First Bank set to sack 1000 of its workers

First Bank of Nigeria is planning to sack at least 1000 of its staff. According to Bloomberg, the plan to cut jobs is as a result of the banks 82% loss in profit after its financial year ending for 2015. The bank also plans to focus less on providing loans to the oil industry as part of measures to increase its profit for the year 2016.

Buhari congratulates Nigerian/British boxing champion Anthony Joshua Oluwafemi

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigerian/British boxer Anthony Joshua Oluwafemi for winning the IBF Heavyweight championship. The president in his congratulatory message asked Nigerians to support the young man as he defends his heavyweight title.

Mr. President's statement came through his SSA on Diaspora and Foreign Relations, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

Joshua, ranked the world’s sixth best heavyweight boxer, will be defending his title by June 25, 2016.

Bola Tinubu's Son Set to Wed His Beautiful Fiancee [See Their Pre-Wedding Photos]

Seyi, the son of APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, is set to wed his beautiful lady Layal Holm. The couple got engaged last November in Ghana and are getting set for their big day. They just released their beautiful pre-wedding pictures. Check out more photos...

Mother of VP Osinbajo Visits President Buhari and His Wife

The mother of the vice president, Mrs Olubisi Osinbajo and her daughter-in-law, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo paid a visit to President Buhari and his wife Aisha at their official residence. Nice one!

10 juicy lyrics from Beyoncé’s new Lemonade album that got people talking

Did Jay Z cheat on Beyonce? Looks like that's what Beyonce wants her fans to think with the release of this new album. Some of the songs in her new album was about cheating. Some people have highlighted ten of the most intriguing lyrics from the new album. See below...

1. "So what are you going to say at my funeral now that you've killed me? Here lies the body of the love of my life whose heart I broke without a gun to my head. Here lies the mother of my children both living and dead. Rest in peace, my true love, who I took for granted."

2. "Looking at my watch, he shoulda been home. Today I regret the night I put that ring on. He always got them f--king excuses."
Brace yourselves listeners, because this is only the beginning when it comes to topics of possible cheating.

3. "He only want me when I'm not there. He better call Becky with the good hair."

Rachel Roy acknowledged this by tweeting "Good hair don't care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. Live in the light #nodramaqueens."

4. "Middle fingers up, put them hands high. Wave it in his face, tell him, boy, bye. Tell him, boy, bye, middle fingers up. I ain't thinking ‘bout you."

5. "You remind me of my father, a magician… able to exist in two places at once. In the tradition of men in my blood, you come home at 3 a.m. and lie to me. What are you hiding? The past and the future merge to meet us here. What luck. What a f--king curse."

6. "Show me your scars and I won't walk away...every promise don't work out that way."
 
7. "Ashes to ashes, dust to side chicks."


8. "You know I give you life. If you try this s--t again you're gonna lose your wife."

9. "I tried to change, closed my mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less awake. Fasted for 60 days, wore white, abstained from mirrors, abstained from sex, slowly did not speak another word… I grew thickened skin on my feet I bathed in bleach and plugged my menses with pages from the holy book, but still inside me, coiled deep, was the need to know…are you cheating on me?"


10. "My grandma said nothing real can be threatened. True love brought salvation back into me. With every tear came redemption. And my torture became my remedy."

At the end of Lemonade, Beyoncé sings about forgiveness and the importance of family.

Tinubu: Current Challenges Will Give Birth To A Better Nigeria

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu has said that the challenges facing Nigeria at the moment will give birth to a better nation.

He stressed that the process of achieving the required result, though difficult, would lead the country to good fortunes, if undertaken.

Tinubu explained that the challenges demanded that the country changed from dependent on oil or fall by the wayside, adding that there was no third option.

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D'Banj Marries His New Girlfriend Privately?

In a recent chat, the Kokomaster reiterated that he's not one of those who will do an elaborate marriage with party and all that. He said when he's getting married, "Nobody would hear about it", and added: "Besides, who says I am not married?"

Sources had alleged that D'banj paid traditional rights for his "lady", privately. No confirmation yet.

I’m Not Afraid Of Death, declares ex-President IBB

Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida is unbothered by rumour of his sickness and death. He told reporters at his Hilltop Mansion in Minna, the Niger State capital that:

“The rumour does not shock me; neither does it bother me because I know I must go and meet God, my creator. There is nothing really to worry about, my religion has told me.

“As a Muslim, I strongly believe everybody will die, everybody will die and everybody has to die. It could be now or in hundred years’ time or two days to come but it doesn’t matter. Everybody must die.”

74yrs old Gen. Babangida said nobody is above illness or death because it has been destined by God.

There were rumours last week that the General was critically ill or might have passed on. But in his time with some reporters on Sunday, he looked very okay.

On the state of the nation, Babangida, who led the country between 1985 and 1993, expressed optimism that Nigeria will surmount its challenges, adding that the future of the country is bright and that it has a lot for the younger generation.

“I still believe very strongly in this country, which is further demonstrated by the people of this great nation because they are a very industrious people, hardworking. That gives me the hope for Nigeria.”

PH and Warri Refineries Now Producing Petrol – Kachikwu

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has announced that the Port Harcourt Refining Company and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company are now producing a combined volume of seven million litres of petrol daily.

The PHRC now produces 5 million litres of petrol, while WRPC produces 2 million litres daily.

Kachikwu, in a statement on Sunday, said this while reopening the Bonny-Port Harcourt crude pipeline.

The minister said in the statement that the government was doing all it could to clear the queues, as he noted that the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company was also scheduled to start production any moment from now.

Kachikwu said the coming on stream of the three refineries would go a long way in ensuring sufficient supply and distribution of petrol across the country.

“Port Harcourt is back in production; Warri is back in production; Kaduna, as of today, is receiving crude and will soon be back in production. Lagos is easing off now from fuel scarcity and Abuja is doing the same thing; and once Kaduna begins production, the North will see a lot of improvement.”

Oritsefemi and his crew storm Paris

The singer who is in Paris shared this pic on Instagram...

Photos from the white wedding of former VP Atiku Abubakar's son, Aminu

The white wedding of Aminu, the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to his Ghanaian bride, Nana Akyaa, took place in Accra, Ghana yesterday. Atiku couldn't make it as he is in England delivering a lecture at the London School of Economics. His wife and mother of the groom, Titi, and other family members were in attendance. More photos after the cut...