Day: June 5, 2019

Rihanna emerges Forbes World’s Richest Female Musician

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Rihanna, American Singer, makeup entrepreneur, lingerie designer and now the first black woman to head a top luxury fashion house, has racked up a $600 million fortune to become the world’s richest female musician, Forbes said Tuesday. The 31-year-old born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in Barbados — has amassed wealth exceeding that of Madonna ($570 million), Celine Dion ($450 million) and Beyonce ($400 million), whose husband Jay-Z was just named the world’s first billionaire rap star. Rihanna’s ranking puts into fresh perspective one of her signature lyrics — “work, work, work,…

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Gbajabiamila charged to court for Alleged Perjury

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Femi Gbajabiamila, a major contender to the office of the Speaker, House of Representatives, has been dragged to court for allegedly lying under oath. He has subsequently been served criminal summons by an Abuja Grade 1, Area Court in Karshi, to appear on June 10 to clear his name. His accusers said he failed to disclose in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Form CF 001, which he filled, that he had been previously convicted by a court in the United States. A political party, African People’s Party, (APP), had…

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45 malnourished pupils rescued from illegal Islamic school in Oyo

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The Zone XI police Command of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested one Mojeed Oyelami for operating an illegal quranic school. Parading the suspect on Monday, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone XI, Leye Oyebade, said upon the discovery of the school at the Kehinsi Compound, Ita Baale, Bayeruka area, Ibadan, Oyo State, by men of the Operation Puff Adder, it was discovered that 45 male and female pupils were kept in an inhuman environment. Oyebade said the frail and malnourished pupils recounted their harrowing experience while being interrogated. “We found out…

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Residents Protest in Abia as policeman allegedly kills 21-year-old

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In protest against the killing of an indigene by a trigger-happy police officer, identified as Collins Akpougo, residents of Okwulaga Afaraukwu in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State yesterday took to the streets of Umuahia, the state capital. Afaraukwu is the hometown of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Akpougo, a police Sergeant said to be at large, it was gathered, is attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU) of the Nigeria Police Force, Abia State command. It was further gathered that the…

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UK seizes fresh N82bn Abacha loot

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The sum of £211m (approximately N82bn) has been traced to a former Nigerian military dictator, General Sani Abacha. The money was recovered and subsequently confiscated in Jersey, Channel Islands, on the request of the United States of America Government. Late Abacha was said to have laundered the money through the US into the Channel Islands before his death in 1998. According to a report by Metro UK on Tuesday, the money was put in accounts held in Jersey by Doraville Properties Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company. The report said…

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