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Mohbad Corpse exhumed The body of deceased Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (Mohbad), has been exhumed. The police dug out the body on Thursday afternoon to conduct an autopsy into the cause of the singer’s death. “Exhumation completed. Autopsy to commence,” Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, …

  Mr Tony Elumelu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu   A gathering of prominent global leaders, including Nigeria’s President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, representatives from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), as well as numerous leaders from the public and …

L-R: Dr Femi Badejo, CEO, Global Trade Policy (left), presenting the award for Telecoms Brand of the Year to Glo officials, Ms Catherine Bomett, Director, Customer Care; Mr Remi Makinde, Group CTO, Rollout; and Mr Zakari Usman, Head Enterprise Business Group, at the Marketing Edge awards at Podium Event Centre, …

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has announced it will operate an additional five-a-week service to London Heathrow starting from 31 October 2023 until 30 March 2024. This temporary service will meet market demand during the busy winter season and offer customers more travel choices. Emirates currently serves London Heathrow with …

L-R: Mr. Humayon Dar, Director-General Cambridge Institute of Islamic Finance; Mr. Sherif Idi, Executive Director, TAJBank; His Excellency, Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal; Mr. Hamid Joda, Managing Director/CEO TAJBank, during the presentation of the ‘Best Sukuk Deal of the Year 2023’ award to TAJBank Limited and …

The naira has depreciated to N980 per dollar at the black market ahead of the takeover of the Central Bank of Nigeria by its new governor, Oluyemi Cardoso, who was last week nominated by President Bola Tinubu. Bureau de Change traders across major markets in Lagos and Abuja said they …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the payment of N375,455,000.00 (three hundred and seventy-five million, four hundred and fifty-five thousand Naira) as scholarship and bursary awards to Lagos Indigenes in tertiary institutions nationwide. The fund is intended to alleviate the financial burdens faced …

Nigerian singer and rapper, Sulaimon Solomon, professionally known as Khaid, has donated the sum of N2m to support Liam Aloba, son of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. Mohbad, who died at the age of 27 last Tuesday, was earlier signed to Marlian Record belonging to Naira Marley but left …

Godwin Obaseki & Philip Shaibu The Peoples Democratic Party has called on Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu to sheathe their swords and give peace a chance. The party expressed surprise that official letters of the state government, which should be confidential, were now dominating …

Street pop artist Naira Marley, born Azeez Fashola, continues to lose followers on Instagram, one week after the mysterious death of former signee Promise ‘Mohbad’ Aloba. As of Tuesday morning, the day of Mohbad’s passing, Naira Marley had 7.5 million followers on Instagram. However, the number began to drop after …