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Charly Boy sustains facial injury after 50 years of riding motorbike

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Popular entertainer and human rights activist, Charles Oputa, a.k.a. Charly Boy, sustained facial injuries during an accident that occurred, while riding on a scooter. He said this on his Instagram page, @charlyboyareafada, on Tuesday where he shared pictures of his injured face after the accident. On Monday, Charly Boy had shared pictures of his ‘plastered’ face with a caption, “Guess what happened to me recently?” The showbiz maestro has now revealed the cause of the facial injuries, stating that he is healing very well. He wrote, “See as I go…

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Prosecutor accuses Malami of frustrating the recovery of $60b loot

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The Prosecutor, Special Presidential Panel on Asset Recovery (SPPAR), Tosin Ojaomo, yesterday (Wednesday), made shocking revelations of how the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) allegedly stashed $60 billion of public funds in the United States. He also alleged that, efforts by the panel to recover the funds were reportedly frustrated by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, whom he claimed retrieved the case file from the body. Ojaomo, who appeared before the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on the Probe of Recovered…

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21-year-old man arrested for defrauding 500 investors of N2bn

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Joshua Dominic, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Brisk Capital Limited, has been arrested by the police Fraud Unit in Lagos State for allegedly defrauding over 500 investors of over N2bn. It was gathered that the 21-year-old Dominic was arrested following petitions to the unit by several investors and verified intelligence gathered on his activities, which were confirmed by banking records. The spokesman for the SFU, DSP Eyitayo Johnson, said in a statement on Tuesday that Dominic, a native of Ebonyi State, was operating from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He added…

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FirstBank bags a hat trick of awards at the Global Banking and Finance Awards 2021

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, has been awarded the 2021 ‘’Retail Banking CEO of the Year Nigeria’’, ‘’Most innovative Retail Banking App Nigeria’’ and ‘’Best CSR Bank Nigeria’’ awards by Global Banking and Finance magazine. The respective awards conferred on the Bank are in recognition of the indelible roles it plays in deepening financial inclusion in the country; advancing the digital banking eco-system as well as impacting people in its host communities with technology to make learning available to individuals of all ages,…

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Herders invade Benue, kill over 100 Farmers

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Over 100 persons have been reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen in Katsina-Ala Local Council of Benue State. It was gathered that the killings by the marauding herders started on Friday night till yesterday morning. Residential houses were reportedly set ablaze and farms destroyed. Chairman of Katsina-Ala Local Council, Alfred Atera, who confirmed the fatality figure, listed the areas affected to include, Yooyo, Utange, Mbatura/Mberev and Mbayongo. Atera lamented that his people were scampering for safety as the armed herdsmen shot sporadically and littered dead bodies. On Sunday, about 8.00 p.m.,…

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Buhari chides Southern governor’s, says open grazing ban is power show

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President Muhammadu Buhari has described the recent ban on open grazing by the Southern Governors’ Forum as an act of questionable legality. The president further accused the governors of politicking with serious security issues and an attempt at a show of power. The presidency’s position was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, insisting that the governors’ resolution during their meeting, which held on May 11 in Asaba, Delta State, is a violation of the constitutional right of…

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You are responsible for your future, Dr. Oyedepo advises graduating students

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The Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Covenant University, Dr David O. Oyedepo, has urged the new graduates of the University to get out of their nest to guard against the destruction of their colourful future. He advised them to honour their parents for their unfathomable investments in providing quality education through their hard work and sacrifices. Dr Oyedepo, who tasked the graduands to strive to do their parents proud by taking full responsibility for the future they desired to live in, gave the warning on Friday, May 21, 2021,…

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N8b cocaine intercepted at Lagos airport $24,500 bribe seized

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A Brazil-based drug kingpin has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), after its operatives intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine with a street value of over N8 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The agency also seized the sum of $24,500 bribe offered by the accused to compromise investigations. NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said the kingpin, Ejiofor Enwereaku, who leads a syndicate, was arrested at the airport on Friday, May 14, 2021, for importing 27.95kg of…

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FUNAAB student, others abducted in Ogun

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A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Toyinbo Olayinka and two others have been abducted by unknown gunmen. Olayinka, a 400 – level student of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, was kidnapped on Saturday from a private farm at Abule-Itoko on Abeokuta – Ibadan road in Odeda Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that, Olayinka was abducted along with the owner of the farm, identified as Dominic and a 17-year-old Togolese lady. It was further gathered that the abductors of the FUNAAB student and two…

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COVID-19: NCDC reports 43 new infections

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 43 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,944. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. It stated that there were no new deaths linked to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in the country. The Agency added that the new cases were recorded in 5 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “The breakdown of the new infections are Lagos-32, Rivers-7, FCT-2, Akwa Ibom-1 and Kaduna-1. “Today’s report includes…

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