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World Bank needs Nigeria to strengthen reforms of its currency, the naira, before it can approve a $1.5 billion loan, its country director said yesterday. Nigeria needs the support to survive low oil prices and make it through the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We recognise how much Nigeria has done,” Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank’s Nigeria country director, said during a...

No fewer than 3,500 candidates, who sat for the post- Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for admission into the University of Benin (UNIBEN) risk missing their admissions because of the collapse of the institution’s Internet servers. The university, in a short messaging service (SMS), directed the affected candidates, who wrote the examination from across the country to return to the...

The Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State has become the third institution in the country to generate its own electricity. Benue/Plateau Trust reports that FUAM is one of the nine institutions in the country earmarked to operate off the national grid through efficient energy source and the third university in the first phase of the implementation. The Vice-Chancellor of FUAM,...

There are several people when it comes to buying condoms in Nigeria. Most people are so shy and act like they don’t use it, then you wonder who actually does. Here is a list of several reactions people have to buy condoms. So catch your sub. 1. The Unneccesary Buyers These set of people are the ones that walk into the pharmacy...

The yet-to-be-identified hoodlums broke into the speaker’s office overnight and stole the official symbol of the legislature. When our correspondent visited the assembly building which is located a few metres away from the Governor’s Office complex in the precinct of the State Secretariat, Oke – Mosan, Abeokuta, some security agents denied access into the complex, citing orders from above. When contacted,...

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested two persons believed to be members of a transnational kidnap syndicate involved in the kidnap of an American citizen Philippe Walton on October 28 at his farm in Massalata Village, Republic of Niger.  The suspects Aliyu Abdullahi, 21, aka Mallam and Aliyu Umaru, 23, aka Kwatte Kusu, both from Sokoto State, were...

Reno Omokri has replied a man who accused him of having a crush on Genevieve Nnaji after he shared a photo of himself and Genevieve on his page. Reno Omokri shared a photo with Genevieve on his Instagram page, with caption; “With @GenevieveNnaji on May 27, 2011, before my beards went white due to the stress of being a Presidential spokesman...

 People mocks 30BG Front man on social media after Wizkid and Davido won an award yesterday at MOBO Awards. A guy wrote; Congrats to @davido on his tonight #MOBOAwards winning THE BEST WHITE TEETH EVER. 👏 See below;    

49-year-old pastor identified as George Amaechi Okeaghalam has reportedly been arrested by men of the Imo State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 5-year-old girl in Umuguma village, Owerri. According to a report posted by an NGO (Sweet Mothers Foundation) on Wednesday, December 9, the pastor, said to be a neighbor and acquaintance of the victim's parents lured the victim...

Elma dos Santos Aveiro, Cristiano Ronaldo's sister, has published a controversial photo of Lionel Messi kneeling at the feet of the Portuguese forward after Juventus' resounding 3-0 win against Barcelona in the Champions League. The photo received over 34,650 likes on Instagram in one day, and she had a positive message for Cristiano. "My King. The best ever. Pride of my...

Paolo Rossi, the star of Italy’s 1982 World Cup-winning team, has died at the age of 64. The news was announced in the early hours of Thursday morning by Italian TV channel RAI Sport, for whom Rossi had been working as a pundit. “A very sad news: Paolo Rossi left us,” RAI Sport presenter Enrico Varriale tweeted. “Unforgettable Pablito, who made...

Yeni Kuti, daughter of the late Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has lamented a stolen family picture which according to her would have been perfect for the family’s museums.  Yeni posted the picture on Instagram on Wednesday, saying many people had sent it to her. “I have received this picture from so many people I thought I should post it. This picture...

The House of Representative lawmaker representing Ona-Ara/Egbeda Federal Constituency of Oyo State, Honourable Akin Alabi has bagged the award as the Federal Legislator of the year. Honorable Alabi received the Award from the Nigerian Students Merit Awards 2020. While expressing his gratitude for the award, the lawmaker promised to perform even better by efficiently repr denying his constituency and attracting greater...

Coalition of orphanages and children’s home in Nigeria (COCHIN) has banned visitors from taking pictures with the children at any visit to all orphanage homes in the country. In a newsletter sent to orphanages in the country, COCHIN said the photos taken by visitors are usually shared online to the "embarrassment and stigmatisation of the children". The Coalition warned that any...

Davido has paid tribute to his personal bodyguard, Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan, who died on Tuesday, December 8, after a long battle with an undisclosed ailment. Ogbeide's who served as Davido's personal bodyguard for 11 years, died on Tuesday leaving behind a wife and children. He was 36 years old.   In a post shared on Twitter on Wednesday morning, December 9, Davido...

According to multiple press reports emanating from the UK, the Manchester United board is seriously considering sacking manager, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, after the club crashed out of the UEFA Champions League into the Europa League after a 3-2 defeat to RB Leipzig on Tuesday night, December 8.   In a Champions League campaign that started so promisingly for the Premier League...

The Katsina State Government has reportedly abolished all WhatsApp groups in government schools across the state. A letter dated Monday, December 7, 2020 and signed by Muhammad Sada Dikko on behalf of the Zonal Coordinator, Katsina State Ministry of Education, informed all the principals to order the closure of all school WhatsApp groups. The ban, according to the letter, became necessary due to...

For the second time in one week, suspected hoodlums on Tuesday destroyed the palace of the traditional ruler of Ode community in Akure North local government area of Ondo State, Oba Sunday Boboye. Hoodlums on Wednesday burnt down the monarch’s first palace and forced him to relocate to the second palace which was also attacked on Tuesday. Residents of the community...

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, said on Tuesday he has no reason to reconcile with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Adams, who addressed journalists at his Omole residence in Lagos, said the ex-president was not a progressive while in government and outside the corridor of power. He also declared that his guardian angel would not forgive him if he reconciles...