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Nigerian Music Producer, Don Jazzy, has taken to micro-blogging website, Twitter to react to Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is being investigated for a series of multi-billion dollar fraud and money laundering offences in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and America. The mavin boss asked if God will forgive Diezani if she pleads for forgiveness. He tweeted:     According to US authorities, the former minister lavished millions of her illicit wealth on landed properties, furniture and artworks. The United States is seeking an order in court to forfeit funds and assets worth $144m that the former minister acquired as part of “an international conspiracy to obtain lucrative business opportunities in the Nigerian oil and gas sector.” Diezani looted from the country’s treasury, colluding with two associates, Kolawole Aluko and Jide Omokore who helped her to launder “the proceeds of the illicit business opportunities into and thr...

Nigerian actor and reality show host, Chidi Mokeme , who recently mocked the new photo of president Buhari and APC delegates, saying the government officials went to attend the house warming of our new seat of government in Abuja house, London, has taken to his Instagram page again to share pictures of the six governors who visited the President in London yesterday and to mock the Presidency.     The 45-year-old actor disclosed that the Presidency has released time table for visit to Buhari in London. He wrote: #InOtherNews Following the success of the last 2 editions of the presidential lotto, the organisers, #TheKitchenCabinet, based on doctors recommendations, have in their magnanimity, extended the privilege to other sectors thus, *** PRESIDENCY RELEASES TIMETABLE FOR VISIT TO BUHARI IN LONDON *** 1. APC governors: Balcony cabinet (Visited) 2. PDP governors: Boys Quater cabinet (Visited- please note Federal Character Compliance) 3. UPP, APGA,...

Messi, 3 others to challenge me for Ballon'Or award - Cristiano Ronaldo Despite being the bookmakers' favourite for the 2017 personal awards, the man himself knows he has stiff competition. "Of course it is always going to be a fight between us," he told ESPN during his personal pre-season tour of China.   "I'm there along with [Lionel] Messi, Neymar, [Robert] Lewandowski and [Gonzalo] Higuain. "That kind of fighting and competition is healthy and that is what motivates me, being better than them year after year. "The best always try to compete with the best, it keeps you sharp. You know you can never lose focus because others will overtake you

Justin Bieber The Canadian singer, Justin Bieber has just been barred from performing in the mainland China for the meantime. Bieber, who plans to be on a Purpose World Tour to the Asian continent to include China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong will now be forced China from his list of countries for performances. In response to this restriction, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture wrote a statement on its official website to outline reason behind Bieber’s ban. The statement says: “Justin Bieber is a gifted singer, but he is also a controversial young foreign singer.” “As far as we are concerned, he has engaged in a series of bad behaviours, both in his social life and during a previous performance in China, which caused discontent among the public.” “We hope Justin Bieber is able to improve his conduct as he grows up and will once again find public favour”, the Bureau ended in hope to lift in restriction later in future. The 23-ye...

Of late, cases of women raping men in Zimbabwe has become rampant. A father-of-four, kidnapped and raped by two women for days to the extent that his penis became bruised, has come out to tell his story and it’s really pathetic. People have been sceptical about the stories being told of an increase in female rapists and this is because the victims prefer to be silent due to shame. However, the latest victim, a 48-year-old father agreed to speak to The Standard on the condition of anonymity. The victim, Chivamba (not real name), is a teacher from Mashonaland East who lives in Chitungwiza. He said he never believed the stories about female rapists until it happened to him. Chivamba had tears in his eyes as he recounted the incident, saying it left him “confused, traumatized and dejected.” He said he still relives the nightmare and hopes the women will get caught soon and be brought to justice. ?No man would ever want such an experience and as for me, I would give any...

Etisalat Nigeria has confirmed, and officially announced their name change to 9Mobile. The announcement was made on their Twitter page, and they also sent out series of text messages to their customers. There had been speculations that the brand was going to change its name to 9Mobile, after Etisalat International exited the country and gave them a 3-week deadline to change the brand name. An insider had on Friday said the board had approved the name change, but had yet to make it official. The mobile network’s official Twitter account announced the change, unveiling the brand’s logo and its colours. It said: “Etisalat is now 9mobile. From 9ja let’s talk, to 0809ja for Life we remain committed to YOU. Here for you, Here for 9ja #9forlife #9mobile”