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Teni is my new favorite, Toni Braxton says

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American singer and songwriter, Toni Michelle Braxton was in Nigeria earlier this week and she revealed that she finds the country beautiful and even more that one of Teni’s songs is her favorite at the moment. The 51-year old ageless singer was in Lagos to perform at the 60th birthday celebration of the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief of ThisDay Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, an event that drew political bigwigs, technocrats and captains of industry. In a video she posted on both her Instagram and Twitter pages, Toni could be seen grooving to…

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Anthony Joshua cruises in Dangote’s boat alongside sister

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Anthony Joshua, former unified heavyweight boxing champion, has left fans around the world talking after posting a relaxing picture of himself and a lady on his trip to Nigeria with the caption, “Water no get enemy –Fela Kuti” The British-born boxer has been in Nigeria for several projects including the slum2school campaign in the Makoko area of Lagos getting massive attention. The beautiful lady has since been identified as Joshua’s sibling Janet Joshua, as they were both hosted by Africa’s richest man Dangote on his boat. Joshua suffered the first loss…

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71-year-old, others arrested for stealing buses

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Suleiman Iyanda, a 71-year-old man, alongside an ex-convict, Gbenga Ajibade, Sunday Alabi, 30, and 45-year-old Wasiu Tiamiyu, were on Thursday, arraigned before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly stealing four commercial mini buses. They were accused of conspiring to steal the vehicles in different locations in the state capital between June and earlier this month. Appearing before Magistrate Rofiat Olayemi, Iyanda and Alabi were said to have received the mini buses valued at N6m from Ajibade and Tiamiyu. The police prosecutor, Taiwo Adegoke, alleged that Ajibade…

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Man arrested for raping own daughter, says he was testing her virginity

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Wasiu Orilonise, a 37-year-old guard, has confessed to an Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan that he raped his 15-year-old daughter in order to ascertain her virginity and protect her. Orilonise begged the court not to punish him as he had carnal knowledge of the victim for protection and to confirm if she was still a virgin. The accused was arraigned on one count of having unlawful carnal knowledge of his daughter. The prosecutor, Mr Sunday Ogunremi, told the court that the accused had sometime in December 2018 at…

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Fidelity Bank partners NEPC, LBS, in training 100 MSMEs in Kano

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Fidelity Bank Plc in partnership with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), and the Lagos Business School (LBS), is training over 100 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), at the eighth edition of the Export Management Programme (EMP), aimed at providing impactful, world-class support to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kano State. The programme currently in its third year was designed specifically to enhance the competitiveness of export-oriented businesses. The programme has since graduated over 400 entrepreneurs, who transitioned from base level export experience to becoming established exporters with…

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‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years

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Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment, the mandatory sentence for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century. Guzman, the 62-year-old former co-leader of Mexico’s mighty Sinaloa drug cartel, was convicted in February in US federal court on a variety of charges, including trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and marijuana to the United States. The much-anticipated sentencing hearing in a New York courtroom caps a dramatic legal saga and saw Guzman deliver what will likely be his final public words…

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Ighalo boosts chances of golden boot as Nigeria defeats Tunisia to secure bronze

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Odion Ighalo increased his chances of winning the Golden Boot at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday after he netted Nigeria’s winner to ensure his side third place in the tournament with a 1-0 victory over Tunisia. The 30-year-old Shanghai Shenhua forward struck the only goal of the match just 130 seconds after the kick-off before a small crowd at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo. Ighalo pounced from close range when Jamilu Collins’ cross led to a mix-up between Tunisia goalkeeper Moez Ben Cherifia and defender Yassine Meriah.…

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Fan squanders N1million received From Davido, Pleads For More

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Shoki Shitta, popular Surulere-based Davido’s fan, who received N1million from him two months back, has requested for more money from Davido. In a recently released video on social media, Shoki confesses to have given people out of the money rather than invest in it. “My oga, no forget me. I be your boy Shoki, you give me N1m true true but I shared the N1m. I shared the N1m. You see that N1m, I share am,” he said in a video. It can be recalled that in May, Davido gave…

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Bursar arrested for raping, impregnating pupil

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Mr Gabriel Ekundayo, 51-year-old Bursar of the Government Secondary School, Dangara, Abaji, in the Federal Capital Territory, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old pupil. The suspect who hails from Ilorin, Kwara State, allegedly lured the victim to his house and drugged her before defiling her. It was learnt that Ekundayo had been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for further investigation and possible prosecution. According to NAPTIP, the bursar…

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Northern elders order Fulani herdsmen to return to North now

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Fulani herdsmen have been told to return to the north by members of the Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups. They said the herdsmen should return to the North where their (herdsmen) safety and that of their property could be guaranteed. The northern elders and the youths said they were worried that some southern leaders had allegedly openly threatened war against the Fulani herdsmen. They claimed that for this reason, all the herdsmen from the North living in the South should return home. Recall that the…

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