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‘Papa, you’re giving out our inheritance’ — Otedola speaks on his daughter’s reaction to N5bn donation

Femi Otedola, Nigeria’s business mogul, says one of his daughters had warned that he was giving out their inheritance when he disclosed he would make N5 billion donation. In November 2019, the billionaire businessman had made the headlines after he donated the said sum to Save the Children, a UK-based charity, to support the organisation’s intervention in the […]

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7-month-old baby rescued as police kill ‘kidnapper’ in Katsina

The Katsina police command says it has killed Yunusa Boka, an alleged kidnapper who operates in Danmusa and Kankara local government areas of the state. In a statement on Wednesday, Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesman, said Boka was killed in a gun duel at Gwarjo forest, Matazu local government area of the state on Tuesday.

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BBNaija star, Mercy Eke, makes Nollywood debut in ‘Fate of Alakada’

Winner of Big Brother Naija, Pepper Dem gang, Mercy Eke, will make her Nolloywood debut in `Fate of Alakada’, a movie produce by Nigerian actress, Toyin Abraham. The Nollywood actress, Abraham announced this in her Instagram page, @ toyin_abraham, appreciating Eke for coming onset. The movie is set to premier on cinemas on April 10.

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Man, 62, arraigned for allegedly climbing electric pole

A 62-year-old man, Tunde Kekereekun, who allegedly climbed an electric pole to unlawfully reconnect electricity into his apartment appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday. Kekereekun, a resident of Kola Pegreeno Street, Rock Stone Ville Estate, Bakery Bus Stop, Ajah, Lagos State is facing a charge of carrying out a conduct likely

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Nigeria ranks lower on transparency international’s corruption index

Nigeria is now ranked 146 out of the 180 countries on the 2019 corruption perception index published by transparency international, having dropped two places. According to the report released today, the country scored 26 out of 100 points, dropping from the 27 points that it has maintained since 2017. In the 2018 index, Nigeria rose

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Funke Akindele’s ex- husband to become next chairman of Oshodi/Isolo LG

Not much has been heard of veteran filmmaker, Funke Akindele’s ex-husband, Alhaji Kehinde Oloyede Almaroof who has been off the media scene for years, however, reports have it that he is set to attain yet another height in politics. Sources have it that the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transporter Workers (NURTW) in

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Egyptian club signs 75-year-old footballer

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has announced the registration of Ezz El-Din Bahader, a seventy-five year old footballer. Bahader signed for ‘6th October’, the third-division Egyptian club, for the 2019/20 season. In a statement on EFA’s website, the footballer is ready to go on the pitch for his club so as to become the oldest footballer to

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Don’t ask me how – Dino Melaye says as he shows off luxurious home

Former Senator representing Kogi West District at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye has taken to social media to flaunt his tastefully furnished luxurious home. The former Senator who shared photos of the new mansion on his Instagram page, cautioned haters who intends to ask him how he acquired the expensive house. He attributed his good fortune

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Francis Erhabor, police officer who rejected N6m bribe becomes 2019 Integrity Icon

Francis Erhabor, the divisional police officer of Itam, Akwa Ibom state police command, has received the 2019 Integrity Icon award for rejecting a N6 million bribe to compromise the security system while he was a pipeline commander in Edo. The Integrity Icon summit & award is organised by Accountability Lab in partnership with Luminate, MacArthurand Ford Foundation “to name and fame honest government

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