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British-Nigerian actor, John Boyega,made a stunning statement while on a show on CNBC Africa. And according to the talented actor, he is planning to shoot a low budget Nigerian movie with about $20-$25million (N9billion). Boyega…

Barely a week after the death of a member representing Lokoja/Kogi/Koton Karfe, Umar Buba Jibril, another Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Mustapha Bukar, has died. On March 17, a senator representing Bauchi South, Ali Wakili, died at the…

Bayero University, Kano, is working towards the establishment of a community radio and television stations, says Mohammad Yahuza Bello, the institution’s vice-chancellor. According to Guardian, Bello made the disclosure at the 34th…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has charged local operators in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry to continue to conduct their operations with transparency. This is coming as ExxonMobil affiliates in…

The police have arrested six persons for allegedly aiding the escape of six suspects from police custody in Division ‘A’ Lokoja, Kogi State, on Wednesday, last week. Those arrested include John Beneche, 22, Seye Atowoju, 27, Danjuma…

China Wednesday announced plans to hit the United States with new tariffs of 25 percent on soybeans, aircraft, cars and other imports worth $50 billion, hours after Washington unveiled its own target list. China’s commerce ministry…

The Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC has said that the recent disengagement of some workers at the embassy followed due process. Senior officials at the embassy said that the benefits of the 15 local workers, who were recently laid…

Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth (Google) has celebrated legendary author Maya Angelou who died at the age of 86, on May 28, 2014. Angelou died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the United States…

Igbinedion University has released Big Brother Naija Ex-Housemate, BamBam’s alleged results, to refute claims that she failed due to sexual advances from lecturers. BamBam who returned to the country yesterday, alongside her lover,…

Tragedy struck in Abia on Tuesday as two women died in an auto crash involving the motorcade of Nkechi Ikpeazu, wife of Abia governor. One of the dead women was identified as Promise Uche-Nwamkpa, wife of a former member of the Abia…

Stella Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, says she has never taken illegal proceeds from government coffers. Oduah said this in a statement on Tuesday while reacting to her inclusion in the federal government’s looters list.…

The embattled Oluwo of Iwoland, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has said that God is using those against his lifestyle (swag) to make him popular, insisting that he has the right as a king to bear the tag ’emir’ and other kingship titles in…

So ace Nigerian comedian, Julius Agwu is in Rivers State and he left us teary and at the same time joyful, with this video of meeting his mother in the farm he shared. The video came with this caption; waaao ‼ #BigSurprise😳 for …

Evicted Big Brother Naija 2018 housemates, Teddy A and Bambam who are currently in the country and are already having their media tour, have reacted to their toilet romance that went viral across the country. It would be recalled that…

Olabiyi Durojaiye, the chairman of the board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is working very hard to shift the goalposts and force the sale of 9mobile to Smile Telecoms Holdings, TheCable can report. The troubled…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday commenced the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for the second quarter of 2018 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The exercise commenced at the Karu centre at…

The embattled  former National Security Adviser, currently in detention, Sambo Dasuki, was a financier and facilitator of the 1983 military coup which terminated Nigeria’s Second Republic and installed Muhammadu Buhari as Head of State.…

The government of Switzerland has blocked several bank accounts in the country linked to the planned bribery trial of Eni and Shell executives in Milan, Italy, as it relates to the infamous Malabu oil scam. On Monday, the office of…

Lagos State Police Command said yesterday it recovered 188 guns and 280 ammunition between September and last weekend. Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal, who spoke at a news briefing in Ikeja, said among the weapons were those…

•Anyaoku, Tinubu, Ukiwe eulogise statesman at 90 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has been campaigning against President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, has been described as a failure by elder statesman Chief Ayo Adebanjo.…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State fell off while alighting from his official car last Friday and injured his left foot, a statement from the Kogi State Government House, Lokoja, said on Tuesday. The statement signed by Mr Kingsley…

The Alake of Egbaland, Adedotun Gbadebo, says President Muhammadu Buhari deserves to be re-elected to enable him consolidate on the policies and programmes he has initiated to transform the country. Mr Gbadebo stated this when a…

Jay-Z, American rapper, says he cried when his mother, Gloria Carter, revealed to him that she was in love with another woman. In 2017, the hip hop mogul’s mother came out as a lesbian and the development inspired him to write…

Zinedine Zidane’s defending Champions Real Madrid trashed Juventus 3-0. Zidane returned to his old stumping ground in Turin and armed with red-hot Cristiano Ronaldo and left with a well deserved victory. Real Madrid started same team…