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Over 100 persons have died on Thursday in the industrial town of Nnewi, Anambra state when an industrial Gas plant suddenly exploded . According to Vanguard, the explosion rocked the Inter Corp Oil limited(LPG Gas Plant), an subsidiary of Chikason Group. According to an eye-witness, the fire incident which started ...

Read the President’s Christmas message to Nigerians below; I felicitate with all Nigerians, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, on the joyous occasion of this year’s Christmas. On this occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, let us all rededicate ourselves to the virtues of peace, love, ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission NCC says that telecommunications company MTN will have to pay a $3.9 billion fine for failing to disconnect users with unregistered SIM cards by Dec. 31. ‘Appropiate action will be taken’ should MTN fail to meet the deadline, a source at NCC told Reuters. Meanwhile MTN ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate payment of December salaries to Federal Government workers. This was disclosed yesterday in Abuja by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun,at the end of the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting.She said salaries were already being paid in response to the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to Nigerians over the fuel scarcity that has persisted across the country since October.This comes after the Minister of Information,Lai Mohammed blamed the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan for the current scarcity. According to PM news, the apologized during the presentation of the 2016 ...

Nigeria’s president Buhari presented the national budget for 2016 to the national assembly on Tueday, December 23. See the full breakdown of the budget he presented below GDP Growth Rate Projection 4.37% Revenue Projection 3.86 Naira Deficit 2.22 trillion Naira (equivalent to 2.16% of Nigeria’s GDP) Oil Related Revenues 820 ...

Nigerian sprinter and long jumper Blessing Okagbare over the weekend beat the World’s fastest man Usain Bolt to win the Guinness World Book of Records prize for most IAAF Diamond League appearances in 2015. Guinness Book of records said, �Multi-discipline athlete, Blessing Okagbare from Nigeria participated at 38 Diamond league ...

Nigeria’s Mikel Obi alongside retired players Jay Jay Okocha and Kanu Nwankwo are among the top 10 highest earning African players of all time according to a study conducted & published by French publication, Footendirect. With a cumulative take-home of $50 million, John Mikel Obi is now the best paid ...

Following his visit to president Buhari at the state house today,Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has urged Nigerians to be patient as the nation will attain greatness soon. Speaking with State House correspondents after his visit to pray for the president and the nation,he said �What is happening now ...

Telecommunications giant, MTN in a new twist of event has dragged the Government to court over the fine by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).Read the communique shareholders and staff of MTN received below; Herewith a further update on the fine imposed on MTN Nigeria and renewal of cautionary announcement: Further to ...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari threw him a birthday dinner today at the State House in Abuja today as he clocks 73 years old. Zahra and his brother Yusuf were in attendance

The 28 feet statue, Jesus De Greatest, which will be the fifth tallest statue in Africa, will be unveiled at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in the Abajah local government area of Imo state, on January 1, 2016. The statue was funded and offered to the church by Obinna Onuoha, founder ...

According to medieval artist/scientist, Richard Neave, Jesus is not the white, long-haired, skinny face you’ve been seeing throughout your entire life. Using the powers of science, Neave found three skulls from Israeli archaeological sites and used computerized tomography to construct the best shape for Jesus’s face. From his findings, Neave ...

A few hours ago, top wedding photographer, Akintayo Timi released this pre-wedding photo on his instagram page and it has since gone viral. He captioned it “No matter how hard times get, always hold your head up and be strong. Show them you are not as weak as they think ...

Controversial Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has been named as the 2015 ‘Yoruba Man Of The Year’ by the ‘Egbe Omo Oodua Parapo’, a coalition of 35 Pan-Yoruba groups drawn from across the world. �We give this award to Pastor Joshua out of ...

Manchester City and Ivory Coast star player, Yaya Toure has won the BBC African Footballer of the year award . He beat competition from Yacine Brahimi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew and Sadio Mane to win the coveted award in London today. He last won it in 2013, and has now ...

President Buhari says any attempt to reveal the names of former government officials that are returning looted funds may jeopardize others from returning their loots. Buhari stated this while delivering his keynote address at the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe lecture in Abuja today December 11th. He said CBN will reveal the names ...

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos has ordered that all accounts belonging to former captain of the Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu and his company, The Hardley Apartments in Nigeria should be frozen pending the hearing of a suit filed against him and his company. This is in a bid ...

No fewer than 53 churches,mosques and hotels have been shut down by the Lagos State Government over noise pollution and other environmental offences. According to the General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, Adebola Shabi, the agency had received persistent complaints from residents and neighbours of the shut facilities.He ...

Photos taken at the coronation of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi last week.Photos: BM Pro | Lolars Fabric