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Laycon Reacts As Instablog Compares Him With Vector

Big Brother Naija star Laycon has cautioned Instablog against comparing him to rapper Vector.  The 27-year-old quoted Instablog’s tweet saying the blog should not compare both of them again. He said Vector is his big brother in the rapping game. “Please don’t do this again Vector is my BIG bro in the game,” he wrote. Born Olamilekan Agbelshe, Laycon began rapping at a...

Santa Claus Spotted At Oka Market In Benin City Sharing Onions (video)

Father Christmas was spotted at Oka Market, Benin City sharing onions. Onions is now gold is some parts of Nigeria. https://youtu.be/OtBB0Ngnwag

Regina Daniels Named In Petition Over Alleged Plot To Assassinate Ned Nwoko

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has been named in a petition written by her husband Ned Nwoko over an alleged plot to assassinate him. Nwoko, a businessman and ex-lawmaker, in a petition to the police alleged that a prisoner at Kuje Prison said he overheard two other prisoners discussing how they were sponsored by an oil magnate to assassinate him. The two...

Rapper Ycee Remembers His Dad 19 Years After Death

Rapper and songwriter Ycee has remembered his dad 19 years after death, Igbere TV reports. The 27-year-old in a tweet asked his fans to say a silent prayer whenever they see his tweet on Friday. “Today makes it 19 years without my dad THE ALHAJI on the face of this earth. Please say a silent prayer for him on my behalf...

BBNaija’ Vee marks her territory after a fan indicated interest in her man Neo

Vee of Big Brother Naija is not taking chances when it comes to her fellow reality star and love interest Neo. She was quick to mark her territory when a fan shared a photo of Neo and said she's  in Lagos and wants an appointment with him. Vee replied: "There is a queue and I heard it's  VEE-I-P access only. "  

DJ Cuppy Shows Off The Bulgari Wristwatch Her New Man Gifted Her (Photos)

Billionaire daughter and entertainer, DJ cuppy took to her Instagram story to flaunt the Bulgari wristwatch a man gifted her to 'kick things off' during their date night. She wrote in her caption; 'He bought me Bulgari (to kick things off)," The wristwatch is worth over N3million. See below.  

Veteran Actor Adebayo Salami Shares Throwback Photo With Jide Kosoko, Others

Veteran Nollywood actor Adebayo Salami has shared a throwback picture of himself with colleagues Jide Kosoko, Ngozi Nwosu, Yinka Quadri and some other people, Igbere TV reports. The 67-year-old shared the picture on Instagram on Thursday. “Alhamdulillah for the journey so far. For the grace of growth and more, we are grateful,” he wrote. Adebayo is husband to many wives and father...

‘Don’t let any brand body shame you” – Fans tells Dorathy after she was seen in pains during a photoshoot (Video)

Fans of Big Brother Naija, season 5 housemate, Dorathy Bachor has pleaded to her, not to kill herself after a video of her in pain during a photoshoot surfaced on the internet. This comes after the reality star shared a video of herself trying to fix into a waist trainer and could be seen in discomfort on her instastories. Reacting to the video;...

#EndSARS protesters ask panel to summon Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, others

The counsel for the #EndSARS protesters, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana has asked the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters to summon Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and 12 others. He made said this in a December 9 application to panel chairman, Judge Emeritus Doris Okuwobi. The application, seen by The Nation,...

Nigeria loses Justice Sylvester Nsofor, Ambassador to the United States

Justice Sylvester Adiewere Nsofor, 85, Nigerian ambassador to the United States is dead following a brief illness at Maryland hospital in the United States according to a source at the Nigerian Mission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nsofor until his demise was Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States since assumption of office on November 13, 2017. The appointment which was...

U.S. donates maritime security equipment worth $180,000 to Nigerian Navy

The U.S. has donated maritime security equipment worth $180,000 (70 million) to the Nigerian Navy, the U.S Consulate in Lagos said in a statement on Friday. The equipment is to enable the navy to upgrade the anti-piracy and nautical security functions of the country’s Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC). RMAC was developed in 2006 to upgrade the maritime domain awareness capability of U.S. partners. The consulate said that the equipment donated were integrated...

Stolen Ogun Assembly mace recovered in Lagos

The mace of the Ogun State House of Assembly, which was stolen on Thursday, has been recovered in Lagos State. The mace was carted away by some unknown hoodlums yesterday. The hoodlums were said to have broken into the office of the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo overnight and went away with the symbol of authority. The Ogun State Police Command Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the head...

Lil Wayne sued by former manager for more than $20M over past earnings

Lil Wayne has been sued by his former manager Ronald Sweeney for more than $20 million over past earnings. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Lil Wayne hired Sweeney in 2005 to help him negotiate his contract with Birdman’s Cash Money over their years-long legal dispute, which was ultimately settled back in 2018 with Sweeney’s help. However, the lawyer says...

FG: No plan to introduce new taxes in 2021

The Federal Government said on Friday that it was not planning to introduce any new taxes in 2021, but is making efforts to reduce the tax burden on the Nigerian people in view of the current economic situation occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall in the prices of crude oil in the international market. Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed who...

Brazil’s richest man, Safra dies at 82

Brazil’s richest man, Joseph Safra, is dead. He died on Thursday at the age of 82, his company, Safra Group, said in a statement. With a fortune estimated at $23.3 by Forbes magazine, the banker was ranked as the 64th richest person in the world. The Brazilian Federation of Banks (Febraban) also confirmed the billionaire’s death in a statement. “It is with great...

675 fresh COVID-19 infections take Nigeria’s total caseload to 71,344. Deaths, recoveries updated

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 675 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19 cases were recorded in 15 states of the federation and Abuja. It added that the number of COVID-19 fatalities in Nigeria stood at 1,190 as at Thursday night. Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased...

LASU increases fresh students’ tuition fee by 168%

Lagos State University (LASU) has increased the tuition fee for new students of the institution by 168 percent effective from this academic session. In a circular titled: “2020/2021 online admission screening exercises (100-level – both regular without comprehensive entrepreneurship training and regular with comprehensive entrepreneurship training – and direct entry candidates,” and made public on Thursday, the university management said...

Five Indians Jailed For Oil Theft In Lagos

 The Lagos Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of five illegal oil thieves to one year imprisonment each before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos The convicts, who are all Indian nationals, are: Visal Guleria, Pranjal Singh, Rahul Pathania , Akash Kumar and Sahil Sharma. They...

Money Laundering Charge: Court Orders Mompha To Open His Defence

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed the “no- case application” filed by an internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha popularly known as Mompha. Justice Mohammed Liman in his ruling on the “no-case application” held that from the totality of the evidence and testimonies of the prosecution witnesses, the court is convinced that the prosecution has established a prima facie case against...

FG not doing enough in fight against Boko Haram –US

United States has expressed concern over what it described as lack of adequate government response to the expansion of terrorists activities in Nigeria. In a special press briefing via teleconference, US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel D. Brownback said  terrorism continues to happen and grow, in some places unabated, noting that the Federal Government’s  response has been minimal to not happening at all. Brown made the assertion...