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Sperm ‘superdonor’ sues Netflix over ‘1,000 kids’ show

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Jonathan Meijer, a Dutchman who claims to have fathered 550 children via sperm donations said he was suing Netflix over its hit documentary “The Man With 1,000 Kids”, which he described as “sensationalist”. 43-year-old Meijer announced on a late-night chat show Tuesday that he was taking legal action against the documentary that he said slandered him and the families he helped to create. He said the number of children the documentary said he could have fathered — up to 3,000 — was incorrect. “Five hundred and fifty, that’s the number…

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Nigeria is 3rd largest World Bank’s debtor -Financial report

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According to a financial statement published by the World Bank, Nigeria is the third largest debtor to the Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) as of June 30, 2024. According to the financial statement, Nigeria’s exposure to IDA rose to $16.5 billion as at June 30, which is an increase of $2.2 billion, or 14.4% over $14.3 billion recorded at the end of 2023. IDA is a key arm of the World Bank which provides concessional loans and grants to the world’s poorest countries. The loans are designed to promote economic…

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Cheptegei, Ugandan Olympian set on fire by boyfriend is dead

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Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan Olympian has died in Kenya four days after being set on fire by her boyfriend, Ugandan athletics officials said Thursday. “We have learnt of the sad passing on of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei… following a vicious attack by her boyfriend,” the president of the Uganda Olympic Committee Donald Rukare said in a post on X. “This was a cowardly and senseless act that has led to the loss of a great athlete. Her legacy will continue to endure,” he added. According to police, a man identified…

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FG declares emergency in Onne port over arms importation

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Following the repeated incidents of importation of dangerous cargo, including arms and ammunition through Onne port, the Federal Government has declared a state of emergency at the Port in Rivers State.p To this effect, the government said it is immediately implementing emergency protocols at Onne Port for the next three months by conducting thorough examinations of all suspected containers in the premises. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, stated this during a press conference to unveil the seizures of illicit goods by Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2 command, Onne, in…

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Largest intervention fund spent in Africa goes to Nigeria — Bill Gates

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The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has said that Nigeria gets the largest intervention fund spent by the foundation in Africa. Gates said this during an interview session with selected journalists on the sidelines of the 2024 NutriVision Dialogue on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, helping reduce health inequality globally is the top priority of the foundation, including getting rid of diseases like measles, malaria, and polio. “We spend a lot in Asia, but we spend even more in Africa. The country we spend…

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19-yr-old native doctor arrested over client’s death after testing Bulletproof charm

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Timothy Dauda, a 19-year-old native doctor, has been arrested by police in Edo state for allegedly shooting his client, Alex Ezekiel, to death during an “anti-bullet” charm trial. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident on Monday. Yamu said that the incident happened on August 20 in Onumu Community, near Igara, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state. He said that the suspect was arrested by operatives from Igarra Divisional Police Station in Akoko-Edo. It was learnt that the suspect allegedly claimed to specialise in…

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Senator Abbo denies controversial viral sex video

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Senator Ishaku Abbo is again embroiled in controversial news of an alleged sexual scandal via a video that has gone viral. Senator Abbo, only two years ago during his first tenure in the Senate had attacked a breastfeeding mother in a sex toy shop in Abuja. In a leaked viral video that surfaced late last week, a light-skinned man could be seen having sexual intercourse with an alleged married woman. Surprisingly, the name of Senator Abbo was tagged as the identified man in the sex video, an allegation that has…

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Nigeria FG rattled by hunger protest – Andrew Wynne

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Andrew Wynne, the British national declared wanted on Monday by the Nigeria Police, for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration, has denied the allegation. Wynne, who spoke on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today from his base in the United Kingdom, said he was not even aware he had been labelled a fugitive. The rebuttal comes a few hours after the Nigeria Police placed a N20m bounty on his head along with a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, who was described as an accomplice. Addressing journalists on Monday, the…

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Canadian police arrest Nigerian woman who threatened to poison Yoruba, Benin people

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A Nigerian woman based in Canada, Amaka Patience Sunnberger has been arrested by the Canadian police for threatening to poison Yoruba and Benin people in a viral video. This development was announced in a press statement issued by the Toronto Police on their website, revealing that the suspect will be arraigned in court on Monday. The statement reads: “The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of an arrest made in a suspected hate-motivated threatening investigation. “On Wednesday, August 28, 2024 Toronto Police received a call for a threatening…

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27% of Nigerian men not biological fathers – Report

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A comprehensive 2024 report on DNA testing trends in Nigeria has been released by Smart DNA, a leading DNA testing centre in Lagos, covering July 2023 to June 2024. The report unveils several astonishing findings that shed light on societal dynamics, economic factors, and changing family structures in Nigeria. The report, which was made available in Lagos on Sunday showed that paternity uncertainty remained high. According to it, 27 per cent of paternity tests conducted came back negative, indicating that more than one in four men tested are not the…

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