Month: April 2022

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South East

EFCC DENIES ARRESTING EBELECHUKWU OBIANO

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has denied arresting the immediate past First Lady of Anambra State, Ebelechukwu Obiano. Reports emerged on social media that the anti-graft agency had arrested and detained Ebelechukwu for alleged fraud. Reacting to the report, spokesman of EFCC, Wilson Uwajaren, dismissed such claims, saying that the wife of former Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, is not in its custody. Meanwhile, the former First […]

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South East

GOVERNOR UGWUANYI RESTATES COMMITMENT TOWARDS ENDING ALL FORMS OF CHILD LABOR ISSUES

The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has reiterated that the state government is ever ready to eliminate all forms of Child Labor issue in the society, which is inspired by the great work the Ministry of Gender Affairs and Social Services is doing in the state. The Secretary to the State Government SSG Professor Uchenna Ortuanya who stated this on behalf of the governor, when he received the committee […]

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National

PRESIDENT BUHARI URGES NIGERIANS NOT TO GIVE UP INSPITE OF CHALLENGES FACED IN NIGERIA

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is optimistic that Nigeria would soon overcome its uncertainty and insecurity problems. The President in an Easter message he personally signed yesterday, asked Nigerians not to give up in spite of the myriads of challenges facing the nation. Buhay described this years celebration as very unique for Christians in Nigeria and all around the globe, noting that the 40-day Lent period provides an opportunity where […]

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Entertainment

SHADE LADIPO ADVISES TUFACE IDIBIA TO GET A VASECTOMY

Nigerian media personality, Shade Ladipo has advised Nollywood actress, Annie Idibia to plead with her music star husband Tuface Idibia to get a vasectomy, a  surgical operation in which the tube that carries sperm to a man's penis is cut out. Ladipo disclosed this in a post shared through her Instagram Stories yesterday, saying there were a lot of children in the mix as he has seven children from three […]

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Entertainment

ACTOR CUBA GOODING JUNIOR PLEADS GUILTY IN A PROTRACTED CRIMINAL CASE

American actor, Cuba Gooding Junior yesterday pleaded guilty to one count of forcible touching in a protracted criminal case accusing him of violating three different women at various Manhattan nightspots in 2018 and 2019. The single guilty plea came nearly three years after Gooding Juniors's arrest in the case that saw several delays as his lawyers sought to get the charges reduced or dismissed.  The 54 year old Gooding Junior who also admitted […]

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Sports

FREDDY RINCON DIES AT 55

Former Real Madrid player, Freddy Rincon has died at the age of 55 after he sustained severe head injuries in a car crash that occurred in the city of Cali, Colombia earlier this week. The former Colombian captain scored 17 goals for Colombia and played at the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups and also shares with Carlos Valderrama, record for the most appearances at the tournament for his country, […]

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Sports

LEWIS HAMILTION TO RECIEVE HONOURARY CITIZEN VOTE IN BRAZIL

Formula One's seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton  said he wanted to spend more time in Brazil and indicated his approval of a bid to make him an honorary citizen.The Briton, knighted by his own country, was in Sao Paulo to deliver a keynote speech at an event which focused on business and digital transformation, was attended by former U.S. president, Barack Obama, British entrepreneur, Richard Branson and former Brazilian president, Fernando Henrique […]

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Foreign

AUSTRALIA’S PRIME MINISTER’S CAR SUFFERS ACCIDENT

A car carrying the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison's security team overturned and rolled down a dam today with four officers taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. In a statement released by the state’s police, disclosed that their car overturned after an accident with unmarked police car while the prime minister was on the campaign trail in Tasmania ahead of May 21 elections. Though the Prime Minister was not […]

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News

POLICE KILL SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS ALONG BENIN-LAGOS BYPASS

The Edo State Police Command has said its operatives yesterday killed six kidnap suspects along the Benin-Lagos Bypass. In a statement issued by the command explained that police operatives were on investigation activities around the area when they noticed the suspects believed to have been part of a notorious gang terrorizing the Benin-Lagos Expressway. It said the team of operatives, on sighting the suspected kidnappers who in the process of […]

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