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Chairman, GOtv Boxing and Patron, Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C) Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya (SAN), has announced his sponsorship of the Lagos State Inter-Club Boxing Challenge, which off today at the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Yaba, Lagos, and end on Thursday. The tourney, which is in its maiden edition, will feature about 150 senior male and female boxers across weight categories drawn from boxing clubs in the state. Organised by the Lagos State Sports Commission in conjunction with the Lagos State Boxing Association, the tournament aims to discover talented boxers ahead of the 20th National Sports Festival billed to…

Two Nigerians Olamide Oladimeji and Ejiroghene have won Netflix’s Dear White People competition beating other competitors to come out tops. With hundreds of film submissions to the Netflix’s Dear White People film contest across the United States, the film by two the filmmakers were selected as one of the top two. The film received an honorable mention and standing ovation at the Season 3  premiere of the Netflix episodic series in Los Angeles, CA. “It was a good experience creating this project and getting the attention that it’s getting, the reaction of the audience and show creator Justin Simien towards…

The Presidency has dismissed reports that Babatunde Fowler, chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service is under investigation. In a statement signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity on Monday, he said the letter by Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari was merely raising concerns. “Following reports making the rounds in some media outlets, it is necessary to state categorically that the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, is not under any investigation. “The letter from the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, on which the purported rumour of…

Not pleased with the live sex happening in the ongoing popular Nigera reality TV show, Big Brother Naija (BBNaija), the federal government has lodged a complaint…

President Muhammadu Buhari has told incoming ministers that they have to provide solutions to the problems of Nigeria, stressing that, they cannot rely on development partners. He made the remark at the two-day presidential retreat for ministers-designate, presidential aides and other top government functionaries held at the State House in Abuja on Monday. President Buhari in his remarks at the two-day presidential retreat for ministers-designate, presidential aides and other top government functionaries held at the State House in Abuja said his government was determined to turn the fortunes of Nigeria. “I congratulate all the new comers who your country has…

Security agencies have reportedly sealed off the venue of an event where Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; and human rights activist/Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, had been billed to speak. The event, tagged, ‘Democracy, State Repression and the State of Insecurity in Nigeria,’ had been scheduled to hold at 46, Ibijoke Street, Oluyole bus-stop, Oregun, Lagos. An event that was scheduled to draw an urgent attention to Nigeria’s growing social and security crises. The event was planned by the Coalition for Revolution, a political movement led by the detained Nigerian activist, Omoyele Sowore. Organisers had invited public figures like…

The Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant a request stopping President Muhammadu Buhari from inaugurating the 43 ministerial nominees over the exclusion of an FCT indigene from his cabinet list. The applicant, Mr Musa Baba-panya, who was also the counsel in the case, had, on Thursday, approached the court with an ex parte motion, asking the court to stop the president from going ahead on the inauguration. In suit number: number: FHC/ABJ/CS/878/19, Baba-panya, who is also an indigene of Karu in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said the president’s action was contrary to an Appeal Court’s judgment…

In a presidential  retreat on Monday,  president Muhammadu Buhari challenged Ministers-designate to reflect and assess the country’s position…

A French couple who were caught with 40kg (90lb) of Sardinian sand in their car could face up to six years in jail. They say they wanted to take the sand home as a “souvenir” and did not realise they had committed an offence. Sardinia’s famed white sand is considered a public good and it is strictly forbidden to remove it from the island. For years, residents have complained about the theft of natural assetsincluding sand. The couple face a jail term of between one and six years for the crime of theft with the aggravating circumstance of having stolen…

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that his government his laying the foundation to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty. President Buhari in his remarks at the two-day presidential retreat for ministers-designate, presidential aides and other top government functionaries held at the State House in Abuja said his government was determined to turn the fortunes of Nigeria. “Our administration’s eight years will have laid the grounds for lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years. This outcome will fundamentally shift Nigeria’s trajectory and place us among the World’s Great Nations,” he said. He urged the incoming ministers to…