Stella Damasus, hubby celebrate ‘documentary worthy’ marriage

Veteran Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus and her movie producer/director husband, Daniel Ademinokan are celebrating Love. The couple marked their wedding anniversary on Thursday, 28 May, as they both took to their respective social media pages to celebrate each other. Stella in her post said: “Happy anniversary to us boo @dabishop007 after all these years you still make my heart skip …

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George Floyd Protest In New York Met With “Aggressive” Police Response, Multiple Arrests

At least four people have been arrested at a heated protest in Union Square, New York on Thursday evening, the latest in a string of nationwide demonstrations sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gothamist reports. Hundreds of people streamed into the Manhattan Park on Thursday afternoon for the rally, where they were met with a …

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18 groups jostle to monitor $311m Abacha loot spending

Eighteen groups, on Thursday, expressed interest to monitor the spending of the last tranche of repatriated $311m funds looted by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. The bids’ opening was conducted by the Bureau of Public Enterprise in collaboration with the Assets Management Unit of the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja on Thursday. A BPE official, Mr …

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Buhari Didn’t Cancel Appointments Signed Off By Abba Kyari – Presidency

The Presidency has said reports alleging that the President Muhammadu Buhari cancelled 150 appointments and memos signed off by his former Chief of Staff, the late Abba Kyari, were not true. “Not surprisingly, these reports have quoted unnamed sources. There is not a grain of truth in these reports and Nigerians should please ignore the insinuations behind them,” presidential spokesman, …

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COVID-19: FG Raises Concern over Death Increase

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday raised the alarm over increasing deaths caused by rejection of patients in the country’s hospitals. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha,   at the task force press conference in Abuja, lamented that despite the admonition of the Federal Ministry of Health,  hospitals were still rejecting non-COVID-19 …

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Lagos BRT increases fares by 50%

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Primero Transport Services Limited, operators of the Bus Rapid Transport, has said fares will increase by about 50 per cent. The company on Thursday said it got approval from the regulator of the sector, the Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, to increase the fares. Earlier, the News Agency of Nigeria reported …

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How EFCC Traced Obasa’s 64 Illegal Bank Accounts

Fresh facts have emerged on how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) traced 64 illegal bank accounts linked to the Bank Verification Number (BVN) of Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the embattled Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly.   The 64 bank accounts registered with different fictitious names and used to siphon public funds, are all linked to the BVN …

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Didier Drogba: How Ivory Coast striker helped to halt civil war in his home nation

Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan’s second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world’s great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground – known as the Red Castle – became the setting for one of football’s most extraordinary tales. The date was 8 October 2005. The mathematics of qualification for World Cup 2006 were simple. A win for Cameroon against …

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