A-list comedians Bovi, Gordons and Buchi along with superstar musicians Iyanya and Korede Bello are some of the big names who have been confirmed to be performing at Funnybone’s debut flagship concert, ‘Funnybone Untamed’ holding on Sunday February 21.

Viacom-owned youth entertainment channel MTV (DStv channel 130) has announced the premiere of a local version of its global hit entertainment show, Lip Sync Battle Africa. International superstar rapper, LL Cool J made this big announcement on MTV’s social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

The Permanent Secretary, State House, Alhaji Jalal Arabi, on Tuesday successfully defended the 2016 State House budget proposal of N18.1 billion before the National Assembly.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to save the country of the national embarrassment being caused by the 2016 Budget that he presented to the National Assembly by formally withdrawing the budget and re-presenting it.

NIGERIA lost $831 million, about N162.6 billion, as oil and gas firms in the country flared 271.38 billion Standard Cubic Feet, SCF, gas in 2015. The amount of gas flared, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in its Monthly Financial and Operations Report for December 2015, represented 9.5 per cent of total gas production of 2.858 trillion SCF recorded in 2015.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that the service had foiled a plan by a group of fraudsters to steal N4.5 billion from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) by hacking the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS).

The Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS), on Tuesday, condemned attempts to hike electricity tariff by the National Electricity Reform Commission (NERC), the GenCos and DisCos, noting that the unjustifiable hike is a direct blow on the Federal Government’s change agenda.

Turbulence in the international oil market pushes investment in Nigeria’s petroleum further away, as year on year capital inflow dips by 85.7 per cent.

DISCRIMINATORY electricity charges approved for the 11 distribution companies, DISCOs, by the regulator, National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, effective from February 1, have continued to draw protests from concerned consumers.

Real Madrid’s Brazilian defender Marcelo could miss the Spanish giants Champions League trip to AS Roma next week after suffering a dislocated right shoulder, the club confirmed on Tuesday.

The Presidency has put in place strict measures to forestall terror attacks on the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Russia is “paranoid” about being challenged by NATO and its efforts to rival American power could push it into a new Cold War, the head of US intelligence said Tuesday.

The Department State Services (DSS), has announced the arrest of one Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa, alleged to be a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

An 83 year-old retired soldier, Pa Sule Yusuf, who sleeps under the bridge for 17 years in Lagos has rejected the offer of relocation to his country home, Igboora, Oyo State. The Igboora Progress Union (IPU), the umbrella association of Igboora indigenes told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Tuesday.
NAN reports that the news of Yusuf’s 17 years sojourn under the bridge was widely reported in the media on January 6, which necessitated the intervention of his community.

TOTAL Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, has said the oil price fall is responsible for the challenging economic environment in Nigeria, while identifying three critical factors for sustainability of the petroleum industry