FG has realize ₦2.3Bn from the sack of 23, 846 Ghost Workers

Federal Government of Nigeria has announced on Sunday that over 23,846 ghost workers were being removed from its monthly payroll, saving the government N2.293 billion from the total salary bill for the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for February 2016 when compared to December 2015 when the BVN audit process commenced.

Speaking on the matter, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said the ghost workers were uncovered in payrolls of various MDAs during the ongoing bank verification number (BVN)-based staff audit and enrolment to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

The BVN is a unique number that identifies each bank’s customer for “Know Your Customer” (KYC) purposes.

Have you heard Ciara Speaks Pidgin before? Watch this Video

America Singer Ciara was in Nigeria over the weekend for the Darey's LLAM3 concert, she delivered an electrifying performance that left the guests at the event thrilled (Read HERE)

Darey and Ciara took some time to do a little video which was shared online by both party..which saw Ciara and Darey converse in our Pidgin English language.

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Ayodele Dada Of UNILAG explains “How He Graduated With All-Round A’s & 5.0 CGPA”

Ayodele Dada has made history by graduating from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) with an amazing 5.0 CGPA. In this interview with UNILAG Sun’s Muftaudeen Raji, he reveals the secrets behind his remarkable life. Excerpts:

Would you briefly tell us about yourself?

My name is Ayodele Daniel Dada. I graduated from department of Psychology, Faculty of Social science, University of Lagos. I’m from Ekiti State. We are just two siblings, I have a younger brother. I’am a kind of person who is open to various experiences. I try to experiment a lot and I have tried so many things. I have been into music production in the past.

Your educational background?

I had primary education and secondary education here in Lagos. My secondary school is Hopebay College, Ajegunle-Apapa, off Lagos-Badagry expressway. We lived close to that area. So after secondary school, it took me a while to decide on what I wanted to do because I had a brief stint learning how to do some bit of IT, bit of network business but it wasn’t really serious, it was just on the surface level and I did some French.

WhatsApp to drop support for the BlackBerry platform

Blackberry user you all need to read this! As if it has not been a bad time for Blackberry already, WhatsApp has decided to drop his service to blackberry uses in 2017.

The messaging service, in a statement celebrating their 7th anniversary, announced that in 2017, they’d be ending support for the service on all Blackberry devices, including Blackberry 10.

Blackberry wasn’t the only platform affected, with Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Android 2.1 and 2.2, and Windows Phone 7.1 also facing the cancellation.

Watch Ciara dances to “Bobo”, “Kukere” and “Duro” at Love Like a Movie 3

So Ciara was in Lagos, Nigeria a few days ago for Darey’s Love Like a Movie Cocert and she "wow" the audience with her mastered Nigeria famous dance steps with lessons from dancer Kaffy.

The American singer After performing her 2015 single ‘Give me love’ invited Nigerian dancer Kaffy on stage to show her to do some local dance. Kaffy dressed in black proceeded to teach her how to groove the Nigerian way.

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Emmanuel Emenike says no going back to the Super Eagles

Newly signed West Ham FC striker, Emmanuel Emenike has ruled out the possibility of him returning to the Super Eagles, following the exit of the team’s former chief coach, Sunday Oliseh.

Emenike revealed to Sportinglife on Sunday night that he did not quit the Eagles because of any form of rift with the team’s former coach stressing: “I’m done with the Super Eagles, and I am making it clear again that I am not going back.”

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2016 Oscar Award: Full List of Winners

So the most anticipated 88th Academy Awards ceremony has finally come to an end and this year award saw the people’s favourite, Leornado DiCaprio getting his first nod for his exceptional role in ‘The Revenant.’

Mad Max won the most awards during the night. It won Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Production Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

See the complete list of winners below:

2016 Oscar Award: Leo Dicaprio Wins First Oscar

Leonardo DiCaprio receive his first Academy Award for Best Actor at the 2016 Oscars on Feb. 28 which was held at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for his role in The Revenant

OMG! Kendall Jenner Almost Gets Knocked Under a Moving Car in Milan [Video]

Kendall Jenner almost suffered an unfortunate accident on her way back to her hotel in Milan, Italy. As she was getting out of her vehicle, the driver hopped out to help her but forgot to put the vehicle in park.

The car began to roll backwards and almost carried Kendall with it. Luckily she jumped out of its path just in time.

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2016 Oscar Award: What the Celebs wore to the Event ...

The 88th Annual Academy Awards was held last night at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA. and Celebs storm the most anticipated Hollywod event.

See what they rock to the event:

Titanic Reunion: Leonardo DiCaprio And Kate Winslet Reunites At Oscars

Wow! Remember the two cast of the famous movies "Titanic"? It was on Dec. 19, 1997 when the movie "Titanic" premiere, a crowd saw Leonardo DiCaprio let go of a raft into icy cold water to his presumed death, leaving Kate Winslet all alone to float in the north Atlantic Ocean.

