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Month: July 2023

EFCC drags Stella Oduah to court over fake NYSC certificate

Oduah will be arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on perjury and document falsification. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Tuesday, arraign former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah, before Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja on a fresh charge. Oduah, who represented Anambra North Senatorial Distinct in the…

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Buhari back in Nigeria after running to London for peace of mind

The president stepped back into the country on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, has returned to the country a couple of weeks after he travelled to London to dodge visitors in his Daura home in Katsina State. The 80-year-old left office and handed over to Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023,…

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Onaiyekan warns politicians to stop taking Nigerians for granted

Onaiyekan said Nigerian leaders must realise the country is dancing on the brink of chaos. The Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has warned Nigeria’s political class to stop taking the patience and resilience of Nigerians for granted. Onaiyekan gave the warning in Abuja on Monday when he received a delegation of members…

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Sanwo-Olu is confident Tinubu will deliver as ECOWAS chairman

Sanwo-Olu said the the confidence reposed in Tinubu would manifest in effective collaboration. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has congratulated President Bola Tinubu for emerging as the chairman, Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued on Monday by his spokesperson,…

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Money problems made Otedola think about suicide in 2008

The businessman considered taking his life after suffering a huge financial loss. Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has revealed that he almost committed suicide after losing $480 million in the diesel market in 2008. He spoke about his depressive episode during his business partner, Akin Akinfemiwa‘s 50th birthday celebration in London. According to a Nairametrics report,…

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Nollywood legend Aki pleads with followers to stop begging him for money

In a new video, he begs his followers to please refrain from begging in his DM’s. Legendary actor Chinedu Ikedieze, aka Aki, has taken to Instagram to lament about the sorts of messages he receives from people begging on the app. The meme lord posted a video to his official Instagram page urging his followers…

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Driver rapes employer’s 5-year-old granddaughter goes to prison for life

The convict raped the child both in the living room and inside her grandfather’s jeep. An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 56-year-old driver, Folarin Raufu, to life imprisonment for defiling his employer’s granddaughter, aged five years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that…

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Gunmen kill 8-month-old baby, 7 villagers in Plateau

The wave of killings has affected several communities in Riyom, Barkin Ladi, Jos South and Mangu. Gunmen have killed eight villagers at Farin Lamba community in Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. Rwang Tengwong, National Publicity Secretary, Berom Youth Movement (BYM), a socio-cultural group, disclosed this in a statement on Monday…

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Diphtheria: FG warns Nigerians everyone is at risk

The NCDC has recorded a total of 80 diphtheria deaths across Nigeria since December 2022. The Ministry of Health has urged Nigerians to make conscious efforts to avoid contracting diphtheria, adding that everyone is at risk of being infected with the disease. The ministry’s Health Promotion Department on Monday issued a health advisory, asking Nigerians…

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NSIA Prize for Innovation: Money Africa clinches 1st position

#FeatureByNSIA The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA or The Authority) has announced Money Africa, the winner of the maiden edition of its innovation prize at the NSIA Prize for Innovation (NPI) Demo Day event held in Lagos on Saturday, June 24, 2024. Led by Oluwatosin Olaseinde, its Founder & CEO, Money Africa provides gamified education…

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