Mr Jimi Agbaje was on Friday declared winner of the governorship primary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State.

Grand patron of Nigeria’s Association of Movie Producers,AMP, and producer, Andy Boyo, has raised alarm following the rate at which Nigerian movies are pirated in some African countries, saying the ugly trend is currently depriving the filmmakers of potential international income.

A team of international observers made up of journalists, CSOs, NGOs and social media influencers have lauded the Nigerian Army for making the north-east impenetrable for Boko Haram terrorists to seize any of its territory again. The group however called on Nigerians to shun fake news regarding the insurgency in the north east. It also called on citizens in the North East of the country to interrogate news content before circulating “so as not to embolden the terrorists.”

Captivating and beautiful Yoruba actress, Peju Johnson relocated from Egypt to Nigeria in 2016 to give her dream of acting wings to fly and since she hit the ground running in  2017, there has been no stopping her as the scripts have kept coming.

Ifeoma Okeke-Ozzoude is one of the plus-size actresses in Nollywood, but she does not feel so. She still sees herself in the skin of slim ladies who cannot be limited by their size. But no matter what she thinks about herself, she won’t overlook the challenges she has faced in the past 20 years of her acting career as a result of overweight.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has congratulated Comrade Chris Isiguzo on his emergence as the new National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, through a peaceful and transparent election, which took place at the 6th Delegates’ Conference of the union, held in Abeokuta from Wednesday to Friday.

DR Congo on Friday congratulated crusading Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege for his “very important work” in helping women recover from rape and sexual abuse but accused him of mixing humanitarian work and politics.

Nigerians who are appointed to serve in various capacities at the United Nations have pledged to represent the country well and not to let her down.

Violence erupted in some parts of Ikorodu on Friday as the All Progressives Congress (APC) conducted its state house of assembly primaries, among others in the state.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State yesterday said that those that protested on Friday at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Police headquarters Abuja over the result of the Osun State governorship election were mentally unstable.

Edo State has recorded the least number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, a recent survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with a number of international development partners, has shown.

 The Police Headquarters in Abuja has invited Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Senator Dino Melaye and Senator Ben Bruce to report at the Force Headquarters on Monday to answer to questions borthering on disturbance of public peace with their protest on Friday.

French police said Friday they are probing the disappearance of Meng Hongwei, Chinese head of Interpol, who has reportedly been detained for questioning in his home country.

New Iraqi President Barham Saleh Friday hailed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Yazidi, Nadia Murad, calling it “an honour for all Iraqis who fought terrorism and bigotry”.

World leaders on Friday applauded the work of Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad after they jointly won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world.