet Veso Golden Oke, a Nigerian transgender living in Ghana. Veso Golden Oke is a makeup artist, hairstylist and an event planner. This beautiful lady pictured above used to be a man. Then he was known as Messiah Oke Veso, born to a…

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange ended in the red on Monday after President Muhammadu Buhariannounced his re-election bid with large companies ending up as top losers. Unilever, Lafarge, Dangote Cement, Guinness and Dangote…

Adamu Adamu, minister of education, has inaugurated a committee for the accreditation and evaluation of foreign degrees obtained by Nigerians. The minister said there is a need to assess the quality of foreign qualifications obtained…

Leaders of Nigeria’s ruling party and those of the opposition parties reacted differently to President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement on re-election on Monday. Mr Buhari told a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said telecoms giant, MTN, has paid N165billion out of the N330 billion fine slammed on it in 2015 for subscriber identity module (SIM) registration infractions. Its Executive…

The 44-kilometre Obajana–Kabba concrete road project in Kogi will be ready in December, the Managing Director of AG-Dangote Construction Company, Ashif Juma, has said. Mr Juma, who stated this in a statement obtained by the News…

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to contest the 2019 election, saying the country does not need him (Buhari) in 2019. Mr Fayose, who gave his reaction on Monday while…

China is almost set to force rainfall and snow over 1.6 million sq km (620,000 sq miles), an area roughly three times the size of Spain or twice the size of Nigeria(923,768 Sq.kms) According to media reports, the government will use…

Some operatives of the SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) yesterday forced a businessman, Immanuel Ibe-Anyanwu, to go hide in the toilet of a Zenith Bank branch at Ago Palace-Way, Okota, Lagos State in a bid to escape them. 37 year old…

Big Brother Naija housemate, Lolu during his diary section last night revealed to Big Brother that he was molested at the age of 5 by their housemaid, it went out on for four years and he couldn’t tell his mum, Lolu said the housemaid…

A man identified as Austin Akekuano has been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly issuing a dud cheque valued at N2.5 million to the management of Capital Unique Afrique Ltd for the payment of the hotel bills…

Indigenous rapper and YBNL boss, Olamide has laid his mother to rest in a very private ceremony last Thursday, April 5th, at the Ikoyi Cemetery. Being a very quiet and private one, the ceremony had only close family and friends in…

A man identified as Samson Otuedon has been arrested by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State for currency counterfeiting. He was caught in…

…Voting Begins The Junior Chamber International (JCI) Nigeria has unveiled the top 30 Nominees for the 2018 edition of the Junior Chamber International Ten Outstanding Young Persons (JCI TOYP) of Nigeria Programme. The list of the…

John Boyega, a Nigerian-born English actor, says he wanted to shoot the first sequence of his new film ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ in Lagos. The Hollywood star, who also produced the film, has shown a keen interest in carrying the…

Many youth in Kano jubilated on Monday after the news broke that President Muhammadu Buhari would be seeking another term. According to NAN, some of the youth expressed optimism that Buhari would be able to complete the development…

Suspected thugs broke into the Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Campaign office along Dandagoro road, Batagarawa local government area of Katsina state, during the weekend, destroying vehicles parked inside the premises. The suspects…

There are two options for those in contention for the presidency in 2019: run, or run away. Now that President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated his intention to run, dwarfs trying to wear a giant’s shoes should simply run away. The cat…

Royal Dutch Shell paid a total of $4,322,742,582 (about N1.5 trillion) to the Nigerian government in 2017, according to its annual payments report seen by TheCable Petrobarometer. The amount is broken down as $3,197,530,557 for…

Pictured above is the alleged culprit Professor/Pastor, Richard Akindele of the Accounting department of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. According to the conversation, Prof. Akindele was in negotiation with the…

Vegetables are good for our bodies but some particular vegetables top the charts when it comes to health benefits. Here are 10 of the healthiest vegetables on earth. Spinach Spinach may be one of the most popular greens…

The Nigerian Army has set up a panel to probe the allegations made by Theophilus Danjuma, former minister of defence. Speaking at the maiden convocation of the Taraba State University, Danjuma alleged that the army had lost its…

President Muhammadu Buhari says except John Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gets a waiver, he cannot contest for the top position in the ruling party. The president said the same condition applies to…

Nigeria’s foreign reserves have continued to grow significantly with latest figures by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at about $47.37 billion as at April 5. The new figures rose from about $46.2 billion realised at the end of…