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  A plus-size actress and content creator, Monalisa Stephen, is dead.   It was gathered that she died in Lagos on Tuesday after battling low blood sugar and internal bleeding.   The news of her death was announced on Wednesday by the founder of Best of Nollywood, Seun Oloketuyi, on ...

  The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has released the list of the best Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates in the last 12 years.   The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, released the list during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.   Oloyede stated that despite the ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday nominated Mr Eugene Inegbeboh (PDP, Igueben) as the new Minority Whip of the Edo State House of Assembly.   His nomination came following the defection of the former Minority Whip, Mr Yekini Idiaye (Akoko-Edo I), to the All Progressives Congress.   At the ...

  The Senate on Wednesday passed a proposed ₦1.783 trillion statutory appropriation bill for the Federal Capital Territory for the 2025 financial year for second reading.   President Bola Tinubu formally presented the budget proposal in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, urging the Senators to fast-track ...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra has denied any involvement in the murder of a former presidential aide and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Gulak.   In a statement issued on Tuesday by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, the group rejected claims linking the ...

  Management and staff of the Peoples Democratic Party have thrown their weight behind the PDP Governors’ Forum and the National Working Committee in recognising Deputy National Secretary, Arch. Setonji Koshoedo, as the acting National Secretary.   At a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, PDP’s Director of Administration, Gurama ...

  A major scandal has rocked the Lagos State civil service after it was revealed that 30% of civil servants sent abroad for training have failed to return to Nigeria.   The Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Afolabi Ayantayo, revealed this during a press briefing on Wednesday, to ...

  Barry Showkey Set to Drop New Single “ROBOROBO” on May 1 Balogun Adewale Akanji, popularly known as Barry Showkey, is set to make a grand return to the music scene with his much-anticipated single “ROBOROBO,” scheduled for release on May 15, 2025.   Barry Showkey is the son of ...

  Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been announced as the headliner of the 2025 Things Fall Apart Festival, a week-long celebration of Chinua Achebe’s literary legacy.   The Centre for Memories, organisers of the festival, in an Instagram post on Tuesday, said the festival will take place from June ...

  The United States and Europe must put together new sanctions to “suffocate” Russia’s economy in order to force Vladimir Putin to end the war against Ukraine, France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.   The EU on Wednesday approved a fresh package of sanctions on Russia, but Jean-Noel Barrot pointed ...