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Popular Kannywood actress Zainab Booth is dead
Veteran Kannywood actress, Zainab Booth, is dead. The death of the popular actress was announced by her colleague, Ali Nuhu, via his verified Instagram page. Booth was popular in the Hausa movie industry for portraying motherly roles in movies. It was gathered that the actress died on Thursday after a brief illness. Posting a picture of Booth,…
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I’m deeply shocked, Buhari mourns Zamfara lawmaker killed by bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Zamfara State lawmaker, Muhammad Ahmad, who was killed by gunmen while driving to Kano along Shema-Funtua road, Katsina State. The president made his feelings known in a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, on Thursday in Abuja….
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Fans celebrate Burna Boy at 30
Grammy-award winning singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, clocked 30 years old today and his fans are celebrating him on Twitter with the hashtag #Burna30. The 30-year-old Ye crooner recently emerged as one of the winners at the 2021 BET Awards, making it his third consecutive win for the Best International Act category….
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Oil demand will gain momentum in H2 2021 -OPEC
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has said that the demand for crude oil will gain momentum in the second half of 2021, beginning from Thursday. OPEC Secretary-General, Mohammad Barkindo, disclosed this at the 31st Meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee, which was held via videoconference. He said, “Oil demand is forecast to grow…
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Djokovic eyes 75th Wimbledon win
World number one Novak Djokovic can win his 75th career match at Wimbledon on Friday when he takes on American qualifier Denis Kudla for a place in the last 16. The five-time champion, who is chasing a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title, will be wary of Kudla despite his modest ranking of 114. Kudla made…
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Montreal striker Sunusi joins Eagles for Mexico clash
CF Montreal forward, Ibrahim Sunusi, has been handed a late invitation to the Super Eagles squad for Saturday’s international friendly against Mexico at the Memorial Coliseum, in Los Angeles, The PUNCH reports. Sunusi, 19, finished as the joint top scorer in the 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League season with 10 goals in 22 matches before…
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Yoruba Nation: Hold police responsible if Lagos rally turns violent – Igboho’s spokesman
Olayomi Koiki, the spokesperson to Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has raised an alarm that the Nigerian police should be held responsible if the Yoruba Nation rally turned violent in Lagos State. He said this in a Facebook broadcast early Friday morning. Koiki said that the Yoruba Nation Rally would…
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Kenya unaware of Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest, says official
Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, has dismissed the claims of the country’s complicity in the arrest and “extradition” of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to Nigeria. Also, an Official in the Kenya Ministry of Interior said that the ministry is not aware of the “extradition” of Nnamdi Kanu to…
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Nnamdi Kanu: Use same zeal on herdsmen terrorising Nigeria, Ortom tells FG
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has advised the Federal Government to apply the same zeal that led to the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, against “armed Fulani herdsmen” terrorising Nigeria. Kanu who is agitating for the restoration of Biafra was reportedly arrested in Kenya and extradited…
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VIDEO: Who will win Euro 2020? | VoxNaija!
As the Quarterfinals of Euro2020 begin today, it remains unclear which one of the eight teams would emerge champions, especially as some of the bigger teams are out of the competition. We went to the streets to seek the opinion of people on which team is going to win the competition. Who’s your favourite to…
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