Month: January 2023

16 PDP Supporters Killed, Many Injured In Auto Accident In Plateau

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sixteen people have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck conveying supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state. The accident occurred on Saturday at Jwak village, Panyam district of Mangu LGA, after the zonal rally of the party which was held in Pankshin. READ ALSO: PHOTOS : Plane With 72 Passengers On Board Crashes Gunmen Kill Nigerian Catholic Priest, Set Corpse, Parish Ablaze Kachikwu Tests Positive, Says COVID-19 Is Back Why can’t a side chick have a side guy? By Funke Egbemode Peter Longsan, Federal…

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PHOTOS : Plane With 72 Passengers On Board Crashes

ADEOLA YUSUF

A plane carrying 72 people has crashed in Nepal on Sunday. “There are 68 passengers on board and four crew members. Rescue is underway, we don’t know right now if there are survivors,” the Yeti Airlines’ spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula told AFP. He said the plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal. The wreckage was on fire and rescue workers were trying to put out the blaze, said local official Gurudutta Dhakal.

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Gunmen Kill Nigerian Catholic Priest, Set Corpse, Parish Ablaze

ADEOLA YUSUF

Platforms Africa’s Daniel Atori in Niger who gives details of the ruins and bloodletting, reports that Christian Association of Nigeria demands probe of heartless killing of Rv. Fr. Isaac Achi from Buhari   MINNA: Gunmen suspected to be Armed Bandits in the early hours of today (Sunday) attacked the Catholic Parish house in Kaffin Koro in Paikoro local government area of Niger State, killing the Parish Priest Rev fr. Isaac Achi and leaving his assistant identified as Father Collins injured. It was gathered that the gunmen who visited the community…

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Kachikwu Tests Positive, Says COVID-19 Is Back

ADEOLA YUSUF

Don’t take COVID-19 for granted as infection rates have risen rapidly all over the world in the last few weeks,  Kachikwu to Nigerians   Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has said he recently tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement issued on Friday, Kachikwu warned Nigerians to be vigilant, adding that COVID-19 has returned. Kachikwu called on Nigerians not to take COVID-19 for granted as infection rates have risen rapidly all over the world in the last few weeks. READ ALSO: COVID-19 vaccine, a ploy…

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Veteran Actor ‘Papa Ajasco’ is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

How the trained nurse turned Nollywood veteran breathed his last, colleague shares Femi Ogunrombi’s last moments   Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, popularly known as Papa Ajasco, is dead. His death was confirmed by a theatre practitioner, Husseini Shaibu, via his Twitter handle on Sunday. He wrote, “I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with #NATIONALTROUPE and one time stand in for the ‘Papa Ajasco’ character on the popular #waleadenugaprod comic series ‘Papa Ajasco’ Mr. Femi Ogunrombi is dead. “I am told that the actor,…

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Kogi NUJ Chairman Loses Wife

ADEOLA YUSUF

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Saturday, paid a condolence visit to the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kogi State chapter, Comrade Adeiza Momohjimoh, whose wife, Zainab, passed on last Friday. The governor, who was accompanied on the visit by his Chief of Staff, Abdulkareem Jamiu Asuku, and the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Abdullahi Bello, among others, urged the NUJ chairman to be strong for the sake of the children his late wife left behind and the entire family. He said his…

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Crescent Varsity Celebrates Eight Siblings At 18th Matriculation

ADEOLA YUSUF

…Disclaims fake university ranking, demarketing       Crescent University Abeokuta has lauded the commitment of Alhaji Aliyu Bature, Wazirin Guzo whose eight children were matriculated alongside over one thousand other fresh students at the institution’s 18th matriculation held on Saturday 14th January 2023. This was contained in the 18th matriculation address by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibraheem Gbajabiamila when highlighting the achievements of the institution’s products over the years. Recall that institution which prides itself as citadel of academic and moral excellence was founded by the former judge of…

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Lagos BAT Ambassadors Inaugurate 12-Man Executive

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MEMBERS AND THEIR MANDATE: Full names of Committee members and their terms of engagement   The Lagos State BAT Ambassadors has inaugurated a 12-MAN State, Local Government and Ward executive Committee. Platforms Africa reports that the Committee has the mandate to help the election bid of the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC(, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Speaking at the event, Lagos State Coordinator, Alhaji Abdulrahman Lekki said; “We are here today because of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We pray that God should make it possible for him to…

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Why can’t a side chick have a side guy? By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Oga, if you are not going to give your side chick (the one you warm her heart and wet her panties) the ‘more’ she wants, brace up (for hard, sad reality), she just might get herself a side guy soon. That’s how a deregulated market works.”   I had not seen Fey (short for Feyikemi) in a while, a year and some weeks, I think. Until that bright afternoon last week. I was getting out of my car in the parking lot of my favourite spa in Victoria Island, Lagos.…

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Months to End My 8 Years, How Many of You Have I Islamized -Buhari to Kukah

ADEOLA YUSUF

“I have less than 5 months to finish my 8years. How many of you have I Islamized?” President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Reverend Hassan Kukah. President Buhari who played host to Kukah and other Catholic Bishops during a visit to Aso Rock, jokingly reminded the cleric of his Hullabaloo campaign on Islamization agenda when Buhari was seeking a chance to lead Nigeria eught years ago. READ ALSO: Everything In Nigeria Is Broken, Except Corruption, By Mathew Kukah Getting Married At 19 A Mistake – 55 Yr-Old Ireti Doyle After 6…

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