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Former vice president and 2019 presidential aspirant Atiku Abubakar, in an interview with Thisday’s Olawale Olaleye and Bayo Akinloyeshares his plans for Nigeria if elected, his thoughts on restructuring, and how he plans to tackle the country’s education and unemployment challenges. When asked if he’d commit to only one term if elected, Atiku said: Of course, I would! I have said this before on my own initiative. I believe in it. If I am elected as the President in…

At least 300 people were injured after a wooden platform collapsed at a music festival in Spain on Sunday night. According to the local police and a spokesperson for Xunta Galicia’s health department, one person suffered serious injuries. The incident happened at around midnight during an outdoor concert on the final evening of O Marisquiño, a three-day culture and sports event in Vigo on Spain’s northwest coast. Dozens of people were trapped or fell into the…

Police officers on Monday dispersed protesting students of the College of Education Ilorin, Kwara state with tear gas. The students were protesting over the non-payment of their lecturer’s salaries, a situation which had denied them the opportunity of commencing their semester examination. The students had earlier on Monday converged at their classes to write their examinations only for them to meet the classroom empty due to the boycotting of the classes by their lecturers. The…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has ordered a stay of execution of the arrest warrant issued against the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu. Justice Abdul Aboki who gave the stay of execution order on Monday also adjourned the hearing of the suit filed by the INEC Chairman to September 17, 2018. Justice Stephen Pam of a Federal High Court in Abuja had issued the arrest warrant on August…

No fewer than 10 persons including a policeman were yesterday evening feared killed in a failed attempt by armed robbers to road two banks after they invaded Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State. The armed men were said to have attacked a police station which is about 1.2 kilometre from the banks, set ablaze the official vehicle of the newly posted Area Commander and killed a policeman. It was gathered that…

Daddy Yankee, the rapper featured in the song ‘Despacito’ has been robbed of $2M in jewelry by an impersonator in a Spain hotel room. The Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, famous for his 2017 hit “Despacito” was robbed of $2.3-million worth of jewels after a man posing as the performer had hotel staff in Spain open the room’s safe. The robbery was confirmed by the Daddy Yankee’s press office in a tweet Thursday. The translated…

yesterday , Davido took to his instagram to announce the arrival of his private jet in Lagos. The singer made this revelation via his Insta story, while he reminisced about the times when he was broke. According to reports, Davido purchased the private jet for a whooping N9.7billion. With the arrival of his jet, Davido has become the first Nigerian entertainer to own a private jet. See full photo below…

Falz has responded to NBC’s ban on his song This is Nigeria saying it contains vulgar lyrics. The singer shared a photo of the viral letter which issues a N100,000 fine to a Jos based radio station for playing ‘This is Nigeria’ and other songs, with caption: “’This is Nigeria. Look how we living now, everybody be criminal’ is apparently a vulgar line”. Falz also responded to his producer Sess Beats‘ comment about how vulgar the line was by…

Ini Edo has sparked engagement speculations after she shared multiple photos of herself rocking a diamond ring on her engagement finger.   After sharing the photos, followers commented, pointing out the engagement ring and asking who the lucky man is. But she’s yet to respond.   Below are more photos and reactions from followers.