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The Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical company will begin production of 2 million liters of petroleum products today April 27th. According to the company's management, the refinery will get its supply of crude from Escravos, Delta state and then begin refining immediately. This is part of efforts to increase the supply of fuel in the country.

Joseph ‘Rev Run’ Simmons' daughter - Angela Simmons is engaged. She announced the good news, displayed her diamond ring through her Instagram page moments ago.

A Nigerian musician based in St. Louis pleaded guilty for attempting to steal tax refunds in 2015 and was sentenced to more three years in federal prison on Thursday, April 21. According to investigators, 29-year-old Olufunso Adesina, a guitarist tried to steal more than $3 million in fake tax refunds but didn't succeed in that.  Adesina collected almost $800,000 from more than 50 refunds by filing false tax returns under other people’s names. November last year, the U.S. Attorney's office in St. Louis announced charges against Adesina. Prosecutors say he has left the area, and urge anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigation division.  Prosecutors say Adeshina participated in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme. IRS investigators allegedly found tax refunds due to several people deposited in numerous accounts in the name of Adeshina or businesses he con...

Following the dissent between the executive and the National Assembly over the 2016 Budget, President Muhammadu Buhari has returned the Appropriation Bill to NASS even as he has met with its leadership today again. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, confirmed it and told pressmen after the House rose from its plenary on Thursday that the meeting would take place “this week.”  The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, and other principal officers of the National Assembly attended the meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa today. Named as said: “Recall that we in the House, mandated our speaker to meet with Mr. President on the grey areas in the budget. “The speaker reported back to us and the Presidency wrote us, identifying the grey areas to be worked on in the budget. “Following this, the leaders of both chambers also met and agreed after discussions, to meet ...

Senegal and American, Akon visited Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed in New York today April 22nd. The singer and the minister discussed the Great Green wall project, a pan-African proposal to “green” the continent from west to east in order to battle desertification.

This was shared on Instagram by Korede Bello. Star boy, Wizkid was seen with Godwin singer, Korede Bello. Looks like the two are featuring each other in a song we are yet to see. Or is it a way of celebrating Wizkid birthday? 

Dance Queen, Kaffy, wrote this motivational message to Nigerians. Read below: “You Are a Hero!! You Are Nigerian!! As a nation we are constantly going through discomfort mostly from d lack of the most basic needs as a people of a great nation; BUT against all d odds around us, I see survivors everyday, I still see achievers, dream chasers for a better life a better tomorrow. A lot has been done to us to tear us apart but what we are made of individually is for ever keeping us together. We are special people made strong and here we are living together for our motherland. Change will come!!! If you are out there still moving on,still going to work, still thriving without crime, you are a hero as what we are facing now can drive a nation to chaos. Keep being positive; keep being strong. The government doesn’t make us, we make the government. We are the reason there is still Naija. Our pledge is to the inhabitants of our country, our mothers, fathers, brothers, sister...