Singer, Di’ja has welcomed a third child.

The Mavin record artiste, took to her Instagram page to share the good news.

Sharing a photo of herself carrying her newborn child alongside her other kids on IG, she wrote;

“I have been blessed countless times over and over again. Alhamdullilah. A week ago I had the most amazing delivery! It can only be the Almighty.”

“Allahu Akbar. KITON FAROUK (2016), AMANA MORENIKE (2018)and AYANA WURA (2019). Our beautiful children. #Olofamily. Pic by @iamjinius_ . I don’t know how we’ve done it. #MAMABEAR! I still can’t believe I am a mum of now 3 amazing children. Thank you to my whole family, friends, caretakers for holding me down this whole time.”

Sensational actress Nadia Buari for the first time flaunted her handsome brother on social media and this has gotten ladies talking.

Her brother was celebrating his birthday and she took to her Instagram page to wish him.

Nadia posted some very nice photos of her brother with some lovely message as the caption and also indicated that he’s single.

She posted these messages with the caption;

“@jeedrogers….My brother, my soldier, my confidant.. my forever.. B5’s president…lol. Celebrate this very exceptional day of yours with the knowledge that the almighty God is guiding and watching over u as u journey through life. I love u beyond words. Always and forever.”

John Ofikhenua, Abuja
THE Federal Government of Nigeria has told the international electricity customers-Niger, Togo, and Republic of Benin-to pay up their outstanding $7million debt because “electricity is not charity”.

The chairman, West African Power Pool (WAAP), Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, whom reporters in Abuja accused of playing the big brother with Nigeria’s electricity to the countries, disclosed that Nigeria was also strict with the international customers just as the Nigerians in debt recovery.

Mohammed, who is also the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), recalled that on his assumption of office, the outstanding bills of the international customers were over $100million.

Stressing that Nigeria does not supply any customers electricity for free, he noted that the Federal Government disconnects the international customers just as it does to Nigerians when they owe electricity debts.

The WAAP chairman said that the Federal Government has now restricted its electricity supply to only contracted international customers.

According to him, Nigeria has insisted that the indebted international customers that were disconnected from the grid pay up their debts before they are reconnected.

His words: “It is not because I am the chairman of the West African Power Pool (WAAP) that I will be allowing international customers to cheat Nigeria.

“When I took over as MD TCN, both Benin and Togo were owing Nigeria more than $100 million. The debt now remains $7million.

“Niger is owing less than $2million. In short, we are not leaving them. We disconnect them as we disconnect customers here in Nigeria. Electricity is not charity. We cannot just allow people to consume electricity and leave us like that.

“As at now, we have restricted their supply to only their contracted ones. We are insisting they pay all their outstanding before we reconnect them and we increase the off- take.”

He corrected the impression that electricity across the border is charity, noting that it is a business from which Nigeria makes millions of dollars like any other exported commodity.

Mohammed said that Nigeria has a comparative advantage of electricity generation in Africa.

Akinwale Akintunde

Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an order to Receiver/Manager appointed by the Guaranty Trust bank Plc, Mr Gbenga Akinde- Peters to take over all fixed and floating assets of Stallion Nigeria Limited company in receivership.

The judge who gave the order yesterday folliwing Stallion’s inability to pay a debt of N11,401,860,857.06 it owed the bank also restrained the Directors of the company from obstructing the Receiver/Manager from performing his duties.

Other defendants in the suit are THP Limited, The Honda Place Limited, Connoisseur Investment Limited, Premium Seafoods Limited and Onward Fisheries Nigeria Limited who were alleged to have guaranteed the loan.

In an affidavit sworn to by a litigation officer, Mr. Segun Omoshola,filed and argued before the court by Mr. Temilolu Adamolekun, the deponent alleged that, Stallion Nigerian Limited company in receivership was availed several loan facilities totaling the sum of N30.5 billion to augment its working capital needs as well as those of its related companies.

The loan facilities, which was secure by the personal guarantee of Mr. Sunil Vaswani, five choice properties located in Lagos, Portharcourt and Abuja, were said to be drawn down and used by the Stallion Nigeria Limited Company in accordance with the offer letter.

