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Kylie Jenner becomes World’s Youngest Billionaire

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21-year-old beauty entrepreneur, Kylie Jenner, is now the world’s youngest self-made billionaire according to Forbes. Jenner, who grew up being a part of the TV reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, was on Tuesday admitted to the “nine-zero” fortune club. The business magazine ranked Jenner as the world’s 2,057th richest person. She became a billionaire two years younger than the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who took the title at the age of 23 in 2008. In an interview with Forbes, Jenner said: “I didn’t expect anything. I did not foresee the future. But…

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Man murder 99-year-old aunty for allegedly changing his lottery winning number

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The Ogun state police command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Owolabi Folorunso Adewale, for allegedly killing her 99-year old aunty whom he accused of using her spiritual power to change his Baba Ijebu lotto winning number, at Maraisa Lane, Igan road in Ago-Iwoye area of Ogun State. He was arrested on Monday. It was gathered that the suspect, who is a regular player of Baba Ijebu lotto, also alleged that each time he was on the verge of winning, the butchered aunty, Ebunola Aroboto, would alter the numbers spiritually. In a…

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Man dies days after celebrating Buhari’s victory by bathing and drinking drainage water

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Bala Haruna, a staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari in Bauchi State, had vowed to spend 10 minutes inside a gutter and drink the drainage water if Buhari wins the presidential election. Immediately Buhari was declared winner of the February 23 presidential election in the early hours of last Wednesday, Haruna made good his promise as he swam in a gutter and drank dirty water from it. He immediately made social media blitz after his feat. But yesterday, he was reported to have died after battling with Gastrointestinal bleeding in…

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Kidnappers of Samuel Kalu’s mother demand N50m ransom

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A ransom of N50m has been demanded by kidnappers of Super Eagles forward Samuel Kalu’s mother, for her release. Kalu’s mother, Mrs Ozuruonye Juliet Kalu, was kidnapped on February 27 at Umuamacha Umueze in Abia State on her way home, according to her son, in a chat with newsmen. The kidnappers initially demanded for a ransom of N3m but refused to release Mrs Kalu after the money was given to them. Kalu, a winger who plays for Girondins Bordeaux in France, was informed of the situation immediately and expressed worry…

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Fidelity Bank promotes saving culture, rewards customers with N18m

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In it’s bid to consistently promote saving culture in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc, has rewarded its customer with a total of N18 million cash prizes in the “Get Alert in Millions Savings Promo (GAIM). The bank gave the prizes to 12 winners at the monthly/2nd Bi-Monthly draw of “Get Alert in Millions Savings Promo (GAIM), Season 3,’’ held in Lagos. The winners were selected through a computerised and transparent simple random system and picked from the bank’s branches across the six geo-political zones. Members of National Lottery Regulatory Commission, and…

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Court remands Chemist for allegedly performing abortion

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A 40-year-old chemist, Folake Oluwafemi has been remanded by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Monday, for allegedly performing an abortion that led to death. The defendant, whose address was not provided, was charged with manslaughter before Magistrate Omolola Akosile. The Prosecutor, Insp. Monica Ikebuilo, told the court that Oluwafemi carried out an abortion on one Miss Oluwabukola Adeosun and it caused her death. Ikebuilo said that the defendant committed the offence on February 20, at Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to the prosecutor, the abortion resulted in complications, and Adeosun was…

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Badeh’s company pleads guilty to N3.97bn fraud charges, forfeits $1m, Abuja houses to FG

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The immediate winding up of Iyalikam Nigeria Limited belonging to former Chief of Defence Staff, late Chief Air Marshall Alex Badeh has been ordered by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. Having convicted the company on the amended 10 counts of money laundering, Justice Okon Abang also ordered the forfeiture of the sum of $1m and houses in choice areas of Abuja linked to the company. This followed the Monday’s turn around by the company to plead guilty to the 10 counts of money laundering charges which it…

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‘One-chance’ robbery gang arrested at Ogun motor park

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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a three-man ‘one-chance’ robbery gang after being identified by one of their victims, Mrs Taye Olotu, at a motor park in the Atan-Ota area of the state. The suspects were reported to have posed as drivers and passengers in the park, when the victim, who had earlier been robbed in February by the gang saw them and reported to the police, who subsequently arrested the suspects. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest in a…

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Johnny Depp Sues Ex-wife For $50 Million

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American actor, Johnny Depp, is suing his former wife Amber Heard for $50 million (₦18 billion) in a defamation lawsuit. Depp, 55, has filed the lawsuit in relation to an op-ed piece Amber, 32, wrote for the Washington Post in December 2018, in which she spoke about her experiences of being a victim of domestic abuse. While Depp wasn’t specifically mentioned in the piece, the actor’s legal team has claimed that the article’s implication was that Depp ‘perpetrated domestic violence against her’ – allegations he ‘categorically’ denies. In court documents…

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Atiku’s son-in-law arrested by EFCC operatives

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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23 presidential election, on Saturday said 24 operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested his son-in-law, Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi. He said Abdullahi, who is also finance director of Atiku Group of Companies, was arrested after the EFCC officials in two vehicles, an 18-seater Toyota bus with registration Abuja CS 522 RSH and a Hilux van, had invaded the Maitama residence of his son-in-law at about 8.30am. A statement by Atiku’s media adviser, Mr Paul Ibe,…

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