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INEC Rules Out Elections In 240 polling units

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said this year’s elections will not hold in 240 polling units in 28 states and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, at a meeting with leaders of the 18 registered political parties on Monday, explained that Imo and Taraba states have the highest number with 34 and 38 of such polling units, respectively. Prof. Yakubu disclosed that the reason was because no new registrants chose the affected polling units and no voters indicated interest to transfer to them…

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My Father Slept With Me For Years, Nigerian Lady Shares her Story

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A young Nigerian lady named Zayla Odell has taken to Twitter to share the horrific abuse meted on her by her parents. According to the young lady identified as @justsotired on Twitter, her father has been molesting her physically, mentally, sexually and financially since she was a child. Zayla said her father broke her in many ways and she battled depression for years. She shared a picture of herself when she was just 12 and her dad who molested her for years. Sharing her story, she said: “The year I…

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UK Police Arrests Daar Communications Chairman, Dokpesi

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

The Chairman of DAAR Communications Limited, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has been reportedly by the Police in the United Kingdom. Dokpesi was said to have been arrested on Sunday while travelling to the United Kingdom. He had boarded a Lufthansa Flight LH916 from Frankfurt to London and was subsequently picked up at Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport in London. A source who was on the flight confirmed his arrest to a news site. The source said: “We were on a flight from Frankfurt to London and as we are about…

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How Healthy Are You? The Drug Called Excess Sugar

By Halima Imam

We are often told that sugar is bad for our body. It is even said to be a ‘body builder’ for the bacteria that drive holes in our teeth. Well, how bad is it anyways? Put just a tiny pinch in our tea or leave it out altogether? Sugar, the numerous sweets, colorless, water soluble compounds present in the sap of seed plants and the milk of mammals make up the simplest group of carbohydrates. The most common sugar is sucrose, a crystalline tabletop and industrial sweetener used in foods…

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Blind Student In Federal Government College Impregnated

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…another found with N1m in her account The management of Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos State, has given details of how a blind female student of the school was impregnated by an unknown partner. According to the Principal, Mrs Tofunmi Akamo, while clarifying recent obscene developments bordering on sexcapade by some of the teenage students, who lodged their classmates in an hotel for sex romp, the case of the blind student was discovered after pregnancy test was carried out on her. She noted that it was the only case of…

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Billionaire Dantata: I’m Waiting To Die, I Don’t Enjoy Life Anymore

Gedion Myek

An elder statesman and billionaire businessman, Aminu Alhassan Dantata, says he no longer enjoys life and hopes to die soon in good faith. Dantata said he had travelled to all the states in Nigeria and had made a lot of friends from his youthful age, but could hardly identify 10 that are still alive. The 91-year-old man said this when he received the Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Kashim Shettima, at his residence in Kano on Tuesday. He said he was the only one left in…

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Nigerian Shot In Guyana Over Attempt To Assassinate President

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Guyana’s Government said Thursday it has asked world police agency Interpol to help it investigate the background of a Nigerian national who earlier in the day tried to illegally enter the residence of President Irfaan Ali and ended up trading gunfire with guards, wounding one seriously. Ali, 42, was at home at the time with his family when a man identified as Bethel Ikenna Chimezie approached guards at the official residence near the British embassy and demanded an audience with Guyana’s president. After arguing with guards, he stabbed one of…

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Union Bank Unveils Brand New Sonic Identity – The Sound of Union

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

Union Bank of Nigeria has launched a brand-new sonic identity tagged ‘The Sound of Union. At 105 years, the bank is now leveraging the universality of music to engage with new and existing audiences through this unique sound identity. The bank tapped prolific and award-winning music producer Tee-Y Mix, to create a timeless sound and interpret it across multiple genres for today’s and tomorrow’s generations. Speaking about The Sound of Union during the official Twitter Space unveiling, Ogochukwu Ekezie-Ekaidem, Chief Brand and Marketing Officer, Union Bank, said: “Over the past…

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Aisha Buhari Withdraws Case Against Social Media Critic

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The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has withdrawn the case against a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Aminu Mohammed. The case was withdrawn by the prosecution counsel Fidelis Ogbobe, before Justice Yusuf Hall of the FCT High Court. Ogbobe said the First Lady, being the mother of the nation, decided to withdraw the case, following the intervention of “well-meaning Nigerians”. Moving a motion for the withdrawal of the case, Ogbobe cited section 108 subsection 2(a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. Justice Halilu commended Hajia…

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Anambra-Born Billionaire Found Dead In Hotel Room

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

An Anambra state-born billionaire businessman, Chukwunonso John Chukwujekwu, has been found dead in a hotel room in Bauchi, capital of Bauchi state. The deceased, 37, hailed from Anambra East Local Government Area but was a resident of Boi Village in Bogoro Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State where he majored in provision business. Chukwujekwu was reportedly found dead in a hotel room on Thursday, December 1, 2022, two days after he was declared missing. The cause of his death remains unknown as no one could give a clue as…

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