However when the facilities was matured, Stallion Nigeria Limited in receivership and the defendants Companies who guaranteed the loan have failed to liquidate the facilities which has continued to accrued interest.

The bank wrote several demand letters, made entreaties to Stallion Nigeria Limited and the defendants companies to meet their obligations to the bank but all to no avail.

Following Stallion’s inability to pay the loan, the bank appointed a receiver manager statutorily empower by law to take charge and remain in exclusive possession and control of the mortgaged properties and assets of Stallion Nigerian Limited.

The receiver Manager upon his appointment then approached the court in order to get the needed protection to enable him perform his duties unhindered.

Consequently, counsel to the Receiver Manager, Adamolekun urged the court to restrain the defendants and their Directors, Shareholders and their agents from intermeddling with or disturbing his client, Akinde-Peters, the receiver manager from performing his duties.

Justice Saliu Saidu, after hearing Adamolekun leading four other counsels, while restraining the Directors of the defendants companies from obstructing the Receiver/Manager from performing his duties, also issued an order Protecting Mr Akinde Peters appointed by the bank to take over the all fixed and floating assets of Stallion Nigeria Limited company whenever the assets are found whatever form The mater has been adjourned till December 16, 2019 for the hearing of the substantive suit.

Want to end 2020 with more money than you started it with? Here's how.

The start of a new year is a good time to map out your financial goals and devise a plan to achieve them. And if one of your key objectives is to close out 2020 with more money than you had when you started it, here are a few key moves you should consider.


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1. Start investing
Although you're not guaranteed to make money by investing, if you're smart about building a portfolio, you can grow your wealth without having to put in extra hours on the job or slave away at a side hustle. To get started, open a brokerage account, and then choose stocks with a solid performance history to increase your chances of making money. You can consult this guide on buying stocks if you're brand new to the process.

Of course, stocks aren't the only way to invest. You can buy bonds or even real estate if you're up for it. The point, however, is to take money you aren't using, and don't expect to use within the next few years, and put it to work.

2. Stop throwing money away
The less money you waste on things like credit card interest and fees, the more you stand to save. A good way to close out 2020 on a wealthier note is to avoid credit card debt, and to make all of your bill payments on time to steer clear of late fees.

But it's not just interest and fees you want to avoid; you should also avoid wasting money in the form of thrown-out food, impulse buys, and services you pay for but don't actually use (like the gym that costs you $50 a month that you visit six times a year at best). If you're not sure where you're wasting money, comb through your budget and see what your expenses look like. Chances are that you'll find ways to reasonably cut back.

3. Put your savings on autopilot
Want an extremely easy way to boost your wealth in the coming year? Force yourself to save. If you automate the process, you won't be tempted to stray from your savings efforts, and you have several options in this regard. First, you can arrange for a portion of each paycheck you collect to go directly from your checking account to your savings account. This is something you can quickly set up with your bank. Next, you can sign up for your employer's 401(k) plan and have funds deducted from each paycheck automatically for retirement. Finally, you can find an IRA with an auto-transfer feature, and save for your golden years that way.

4. Shield more income from the IRS
The less tax you have to pay on your income, the more of your money you get to keep. To this end, it pays to capitalize on tax-advantaged savings tools like traditional IRAs and 401(k)s, and also health savings accounts.

IRAs and 401(k)s come in both the traditional and Roth variety, and while there are benefits to funding a Roth, you'll do so with after-tax dollars, which means there's no immediate tax break to be reaped. With a traditional IRA or 401(k), your contributions are made with pre-tax dollars. Put $5,000 into either account in 2020, and that's $5,000 the IRS can't tax you on.

The same holds true for a health savings account -- the money you contribute goes in on a pre-tax basis. Health savings accounts are a great way to set aside funds for medical expenses, and you can qualify for one if you have a high-deductible health insurance plan.

A little smart planning on your part could help you end 2020 on a wealthier note. And that'll really give you something to be happy about.

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