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July 30, 2017

N329bn recovery from oil marketers; Jeff Bezos’ $90bn net worth | The 5 numbers that mattered last week

$90 billion – Amazon founder and owner of Washington Post, Jeff Bezos became the richest man in the world on Thursday, according to a Forbes real-time list of billionaires. He overtook Bill Gates whose wealth amounted to $89.8 billion at the time. N329 billion – Anti-graft agency, EFCC recovered this sum from nine major oil... Read More
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July 28, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Rick Ross apologizes for sexist comments he made about hiring women; Davido features Young Thug and Rae Sremmurd in new single | More stories

Here are some of the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Rick Ross apologizes for sexist comments Rapper, Rick Ross has apologized for the extremely insensitive comments he made on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club on Monday. During the interview, Rick Ross was asked why he never... Read More
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July 27, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Mr Eazi is Apple Music’s latest Up Next artiste; Wizkid is “Nigeria’s global star” in The Economist magazine’s new feature | More stories

Here are some of the biggest stories that made rounds in entertainment yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are determined to buzz all day this Thursday. Mr Eazi is Apple Music’s latest Up Next artiste Leg over singer, Mr Eazi has been featured on Apple Music‘s platform for emerging acts, Up... Read More
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July 26, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Calm down everyone! Here’s what the Senate actually means by ‘immunity for legislators’

The Senate must have caught wind of the immediate backlash that followed the legislative immunity granted to its members at today’s constitution review. When the Senate Twitter handle shared the information below earlier, Nigerians raised dust and even we were not left out. But the Senate has provided clarification stating that “acts in course of... Read More
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July 26, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Who are the 10 senators that voted against the #NotTooYoungToRun bill?

The Nigerian Senate is currently in the process of making amendments to the nation’s constitution. With 97 senators in attendance and 33 bills to be considered, many Nigerians paid peculiar attention to the #NotTooYoungToRun bill that aims to reduce the age qualification for political offices. At the review session today, we found as the Senate... Read More
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Kendrick
July 26, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Kendrick Lamar leads MTV Video Music Awards nominations with eight nods; Are you ready for Wonder Woman 2? | More stories

Catch up on the biggest stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing this morning. Are you ready for a Wonder Woman sequel? It won’t matter if anyone is ready but producers of hit movie, Wonder Woman have announced 13 December, 2019 as release date for its sequel.... Read More
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July 25, 2017

The Thread: “I never said half the crap people said I did – Albert Einstein” | Americans have a field day with Ivanka Trump’s fake Albert Einstein quote

When 2013 comes calling for you exactly four years after, this is what you get. Way back in 2013, President Donald Trump‘s favourite daughter, Ivanka tweeted a quote attributing German physicist, Albert Einstein but somehow that tweet made it back online days ago. "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." – Albert... Read More
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July 25, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Future confirms he’s collaborating with Wizkid; Wondering why Durella has been silent? Find out inside | More stories

These are the stories that made rounds across the entertainment scene yesterday – and others that unraveled while you slept and are certain to buzz all day today. Justin Bieber cancels the rest of his world tour Wasn’t it only yesterday we told you Justin Bieber was banned from performing in China for “bad behaviour”?... Read More
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July 24, 2017

As we say goodbye to @officialEFCC’s amazing handler, here are some of his best tweets

The question in the tweet below has  been the one burning on the minds and fingers of every Twitter user who has come across the @officialEFCC account. Who is this handler who blows our minds away with the most sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, hilarious but absolutely brilliant tweets and replies? Today, as he said goodbye to his... Read More
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July 24, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: What we know about the National Assembly’s new approach to effective healthcare delivery

Senate President, Bukola Saraki today attended the launch of the Legislative Network for Universal Health Coverage. The event which was also attended by the Health Minister, Professor Folorunsho Adewole jumped at us as strange on first sight, so we did some digging and here’s what we found. First thing to know is that, as the name... Read More
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July 24, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Funnybone and other celebrities apologize to Daddy Showkey over ‘mosquito’ joke; There’s a new must-see trailer for Thor:Ragnarok | More stories

Missed anything in entertainment over the weekend? Good you’re here. Here are the biggest stories and others that unraveled while you laid asleep through Sunday night – and are still buzzing this Monday morning. Between Funnybone, Daddy Showkey, celebrity mediators and a bad joke Veteran musician, Daddy Showkey was riled up over the weekend after... Read More
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July 23, 2017

