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Pele buried on ninth floor of world’s tallest vertical cemetery

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The casket bearing the body of the late Brazil football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, was draped in the Brazilian flag, as the body was moved round major streets before his burial yesterday in Sao Paulo. The casket left Santos’ stadium on a fire engine for the procession with thousands of mourners lining the streets. Pele was laid in the vault at the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica – just half a mile away from the stadium that made him famous. Pele spent a long time thinking about where he wanted…

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COVID-19: Countries impose travel restrictions on China as cases surge

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Due to the surge in coronavirus cases, more countries are imposing restrictions on arrivals from China, where the coronavirus cases have increased. United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy are requiring travellers arriving from China to provide a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding flights. The scale of the outbreak in China and doubts over official data have prompted the United States, India, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan to impose their own new travel rules on Chinese visitors. Other countries that have joined in imposing such restrictions include Malaysia, Australia, and…

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WEMA Bank Plc Announces CEO Retirement And Appointment Of New MD/CEO

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*Managing Director/CEO Ademola Adebise to retire from Wema Bank Plc; with effect from March 31, 2023. *Moruf Oseni, current Deputy Managing Director appointed as Managing Director/CEO Wole Akinleye, Executive Director appointed as Deputy Managing Director and Tunde Mabawonku appointed as Executive Director Wema Bank Plc hereby announces the retirement of its Managing Director/CEO, Ademola Adebise. He will be proceeding on terminal leave from January 2nd, 2023, after over 13 years of meritorious service on the Board of the Bank. He will be succeeded by Moruf Oseni, currently the Deputy Managing…

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Pele dies at 82, Brazil declares three days mourning

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Football legend, Abedi Pele, the three-time World Cup winner widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, has died at age 82. Brazil starts three days of national mourning on Friday for the death of “The King” who transcended football. A wave of tributes has been flowing around the globe from the sports world and also from political and cultural leaders. Pele died Thursday at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo after a long battle with cancer. “We love you infinitely. Rest in peace,” daughter Kely Nascimento wrote…

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Polygamy: Controversial Anglican priest makes U-turn, apologises

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Rev. Lotanna Ogbuchukwu, a controversial Anglican priest in Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra State, who resigned from the Diocese   of Nnewi Anglican Communion, barely three months ago following an alleged revelation he received on divine movement for sexual purity, has announced his decision to return to Anglican Communion and Diocese of Nnewi. Ogbuchukwu said his action was informed by his misinterpretation of the revelations he received on a divine movement for sexual purity. The young priest, a lawyer, who had on September 10, resigned from the Nnewi Anglican Communion, insisting that…

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Mother of slain lawyer says daughter pregnant with twins

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Mrs Salami, mother of slain Lagos lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, who had her life snuffed out by a bullet from an AK 47 service rifle allegedly fired by a policeman on Christmas day in the Ajah area of Lagos, has revealed that her daughter was pregnant with twins.  Omobolanle’s mother revealed this yesterday, when the Lagos State Commissioner of Police paid a condolence visit to the bereaved family. “ She recalled in tears how she hawked oranges to train her in school “This is just as late Bolanle’s widower, Gbenga Raheem, …

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Nollywood Actress, Iyabo Ojo unveils lover on 45th birthday

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Iyabo Ojo, a Nollywood actress, on Wednesday, clocked 45 years and to commemorate her special day, the actress also unveiled her lover to the public. In her birthday post, Ojo revealed that the Chief Executive Officer of Upfront and Personal Management, Paul Okoye, popularly known as Paulo, was her lover. Prior to her announcement, the actress had hinted at dating an Igbo man and had promised to unveil him when the time was right. It appeared to be the right time on her 45th birthday as she shared an Instagram…

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JAMB announces commencement of 2023 UTME registration

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that it would begin the registration of 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME on January 14, 2023. The board also said the registration of its Direct Entry, DE for the 2023 session commences from February 20 to April 20, 2023. The spokesman of the body, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said yesterday, that the decisions were taken at the end of JAMB’s management meeting held, yesterday. He said: “The Board has approved the commencement of registration for the 2023 UTME from January 14…

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Ebun Oloyede summoned by movie practitioners over pro-Tinubu nude video

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Veteran actor, Ebun Oloyede, aka Olaiya Igwe, has been summoned by the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners of Nigeria, to face a disciplinary committee, set up by the association, over a video that showed him praying nude for the victory of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 polls. Confirming the news, an actress and TAMPAN executive, Rose Odika, noted that Olaiya had been summoned to face a disciplinary panel to explain himself, he has yet to appear before it. She said, “He…

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