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Actor Alexx Ekubo & Model Fancy Acholonu unfollow each other and delete their joint IG account amid breakup rumours months before their wedding
Alexx Ekubo and his model fiancée, Fancy Acholonu have unfollowed each other on Instagram. The couple, who got engaged in May 2021, was set to wed in November 2021 but there have been speculations of a breakup after they stopped following each other and stopped posting about the upcoming wedding. They also deleted their joint Instagram account, @Falexxforever where they used to post about their love and details about their wedding.
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Army denies reports that personnel monitoring CCTV were asleep during NDA attack
The Defence Headquarters has denied claims that military personnel monitoring the closed-circuit television at the Nigerian Defence Academy were fast asleep when the attack on the facility happened. It also said a board of enquiry has been constituted to ascertain the incidents that led to the security breach. The DHQ disclosed this in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Benjamin Sawyerr. Recall the bandits on Tuesday attacked the NDA in Kaduna, killed two personnel and kidnapped one. An online news platform, TheCable, had reported that officers in the CCTV monitoring room at NDA slept off while…
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Attack on NDA will buoy the determination to bring an end to criminality – President Buhari vows
President Buhari has vowed that the attack launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday, August 24, will not dampen the morale of the Armed Forces. He said it will rather buoy their determination to bring an end to criminality in the country. The President says the heinous action would accelerate the total uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the Armed Forces are solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time. He also Commiserated with the families who lost their loved ones praying that God comforts them, President Buhari vowed that the…
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Investigate your customer’s source of income – EFCC tells banks
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked banks to investigate the source of their customer’s income. This was according to a statement by the Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa when he was visited by members of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria (ACAEBIN) in Abuja. Bawa disclosed that from September 1 , banks will be held liable for fraud in financial deposits, where there are established cases of complicity.“I will like to urge you to know your customers, know the kind of businesses they do before opening an account for them because…
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Boko Haram: Buhari govt knows those sponsoring insurgency – Ex-Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi
Kunle Olawunmi, former Navy Commodore, on Wednesday, alleged that the federal government know those behind the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, Olawunmi said the Nigerian government is not sincere in the fight against Boko Haram. He recalled that after the arrest of some Boko Haram sponsors, the presidency had said it would publish names of those behind the attacks but it failed to do so. “They [government] know. Of course, it is in the news. In April this year, the government said they had arrested 400 Bureau De Change (BDCs)-related people that…
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Assuming the Nigeria Defense Academy was in any of the Igbo states, by now Army will be burning down Igbo villages – Singer, Eedris Abdulkareem
Veteran rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem has reacting to the attack on the Nigeria Defense Academy, Kaduna state by bandits on Tuesday, August 24. The rapper in a post on Instagram shared that if the Nigerian Defence Academy was located in the Eastern part of the country, the Army by now would be burning down villages and killing Igbos. See his post below
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NDA attack: “The security of the Nigerian State has been compromised”– Moghalu
Kingsley Moghalu, a former presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has disclosed why terrorists successfully attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, in Kaduna State. The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said it is because the Security of the Nigerian state has been fundamentally compromised. He claimed that the “barbarians” responsible are inside the building and not at the gates. According to Moghalu: “The security of the Nigerian state has been FUNDAMENTALLY compromised! That’s why terrorists can do what happened @HQ_NDA The barbarians are not at the gates. They are inside the building. THIS…
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‘Jihadist bandits who attacked NDA, may storm DSS, kill Nnamdi Kanu’ – IPOB cries out
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has alleged plots to kill its leader, Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. The group said this in reaction to the attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA. They said the bandits may also attack the headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS, and kill Kanu. This was according to a statement by IPOB Spokesperson,Emma Powerful, on Wednesday. The statement reads partly: “Tuesday’s coordinated attack on the heavily guarded Nigeria Defense Academy, NDA Kaduna by rag-tag Fulani bandits with ease and without resistance was just a confirmation…
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Insecurity: FG warns Nigerians against acquiring arms to defend themselves
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians not to take up arms illegally to defend themselves against bandits. Muhammed Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, said this on Tuesday during the second annual ministerial media briefing at the police headquarters in Abuja. Reacting to a comment by Aminu Masari of Katsina State where he advised residents of the State to rise above meekness and defend themselves against the bandits, Dingyadi said the Governor is entitled to his opinion. According to him, “Everybody should contribute his quota towards fighting crimes. We are not saying people should take arms illegally.” “I think we should…
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“If the defense academy in Nigeria is not safe, then where in Nigeria is safe?”- Reno Omokri reacts to attack on Nigeria Defense Academy
Reno Omokri has reacted to the attack on the Nigeria Defence Academy by Armed bandits in the early hours of Tuesday, August 24, killing two officers and abducting two more. Reno in a post on Instagram questioned where is safe in Nigeria if the Defence Academy can be attacked In his words;‘The killing of two military officers at the Nigerian Defence Academy and the abduction of two more by bandits is a sign of the weakness of the Buhari regime. If our defence academy is so vulnerable to bandits, what about us who they are expected to defend? Bandits are…
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Anyone contesting 2023 elections is putting his head in hot water – Tunde Bakare
The serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said anyone who decides to contest in the 2023 election, is putting his head in hot water. Bakare speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday night revealed that he and a group of Nigerians are building a formidable team, like a shadow cabinet, for the next administration. According to him, some members of the team are members of the current President Muhammadu Buhari administration. “Anyone plunging into the election in 2023 is just plunging his head inside hot water, and therefore you must go with…
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Anyone contesting 2023 elections is putting his head in hot water – Tunde Bakare
The serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said anyone who decides to contest in the 2023 election, is putting his head in hot water. Bakare speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday night revealed that he and a group of Nigerians are building a formidable team, like a shadow cabinet, for the next administration. According to him, some members of the team are members of the current President Muhammadu Buhari administration. “Anyone plunging into the election in 2023 is just plunging his head inside hot water, and therefore you must go with…
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