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Royal Philips has launched its “Buy Original” campaign in Nigeria; an informative multi-year outreach aimed at protecting consumers by creating awareness about counterfeit products in the market and educating them on how to identify original products versus counterfeits. Consumers in

The Queen has a private income, a government grant and revenues from estates With an estimated personal net worth of $515 million, Queen Elizabeth II is among the world’s richest women, according to the U.K. Sunday Times. So, it’s no

It’s always sad to hear news about young lives cut short by horrible tragedy. Shetemi Ayetigbo, an Ireland-based 16-year-old football star who appears to be of Nigerian parentage, collapsed and died while playing during a football match on Sunday. Ayetigbo

The footballer is preparing to fight a bitter divorce case against his estranged wife Abigail in Nigeria, and claims she called the police. John Fashanu has been questioned by police after they found an unlicensed weapon in his house during

US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right femur in a cycling accident in Scionzier, France, on Sunday morning, State Department spokesman John Kirby said. The injury is near the site of a previous hip surgery, so Kerry will

President Muhammadu Buhari recently appointed an Aide De Camp (ADC). He is Lt. Col. Muhammed Lawal Abubakar from Kano state. An ADC is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, government officer,

It’s the moment Nigerians have been waiting for. We can now officially call Muhammadu Buhari the President of Nigeria! What are your hopes and expectations for the next four years? We look forward to a bright future for Nigeria under

Nigeria’s Akinwunmi Adesina has been elected as the 8th President of the African Development Bank at a keenly contested election in Abidjan

Ogun State senator-elect Buruji Kashamu, has been placed under house arrest by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) pending his appearance in court on Monday for extradition proceedings. NDLEA officials reportedly stormed his Lekki home around about 5 a.m

Libya’s court of appeal has set the final sentence date for former leader Muammar Gadaffi’s regime officials’ trial. Al-Seddig Al-Sur, the Chief of Investigations office of the Attorney General, on Thursday in Tripoli, said after hearing the defence case, the