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Comedian, Cute Abiola, celebrates birthday, rocks native attire
Popular Nigerian comedian, Abdulgafar Ahmad, popularly called Cute Abiola, celebrates his birthday as he floods his Facebook timeline with photos of himself in dazzling native dress. The comedian shared with his fans what he would be doing on his birthday, saying, “Today, I’m going to be selfish and focus all my attention on me. “I…
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Burna Boy visits UN building ahead of New York show
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York, ahead of his sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, in the same city. Burna Boy, who went in the company of his mum and manager, Bose Ogulu, met with the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed, during…
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Judge rejects Elon Musk’s bid to free tweets from oversight
Twitter’s new buyer Elon Musk still must have his tweets about his electric car company Tesla pre-approved after a US judge on Wednesday rejected an appeal to free him from oversight. Musk last month filed a motion to overturn Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) restrictions imposed following his 2018 tweet, in which he said he…
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Lagos PDP screens aspirants for Senate, Rep, others
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, screened aspirants for the Senate, Federal House of Representatives and the State House of Assembly. The screening of aspirants for Senate and Federal House of Representatives was held at Regency Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, while the screening of aspirants for the State House of…
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Nigerian investigative journalist, Soyombo, wins prestigious Oxford fellowship
Nigerian investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, has emerged a 2022 fellow of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Soyombo, the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, is one of the 13 fellows selected worldwide to participate in the six-month fellowship programme at the Reuters Institute. This…
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Polygamy: My number one, Yul Edochie hails first wife
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, on Thursday hailed his first wife, May, via an Instagram post. Sharing photos of the mother-of-four, Yul Edochie noted that she was his undisputed “number one”. He wrote, “Number one @mayyuledochie. Undisputed.” This came a few hours after Yul went public with his second marriage and announced fellow Nollywood actress, Judy…
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MTN Nigeria, Pan-Atlantic University inaugurate media innovation programme
MTN Nigeria and Pan-Atlantic University, on Wednesday, announced the launch of the MTN Media Innovation Programme which would be run by the PAU’s School of Media and Communication. This was revealed in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Wednesday. According to the statement, the initiative is open to media practitioners across the country,…
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Missing corps member found dead, NYSC probes killing
A member of the National Youth Service Corps, identified as Stephanie Se-Ember Terungwa, has been found dead in Abuja. The NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, said this in a short statement on Thursday. He said, “The attention of NYSC management has been drawn to the pictures making the rounds in the…
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Strike: Political class worse than B’Haram – SSANU
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has accused the Federal Government of deceit and lack of interest to provide quality education to Nigerians. The Western Zonal Executive Committee of SSANU, who said this on Wednesday at their special meeting held at the University of Ibadan, said the political class in Nigeria was worse than…
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CSO slams Wike over donations to Sokoto, Kaduna, others
The Rivers State Civil Society Organisation has slammed Governor Nyesom Wike over his sundry donations running into billions of naira to some states outside Rivers. Governor Wike may have donated about N2.4 billion to five states in the last four years. On February 7, 2018, Governor Wike donated N200 million to the Benue State Government,…
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