David Adeleke, the award-winning singer, who is popularly known as Davido on Saturday announced his donation of N251m to orphanages across Nigeria. According to the singer, the money came from his N100m challenge which raked in N201m in three days. Making the announcement via his Instagram page, Davido stated that …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a $1.04 billion facility loan deal with the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) for petroleum exploration in the country. The transaction comprises a Pre-Export/Shipment Finance Facility underpinned by a Forward Sale Agreement (FSA) and Offtake Contracts from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation acting …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his Adamawa State counterpart, Ahmadu Fintiri, have reflected on the type of presidential candidate the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) needs to take over power in 2023. While Wike was concerned about how and when the candidate would emerge, Fintiri, dwelled on the character and …

A lecturer in Auchi Polytechnic has punished his students by asking them to kneel down, Newsextra24 reports. See video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFKcn2bQA80

The Chairperson, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has blamed Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who died in an Ivorian prison, for reporting her plight to the Nigerian Commission in Ivory Coast late. Dabiri-Erewa said this during an interview on The Morning Show programme of Arise TV, which was monitored …

DONATION OF NGN 250,000,000.00 TO ORPHANAGES ACROSS NIGERIA I wish to express my sincere gratitude to my friends, colleagues, fans, and the public for the generous expressions of love in recent days. In my usual playful manner, I requested a few days ago that my friends and colleagues send money …

Veteran actress, Joke Silva has publicly spoken about the state of her husband, Olu Jacobs’ health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbA_aOKCwFw Recall that there were rumors that the veteran actor was ill after pictures of him went viral on social media. The actress in an interview with Chude Jideonwo has revealed that Olu Jacobs …

Netflix and UNESCO Launch Short Film Competition of Reimagined African Folktales For only filmmakers under 35 years Netflix and UNESCO have partnered to launch an innovative short film competition on ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ across Sub-Saharan Africa. Winners of the competition will be trained and mentored by industry professionals and provided …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to completely remove fuel and electricity subsidies early next year. The Washington-based organisation, in its preliminary findings at the end of its official staff visit to the country under the Artile IV Mission, also called for reforms …

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not. He stated this on Channels Television’s ‘Hard Copy’ programme aired on Friday …