President Buhari inherited a bad situation but made it worse - Oby Ezekwesili backs Soludo

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has backed former CBN governor, Charles Soludo, who, last week, said  President Buhari inherited a bad situation but made it worse. Soludo said this when he spoke at the ‘Big Ideas Podium’, a public policy debate organised by the Afri Heritage Institution in Enugu.

“Buhari met a very bad situation when he assumed power, but he has made the situation worse. Nigeria today is a fragile state with a failing economy. Some say failing state; some say failed state. The economy is not just in recession; we are suffering from massive economic compression”he said.

Nollywood legendary actor, Pete Edochie turns 70 today

Nollywood legendary actor,  Pete Edochie born 7 March 1947 is 70 today. This accomplished Nigerian actor is considered one of Africa's most talented actors.

He began his career as a seasoned administrator and broadcaster before he came into prominence in the 1980s when he played the lead role of Okonkwo in an NTA adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all-time best selling novel, Things Fall Apart and since then he has featured in hundreds of award winning movies and stage plays both home and abroad.

Photos: Ruggedman wears a 3- Piece Suit for the first time in 20 years and it's dope!

Nigerian rapper, Ruggedman has released his official photos for the year 2017 and they are quite dope!. In one of the looks, OUCH's style academy had Ruggedman in a three piece suite from their wedding collection and the rapper looked dapper in it.

Actress Uche Jombo becomes ‘Made In Aba’ ambassador in Abia State

Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo seems to have become a major proponent of the ‘made in Aba’ or should we say ‘Buy Naija’ mantra.
Going by the number of billboards in Abia State that carries her name and a strong message for those going abroad to buy things that are produced in Aba as well, we can safely say that she has become an ambassador for the state or the message.

Kano Conjoined twins who were separated now suffer serious complication

Adorable conjoined twins Hassana and Hussaina who were born in Kano in 2013 and later separated in India now suffer serious complications and Five million naira to rectify what they are currently going through.
Statement released on March 1st, 2017, by the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital -AKTH reads:

Photos: Wife of Ghana's Vice President looked amazing at 60th Independence celebration

Wife of Ghana's Vice President, Samira Bawumia stepped out in a simple, yet elegant dress for Ghana's 60th Independence celebration on Monday. See another photo after the cut...

Former royal butler reveals he is gay after divorcing his wife of 32 years and reveals Princess Diana was the only woman he ever told

Paul Burrell, 58, who was formerly Princess Diana's Butler has come out as gay and has revealed that he will marry his lawyer boyfriend, Graham Cooper, 58, just 9 months after divorcing his wife of 32 years, Maria, 62.

Burrell is a father to two grown sons, Alexander, 27, and Nicholas, 24, and they will both be present for their father's wedding holding next month in the Lake District.

Rubber boat packed with bodies of African migrants washed up on shore in Libya

Weeks after the Libyan Red Crescent recovered 74 bodies of African migrants that had washed ashore at Zawiya, freelance journalist based in North Africa, Nancy Porsia reports that another rubber boat packed with bodies of EU-bound African migrants washed up on shore near same area.

Reno Omokiri advises men and women to marry for love

In a series of tweets, Reno Omokiri dished out some advice to men and women. According to him, women should marry for love and not because they need financial help while men should also marry for love and not because they need someone to do their laundry.

Buhari has delivered on his campaign promises - Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu

Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, says Presidnet Buhari has delivered on all his campaign promises. Onu said this at the first annual public lecture and book presentation in Abuja in honour of the late Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, SAN, who died in a motor accident on March 6, 2016.

Goodluck Jonathan: Lies in the report are self evident. I did not reject British offer to rescue Chibok girls

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has debunked claims by UK newspaper, The Guardian, that his administration rejected offer by British forces to rescue the school girls abducted in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists in 2014.

In a statement issued on Sunday, March 5th, Okechukwu Eze, media adviser to the Ex-President said "nothing can be further from the truth, as Nigerians are conversant with the effort made by the Jonathan administration towards rescuing the Chibok girls, especially in relation to collaborating with the international community, in the bid."  Read after the cut..

Barack and Michelle Obama all smiles as they step out in Washington (photos)

Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle were spotted leaving the National Gallery Of Art in Washington, DC on Sunday. They seemed undisturbed by Donald Trump's unverified phone tapping accusations. See more photos after the cut...

Shoprite speaks out against Xenophobia in SA

Shoprite Nigeria strongly condemns any kind of xenophobic violence and intimidation against the citizens of other countries, anywhere in the world.

The retailer is highly concerned at the acts of violence against foreign nationals that sporadically flare up in South Africa and the resultant rhetoric of intolerance that is now being levelled against South Africans living in Nigeria.

President Donald Trump suffers wardrobe malfunction

U.S President, Donald Trump, visited St. Andrews Catholic School in Orlando, but what caught people's attention was his necktie.
It was a windy day and the wind tossed his necktie, revealing that he uses scotch tape to keep the two ends of his necktie together and this is something he's been doing for a while. The necktie looks normal when it's flat on his chest but once it's flying in the air, the scotch tape makes it look really tacky. See more photos after the cut...

