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One man, cars and houses burnt after a tanker filled with petrol exploded at Owode-Ijako area this morning. Fire service men as well as the police are on ground to contain the situation. Graphic photos after the cut..

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Her name is Habibat Jinad and she is being touted as the prettiest actress in the Yoruba movie industry. The beautiful lady came into acting in 2008 and has been able to carve a niche for herself in the industry. Apart from acting, she is also a presenter with wave-making Yoruba Television station (Orisun TV) presenting a programme called "Miliki Express".

World Shipowners’ Association (WSA) has appointed Nigeria-born Forbes billionaire and President of Slok Group, Orji Uzor Kalu as interim president of the body. Kalu, an eminent businessman and former governor of Abia State will occupy the position pending the election of substantive officials at the proposed Marine Conference scheduled for Greece in Q3 2017 The maritime industry globally is set to meet its full potential following the unveiling of an umbrella body for all national, regional and international associations of ship owners called World Shipowners’ Association (WSA). The association which was established in furtherance to the adoption of the agreement of the international maritime round table (IMRT) held in Washington DC, USA, on Monday, October 2, 2015, had in attendance mainly owners of container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, fishing vessels, barges, specialized ships and ferries from 29 countries, including the United States of America, Canada, United Arab Emira...

Senate minority leader and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio has refuted claims that he was arrested by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission EFCC today as earlier reported....It was reported that Akpabio, was arrested and taken in by EFCC operatives at about 5.20 pm. He was said to have been accompanied a few aides and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ricky Tarfa. The senator posted on his official twitter handle few minutes ago saying he was not arrested and he has nothing to hide....See below

When President Muhammadu Buhari will sit to choose the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika - who hails from his home state of Katsina - is favoured for the juicy portfolio. 51-year-old Sirika was one of the 18 ministerial nominees confirmed earlier this week by the Senate. For those not in the know, Sirika has been a hardcore loyalist of President Buhari for decades. He was a member of the 19-man transition committee. Sirika, a former senator, represented Katsina North Senatorial District under the platform of Congress for Progressive Change(CPC). He was a Member of the Federal House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. As senator, Hadi Sirika was member of the Senate Committee on Aviation. He also has a career as a pilot spanning decades. Sirika has an Aircraft Engineers' License from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Training Center, Zaria in Kaduna State, while he acquired his Pilot License from Delta Aeronautics International, USA. Not many know that Sirika is one of Ni...

Annie Teriba issues apology after admitting she had failed to get full consent before having sex with someone at this year’s NUS black students’ conference. Annie Teriba is a third-year student at Wadham College, Oxford. A prominent student activist from Oxford University is resigning from her political posts and campaigns after admitting she failed to obtain full consent before having sex at a conference earlier this year. Annie Teriba, a third-year student at Wadham college, was the editor of No Heterox** – described as a zine for queer and trans voices – as well as a racial equality officer and member of both the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts committee and the NUS’s black students’ committee, according to the independent Oxford University newspaper Cherwell. Teriba reportedly made the admission in a statement posted on her Facebook profile, which has since been deleted. She said she began a physical relationship with someone at the NUS black students’ conf...