Nigeria Generates N50.4billion from Cashew Export in One Year

The President of National Cashew Association of Nigeria, NCAN, Tola Faseru, has said cashew export generated $253 million (about N50.4billion) in foreign exchange for the country in 2015.

Pakistan mourns assassinated Sufi singer Amjad Sabri

Security tight at funeral of Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri, who was killed by Taliban gunmen in Karachi on Wednesday.

Thousands of people have attended the funeral of slain Pakistani Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri in Karachi, amid a major security operation.

AMCON takes over Silverbird TV, Galleria Cinema, and others

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Thursday sealed the Abuja premises of Silverbird Galleria belonging to Bayelsa state Senator Ben Murray Bruce, (PDP).

UBA exec: Kenya’s mobile money succeeded ‘because they are not as fraudulent as Nigerians’

M-Pesa, the mobile money transfer service in Kenya has succeeded compared to Nigeria Kenyans are not as “fraudulent” as Nigerians, Ebenezer Wey, Mobile Banking Manager at Nigerian bank, UBA, has told an international tech event.

Though Nigeria has introduced mobile phone-based money transfer service like Kenya, the local cashless service cannot compete with what Kenyans have done because ”Kenyans are not as fraudulent as Nigerians”, the UBA executive says.

How Kachikwu Helped Convicted U.S Congressman Escape Justice

Dumebi Kachikwu

Fresh facts have emerged how Dumebi Kachikwu, younger brother of the minister of State Petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, let convicted former U.S Congressman Rep. William Jefferson escaped temporarily from justice.
In court transcripts obtained by Per Second News in the U.S, Kachikwu told a U.S Court that he had once worked closely with Jefferson, testifying that he had gotten information that authorities in Nigeria were prepared to arrest the congressman, who was in the country trying to resurrect a telecommunications project.

Seyi Shay Apologizes To Wizkid: “I was misinformed”

Wizkid

Yesterday, Seyi Shay found trouble by herself after she alleged that Nigerian Afro-pop singer, Wizkid wrote the entire One Dance hit song and gave it to Canadian superstar, 

KSA starts off radio station

King Sunny Ade

One of the dreams of veteran juju musician, King Sunny Ade, is to float a radio station. And indeed, that dream has materialised as he inaugurates his MandC FM tomorrow after a three-week test run.