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UN names Nigeria, 7 other nations home to world’s hungriest

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The Global Report on Food Crisis 2019 has revealed that no fewer than 113 million people experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world’s most severe food crises in 2018. Some of them in Nigeria and seven other countries. The report, which was released, yesterday, in Brussels, warned that these food crises were primarily driven by conflict and climate-related disasters. One of the key findings of the report showed that nearly two-thirds of those facing acute hunger live in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan,…

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Man arraigned for impersonating Adeboye, Odukoya, TB Joshua

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Yusuf Atanda, a 27-year-old businessman was yesterday arraigned by the police, who charged him with impersonating Pastor Enoch Adeboye and two other church general overseers to defraud members of the public. According to the police, Atanda created fake Facebook accounts of Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor D.K. Olukoya of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry, and Pastor T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, to defraud people. The defendant, who resides at Okokomaiko in Lagos, is being tried for cybercrime before Magistrate M.O Tanimola…

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Drug trafficking: Nigerian woman executed in Saudi Arabia

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The government of Saudi Arabia has executed a Nigerian woman and three others for drug trafficking, bringing the number of Nigerians executed in the kingdom in the last three years to eight. Meanwhile, the Nigerian government, yesterday, condemned the execution of the woman, describing her killing as pathetic, tragic and sad and pleaded with the authorities of Saudi Arabia to ensure that innocent people do not suffer in drug offenses trial in the country. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora Matters, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who spoke, added that no fewer…

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Infidelity: Woman allegedly kills friend, attempts poisoning husband

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In order to conceal her infidelity, a 38-year-old mother of two, Esther Irawo, who is a resident of No. 6 Sule Street, Wera Estate, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has allegedly killed her friend, Femi Afolabi, 38. Irawo was said to have accused Femi, of informing her husband that he saw her with another man in a hotel and allegedly threatened to deal with him for trying to ruin her home. The deceased’s father, Adeyemi Afolabi, a 72-year-old retired soldier, said he heard Femi shouting from his room that Irawo was trying…

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Nyesome Wike leads as INEC begins declaration of Rivers gov poll results

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Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, took an early lead on Tuesday when the Independent National Electoral Commission resumed the collation of governorship election results in Port Harcourt. Wike, who is seeking a second term in office, won in 13 out of the 15 local government areas announced by INEC amid heavy security outside the collation centre. The Collation Officer, Prof. Teddy Adias, who announced the results, began the exercise at 10.30am with a promise that the process would be transparent. The governor’s closest rival and the governorship candidate of…

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A Mother Knows – A film about Autism by GTBank

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In honour of the of World Autism Awareness Day, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has created a short film ‘A mother knows’. The short film is part of the Bank’s continued effort in addressing the neglect and stigmatization of children living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Nigeria. The film tells the story of a young boy growing up with autism and the impact of the condition on his family as they raise him. According to the WHO, 1 in 160 children lives with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) worldwide. In…

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Union Bank Named ‘2019 Advertiser of the Year’

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One of the leading financial institutions in Nigeria, Union Bank, has been named ‘Advertiser of the Year’ by CHINI Africa, Cannes Lions Official Festival representative in Nigeria and organisers of the annual Creativity Week. The Bank also received the Bronze category award for ‘Integrated Marketing Campaign’ of the Year. The awards were officially presented at the 2019 Pitcher awards ceremony, in recognition of the brand’s creativity in the development of impressive advertising campaigns; particularly the ‘Clear Your Doubt’ campaign with its popular tagline – Don’t be an Uncle Thomas, and…

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Atiku is far better than Buhari – Obasanjo

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President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are incomparable, this was said by ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday. He insisted that his former vice is politically, economically and socially sound than Buhari. Obasanjo disclosed this on Sunday evening when the Southwest PDP leaders led by the party’s National Vice Chairman (South West), Dr Eddy Olafeso, visited him at his Pent-House Residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Recall that the former President had in series of letters, slammed Buhari, noting that his administration…

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Man rapes nine-year-old wife’s sister in Osun

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Friday Kanu, a 35-year-old bricklayer, has been arrested by the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for allegedly defiling a minor. The suspect, it was learnt was arrested in Ilesha following complaints that he molested a nine-year-old pupil, and reportedly confessed to the crime while being interrogated. The victim, it was gathered, was living with her sister, who is married to Friday, at Imadin, Ilesha, when the suspect first raped her. On March 18, 2019, Friday was said to have taken advantage of his wife’s…

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Dh2.3m robbery: Five Nigerians arrested in UAE

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Police in UAE have arrested five Nigerian men in connection with a daring armed robbery at a money exchange house in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The suspects, in their 20s, according to the police, stole currencies worth over Dh2m during a seven-minute robbery at the Al Tauwain branch of the Al Ansari Exchange around midnight on March 20. The police said they had recovered foreign and UAE currencies worth Dh2.3m from the suspects. Giving details of the incident at a press conference in Sharjah, the Commander-in-chief of the Sharjah Police,…

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