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In a bid to reignite the interest in reading across Nigeria and beyond, a 40 year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, , read aloud for 122 hours at a Read Aloud Marathon Session organized by the YouREAD Initiative, a CSR initiative of Guaranty Trust Bank. The Read Aloud Marathon, which had renowned Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer as the official timekeeper, …

Finally it is here! The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour touched down Nigeria to a grand welcome. The FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour got to Naija today with Dignitaries going on board for the first view of the FIFA World Cup and also the President Buhari was pictured with the first look in Nigeria. This is the first look at …

Director General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC and his wife, Aisha Rimi, are at the center of a major scandal involving the diversion of a huge sum of N3 Billion from a Lagos state government account. The fund, EFCC told the court on Monday, was diverted from the account of Lagos State Government Number Plate Production Authority when Coker …

President Buhari will on Monday depart Nigeria for Accra, Ghana to attend the country’s 61st independence anniversary scheduled for Tuesday, March 6th. According to a statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President is the only foreign leader invited to the event holding at the Independence Square ….. See Post:

At the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States, The 90th Academy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel was held on Sunday. The first award of the night went to Sam Rockwell for best supporting actor for his role in “Three Billboards.”, While the 2018 Oscars came to a close with “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” …

40 year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, is bidding for a Guinness World Record after reading aloud for 122 hours at a Read Aloud Marathon Session organized by the YouREAD Initiative, a CSR initiative of Guaranty Trust Bank which seeks to reignite the interest in reading across Nigeria and beyond. Olubayode read aloud 23 published books from 1;30pm on Monday …

Earlier, the second eviction on the Double Wahala 2018 Big brother Naija live show was held and housemates, Ahneeka and Angel (Gelah) have been evicted from the game. Angel and Ahneeka (Gelah), Cee-C and Lolu (Ceelo), and Leo and Ifu Ennada (Lifu) were the three pairs up for eviction this past week after head of house, Tobi saved Bamco and …

Italy international defender Davide Astori died in his hotel room during the night of Saturday to Sunday, his club Fiorentina said on Sunday. “Fiorentina are profoundly shocked to have to announce the death of captain Davide Astori after a sudden illness,” the Serie A club said on Twitter. The 31-year-old, who leaves behind a two-year-old daughter, was in Udine to …

The Brazilian soccer confederation has confirmed that PSG football star, Neymar has successfully undergone surgery on his injured right foot on Saturday… The 26-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward was injured Feb. 25 in a French league game against Marseille. The operation was to repair a cracked fifth metatarsal in his right foot. Confederation spokesman Vinicius Rodrigues said the surgery …

Ojota used to be a military settlement in the late 18th century and soldiers practised their shooting there. The area had several gun firing spots and became known as “Oju Ota” in Yoruba which means “Bullet spots”. It later metamorphosed into Ojota which it is called now.