Month: January 2023

Saudi Arabia Bends Marriage Law For Ronaldo, Partner

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Saudi Arabia is reportedly set to bend its marriage law to allow Al Nassr new star signing Cristiano Ronaldo to live with his partner, Georgina Rodriguez. Saudi Arabia marriage law forbids couples that are not married from living together. However, Spanish news outlet, Sport, revealed that Ronaldo and Rodriguez will be living together in Saudi Arabia and are most likely not going to be punished for breaking the law. READ ALSO: US Announces $3bn In Military Assistance For Ukraine Prominent Kenyan LGBTQ Activist Found Dead In Metal Box – Local…

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US Announces $3bn In Military Assistance For Ukraine

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The United States on Friday announced a major military assistance package for Ukraine that is valued at more than $3 billion and includes 50 Bradleys and dozens of other armored vehicles. The assistance — $2.85 billion drawn from US inventories and $225 million in foreign military financing — does not include advanced Western tanks sought by Kyiv, but will still provide significant additional firepower for its forces. It is “the largest security assistance package in total value that we have committed so far,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper…

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Prominent Kenyan LGBTQ Activist Found Dead In Metal Box – Local Media

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KENYAN police have discovered the body of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the country, local media reported on Friday. Motorbike taxi riders alerted police after they saw the box dumped by the roadside from a vehicle with a concealed number plate, The Standard and The Daily Nation newspapers reported, quoting police sources. Activist Edwin Chiloba’s remains were found on Tuesday near Eldoret town in Uasin Gishu county, where he ran his fashion business, independent rights group the Kenya Human Rights Commission…

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‘World’s Most Wanted’ Human Trafficker Arrested In Sudan

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An Eritrean national described as the ‘world’s most wanted’ human trafficker has been arrested in Sudan after an international search led by the United Arab Emirates, Interpol has announced. The suspect, identified as Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, is accused of leading a criminal organisation that abducts, extorts and murders East African migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reported the France-based police agency as saying in an online statement. Habtemariam was arrested on Sunday in a ‘major international police operation led by the…

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Covenant Varsity Lecturer, Wale Olonade, Bags PhD In Development Sociology

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What Oyedepo, VC Prof. Abiodun Adebayo said at the 17th Convocation of Covenant University + PHOTOS of latest scholar in special area of development Sociology   A lecturer at the Covenant University, Olawale Yinusa Olonade, has bagged a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Degree in  development Sociology. Platforms Africa reports that Olonade was pronounced a Ph.D holder alongside 1,933 other including first, and second degree holders at the 17th Convocation of the institution in Ota, Ogun State. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, disclosed this during the 17th Convocation Ceremony and Conferment…

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Fatima Andat Tops With 5.0 CGPA As Covenant Varsity Graduates 1,934

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206 students bag first class at 17th Convocation of the University Fatima Andat, a student in the Department of Accounting, College of Management and Social Sciences, has emerged as the overalk best-graduating student of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.00. Platforms Africa reports that Andat scored a oerfect CGPA having scored 5.00 out of 5.00 Available points by the University. A total of 206 students on Friday bagged First-Class degrees at the institution’s 2021/2022 Convocation. READ ALSO Meet Albert Oikelome, UNILAG New…

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Guardian Photo Editor, Femi Adebesin-Kuti, Is Dead

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He died At Abeokuta FMC, Photojournalist’s Guild gives details of how Kuti, fondly called Esin Funfun (White Horse’s) breathed his last       Photo Editor of the Guardian newspaper, Femi Adebesin-Kuti, is dead. The Guild of Photojournalists Nigeria, which announced the death of Adebesin-Kuti, one of its members, added that he died on Friday January 06,2023 at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State after a brief illness. “Adebesin was aged 57 years old. He occupied the Photo Editor position at the Guardian Newspaper and had a stint with…

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I’m Nigerian from Iseyin Oyo State – Grammy Awards winner Angélique Kidjo

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Multiple Grammy Award winner, Angelique Kidjo, said her mother revealed to her that she is a Nigerian, from Iseyin, a town in Oyo State. Kidjo, 61, revealed in a recent interview with Smooth FM in Lagos State. Although born in Benin Republic, the singer explained that her mother claimed that she has lots of relatives in Nigeria even though she doesn’t visit them often. “My Mum told me that I am from Iseyin because when my grandfather’s great great great great father came back from Brazil, they found their roots…

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Pope Francis Leads Ex-Pontiff Benedict’s Funeral + PHOTOS

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The funeral of Pope Benedict XVI has been held at the Vatican, the first time in hundreds of years a funeral service for a former pope has been presided over by a current pope. Before the service, Benedict’s body had been on display in St Peter’s Basilica, dressed in robes and clutching rosary beads, allowing tens of thousands of mourners to file past. As it began, pallbearers carried Benedict’s coffin out of the huge church and rested it before an altar in front of St Peter’s Square. READ ALSO: How…

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Barber Shop Owner Jailed For Using Covid Grants To Fund Terrorists

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A man has been jailed for 12 years for sending Covid relief grants he received from a London council to fund so-called Islamic State terrorists in Syria. Barber shop owner Tarek Namouz, 43, was given thousands of pounds of bounce back loans which he transferred abroad. Kingston Crown Court heard at the time of the offences Namouz was on licence for raping a woman, 18, in a north London pub where he was the landlord. READ ALSO: How Helen Paul Transformed from N9,500 To N400k Salary Earner In 1 Minute…

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