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The Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s newly inspired Rent – To – Own scheme which was launched on  December 8, 2016 is no doubt another milestone achievement made by the Lagos state government in making housing more affordable for the low and medium income earners in both the formal and informal sectors. 

With N3million up for grabs, friends can truly stay friends with quickteller Friday night turn up is probably the next best thing since ‘Barney and Friends’when it comes to hangouts and fun activities, and Quickteller is giving 3 million reasons you should definitely not miss the next hangout with your crew.Ask Emeka, Taiwo and Benjie; best friends since high school, through university and now comrades in the Lagos hustle. When out with friends there’s always that one friend who laughs at every joke, has a story to tell and is generally the life of the party, but when it’s time to pay for the fun…well, let’s just say that it suddenly ceases to be funny. There’s always a story about how his bank account is linked to his grandfather’s own, how internet banking is not working, blah!blah! blah! Taiwo’s excuses are always an epistle when it comes to that time of the hangout. Two weeks ago, they were hanging out and as usual Taiwo was about to start another story, but ...

It's not every day that a woman born in a very small town in a not-so-popular country goes on to become First Lady of the United States so it's understandable that the people of Melania Trump's home country, Slovenia, are throwing a very big party today to celebrate one of theirs. Melania, 46, is the second First Lady to be born outside the United States since 1825 and to celebrate this, the Mayor of her hometown has organised a very big festival. The celebration will include admission and tours, the main event will be an inauguration viewing party at Rotary klub Sevnica. There will also be free dinner for everyone at the local inn, through a voluntary $40 would be accepted for buying new equipment for the Sevnica Hospital ER. The meal will be a mix of Slovenian and American cuisine to celebrate Melania and Trump's combined heritage.

Popular comedian, I Go Save, just welcomed a beautiful baby girl with his girl friend, Becky. Becky gave birth to their second daughter yesterday Thursday January 19th. They welcomed their first daughter, Aliana, on January 30th 2014. Both mother and the baby are doing fine. Big congrats to them

Neymar Jr’s 5 has officially launched in Nigeria. The event took place yesterday, the 18th of January 2017 at Lekki, Lagos. Coming to Africa’s most populous football loving nation for the first time, Neymar Jr’s 5 is sure to attract Nigeria’s top talent.  The 2017 Nigeria qualification rounds will be held across 9 locations, with two days of group stage qualifications before a final knock-out round for the top scoring teams. Games are quick and fast paced with each team playing at least twice in the group stages. With free registration, demand is high, and total teams allowed into the tournament is limited. This means teams need to register online to guarantee their spot or show up on day 1 at 9am to register in person at their selected qualification location. About Neymar Jr’s Five Neymar Jr’s Five is the Brazilian forward’s signature football tournament – and a truly global phenomenon. Across six continents and more than 50 countries, five-a-side teams battle it out in 10-minut...

A female Iranian bodybuilder has been jailed for posting photos of her biceps on her Instagram page. Although the identity of the person who was arrested  is yet to be revealed by authorities, Shirin Nobahari, who is a professional builder and fond of sharing revealing workout photos to her 65K followers on social media, is believed to be the victim. She was one of two women who took part in an international competition and were both reported and warned about selfies which they posted afterward. According to Mizanonline news agency, she was accused of breaking the Islamic Republic's strict rules on nudity and was locked up in prison because she was unable to post bail of two million rials (£50). However, before she was jailed, an Iranian judiciary confirmed that a female builder had been arrested. 'One of the female bodybuilders who recently published nude photographs on social networks has been arrested.'  

Ever since Karrueche Tran left him in 2015 following revelation he'd fathered a child with another woman while dating her, Chris Brown has not been linked with any woman in particular but it looks like that's about to change. He's now been spotted on a few dates with the same chick, a lady called Bella... and sources claim Chris really likes her and is going steady with her for now...