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FULL LIST: Femi Adebayo’s Seven Doors wins big at #AMVCA11

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Femi Adebayo’s film Seven Doors clinched two of the most coveted awards — Best Lead Actor (Femi Adebayo) and Best Lead Actress (Chioma Chukwuka), at the 11th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), cementing its place as one of the standout productions of the year. Seven Doors is a Nigerian historical drama series directed by Femi Adebayo, Adebayo Tijani and Tope Adebayo. It follows King Adedunjoye, a reluctant monarch whose reign is haunted by a generational curse. To break it, he must marry six more wives—opening “seven…

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Ochuko Ojiri, British-Nigerian art dealer pleads guilty to funding terrorism

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Oghenochuko ‘Ochuko’ Ojiri, a British-Nigerian art expert, who has appeared on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt has pleaded guilty in a terrorism financing case after failing to report a series of high-value art sales to a man sanctioned for alleged links to Hezbollah. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, admitted eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business under the Terrorism Act 2000. The case marks the first prosecution of its kind in the UK under this specific provision of the Act. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard on Friday that…

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Nigerian Pastor Omotoso rearrested in South Africa after acquitted of multiple rape charges

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South African police authorities and the Home Affairs Department have rearrested Nigerian televangelist based in South Africa, Timothy Omotoso, who was recently acquitted of multiple rape charges. Omotoso, a 66-year-old pastor at the Jesus Dominion International church based in South Africa was arrested in 2017 on 32 charges, including rape, sexual exploitation and human trafficking until his release weeks back. He was rearrested on Saturday morning in East London but there were indications that, his recent arrest has to do with immigration issues. It will be recalled that, several young…

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Eight suspects arrested as Police rescue 25 Ivorians from kidnappers in Ogun

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25 Ivorian nationals have been rescued by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force from the hands of a cross-border kidnapping syndicate operating in Ogun State. The police also arrested eight suspects in connection with the crime, following a swift and coordinated operation carried out in collaboration with Interpol. According to a statement on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the operation was launched in response to a formal request from the National Central Bureau, Abidjan. Adejobi said the request followed a report by Kaussi Marianman, who alleged…

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Fidelity Bank grows PBT by 167.8% to N105.8 billion in Q1 2025

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Fidelity Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading Tier-1 financial institutions, has announced a remarkable financial performance for the first quarter of 2025, recording a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N105.8 billion, representing an impressive growth of 167.8% compared to N39.5 billion in Q1 2024. The bank’s unaudited financial statements, released on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on April 30, 2025, highlight a substantial increase in Gross Earnings, which rose to N315.4 billion, marking a year-on-year growth of 64.2% from N192.1 billion in the same period last year. Growth in interest income…

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America’s Robert Francis Prevost becomes first American chosen as Pope

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The Catholic Church has elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope, following a 24-hour conclave in the Vatican. The white smoke that billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel late Thursday signaled the Church had chosen its new spiritual leader—ushering in a new era with the election of the first American pontiff in the Church’s 2,000-year history. Prevost, a former missionary in Peru and the head of the Vatican’s influential Dicastery for Bishops, will now be known as Pope Leone XIV. He succeeds Pope Francis, who passed…

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Court judgment forces US military to remove 1,000 transgender

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The US military will immediately start the process of removing some 1,000 transgender troops and will force out those who do not leave voluntarily by early June, the Pentagon said on Thursday. President Donald Trump issued an executive order in January banning transgender military service, and the US Supreme Court ruled this week that the ban could take effect while litigation challenging it plays out. “The Military Departments will immediately begin processing for separation service members who previously self-identified for voluntary separation prior to March 26, 2025,” a memo from…

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Nigerian teenager’s corpse recovered after drowning in UK

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A Nigerian teenager based in the United Kingdom, Valentine Ikechukwu’s lifeless body was recovered after drowning in a lake at Colwick Country Park. The body was recovered on April 30. A statement by Nottinghamshire Police stated on Thursday, that the 16-year-old had got into trouble while swimming in the lake. It was noted that emergency responders were alerted to the scene at about 5 pm on the day of the incident, and a search and rescue operation was conducted. The statement added that the teenager’s body was recovered at about…

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Army Captain gunned down by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno

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Boko Haram terrorists killed an army captain in Izge community of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, in the early hours of Wednesday, report says. The incident was confirmed by the Emir of Gwoza, HRH Alhaji Mohammed Shehu Timta. He said the assailants stormed the area around 1a.m and engaged the troops. “It’s true that my people in Izge community came under Boko Haram attack around 1am. Unfortunately, a Captain and a Soldier paid the supreme price. “But our gallant troops, the Civilian JTF, hunters, vigilantes and the resilient…

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Sharia court remands woman for allegedly marrying two husbands in Kano

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A woman, identified as Harira Muhammad was remanded by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court for alleged matrimonial relationships with two men simultaneously. Muhammad was dragged before the Islamic jury by Sagiru Shuaibu, who claimed to have married his wife six months ago but suddenly discovered that Muhammad was having affairs with another man. Although Shuaibu said he lives separately from his wife, he told the court how he stumbled upon another man in his matrimonial bed when he visited his wife’s apartment. The claimed real husband said he immediately alerted…

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