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2023: My focus is on building strong financial system, help Buhari finish strong, says Emefiele

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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has reacted to rumours of his purported presidential bid in 2023, stating that he is focused on strengthening the country’s economy. In a series of tweets on his Twitter handle @GodwinIEmefiele on Monday, the CBN Governor said his commitment at this time is to to give all support to ensure that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari finishes strong. Several groups and individuals had been pushing for the CBN boss to contest for the 2023 election. The peak of…

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Suspected ritualist attempting to abduct kids arrested in Lagos

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Following a failed attempt to kidnap some pupils of a private school on Omole Estate in the Ojodu area of Lagos State, a suspected ritualist, Temitayo Olafisoye, has been arrested. It was gathered that Olafisoye and an accomplice, Kayode Akinola, visited the estate on Sunday and started loitering around the school premises. Their suspicious movement was reportedly noticed by some of the estate guards. However, on Monday, a woman, who used her car to convey her children to the school, reportedly parked close to the premises so the pupils could…

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Will Smith apologizes over assault on Chris Rock at the Oscars

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Will Smith has finally apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscars Awards, 2022. The heated moment between Rock and Will Smith occurred about two-and-a-half hours into ABC’s Oscar broadcast on Sunday night. While presenting Best Documentary Feature, Rock quipped, “Jada, I love ya. GI Jane 2 — can’t wait to see it,” directing his comments at Jada Pinkett Smith, who is bald and who has previously spoken publicly about her hair loss condition, alopecia. Though Smith appeared to laugh at the joke at first, Pinkett Smith rolled…

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Photo story: Wema Bank SME Business School, Abuja

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From Left to Right- Head of Corporate Services , Abuja Enterprise Agency, Mustapha Shaba, Head Of Asset Management, Abuja Enterprise Agency, Chudi Ugwada Ezerigwe, Head Human Resources, Development Bank of Nigeria,  Uche Ogbonnaya and Head SME Banking Wema Bank, Arthur Nkemeh at the just concluded Third edition of the Wema Bank SME Business School in Abuja last Week.   Share on: WhatsApp

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Attack on Kaduna airport bid to re-enact Afghanistan in Nigeria, says Afenifere

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Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, yesterday, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, lamented the invasion of Kaduna airport by terrorists on Saturday. Afenifere, in the statement said that what happened in Kaduna on the day the All Progressives Congress, APC, was having its national convention in Abuja was a warning that some people want to re-enact the Afghanistan situation in Nigeria. Terrorists, allegedly numbering about 200, invaded Kaduna airport on Saturday, March 26, 2022, killing one person and wounding many. It also forced the delay in…

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Will Smith strikes comedian Chris Rock over jokes about his wife at the Oscars

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There was mild drama at the 2022 Oscars awards held on Sunday, as Will Smith strikes Chris Rock across the face for making jokes about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife, in a moment at Sunday’s gala that immediately went viral and left stunned viewers questioning if it had been scripted or genuine. Rock, presenting the best documentary prize with a short comedy routine, had cracked a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith’s tightly…

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Two arrested drug dealers excrete 165 wraps of cocaine – NDLEA

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Two drug traffickers arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja have excreted a total of 165 wraps of cocaine. This was made known by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi who named the suspects as Elvis Iro, 53 and Uwaezuoke Christian, 42 said that they were arrested by operatives of the NDLEA. He said that the suspects excreted the drugs while under observation in the Agency’s custody. According…

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I dedicated white garment church based on divine instruction –Pastor Adeboye

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Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has said he dedicated a white garment church last September based on divine instruction. The cleric, who recently clocked 80 years, disclosed this on Sunday during a special sermon titled, ‘Going Higher (Part 54)’. The octogenarian had in September 2021 dedicated the Lagos cathedral of the Love of Christ Generation Church C&S (Worldwide), founded by Reverend Esther Ajayi amid sweeping criticisms by Pentecostals. But Adeboye, on Sunday, said he was directed by God to dedicate Ajayi’s church.…

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Woman sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for selling 19-month-old baby for N200,000

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A lady, Blessing Stephen, has been sentenced to 10-years imprisonment by a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for conspiracy and child trafficking. The Chief Magistrate, Felicitas Amanze, described Stephen as unrepentant and hardened, adding that the prosecution proved she deceived the child’s mother, Abigail Monday, to sell her baby for N200,000, and gave her N20,000. Stephen was sentenced to three years on count one and seven years on count two. The sentences, according to the chief magistrate, will run consecutively. The court also directed that the child’s…

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18-year-old arrested for killing housewife over phones

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18-year-old Abdulsamad Suleiman of Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Gwale, Kano, has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command alongside an accomplice, Mu’azzam Lawan, 17, over the alleged murder of a housewife. The spokesman for the state police command, SP Abdullahi Haruna, in a statement on Thursday, said, ‘’On February 12, 2022, around 8.30pm, a report was received from a resident of Danbare Quarters, Kumbotso LGA, Kano State, that on the same date around 8pm when he returned from his place of work to his house, he met his wife, Rukayya…

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