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Transgender model, 10, becomes youngest to walk the New York Fashion Week runway
A transgender model who is just 10 years old has become the youngest transgender model to ever walk the runway in New York Fashion Week. Young Noella hit the catwalk for Mel Atkinson, the designer behind Trans Clothing Company. Noella was born male but began socially transitioning at the age of four. “It feels good that I’m already inspiring trans kids to be themselves,” said the child model. Her parents Dee McMaher, 35, and Ray, 32, say they are incredibly proud of their daughter. Dee said: “Noella really doesn’t ever get nervous or scared by anything. She’s a tiny professional! “She was so excited…
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Pastor Tobi Adegboyega shuts down choristers praising God in the middle of a song because they were singing a song that was “boring” to him
Nigerian-born UK pastor, Tobi Adegboyega shut down his choristers in the middle of their presentation before berating their performance. The choristers were singing when he interrupted them and asked everyone to sit down. He then took the mic and said: “Alright guys, thank you guys. Be seated please. Even though it was amazing but that song was boring me to death. So I had to come up men. But thanks guys. We would come up and sing in a minute.” The video has generated mixed reactions. Watch it below.
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It was just aggressive kissing – BBNaija star Khalid denies having s*x with Daniella in Big Brother House, says his body is a ‘temple’
Ex-Big Brother Naija housemate, Khalid has denied having any s8xual affair with his lover, Daniella, insisting that it was just ‘aggressive kissing’ all the nights they shared intimate moments under the duvet. Recall the pair faced heavy criticism after they were caught spending intimate moment under the duvet countless times. Khalid, who was evicted from the reality show last Sunday, has now cleared the air, saying that his body is a ‘Temple’ and that he and Daniella were only enjoying aggressive kissing. In an interview with media personality Victoria Eze (Miz Vick), the reality star said; ”My body is a…
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FG and ASUU meeting ends in deadlock
A meeting between the Federal government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU ended in a deadlock on Tuesday August 16, with no end in sight to the lingering strike by the academic union. The striking lecturers met with the Professor Nimi Briggs committee today for about three hours at the National University Commission in Abuja in a bid to resolve the issues that led to the six-month and counting strike. According to the striking lecturers who attended the meeting, the Federal government delegation did not come with any new offer to the table except to beg…
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2023: I am very confident that the reasonable minds in Imo state will vote for my party APC- Gov Hope Uzodinma says
Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma has said that he is confident that reasonable minds in Imo state will vote for his party, APC, in the 2023 general elections. Speaking during an interview with Channels TV this evening, Uzodinma said ”I am very confident that the reasonable minds in Imo state will vote for my party” While responding to a question on the number of states within the SouthEast region he will be able to deliver for his party, Gov Uzodinma said ”It is not a predetermined arrangement. I am confident that APC has done so well to the extent that…
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I didn’t know some of my commissioners don’t have police escorts – Nasarawa Gov, Abdullahi Sule speaks after state’s commissioner for information was kidnapped
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has reacted to the abduction of the state’s Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Yakubu Lawal, by gunmen in Nasarawa Eggon LGA. Sule who decried the spate of kidnappings across the state, said he did not know that some of his commissioners do not have police escorts attached to them until Lawan was abducted. Speaking during the quarterly meeting of the Nasarawa Enabling Business Environment Council, at the Government House on Tuesday August 16, the Governor warned that his administration would take stringent actions against perpetrators of crime in the state. He said; “I urge you, first…
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“Death is peaceful” – Panic as Nigerian lady leaves suicide notes and video on Facebook
Akwa Ibom-based skincare therapist, Precious Peters, has got her friends and followers worried after she left suicidal notes and video on Facebook. In a series of notes posted on her Facebook wall and story on Tuesday, August 16, the lady said death is peaceful and the world is not for her. “Very very soon. The testimony you expected will be a tribute to me from the mouths of those who truly cared. I came to this world, I sojourned but this world is actually not my place. I have beautified myself with pain and glory in tears, but soon, I will only watch…
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I am not interested in any ministerial position – Gov Wike insists
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said he does not intend to become a minister after his tenure as governor of the state. He said this during the commissioning of the newly constructed VIP lounge at the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa on Tuesday. According to him, he will not be a liability. He however challenged leaders of the PDP in the state to come home and campaign for their presidential candidate, instead of “carrying rumours” in Abuja. He said; “only one person can be a minister from a state, I will not be a minister. I will not. I…
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2023: Reconcile with aggrieved Yoruba stakeholders and politicians – Oluwo of Iwo tells Tinubu
Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi has urged the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu to reconcile with Yoruba stakeholders and politicians He called for an harmonization between Yoruba Politicians and stakeholders for the sake of the Yoruba race in the forth coming elections This was made known in a statement released on Monday. The statement reads in part, “The late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, tried. Then the late business tycoon, Moshood Kasimawo Abiola, made a try and won democracy for us. The same mistake must not be repeated again. This is not about political party. It…
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ASUU has blackmailed every Govt in Nigeria, they should pay striking Lecturers – Lauretta Onochie
Lauretta Onochie, Special assistant on media to President Muhammadu Buhari has accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU of blackmailing the Government Onochie in a tweet she shared urged the National Assembly to enact laws that would mandate ASUU to pay the salaries of striking members. According to her, it is unfair for ASUU executives to live off the union’s dues leaving members high and dry. Onochie wrote: “ASUU has blackmailed every government in Nigeria. The National Assembly should enact a law that mandates ASUU to pay the salaries of striking members. “The current situation where ASUU executives alone,…
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Catholic Church calls for prosecution of Owo church attackers
The Catholic Diocese of Ondo has called on the government to urgently prosecute the recently arrested criminal suspects in connection with the June 5 attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, had announced the arrest of four suspects days after the military authority also disclosed it arrested two additional ISWAP terrorists linked to the attack. They were apprehended at Omialafara, Ose LGA, Ondo State. Taking to its verified Facebook page, in a short but terse message with a hashtag ‘‘#June5 #wewillneverforget’, the diocese said, “the apprehension of those responsible for the attack…
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Government can borrow from here till eternity, I have no problem with it – APC chairman, Abdullahi
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu has expressed that he has no problem with the Federal Government’s incessant borrowings. He said the Government “can borrow till eternity”. He stated this during an interview with Trust TV. According to him, his only problem is if the money is not used for it’s purpose. “I remember a programme we had here, I told you and I thought you believed me that I have no quarrel, issues with government borrowing. Government can borrow from here to eternity. The American government borrows, the Canadian government borrows, the United Kingdom borrows,…
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