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Rihanna is the richest female musician in the world, according to Forbes’ annual rich list. RiRi has an estimated fortune of $600 million (£471m) with the bulk of that coming from her Fenty beauty range, though her last studio album Anti came out in 2016. The 31-year-old singer has accumulated a $600 million fortune, edging out other famous women in music including Madonna with $570 million, Céline Dion with $450 million and Beyoncé with $400 million. However, the 31-year-old has been putting her efforts into her beauty, lingerie and clothing ranges. Rihanna – real name Robyn Rihanna Fenty – launched Fenty Beauty…

By Gab Efo Like a meteor, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba is almost a fast rising star in the political landscape of Nigeria. Nwajiuba represented Obowo/Ehime Mbano/Ihite Uboma Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. In 2002, he made attempts to contest for the governorship of Imo State under the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) but he failed to actualise his ambition owing largely to the consensus in the party that his senatorial district with six local government areas was too weak to challenge an incumbent who hailed from a senatorial district with 12 local government areas.…

Tension is brewing in Kano ancient city as Governor Abdullahi Ganduje administration has allegedly perfected plans to dethrone Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Recall that three months after the outspoken Emir had cautioned politicians in the state against acts capable of plunging the state into political crisis, Ganduje appears bent on dethroning the monarch. The state Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has already recommended the suspension of the controversial former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over an alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion. The monarch had in the second week of February this year warned against plunging…

Gianni Infantino has been re-elected president of football governing body FIFA for a four-year term lasting till 2023. The 49-year-old Swiss national was elected by acclamation as the sole candidate at the FIFA congress in Paris. Infantino has served as president since his election in February 2016 to complete the term of his predecessor, Joseph Blatter, who is serving a six-year football ban. The president told the 211 member associations before the vote that FIFA had come a long way since being embroiled in a series of corruption scandals that helped bring down Blatter in 2015. “The last three years…

Less than three months after it signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Railway Construction Corporation (international) Nigeria Limited, the Ghanaian Ministry of Railways Development has pulled out of the deal. Straightnews reported on Sunday, June 2 that Nigeria and Ghana had entered into a pact with China Railways Construction Corporation (CRCC) for the building of railways in their countries at $2 billion for 560 kilometres and 156 kilometres respectively. Announcing the development in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, the ministry cited alleged breach of confidentiality as reason for the action. The Nation reported that the withdrawal was triggered by a…

Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, has expressed confidence that Nigeria would soon overcome its security challenges. Babangida, who spoke with newsmen Tuesday in Minna, expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would tackle and end the skirmishes in some parts of the country “very soon”. “What is required now is for Nigerians to rally round the President to enable him provide adequate security and good leadership. “The people’s support will help the President to succeed; he needs everyone’s cooperation to trudge on to success,” he said. He stressed the need for Nigerians to remain peaceful and pray for peace to…

The Presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Saudi Arabia for Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting was in the national interest. Buhari’s attendance of the meeting has generated criticisms from many Nigerians who argued that the country had no business attending the meeting, Nigeria being a secular state. But Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said in a statement that the President acted in “the overall national interest”, and “preferred not to worry about the storms” generated by his critics. The statement read: ”On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari delivered the address of…

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday pleaded with political leaders and his supporters to stop complaining about his government to avoid making it unpopular. Buhari, however, jokingly described residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as necessary evil for voting the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election He assured the FCT residents that his administration would do everything possible to protect them, despite the fact that they voted against him. Speaking while receiving residents of the FCT that paid him Sallah homage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, President Buhari said he would continue to protect the seat of power because…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Monday slated June 7 to hear a suit seeking to disqualify Femi Gbajabiamila from vying to become speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly. Justice Inyang Ekwo directed that copies of the legal processes should be served on the embattled lawmaker to enable him to respond to issues that were raised against him. The court was in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/539/2019, urged to declare that Hon. Gbajabiamila who was cited as the 1st Defendant, “is not fit and proper to be elected as a Member of the House…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Monday, commenced his second five-tenure tenure, following his re-appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. CBN sources said that Mr. Emefiele formally assumed duty after subscribing to the relevant Oath of Office administered by the CBN Secretary and Director, Corporate Secretariat Department, Mrs. Alice Karau, at the headquarters of the apex bank. Mr. Emefiele, who was said to have been received into the Bank by the four Deputy Governors, was visibly elated by the turnout of excited staff that thronged the venue of the oath-taking ceremony, chanting his name. In his…