Ever since that moment, nobody has known what happened to DiCaprio, but the world finally has an answer. He survived!

DiCaprio and Winslet happened to appear at the 2016 Oscars in Hollywood, California, where they presumably had quite a bit to catch up on. 

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PHOTO: Pastor shot dead right at the Pulpit on Sunday Service

A 70 years Ohio pastor with deep roots in the Dayton community was shot and killed at his church Sunday, and police say they expect to charge his brother in the slaying on Monday.

The Rev. William B. Schooler was shot around 12:30 p.m. while in his office at St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church, Dayton police said.

His brother, Daniel Gregory Schooler, 68, was arrested at the scene and taken to the Montgomery County jail. He faces a murder charge on Monday, said Sgt. Richard Blommel.

Police said they did not know Sunday what led to the shooting but said the pastor was the only intended victim.

Bestie! Finally Yvonne Nelson and John Dumelo are back as friends

Aww! Finally Yvonne Nelson and John Dumelo have put behind their beef. They seem to be too close to be having beef with each other. Well the good news is that the two are back together, and what ever divided their strong bond seems to have disappeared.

Recall that last May, the former best friends who many people, on many occasions assumed were dating, got into a very public and messy fight during the #DumsorMustStop campaign championed by the actress.

Yvonne had accused John of kissing their president’s ass and refusing to join the campaign against the inadequate supply of electricity in Ghana, and John fired back at her on Twitter.

PHOTOS: Governor Ambode rocks School Uniform to attend his Alma Mater reunion

Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday graced the Golden Jubilee Grand reunion of FGC, Warri, his alma mater.

At the event, Ambode said all the knowledge and discipline impacted in him during his secondary school days in the college contributed largely to who he is today, just as he urged his old school mates to come together and ensure the vision of the school was kept alive. The governor said:

“Indeed, my becoming a governor can be attributed to what I gained and learnt from this school. We must come together, all of us to ensure that the vision of the establishment of the school must not die.

So it is a great honour to all of us to return here after decades and celebrate this 50th anniversary. We are benefiting from the vision planted years ago.

Idris Elba, Abraham Attah win big at Spirit Awards, See full List of Winners

31st Film Independent Spirit Awards took place at the Santa Monica Beach in California, on Saturday night just few hours to the most anticipated Oscars Award.

Three of the four acting awards were awarded to black people, with Beasts of No Nation stars Abraham Attah (Best Male Lead) and Idris Elba (Best Supporting Male) winning alongside Tangerine breakout Mya Taylor (Best Supporting Female), who also became the first transgender actress to win a major award.

Here is the complete list of winners at the 31st Independent Spirit Awards.

Rukky Sanda has a flat stomach in new sexy photo

Super Nollywood actress Rukayat Akinsanya stun in new sexy photo. The actress and film producer shared the above picture of herself, showing off her very flat belly as she stepped out yesterday. Did she take a deep breath to make her stomach look flat? I love her Chanel Bag

Governor Fayose Fires Ropo Ogun­jobi, Chairman of Ekiti IRS over Fraud

The State Board of Internal Revenue Service, who is also the Special Assistant to the Governor on Revenue Matters, Mr Ropo Ogun­jobi, has been relieved of his appointment on the orders of Governor Ayodele Fayose over alleged fraud. It was learnt that a large scale financial fraud was uncovered at the agency.

Investigations revealed that the perpetrators of the alleged fraud include some staff of the board who collaborated with outsiders to commit the crime.

Though the specific amount involved in the scam was not immediately known, insider sources said it could run into mil­lions of naira.

It was learnt that while the revenue boss was sacked for negligence, two other persons were appre­hended by agents of the state government and im­mediately handed over to the police.

Caitlyn Jenner officially a MAC Campaign & Signature Lipstick Spokesperson

Caitlyn Jenner is officially a MAC spokesperson. The company is releasing a limited edition lipstick created by Caitlyn. The signature color will be called “Finally Free.”

Revenue from the lipstick sales will benefit the MAC AIDS Fund Transgender Initiative.

Watch Tyga Talk his relationship with Kylie Jenner, Blac Chyna & More (VIDEO)

Rapper Tyga was on set to chat with 106 KMEL personality Shay Diddy and during their talk, he got super candid about dating Kylie Jenner and the public shame, why he spoke out against Blac Chya in that whole ‘Cooking with Kylie’ beef, his relationships with Chris Brown & Kanye West, and much more.

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Kanye West working on yet another Album, Guess its title?

So it seems Kanye West is working to release yet another album after the just released Album "Life of Pablo" According to his tweet, the new album is to be name after is favorite "Turbo Grafx 16"

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Nicki Minaj not ready to serve house arrest with BF, Meek Mill

Sometime ago we reported that Meek Mill has been sentence to a 90 days house arrest after breaking his probation back in December (Read HERE). It’s almost that time for Meek Mill to commence his sentence but according to reports it’s causing some issues for Nicki Minaj. Meek expects for Nicki to ‘stay close’ and live with him during his 90 day sentence but she doesn’t want to.

