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Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha arrested for allegedly defiling 14-year-old girl

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Popular Yoruba movie actor, Olarenwaju James, fondly known as Baba Ijesha has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for defilement. The State’s police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, released a statement titled ‘Lagos police arrest, investigate popular Nollywood actor for defilement’, on Wednesday. The statement read, “The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Olarenwaju James ‘male’ 48, aka Baba Ijesha, popular Nollywood actor for defiling a minor. “The case of defilement was reported on 19th April, 2021 by one Princess Adekola Adekanya ‘female’ at Sabo Police Station…

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GTBank Releases Q1 2021 Unaudited Results…..Reports Profit before Tax of ₦53.7 Billion

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Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its unaudited Financial Results for the period ended March 31, 2021 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the result shows a resilient performance across all key financial metrics in the face of the unprecedented macroeconomic challenges, reflecting the quality of past decisions and reaffirming its position as one of the best managed financial institutions in Africa. The Group reported Profit before tax of ₦53.7billion, representing a drop of 7.8% over ₦58.2billion recorded in the corresponding period of March 2020. Deposit…

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Terrorists’ link: Hon. Elumelu wants communications’ minister probed

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The Minority Leader of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Elumelu Ndudi, yesterday raised a motion, seeking the probe of the Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami’s alleged link to terrorist networks. The Delta State born politician raised the issue under matters of privilege during plenary presided over by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila. Elumelu claimed that he had been inundated with calls from his constituents who inquired whether the House would probe the allegation. “A serving minister in this government was alleged to have links and personally subscribed to the beliefs of…

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Drug baron nabbed with 100kg cocaine, house marked for demolition

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Chibuike Apollos, a suspect known for trading in illicit drugs in Abia State was arrested during an early morning raid on Wednesday in his hideout at Mbausi in the Isialangwa North Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement that Apollos had been on the wanted list of the Abia State Command of the agency since February following the arrest of one Chima Ukeleonu, the suspect behind the viral video in January showing a young man hawking…

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Abuja drug cookies syndicate arrested by NDLEA

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A 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), both of who specialise in producing and selling drug cookies to school children and other unsuspecting members of the public in Abuja. According to NDLEA Director of media, Femi Babafemi, narcotics agents with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the NDLEA had also launched a manhunt for another member of the syndicate involved in producing the cookies with Arizona, a highly psychoactive variant of cannabis;…

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Tribunal upholds Akeredolu’s election

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The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has struck out the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, against Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jegede had challenged the victory of the ruling APC and its candidate in the October 10, 2020 governorship election, which saw the re-election of Akeredolu for a second term in office. Chairman of the three-member panel, Justice Umar Abubakar, while delivering the judgment in Akure, struck out the petition for want of jurisdiction. According to…

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Police arrest woman for inflicting blade cuts on her teenage daughter

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Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old woman, identified as Priye Richman living in Okutukutu area, a suburb of Yenagoa, for inflicting life-threatening injuries with razor blade on her teenage daughter, Ebimi Tokoye, over missing N1,500. The mother, a bread seller, was reported to have tied her daughter down and slashed every part of the body with razor blade over allegation that she stole her money. The doctors who operated on her at the police hospital said the child was brought with multiple lacerations. She also sustained deep slash…

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Popular baker, Temple George Dokubo strangled to death

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Celebrated baker, Temple George Dokubo was been found dead in his residence in the Opolo area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He was said to have been strangled to death. According to police, “preliminary investigation reveals that the body of the deceased was discovered by his landlord on 17 April, 2021, at his apartment at Opolo, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. “The scene was visited by police detectives, and the corpse was taken to the Federal Medical Centre Mortuary for autopsy.” In one of the comments Facebook, someone stated that he was a…

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I lost many things when I lied about my gay status -Actor Uche Maduagwu

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Self acclaimed homosexual and Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu shocked his fans when he announced via his official Instagram account @uchemadagwu, that he lied about his gay status. He wrote, “Dear fans I am not gay. I lost movie roles endorsement and my girlfriend fighting for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) in Nigeria. “Omg! Even my girlfriend left me despite knowing I was fighting for LGBT right in naija but I have no regret using my celebrity status to fight for this beautiful community,” he said. It will be recalled…

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Finance Minister admits Nigeria is broke, advises states on revenue generation

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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has admitted that Nigeria’s economy is facing a difficult time, saying states must improve their internally generated revenues. Ahmed, said this, during an interview on the Nigerian Television Authority, that the money shared at the March Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting was short of N50bn. The minister was speaking on a controversy generated by a claim by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, that the Central Bank of Nigeria printed N60bn in March to augment the money shared at March…

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