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December 11, 2019

Remy Martin unveils Remy Producers Ng collaboration song featuring Phyno

Premium cognac, Remy Martin, has unveiled the highly anticipated Remy Producers Trilogy collaboration song and music video featuring ace rapper and singer Phyno. Following four months of stiff competition across different regions in Nigeria for the first-ever Remy Producers Trilogy, winners of the directors and producers’ categories, Director Singapore and Vergobeatzz have gone on to... Read More

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August 21, 2017

Crashed U.S. warship lands in Singapore

by Adedotun Michael The USS John S. McCain which suffered huge damage after colliding with an oil tanker thrice its size off the Strait of Malacca has arrived at the Changi Naval Base in Singapore with a large hole in its side just above the waterline. What we know so far Ten sailors are still... Read More

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Robert Mugabe flown to Singapore for urgent medical care

by Azeez Adeniyi World’s oldest leader, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has travelled to Singapore for a medical checkup. The medical trip came few days after he had a lavish 93rd birthday party during which he vowed to add to his 36 years in charge of the southern African nation. As Mugabe flew to Singapore, nurses... Read More

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November 20, 2016

Dangote visits Peter Okoye in his new home | Top 10 photos from last week

We bring you 10 of the most fascinating, touching and downright gory sights from last week. The beautiful moment President Barack Obama met with the 6-year-old boy who wrote an emotional letter to him requesting that the President brings the Syrian kid, Daqeesh who survived attacks to live with his family in America. This is... Read More

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November 18, 2016

Nigerian hanged in Singapore for smuggling 2kg of cannabis

A Nigerian, Chijioke Stephen Obioha who was arrested for smuggling 2kg of Cannabis into Singapore was hanged to death on Friday. A member of the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign group, Mr. Ravi who was on the case revealed this on his Facebook page. He wrote, “This morning, at 6am, the execution of Chijioke Stephen Obioha... Read More

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November 17, 2016

Execution of Nigerian in Singapore regrettable – Abike Dabiri-Erewa

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says the sentencing to death of a Nigerian in Singapore for drug related offences is heartbreaking. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in Abuja, she appealed to Nigerians to shun drug trafficking. “While we regret the death sentence... Read More

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November 16, 2016

Cannabis possession: Singapore rejects Nigerian’s clemency plea – Amnesty Int’l

Singapore has rejected an appeal for clemency by a Nigerian, Chijoke Stephen Obioha due to be executed on Friday for being in possession of cannabis, Amnesty International has said. The family of the accused was informed on Wednesday of his failed clemency appeal, it added. He was found in possession of more than 2.6kg of cannabis... Read More

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November 10, 2016

Nigerian to be executed in Singapore for drug trafficking

The execution of a Nigerian national, Chijioke Obioha for possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking on December 30, 2008 has been announced as November 18. Obioha was arrested with more than 2.6 kilograms of cannabis, surpassing the statutory amount of 500 grams presumed as drug trafficking in Singapore on April 9, 2007. He... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Leadership in a time of recession

“What will economic policy look like once the global financial crisis is finally over? Will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or will it be forced to contend with a post-crisis ‘new normal’? Have we made progress in addressing these issues, or does confusion remain? In April of 2015, the International Monetary Fund gathered leading economists,... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: Read Lee Kuan Yew’s open letter to Nigerian leaders

by Simon Kolawole We are no magicians. We are no angels. We are human beings like you, dear Nigerian leaders. The first thing we recognised is that quality leadership is non-negotiable. Dear Nigerian leaders, I want to appreciate your condolence messages to Singaporeans since my death on Sunday, March 22. Having died at the age... Read More

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November 22, 2014

Indonesia president shocks travellers, flies economy to Singapore (See Photos)

by Akan Ido Indonesia’s new president, Jokowi Widodo caused quite a stir hours ago as he opted to fly economy class to attend his son’s school graduation ceremony in Singapore. Widodo and his wife, Iriana charged up the atmosphere at the airport when they were seen queuing to be checked in like every other traveller in the... Read More

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September 19, 2014

Nigeria’s growth prospects look strong in 2014 – Okonjo Iweala

by Tunji Andrews Nigeria’s finance minister said on Friday, 19 September, that she is confident that growth in 2014 will be around the government’s latest forecast of 6.5 percent after discounting the economic impact of the insurgency waged by the Islamist group Boko Haram. This assertions would be from a strong economic showing in the... Read More

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August 14, 2014

#Ebola: Nigerian woman quarantined in Singapore [DETAILS]

by Olorunwa Lawal Authorities in Singapore have sent a Nigerian woman into a hospital isolation unit on suspicion that she might have the Ebola virus, the Straits Times reported on Thursday, 14 August. The woman, in her 50s, was believed to have flown into Singapore recently and arrived at a hospital emergency department with a... Read More

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September 22, 2013

“Look at what God could do!!!”: Rihanna goes spiritual before 100,000 fans in Singapore (LOOK)

by Akan Ido Superstar, Rihanna has continued her widely accepted ‘Diamonds Tour’ of Asia with a trip to Singapore after leaving the tropical paradise of Thailand where she apparently loved. Singapore however presented another level of thrill with over 100,000 fans trooping out to see singer, Chris Brown’s ex-boo. The ‘Good girl tuned bad’ singer... Read More

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You can’t chew gum in Singapore: SEE 10 crazy laws that could get you in trouble abroad

You know the basics when it comes to staying safe and out of trouble while traveling. But there are some pretty crazy ways to break the law abroad that probably have never crossed your mind. 1) Chewing gum in Singapore Singapore likes to keep its street clean. Chewing bubble gum has been banned in Singapore for over two decades.... Read More

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Chukwuma Soludo: Learning the wrong lessons of development

by Chukwuma Charles Soludo An important lesson of development is that countries which made it had bold, innovative thinkers as policymakers — those I describe as entrepreneurial policymakers with high execution capacity. One of the asymmetries of globalisation is that whereas productive assets (highly skilled labour and capital) are mobile across boundaries, it is still... Read More

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Sam Nda-Isaiah: Jonathan should start working and stop clapping for himself

by Sam Nda-Isaiah Nigerians cannot clap for the president because, as the late Chief MKO Abiola would have put it, “you cannot clap with one hand.” Many Nigerians have lost their limbs or their shirts or both under President Jonathan. President Jonathan’s mid-term report in which he scored himself A+ is still causing outrage across the... Read More

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Got a spare $242m? You could buy this amazing Singapore mansion (LOOK)

A mansion in the heart of Singapore’s central shopping district has just gone on the market – for the low, low price of $242 million. The 85,000-square-foot site lies just near the city’s Botanic Gardens, next to the city state’s main shopping district, Orchard Road. Included in the price is a two-story home, swimming pool... Read More

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November 23, 2012

#WeShouldCry: Nigeria is worst place to be born in 2013, while Singapore is the best

by Rachel Ogbu What country will be the best for a baby born in 2013? A new finding suggests it’s definitely not Nigeria. In fact Nigeria will be the worst place to be born in 2013. Singapore is ranked among the top ten places to enter the world. The city-state comes in at sixth place in the Economist... Read More

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Prostate cancer: Robert Mugabe “close to death” in Singapore

by Hauwa Gambo Thought he said in February, that he was “fit as a fiddle”? Well, apparently not. There was a family vigil overnight as president of Zimbabwe, the 88-year-old Robert Mugabe was said to be close to death, battling cancer in a Singapore hospital. Believed to be suffering from prostate cancer. Mugabe was flown to Singapore by... Read More

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