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Nigerian sprinter, Nwokocha suspended on grounds of doping

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Grace Nwokocha, A Nigeria sprinter, was revealed to have had two banned substances in her blood sample and has therefore been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Grace Nwokocha was part of the quartet that won gold in the 4x100m relay at this year’s Commonwealth Games. She has been suspended by the world body for the use of banned substances. Ostarine and Ligandrol, two anabolic agents prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) – were found in Nwokocha’s blood sample. “The AIU has provisionally suspended Nigerian runner, Nzubechi Grace…

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GTCO Plc Releases 2022 Half year Audited Results … Reports Profit Before Tax of ₦103.2billion

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Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO” or the “Group”) has released its Audited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the period ended June 30, 2022, to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE). The Group reported profit before tax of ₦103.2billion, representing an increase of 11.0% over ₦93.1billion recorded in the corresponding period ended June 2021. The Group’s loan book (net) increased by 1.8% from ₦1.80trillion recorded as at December 2021 to ₦1.83trillion in June 2022 while deposit liabilities increased by 6.4% from ₦4.13trillion in December 2021…

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Wizkid, Tems others shine at The Headies 2022 [Full list of winners]

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Wizkid and Tems, Nigerian Singers shine at the 15th annual The Headies Awards, held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Sunday. Apart from their two joint awards (“Essence” won song of the year and best R&B single), Wizkid won album of the year for Made in Lagos (Deluxe Edition), while Tems won best female artiste and best R&B album for If Orange Was a Place. Meanwhile, Olamide, Wizkid, Davido, Burna, BNXN, Adekunle Gold, others also won individual awards at the event which took place outside Nigeria…

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EFCC denies claims of assault on Nollywood actress

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Claims by Nollywood actress, Helena Duru, that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission agents assaulted her during a raid, has been denied by the agency. Helena, on Saturday, accused some operatives of the Economic and Financial Commission of breaking into her home and physically assaulting her in Enugu State. The actress shared graphic photos and videos of the aftermath of the physical assault on her body by the anti-graft operatives. In a statement released by the agency on Saturday, Duru’s account of events was tagged a “poorly- scripted claim that…

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Building collapse in Lagos leaves two dead, others trapped

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A seven-storey building under construction at Oba Idowu Oniru Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State, has caved in on Sunday, leaving two persons dead. It was gathered that the victims alongside other persons were at the site when the building collapsed around 3am on Sunday. While some of the occupants escaped death by a whisker, it was learnt that some other persons, who were unlucky, were trapped in the rubble of the collapsed building. Emergency responders including officials of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, the National Emergency…

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Tinubu’s money causing crisis in Enugu APC -Nnaji

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Uchenna Nnaji, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State, on Sunday, said that the current crisis rocking the party was predicated on the campaign money for the state. Nnaji, who spoke at an emergency stakeholders meeting held at the South-East zonal office of the party, said if the anticipated campaign fund from the APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, would be a source of destabilisation for the party, the fund should instead be withheld until after the election. “The current crisis in Enugu APC is all about…

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FG files 24 charges against Abba Kyari, seizes mega assets

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The Federal Government has uncovered 14 assets, including shopping malls, residential estate, polo playground, lands and farmland belonging to a former commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Kyari was said to have failed to disclose his ownership of the properties in different locations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Maiduguri, Borno State. Over N207m and Є17,598 were also discovered in his various accounts in GTB, UBA and Sterling Bank. In the fresh 24-count charges filed against Kyari by the Director of Prosecution and Legal…

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Pastor arrested for alleged defilement of 12-year-old girl

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A 48-year-old pastor, Michael Abiodun, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command in Owode- Egba, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 12-year-old member of his church (name withheld). The state police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Oyeyemi explained that the cleric was arrested following information received by policemen at Owode Egba divisional headquarters. He noted that the police gathered that the victim’s mother joined the church for a solution to a spiritual problem which led…

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Woman plans husband’s abduction over sex starvation

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Mrs Joy Sunday, a 40-year-old woman, has been arrested by the police for conspiracy over the kidnap of her husband in Akwa Ibom State, on Friday. She confessed to partaking in the act because her husband starved her of sex and money for too long. It was gathered that the kidnappers demanded N10m as ransom and later reduced it to N2m which was paid before the police arrested them while sharing the loot. The suspect who was among 29 others paraded for various offences including kidnapping, robbery and child theft…

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NSCDC begins probe of alleged assault on gospel singer, Ayefele

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The alleged physical assault on a popular Nigerian gospel singer, Yinka Ayefele by an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, is currently being investigated. The purported incident was said to have occurred in Iloro Ekiti, Ekiti State where Ayefele entertained guests at an event and the officer in question allegedly attempted to take money from his car but when resisted, he punched the singer in the mouth and also threatened to shoot him for refusing to give them money. Director of Public Relations, NSCDC, a Deputy…

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