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Late NAFDAC DG Dora Akunyili’s husband Chike, seven others killed in Anambra
Dr. Chike Akunyili, widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dora Akunyili, has been killed by gunmen at Nkpor, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Seven other persons where also killed in the incident, yet-to-be-confirmed reports allege. The incident reportedly happened on…
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Chrissy Teigen mourns late child one year after pregnancy loss
American model and television personality, Chrissy Teigen has penned an emotional post to her late son, Jack, whom she lost to pregnancy complications in 2020. Wife to popular singer John Legend, Teigen took to her Instagram page on Wednesday to express her sadness a year after the devastating incident. Posting a picture of herself with…
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We saved one million jobs, prevented shutdown of 150,000 SMEs -Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that through the Economic Sustainability Plan, the present regime has saved over one million jobs and forestalled the closure of over 150,000 small businesses hit by COVID-19. This is as he said that social protection schemes could break the cycle of poverty, provide access to jobs, economic opportunities, and improve…
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20 killed in fresh airstrike, Borno villagers allege
No fewer than 20 civilians have died from an alleged air strike in Dabar Masara, a border town in Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State. The airstrike, according to a local source, occurred on Sunday, September 26 in the afternoon when most of the villagers were out either on their farmlands or riverine areas…
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2023 Presidency: Southern governors threat to democracy – NEF
The Northern Elders Forum on Tuesday commended the governors of the region for rejecting rotation of the 2023 Presidency to the south as being clamoured by the Southern Governors Forum. The Spokesman of the NEF, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, while speaking at a press conference in Kaduna on Tuesday, described the demand by the Southern Governors…
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Kate Henshaw, RMD, others celebrate Joke Silva at 60
Nollywood stars, Kate Henshaw and Richard Mofe-Damijo have celebrated their colleague, Joke Silva, who turned 60 on Wednesday. The celebrant, who also marked 40 years as an actor, had earlier revealed that her biography titled #40@60 is “actually in the works.” Celebrating the veteran. Henshaw shared her picture, with the caption, “My own Aunty J….
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Embargo remains on bills sent from Senate, Reps insist
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, insisted that the embargo placed last week on bills sent to it by the Senate for concurrence would remain. While the House adopted two Senate bills for concurrence, for second reading, the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, ruled that the status quo would be maintained. The House had, on September 21,…
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North Korea says it tested hypersonic missile
North Korea has successfully tested a new hypersonic guiding missile, state media reported Wednesday, in what would be the nuclear-armed nation’s latest advance in weapons technology. Tuesday’s launch was of “great strategic significance”, the official Korean Central News Agency said, as the North seeks to increase its defence capabilities a “thousand-fold”. Hypersonic missiles move far…
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I went into kidnapping to raise money for business startup -21-year-old suspect
A suspected kidnapper arrested by that Police in Bauchi, Muhammad Aliyu, says that he went into kidnapping to raise money to start a business because his father did not give him the money. The 21-year-old man said that he finished secondary school at Government Day Secondary School, Rimin Zayam; and although his WASSCE result was…
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My ex-wife handed our children to me willingly -Comedian Nedu
It’s a lie, I was forced -Uzoamaka Ohiri Comedian Chinedu Ani, better known as Nedu, says his ex-wife, Uzoamaka Ohiri, willingly handed their two daughters to him at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, on Tuesday. She, however, told The PUNCH that she did so under duress. Nedu also posted the statement written by his…
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