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Former BBN and Nigerian Idol Star, Debie Rise continues to make strategic moves aimed at bolstering her presence on both the local and international front as she makes a slight change of name from Debie Rise to DEBORAH RISE and is now a Gospel Artist. To mark this rebirth, Deborah Rise has released new pictures, a New Audio and Video titled “My Choice”.

The November  24 Guest Writer Session of the Abuja Writers Forum (AWF) will feature two writers,  Madeline Agoba and Chiemezie Onwubalili. The event is open to the public and holds at the Fountain Hall of Nanet Suites from 4pm to 7pm and featuring readings, Q and A Session, live music and a raffle-draw for books.

 Nigerian female entrepreneur Grace Makun of Fab Jewels recently put together a platform for networking and connect with other women entrepreneurs tagged "November Retail Fiesta, Celebrating Women in Business”.

Nuciano, a luxury hand-bag label is now in Nigerian market. The brand which was unveiled by Joy Egbejimba, was founded in Seattle, United States of America, and it has set a pace in the class of quality handbags.

The crown prince of England, Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla were in Nigeria and as such, a number of activities were held in their honour. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall arrived Nigeria a few days ago and spent some time in Abuja after which they headed down to Lagos. Osas Ighodaro Following their arrival, the royals attended a reception held by the British Council in Nigeria where they met and interacted with young people from the world of art, fashion, music, and film.

Tiwa Savage wins 'Best African Act' at the 2018 MTV EMAs. She won the ‘Best African Act’ category at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards. The awards held was held at the Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao in Spain. Despite stiff competition from Davido, Distruction Boyz (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (DRC), Nyashinski (Kenya), Shekinah (South Africa), Tiwa still came tops.

The Peoples Democratic Party has described the presentation of attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to President Muhammadu Buhari as a tragicomedy. Buhari had on Friday received his West Africa Examination Council certificate from Dr Iyi Uwadiae, the Registrar of WAEC.  National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbodiyan, told journalists in Abuja that, the PDP did not expect the president to, “come this low.” He said, “it is a tragicomedy. We never expected Mr. President to dramatically come this low because you cannot have a certificate and be calling it an attestation. What are they attesting to? We stand by our position that Mr. President has no school certificate. “it is simply a political certificate. We have said that the Buhari presidency and his handlers are always fretting at the mention of a certificate.  So, they want to mislead Nigerians to say that Mr. President has a sc...

Opposition political parties under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties have described the sudden release of the confirmation of result by WAEC in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as suspicious. They said that there were indications that the result was hurriedly released to stall the commencement of the suit seeking to disqualify the President from the 2019 election, describing the action as laughable, unbelievable and a desperate effort to mislead the court and shield President Buhari from being disqualified in the 2019 presidential election. CUPP is made up of about 42 political parties. The CUPP in a statement issued in Abuja by its National Spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere, called on WAEC to produce the official ledger and booklet containing the scores and records of names of students of the Provincial Secondary School, katsina, now called Government Secondary School. The spokesperson sa...

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested the cook who killed his boss, Chief Ope Bademosi, in Lagos. The cook, who was identified as Sunday, was said to have committed the offence at the Lagos home of the deceased. He was alleged to have run away after the dastardly act. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph, confirmed the arrest.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he and the late Gen. Shehu Musa Yar’Adua were classmates at both the primary and secondary schools, noting that they both joined the Army after the completion of their West African School Certificate Examination. Buhari said that he and the late Gen. Yar’Adua wrote the WASCE in 1961. The President said this as he defended the presentation of his WAEC certificate to him by the West African Examinations Council on Friday.

The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has adopted Sen. Hope Uzodinma as the governorship candidate of the party for Imo state. The final decision on the issue was taken during a meeting of the NWC held Wednesday in Abuja. Accordingly, the party has sent the name of the Senator to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to meet the deadline of the November 2 deadline for the submission of governorship candidates. Senator Hope Uzodinma

The Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina has cleared the air on the issue of WAEC certificate of President Muhammad Buhai with the tweet on his handle which read: "WAEC presents attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to President Buhari. What will the naysayers say next?"

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has assured that his government would ensure that “the law takes its course“ regarding the gruesome death of a 13-year old Ochanya Ogbanje. Ortom gave the assurance on Tuesday in Makurdi when some people from Benue State University (BSU) protested to the Government House to register their displeasure over the unfortunate demise of the minor.

UK Fashion Buyers, Stavros Karelis & Anna Trevelyan to speak on “The Concept of Fashion Curation”, at the GTBank Fashion Weekend. Stavros & Anna will be at the GTBank Fashion Weekend to give insight on The Concept of Fashion Curation.

By Harande Balarabe When it was announced that one of the advertised headliners for the October 27 Guest Writer Session was unavoidably absent, the look of disappointment showed clearly on the faces of most attendees. They had arrived the Fountain Hall at Nanet Suites, with a lot of anticipation only to be told that Chief Timipre Sylva  had to attend an urgent meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. But within seconds of the presentation by Julius Bokoru, his media aide, the hearty applause restored the positive vibes in the hall. It underscored not only the presenter’s skill but also the quality of the content. The presentation was for a new segment of the monthly programme. Titled “Take Five”, the idea is for high profile personalities to talk of at most five books that have positively impacted their lives. The debutante chose to focus on three books.

At Mile 2 bridge, Lagos, a large crowd were waiting for a bus to go home after their day’s job. It had rained cat and dog that day so there was a vehicular traffic, which held the commuter buses behind. So as soon as a bus eventually arrived, the passengers rushed to board the bus.  “Osodi Oke straight N200.00 bus. Hold your change o. If you no get change no enter o. Conductor no get sense o”. This was the conductor of the bus shouting, warning the passengers ahead that he had no change. This reporter was among the lucky ones that struggled and got a space in the bus. Before the bus could get to second rainbow bus-stop along Osodi-Apapa expressway, the conductor started collecting the transport fare from his passengers. One of the passengers handed a N500 note to the conductor. As soon as the conductor discovered it was N500 note, he shouted, “I told you to hold your change. Driver, match am, let this man go down”.

An Abuja based  business woman who came to Lagos for  a conference, Mrs. Amaka Nwauzo has narrated how she miraculously  escaped  from the  hands of  Fulani herdsmen who dressed in  Nigemilitary uniform on her way back to  Abuja from Lagos.  Mrs. Nwauzo, who is  a member  of the  Deeper  Christian  Life  Ministry  said  the  incident  happened  after a  two  day  conference   she  attended   in Lagos  tagged  “Mothers of the  Nation  Conference” organized  by  the  Christian Women Association early this year. She explained that   the  aim of the  gathering  was  for  the participants  to  pray  against the  continuous  killing  of innocent  souls   particularly in  the Northern  region of the country,  and also  for...