The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has expressed displeasure over Saturday event held in Abuja despite the ban on large gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. The PUNCH reports that hip-hop artiste, Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, held a concert at the Jabi Lake Mall on Saturday in contravention of the PTF directive geared towards curbing the spread of the virus. …
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Animation lovers get in here. There’s a new movie coming up tagged “Ladybuckit & the Motley Mopsters“, an upcoming 3D Nigerian feature-length animation. The film is about a precocious self-absorbed little girl who found herself in wildly unfamiliar territory. There, she encounters a band of highly unusual characters who change the course of her destiny. Some of the cast include …
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Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has ordered the suspension of a private airline, Executive Jet Services, from operating in the country with immediate effect. The airline had conveyed musician Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, to Abuja for a musical concert in defiance of the restrictions on inter-state movement over COVID-19 pandemic. The minister announced the suspension of …
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Ogun State Police Commissioner, Kenneth Ebrimson, has cautioned the people of Ogun State against overrating the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun. The commissioner said there was nothing special about Amotekun and that it was not going to be operated as a force in the state. Ebrimson said this while featuring in an interactive programme on Splash 106.7 FM, …
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The immediate past Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammad Sanusi, has again said it is inevitable for Nigeria to be bankrupt with its current governance structure, which he described as too expensive and unsustainable. The outspoken economist, who has repeatedly complained about the cost of governance in the country, said with the fiscal …
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The Federal Government has approved N13 billion as intervention fund for pest control in 12 northern states, to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s food sector. The 12 `frontline’ states, to benefit from the fund are Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and the Borno States. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural …
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Plans are underway by the International Police (INTERPOL) Nigeria to extradite Instagram celebrity Raymond Igbalodely a.k.a. Hushpuppi from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nigeria to face alleged multiple fraud charges, The Nation learnt on Friday. The INTERPOL is also on the trail of other accomplices in the alleged fraud who are resident in Nigeria to bring them to justice. …
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Airtel Nigeria, in partnership with Trace Content Distribution, has announced the availability of the classic drama thriller, ‘Living in Bondage – Breaking Free’, on the Airtel TV platform. Airtel made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. It said the movie was directed by veteran actor, Ramsey Nouah and that the drama thriller was a sequel to the …
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The organisation that hands out the Academy Awards said on Saturday it would form a group to develop diversity and inclusion guidelines that filmmakers would have to meet in order for their work to be eligible for Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has been criticised for honoring few movies and creators of colour, said the …
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The management of Access Bank Plc is currently enmeshed in a fresh fraud case. A staff of the bank, Mr Nwaru Jerry Nnamdi has stolen a whopping N14million meant for the bank’s Automated Teller Machines (ATM). Nwaru was arrested and subsequently arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court on Thursday, 11 June, 2020 on a four-count charge detailing conspiracy, stealing and …
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