Month: May 2023
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Again, Nollywood Losses Another Actor, Murphy Afolabi
The Nollywood community has once again been thrown into a mourning phase as it lost one of its own, Murphy Afolabi. The thespian who was popular in the Yoruba movies sector was announced dead via the verified Instagram page of iconic movie star, Odunlade Adekola. Breaking the sad news, Adekola posted the picture of Afolabi…
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Ogun Corp Member Arrested For ‘Raping’ 20-year-old Lady
A member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC , Adebola Sodiq, was on Friday, arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for raping a 20 years old lady (name withheld). The Ogun State command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this to newsmen in Abeokuta. According to Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested following a report…
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Labour Party Faction Calls For Arrest of Peter Obi, Others
As the leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) heightens, the Bashiru Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the party has declared that nothing can stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29th as the next President of Nigeria. The LP faction also called on the Nigerian Military, Inspector General of Police…
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Just In: IGP Orders Arrest of Seun Kuti
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, over an alleged assault of a police officer in Lagos. The IG has equally ordered a speedy and full investigation into the remote and immediate cause(s) of the alleged assault and prosecution of the suspect accordingly. This was as the…
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Veteran Nollywood Actor is Dead
Veteran Yoruba Nollywood actor, Adedigba Mukail, popularly known as Alafin Oro, is dead. According to Afod, Alafin Oro died in the early hours of today. Sharing the deceased photos, Kunle Afod wrote: “Another library is burnt down today. A great philosopherAn icon with so much Yoruba knowledge. “A lover of God @alafinoro1. You departed this…
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Kwara Medical Doctor Accused of Raping Patient Speaks up
The Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr Ayodele Joseph, has said the female nurse he was accused of sedating and raping is his girlfriend. Ayodele was reportedly performing an operation on the nurse in his hospital when the incident occurred. The doctor allegedly sedated the patient, who is a professional nurse…
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NASS leadership: 2 govs, House principal officer fingered in zoning list mess
Saturday Sun Newspaper Ahead of next month’s inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, there are indications that two governors and a sitting principal officer deliberately arm-twisted the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone and micro-zone leadership positions in the Senate and the House of Representatives to their preferred candidates. On Monday, May…
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Telcos Get Nod To Disconnect Bank Customers From Using USSD Codes for Transactions
Vanguard There are very strong indications that from 7pm today bank customers will not be able to access online banking transactions that depend on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD, platform to function. These are transactions done on the mobile phones like fund transfers through short codes, checking of bank details and account balances, among…
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Residents Approach Court To Stop Inauguration of Tinubu as President-elect
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu. The residents represented by Anyaegbunam Ubaka Okoye, David Aondover Adzer, Jeffrey Oheobeh Ucheh, Osang Paul and Chibuke Nwachukwu are seeking an order of court restraining the Chief Justice of Nigeria and…
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7 Things To Know About Lead Counsel Who Defended Adeleke’s victory in Court
Renowned legal icon, Onyechi Ikpeazu made headlines on Tuesday on various newspapers when his client, the incumbent governor of Osun, Senator Ademola Adeleke was declared as the legitimate winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election by the Supreme Court. A three-member panel of the appellate court led by Mohammed Shuaibu had as of last…