Beyonce Now Forbes highest paid woman in music 2017

 

Forbes has crowned Beyonce the highest paid woman in music in 2017.The 36-year-old earned $105 million pretax this year, thanks in part to her acclaimed visual album Lemonade and Formation world tour, which grossed a whopping quarter of a billion dollars. Adele, 29,  finished second on the list with $69 million and Taylor Swift, 27,  claimed third with $44 million.

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Hospital in Lagos holds mother and Newborn Baby for four months over unpaid bill of N215,000

   For over  four months after Blessing Agbo delivered a baby boy through caesarean section in a Lagos hospital, God Cures Hospital, she is  yet to be discharged over a bill of N215,000.
PUNCH  gathered that the baby’s father,Chibugo Duru, had already abandoned both mother and child at the medical facility in the Ilogbo, Ojo area of Lagos State.

Nigeria floats $3bn bond to fund budgetary expenditures

 

   The Federal Government has floated the much awaited US$3 billion dual series bond to fund approved budgetary expenditures.

Protests, anger rock PDP ahead Dec. 9 convention

 

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains unsettled as it heads for its December 9 convention. National chairman aspirant Prof. Tunde Adeniran has kicked against the list of panelists to conduct the ward delegates’ election ahead of the convention. He has petitioned the leadership. The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting has been fixed for Abuja to ratify the list, among other decisions on the convention.

Presidential jet fuel, maintenance to gulp N4.96bn in 2018 budget

 

   The Federal Government has proposed to spend N4.96 billion in 2018 on fuel and maintenance of the presidential jets, despite clamours for reduction in the number of aircrafts in the Presidential Air Fleets (PAF).