"Nigeria's economy looks as sick as its missing and ailing leader" - American based news network shades Nigeria

CNBC, an American based news network threw shades at Nigeria in an article published on their website. According to them, our economy look as sick as our ailing president. Read their article below;

"Who's running Nigeria?" blared a headline in this week's The Economist, aptly summarizing the state of affairs in beleaguered Nigeria — a major oil producer and African economic powerhouse whose economy appears to be as stricken as its ailing leader.

FG: We have been vindicated by the report that Jonathan rebuffed offer by British govt to rescue Chibok schoolgirls

The Federal Government has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to stop engaging in finger-pointing over the issue of the Chibok girls who were abducted under his watch, calling such action an unnecessary distraction from ongoing efforts to secure the release of the girls who remain in captivity, long after they were abducted.

"I didn't give a sh**t what anyone thought" " Young mom breastfeeds her baby in public

 Erika posted a photo on IG showing her breastfeeding her baby in public.

"TBT to my first time feeding Ever in public. It was almost 80 degrees out, she was hungry & trying to cover her and feed her did NOT feel natural for either of us," the young mother wrote.

Speak with me to prove you are healthy - Fayose to President Buhari

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has asked President Buhari to speak with him to prove that he is indeed healthy. President Buhari who has been in the UK for over a month now, has been speaking on the phone to some APC governors, Foreign presidents as well as some of his media aides. In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary media aide, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose gave out a phone number he could be reached at.

Donald Trump wants Congress to investigate whether Barack Obama administration abused power

Following wire tapping accusations made against former President Obama, President Donald Trump is asking Congress to look into the Obama administration whether it abused its investigative powers before the 2016 presidential election White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement Sunday:

Newlywed wife cremated alive by husband after being declared dead by Doctors

A 24-year-old Indian woman who had been missing since December was allegedly burned alive on a funeral pyre, a day after she had been declared dead by Doctors. Rachna Sisodia died two days after being admitted to a hospital in Noida, a town just outside Delhi, with fever, breathlessness and abdominal pains.

Photos: Ooni of Ife at the RCCG Holy Ghost Service

Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, attended the Redeemed Christian Church of God's Holy Ghost service last Friday. He went along with his palace aides. See more photos after the cut...

Chimamanda Adichie gets elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters as a foreign honorary member and will be inducted at the annual induction in May. Chimamanda will be the second Nigerian to be inducted into the academy. Wole Soyinka was the first and he got inducted in 1986.

Victims of Rann accidental military airstrike receive N10k cash support from Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative (photos)

Victims of the accidental military airstrike that occurred in Rann, Borno state in January 2017, that are currently receiving medical care at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital,  were presented with N10,000 cash support by the Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative PCNINE Saturday.

PDP congratulates former president Olusegun Obasanjo on his 80th birthday celebration

Despite his public dissociation from the party, PDP Sunday released a statement congratulating former president Olusegun Obasanjo on the occasion of his 80th birthday on March 5th. Read the press statement after the cut...

Photos from actress Lupita Nyong'o's 'Coming To America' themed birthday party

Hollywood actress, Lupita Nyong'o who recently turned 34 years old celebrated her birthday in a 'Coming To America' themed party. See more photos after the cut...

President Donald Trump will sign 'new & improved' U.S travel ban early this week

U.S President Donald Trump, doesn't seem intent on giving up on his immigration travel ban as he is expected to sign a revised executive order early next week that'll prevent immigrants from several Middle Eastern and African countries from entering the United States- Trump's way of cracking down radical Islamic terrorism on American soil.

Canada based singer, Stephanie Otobo, accused of trying to blackmail Apostle Johnson Suleman of N500 million

A Toronto, Canada based female singer, Stephanie Otobo, is presently in the police net allegedly for leading a 5-man gang to demand N500 million from famous Nigerian preacher and president of the Omega Fire Ministries Int'l, Apostle Johnson Suleman.

A statement from the church alleged that the lady who claimed that Apostle Suleman was her lover and that he promised him marriage was found to belong to a cartel

The Untold Story of Vampire: How he got N20 million 48 hours after rescue, paid arms supplier N6 million and how his anti-bullet charm failed him

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari shared this revealing report with New Telegraph about how deadly kidnapper, Vampire got N20m 48 hours after his rescue, paid arms supplier N6m shortly before his death and how, his 'anti-bullet' charms failed him. Members of his gang, who were arrested admitted to have carried out four successful kidnap operations since their leader was rescued from the Owerri High Court. Some of the kidnap victims were allegedly killed by Vampire. Read the full story after the cut:

Buhari calls former President Obasanjo, congratulates him on his 80th birthday celebration

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. According to a statement by presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, President Buhari in a phone call from London, where he is convalescing, told Obasanjo that a time like this provides opportunity to reflect on Obasanjo's invaluable roles and contributions to the unity and cohesion of Nigeria, the brotherhood of all Africans, as well as peace and amity over the globe.

Photo of Hillary Clinton reading about VP Mike Pence using a private email account has gone viral

A photo of Hillary Clinton reading the Indianapolis Star report about U.S Vice President Mike Pence using a private email account while he was governor of Indiana has gone viral online. Remember, during the 2016 presidential elections, Hilary's campaign was largely plagued with reports and investigations of her use of a private server while she was Secretary of state. Now it's the Republican under fire.