Year: 2015
Musician Mukaila Adeoye Drops ‘Warning’
Kayode Aponmade Retired civil servant turned Gelede Ado Apala musician, the Amuludun of Ado-Awaye, Chief Mukaila Ayinla Adeoye recently released…
Halima Abubakar Condemns Xenophobic Attacks
Kayode Aponmade Nollywood star actress, Halima Abubakar has condemned the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. The actress…
Audu Maikori Quits As Chocolate City Boss
Funsho Arogundade It was an emotional moment for many at the just concluded Nigerian Entertainment Conference 2015 held at Oceanview…
Mercy Johnson, Ramsey Nouah Sizzle In ‘Thy Will Be Done’
Funsho Arogundade In the highly anticipated Thy Will Be Done, a film by multiple award-winning director Obi Emelonye, set to…
Top Musicians For Lagos Int’l Jazz Festival 2015
Funsho Arogundade Inspiro Productions, organisers of Lagos International Jazz Festival, have unveiled a list of performing acts for this year’s concert.…
Nigerian Idol 5 Unveils Top 12 Finalists
Funsho Arogundade After scaling series of screening exercise hurdles including stage performances and a public voting process in the on-going…
Joke Silva: Training Is Key To Longevity In Nollywood
Funsho Arogundade Veteran actress, Joke Silva has reiterated that proper and regular training is the only factor that can guarantee…
I Spent My School Fees On Music Instruments – Flipty
Funsho Arogundade Folorunso Philips, popularly known as Fliptyce, is no doubt one of the most patronised music producers in the…
South Sudan opposition leader under ‘house arrest’
A South Sudanese opposition leader who has spoken out against both sides in the civil war said Friday he appeared…
Building Self-Confidence
By Aidy Thomas Self-confidence is one asset anyone anticipating success in life should acquire. It starts basically from the perception…
Grasscutter Farming: A Potent Tool To Fight Poverty
By Prince Arinze Onebunne If asked what a grasscutter is, what will be your answer? An instrument to cut grass?…
Guardiola’s Bayern to play Barca in Champions League semis
Pep Guardiola will return to face his former club Barcelona after the draw for the Champions League semi-finals on Friday…
Pacquiao-Mayweather weigh-in tickets cost $10
Promoters of the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather mega fight have taken the unusual step of charging for the weigh-in after a…
Niger govt. assures of smooth hand over to APC
The Niger Government has assured the incoming All Progressives Congress (APC) governor-elect, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, of a smooth handover on…
FG to privatise BOA, BOI, NCX
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has announced its plans to commence the privatisation process of the Bank of Agriculture…
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Reps. pass N4.4trn 2015 budget, approves N953.62bn as debts service
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2015 budget of N4.4 trillion with an appeal to the incoming administration…
APC will end poverty, not manage it – Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that the party will not manage the…
Don’t recycle old, overused politicians, Onovo tells APC
Chief Martin Onovo, Presidential Candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the March 28 election, on Thursday urged the…
Crude Oil Crash: Nigeria may lose $10bn in 2015
Nigeria’s oil and gas revenue will drop by 10 billion dollars in 2015, if crude oil price average 53 dollars…
Reps want Presidential Scholarship Scheme suspended
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, Rep. Aminu Suleiman, has called for the Presidential Scholarship Scheme to…
Chechnya leader gives ‘shoot to kill’ orders on Russian forces
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Thursday ordered his troops to “shoot to kill” if they encountered any unauthorised Russian forces…
Xenophobia: AFBA to drag S.Africa to UN Security Council
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Members of the African Bar Association (AFBA), have threatened to file criminal complaints against the government of the…
Boko Haram chase Nigerian troops from Sambisa
Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast…
Murder: Lagos court frees APC chieftain, 2 others
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in Lagos discharged and acquitted an APC chieftain, Dr Tola Kasali, 63,…
3.2 m Nigerians live with HIV
The Society for Family Health says more than 3.2 million Nigerians are still living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).…
Notorious OLX nanny releases another kidnap victim
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday reunited Miss Henrietta Otobo, a 17-year-old kidnap victim with her family, Mr and…
Edo NLC run parallel congress, elect 2 chairmen
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, deepened on Thursday, following the emergence of two factional chairmen at…
Mark visits Buhari, talk strategizes
Nigeria Senate President, David Mark has paid a courtesy visit to president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The meeting which…
Pacquiao will beat Mayweather – George Foreman
Former world heavyweight champion George Foreman likes Manny Pacquiao over unbeaten Floyd Mayweather in their welterweight showdown next week in…
Fuel subsidy protest killing: Court adjourns to June 25
A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Thursday adjourned to June 25, the hearing in the case involving a…