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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was pictured carrying a tuber of yam on the streets of Owerri -alongside governor Rochas Okorocha who was also carrying a carton, Ghana's president-elect; Nana Akufo-Addo and other government functionaries. The former President, was in Owerri, the Imo State Capital, few days ago for the “Imo day of thanksgiving”...

According to a twitter user, this young man was last seen by 6pm last night on his way to church in Karu, Abuja. Anyone who has any useful information about his whereabouts should contact the appropriate authorities or call 08039150843.

A massive crowd besieged Odogunyan Farm Service Centre in Ikorodu, Lagos -to buy the much-anticipated LAKE RICE, with vast majority of the people lauding the initiative of government to introduce the commodity at a critical time of the Yuletide season. LAKE RICE, which is locally produced, came into being following a partnership between Lagos State and Kebbi State, and was aimed at ensuring food security as well as to showcase the ability of Nigeria to become a producing nation.

A town mayor has defended his decision to bring strippers to a Christmas dinner for pensioners. Older residents of Loyoza del Valle in Madrid, were stunned when the entertainment for the night at their annual feast, turned out to be naked dancers. Diners were forced to leave out of embarrassment after the women danced between tables, reports El Correo. The town Mayor Jose Manuel Jimenez said there was no discontent at the party. He said: 'We have almost always brought singers of copla and artists of this type.'Mayor Jimenez said he made the decision to hire the dancer, and that she did not dance naked, but in a body suit making her look as those she was nude. Although some people were so embarrassed they left, others couldn't suppress their giggles and got photographs with the dancer.

South African telecom giant, MTN, has fired one of its top and most valuable staffers in order to avoid scrutiny by the United States government over alleged bribes offered to Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Read according to Sahara Reporters; Shortly after helping to resolve a hefty fine imposed by the Nigerian government, Amina Oyagbola was so important to MTN that the company gave her two strategic positions. Her corporate elevation saw her combining leadership of the Human Resources department with the post of "Director of Strategic Communications" at MTN. Ms. Oyagbola and her husband were instrumental in resolving MTN's serious problem with the Nigerian Presidency culminating in a massive $5.2 billion fine imposed on the company for ignoring the Nigerian government’s directive to ensure that all SIM cards were registered as a strategy to curb Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria's northeast. An insider within the company and oth...

A TV presenter who forgot she was sitting at a glad desk suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction – and it’s gone viral. Italian journalist Costanza Calabrese have her accidental news flash on the late night bulletin on the TV channel TG 5. The 38-year-old starts the clip with the camera close in on her face and shoulders but as she talks it begins to pan out. Sitting with her legs apart, she seems blissfully unaware that the desk is completely transparent and hides nothing. But as the camera moves out, viewers got more of an eyeful than she intended.

The funeral of Former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, held at the All Saints' Anglican Church, Yaba, Lagos yesterday December 22nd. In attendance were the Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, former Interim president Ernest Shonekan, former Chief of General Staff, General Oladipo Diya and former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel amongst others. See more photos after the cut.