Month: April 2023

This Happened After Davido Met Look-alike at Obi Cubana’s Birthday

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  “New Song ls Coming,” Reaction As Davido Meets Look-alike   Hiphop Superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has met his Look-alike, known as Twin OBO. Platforms Africa reports that the video of their meeting at a club during Obi Cubana’s birthday made it online. READ ALSO How I Was Able To Get Back On My Feet After Death Of My Son — Davido Nigeria Grants Asylum To 20,612 Syrians, Congolese Other Nationals In 6 Yrs I won’t Do It Again, Man Selling Indian Hemp For Prisoners Lands In…

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DisCos Rake In N202.62Bn As Estimated Customers’ Number Balloons To 5.91 Million

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Revenue collection by Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, is showing a steady growth while electricity customers on estimated billing space kept going up despite ongoing smart meter deployment intervention initiatives by the Federal Government. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, estimated customers stood at 5.91 million in Q3 2022, higher by 1.09 per cent from 5.85 million recorded in Q2 2022. Although, the Bureau’s report said on a year-on-year basis, estimated customers declined by 6.38 percent in Q3 2022 from 6.32 million recorded in Q3 2021, however, revenue collected…

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BREAKING: Adamawa REC for Prosecution, Results Collation To Resume – INEC

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Consequent upon the indefinite suspension of Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari, the Independent National Electoral Commission, may have decided to prosecute the officer. Platforms Africa reports that the electoral umpire rising from its meeting this morning has decided to write the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to investigate the suspended REC and prosecute him accordingly. However, INEC management immediately pronounced the declaration illegal, null and void and summoned the REC to Abuja, following which he was placed on an indefinite suspension. Festus…

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Traditional Worshippers In Nigeria Want Aug 20 As Public Holiday

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The National Council of Iseselagba (traditional worshippers) on Monday appealed to the federal and state governments to recognise its members in the scheme of things in the country. The Awise (Speaker) of the council in Ekiti State, who said there were three religions in Nigeria – Christianity, Islamic and traditional – lamented that traditionalists were being neglected in appointment to positions in government. Lawal, who spoke at a press conference in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, called on governments “to extend the hand of fellowship being given to Christians…

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43% Completed, Nigeria Gives Update On $2.8bn AKK Gas Pipeline

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    Vice President Insists AKK Project Is To Power 3,600MW Plants      The $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano natural gas pipeline project being constructed by the Nigerian Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and its partners, is now 43 per cent completed, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, announced on Monday. He also revealed that the project would help in generating 3.6 gigawatts (3,600 megawatts) of electricity, adding that the AKK pipeline was a major project of the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). READ ALSO: Nigeria Grants…

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Nigeria Grants Asylum To 20,612 Syrians, Congolese Other Nationals In 6 Yrs

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Real time statistics of 41 countries whose nationals got asylum from January 2017 to December 2022.     20,612 foreign nationals sought and got asylum in Nigeria from January 2017 to December 2022. According to data obtained from the United Nations Human Rights Council for the period under review, most asylum seekers originated from Cameroun, Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and Lebanon. READ ALSO: I won’t Do It Again, Man Selling Indian Hemp For Prisoners Lands In Jail Workers Ground ExxonMobil’s Nigeria Operations, Firm Declares…

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I won’t Do It Again, Man Selling Indian Hemp For Prisoners Lands In Jail

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How the 31 year-old bricklayer was caught selling drugs at Ikoyi custodial centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS).   A Lagos Federal High Court, has sentenced a 31 year-old bricklayer, Rasheed Bolaji, to two years imprisonment, for selling Cannabis Sativa, in Ikoyi custodial centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Justice Abimbola Awogboro, sentenced the bricklayer to the jail-term, after convicted him of two counts charge trafficking and unlawful dealing in 5. 3 kilograms of India hemp, leveled against him by the anti-narcotic agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement…

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JAMB Extends 2023 Direct Entry Registration

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday extended the closing date for the 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration by one week starting from Friday, April 21. In a statement, JAMB’s spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said that the DE registration exercise commenced on Monday, March 20, and billed to end on Thursday, April 20. “The extension was partly to give all holders of Cambridge A/Level Certificates, who were unable to register for the exercise on account of some issues associated with the verification of their certificates another opportunity to…

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Police Arrest Man For Kidnapping, Burying 3-Year-Old Child Alive In Katsina

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The Katsina State Police Command on Monday paraded a suspect who kidnapped and buried a three-year-old child alive after collecting the ransom of N150,000 from his parent in a Katsina community. The suspect, Abubakar Abdulaziz 30, of Sabuwar Santa, Musawa LGA, Katsina State, according to police report had criminally trespassed into the residence of one Adamu Alhassan of Bacirawa village in Musawa LGA Local Government while he was deep asleep and kidnapped his three three-year-old son to an unknown destination. READ ALSO: Ogun Woman Sells Baby For N600.000 In Lagos…

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How My Wife Sold Our 18 Month-Old Daughter For N600,000 In Lagos – Man

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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle for allegedly selling her 18 months old baby for N600,000 to a yet-to-be-identified buyer. The command indicated that the incident occurred on 15th March 2023. The state police spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by her husband, Nureni Rasaq. READ ALSO: Workers Ground ExxonMobil’s Nigeria Operations, Firm Declares Force Majeure APC Chairman Slumps, Dies In Delta State SpaceX Starship, World’s Biggest Rocket, Set For First…

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