Author: niyidaram

Niyi is a senior data editor at NiyiDaram

A dying civil servant instructed his wife to bury him with $55,000, which he intended to appease God to forgive his earthly sins. The civil servant, a Ugandan was 52-year-old, when he died. His metallic coffin cost $5,500. Identified as Charles Obong, he was a senior personnel officer at the Ministry of Public Service for a decade (2006 – 2016).

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President Buhari’s Chief of Staff. Abba Kyari this afternoon summoned the MD of Arik Airline in Lagos after finding out the airline’s passengers traveling to New York have been stranded for about 48 hours. Also summoned by the Chief of staff was the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika. The Chief of Staff ordered Arik to provide accommodation for the stranded passengers as well as compensate them.

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The internet has been buzzing with the news that Runtown allegedly slept with his promoter BadGuy Toba’s fiancee, Nana. There’s an update – a supposed close friend to Nana just sent this message to popular Nigerian Twitter user, Subdeliveryman which says Nana cheated because Toba is a chronic womaniser and Nana wasn’t sure if he was going to stay. Bear in mind, this is alleged while you read the message below. Runtown’s team has denied the story, saying they don’t know where this gist is coming from. Toba himself has been promoting Runtown’s February 12th concert on his social media…

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are officially single.During a court appearance in Los Angeles on Friday, a judge finalized the divorce, paving the way for the $7 million divorce settlement. The judge denied Depp’s request to impose a $100,000 sanction on Heard for allegedly delaying the proceeding. Both actors were also ordered to pay their own legal expenses.

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President Buhari today joined other African heads of government to attend the opening session of the 27th Africa-France Summit in Bamako Mali. The Summit for Partnership, Peace and Emergence, convened by French President Francois Hollande, is aimed at strengthening cooperation between France and African countries in the areas of peace and security, economic partnership and development. See more photos after the cut..

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