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Kano State House of Assembly this Tuesday confirmed Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna as the new Deputy Governor of the state. Gawuna replaces Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, who resigned as deputy governor on Aug. 5, 2018. The assembly confirmed the appointment at plenary presided over by the Speaker, Kabiru Rurum, … [Read more...]

In a furrow of events leading to APC Chieftain, Bola Tinubu, being acknowledged as a political godfather in Lagos, Senate President, Bukola Saraki has promised to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party Produces the next governor of Lagos state. He said this during his meeting with the PDP … [Read more...]

Amidst outcry of Nigerians following the killing of ICRC Worker by Boko Haram, President Muhammadu Buhari, Adams Oshiomole, and other APC chieftains are presently in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, attending the mega rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Others in attendance are the … [Read more...]

Popular Comedian, Bovi, took to his Instagram page to celebrate his wife, in what was a deviation from the sweet messages celebrities post to celebrate their partners on their birthdays. He wrote: Happy birthday to my baby mama @krisasimonye 🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾. She’s got four kids. She adopted the first … [Read more...]

47-year-old Sandra Oh became the first Asian actor nominated for a lead actress category in the 2018 Emmy Awards night. The actress missed out on becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win an Emmy in the lead actress category, in either comedy or drama, at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards on … [Read more...]

The agitation by Cannabis users in South Africa seems to have paid off...to a large extent as the country's highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted "Weed are free now" when the Constitutional … [Read more...]

Two Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 aircraft formerly used by Topbrass Aviation Services Limited, a local operator, have been allegedly stolen in Lagos. Vanguard Nigeria reports that the airplanes (registration numbers 5N-TBB and 5N-TBC) have been the focus of a legal tussle between the lessor, Seagold … [Read more...]

Veteran Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly called 2baba turns a year older today, and while lots of encomiums have been showered on him, his son, Nino's birthday message to him stands out. He wrote on his page: Through out my young life I have always looked up to you,every time I am in a … [Read more...]

The Arsenal chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, has announced his decision to leave his role on October 31 to take over the same role at AC Milan, the Italian giants from December 1, where Evening Standard states he has been handed a significant increase on his £2.6million a year salary and an equity … [Read more...]

Oscars director, Glen Weiss, took things up a notch on Monday night’s Emmy award show as he turned his award acceptance speech to a proposal as he asked his longtime girlfriend Jan Svendsen to marry him. In what the guests in attendance thought was an acceptance speech after receiving his award … [Read more...]