Month: April 2023

Yul Edochie Clears All Instagram Posts Hours After Deleting Second Wife’s Photos

ADEOLA YUSUF

Popular Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has deleted all posts on his Instagram account, weeks after the death of his first son, Kambilichukwu. This followed after he deleted his profile picture and all Instagram posts of his second wife, Judy Austin, and their son. Platforms Africa confirmed that Yul had also deleted all his posts on Instagram. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Cinema Records N441m Revenue In March CAN Rebukes Peak Milk Over ‘Offensive’ Easter Advert Suspected Yahoo Boy killed For Crushing Four To Death In Ondo Recall that In March, Yul lost…

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Nigeria’s Cinema Records N441m Revenue In March

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Monday, said it generated N441 million from tickets sold across the country in March. The National Chairman of CEAN, Mr Opeyemi Ajayi disclosed this while speaking in Lagos on Monday. Ajayi said  the total admission of viewers into cinemas across the federation, for the period under review was 174,071. READ ALSO: CAN Rebukes Peak Milk Over ‘Offensive’ Easter Advert BMO: Buhari’s N320bn TETFund Grants To Tertiary Institutions Largest Nigeria Bars Online Banks From Accessing Customers’ Photos, Contacts Royal Queens Hold Inaugural Confab,…

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Easter: The Can Milk Advert That Turned CAN Against Peak Milk

ADEOLA YUSUF

Retract advert, Apologise to Christians or face legal action and product boycott – CAN tells FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC . Accept our apologies and pledge to avoid a recurrence in the future – FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC   Peak Milk manufacturer, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, has apologised to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday, stating that the social media advertisement has been removed. The CAN has condemned FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, makers of…

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BMO: Buhari’s N320bn TETFund Grants To Tertiary Institutions Largest

ADEOLA YUSUF

The latest disbursement of N320.3 billion as intervention funds for public tertiary institutions is yet another evidence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s desire to improve higher education in the country. The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke that the 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) disbursement to tertiary institutions is the highest in 30 years. READ ALSO: Dalai Lama Apologises After Video Asking Boy To ‘Suck My Tongue’ Yul Edochie Deletes Instagram Photos Of Second Wife Judy, Son Suspected…

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Dalai Lama Apologises After Video Asking Boy To ‘Suck My Tongue’

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans’ 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologised on Monday after footage showed him asking a young boy to “suck my tongue” at a public event. “A video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked His Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug,” said a statement on the exiled leader’s Twitter account, which has 19 million followers. “His Holiness wishes to apologise to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for…

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Yul Edochie Deletes Instagram Photos Of Second Wife Judy, Son

ADEOLA YUSUF

Popular Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has deleted many of his Instagram photos and videos, including those belonging to his second wife Judy Austin shared over the past year. The actor also removed the post he made in April 2022 to announce that he had a new son and a second wife. Meanwhile, the Nollywood star still has photos of his first wife May Yul Edochie and also spared the picture of him and his father. READ ALSO: Suspected Yahoo Boy killed For Crushing Four To Death In Ondo FG Bars…

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Suspected Yahoo Boy killed For Crushing Four To Death In Ondo

ADEOLA YUSUF

A young man identified as Temitope Oluwaseun Olorunfemi aka Newcash, suspected to be involved in ‘yahoo plus’ has been killed by a mob after he crushed four persons to death. Witnesses said sympathisers, who rushed to rescue the driver found some fetish items inside the vehicle and raised their suspension that the driver was into ritual otherwise known as ‘yahoo plus’. Seeing fetish inside his car, the sympathizers descended on the driver and beat him to a coma. According to the Police PRO in Ondo, SP Funmilayo Odunlami Omisanya, she…

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Nigeria Bars Online Banks From Accessing Customers’ Photos, Contacts

ADEOLA YUSUF

Loan apps on Play Store will lose their ability to access their users’ contacts or photos from May 31, 2023. This came as the Federal Government said it would enforce the latest policy by Google, saying the action was consistent with the Nigerian authorities’ move to curtail the invasion of customers’ privacy by loan app firms. The Federal Government had in recent time taken major decisions aimed at tackling the violation of customers’ privacy by loan apps. Notably, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission had recently registered 170 loan…

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Brain Drain: UK Places Nigeria On Red List For Health Workers’ Recruitment

ADEOLA YUSUF

The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. This is coming one month after the World Health Organisation listed 55 countries, including Nigeria facing the most pressing health workforce challenges related to Universal Health Coverage. The United Kingdom Government said Nigeria and other countries on the red list should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers unless there was a government-to-government agreement. READ ALSO: How Nigerian Lecturer,…

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How Nigerian Lecturer, Zahrah Ibrahim, Won European Engineering Award

ADEOLA YUSUF

The University of Aberdeen gives details of how her PhD candidate won 5,000 Euros cash prize for the prestigious award   The School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, has given details of how a Nigerian lecturer and PhD candidate at the university won the inaugural European Drilling Engineering Association Drilling Engineering (DEA(e)) Innovation award, which came with 5,000 Euros cash prize. Platforms Africa reports that the University in a statement on its website, wrote: “The School of Engineering would like to congratulate PhD student Zahrah Ibrahim, who was selected as…

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