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Woman Returns N1.8m Mistakenly Paid into Account Ends Up with a Query and Salary Suspension...read more http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/woman-returns-n18m-mistakenly-paid-into.html

Nigeria risks losing about one million of its citizens to HIV if its government does not take control of the full sponsorship of the treatment, an official has said.....Read full details http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/hivaids-nigeria-risks-one-million.html

Floods hit many Nigerian cities after long hours of rainfall at the weekend. There were deaths. Homes were flooded......See the numbers of death http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/11-die-as-rains-pound-cities.html

The Alaafin of Oyo and two of his lovely queens were special guests at the Owo Naira Bet movie premiere of actress Lizzy Anjorin.

Alaafin of Oyo who never attends an event without his Queens did the usual but this time with just two of them....See more pictures http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/drama-alaafins-young-queen-ajoke-gives.html

Actor Nelsan Ellis, known by many as Lafayette in the television series “True Blood,” has died, his manager confirmed on Saturday to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 39.

The actor’s manager, Emily Gerson Saines, told THR “Nelsan has passed away after complications with heart failure. He was a great talent, and his words and presence will be forever missed.”......See details http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/not-again-as-movie-industry-mourns-top.html

Prince Goodwill Edward, son-in-law of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was shot by unknown gunmen in Calabar.....Details http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/goodluck-jonathans-son-in-law-shot-by.html

Citizens of Ikorodu are fleeing their homes in fear of being murdered in their sleep by the dreaded badoo cult.

According to reports, people are fleeing the area in droves. A resident, who was on her way out of the Agric area of the town, said the cultists have written a letter to their area.....Read more http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/badoos-notification-letter-turns.html

Coming after Nigerians felt he was calling out 9ice when he advised musicians, during an interview, to stop glorifying fraudsters with their music, Nigerian rapper, Falz, has cleared the air over reports that he has a misunderstanding with the ‘Congo Aso’ crooner.

Falz & 9ice both shared a video from a dinner party they had together; Falz wrote

‘Don’t get it twisted. There was never a Falz vs 9ice.’....See video here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/falz-9ice-have-dinner-together-debunks.html

Influential APC chieftain and the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, might be the first senator ever to be recalled in Nigeria's history with the latest documents released on his sack.....See full details here>>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/breaking-news-inec-releases-timetable.html

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has lambasted the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for bowing out of the call for a national sovereign conference which he once championed during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.....Read more here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/nnamdi-kanu-comes-for-bola-tinubu-others.html

The residents of Ikorodu area of Lagos on Monday morning apprehended suspected Badoo member in a compound of an old woman whom the occupants didn't know how he got inside.

A Facebook user identified as Omolaja Dax, has taken to the social networking platform to share the photos of a suspected member of the dreaded Badoo cult who was caught few hours ago at the back of Access Bank in Ikorodu Benson area of Lagos....SEE DETAILS HERE
http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/another-suspected-badoo-member-caught.html

No fewer than seven persons have been killed in a multiple auto crash in the Ewu Hill end of the Benin-Auchi Expressway, in the Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State.

It was gathered that 13 other people also sustained varying degrees of injury during the accident, which involved a commercial bus, two articulated trucks laden with cement and several other vehicles. http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/seven-die-in-edo-multiple-auto-crash.html

A 30 year old Ghanaian man, last weekend, committed suicide at Axim, Western Region, over a misunderstanding with his girlfriend.... http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/07/photo-30-year-old-ghanaian-man-commits.html

Still on the 9ice/Falz feud,Nigerian artiste 9ice has come out one more time to reply Falz who accused him of celebrating fraudsters in one of his songs ‘Living Things’,

Although Falz got the support of fans who say that what he said is correct although its been the opposite in some quarters....See full details here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/again-9ice-fires-back-at-falzsee-here.html

The Greatest Success in Life is to be remembered even after you are gone. Nigerian Music Legend, Fela Kuti has had a lot of Tributes to his name since his passing.

He Revolutionized music by giving the people a voice through melodious sound in his time, this touched and still continues to touch the hearts of many today -as it did Wyclef.

Wyclef Jean, an award winning American singer has disclosed that the forth of his song his new upcoming album [Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee] is tiltled “Fela Kuti”.....Listen to the song here>>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/wyclef-jean-titles-his-song-fela.html

We reported earlier today that Olakunle Churchill’s family stormed Tonto Dikeh’s family house in Rivers State, to demand a refund of the bride price they paid when their son came to ask for the Actress’ hand in marriage.

However on Tonto Dikeh’s part, her days seem lit as she posted a video on her Instagram page, which many has linked to celebrating the dissolution of her marriage.

Here’s the caption the video came with.....Watch the video and see caption here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/video-tonto-dikeh-celebrates.html

The family of Olakunle Churchill, the estranged husband of actress, Tonto Dikeh, in a new development have taken back their bride price from the actress’s family.

About a week ago, Tonto Dikeh revealed in a leaked text that she paid her bride price herself, however, her father has said that Olakunle Churchill fulfilled all traditional requirements and has returned the bride price to him and in so doing has annulled their traditional marriage.....See video and document here http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/its-over-tonto-dikehs-bride-price.html

Billionaire kidnapper, Evans, who has been making useful confessions since his arrest had named a man as one of the active members of his gang who was tasked with buying arms and ammunition for their operations.

Operatives of Nigerian Security Agencies in Bayelsa State, have started an investigation into the identity of a man named Suoyo whom notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, aka Evans, mentioned as one of his gang members in the state, The Nation reports....Read full details here>>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/identity-of-billionaire-kidnapper-evans.html

The unauthorized reproduction of Moji Olaiya’s burial programme by Gbenga Adewusi of Bayowa Films is still generating tension in the entertainment sector.

