Day: December 8, 2022

Celine Dion Battles Rare Incurable Disease, Cancels Shows

Ganiyu Amodu

Veteran Canadian singer, Celine Dion, has opened up on her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes one’s muscles to tense uncontrollably. The 54-year-old made the announcement in a video on her Instagram page on Thursday, where she disclosed that her 2023 shows had been moved to 2024. She noted that the rare disease, which occurs in one in a million people, had caused her to have spasms. The Power of Love singer said, “Hello everyone, im sorry it’s taken me so long to reach out to…

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Lekoil Nigeria Reaches Settlement Agreement With Cayman Subsidiary

Ganiyu Amodu

Lekoil Nigeria Limited, the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa has announced that it has reached agreement with Lekoil Limited, Lekoil Cayman, a Cayman Islands litigation asset company with an investment in oil & gas assets in Nigeria. The parties have agreed to terminate all legal proceedings and settle all claims made by or between them. The parties have been in dispute since early 2020 in connection with a number of matters including the rights of Lekoil Cayman under the shareholders…

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Kegites Club Clocks 50 Years, Rolls Out One-year Long Activities

ADEOLA YUSUF

“By dia fingas and dia kariability, we shall know them,” Ranks, Slangs and History of Kegites + Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo; Ex-President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, Professor Wole Soyinka, Dr Orji Kalu, Olusegun Adesina, Akeredolu (SAN), Associate professor Biodun Ojo, Chief Kensington Adebutu, Lekan Osiade; roll call of top members who are karid transformjara of the popular palm wine gyration club   The National Headquarters of the Kegites Club of Nigeria (KCN) has kickstarted its one-year-long celebration, to mark the 50th anniversary of the socio-cultural club, which was founded in 1971.…

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BREAKING: DSS Gives NNPC, Oil Marketers 48 Hrs to Clear Fuel Queues

Aliyu Aliyu

DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, reads riot act to NNPC and Oil Marketers,says the two have just two days to resolve the fuel crisis before it begins a manhunt against officials involved The Department of State Services (DSS) has given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and other stakeholders in the oil sector to resolve the ongoing fuel crisis. The secret police threatened that it would launch manhunt for any destructive tendencies if after 48 hours there is still…

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McLaughlin-Levrone Beats Amusan To Win World Athlete Award

Ganiyu Amodu

The World Athletics on Monday named American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone the Female World Athlete of the Year, beating Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan and three others for the prestigious honour. Amusan, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Peru’s Kimberly Garcia, and Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas were the other finalists. Amusan took the world by storm when she ran 12.12s in the semi-final of the women’s 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Eugene, USA to break Kendra Harrison’s 12.20s World Record. Amusan ran a faster time – 12.06s – in the final about one hour later…

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Peru Gets First Female President, After Castillo’s Impeachment, Arrest

Ganiyu Amodu

Dina Boluarte was sworn in on Wednesday at Congress as the first female President of Peru and the sixth one in five years. Boluarte, Peruvian former vice president succeeded her former principal, Pedro Castillo who was impeached and arrested for scheming to dissolve parliament. Castillo was impeached by a majority of 101 members in the 130-person legislative body, the same lawmakers that installed Boluarte a few hours later. The rowdy day started when ex-President Castillo announced plans to dissolve Congress and install an emergency government, ahead of an impending impeachment…

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Okonjo-Iweala Emerges ALM’s Best African Female Leader

Ganiyu Amodu

The United Kingdom-based African Leadership Magazine (ALM) has named the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as “African Female Leader of the Year”. According to a statement by ALM, the category was part of the “11th African leadership persons of the year award – 2022”. Also, the President of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio won the African of the Year while his Zambian Counterpart, President Hakainde Hichilema won the Political Leader of the Year. The trio were declared the winners in the 11th African Leadership…

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Coup Attempt Rocks Germany, 25 Arrested

Abibat Babalola

Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. The group of far-right and ex-military figures are said to have prepared for a “Day X” to storm the Reichstag parliament building and seize power. A man named as Heinrich XIII, from an old aristocratic family, is alleged to have been central to their plans. According to federal prosecutors, he is one of two alleged ringleaders among those arrested across 11 German states. The plotters are said to include members of the extremist…

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Reactions As Man Divorces Wife Because ‘She Is Too Beautiful’

Aoko Benjamin

Her too much beauty giving me sleepless nights, I am afraid of going to work or leaving her alone. I feared she would be snatched by other men. Mixed reactions have continued to trail revelations By forty-year-old Zimbabwean man, Arnold Masuka, who told the court he was no longer interested in his wife, Hilda Mleya(30) because she is too beautiful. there has been an outrage on social media concerning the mans position Arnold made this claim before the judge, Henry Chizvidzo. According to Zimbabwean Live, Arnold was divorcing his wife…

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Meet Jonathan, 190 Year-Old World’s Oldest Tortoise Ever

Abibat Babalola

The major World events the tortoise witnessed, and how it broke the Guinness World Records as the oldest chelonian to have ever lived         You might already recognise Jonathan the tortoise – he’s the oldest living land animal in the world. He has now earned a new Guinness World Records title. Shell-ebrating his 190th birthday this year, Jonathan is the world’s oldest tortoise ever! His official new record title is oldest chelonian. Chelonians are reptiles with protective shells, like turtles and tortoises. Jonathan is still in good…

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