Now you own the key! Become a true #AsoEbiBella. AsoEbiBella, an independent Nigerian startup dedicated to all things rich in African Culture, Fashion & Style, launches AsoEbiBella.com. In June 2013, AsoEbiBella, launched a weekly feature on BellaNaija.com which easily became an audience favourite, revolutionizing the way African style and glamour is experienced online. With…
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The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state of forming a new cult group christened “new Rivers cult group” with the aim of creating security crisis in Rivers. He stated this on Monday during the commissioning of the Kpopie-Bodo Road in Gokana…
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Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has declared that he would contest the 2018 gubernatorial election of the state so that he could complete his first term in office which was truncated in 2006. Fayose was impeached from office about seven months to the end of his first term in 2006 but the action was…
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A London High Court has awarded £1 as damages to be paid to former Delta State governor and convicted money launderer James Ibori over his claim of unlawful detention by British Home Secretary Amber Rudd, UK Evening Standard reports. Justice Cheema-Grubb ruled that Ibori was unlawfully held for one day, 18 hours and 10 minutes between December 20…
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It was a double celebration for Nigerian Kaetochuku “Kay” Okafor, 24 on May 7, 2017 as he bagged his business administration degree from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., and was also drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). “It’s the biggest day of my life so far to be honest. To graduate from university and get…
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has terminated a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of firms to build the 4th Mainland Bridge at the cost of N844 billion due to slow pace. The MoU for the 36 km bridge was signed on 25 May 2016 after two past administrations had promised to do so. The project was to be…
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Nigeria’s Miss Anne-Marie Osawemwemze Imafidon has been decorated by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, with the prestigious honour of Member of the Most Excellent British Empire (MBE) for her services to young women with specialty in Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Recall that we informed you earlier of the event which has now taken place…
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Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has advised Acting President Yemi Osinbajo not to sign the 2017 budget because it was illegally increased by the National Assembly. Falana, who spoke in Ilorin during a colloquium organised by the Movement for Genuine Change to mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of Kwara State insisted that…
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Emotional scenes, tears, hugging, dominated the reunion of the recently released 82 kidnapped Chibok Schoolgirls with their parents. The setting was the Department of State Security (DSS) facility in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where the girls have been trying to get over the trauma of abduction and incarceration in Boko Haram’s camp. At the…
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Ibrahim Farinloye, Public Information Officer, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday confirmed that 19 persons had been rescued alive, while three persons, including a teenager, were pulled out dead from the wreckage of the collapsed building at Ire Akari Estate, Isolo, Lagos on Thursday. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that…
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