CoinAfrique – Classified ads platform in West Africa, raises €2,5M in Series A Round
The classified ads platform CoinAfrique has raised € 2.5 million euros from several investors, thereby cementing its ambition to become the mobile audience leader in francophone Africa. New shareholders include Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), an impact investment fund dedicated to…
Peter Obi Hails Mothers, Says They’re Treasures
The former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has described mothers as “treasures to be cherished both in the families and the country”. Obi spoke on Sunday when a group of mothers under the aegis of Anambra Progressives Women Organisation…
Critics Of $1b Security Fund Playing Politics – Adesina
Presidential media adviser, Femi Adesina says those opposing or criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of one billion dollars for security funding are only playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. Adesina The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali had…
How Italian Killed Nigerian Wife, Daughter In Lagos
A Nigerian artiste, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, popularly known as Alizee, and her four-year-old daughter, Petra, have been reportedly murdered by her Italian husband, Peter Nielsen. They were allegedly murdered in the family’s residence at Ocean Parade, Banana Island in the early…
Love Struck Naomi Campbell Congratulates Nigerian-Born Lover, Skepta, As He Bags Chieftaincy Title
British supermodel, Naomi Campbell, has congratulated her British-Nigerian singer lover, Joseph Adenuga a.k.a Skepta, who has been honoured with a chieftaincy title in Ogun State. Thirty-five-year-old Skepta, an award winning English grime artiste who is in a relationship with 47-year-old…
Okogie To Politicians: You’re The Greatest Threat To Nigeria’s Security
CATHOLIC Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, said, yesterday, that the recent call by former Defence Minister, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd), for self-defence should normally cause apprehensions in the Presidency, since its legitimacy was in doubt. Cardinal Okogie…
Looters’ List: Secondus Drags Lai Mohammed To Court … Demands N1.5bn
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has dragged the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to court for defamation of character. Mohammed had on Friday, last week, mentioned Secondus in the first list of…
Jay-Z cried when mum told him she’s gay: ‘She was free’
Jay-Z says he cried with relief when his mum told him that she is gay. “I was so happy for her that she was free,” the rapper told David Letterman on his new Netflix show. Jay-Z raps about the moment…
Bollywood star Salman Khan gets five years in jail for poaching
An Indian court has sentenced Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to five years in jail for poaching rare antelope back in 1998. The court in Jodhpur also fined him 10,000 rupees ($154; £109) for the crime. He has since been taken…