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Housemate Efe secured 57.61 per cent of votes to emerge winner of the 2017 Big Brother Naija ‘See Goobe’ reality TV show on Sunday. The Warri-born up and coming rap artist beat Bisola, who became the 1st runner up with 18.54 per cent of the vote at the grand finale. Tboss scored 13.60 per cent to emerge the 2nd runner up; Debie-Rise 8.78 per cent, 3rd runner up while Marvis scored 1.47 per cent. Efe was given a brand new Kia Sorento SUV and N25 million naira cash prize. Efe who had never failed to stress that he was real…

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, said the command was working with sister security agencies to arrest the suspected militants that killed four policemen, an army captain and a civilian today. Owoseni said this today while responding to the killings by the militants in Isawo area of Ikorodu in Lagos state. His statement, the first by any top security official clarified earlier reports that two soldiers were killed. The commissioner said that the officers were killed while trying to rescue some people abducted by the unidentified gunmen. “At about 1a.m of today Sunday April 9, the…

The fan favourite, Efe has won the grand finale of the Reality TV show, the Big Brother Nigeria, otherwise known as #BBNaija. He won with a massive 57 per cent of the vote. Bisola trailed with 18 per cent. He will go home with the N25m cash prize and a Kia Sorento SUV. Efe, the Warri boy is a graduate of Economics and an up coming rap artist. In the run-up to his announcement, Bisola, was announced the winner of the One Campaign. At this stage, only Efe and Bisola were left standing after Marvis, Tboss and Debie Rise had…

Everton registered their seventh straight home league win as Romelu Lukaku scored twice to check Leicester’s renaissance under boss Craig Shakespeare. Tom Davies poked in for the hosts after 30 seconds, before Leicester rallied with a slick counter-attacking goal from Islam Slimani and a superb free-kick from Marc Albrighton. But Leicester, much changed before Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final at Atletico Madrid, never looked comfortable. Lukaku headed in a Ross Barkley cross to draw Everton level and Phil Jagielka was allowed too much space at a corner as the Toffees reached the break ahead. Lukaku drilled in from close range after…

Operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a driver who connived with three other persons in diverting his company 600 bags of flour before dismembering the truck for sale in pieces. The suspect, Garuba Lawal, 36, from Kwara State connived with three others now at large and diverted the 600 bags of flour to Sagamu, Ogun State. The product was thereafter given out to a buyer, while he took the truck to Ilorin, Kwara state, where it was dismembered and sold in pieces. Garuba, who was recruited by the company (name withheld) the same…

…Kick-Starts Lagos @ 50 Celebrations Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday evening formally flagged off the opening ceremony of activities lined up to commemorate the State’s Golden Jubilee Anniversary, just as he pledged that his administration would pay greater attention to the growth of young entrepreneurs and back it up with an enabling environment and friendly policies that will enhance success of their business initiatives. The Governor also said that concerted efforts would be put in place to utilise the golden jubilee celebration to lay a solid foundation for another glorious 50 years in the State. Governor Ambode,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday felicitated with Africa’s richest man and philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, on his 60th birthday. “President Buhari joins the business world, Dangote’s friends and family in congratulating the Forbes’ rated richest African and black man for his patriotism and kind heartedness in always making sacrifices to safeguard the health of the nation, most remarkably the polio and Ebola interventions,” the president’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said in a statement. “The President believes the global business mogul remains a shining example of the virtues of choosing entrepreneurship from an early age, treading the path of diligence, perseverance and continuous…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has auctioned $418 million at a marginal rate of N310 to a dollar, to airlines, agriculture, petroleum and raw materials sub sectors. The CBN acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor said in Abuja that the $480m offered last week was in addition to the $350 million sold as wholesale auction for travel allowance and school fees at the same period. He said that in the weeks ahead, the CBN would further sustain its intervention through the sale of foreign exchange to all segments of the market, like the interbank and the Bureau de…

Nigeria and European Union (EU) are working to have an agreement that will facilitate the repatriation of Nigerians living illegally in EU countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the EU also sought to engage with the government in providing vocational training for those who had been repatriated. The EU for now, he explained was trying to have a collective agreement with Nigeria covering all the EU countries so that there can just be a one-stop-shop and everybody can repatriate Nigerians. “We are looking to see…

No fewer than five policemen and two soldiers, including an army captain were killed by suspected militants early Sunday morning in Ikorodu Area of Lagos. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the bodies of the victims had been removed. The slain Captain was simply identified as Muhammad. There has been no official confirmation of the killings yet. NAN gathered that the existing presence of the Joint Task Force called Operation Awatse did not deter the militants from operating in the area they were driven away from about a year ago by members of the same task force.…