Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has hit out at her colleagues defending comedian Baba Ijesha who was last week arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, Newsextra24 reports. Baba Ijesha, born Olarenwaju Omiyinka, according to the police, had been assaulting the teenager since she was seven. In a video uploaded …
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Canada has rejected the request of a former member of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Olushola Popoola, seeking asylum in the North American country. Popoola’s application was rejected by the Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board in Canada because he was a member of the defunct unit of the …
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Safety in the workplace has been a recurring challenge in the life of so many business organisations, particularly those in the manufacturing sector, but Expand Global Industries Limited (EGIL), a subsidiary of Henkel in Nigeria believes that leveraging on the health and safety of its workers is central to the …
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“It would be disingenuous of me to suggest that I am not a worried man,” rapper’s attorney says DMX was taken to a New York hospital Friday night following a reported drug overdose. The rapper’s attorney confirmed to Rolling Stone that he is currently hospitalized and on life support. TMZ …
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There was a clash between Muslim and Christian faithful on Wednesday in Ilorin after the Kwara State Government reopened 10 schools shut over hijab (Islamic headscarf) controversy. It was learned that students wearing hijab were disallowed from entering Baptist School, Surulere by some protesting Christians. An eyewitness told our correspondent …
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The President Mothers Union, Women’s Guild and Girls’ Guild, Province of the Niger, and Diocese of Awka, Anglican Communion, Mrs. Martha Chioma Ibezim has called on government at all levels in Nigeria to establish laws abolishing harmful cultural practices against women in the society. Mrs. Ibezim said some cultural practices …
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Nine languages in Nigeria are already extinct, according to the National Council for Arts and Culture. They are Ajawa, spoken in present-day Bauchi, Basa-Gumna of Niger State, Auyokawa which used to be spoken in Jigawa State, Gamo-Ningi, a Kainji dialect in Bauchi State, Homa of Adamawa State, Kubi of Bauchi …
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The Chief Executive Officer of Century Power Generation Limited, Dr. Chukwueloka Umeh, says that for Nigeria to meet its National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) target to meter 30 million consumers over two years, local manufacturers must be empowered to enable them to ramp up production in order to meet the …
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The death of Emilia Asim-Ita, Practice Director of A’Lime Media and co-founder of The Future Awards Africa, which happened on January,29 came as a rude shock to Nigerians. She was also a former partner at Red Media Africa In an exclusive chat with The PUNCH, her brother, Williams Asim-Ita, revealed …
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Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly turned down a multi-million-pound offer to become the face of Saudi Arabian tourism. The deal amounted to €6million per year (£5.3m) and is understood to have included Ronaldo making visits to the country and his image being used on all promotional material. Ronaldo’s great rival Lionel …
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