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Yesterday Ice Prince confirmed that his contract with Chocolate City is over. This came as a surprise to his fans because just a couple of months ago the singer/rapper was announced as the Vice President of the Chocolate City Group (click here). During his chat with Dotun Kayode on Cool FM, Ice Prince revealed that even though his contract has been over for a few years his relationship with the Choc City artists remains close.

Airtel Nigeria, in collaboration with Ericsson, will soon launching infrastructure to ensure broadband internet will be affordable for the vast majority of Nigerians. Both firms, in a joint statement, said they will be rolling out the award-winning Ericsson Radio System in several sites across the country. Ericsson Radio System's multi-standard platform enables Airtel Nigeria to cost-effectively leverage the reach, maturity and increasing affordability of today's 3G technology, while laying the foundation for their 4G and 5G evolution.

Pope Francis is to meet the grand of Cairo's Al-Azhar at the on Monday in an unprecedented encounter between the leader of the world's Catholics and the highest authority in Islam. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, who heads the mosque and seat of learning considered the most prestigious institution in the main branch of Islam, will have an audience with the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, spokesman Federico Lombardi told AFP. "This audience is being prepared and has been scheduled for Monday," he said. "It will be a first". (left) is to the spiritual leader of the world's Muslims, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb (right), at the ©Kenzo Tribouillard, Filippo Monteforte (AFP/File) The hugely symbolic visit comes against the backdrop of a recent improvement in relations between the two faiths after serious tensions during the time of 's predecessor, Benedict XVI.

  The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, reinstated the impeached Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. MomohJimoh Lawal. Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Lawal Momoh Re-instated Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. MomohJimoh Lawal In a judgment delivered by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, the court equally restored the Speaker, Aliyu Akuh and seven other Principal Officers of the Kogi State House of Assembly, saying the process that led to their purported impeachment on February 16, 2016, was unconstitutional and illegal. It said their removal was not in line with provisions of sections 90, 91, 92 (2) (c), 95 (1) & (2) and 96(1) & (2) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, said on Thursday that the order of the Jos Federal High Court did not mandate Chris Giwa to takeover as NFF President. Dalung spoke in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Sports at the National Assembly to brief the committee on efforts made to resolve the NFF leadership crisis. The minister said the order never directed Giwa to assume duties as the president of the country’s football federation, a decision that necessitated the deployment of police to protect the NFF.

President of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN), Dr. Frank Omo-Ehijele Odafen, said over five million people die worldwide as a result of tobacco intake. He disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference organized in commemoration of the Family Doctors' Day while quoting a World Health Organization (WHO) report. This year's theme was tagged: "Smoking Cessation and the Family."

  Search teams scoured the Mediterranean on Friday for the remains of an EgyptAir plane which crashed with 66 people on board, as mystery surrounded its fate despite suspicions of terrorism. Egypt’s aviation minister had said that a “terrorist attack” was a more likely cause than technical failure for the Airbus A320’s sudden disappearance from radar screens on a flight from Cairo from Paris. But French Foreign Minister Jean-March Ayrault said there was “absolutely no indication” of why the flight came down.

  There has been a hike in fuel price from N86.50 to N145 per litre. – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) embrked on a strike to protest the fuel hike – The congress has said they can re-negotiate with the federal government to find a lasting solution to the problem Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Aliyu Wabba, the president of National Labour Congress (NLC) Aliyu Wabba, the president of National Labour Congress (NLC) Ayuba Wabba, the national president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, May 19, said that the congress was ready to negotiate with the federal government. He disclosed this in the National Assembly Abuja, while briefing newsmen after a closed-door meeting between the leadership of the Union and Bukola Saraki, the Senate president.