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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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Obiano released one week after detention by EFFC, passport seized

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The immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been released from detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), one week after. The commission also sealed mansions allegedly traced to him at Ngozika Estate in Awka. It placed a notice, which reads: ‘EFCC, Keep Off. Under Investigation’ on the wall of an abandoned building traceable to Obiano, a development that followed his release after six days in the commission’s custody. The EFCC also seized Obiano’s international passport following his arrest at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on…

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Residents barricade Gwagwalada  road in Abuja to protest incessant kidnapping

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In protest against incessant kidnapping in the community, irate residents of Chukuku, yesterday, barricaded the road connecting Gwagwalada to Kuje as early as 6:00 a.m., preventing human and vehicular movement in the area. The community, which is a few kilometres away from Kuje, the headquarters of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, has recently become the epicentre of abductions in the nation’s capital. It was learnt that four people,  including women, were kidnapped  on Wednesday night. The gunmen were said to have raided the village in…

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FIRSTBANK HOLDS A ROUND TABLE AS COBHAMS ASUQUO, OSAS IGHODARO, DENOLA GREY, ORE RUNSEWE AND FOLUSO GBADAMOSI SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES…

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Did you miss FirstBank’s recent webinar on 8 March 2022, to commemorate the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) – themed Breaking the Bias – and are yet to recover from the grumble of missing the event, following the experiences and excitement shared by participants? Letting the cat out of the bag… By 1pm on Friday, 25 March 2022, FirstBank will hold a round table for the Gen Zs and Millennials to learn from the event speakers cutting across diverse experiences, socio-economic backgrounds and career paths. The event themed “Discrimination, Bias,…

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FIRSTBANK CONVENES SMECONNECT WEBINAR TO ENLIGHTEN SMES ON ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT METHODS THAT ARE KEY TO DRIVING REVENUE  

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In furtherance of its role in promoting the sustainability and viability of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, FirstBank will by 11:00am on Thursday, 24 March 2022 convene its SMEConnect webinar themed Leveraging Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) to drive revenue for your business. The virtual event is open to everyone, especially small business owners and attendees who are to register via https://firstbanknigeria.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hxkQXlKuSji6JDqaA6x34Q  to participate in the event. Guest Speakers at the event include Jeffrey Williams–Edem, Group Business Head, Merchant Acquiring, Interswitch Group and…

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Shops under Apongbon bridge in Lagos gutted by fire

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Shops under the Apongbon section of the Eko Bridge in Lagos State were on Wednesday gutted by fire. The fire incident caused gridlock and crippled commercial activities around the Lagos Island area of the state. Though the cause of the fire incident could not be ascertained yet, it was learnt that goods worth millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno. “Traffic from Eko bridge has been re-routed to Ebute-Ero to link inner marina. Men of fire service and other security agencies are still on the ground. Therefore, CMS bridge…

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