President Buhari inaugurates National Economic Council

Pres. Buhari today inaugurated the National Economic Council which will be chaired by VP Yemi Osinbajo, while all the 36 state governors and the Governor of the central bank Godwin Emefiele are to serve as members. The team will be responsible for advising President Buhari on all issues relating to the Nigerian economy. More photos after the cut...

Super producer Scott Storch, who once had $70m, now has $100

Super producer Scott Storch yesterday filed for bankruptcy. He has only $100 to his name. The news sent shock waves around the world...why? Because just a few years ago, Scott was one of the highest paid people in the US music industry. He's produced hits for Dr Dre, 50cent, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake & many more. He had a mansion in Miami, dated Paris Hilton and was worth $70million.

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See Forbes World's Highest Paid Athletes of 2015

According to Forbes, these are the 10 highest paid Athletes of 2015 (From June 2014 - to June 2015)
1. Floyd Mayweather - $300m
2. Manny Pacquiao - $160m
3. Cristiano Ronaldo - $79.6m
4. Lionel Messi - $73.8m
5. Roger Federer - $67m
6. LeBron James - $64.8 million
7. Kevin Durant - $54.1 million
8. Phil Mickelson - $50.8 million
9. Tiger Woods - $50.6 million
10. Kobe Bryant - $49.5 million

Photos: Kim K steps out in a black & gold 2-piece at Cannes Lions

The pregnant 34 year old dazzled in a chic and sophisticated two-piece as she arrived at the Palais des Festivals for the Cannes Lions Festival today. More pics after the cut...

Oby Ezekwesili discredits ex minister's claim that GEJ left $30bn in treasury

The former Minister disagrees with the immediate past Minister/Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission (NPC), Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman who claims former President Jonathan left $30 billion in the national treasury. More of Oby Ezekwesili's tweets after the cut...

Fresh cases of Ebola reported in Sierra Leone

The National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) in Sierra Leone's says it has recorded fresh cases of the deadly Ebola virus that ravaged the country and some other countries in West Africa last year.

Six people are under observation after the first person with symptoms of the disease was admitted on June 17th. 3,900 deaths were recorded in Sierra Leone alone during the last Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Sierre Leone was declared Ebola free in May by the World Health Organization.

King of Comedy Alibaba turns 50 today

  

Nigeria's King of comedy, Alibaba turned 50 years old today June 24th. Wishing him plenty more great years ahead.

New condom changes color when exposed to STDs

    



A new 'smart condom' was created by a group of teenage students for the Teen Tech awards, which they claim will glow different colors if it detects an STD!

The creators said the condom will work with a layer of chemicals on the surface that will attach to bacteria and viruses from STDs.

Naira gains as CBN adjust naira-dollar exchange rate again

The nation’s currency, the naira, on Tuesday, strengthened against the US dollar by N0.96k or 0.48 percent at the inter-bank foreign exchange market after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) again adjusted its clearing rate to N196.60k.With the adjustment on Tuesday, the clearing rate weakened against the greenback by N6.90k or 3.63 percent depreciation.Consequently, after trading on Tuesday, the local currency closed at N197.33k/$ as against N198.29k/$ the previous day, data from Financial Markets Dealers Quotations (FMDQ) indicated.

Buhari to earn N14.4m annual salary + See what others will earn

According to a report by Vanguard, this is what President Buhari, VP Osinbajo and other top govt officials will earn. Isn't it too small though? Read full report from Vanguard below...

Fifa postpone 2026 World Cup bidding process

   

The bidding process for the 2026 World Cup has been postponed, following allegations of corruption in the bids for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.The decision was due to be made in Kuala Lumpur in May 2017, but that date will now be rescheduled, according to Jérôme Valcke, the Fifa secretary general.
“Due to the situation, I think it’s nonsense to start any bidding process for the time being. It will be postponed,” Valcke said on a visit to Samara, one of the Russian cities that will host the 2018 World Cup. Canada, Mexico and Colombia have confirmed interest in bidding for the 2026 tournament, though the USA are considered favourites, while Greg Dyke, the FA chairman, has reiterated his stance that there will be no England bid while Sepp Blatter is Fifa president. Blatter may leave his post as soon as December 16, the date Fifa have earmarked for an emergency meeting in Zurich to determine his successor. “It was decided to place the administrative process on hold for the 2026 Fifa World Cup bidding due to the current situation,” Fifa said. 

ISIS captures 88 Eritrean Christians in Libya

                      

The ISIS terror group kidnapped 88 Eritrean Christians from a people-smugglers' caravan in

Libya last week, a U.S. defense official confirmed Monday.

The defense official confirmed initial reports of the mass kidnapping after seeing a recent intelligence report. The convoy was ambushed by militants south of Tripoli before dawn this past Wednesday morning.

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Rotten Lemon Awards: Now you can nominate companies who deserve a basket of Rotten Lemons

We flipped the traditional awards model and will give poor service providers the “Worst Brand Award”, but we need your feedback to do it. You have suffered bad services for too long, now you can be the judge and the jury! Here are the categories to nominate brands for:

Housewife stabs self to death over her husband's poor sexual performance

A 32-year-old housewife and evangelist, Nancy (surname withheld) in Okpanam Community, near Asaba in Delta State, allegedly committed suicide by stabbing herself to death on Saturday June 6th. Friends say she committed suicide after complaining about her husband's poor sexual performance since they got married.

Leadership reports that Nancy complained bitterly to a relative that she got to know of her husband's poor sexual prowess after they got married because they did not engage in premarital sex while dating.

Police officers at the Okpanam Police Division confirmed the incident but did not give the name of the couple involved. They said they saw her lifeless body in her room after the husband, who is an engineer, had gone to work. They say investigations into the matter is still ongoing.