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Veteran actor Pa Kasumu is dead

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Veteran actor, Kayode Odumosu otherwise known as Pa Kasumu is dead. The Yoruba film star battled with ill health for a while before he passed on. A source that stays around the hospital Pa Kasumu was receiving treatment broke the news. Pa Kasumu’s health became a concern for members of the public when a video of his frail state surfaced online last year. At the time, the late actor in an interview said that all he needs are fervent prayers and not financial aid from well-wishers and well-meaning Nigerians. He also disclosed…

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Golden Gazelle launches products for sexual wellness for women

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Golden Gazelle Nigeria Ltd in conjunction with its foreign partners Benostan SA Greece have introduced into the Nigerian market its range of products for sexual satisfaction of women, from the young to women in menopause. Many women say that feelings of desire, arousal and sexual satisfaction do not happen as naturally and as often as they would like. Several factors account for this – stress from everyday living or health challenges such as diabetes or high blood pressure. Arousa was developed to provide a much more needed option for all…

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$4bn Recovered from Abacha Loot diverted by public officers -Falana

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Mr. Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, has alleged that some unscrupulous public officers had criminally diverted over $4 billion recovered from the late head of state, General Sani Abacha between 1999 and now. Falana, also alleged that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has treated the court orders secured for the publication of all the recovered loots of the late military ruler with disdain. He made the allegations in the keynote address he delivered at the 18th anti-corruption situation room held in Abuja with focus to review the efforts…

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Boko Haram targeting Christians -Lai Mohammed

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At a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Federal Government has admitted that members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect and ISWAP have changed tactics. He said they had decided to be targeting Christians and Christian communities. The insurgents’ latest strategy was meant to trigger a religious war and throw the nation into chaos. The minister’s position contradicted the President Muhammadu Buhari’s assertion in an op-ed article published three weeks ago in a United States-based magazine, Christianity Today. In the…

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20year-old lady confesses: My mum lied, I was not raped by my dad

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A petition dated January 27, 2020 and addressed to the Divisional Police Officer, Man Centre Police Station, off Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos has led to a legal tussle between the petitioner, Jessica Obinomeh; a 20year-old lady and her biological mother, Mrs. Sandra Obinomeh. Obinomeh alleged that her mother and siblings tortured her with a hot iron, compelling her to lie that her father raped her. The plot, according to the 20-year-old woman, was meant to shame her father who is based abroad, and his extended family. The matter which…

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15 Osun monarchs want Oluwo suspended

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Fifteen monarchs who are members of Iwo Traditional Council, yesterday, demanded the suspension of the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale over what they described as an “unbecoming attitude of a monarch.” The monarchs that signed the communiqué are Oba Dirkrullahi Akinropo, Agbowu of Ogbaagbaa, Oba Abibu Adetoyese, Olu of Ile-Ogbo, Oba Adekunle Oyelude, Olowu of Kuta, Oba Oyeleso Oyebamiji, Olupo of Oluponna, Oba Abioye Oyewale, Olubode of Bode-Osi, Oba Ismaila Gbadamosi, Ola of Ajagunlase. Others are; Oba Abdul Kadiri Olatunji, Oluwo of Iwo-Oke, Oba Kaseem Orioye, Onigege of Igege,…

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Dangote truck crushes commuters’ bus, 7 persons dead

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A truck belonging to Dangote Plc, conveying bags of cement rammed into a yellow commercial bus at Tollgate, Ota, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State, leaving seven persons dead. The deceased included five adults and two children while 10 persons sustained injuries in the crash which occurred around 11.30am on Saturday. Eyewitnesses say a sienna bus with the number plate, APP 122 CD was also involved in the accident. It was gathered that there was traffic on the expressway at the time and the truck had a brake failure, forcing the…

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Oshiomhole is not a man with character -Wike

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Citing an instance , he said “When Jonathan made sure elections were free and fair, Oshiomhole came to the Villa and thanked Jonathan. When Jonathan left office, there was no day at the NEC meeting Oshiomhole will not bring Jonathan down. Meanwhile, that was the same man Oshiomhole went to praise for allowing one man one vote. Jonathan left and Oshiomhole changed. That is his character.” Speaking further while addressing the media in Port Harcourt, he said “Oshiomhole said he fought godfatherism and the same time he wants to install…

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Poly SUG president caught during initiation, suspended

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Adegboye Olatunji, the President of the Students Union Government of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, has been arrested for alleged cult activities. A clip of the arrest, which trended on the social media, showed Olatunji and one Olanrewaju Taiwo being taken away by vigilantes and the police. A group of residents, who hailed the arrests in the video, urged security agencies to quiz the student leader for the identities of other members of the cult. “He has his ID card on him. If they interrogate him well, he will…

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Kwara state: Harmony Holdings Ex-Director, Adebayo Sanni loses building to EFCC

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on February 5, 2020 secured the final forfeiture of a building belonging to Adebayo Sanni, immediate past Executive Director of Harmony Holdings Limited of Kwara State Government. Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin granted the application filed by the counsel to the EFCC, Sesan Ola after the respondent failed to show up in Court to challenge the legality of the proceedings. Ola, while moving the application, told the Presiding Judge that: “My lord, we…

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