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Helen Paul: I don’t hate my dad for raping my mum

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While celebrating the doctorate degree she recently got from the University of Lagos, Nigerians were shocked when popular comedienne, Helen Paul, revealed that she was a product of rape. Helen Paul said she didn’t regret sharing the true story of her birth. She stated, “I chose the occasion to reveal the story of my birth because I dedicated the degree to my mother. There is time for everything and I felt it was time to tell the world. Apparently, it’s not even my story; it’s my mother’s. I am humbled…

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Nigerian Youths Are The Biggest Disappointment – Kingsley Moghalu

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The presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has taken a swipe at Nigerian youths for the role they played during the recently held general elections. “The biggest disappointment was with the youths. The youth vote was absent. They make a lot of noise, they rant and rail but you will not see them on the voting day. And when they vote, they don’t vote in line with their rhetoric,” he said. When asked if the polls witnessed improvement when compared to 2015, Moghalu noted that…

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GTBank Food and Drink Festival Masterclass: More Culinary Experts Announced

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The recently announced line-up for The GTBank Food and Drink Festival Masterclass comprises of an A-list Food blogger and a Burger King from London, a Sushi Ace from Japan and a Food connoisseur from Ghana. It is not only culinary diverse, it cuts across three continents! More facilitators will be announced as the countdown to the Biggest food exhibition and sales event in Africa continues. The fourth edition of the GTBank Food and Drink Festival is set to hold on Sunday, 28th April, to Wednesday 1st May 2019 at the…

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Arrested gay pastor attempts to molest cell mate

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A self-acclaimed reverend, Chizemdere Ezuma, who was arrested for sodomising and infecting a 16-year-old boy with HIV, has attempted to mollest his cell mate. Ezuma reportedly made overtures at a male suspect with whom he was kept in a cell at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja and attempted to molest him. It was learnt that the suspect, whom Ezuma wanted to sodomise last Saturday night, raised the alarm and threatened to beat him up. One of the policemen on duty was said to have relocated Ezuma to…

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Atiku Abubakar Is Not A Nigerian, APC Tells Tribunal

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The All Progressive Congress (APC) and the winner of the February 23, 2019 Presidential Election, has filed a motion at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian and therefore not qualified to have stood for the election. The Party claimed that the former Vice President is a Cameroonian and not a Nigerian citizen and his petition against President Muhammadu Buhari, its own candidate, should be dismissed for lacking in merit. In a…

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Financial Literacy: How First Bank Empowered Young People

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Representatives of Nigeria’s premier financial services brand, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, imparted nuggets of financial literacy to over 7000 young people in schools spread across the six geo-political zones of the country, in commemoration of the 2019 Global Money Week (GMW) which took place from March 25 to 31. This is also in line with the mandate of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that each bank in the country teaches in selected schools across the six geo-political zones. FirstBank joined over 50,000 global institutions to commemorate the 2019…

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Ecobank plans $500m Eurobond sale

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Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has revealed plans to sell $500m Eurobonds at yields that may rank among the highest from emerging markets this year. Bloomberg reported on Thursday that talk in the market revealed that the notes were priced high nine per cent area as the bank said it planned to sell $500m of its five-year debt. Bloomberg said the funding would enable the lender to meet its general corporate obligations, including the refinancing of a portion of debt it owed banks. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, the yields will…

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Pope Francis kisses feet of South Sudan leaders, urges them to maintain peace

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In a dramatic gesture after an unprecedented retreat at the Vatican, Pope Francis on Thursday knelt to kiss the feet of South Sudan’s previously warring leaders. Pope however urged them to not return to a civil war. He also appealed to President Salva Kiir, his former deputy turned rebel leader Riek Machar, and three other vice presidents to respect any peace agreement they signed and commit to forming a unity government in May. “I am asking you as a brother to stay in peace. I am asking you with my…

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Director arraigned for buying $140,000 US property

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Victor Igboanugo, a director in the Federal Ministry of Education, has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for purchasing a property worth $140,000 in the United States of America and taking kickbacks worth millions of naira. During his arraignment before Justice V. B. Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, Igboanugo was accused of using his office and position to also commit fraud worth N162m. The ICPC told the court that the accused, while acting as the Deputy Director…

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IMF tells Nigeria to Remove fuel subsidy

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Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, IMF, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to remove fuel subsidy, saying it is the right thing to do. Addressing a press conference on Thursday at the on-going joint annual spring meetings with the World Bank in Washington DC, the IMF boss said with the low revenue mobilisation that existed in Nigeria in terms of tax to Gross Domestic Product, it was important for the country to remove fuel subsidy. By so doing, she opined, the country would be able…

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