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Tems told fans on X that she probably would have ended up crunching numbers or teaching math if the whole music thing never popped off. The Grammy winner said an accountant or mathematics teacher would have been her backup options during a fan Q&A session. She walked away from her digital...

Don Jazzy shut down someone on X who suggested he get back with his ex-wife, Michelle Jackson, by pointing out she is already married to somebody else. The Mavin Records boss first told people about his short marriage back in 2021 and said his obsession with music basically killed the...

Sophia Momodu says people need to quit spreading lies about her daughter, Imade, with Davido, because the kid is doing fine. She posted on Snapchat that she handles basically everything for the 10-year-old except school fees, which Davido's dad covers. The baby mama says she never gets child...

CeeC from Big Brother Naija talked about how she basically went on the show planning to get the experience and then head back to her law career. The reality TV thing worked out differently, though, because when she got out, she was suddenly meeting celebrities she used to watch on screen and had...

Peggy Ovire's lawyers dropped a response saying actor Taye Arimoro can forget about that N100 million he's demanding because his assault allegations are basically fiction. Her legal team says Taye got into it with production staff when they asked him to come back to set and he allegedly...

Simi went full hype mode for her husband, Adekunle Gold, after catching his London concert and posted about it on Instagram. She called the performance mind-blowing and said watching him on stage had her crying tears of pride because the dude works incredibly hard at his music career. The...

Nigeria's finance minister, Wale Edun, says the feds are backing private companies that can juice up manufacturing and get people hired. He met with Folay West African Limited execs who pitched their growth plans for making more stuff locally and building out agricultural supply chains. Folay...

Some guy who runs Africa Oil+Gas Report just got absolutely torched for writing what looked like professional commentary about Nigeria's petroleum regulator, but was apparently just him being salty he didn't get hired. This writer, named Olasanmi, dropped a full takedown saying Toyin Akinosho...

The Nigerian oil regulator got props from the International Energy Agency for making companies factor in climate goals when they apply for new drilling projects. NUPRC boss Gbenga Komolafe met with IEA reps in Abuja and talked up how the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act has made things more...

Some energy think tank called CEMSR just gave the oil regulator NUPRC a bunch of props for cleaning up the upstream petroleum sector and getting investors to actually pay attention to Nigeria again. Director Musa Garuba said the commission boss, Gbenga Komolafe, fixed approval delays and tossed...

Nigeria added about 45000 people to its pension system between August and September to hit nearly 11 million registered savers but that barely scratches the surface when the country has around 70 million workers floating around. The stats from the National Pension Commission show less than 16...

International Energy Insurance just swapped out its CEO, Olasupo Sogelola, after he managed to get the company back on track and relisted on the Nigerian Exchange. The insurance outfit tapped Joyce Odiachi as acting boss while they hunt for someone permanent to run things. Odiachi has been...

The pension agency boss, Tolulope Odunaiya, called an emergency sit-down with union leaders after some group of retirees threatened to stage a protest where they would strip naked to make their point. She laid out what the directorate already delivered, like the 32000 naira minimum wage bump and...

A bunch of retired government workers are hitting up Nigeria's pension agency because their payments keep getting messed up or never show up at all. One guy named Alfred said someone started yanking nine thousand naira out of his monthly check back in September and left him with barely enough to...

Aviation minister Festus Keyamo said the government might chase down Dana Air assets to get money back to passengers and travel agents who got screwed over when the airline stopped flying. He told the Civil Aviation Authority to investigate why refunds are still stuck and made it clear that...

The Central Bank kept interest rates stuck at 27 percent after their committee wrapped up meetings in Abuja with Governor Olayemi Cardoso saying they want to lock in gains from bringing down inflation and keeping the financial system stable. All twelve members voted to hold the rate while...

Nigeria's aviation agency just permitted four airports to keep flights running until 10 pm after everyone kept complaining that only Abuja and Lagos could handle late operations. Yola, Owerri, Ilorin and Enugu got the green light because they have the right gear to support evening traffic...

Tax reform boss Taiwo Oyedele went on WhatsApp, telling people to chill because the new rules dropping next year will actually cut what most Nigerians pay instead of jacking it up like everyone on social media keeps saying. He said the bottom 98 percent of earners will either pay way less or...

China just told Nigeria it will help them digitize their ports after the transport vice minister met with Marine and Blue Economy Minister Adegboyega Oyetola in London. Li Yang said his government runs 52 automated ports and has the tech to move Nigeria off manual systems into something that...

Lagos State planning officials said they want to fix the massive backlog of building approvals by going digital and getting their departments to actually work together. Deputy Governor Kadri Obafemi Hamzat told everyone at a retreat in Epe that land use planning matters for keeping the city safe...