Toyin Abraham seeks end to nollywood rivalry with Funke Akindele, Mercy Aigbe

Toyin Abraham seeks end to nollywood rivalry with Funke Akindele, Mercy Aigbe

Nigerian actress, Toyin Abraham, took to social media on Sunday to praise her colleagues, Funke Akindele and Mercy Aigbe, as she urged for more positivity within the Nollywood film industry. “Please, it is time we celebrate ourselves more rather than compete with ourselves. We need to create an ecosystem of more successful people so we can all have more capability to create more successful people,” she wrote. She also admitted […]

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14 die in Kogi auto crash

Fourteen people have lost their lives while 13 others sustained varying degrees of injury in an accident at Aloma community in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The accident which occurred on Sunday involved a Toyota Sienna bus heading toward Abuja from Port Harcourt and a Toyota Hiace bus heading to the Southern part of the country. Eyewitnesses said the accident occurred when two commercial Toyota buses had a […]

April 22, 2024 30

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Army uncovers ISWAP bread factory in Borno

Troops of Operation Lake Sanity III, under Operation Hadin Kai, have reportedly discovery an Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist bread production factory hidden within their den in Maisani, Timbuktu Triangle, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. According to intelligence sources quoted by security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, on Monday, the Combined troops of 199 Special Forces Battalion, in conjunction with Hybrid Forces and Civilian JTF […]

April 22, 2024 40

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Kenyan police arrest Binance executive who escaped from Nigeria

The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter confirmed the development to our correspondent on Sunday night. One of the sources said, “Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, has been arrested by […]

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Day-old baby dumped in polythene bag rescued in Lagos

A day-old baby boy abandoned in a polythene bag has been rescued at Alhaji Masha Road, in the Surulere area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that a yet-to-be-identified social worker attached to a hospital in Surulere, while on her way to a destination, heard the sound of a crying baby emanating from the polythene bag. Upon observing what was in the polytene bag, the social worker saw the baby boy […]

April 18, 2024 26

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Kaduna APC, NLC back Assembly over El-Rufai’s probe

THE Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday, expressed its support for the move by the state’s House of Assembly to probe the financial dealings, particularly loans obtained by the administration of the immediate-past governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Similarly, the Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress backed the probe. The state Assembly had on Tuesday set up a 13-man panel to probe El-Rufai’s administration. The probe […]

April 18, 2024 26

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Grid collapse: FG deploys technology to detect sudden power drop

In a bid to address the recurrent collapse of Nigeria’s power grid, the Federal Government has deployed a new technology to detect and respond to sudden drops or dips in power generation across the country. It announced this through the Transmission Company of Nigeria on Wednesday, stating that the new Generation Dip/Loss Detection System would advance TCN’s grid management capabilities.

April 18, 2024 19

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Cardoso links depleting external reserves to debt repayments

The Central Bank of Nigeria has clarified reasons for the significant decline in the nation’s foreign exchange reserves, asserting that it wasn’t primarily aimed at defending the naira, as commonly believed, but rather to partially repay debts owed to creditors. The bank further expressed its desire to minimise its involvement in the market, aiming to foster a scenario where prices are determined through the interactions of willing buyers and sellers. […]

April 18, 2024 29

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Jumoke Aderounmu planned relocating to UK due to job scarcity — Brother

Adeola, the younger brother to a recently deceased actress, Jumoke Aderounmu, popularly known for her role of Esther in popular sitcom, ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, has said that deceased was actually planning on relocating to the United Kingdom before her demise. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, Adeola noted that Jumoke wanted to relocate to UK, because she was not getting movie roles. On why he did not reach out privately to popular […]

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