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‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years

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Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment, the mandatory sentence for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century. Guzman, the 62-year-old former co-leader of Mexico’s mighty Sinaloa drug cartel, was convicted in February in US federal court on a variety of charges, including trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and marijuana to the United States. The much-anticipated sentencing hearing in a New York courtroom caps a dramatic legal saga and saw Guzman deliver what will likely be his final public words…

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Ighalo boosts chances of golden boot as Nigeria defeats Tunisia to secure bronze

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Odion Ighalo increased his chances of winning the Golden Boot at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday after he netted Nigeria’s winner to ensure his side third place in the tournament with a 1-0 victory over Tunisia. The 30-year-old Shanghai Shenhua forward struck the only goal of the match just 130 seconds after the kick-off before a small crowd at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo. Ighalo pounced from close range when Jamilu Collins’ cross led to a mix-up between Tunisia goalkeeper Moez Ben Cherifia and defender Yassine Meriah.…

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Fan squanders N1million received From Davido, Pleads For More

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Shoki Shitta, popular Surulere-based Davido’s fan, who received N1million from him two months back, has requested for more money from Davido. In a recently released video on social media, Shoki confesses to have given people out of the money rather than invest in it. “My oga, no forget me. I be your boy Shoki, you give me N1m true true but I shared the N1m. I shared the N1m. You see that N1m, I share am,” he said in a video. It can be recalled that in May, Davido gave…

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Bursar arrested for raping, impregnating pupil

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Mr Gabriel Ekundayo, 51-year-old Bursar of the Government Secondary School, Dangara, Abaji, in the Federal Capital Territory, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old pupil. The suspect who hails from Ilorin, Kwara State, allegedly lured the victim to his house and drugged her before defiling her. It was learnt that Ekundayo had been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for further investigation and possible prosecution. According to NAPTIP, the bursar…

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Northern elders order Fulani herdsmen to return to North now

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Fulani herdsmen have been told to return to the north by members of the Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups. They said the herdsmen should return to the North where their (herdsmen) safety and that of their property could be guaranteed. The northern elders and the youths said they were worried that some southern leaders had allegedly openly threatened war against the Fulani herdsmen. They claimed that for this reason, all the herdsmen from the North living in the South should return home. Recall that the…

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Access Bank Partners She Leads Africa to empower female SMEs

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The first phase of #SheMeansBusiness, a Facebook programme aimed at empowering female SMEs on how to leverage digital platforms to drive growth in their businesses, was recently concluded by Access Bank Plc in partnership with She Leads Africa. The training, aimed at scaling up the skills of small business owners to take advantage of the captive market on social media platforms in Nigeria and beyond, kicked off in June and has held in Abuja, Lagos, Enugu and Ibadan, with over 500 female business owners in attendance. A statement from the…

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I left my parish to avoid controversies -Celestial Church pastor

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On Saturday June 15, 2019, our reporters went to the Celestial Church of Christ, Majemu Ileri Oluwa Parish, situated at Agbado, an outskirt of Lagos that borders Ogun State. We had been told of allegations of how congregation members of the 28-year-old church were living in poverty and allegations of how the church’s Life Matron, Mother Celestial Abimbola Martins, was quarterly visiting the members to share a tin of rice, and single fish for each member. “We are living in poverty, and now we have discovered that we must break…

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20mn Children Not Vaccinated in 2018: UN Warns Against ‘Stagnation’

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Almost 20 million children missed out on potentially life-saving vaccinations last year, the UN said Monday, as surging measles cases highlighted “dangerous” gaps in efforts to shield kids from preventable illness. Last year, 19.4 million children were “not fully vaccinated”, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF children’s agency said in an annual report — up from 18.7 million in 2017 and about 18.5 million the year before. This all pointed to a “dangerous stagnation of global vaccination rates, due to conflict, inequality and complacency,” the United Nations agencies said.…

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Balarabe Musa backs Obasanjo, urges anti-Buhari protest

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In a reaction to the open letter to President Buhari by former head of states, Olusegun Obasanjo, elder statesman and former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Abdukadri Balarabe Musa, urged Nigerians to protest against the alleged poor handling of the nation’s affairs by President Buhari, in order to avoid the looming doom in the country. Musa, who is also the Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) said: “It is time Nigerians should come out and protest against this insecurity in the country and the level of poverty…

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UNIBEN final year student falls from faculty building

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A final year student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ephraim Imaghodora, has died after he fell from the second floor of the Faculty of Arts building on Sunday evening in what authorities suspect might be suicide. Imaghodora, a final year student of the Department of Actuarial Science, was said to be battling some academic issues at the time of his death. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of UNIBEN, Michael Osasuyi, yesterday said: “It is unfortunate that something like this has happened in the university. We feel so pained to hear…

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