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EFCC Investigating Brothers over N2bn Forex Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating a forex fraud case involving two brothers. According to Punch, about 3,500 persons lost their monies to a binary options company BTD Multi-Global Company founded by Bowofade Adewuyi, a 24-year-old dropout of the Obafemi Awolowo University and his 22-year old

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Buhari mourns Hauwa Liman, reassures Nigerians of FG’s Protection

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday spoke with Mohammed Liman, father of Hauwa Liman, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) midwife who was slain by Boko Haram terrorists. In a telephone call, President Buhari commiserated with the family and assured Liman’s father that the Nigerian government did everything

This 14-year Old Kenyan Singer isn’t Letting Hydrocephalus Stop Her!

Angel was born with a congenital disorder called hydrocephalus. But she’s overcome her health problems and is now pursuing her dream of becoming a musician. At just 14, she’s produced her first album and is doing well in school. She spoke to BBC What’s New‘s Christine. Watch below:

Short Story: Girlhood By Babangida Akawu

  That year we turned thirteen, we shared a room, my room. That year my cousin Ada and me, became Catholics, but only for a bit. She wasn’t looking for God, although, in her words, she wouldn’t mind finding Him. But no, she attended mass

Africa's youngest billionaire kidnapped by gunmen from luxury hotel

Africa’s youngest billionaire has been kidnapped

Gunmen have kidnapped an African billionaire from a luxury hotel in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, police told CNN. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was taken by the men who waylaid him as he left the hotel gym after his early morning workout at around

Nigeria needs a president who understands economy – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday harped on his argument that Nigeria requires a President with a sound knowledge of the economy to make a headway. This, he said, was what a former German Chancellor, the late Helmut Schmidt, who was one of his international friends,

Oby Ezekwesili is Running for President in 2019 | Read her Reason Why

Oby Ezekwesili is Running for President in 2019 | Read her Reason Why

Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has declared her intention to run for president in 2019. She made this known in a series of tweets on Sunday, adding that she’s running under the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). She wrote: My friends who have fully assumed their role

Atiku emerges PDP Presidential Candidate

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has emerged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Although counting of ballot is ongoing at the party’s national convention in Port Harcourt, ThisDay reports that Atiku has secured over a thousand votes, far above the 690 votes recorded by Sokoto state Governor Aminu

7,000 Delegates to approve Buhari as APC Candidate

7,000 candidates with the All Progressives Party (APC) are expected to on Saturday approve President Muhammadu Buhari as the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 elections. NAN reports that this was made known by the Deputy Chairman of the APC Presidential Convention Planning Committee, Kassim Shettina, Governor of Borno State. Shettima

PDP Convention: Let us put Nigeria first – Goodluck Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan is the last person to speak before voting will commence at the PDP presidential convention in Port Harcourt. He said: We are here because twelve people just spoke to us, one of them will be the next president of Nigeria. I