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Zimbabwe’s President $1.1m Birthday Celebration sparks criticizing

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe days ago marked his 92nd birthday at a $1.1 million party organised by his supporters.

This party has however drawn criticism from his opponents who said the celebrations in the drought-stricken country was an affront to his countrymen. Mr Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader, turned 92 on February 21 and thousands of his party supporters gathered to pay tribute to the country’s only leader since independence from Britain in 1980.

He has shown no intention of stepping down. Mr Mugabe, who was accompanied by his wife, Grace, and their children, released 92 balloons and sat listening to poetry readings, songs and chants by supporters hailing him as an African icon and a visionary.

What You Should Know About The New FIFA President Gianni Infantino

Yesterday February 26th, 2016, Gianni Infantino was elected the new President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) for the remainder of the current term of office (until 2019) by the Extraordinary FIFA Congress held in Zurich.

He was elected as the ninth FIFA President after the second ballot with 115 of 207 total votes. In line with the FIFA Statutes, the mandate of the new FIFA President started after the conclusion of the Congress.

Gianni Infantino born 23 March 1970 in Brig-Glis is a Swiss football administrator of Italian origin. He was the general secretary of UEFA from 2009 to 2016 and holds both Swiss and Italian nationality.

Here are 10 things you should know about the new FIFA President:

PHOTOS: Fans calls Paul Okoye new Artist Stripper, after releasing her controversial photos

Proud Paul Okoye took to his media page to announce his new signed Artist to his record label RudeBoy Recordz with some racy photos but what his fans said is not something he was expecting. But why these type of photos? This would have been lovely if was a shoot for playboy magazine *winks* ...

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Singer Flavour Gift Musical Instruments To The Church Where He Started From

Flavor playing the drum at 13

It is always good to remember where it all started from. Before rising to stardom, Flavour N’abania was just a little boy who played the band for his church, Church of God Mission, in Enugu.

Fast forward years later, "Ada Ada" hit singer is now a name that is associated in almost every household. A grateful Flavor decided to thank God for his journey so far by donating sets of musical instrument to the church where it all started from. That's more like it for our celebs, I hope others emulates this step.

The singer shared the above collage photo and wrote:

Samsung in talk to buy Jay Z's own Tidal

It seems Samsung has emerge favorite to acquire Jay Z's video service Tidal after report earlier this year suggest it could be sold to Spotify.

Samsung and Jay Z have done some pretty big deals before, but they could now be working on their biggest deal yet.

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EFCC commence Probe of Ooni of Ife Over N400m Forgery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly begun the investigation of the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and his company, Metropole Interproject Limited, over an alleged N400 million forgery.

A frontline human rights activist, , Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman, Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), whose petition led to the investigation, disclosed that he has been invited by the anti-graft agency to come and shed more light on the petition.

The petition dated Monday, 2nd November, 2015 entitled “Request for Prosecution of Prince Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi and his Company named Metropole Interproject Limited for the Offence of forgery, Fraudulent Conversion and Obtaining the sum of N400 million by false Pretence” was forwarded to the EFCC Chairman and received on Friday, November 6, 2015. Copies were also sent to President Muhammadu Buhari, Transparency International (TI), Embassy of the United Kingdom (UK), as well as those of the United States of America (USA) and Republic of Canada.

Davido to collaborate with American Rapper, Young Thug

Should we say this is as a result of the new Davido’s deal with Sony Music? Well, Davido seems to be growing bigger and bigger by the day. Davido took to his social media page to give a hint that he might be featuring American Rapper, Young Thug.

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D'Banj Epic response to Fans who try to mock him

Some fans shall! Just imagine one of D’Banj fan try to mock him for not having any hit songs anymore, but D'Banj knows how to give an Epic response.

So here is the gist, D’banj who drop his hit song "Emergency" just few months back was questioned by a fan about his talent on instagram, but, D’banj displayed maturity instead of taking the fan’s comment personal.

The fan asked; ”My brother no hitz again? What’s happening with your talent?” D’Banj finds the comic side of the question and asked the fan to Google his latest single, “Emergency.”

BREAKING! Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh resigns

Just barely a year after he took the job, Sunday Oliseh has resigned as the coach of Nigeria’s senior national team, Super Eagles.

Oliseh, who resigned in the wee hours of Friday, February 26, cited contract violations by the Nigerian Football Federation, as justification for his decision to step down.

He also cited a lack of support from the country’s football administrators, unpaid wages and benefits to his players as well as his assistant coaches, a further justification for his unexpected announcement.

 The former captain of the Super Eagles announced his resignation via his page on micro-blogging social media platform, Twitter.

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