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Is it possible to transplant a head of one person to another?  Well, this September they will attempt to do the first surgery of this kind.

Popular Nigerian celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji just spent about N85million moving into a new office in Lagos. It was disclosed that Linda would be paying the sum of N10m rent for her office every year.

President of the United States of America (USA), Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, have allowed their 15-year-old daughter Sasha Obama, take up summer job at a restaurant.

  According to reports, members and security forces of the Delta State Waterways/Land Security Committee were in the middle of a meeting on thursday at the Government house in Warri, when the committee chairman, Mr Boro Putu, instructed his driver to go cash some money from the bank. On his way back after collecting the money from the bank,he was trailed by a Toyota Camry with three heavily armed men.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized four houses worth N872m from a former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, and his son, Shamsudeen Bala. The ex-minister is also under investigation on fictitious contracts of about N1billion, allocation of 12 choice plots worth billions of naira and 37 other commercial plots of land worth about N8bn to his suspected front named Tariq Hammoud as well as the controversial N1trillion Abuja land swap.

The humble Pastor E.A. Adeboye is in the news again over marriage-related issue. This time, Baba is concerned about people who are obsessed with sex. He said they need serious prayers:

 Kano residents groans as the floods experiences after a heavy downpour have left destruction on its paths. Some cars were submerged in water after flood took over some streets in Kano following the downpour on August 5th.

 The economic situation in Nigeria this year may get to a level where many won't be able to afford much with the money in their pocket, if we do not invest heavily in agriculture. I pray we don't get to that stage before government finds a real solution. The prices of commodities like rice, maize, beans, palm oil, sorghum, yam and others have continued to rise at markets like Mile 12 in Lagos. This is reflected in the commodity index update, prepared by Novus Agro Nigeria Ltd, an agro-based firm, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is intensifying investigation on ex-Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. The EFCC is investigating allegations that the former governor embezzled N108bn during his tenure between 2007 and 2015. Already, the anti-graft agency had written to five banks demanding information on Akwa Ibom State finances under Akpabio’s administration.