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The United Nations, UN, United States of America and the United Kingdom have all reacted to the military coup in Zimbabwe.The military on Wednesday overthrew 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe  after seizing the National Radio Station on Tuesday.Mugabe has been in charge of the country for 37 years.   The UN...

When Peter Jackson directed the first Lord Of The Rings trilogy, released between 2001 and 2003, the combined cost of the three movies was $281 million.A little over a decade later, when Jackson returned to direct The Hobbit trilogy, the combined cost before any promotion or advertising was $675 million.Amazon Studios...

President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, arrived at the headquarters of the governing ZANU-PF party last week during a rally to back Mrs. Mugabe as the next vice president. | Jekesai Njikizana/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesZimbabwe’s military said early Wednesday, November 15, 2017 that it had taken custody of President...

Zimbabwe's military has placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest in the capital Harare, South African President Jacob Zuma says.Mr Mugabe told Mr Zuma in a phone call that he was fine, the South African leader's office said.Troops are patrolling the capital, Harare, after they seized state TV and said they were...

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDIThe wait for the space saga’s highly anticipated Episode VIII will soon be over. The Last Jedi takes a deeper dive into Rey’s life and her relationship with Luke Skywalker. “She’s greeted not so warmly by Luke,” says Daisy Ridley. “It will take a little bit of work and a little bit of trust, then...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria has just defeated Argentina in an International Friendly played at the Krasnodar Stadium in Russia.Ever Banega opened the scoreline in the 27th minute with a magnificent freekick, and Sergio Aguero topped it up with a goal, making the scoreline 2-0 at the 43rd minute.Kelechi Iheanacho also scored...

The Intelligence Response Team (IRT) under the watch of Abba Kyari at the weekend, lost one of its gallant officers to the cold hands of death.The gallant officer was one of the leading ‘field detectives’ who tracked and demystified Lagos based billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuadike aka Evans.It was in the middle...

Delectable Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari who has, ever since the birth of her twin daughters, been keeping their identity and that of their father’s private, shared these new lovely new photos of herself bonding with the twins at an apartment garden.Nadia welcomed her twins in 2015 and has succeeded in keeping their faces...

This is a Fraud Alert from Adesua Etomi’s Hubby, Banky W.There are rumours making grounds that N35,000 tickets are on sale for every prospective guest for the most anticipated wedding of the yeat between Singer Banky W and Actress Adesua Etomi.The Groom himself, Banky W has however debunked the rumours via his Twitter...

Dangote Group of Companies has established a $100million truck assembly plant in Lagos.In a statement on Sunday, January 15, the group said that the plant was floated by the group in partnership with National Heavy Duty Truck Group Company Limited, (SINOTRUK), a Chinese firm. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});...

Africa’s richest man and the Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has revealed that Nigerian economy is losing an estimated N20 billion on a daily basis to the bad roads around Apapa, Lagos.Dangote disclosed this fact during a chat with the journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, June 2017. He categorically...

Tanzania and Nigeria's Dangote Cement have reached a deal on the supply of natural gas to the firm's manufacturing plant in the East African country after negotiations stalled over prices, Tanzanian President John Magufuli said on Saturday.The $500 million cement factory in the southeastern Tanzanian town of Mtwara, set...

Alhaji Aliko Dangote - the richest man in Africa, is one of many Billionaires living in Lagos, Nigeria.» more Alhaji Aliko Dangote - the richest man in Africa, is one of many Billionaires living in Lagos, Nigeria.  (Forbes Africa)Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President, Dangote Group on Monday disclosed that the company...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has secured about $2 billion for the expansion of its transmission capacities up to 20,000 megawatts within the next three years.The fund is also earmarked to help in the rehabilitation of the country's national grid infrastructure.This was disclosed by the company's Managing Director,...

Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named as an independent non-executive director at Standard Chartered PLC, a British multinational banking and financial services company.According to a report by TheCable, she will be earning £130,000 a year for her services to the organisation.The bank's media...

World Bank Group says it has an investment portfolio of about 8.5 billion dollars scattered across states and regions in Nigeria to support inclusive economic development and youth empowerment.Mrs Olufunke Olufon, the Senior Communications Officer, World Bank Nigeria, made this knownin a statement on Sunday in Abuja. (adsbygoogle...

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent visit to Turkey to boost bilateral trade, 23 Turkish electrical manufacturing  companies will  visit Nigeria this week to meet buyers and distributors.The Managing Director of Naijalink Ltd., Mrs Thessa Bagu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the...

As the weeks unfold, so does the anticipation grow for us to know who will become the lucky winner of 5 million naira and a brand new Ford Ranger courtesy Ford Motors and Coscharis Motors, the official automotive sponsors of the show.The Next Titan Nigeria season 4 which is proudly brought to you by Heritage Bank plc,...

Remember the days when the only ability to have storage inside your PC was by hooking up an internal storage device commonly known has hard disk or hard disk drive? That was the storage standard for quite some time, and other than that, there was absolutely no way of having your storage outside your computer. Then came...

 One of the most important aspects of building a successful business is customer engagement. Today’s businesses reach out and connect with customers across multiple channels (including social media and email). However even with seemingly constant advancements in online communications and collaborationtechnology, nothing...

Stock trading, once the sole domain of Wall Street, has become easily and affordably available to all in the last 20 years, thanks to online brokerages. Prior to online trading, people relied on the services of a stock broker, who would make buy and sell orders on the customer’s behalf. Today, individuals are able to execute...

BiafraNnamdi Kanu sacked as IPOB leader for 'diverting' over $30m contributed by IgbosRadio Biafra said Kanu has been replaced by one Mazi Ezenwachukwu Sampson Okwudili.Radio Biafra, an international media arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has announced the removal of Nnamdi Kanu as the director...