Feet ‘n’ Tricks International Limited, organizer of the just concluded Nigeria National Freestyle Championship, in conjunction with its major sponsor, GAC Motors, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and VFD Group, have fulfilled their pledge as a brand new saloon car was handed to the 1st Prize Winner in the male category of the competition, McCarthy Obanor The saloon car, travel […]
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The Lagos State command of the Nigerian police on Monday raided an Ikorodu shrine belonging to suspected members of the Badoo cult group. As part of the raid, a 51-year-old man, Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, who was said to be working with the group, was arrested along with two others.Lagos command’s spokesperson, Olarinde Famous-Cole, said a […]
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On Sunday, US news network CNN made a mockery of the prolonged absence of President Muhammadu Buhari who has been out of Nigeria for 85 days. American journalist Fareed Zakaria, during the ‘GPS challenge,’ segment of the programme “The Global Public Square (GPS)” posed a trivia to viewers of his show: “The head of state […]
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, commended the Tony Elumelu Foundation and its Founder, Tony O. Elumelu for their contribution to entrepreneurship and creation of jobs for young people in the North. The Sultan made this commendation during a courtesy visit paid by Tony Elumelu, Chairman of UBA Group and Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation, shortly before […]
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Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a former Niger Delta militant leader, has called Mavin Records boss, “useless dirty Don Jazzy”, for condemning former petroleum minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, over “unconfirmed reports” that she stole “$90 billion”. Asari-Dokubo made his comments in a video published on Facebook, where he also branded President Buhari and his cabinet members liars. He […]
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Youths under the umbrella of Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), have drawn the attention of the Federal Government (FG) to the violation of bail conditions by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and have called for his arrest. Mohammed Salihu, speaker of the AYA, and Desmond Minakaro, the clerk, in a statement, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari was full of smile as he welcomed the seven governors who visited him in London on Wednesday. The recuperating president went on to pose for photographs with his guests. The president’s wife was also seen in one of the pictures. The governors who visited the president are Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), […]
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Veteran Yoruba novelist, actor and broadcaster, Adebayo Faleti, has died at the age of 86. He died at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan on Sunday. Faleti who was a Yoruba translator, TV exponent and a pioneer staff of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television, WNTV, is survived by three wives including […]
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70-year-old former American football star, O.J Simpson, has been granted a parole, and he is expected to leave prison as early as October 1. Reprieve came for the former star on Thursday, after a parole board voted to approve his release. His Crime He has spent over eight years of his 33-year sentence for armed […]
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Detectives from Apo Divisional Police Station, Abuja have tracked down and arrested a taxi driver, Sikiru Lamidi, who allegedly murdered a former Nigerian ambassador to South Africa, Ngam Nwachukwu, on November 24, 2016. THE PUNCH reported that Lamidi, from Oyo town in Oyo State, was apprehended last week by the investigators at his home town […]
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