CBN extends BVN registration to October 31st...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) registration. The CBN said on Tuesday that the Bank Verification Exercise (BVN) has been extended to October 31, 2015, according to NAN.

Nicki Minaj Disses Lil Kim In BET Awards Speech For Giving Up On Her Career...

Lil Kim had everyone talking thanks to her reunion with fellow Bad Boy members at the BET Awards, but Nicki Minaj wants everyone to know she still thinks the rapper is pretty irrelevant! She even threw a major diss at Kim during a buzzed- about acceptance speech.

Court adjourns Tinubu’s N150 bn libel suit against AIT to Sept. 30...

An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday adjourned the N150 billion libel suit filed by former Lagos state Governor, Chief Bola Tinubu, against African Independent Television (AIT) to Sept. 30. Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe adjourned the suit for further direction on the court processes served by counsel to both parties in the suit. Tinubu had instituted the suit against Daar Communications Plc, owners of AIT, for airing of a documentary titled “Lion of Bourdilion”.

Kendall Jenner Breaks Kim Kardashian's Instagram Record...

Kendall Jenner is officially more famous than Kim Kardashian. At least, on Instagram. The 19-year-old "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star has broken the record for the most liked photo on Instagram, which was previously held by big sister Kim.

Shocking! 15-yr-old SSS student commits suicide in Imo State...

A 15-year-old senior secondary school student, identified as Paschal Egbosimba, last weekend committed suicide at Uratta in Owerri North local council area of Imo State.  Vanguard gathered that the deceased, who hailed from Ntueke, Ideato South local government  area of the state, was living with his mother and siblings around Toronto Junction, Uratta, before the incident. 

Spotlight: Audrey Hepburn Portraits Preview

Few can possess the mantle of icon, yet when it comes to Audrey Hepburn, (1929 –1993), another moniker just doesn't do her justice. This week, the National Portrait Gallery crowns the actress, mother, philanthropist just that, as it opens its doors to the eagerly anticipated photographic retrospective in her honour,  Audrey Hepburn Portraits of an Icon.

Treason trial against Biafra Zionists: Judge bows to pressure, disqualifies self...

The Federal high court 2, Enugu presided over by Justice D.V. Agishi of the Federal high court Enugu, yesterday disqualified itself from the continued trial of the eleven members of pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) facing treason trial before the court.  When the case was called up yesterday, Justice Agishi said that “in view of the fact the accused have accused me of bias, the case file has been transferred to the Chief judge of the Federal high court to assign the case to another judge”. 

Givenchy to Show at the New York Fashion Week...

Givenchy will show its spring/summer 2016 collection at New York Fashion Week to celebrate the opening of the French label's new 5,000-sq-ft Madison Ave store. Taking place on September 11, the show will replace the brand's usual slot on the Paris Fashion Week schedule. "It's a very delicate day for America, and so the show is going to be a celebration of family and love," creative director Riccardo Tisci told WWD.

Read Buhari’s speech to govs: Find money to pay your workers...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AT THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, ON MONDAY 29TH JUNE 2015:
Protocol  I am delighted to be here with you at this occasion on the inauguration of the National Economic Council (NEC) for this Administration.

How We Can Reject Change...

A major challenge that change faces is the attitude of Nigerians who believe the only government in Nigeria is the federal government. We have at least 812 governments in Nigeria – the Federal Government, 36 States, the Federal Capital Territory, and 774 local government councils. In Nigeria, we have governments, not just the one in Abuja.  If we add the agencies, ministries, and parastatals that these governments control, the numbers increase, since some of the agencies are their own governments, barely allowing their operations to undergo scrutiny of the legislature. 

Attahiru Jega’s replacement: The pressure on Buhari (2)...

Yet, consider:
Protest letter-
  Among those who appear to be in the running for the office are some national officers who, rather than make genuine contributions to meetings, would simply cow-tow and flow with the tide. Because of the nature of the nominations to the Commission – some state governors actually nominated most of the commissioners – it is very important that President Buhari remains mindful of the need to allow merit take precedence over relationship and patronage. 

Attahiru Jega’s replacement: The pressure on Buhari (1)...

Without prejudice to whatever willful inadequacies of every mortal, Attahiru Jega, a professor and out-going National Chairman of Nigeria’s election management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deserves to be commended. As he exits that office, there is going to be a fierce battle to fill the slot.   And were President Muhammadu Buhari be committed to sustaining the transformative underpinning of Jega’s tenure, he would not need to look beyond the suggestions contained in this piece.