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Presidency reacts to alleged NDDC fraud
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed a speedy and coordinated investigation into the fraudulent allegations in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Former Managing Director of NDDC, Joy Nunieh had a few days ago accused the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment, fraud amongst others. Akpabio, however, denied all the allegations levelled against him by the former NDDC MD. According to a statement by the president, auditing firms and investigative agencies…
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Gabon appoints first female Prime Minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda
President of Gabon, Ali Bongo has promoted his defence minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to prime minister, making her the first woman in the country to hold the office. This was according to a statement by the Secretary-General of the Presidency, Jean-Yves Teal. Ossouka Raponda, 56, has served as defence minister since February 2019. She is the sixth prime minister appointed since Bongo succeeded his father in 2009.
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Bandits who surrender their riffles will get two cows – Matawalle
Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Muhammed Matawalle has made a vow to bandits if they surrender their riffles. In a statement he made, he said they will be given two cows as compensation because they are Fulanis and they need cows to advance their Economic interest. He added that they won’t be given money so they don’t purchase new weapons. His statement “For every rifle submitted by a repentant bandit, there would be compensation of…
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You will die someday and leave all your wealth behind – Yul Edochie
Nollywood Actor, Yul Edochie has dished out a piece of advice to his fans and followers. In a tweet he shared via his twitter handle, he urged them to be at peace with God as their wealth and businesses are of the world and will not go to the grave with them. His tweet: “All the cars you’ve bought in your name, all the houses, estates, companies, businesses you built in your name are actually…
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DJ Enimoney celebrates arrival of his baby girl
Popular Nigerian DJ and beat producer, DJ Enimoney has announced the arrival of his newborn with his girlfriend. The DJ who is also the brother to popular singer, Olamide, made the announcement via his Instagram page sharing a photo of his girlfriend and newborn baby. He wrote: “Ahliamdulilah it’s a girl >> Anina.”
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Wizkid turns 30 today as fans celebrate him
Popular Nigerian Singer, Wizkid is 30 today the 16th of July. The singer who hasn’t made any post yet to celebrate himself has received enormous celebration from his fans. See some of their posts below: Happy birthday to him.
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Hackers take over Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, others
Late on Wednesday night, the Twitter accounts of Bill Gates and Elon Musk appeared to have fallen prey to a crypto-related scam.However, it was soon noticed that it wasn’t just those two accounts – The Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Warren Buffet, and more appeared to have also been compromised.The scam posted tweets on behalf of the owners of the accounts and their Bitcoin wallet address with the promise of…
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South West States signify readiness to sit for WASSCE
Governors of the South Western states of Nigeria have signified readiness to open schools for students to sit for the 2020 West African School Certificate Examination in the region. The unanimous decision was taken at the end of an online meeting by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria DAWN Commission in collaboration with the forum of South-West education commissioners, special advisers on education and the State Universal Basic Education Board chairmen on the 14th of…
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Suspended EFCC acting Chairman, Magu released from detention
Suspended acting chairman of the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has been released from detention. Magu speaking few hours after his release labelled the allegations against him as nonsense saying they were trumped up to tarnish his image. “They are nonsense. They are mere trump up allegations to tarnish my image and that of the EFCC. I did not steal or divert or convert funds to private use. I read the allegations…
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Fraud: Social media influencer, Adeherself granted bail
Embattled social media influencer, Adeherself has been granted a N500,000 bail by an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Justice Sherifat Solebo in a ruling on Wednesday, July 15 ordered that Adeherself must provide two sureties with reliable means of income which will be verified by the court. Solebo adjourned the case until Aug. 5 for substantive hearing
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Sandra Ikeji expecting first child with her husband
Sandra Ikeji, sister to popular blogger Linda Ikeji is expecting her first child with her husband. The soon-to-be mum shared the exciting news via her Instagram page, in a photo showing off her bay bump she wrote; “Few days to my birthday…double celebration. Mama × Baby boy. His grace is sufficient for us.” Congratulations to them
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Actor, Femi Adebayo celebrates daughter as she turns 15
Nollywood actor, Femi Adebayo has taken to Instagram to celebrate his daughter, Firdaos as she turns 15 today. Taking to the photo-sharing app, the movie star uploaded a beautiful picture of his teenage daughter with a caption which reads; “Happy birthday to my darling daughter Firdaos Adebayo. You are 15 today 15th of July 😊. Long life and prosperity. Olorun a tun bo da e si fun wa 🙏 Just love this picture”
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