Author: Abibat Babalola

Lady Who Worked As Cleaner In 2021 To Fund Her Education Bags First-Class From UNILORIN

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A Nigerian lady, Lasisi Romoke Adunbarin, who struggled to further her education years ago, has bagged a first-class from UNILORIN. The UNILORIN graduate listed her other achievements aside from the first-class honours she got in mathematics Many who read that she once worked as a cleaner in 2021 said hers is a perfect example of what determination could achieve. READ ALSO: I Didn’t Bullied, Killed Mohbad’ – Naira Marley Speaks In New Video NYSC Reacts As Outcry Trails Anambra Vigilante’s Assault on Female Corps Member Lagos Reacts Over Tiktoker Peller’s…

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I Didn’t Bullied, Killed Mohbad’ – Naira Marley Speaks In New Video

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Musician Naira Marley, born Azeez Fashola, has shared his side of the story over the death of his former signee Mohbad. Mohbad (Ilerioluwa Aloba) died on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at the age of 27. In February, a Magistrate’s Court in Yaba, Lagos acquitted Naira Marley and music promoter Sam Larry (Samson Balogun) of blame over Mohbad’s death. The court also freed Primeboy (Ibrahim Owodunni) and Mohbad’s former manager, Babatunde Opere. READ ALSO: NYSC Reacts As Outcry Trails Anambra Vigilante’s Assault on Female Corps Member Lagos Reacts Over Tiktoker Peller’s…

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Lagos Reacts Over Tiktoker Peller’s N36m Tax Demand Claim

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The Lagos State Government has reiterated that the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service makes the best judgment on issues of taxation. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Tax and Revenue, Abdulkabir Ogungbo, hinted at this following TikTok influencer Habeeb Hamzat aka Peller’s lamentation over a purported N36m tax bill, which he claimed he got from Lagos State. The young content creator and online streamer criticised the state government last week over what he described as excessive taxation. In a viral video recorded from a livestream with singer Tobechukwu Okoh…

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Davido, His Father, Adeleke Have Been Paying LG Workers — Bode George

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Elder statesman and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has revealed that salaries of Osun State Local Government workers are being paid from the pockets of the Adeleke family. He said music star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido; his father, Dr. Deji Adeleke; and Governor Ademola Adeleke have been paying the workers. George made the revelation in an interview with Nigeria Info FM on Saturday as he shed light on the news surrounding Adeleke’s initial defection from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

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Okanlomo Chieftaincy: Alaafin Does Not Deserve Response — Ooni’s Spokesman

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Otunba Moses Olafare, the spokesman of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said that the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, does not deserve a reply to the 48-hour ultimatum he issued to his boss over the conferment of the chieftaincy title of the Okanlomo of Yorubaland on business magnate, Engineer Dotun Sanusi, popularly known as Ilaji. The response of the spokesman to the Ooni of Ife to the position of the Alaafin of Oyo was contained in a post he made on his Facebook page…

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Oriyomi Hamzat Apologizes To Naira Marley, Lifts Two-Year Ban On Marlian Records At Agidigbo FM

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Radio broadcaster Oriyomi Hamzat has tendered an apology to singer Naira Marley and announced that Agidigbo FM will resume playing his songs, ending a two-year ban on all Marlian Records music from the station. In September 2024, Hamzat banned songs from Naira Marley and his label following the controversy surrounding the death of former signee, Mohbad. At the time, allegations surfaced linking Marley to the incident. READ ALSO: Nigeria Mulls Pay Rise For Political Office Holders 6,458 Admission Seekers Risk Sanctions As JAMB Begins Probe Govt Bans Schools’ Kindergarten, Nursery…

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Nigeria Mulls Pay Rise For Political Office Holders

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The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has hinted at plans to review the salaries of political office holders in Nigeria, describing current earnings as inadequate, unrealistic, and outdated in the face of rising responsibilities and economic challenges. At a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu presently earns N1.5m monthly, while ministers receive less than N1m — figures that have remained unchanged since 2008. “You are paying the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria N1.5m a month, with a population…

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6,458 Admission Seekers Risk Sanctions As JAMB Begins Probe

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has placed 6,458 admission seekers under investigation for alleged involvement in technology-enabled examination malpractice during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). On Monday, in Abuja, JAMB inaugurated a 23-member Special Committee on Examination Infraction to investigate the cases and submit its report within 21 days. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said candidates found culpable would face sanctions recommended by the committee. “This year we came across a number of strange things and we felt that it would be better if we…

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EFCC, Immigration Deport 42 Foreign Cybercriminals, 150 More To Follow

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The Nigerian Immigration Service in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun the deportation of some of the foreign nationals recently convicted by the court following their arrest for cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offences. 42 out of the 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals convicted by the Federal High Court, Lagos were deported back to their home countries on Sunday. Channels Television obtained pictures of some of the deportees at the airport just before they left the country. The first batch of deportees, left Nigeria at…

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Two Nigerians Die Of Suspected Poisoning In Libya

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Two Nigerians identified simply as Collins and Osas have reportedly died in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, under circumstances suspected to be linked to poisoning, PUNCH Metro has learnt. Our correspondent gathered on Saturday that the victims, who were both residing in the Misrata part of the country, had travelled to Tripoli on July 20 with a friend whose identity is yet unknown. Sources privy to the incident said that after spending some days there, the friend advised the two to return with him to Misrata. They, however, allegedly refused,…

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