On Tuesday the Ibadan Film Circle expressed disgust at the way a one time popular marketer Gbenga Adewusi produced the video without permission from the family of the deceased....See full details here>>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/tension-gbenga-adewusi-selling-late.html

According to Melaye, his fight was for Kogi workers and pensioners, who were suffering and dying, following what he described as governor Bello’s non-payment of 15-month salaries and pensions.

He disclosed this in Abuja during a chat with the media on Thursday.

The Senator also disclosed that he was fighting the governor because all the tertiary institutions, including the State Polytechnic, College of Education and the University have been under lock and key for five months following the strike embarked on by the lecturers.....Read full details below http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/why-im-fighting-with-yahaya-bello-dino.html

Controversial Nigerian Senator, and self-styled anti-corruption activist, Dino Melaye is in the news again. This time, it is about a move by his constituents to eject him from the parliament over what they term as continuous embarrassment and poor representation.


Hundreds of protesters from the seven local government areas, comprising Kogi West senatorial zone, recently marched to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lokoja, demanding the recall of Senator Melaye.

They have already initiated action on his recall. Yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, formally received the 188,588 signatures out of the 360,098 registered voters in Kogi West representing 52.3% percent required for Melaye's recall.

But, why would Melaye's constituents want him recalled? What are his offences? His constituents - who are fed up of him - listed some offences on which they based his recall. Nigerian Bulletin gathered some of them to include......Read 9 Sins That Would Send Dino Melaye Out Of Senate here>>>>
http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/recall-9-sins-that-would-send-dino.html

Chache Master, Segun Wire who went viral after he said He wanted to be a Yahoo Yahoo Boy in the Future, has ripped Falz apart after the latter urged his colleagues to stop hailing fraudsters in their music.

In an Instagram post, Obviously not written by the 8 year old, Segun ripped into the Lawyer turned Singer.. and it’s not funny.

He wrote....Read full post here http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/segun-wire-blasts-falz-for-saying.html

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, arraigned one suspected Internet fraudster, Folusho Oguntoyinbo, also known as Sydney, before Justice Hakeem Olatunde Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on a three-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N700, 000 (Seven Hundred Thousand Naira).

One of the counts reads: "That you, Folusho Oguntoyinbo (a.k.a. Sydney) sometime in 2016.....Read full details here>>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/two-notorious-lagos-based-yahoo-yahoo.html

Senator Dino Melaye is not shaken by moves to recall him.

Tweeting shortly after a petition was submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding his recall, the Senator wrote, “It can not succeed. It is a hoax and absolute comedy of errors. I’m laughing at the stupidity of kogi state government.

“Many appointees will go to jail for forgery. Even dead people’s names on the recall register.

“A governor who does not know what double registration is may not as well know the procedure for recall. Every lie has an expiry date......See more tweets here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/people-will-go-to-jail-for-trying-to.html

Chief Donatus Dunu, wealthy owner of the flourishing Maydon pharmaceutical company in Nigeria with outlets in major cities of the world, was forced to pass through the eye of a needle after being abducted near his office on the celebrated lover’s day of February 14, 2017.

He miraculously escaped on the night Evans and his gang were going to kill him after 90 gruelling days of shocking experience in their hideout.

In this exclusive interview with Vanguard, the first since his freedom, with Emma Nnadozie and Joseph Unduu, Chief Donatus gave a vivid account of the hair-raising ugly encounter.....Read full details here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/my-miraculous-escape-from-evans-cell.html

Vera Sidika who has been living a luxurious lifestyle on social media appears to be nursing some emotional injuries from her recent relationship with a Nigerian man based in United Arab Emirates.

Kenyan socialite, Vera Sidika who has made a blossoming career out of flaunting her massive bum has offered an explanation about the emotional whirlpool she has found herself.

This is coming after her rich Dubai-based Nigerian lover, Yomi Johnson allegedly leaked her n*ked photo. Yomi has been rumoured to be dating another slay queen on Instagram who hails from South Africa......See everything here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/b00ty-queen-vera-sidika-reacts-to-her.html

Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, a daughter of the former governor of Oyo State - Victor Omololu-Olunloyo has again been remanded at the Port Harcourt prison in Rivers State after failing to perfect her bail conditions......Read full details here>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/former-governors-daughter-kemi-olunloyo.html

Nigerian human trafficker known as “Rambo” has been arrested in Italy on charges of torturing and killing migrants held captive in Libya, Italian police said Tuesday.....Read full details here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/italy-arrests-nigerias-rambo-for.html

Kogi West constituents have secured enough votes to recall Senator Dino Melaye from the Nigerian senate, according to a report from Daily Post.

An exercise for the recall was carried out last week.....Read full details here>>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/kogi-west-constituents-get-enough-votes.html

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday said for corruption to be completely eradicated in the country, the fight against the menace must start from churches.

He said it was only when church leaders resolved to ostracise and expose corrupt members of their congregation that the problem could be solved.
.....Read full details here>>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/anti-corruption-fight-must-start-from.html

Billionaire kidnapper, Evans, has demanded what he want the government to do for his children so as not to grow up to be like him.

The kidnap kingpin in a chat with Saturday Vanguard also revealed how he wanted to end his life before being arrested.

The 36-year-old suspect, who is a native of Akamili in Umudim Quarters, Nnewi, Anambra State, told Saturday Vanguard at the Lagos State Police Command, amidst tears, that he was being humiliated beyond limits, noting that he preferred dying than to continue living in pains.....Read full details here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/what-i-want-government-to-do-for-my.html

Amid the oldies in the Nigeria's Senate, there are some of them that are considerably young - in their 40s. Their foray into politics have been from an early age, while some of them found their feet in politics leveraging on political appointments. These Senators include....See list here>>> http://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2017/06/11-youngest-serving-senators-in.html