Day: August 17, 2024

‘Kai, Saka,’ How Arsenal Gunned Down Wolves In 2-0 Crackers

Ganiyu Amodu

. Roles Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka played in getting the Gunners latest Premier League title challenge up and running on Saturday.   Arsenal edged to a 2-0 win at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers with goals by Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka getting their latest Premier League title challenge up and running on Saturday. It was far from a fluent display in the summer sunshine but Mikel Arteta’s side, once again regarded as the team most likely to halt Manchester City’s domination, deserved the points. Havertz headed in from Saka’s…

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‘It’s 7 Months,’ Nigerian Doctors Begin Protest Over Colleagues Kidnap

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos State has joined the nationwide solidarity march of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors over prolonged captivity of one of its members, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola. The doctors, during the protest on Friday, called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts toward her safe release. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the doctors were seen displaying placards with different descriptions demanding the immediate release of Popoola, a Registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna. According…

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Apostle Suleman And His Toilet Flight From Germany To France, By Lere Olayinka

ADEOLA YUSUF

Yesterday, I saw one of the videos of Apostle Johnson Suleman, leader and founder of Omega Fire Ministries International, a church based in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria. In the video, Apostle Suleman claimed that a member of his church, based in Germany, received a prophecy for a church in France. God told him to go to France, but he had no DOCUMENTS. Documents in this regard will mean VISA and Flight Ticket. But God told him to go to the Airport. When he got to the Airport, he met people…

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10 Years Without Dimgba Igwe, By Femi Adesina

ADEOLA YUSUF

“He didn’t make it.” That was what Pastor Dickson Anyanwu quietly whispered to me as he came out of the Accident and Emergency ward of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital that Saturday morning of September 6, 2014. My head simply vanished! Have you had that feeling before, when on hearing some heart-rending news, and it feels like your head has taken leave, and disappeared from your neck? Horrible feeling. Horrendous. Awful. Accompanied by a sinking sensation in the pit of your stomach. That was how I felt when Anyanwu, one…

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Cleric Kills Five For Money Ritual, Throws Remains Inside Well

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The Command’s Commissioner, CP Ayodele Sonubi, made this known while parading the suspects in Ibadan on Friday. Sonubi said the command got information about the act of one of the suspected serial ritual killers on August 10 when it was reported by one Ayede and immediately swung into action. He said that residents of the community had noticed an offensive odour oozing out of a building belonging to the…

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NNPC Releases Fresh Message For Job Seekers

Abibat Babalola

. ‘Slots not for sale, and others,’ details of the latest from the oil giant’s spokesman, Olufemi Soneye       The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has refuted reports claiming that it is selling employment slots to the public. In a statement issued on Saturday, Olufemi Soneye, the company’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, urged job seekers and the general public to disregard these false rumors. Soneye emphasized that there is no truth to the allegations that NNPC Ltd. is offering employment slots for sale. READ ALSO: BBNaija:…

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‘I Can’t Find My Period,’ BBNaija Chinwe Speaks After Bathroom S3x

Abibat Babalola

One of Big Brother Naija Season 9 housemates, Chinwe, has a feeling she is pregnant for her house partner and lover, Zion. The housemate said this while speaking with Rhuthee on Friday, days after making out with him in the bathroom. READ ALSO: 15-Year-Old Wins Top Honour For Skin Cancer Breakthrough Intimate Affairs: The Wedding Is Off!, By Funke Egbemode Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops To 33.4% In July — NBS Prof. Dele Odunlami Delivers Olabisi Onabanjo Varsity’s 119th Inaugural Lecture Chinwe told Rhuthee: “I am feeling nauseous and my period…

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15-Year-Old Wins Top Honour For Skin Cancer Breakthrough

Abibat Babalola

In October 2023, Heman Bekele, a rising 10th-grader from Woodson High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, made history. He was crowned the winner of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a prestigious title that came with a $25,000 prize. He competed against nine other finalists, and his groundbreaking invention was a soap with the potential to treat and prevent multiple forms of skin cancer. The 15-year-old scientist has now been recognised as the 2024 Kid of the Year by Time magazine and Time for Kids. The teenager, born of Ethiopian parents…

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The Wedding Is Off!, By Funke Egbemode

Abibat Babalola

  11 o’ clock! The groom is yet to surface. Throwing convention to the winds, the bride lifts her veil and starts pacing up and down, her lips moving in prayer. God, where could he be?   It’s been going on for years, maybe three, maybe more or less. Everybody expects the journey to culminate at the usual final bus stop. And true to people’s expectations, it looks like the normal thing will definitely happen. The invitation cards are out, the wedding trousseau complete. She has made trips and trips…

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