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Oshiomhole

2019: Look out for character of candidates, Oshiomhole tells Nigerians

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday urged Nigerians to look out for character of candidates before casting their votes in the 2019 general election. Oshiomhole gave the advice at a grand rally organised to receive Peoples Democratic Party defectors to All Progressives Congress at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano. […]

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Hijab

Hijab imbriglio: UI international school reopens

After one week the International Secondary School (ISI) of the University of Ibadan was shut down by its management after an hijab crisis, normalcy has returned to the school and academic activities would commence immediately. The school was shut down as a result of religious crisis over the wearing of hijab by female Moslem students. Some

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The Vendor

Odunlade Adekola’s movie, ‘The Vendor’, to show in US cinemas

‘The Vendor’, a Nollywood comedy movie written and directed by Odunlade Adekola, will be showing in five US states. This was made known by Moses Babatope, group executive director of Filmhouse Cinemas and MD of FilmOne, the production company behind the movie. According to Babatope, ‘The Vendor’ has shown great potential outside the shores of

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Auta Dogo

Prophet defrauds Apostle of N6.35m, lands in police custody

The police on Friday arraigned a prophet, Vincent Adewunmi, in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly defrauding one Apostle Austin Okeke of N6.35 million. Adewunmi, 36, of no fixed address, is charged with two counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence. The prosecutor, Sgt. John Iberedem, told the court that the accused committed

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Adikwu

Offa bank robbery: Police explain death of suspect Adikwu

The Nigerian Police Force has explained the death of Michael Adikwu, a former policeman, who was a major suspect in connection with the deadly multiple robberies in Offa last April. In a response to the statement by Senate President Bukola Saraki’s spokesman, Yusuph Olaniyonu, the police appeared to have ruled out a probe of the

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Samsung

80 die of cancer working at Samsung Electronics factories, firm apologises

Samsung Electronics apologised Friday to workers who developed cancer after working at some of its factories, finally ending a decade-long dispute at the world’s top chipmaker. Campaign groups said that about 240 people have suffered from work-related illnesses after being employed at Samsung semiconductor and display factories, with around 80 of them — many of

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Be gone forever: Man bags triple life sentences for defiling minor

Woman stabs brother-in-law with broken bottle in Lagos

A 33-year-old woman, Chioma Iwu, who police accused of stabbing her brother-in-law with a broken bottle on Friday appeared in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court  Lagos. Iwu, who resides in Lekki area of Lagos, is charged with assault. The police prosecutor, ASP Roman Unuigbe, told the court that the accused committed the alleged offence on

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Holodomor

Recognise Holodomor as genocide, Ukraine urges Nigeria

Ukraine Ambassador to Nigeria Dr Valerii Aleksandruk has appealed to the federal government to formally recognise `Holodomor'(the man-made famine in Ukraine in which millions of Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death) as genocide against the Ukrainian people. Alesandruk, who made the call in a statement on Friday in Abuja, also asked Nigeria to adopt “Holodomor”

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