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Mo Abudu is the CEO of Ebony Life TV and also a prolific filmmaker. She hosted John Boyega, a Nigerian born Hollywood star to a dinner party after he announced his intention for Nollywood. Top Nollywood stars and colleagues of…

Big Brother Naija housemate, Cee-C, has told her estranged partner, Tobi, that he gave her a reason to love herself. This came up when the housemates were told to tell each other what they like in the other person. The task came up…

A bodyguard for Floyd Mayweather was wounded when a gunman in a vehicle opened fire on the boxer’s motorcade. The vehicle was travelling through an Atlanta intersection early on Monday, police said. Mayweather was not in the…

The management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has extended the registration of the Batch A stream II prospective Corps Members. The scheme had on March 25, 2018, notified prospective corps members that registration portal…

Former world heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson has again doubted the pedigree of Nigerian-born British boxer, Anthony Joshua. Joshua became the WBO, IBF and WBA (Super) champion recently. Joshua…

Kemi Adeosun, the minister of finance, has come under intense pressure to deny blocking the dubious payment of $16.5 million to Nigerian lawyers over the recovery of Abacha Loot, sources in her office have told TheCable. “There have…

Founder and Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he would support President Muhammadu Buhari in his re-election bid if he (the president) canvassed for his support. Pastor Bakare spoke in an…

Oil prices rose more than two per cent on Monday, supported by a rebound in the stock market as trade war between the United States and China eased. Brent crude futures rose  to settle at 68.65 dollars a barrel. Brent prices gained…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is seeking re-election because of the “clamour by Nigerians”. His media office, in a statement, said while addressing a closed-door meeting of the national executive council of the All Progressives…

According to reports reaching Parrot Nigeria, A woman who resides in Lagos has accused her husband of brutally beating and maltreating her after she advised him about drinking alcohol. According to the woman, after she advised her…

After failing to make the podium in the first four days of action at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, the medals are now coming in for Team Nigeria. Just after the jinx was broken for Nigeria by the men’s…

Omoyele Sowore, 2019 presidential aspirant and founder of online news platform, Saharareporters, has described Nigeria as a sick nation under the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. He gave this verdict during a…

Shares, financing and banking were the three top economic activities that attracted the bulk of the $47.45 billion foreign exchange inflow to Nigeria in the last four years. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Sunday that it had updated its outstanding audit of the group financial statements from 2011 to 2016. NNPC Spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, said in a statement in Abuja that the…

APC Chieftain Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (left), and Wife of Ondo state Governor, Chief Mrs Betty Anyanwu - Akeredolu (right), during the engagement ceremony of Efuntoun Olayinka Osoba, the daughter of former Governor of Ogun state, Chief…

A Canadian fertility doctor, Norman Barwin, may face a class action lawsuit in which he is accused of using his own sperm to inseminate 11 of his clients without their knowledge or consent. In a statement, Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP,…