Day: April 11, 2024

Nigerian Dancer Korra Obidi Suffers Acid, knife Attack During Live Stream In UK

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian dancer appealed to the public to provide any information that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrator of the act. Nigerian dancer and content creator, Anita Chukwumfumnaya Obidi, popularly known as Korra Obidi, has come under a knife and acid attack in the United Kingdom According to the dancer, the attack occurred while she was in the middle of a live stream on Thursday, April 11, 2024. She disclosed this in a video posted on her Instagram account some minutes ago. “My face is burning, can I…

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Ogun Journalist, Daud Olatunji, Wife Welcome Triplets 13 Yrs After Wedding

Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

“Abdullah, Maryam, Aisha,” how the newly born-babies were named before birth + emotional messages friends, families others penned on the journalist’s “three goals from one shot”   Popular Journalist in Ogun State, Daud Olatunji and his wife, Rukayat, have welcomed a set of triplets. Platforms Africa reports that the couple who got married in 2011 waited for 13 years before what the new father called “mercy from Allah!” Confirming the news to Platforms Africa, Olatunji who was overwhelmed with joy, said the triplets were named, even before birth as “Abdullah,…

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2024 UTME Notification Slip Ready for Printing — JAMB

Aliyu Aliyu

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has directed candidates who registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations to print their notification slips. The board disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its Spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin. READ ALSO: 10 Reasons Death of Junior Pope Proves Many Nigerians Need Mental Test ‘How We Finally Lost Him,’ AGN Declares Actor Junior Pope Dead Funke Akindele Speaks On Claim She Abandoned Late Jumoke Aderounmu Hospitalised For 3 Weeks, How Ex-Minister Ogbonnaya Onu Died He said the 2024 UTME…

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Hospitalised For 3 Weeks, How Ex-Minister Ogbonnaya Onu Died

Precious Ibekwe

The former Minister of Science and Technology under President Muhammadu Buhari and the first civilian governor of Abia state, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, is dead. Platforms Africa gathered from sources close to his family that Onu died on Thursday in Abuja after spending three weeks in an undisclosed hospital. “He has been sick and hospitalised for twmhree weeks now. Despite this, his death was so shocking because no one knew it would end this way. The family, friends and acquaintances tried. If it is money that saves life, we wouldn’t have…

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10 Reasons Death of Junior Pope Proves Many Nigerians Need Mental Test

Christopher Chinedumuije

‘Instead of an hospital, they took him with a crowd to a herbalist beside the river to perform rituals…,” Christopher Chinedumuije, a Professor of Disaster Management & Humanitarian Studies, writes on ‘How Friends Embalmed Nollywood star while he was still living   1. He drowned following a boat crash while on transit to and fro movie production set… 2. His body was recovered.., 3. Instead of taking him directly to the hospital for emergency care, they were busy snapping photos, making videos and posting online to tell Nigerians he was…

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Ex-Kogi Governor’s Son Slumps, Dies In Abuja After Eid Prayer

Abibat Babalola

Former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday lost one of his sons, Mohammed. The son of the former Governor of Kogi State, a politician like his father, died in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Mohammed represented Ankpa, Olamaboro and Omala Federal Constituency of Kogi State in the House of Representatives when his father was the state governor. READ ALSO: Funke Akindele Speaks On Claim She Abandoned Late Jumoke Aderounmu Okuama killings: Military Board Of Inquiry Commences Sitting In Warri Controversy As Second In Command Declares Olubadan-Designate Incapacitated…

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Okuama killings: Military Board Of Inquiry Commences Sitting In Warri

Abibat Babalola

The Military Board of Inquiry constituted by the Defence Headquarters to investigate the 17 soldiers killed in Okuama Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta, has commenced sitting. The panel convened on Wednesday at the Governor’s Office Annexe in Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The meeting, which was scheduled for 2.00 p.m., however, started at about 3.45 p.m. with six stakeholders from the Okoloba Community, Bomadi Local Government Area, in attendance. The Okuama Community was, however, not represented. READ ALSO: AGN Makes U-turn, Says Actor Junior…

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‘How We Finally Lost Him,’ AGN Declares Actor Junior Pope Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has officially confirmed the passing of Nollywood actor John Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. Recall that on Wednesday, the actor, along with three others, tragically passed away after their boat capsized in the Anam River in Anambra State at a film location. In a Facebook post on Thursday morning, the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, mentioned that while he initially announced Junior Pope’s survival in excitement upon noticing the tingling of his fingers, he eventually passed away after attempts to…

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Hope Dims On Rescue Of Two Passengers From Lagoon, Others Hospitalised – NEMA

Abibat Babalola

IBRAHIM Farinloye, Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the hope of rescuing the two passengers who fell off a bus into the Lagos lagoon following an accident on Wednesday has become dim. He spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) at the scene of the accident in Lagos. This is just as the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said that the remaining occupants of the bus were seriously injured. The impact of an accident earlier on Wednesday, according to Farinloye, had left two adults thrown off an 18-seater…

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Olubadan: Ladoja Faults Comments On Olakulehin’s Health

Abibat Babalola

The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, has faulted the position of some Ibadan High Chiefs over the health status of the Olubadan-designate, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. Ladoja said that the comments were mere expressions of personal opinions since the chiefs were not medical personnel. He said this while addressing newsmen after Eid-el-Fitri prayer at his residence on Wednesday in Ibadan. Otun Balogun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abimbola Ajibola was recently quoted by media as saying the Olubadan designate is sick and needs time to get well before his…

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