#TheVoiceNigeria: Look who made it into the competition at tonight’s final blind auditions

We finally made it to the last round of the blind auditions and it was exciting to watch the last set of contestants battle for the remaining slots on the coaches’ teams. Patoranking, in past weeks, had grabbed a larger number of talents than his mates so he was left with one slot to fill... Read More
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July 23, 2017

When the floods visited Surulere; Macron loves holding Trump’s hands; Malala visits Osinbajo | See our top 10 photos from last week

The mainland got its own dirty share of floods over the weekend and it’s a bigger eyesore compared to the island’s last week. We also bring you a double dose of two presidents who are obsessed holding each other’s hands. Here are our top 10 photos from last week:   In an interview with the... Read More
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July 23, 2017

Spicer out!, Lie Mohammed, R.Kelly, Usher and all your MCMs | Here are last week’s winners and losers

Twitter NG had a field day with Diezani-Alison Madueke’s alleged money laundering topic, the Minister of Information is the subject of massive backlash from Nigerian entertainers but the man has his own supporters team plus all your favourite celebrities that messed up last week, here are our winners and losers. LOSERS Sean Spicer Scaramucci in,... Read More
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OPENNASS
July 22, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senate clarifies status of #NotTooYoungToRun bill

The Nigerian Senate has risen to the occasion and has followed the footsteps of the lower chamber in offering an explanation for the status of the Not too Young to Run bill that was allegedly removed from the Constitution Amendment Report. Following reports making rounds that the bill had been dropped, over 50 youth organisations... Read More
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July 22, 2017

Spicey Out! Saturday Night Live says goodbye to Sean Spicer the Melissa McCarthy way (WATCH)

When Sean Spicer resigned as White House Press Secretary yesterday, it was clear the Melissa McCarthy’s hilarious representation of him on Saturday Night Live would have to sign out too. To properly bid Spicer farewell, the show tweeted a mashup of some of the best Spicer moments where he threw fits at reporters on his... Read More
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July 22, 2017

N31 million ransom for Igbonla six, $793.2 million illegal cash in banks | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

1.2 million – The National Examination Council (NECO) said out of the 7,410,030 candidates that sat for the Senior School Certificate Examination between 2010 and 2016, a total of 1,283,485 committed examination malpractice. $793.2 million – A Federal High Court in Lagos ordered seven commercial banks to remit a total of this amount allegedly kept illegally... Read More
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July 21, 2017

Here are some of the spiciest moments of Sean Spicer’s tenure as White House Press Secretary

Sean Spicer has just quit his job as White House Press Secretary and although his reason for the decision is based on President Trump’s appointment of financier, Anthony Scaramucci as the new White House communications director, a position Spicer held up until today. Reports say Spicer “vehemently disagreed” with Trump’s decision so he checked out.... Read More
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July 21, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Celebrities react to the death of Linkin Park singer, Chester Bennington; Davido shows off ’30 billion gang’ blings | More stories

Here are the biggest stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing on Entertainment Roundup this Fri-yay morning. Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington commits suicide Chester Bennington, frontman of popular rock band Linkin Park, has died at the age of 41. Chester was reported to have hanged himself... Read More
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July 20, 2017

The world revolves around Trump | 5 takeaways from the US President’s interview with “failing” New York Times

The 45th President of the United States is a peculiar kind. About a month ago, President Trump tweeted in an attack on “Fake News Media”, “The failing @nytimes writes false story after false story about me. They don’t even call to verify the facts of a story. A Fake News Joke!”. But on Wednesday, he let... Read More
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July 20, 2017

#Impact365: Two millenials set up Potter’s Children Global Foundation to cater to orphans and underprivileged children

In a society filled with children and young adults who are facing neglect and abandonment, there can never be too many hands reaching out to help. The Potter’s Children Global Foundation is barely three-months old and has already worked with over 100 children in the country’s capital. In this interview with YNaija’s Impact365, we learn... Read More
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July 20, 2017

“Macron loves holding my hand” | 5 ridiculous things Donald Trump said in his exclusive interview with New York Times

President Donald Trump sat with New York Times’ reporters, Maggie Haberman, Peter Baker and Michael S.Schmidt in an exclusive interview in the Oval Room on Wednesday. While the President had a lot to say on burning topics ranging from investigations into possible ties between his campaign and Russia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal, his healthcare... Read More
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