Rihanna emerges Forbes World’s Richest Female Musician

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Rihanna, American Singer, makeup entrepreneur, lingerie designer and now the first black woman to head a top luxury fashion house, has racked up a $600 million fortune to become the world’s richest female musician, Forbes said Tuesday. The 31-year-old born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in Barbados — has amassed wealth exceeding that of Madonna ($570 million), Celine Dion ($450 million) and Beyonce ($400 million), whose husband Jay-Z was just named the world’s first billionaire rap star. Rihanna’s ranking puts into fresh perspective one of her signature lyrics — “work, work, work,…

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Gbajabiamila charged to court for Alleged Perjury

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Femi Gbajabiamila, a major contender to the office of the Speaker, House of Representatives, has been dragged to court for allegedly lying under oath. He has subsequently been served criminal summons by an Abuja Grade 1, Area Court in Karshi, to appear on June 10 to clear his name. His accusers said he failed to disclose in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Form CF 001, which he filled, that he had been previously convicted by a court in the United States. A political party, African People’s Party, (APP), had…

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45 malnourished pupils rescued from illegal Islamic school in Oyo

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The Zone XI police Command of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested one Mojeed Oyelami for operating an illegal quranic school. Parading the suspect on Monday, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone XI, Leye Oyebade, said upon the discovery of the school at the Kehinsi Compound, Ita Baale, Bayeruka area, Ibadan, Oyo State, by men of the Operation Puff Adder, it was discovered that 45 male and female pupils were kept in an inhuman environment. Oyebade said the frail and malnourished pupils recounted their harrowing experience while being interrogated. “We found out…

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Residents Protest in Abia as policeman allegedly kills 21-year-old

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In protest against the killing of an indigene by a trigger-happy police officer, identified as Collins Akpougo, residents of Okwulaga Afaraukwu in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State yesterday took to the streets of Umuahia, the state capital. Afaraukwu is the hometown of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Akpougo, a police Sergeant said to be at large, it was gathered, is attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU) of the Nigeria Police Force, Abia State command. It was further gathered that the…

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UK seizes fresh N82bn Abacha loot

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The sum of £211m (approximately N82bn) has been traced to a former Nigerian military dictator, General Sani Abacha. The money was recovered and subsequently confiscated in Jersey, Channel Islands, on the request of the United States of America Government. Late Abacha was said to have laundered the money through the US into the Channel Islands before his death in 1998. According to a report by Metro UK on Tuesday, the money was put in accounts held in Jersey by Doraville Properties Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company. The report said…

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Fuel subsidy not helping the poor — World Bank

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World Bank’s Vice President for Sustainable Development, Laura Tuck, has warned Nigeria and other countries paying subsidies on fossil fuels to desist from it as such practice was not in favour of the poor. Tuck made this known at the ongoing World Circular Economic Forum in Helsinki, Finland while addressing the theme ‘Scale it up! The Next Era of the Circular Economy.’ According to her, the continuous payment of huge sums of money as subsidies on fossil fuels has worsened resources consumption and increased greenhouse emission and pollution. “Strong evidence…

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Ex-NIMASA DG jailed 7 years over N136m fraud

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Former acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Calistus Obi, has been sentenced to 42 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, for N136 million fraud. The court handed Obi a seven-year imprisonment on six of the counts he was convicted and in the alternative, N7milion on each of the counts. The trial judge, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, also sentenced to a total of 21 years imprisonment, Alu Dismas, an aide to another DG of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi. In sentencing the convicted…

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Easter bombing: Monk’s hunger fast forces two govs to resign in Sri Lanka

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Ven Athuraliye Rathana, a Buddhist monk and Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka, who embarked on hunger-fast has forced the resignation of two governors. The two governors were condemned for their support for the extremist groups responsible for the Easter Sunday bombings, officials said on Monday. Rathana was into the fourth day of his fast in Kandy when a message from President Maithripala Sirisena was conveyed to him about the resignations, prompting the end of his protest. “The monk was dehydrated and his condition was deteriorating. He has been removed…

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Blessing Okoro Apologises over House Ownership Scandal

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Blessing Okoro, a relationship blogger, claiming ownership of a house that isn’t hers leading to her arrest by the owner, Onye Eze, has tendered apology has issued an official apology. She wrote, “Hey lovers, I know it has been crazy lately and I am sincerely sorry. I take responsibility for everything. I hate that I had to put my friends and everyone else who looked up to me in this position. Like everyone else I had goals set up for the year and one of them was to finish my…

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Obasanjo to Aisha Buhari: Engage your husband in ‘pillow talk’ on state of nation

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Mrs. Aisha Buhari has been commended by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for her occasional criticism of some Federal Government actions. Obasanjo, who spoke in Abeokuta yesterday, however suggested that for Aisha to get her husband’s attention to grasp the “true state of the nation,” she should engage her husband in “pillow talk.” The First Lady has occasionally expressed displeasure about some decisions of the Federal Government, the latest being her challenge to the security agencies to find solution to the consistent banditry in the country. In his reaction to the…

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