France outlaws super thin models Super-thin models and secretly airbrushed photoshoots will soon be a thing of the past in fashion hub France, as authorities passed measures to protect young people from the dangers of anorexia. A new law entered into force on Saturday which compels all models operating inContinue Reading
France far right leader Marine LePen French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told a rally on Sunday, that the European Union will disappear and promised to shield France from globalisation. Buoyed by the unexpected election of Donald Trump in the United States and by Britain’s vote to leave the EU,Continue Reading
Redoine Faid: escapes prison by helicopter Interpol is on the manhunt for a notorious career thief, Redoine Faid, after he pulled off a daring jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison in the Paris area by helicopter. Faid, 46, was once France’s most wanted criminal. He broke out of the prisonContinue Reading
Fela’s African Shrine in Ikeja, Lagos French leader Emmanuel Macron will on Tuesday visit the Afrika Shrine, a nightclub in Lagos founded by Nigerian music legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Macron will become the first “real president” to enter the club synonymous with marijuana smoke, sexy backup dancers and protest music.Continue Reading
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Saturday directed all commercial banks to resolve disputes arising from use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel within three days. Mr Dipo Fatokun, CBN’s Director, Banking and Payment Systems Department, gave the directive at the ‘Meet The Executive’ forum organised by FinanceContinue Reading
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai has inaugurated a cenotaph at Gudumbali, Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno in memory of troops, who died in the course of battle. Buratai said that the town was one of the strongholds of Boko Haram terrorists in Borno North during theContinue Reading
The Speaker, Borno House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdulkareem Lawan, has commended the Nigerian Army for the successes so far recorded in the war against Boko Haram and restoration of peace to the North-East. Lawan, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) in Guzamala on Sunday, also thankedContinue Reading
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has admonished journalists to exhibit professionalism and patriotism in their duties to save the country from collapse and the ills of bad journalism. The Sultan made the call on Saturday in Sokoto when national officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)Continue Reading
The Nigerian singer Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has revealed that he has been booked for shows for the next three years. The ‘Soco’ crooner made the announcement on his Twitter handle @wizkidayo, where he wrote, “booked for three years”. Wizkid has released several hit tracks this year includingContinue Reading
