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Month: January 2024

Here are 3 Nollywood musicals on streaming to watch this weekend

Musical film genres interweave singing and dancing into the storytelling sequence. Musicals aren’t common in the Nigerian film industry but every once in a while something everything from the genre is delivered. In the coming days, the audience will welcome Finding Messiah which is the latest musical drama in the works by Oscar Heman-Ackah. This…

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Tinubu approves ₦683 bn intervention fund for public tertiary education

Echono disclosed the allocation details. President Bola Tinubu has given the green light to a substantial intervention fund of ₦683,429,268 billion aimed at bolstering public tertiary education institutions in Nigeria. This allocation, a noteworthy increase from last year’s ₦320 billion, is earmarked for universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education during the 2024 cycle. The announcement…

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Alex Otti’s election as Abia governor upheld by Supreme Court

Both Ahiwe and Emenike of the APC separately challenged the result of the election. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Alex Otti as duly elected governor of Abia. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji while delivering the judgment dismissed the appeal against the victory of Otti. She held that the appeal by the PDP lacked…

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Engage in regular sex to prevent prostate cancer – Health experts urges men

Men who eat balanced diet and engage in active sex stand a lower chance of developing prostate cancer. Some medical practitioners in the health sector have advised men to eat a balanced diet and be engaged in regular sex to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer. The experts gave the advice in an interview…

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Many married couples can’t have children because of this reason

Many people can’t conceive because the body identifies sperm as an enemy and rejects it. Anti-sperm antibodies occur when the immune system mistakenly targets sperm in a man’s semen, causing damage or death. As the name implies, anti-sperm antibodies are immune system-produced proteins that wrongly view sperm as foreign intruders. Men and women can experience…

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APC triumph in Ebonyi as Supreme Court affirms Nwifuru as Ebonyi governor

The panel also resolved all five issues raised against Nwifuru and dismissed the appeal for lacking merit. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Francis Nwifuru as the governor of Ebonyi. Justice Tijjani Abubakar who delivered the judgment, dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s candidate, Chukwuma Odii. Justice…

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The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Light’ exceeds 4 billion Spotify streams

The Weeknd‘s ‘Blinding Light’ makes Spotify history. In a monumental achievement, The Weeknd’s smash-hit single ‘Blinding Lights’ has etched its name in the annals of music history by becoming the first song to surpass an unprecedented 4 billion streams on the global music streaming platform, Spotify. Since its release in 2020 as part of the…

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A tireless advocate, exceptional professional – Gov Zulum mourns Isa Gusau

Isa Gusau died on Thursday after long illness at a hospital in India. Gov Babagana Zulum of Borno has describe his late Spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, as a tireless advocate and exceptional professional who discharged his responsibilities transparently. In his condolence message issued on Friday in Maiduguri, Zulum said that the state has lost a…

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Lagos judiciary creates Eti-Osa, Yaba/Surulere judicial divisions

Filing, adjudication of cases and other legal business in both divisions should begin from the date of the notice. The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has announced the creation of Eti-Osa and Yaba/Surulere as two additional judicial divisions. Alogba said this in a statement in Lagos on Friday by the state Acting…

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JAMB Registrar commends FG over probe of fake universities and certificates

Oloyede stated that though the state of education in the country was not good enough, it had been improving and would continue to improve. Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has commended the moves by the Federal Government to investigate the fake universities and certificates being awarded to Nigerians. Oloyede…

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