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2face accused me of sleeping with his wife -Brymo

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In a long Twitter thread on Monday night, Nigerian singer, Olawale Ashimi, popularly known as Brymo, alleged that Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2face/2baba accused him of sleeping with his wife. Brymo narrated his feud with 2face, alleging that the latter sent thugs to beat him up. His thread read, “In the very recent past, a man falsely accused me of sleeping with his wife.. and I’ve waited in angst, and the words were never taken back still, efforts were consistently made to prove I did it still.. and my…

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Nigeria missing on UK COVID-19 vaccine certificates list

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Nigeria is missing on the list of more than 50 countries the United Kingdom relaxed its COVID-19 vaccine policy for. Consequently, fully vaccinated Nigerians travelling to UK still need to self-isolate for at least 10 days before they can enter the country. Nigerian travellers had expressed displeasure over COVID-19 tests in the UK, despite being fully vaccinated. But the UK government had said Nigeria was on the ‘amber’ list, which had restrictions for travellers to the UK, irrespective of whether they had been vaccinated against COVID or not. From yesterday,…

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Mark Zuckerberg loses $7bn to Facebook outage

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Facebook stock went down by about 5.5 per cent, while its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, also lost nearly $7bn to the outage that plagued the social media platform on Monday. Also affected were WhatsApp and Instagram, both owned by the Silicon Valley, California-based tech company. In all, the global economy lost billions of dollars to the outage which took place at about 4.42pm Nigerian Time on Monday. According to NetBlocks, which tracks internet outages and their impact, the outage had already cost the global economy about $160m per hour.…

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Pandora papers expose leaders’ offshore millions

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According to a far-reaching new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium, more than a dozen heads of state and government, from Jordan to Azerbaijan, Kenya, and the Czech Republic, have used offshore tax havens to hide assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The so-called “Pandora Papers” investigation — involving some 600 journalists from media including The Washington Post, the BBC and The Guardian — is based on the leak of some 11.9 million documents from 14 financial services companies around the world. Some 35 current and former leaders are…

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Mentally ill Woman mobbed after killing two neighbours in Osun

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Esther Adu, a woman suspected to be mentally ill, has been lynched by an angry mob at Ita Balogun, Ilesha, Osun State, for allegedly killing two of her neighbours. It was gathered that the incident, which happened on Saturday, led to pandemonium in the area. The deceased were identified as 90-year-old Ojuolape Olojo and 70-year-old Samson Sunday. One other neighbour, Disu Olaleye, 70, was reported to have been seriously injured by the woman, who wielded a machete. A resident, who witnessed the incident and spoke on condition of anonymity, said…

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BBNaija: Whitemoney emerges winner of Season 6 (Shine Ya Eye)

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After beating his closest rival, Liquorose by a wide margin, Whitemoney has emerged the winner of the Season 6 (Shine Ya Eye) of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) show. Whitemoney polled 47.00% well ahead of Liquorose who managed a distant 22.99% of the total votes. Pere came third with 14.77%, followed by Cross in fourth place with 6.44%. Angel and Emmanuel made 5th and 6th spot with 5.37% and 3.46% respectively to complete the battle of the finalists. Whitemoney walks away with 90 million naira prize money. This year’s season tagged…

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Ladi Williams dies of COVID-19 at 74

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Eldest son of legal icon, late Rotimi Williams, SAN, Ladi Williams, SAN, has died of Covid-19 complications at age 74. His death was confirmed by his younger brother, Kayode Williams, who said his late brother died of COVID-19 complications. He died around 3am at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos. He said: “I just lost my elder brother, Ladi Williams, aged 74+, to Coronavirus. He passed on at 3am, this morning (Sunday).” His son, Kunle Williams, also confirmed the incident, but added that his father was fully vaccinated, having taken the…

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Suspected cultists arrested for torturing lady over TikTok video in Edo

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Two suspected cultists have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly torturing and humiliating a TikToker identified as ‘Queen Perri,’ following a viral video she made on social media. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Philip Ogbadu, disclosed this after the state’s monthly security meeting at the Government House in Benin City. He said two of the boys involved in the torture of the lady had been arrested and in police custody, adding that the command had intensified search for other culprits. Contrary to the news making…

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Independence Day: Citizens comply with IPOB’s Sit–at–home order, desert cities in East

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The sit–at–home ordered by the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was totally observed in all parts of the South East as cities in the zone were deserted. The sympathy sit-at-home was declared by IPOB for people from Southeast not to be part of Nigeria’s Independence Day celebration, saying that there was nothing to celebrate. Apart from the incident in Oboama Nguru in Aboh Mbaise, Imo State where enforcers of the sit-at-home burnt to death a commercial bus driver, people just stayed in their homes. The area witnessed…

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Aggrieved OAU students protesting colleague’s death block highways in Ile-Ife

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Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Osun State, on Friday blocked the Ede/Ife road and the Ife/Ibadan expressway to protest the death of one of their colleagues and 400-level student of the Department of Foreign Languages, Aishat Adesina. The students during the protest halted vehicular movement on the roads, leading to traffic gridlock, while many commuters looked for alternative routes to reach their destinations. The development has however led to the closure of the institution. A statement on Friday by the varsity’s spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju, announced the immediate…

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