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Don’t pay ransom if I’m abducted — El-Rufai’s wife

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Hajiya Asia El-Rufai, wife of the Governor of Kaduna State said that, to put an end to banditry and kidnappings in Nigeria, sacrifices are necessary by citizens, as she said that no ransom should be paid if she is kidnapped. She disclosed this, in Kaduna while addressing participants of a peace and security training, organized for Kaduna women. Mrs. El-Rufai said ”we must sacrifice to bring this to an end. I am ready to die in the hands of kidnappers if it will bring peace to this country.” “As long…

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Wizkid should not parade himself as a Grammy nominee – Seun Kuti

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Late Fela Anikulapo’s Afro beat musician son, and activist, Seun Kuti, has again stirred controversy with his Instagram video post on Tuesday, when he indirectly asked Wizkid to stop parading himself as a Grammy nominee. He claimed that himself, Femi Kuti, Burna Boy, and King Sunny Ade, were the only Nigerian musicians to be nominated by the Grammy. “There are only four artists in Nigeria (to have ever been) nominated for the Grammy, and I am one of them” he added, directly under the video post. He said that, since…

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Nigeria Immigration Service reopens passport application

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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), through the Assistant Comptroller for Immigration Service, Amos Okpu, has disclosed in a statement on Tuesday, that it has reopened the passport application and payment portal effective from June 8. The portal will begin to function by 12 midnight to allow eligible passport applicants to apply and make payments for the various categories of passports of their choice. The portal was closed on the directives of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on May 17. The suspension was to allow the service to clear all…

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Open Grazing: Bayelsa government impounds 34 cows for violation

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Bayelsa State Livestock Management Committee (BSLMC) has arrested 34 cows around the Bayelsa Palm area in Yenagoa, the state capital, for violating the state’s anti-open grazing law. The Commissioner for Agriculture, who is also, the chairman of the committee, David Alagoa, stated that the herders chose a convenient time in the night to graze, saying some of the cattle were seen grazing on farmlands. His statement reads: “Over time, communities around the Bayelsa Palm have become open fields for cattle, as the herders move them around the area. Besides. They…

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Drama as Tiwa Savage, Seyi Shay almost fight at Lagos Salon

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It was a big drama, as popular singers, Tiwa Savage and Seyi Shay, almost best up each other at a salon in Lekki-Lagos. A video surfaced online, as they were being pulled apart from getting physical at the salon as they threw altercations at each other. According to the story, Seyi Shay had walked up to Tiwa Savage at the salon to say hi, but Tiwa was snub her. Tiwa reasoned that, Seyi Shay had no right to walk up to her to say hi, considering the insults Seyi Shay…

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Another shot in the arm for Adeduntan as FirstBank wins Global Banking and Finance’s Retail Banking CEO Award

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While the age-old saying and philosophy of virtue being its own reward (or seeing doing good as its own reward) remains a strong motivating factor in doing good persistently, it helps when virtue gets recognition from time to time. Even though anyone or organisation committed to doing good will keep doing so with or without recognition, recognitions for virtue tend to act like a shot in the arm for such people or organisations, spurring them to commit even more to doing good. That is what the recent award of “Retail…

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Vehicles, office in flames after vigilante officers kills trader over revenue in Abia

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The Umuahia Timber market along Ahiaeke road in Abia State, is in chaos, after a trader was allegedly shot dead by a member of the state vigilante. Trouble started after traders refused to pay an annual levy of N18,000 imposed by the Abia State Internal Revenue Board. A source said the state revenue board ordered the traders who refused to pay the levy to close down their shops. However, the traders put up resistance when vigilantes came to the market to effect the order given by the revenue board. The…

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Monarch wants T.B Joshua buried in his hometown

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His Royal Highness, Oba Yisa Olanipekun, the Zaki of Arigidi Akoko in Akoko North-East council area of Ondo State, hometown of the late Prophet T.B Joshua said the community would want him buried in the community. He pointed out that notable clergymen in the country, most especially Moses Orimolade was buried in his hometown, Ikare. ”You will recall that Prophet Moses Orimolade was buried in his hometown, Ikare. So burying him too in the hometown will ensure his legacy remains permanently in Arigidi Akoko. He said the late clergyman would…

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105 medical doctors resigned in Ondo State over poor welfare package

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No fewer than 105 Medical Doctors resigned from the Ondo State hospitals in the last one year, according to Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the state, Dr Stella Adegbehingbe. He disclosed this in a statement attributed the mass resignation of medical doctors to the trend on irregular and percentage payment of salaries by the state government. Adegbehingbe who lamented that the mass resignation of its association members from the state government’s workforce said this had affected the output in most of the public hospitals in the state.…

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Synagogue Church’s Prophet T.B Joshua Is Dead!

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The founder of Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, known as T.B Joshua has died at on Saturday the 5th of June at about 7 pm after he was rushed to a hospital in Ikotun area of Lagos state. The Man of God was said to have finished a church service at his under-construction prayer city when the ugly incident happened towards the end of the service. He was said to have complained of feeling tired and was immediately rushed to the hospital before he was…

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