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Man sets girlfriend up for gang-rape in Ogun

Jan 11, 2019 topnews

A man who allegedly set up his girlfriend to be gang-raped by five men at Elega, a community in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state, has been declared wanted by the Ogun State police. The suspect, Abass Ramoni, allegedly fled after the 22-year-old victim reported the incident to the police who arrested three of the suspects. The police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday said the suspects, Ramoni Yusuf, 24; Abiodun Sikiru, 23; and Moses Oluwasegun, 23; were arrested following a complaint to the Adatan Divisional Headquarters…

Dangote, Adenuga top Forbes’ Africa billionaires list

Jan 10, 2019 topnews

Aliko Dangote, the President of the Dangote Group, and the Chairman of Globacom, Dr Mike Adenuga, top Forbes’ Africa Billionaires List released on Wednesday. However, Dangote saw his wealth drop by $2bn from $12.2bn in January 2018 to $10bn in 2019. But Dangote retained his position as Africa’s richest man for the eighth consecutive time. Adenuga, with interests in oil exploration and real estate, moved up to be Africa’s second richest man. The American magazine said Adenuga’s net worth dramatically increased from $5.3bn to $9.2bn because he provided more detailed…

2019 Elections: Soyinka attacks ex-President

Jan 10, 2019 topnews

Prof. Wole Soyinka has asked Nigerians to be wary of a former President who pretends to be the conscience of the nation. Soyinka said this in Abuja on Wednesday at a symposium on fake news organised by BBC News. The Nobel laureate, who was a panellist at the event tagged, ‘Nigeria 2019: Countering Fake News,’ urged the traditional media not to act like the electronic media by spreading unfounded allegations. Reflecting on the effect of fake news ahead of next month’s elections, Soyinka asked Nigerians to be wary of a…

Skin Bleaching Products banned in Rwanda

Jan 10, 2019 topnews

The government of Rwanda has banned skin bleaching creams and soaps in order to curb skin bleaching among its citizens. The Rwandan government gave directives to officials across the country to enforce that the ban is adhered to. According to a report by CNN, the East African country is leading a campaign against skin bleaching and substandard cosmetics, particularly products that include hydroquinone. A spokesman from the Rwanda Standards Board said, “It is been implemented by the Ministry of Health and the Rwanda Food and Drug Authority and the Rwanda…

Wife punish husband’s lover with house chores

Jan 9, 2019 topnews

After catching them red handed in her home, a South African woman forced her husband’s lover to clean the house and wash bed sheets . According to South Africa’s Daily Sun, the wife forced the girlfriend to confess on camera and told her she had to compensate her by doing housework. First, she was given a cloth and bucket and told to scrub the floor. Then she was told to wash the bedsheets on which she had slept with the woman’s husband. “You want to be the woman of this house?…

81-year-old ex-soldier jailed 25 years for murder

Jan 9, 2019 topnews

81-year-old Richard Ogunboyo, a retired military man, has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti State High Court, for killing one Felix Esan. Ogunboyo, who was the head of a vigilante group in Iyin Ekiti, was said to have committed the offence on December 15, 2016, in the community. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, in his judgement, said the charge of murder against the convict could not be substantiated, but a case of manslaughter was established.c “Considering his age and the discretion of the court, he is hereby sentenced to…

FBN Money Market Fund gets ‘Aa-(f)’ rating from Agusto

Jan 9, 2019Jan 9, 2019 topnews

The FBN Money Market Fund has been given an ‘Aa-(f)’ rating by Agusto & Co. It said the rating assigned to the fund reflected its minimal to low exposure to downside risk (impairment to the net asset value) in the medium term, and would expire on November 30, 2019. According to a statement by the rating organisation, the FBN MMF has maintained low exposure to credit risk by investing in good quality assets with minimum credit rating of ‘Bbb’ in local currency. The statement said the fund had also kept…

New drug suggests possibility of age reversal

Jan 9, 2019 topnews

According to a new study, a drug that helps the immune system clear away old cells could restore youthfulness. The research suggests it may be possible to reverse the ageing process and could potentially pave the way for anti-ageing treatments that actually work. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel investigated the way the immune system is involved in clearing away old, senescent (or, ageing) cells that are not completely dead but are irreparably damaged and barely functioning. Within weeks, those who received the team’s new drug had…

INEC to deploy manual transmission of results in 2019 elections

Jan 9, 2019 topnews

In line with the existing electoral act 2010 (as amended), there would be manual transmission of results in this year’s elections, this was made known by the National Commissioner in charge of Operations, Okechukwu Evans of (INEC) yesterday. He stated this while presenting the 2019 general elections guidelines yesterday in Abuja, adding that it is empowered by extant laws to use the smart card reader technology for accreditation during the forthcoming polls. It said it has residual powers under the 2010 Electoral Act (as amended) to adopt any accreditation and…

Three journalists shot at APC rally in Lagos

Jan 8, 2019 topnews

A rally organised for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, went bloody as three journalists we’re shot. The rally was held at Skypower field, Ikeja, Lagos. Among those that were hit by the gun was the group political editor of Nation newspaper, Emmanuel Oladesu, NewsTelegraph correspondent, Temitope Ogunbanke, Ibile Television cameraman, Abiodun Yusuf, among others. A number of persons were also injured, robbed and beaten at the rally. Trouble started at about 1:30 pm when Lagos governor, Akinwunmi Ambode was delivering his speech. Suspected…