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Man arrested for raping mother and mother-in-law

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David Shakari, a 32-year-old man in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team for rape. The 32-year-old father of one reportedly raped his mother and ex-wife’s mother who are in their 50s and 60s respectively. It was gathered that Shakari had attended a festival sometime in August 2017 in the community and returned home drunk in the night. Shakari, who lived with his mother, reportedly met the woman asleep and forcefully had sex with her. He…

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Two global banks close offices in Nigeria

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The Central Bank of Nigeria, in a report on Friday, said HSBC and UBS have closed their offices in Nigeria. The CBN revealed that foreign investment had fallen sharply from a year ago. It also said foreign direct investment in Nigeria fell to N379.84bn ($1.2bn) in the first half of the year from N532.63bn ($1.7bn) a year earlier. It did not give reasons for the banks’ closure. The central bank said the outlook for the Nigerian economy in the second half was “optimistic” given higher oil prices and production but…

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Jimi Agbaje picks lawyer, Haleemat Busari, as running mate for 2019

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Mr Jimi Agbagbe, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, has picked as his running mate a legal practitioner, Mrs Haleemat Busari. The 54-year-old Mrs Busari is the wife of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Olatunde Busari. The Director of Media and Publicity of the Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation, Felix Oboagwina, said in a statement on Thursday that Agbaje settled for Busari after comprehensive consultations within and outside the PDP, adding that the lawyer came highly recommended and widely endorsed as Agbaje’s running mate. According…

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Lagos Police declares Togolese cook wanted over murder of Credit Switch boss

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A Togolese cook who allegedly murdered his boss, Chairman of Credit Switch Technology, Chief Ope Badamosi, has been declared wanted by the Police in Lagos. Cheif Badamosi was found dead in his apartment on Onikoyi lane, Parkview estate in Ikoyi area of Lagos on Wednesday. The fleeing cook, whose age is put between 25 and 30 years , was identified only as Sunday. It was gathered that detectives at the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCIID, were on the trail of the agent that brought the suspect…

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96-Year-Old Indian Woman sets world record, Scores 98% In Literacy Exam

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A 96-year-old woman, Karthyayani Amma, has set a world record by scoring 98 marks out of 100 in the literacy exam in southern Indian state of Kerala. The Kerala State literacy mission conducts equivalency examination in different grades for people who could not get proper schooling.   After the results were declared on Wednesday, Karthyayani Amma was felicitated by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Amma, who hails from Cheeped in Alapuzha district north of Kerala state’s capital Thiruvananthapuram, has never attended any school.   She is said to have been inspired…

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Court jails Iaquinta over arms, mafia links

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Italian court has sentenced former Juventus and Italy striker Vincenzo Iaquinta to two years in prison as part of a mafia trial. The Germany 2006 World Cup winner was indicted in December 2015 for illegal possession of firearms, as well intention to aid the ‘Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia. In May the prosecutor requested that he be jailed for six years, with his father to be sent down for 19 years. Over 140 people were put on trial in one of northern Italy’s most high-profile mafia trials, suspected of helping the…

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Join British Vogue Editor-at-Large, Julia Sarr-Jamois in her Masterclass at the GTBank Fashion Weekend

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Julia Sarr-Jamois is a London based stylist and is the Fashion Editor-at-Large at British Vogue and Senior Fashion Editor-at-Large at i-D. Furthermore, she is a contributor for Teen Vogue, Vogue Italia, Self Service, Double and M Le Monde. Julia regularly works with leading photographers such as Harley Weir, Zoe Ghertner, Angelo Pennetta, Letty Schmiterlow, Theo Wenner and Oliver Hadlee Pearch. Julia’s work, which typically plays with unexpected clashes of texture and idiom, has also won her top commercial clients, such as Max Mara, Moschino, Kenzo, Lacoste, Carven, Nike, Stella McCartney…

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Join Style Director, Nikki Ogunnaike as she discusses “Diversity in Fashion” during her Masterclass at the 2018 GTBank Fashion Weekend

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Nikki Ogunnaike is the go-to style expert for the 25 million+ users, fans, and followers of what is now the largest fashion and beauty magazine website. She also represents the brand on television and in ELLE.com videos. Anytime you need a mix of style that is equal parts accessible and forward-thinking, Ogunnaike is on it. The Nigerian-American editor cut her teeth at InStyle as an Assistant Editor and Vanity Fair as a fashion assistant before moving to Glamour.com as their Senior Fashion Editor. Date: Saturday, November 10th, 2018. Time: 12:00…

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Man arrested for diverting mosquito nets in Gombe

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Gombe Zonal Office of The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arrested one Sunday Ogar for allegedly diverting 15 bundles of mosquito net, each containing 50 pieces. The nets were reportedly meant for distribution in 40 general hospitals in the Dukku Local Government Area of Gombe State before they were diverted. The spokesman for the anti-graft agency in the Gombe zonal office, Bello Bajoga, in a statement said the arrest was made on Tuesday after the EFCC received intelligence report that some nets meant for distribution had been diverted for…

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Labour insists on N30,000 minimum wage or no vote

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Organised labour yesterday threatened to vote out any government that refuses to meet its demand, insisting it would take nothing less than N30,000 as new minimum wage. It gave the ultimatum in a nationwide protest it held to reaffirm its position and warn Nigerians to stock up on food as the countdown to its planned November 6, 2018 strike nears zero. It also used the occasion to criticise Minister of Labour and Productivity Chris Ngige for allegedly misleading Nigerians on the figure arrived at by the tripartite committee consisting of…

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