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Floods take over streets in Dubai after a year’s worth of rain falls in hours

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Highways in Dubai were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains. Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimetres of rain — about two years’ worth — fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. At least one person was killed after a 70-year-old man was swept away in his car in Ras Al-Khaimah, one of the country’s seven emirates, police said. Passengers were warned not to come to Dubai airport,…

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Yoruba Nation sponsors promised to end my hunger —Female suspect

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Some self-acclaimed Yoruba Nation agitators hoisted their flag on the building housing the Oyo state House of Assembly last Saturday. One of the suspects, who was among the Yoruba Nation agitators that invaded the Oyo State House of Assembly and Governor’s office, on Saturday, Ayanwale Rofiayat, yesterday, disclosed that those who sponsored the invasion, promised to put an end to starvation in her life. This came as the Oyo State Government, yesterday, described the invasion as treasonable. The woman suspect was among other 20 suspects paraded by the Oyo State…

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Dunamis apologises to Abuja testifier after Testimony backlash

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Vera Anyim, the woman who was accused of lying while giving testimony at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, has said she bears no grudge against the church. This followed the controversy that trailed the treatment that was meted out to her by the church’s Senior Pastor, Dr Paul Enenche, on Sunday. In a video that emerged online, Anyim, during her testimony in the church, said she graduated with a “Bsc in Law” from the National Open University of Nigeria. She was however interrupted by Enenche who said she was…

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Fidelity Bank’s profit soars by 131.5% in FY 2023 -Declares a final dividend of 60kobo per share

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Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has released its 2023 full year Audited Financial Statements, reporting a 131.5% growth in Profit Before Tax to N 124,26 billion. According to the results, which was issued to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) today, the bank grew Gross Earnings by 64.9% YoY to N555.83 billion, driven by 81.6% growth in Net interest income which increased from N152.7billion to N277.37 billion. This led to a Profit After Tax of N99.45 billion representing a 112.9% annual growth. Commenting on the Bank’s commendable performance, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe,OON,…

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Power Minister apologises for saying Nigerians keep freezers on due to low tariff

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Adebayo Adelabu, Nigeria Minister of Power, has apologised to Nigerians for saying that they keep freezers on for days due to low electricity tariff. “Anything we have said that are considered offensive, we are sorry about that,” Adelabu said with slight remorse on Channels Television’s  Politics Today on Thursday. The minister had come under fire by many Nigerians in the last one week for his comment which was considered offensive. Adelabu had told journalists in Abuja on April 4, 2024 that Nigerians lack the culture of electricity consumption management because…

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Experts urge FG to protect Nigerian carrier as flight price war escalates

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The reduction of airfare of Lagos to London route by Air Peace has ignited price war in the aviation industry thereby raising concerns over the seeming move by foreign airlines to run the Nigerian carrier out of business. Already, there are mixed feelings in the industry over the sudden reduction of prices beyond normal rate. Many believe the development may not have been informed by genuine concern for passengers, but a retaliatory move against Air Peace for earlier crashing the exorbitant prices the airlines charged. Depending on the airline and…

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Global condemnation trails Iran’s attack on Israel

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Countries around the world yesterday condemned Iran’s strikes on Israel, warning that the attack could further destabilise the Middle East. This is as Israel is debating Iran’s attack response at the Knesset with the US and her allies scrambling to stop a slide into an all-out war. Israeli officials say that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet favours a retaliation against Iran for its mass drone and missile attack, but is divided over the timing and scale of any such response, according to Israeli media reports. The five-member cabinet, in…

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Kaka’s ex-wife denies saying she divorced footballer for being ‘perfect’

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Former wife of Brazilian football legend, Ricardo Kaka, Caroline Celico, has debunked reports making the round that she broke up with the football star because he was too “perfect for her”. According to her, she broke up with Kaka on mutual grounds, and they have been nurturing their two kids together. Kaka and Celico married in December 2005, and their marriage produced two children: a son, Luca Celico Leite (born June 10, 2008), and a daughter, Isabella Celico Leite (born April 23, 2011). 10 years after their marriage, they parted…

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Bobrisky treated as normal inmate – NCS officials

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Idris Okuneye, controversial crossdresser, aka Bobrisky, who was sentenced to six-months imprisonment over naira abuse, currently shares the same cell with male inmates at the Ikoyi Custodial Center. Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos, while sentencing the convict, on Friday, April 12, 2024, said the judgment would be a deterrent to others who are found abusing and mutilating the naira. Bobrisky who was taken into the Custodial Centre after the judgement was said to have been treated equally like other inmates. A top official in the…

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Lecturer weds student he proposed to in classroom on Valentine’s Day

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Wisdom Anucha, a lecturer at the Abia State University, Uturu, has finally married a female student, Novella Grace, whom he proposed to in a classroom during the last Valentine’s Day. The lecturer stunned many students on 14 February when he proposed to his fiancée, Novella Grace, in her classroom. Wisdom Anucha, could be seen kneeling with a ring in his hand while proposing to his heartthrob in photographs circulating on Facebook. Some students watched in apparent excitement while others were busy recording as the lecturer proposed to the lady, who…

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