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Billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has encouraged African countries to be deliberate in liberalising integration and allow for easy entry and exit of Africans. The Dangote Group CEO, who spoke on Sunday at the 30th Afreximbank Annual Meetings held in Accra, Ghana, stated that if the continent was committed to boosting …

Actress Bimbo Ademoye has narrated how movie makers wanted to take advantage of her. During an interview with Sun Newspaper, Bimbo Ademoye said moviemakers and producers wanted to use her body because of movie roles but she refused. According to her, most moviemakers wanted to give her movie roles she …

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday decorated the acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun with his new rank at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that the acting IGP before his appointment by President Bola Tinubu on Monday was a Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG. The decoration was …

The Human Rights Watch in a report titled ‘Corruption, Godfatherism and the Funding of Political Violence,’ observed that “godfathers are not mere financiers of political campaigns; rather (they) are individuals whose power stems not just from wealth but from their ability to manipulate national, state or local political systems in …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Service Chiefs. The new Service Chiefs are: 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of Defence Staff 3 Maj. T. A Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff 4 Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla Chief of …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday met with the co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, and the chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. Tinubu met with Gates and Dangote at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting was disclosed by Tinubu’s media aide, Dayo Olusegun, via his Twitter handle. According to …

David Adeleke, nicknamed Davido, a famous artist, has said that the most beautiful girls in Nigeria are from his wife, Chioma’s native state of Imo. He made the claim while appearing as a guest on the most recent episode of the Drink Champs podcast, which is co-hosted by N.O.R.E and …

Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, has declared June 28 as Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha, also known as Sallah, features the slaughtering of ram during the period known as the “festival of sacrifice”. Eid al-Adha commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s readiness to sacrifice his son, Isma’il, in order to demonstrate his dedication …

The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has pleaded with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike not to stay away from him even if he crosses over to the other side of the political divide. Fubara said this during a thanksgiving reception for Wike on Sunday at his private residence on Ada-George …

The senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, on Sunday said the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi, is only wasting his time entertaining Nigerians at the President Election Tribunal in Abuja. Giwa, during his sermon in Akure, said he knew …