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One of UK’s largest men looks unrecognizable as he loses half his body weight
One of UK’s largest men is celebrating after shedding over 190KG of weight. Harvey Olikh used to weigh over 317KG but has now lost over half his weight after a health scare. He was taken to hospital in November 2019. Doctors were amazed he wasn’t bedbound and one doctor warned him: “If you live like this, within two years you will be dead.” Harvey was placed in intensive care for four days after catching a cold and it finally prompted him to start shedding weight. He has now lost over 190KG. The 48-year-old said: “This weight loss is a gift that keeps on…
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Religion is number one problem for Nigerians – Soyinka
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said that religion is the number one problem hindering Nigerians from being liberated as “rational beings.” Soyinka said this while speaking with a professor of African Literature, Dr. Louisa Egbunike. He stated that “if religion becomes an excuse for flouting the law, then that religion has got to be tackled head-on.” According to the nobel laureate, “religion has got to be put in its place in order for people to be liberated as rational beings, beings of volition, who can tackle the problems of existence in a rational, collective way, rather than by insisting that it is…
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Football Legend, Samuel Eto’o elected president of Cameroon FA
Former Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Chelsea striker, Samuel Eto’o has been elected president of Cameroon FA The former Cameroon international received 43 votes from members of FECAFOOT’s general assembly during the election, which took place on Saturday, December 11. He defeated rival Seidou Mbombo Njoya – who was the interim president of the country’s football federation (Fecafoot), by 43 votes to 31. The 40-year-old is one of the country’s greatest ever players after scoring 56 goals in 118 appearances during his international career. Eto’o, also won the African Footballer of the Year on four occasions. Reacting to the news on Instagram, Eto’o posted: ‘I’ll be remembering…
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2023: Don’t direct Yoruba people to support any aspirant – Obasanjo advises Ooni of Ife
Ahead of the 2023 general election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has appealed to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, not to endorse any political aspirant contesting for any public office during the elections. The former President made the appeal at an event held at the palace of the Ooni on Saturday, December 11. Speaking on the 2023 elections, the former president said as a father to all, politicians will approach the monarch for support, but the best he should do is to “pray for such a person and let him go”. “All the sons and daughters of Yorubaland, no matter where…
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Abacha’s CSO, Major Al-Mustapha saved me from being raped as an Investigative Journalist – Abike Dabiri-Erewa
Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa has narrated how she was almost raped while engaging in investigative journalism. Speaking after receiving an award at the maiden edition of the National Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards organised by the International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA), in Abuja, Abike encouraged journalists in Nigeria to brace the odd and undertake investigative journalism. Sharing her experience while engaging in the practice, the former lawmaker recalled how the timely intervention of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former chief security officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, saved her from being raped after…
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Soun of Ogbomoso passes on at 95
The Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi, Ajagungbade III, has died. Family sources say the 95-year-old monarch died on Sunday morning, December 12. The palace is expected to announce his demise soon. Born on May 27, 1926, in Ogbomoso, Oba Oyewumi ascended the throne on October 24, 1973. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
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‘He is better than most of your fathers’ – MC Oluomo’s son responds to those who call his dad a tout
King West, son of NURTW boss, MC Oluomo, has responded to those who are in the habit of always referring to the transport union leader as a ”tout.” He shared a photo of MC Oluomo attending his sibling’s graduation in the US and wrote; ”What did you say about a tout? Well all I know is he is better than most of your pops”
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Casting aspersions on great men of God like Pastor Adeboye is unwise & dangerous – Doyin Okupe warns Femi Falana
Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has warned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, against speaking ill about the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. A . Adeboye. In a post shared on his Facebook page this morning, Okupe said he recently read a story online where Falana was quoted as saying Adeboye was building business centers and not churches. Okupe said he has waited for Falana to debunk it and since he hasn’t, he decided to caution the legal practitioner over the said comment. His post reads; ”FEMI FALANA AND THE DRUNKENNESS OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY.A few…
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FG to restrict airlines from UK, Canada and Saudi Arabia in retaliation for Omicron travel ban on Nigeria
The Federal government has concluded plans to restrict airlines coming from Canada, United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia into Nigeria from Tuesday, December 14. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who disclosed this in Lagos, said it was to reciprocate the travel ban placed on Nigeria over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. Sirika said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would place the three countries on a red list over the outbreak and spread of the Omicron variant. Last Monday, the UK placed Nigeria on its redlist and announced that non-UK and non-Irish citizens travelling in from Nigeria will not be allowed entry into the…
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Stop starving, Maltreating Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB tells DSS
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has accused the Department of States Services of starving and maltreating it’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu in their custody.The group’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, stated this in a statement, on Saturday.The secessionist group alleged that the DSS has denied Kanu food, for three days running.The group also called on the security agency to, as a matter of urgency, transfer Kanu to Kuje prison or any other correctional centre, where suspects awaiting trials are kept. The group also accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of using hunger and starvation as a tool to…
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Military allowed Bandits displaced in Zamfara to enter Sokoto – Tambuwal
Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal, has accused the military of putting the state “extremely susceptible” to the actions of bandits expelled from Zamfara.He said this when he met delegates of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. Tambuwal blamed the situation on the inflow of bandits displaced by Operation Hadarin Daji’s clearance operations in Zamfara.He alleged that the exercise had resulted in attacks and kidnappings “in broad daylight” in several regions of the state as a result of the drills.“Operation Hadarin Daji, the precursor of the escalation of tension and crisis in Sokoto state was carried out without any blocking force around…
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