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The list of some Nigerian looters has been released by the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. He said "The PDP challenged us to name the looters claiming there was no looter under their watch, but I'm sure they know that the treasury was looted dry under their government, yet they decided to be ostentatious, and this shows the chasm of their apology to Nigerians, so we decided to name a few of them (the looters) , while this is just the tip of the ice- berg, I'm sure the PDP are aware of this. He continued by saying that PDP is an hypocritical party and they are the reason Nigerians are in this sorry state. He consequently urged Nigerians to be cautious them. Reacting to the statement, the PDP dismissed the list as laughable, as it's National publicity Secretary Mr. Kola ologbondiyan challenged the government to come up with names of its members convicted for looting. He went on to say its unfortunate that the APC and its government un...

        This week's icon fashionista goes to Modupe-Oreoluwa Oyeyemi, popularly known as Mo'Chedda, born 16th october1990, she attended the university of Lagos.  She's a Nigerian rapper and singer, although she left the music scene for a few years, she's made a great come back, not only in her music career, but has also ventured into other businesses which is her clothing line and blog. She's currently engaged to her long time boyfriend, Bukunyi olateru-olagbegi.  

Dapchi Abduction: insurgents becomes community friends. Recent reports have it that insurgents returned the kidnapped DAPCHI school girls unarmed as they exchanged pleasantries with the community leaders and villagers who cheered them, the question is, when did insurgents become friends with their supposed victims? The minister of information, Alh. Lai Mohammed also said the insurgents acted on moral grounds, but one would not but ask when terrorists began to act morally, the mystifying part of the story is that the girls were returned with bags full of clothing items of which they where abducted with nothing, this leaves me thinking if the popular insurgent group, boko-haram has a special super store where they take their kidnapped victims on a shopping spree?  Or could it be that the APC led Federal Government staged this whole drama to appeal to people’s sympathy in order to stay in power beyond 2019? 

Some financial experts on Monday commended the new share pricing method of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). They said it that would not allow share prices to trade as low as one kobo and boost inflow foreign investments. The experts, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that the method would also enable investors to categorise stocks on the NSE. NAN reports that new pricing method was started on Monday, Jan. 29. Prof. Sheriffdeen Tella, Professor of Economics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun said that the NSE must of necessity update its pricing method from time to time for trading to be transparent. He said that for any stock exchange to attract foreigners to participate in its trading and invariably in the economy, it must adhere to global best practices. Tella said that the method must be well implemented to leave no one in doubt about a particular stock. Dr Uche Uwaleke, the Head of Banking and Finance Departm...

President George Weah President George Weah of Liberia pledged to cut his  salary by 25 per cent  on Monday, in a nationwide address in which he warned of tough times ahead for a “broke” country. “The state of the economy that my administration inherited leaves a lot to do and to be decided,” the former international soccer star said in an address apparently aimed at lowering high expectations following his election victory at the end of last year to replace Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The President of Liberia earns about $100,000 yearly, meaning that Weah will relinquish about $25,000.

Stephanie Stephanie Otobo, the Canada-based singer has recanted her story she was involved in a sexual relationship with Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries. In a twist to the story she had maintained since March last year, she said she was paid to lie, opening herself to the risk of being convicted for blackmailing Suleman. The singer in a trending video said she was approached and paid by politicians and some pastors to blackmail Apostle Suleman. She said during a church programme in Auchi she fell for their bait because she wanted to further her career. Otobo made the disclosure before Suleiman’s church congregation in Auchi, Edo state. watch Stephanie's confession here She was also shown asking for forgiveness from the cleric and his wife. This was drowned by the voices of protest by the congregation.

Babachir Lawal- former SGF to the federal government Nigeria’s former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, has been arrested by the EFCC for alleged fraud. Mr Samin Amaddin, Acting Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, confirmed that Babachair who was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari, was being investigated for alleged N223 million fraud. He said on Wednesday that the former SGF was cooperating with investigators and had made useful statements. Lawal arrived at the Abuja office of the EFCC at 11:00 am yesterday, after which he was detained. Amaddin said Lawal’s interview with the anti-corruption agency will continue today. According to  The Sun , Lawal’s travails began on December 14, 2016, when the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on humanitarian crisis in the North East’ indicted him of fraud. He was implicated in a grass-cutting contract awarded to his company, for the clearing of “invasive plant species” in Yobe State, through the Presi...