Super Falcons defender Michelle Alozie has shared a picture of herself with Afrobeat star Davido. The 26-year-old, on Tuesday, shared a picture of herself and Davido holding up her Falcons’ jersey in a post on X (formerly Twitter). Alozie tagged the DMW star in the post with a handshake emoji. 🤝🏾 @davido pic.twitter.com/skksr1cpuR — michelle alozie (@alozieee) August 22, 2023
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Ex-minister of petroleum resources Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences in the United Kingdom relating to her former office in Nigeria. Mrs Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. The United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday that she will appear in court in the British on October 2. Soon after her arrest, her family’s lawyer told AFP she would strongly contest corruption allegations that have dogged her during and after her time in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. The…
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Singer Yemi Alade has survived a car crash in Spain. She revealed this through an Instagram post on Tuesday. The crash happened on August 17. She also revealed through the post that she had a medical emergency after a performance seven hours before the car crash. Yemi attributed her survival to God, adding that nothing is too complicated for him. “On the 17th of August, we were in a car crash, somewhere between barcelona and benicassim in Spain at 12:06(noon). i also experienced a minor medical emergency from exhaustion after performing on…
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Mandy Park Faith leaders across the different religious bodies in Nigeria, today, Tuesday, 22 August at a one day seminar in Lagos vowed to advance interfaith collaboration for peace building and peaceful coexistence amongst people of divergent creed. This is as they noted further that our humanity supersedes our differences The one day seminar and capacity building for the faith leaders, was organized by an Abuja-based Non Governmental Organization, Global Peace Foundation, Nigeria. The event, which held at the LEBC Conference Room of the Baptist Academy Compound in Obanikoro, Lagos,…
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…says dwindling number of female parliamentarians at the National Assembly worrisome Dame (Dr) Blessing Nwagba, bold, courageous and unassuming grassroots politician, has represented Aba North Constituency twice in the Abia State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).She later moved to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and was the governorship candidate of the party in the 2019 elections. In the 2023 elections, she ran a colourful campaign for the Senate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), battling it out with the state…
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Lloyd Ekweremadu, first son of the former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, is set to take a wife Tiffany in Abuja. Lloyd, also known as Ike Ekweremadu Jnr, and Tiffany will exchange marital vows on Saturday, August 19 at the Basilica of Grace Anglican Church, Gudu, Abuja. The reception will be held at AIB Event Centre, Wuse 2, Abuja. The groom is serving as a commissioner in the cabinet of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. The bride’s parents are Mr and Mrs Obinna Uzor.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that its engagement with musician Afeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, is to encourage him to use his skills and platforms to put out content that will discourage millions of his fans and Nigerian youths from substance abuse. Naira Marley on Thursday led members of his team on a visit to the national headquarters of the NDLEA in Abuja to express his preparedness to join the fight against drug abuse in the country. The agency came under criticism over the artiste’s…
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Mandy Park Community chiefs popularly called the Ba’ales, religious leaders, political stakeholders, students and ordinary folks of Eti-Osa, a local government area of Lagos State, today, Thursday protested the exclusion of their indigenes in the government of Babajide Sanwo-Olu. This is as they accuse Sanwo-Olu of grand deceit. The protest by the indigenous people of Eti-Osa is coming days after a group, Eti-Osa Heritage Organisation, alerted the public that outsiders have been listed as indigenes of their local government among the 39 commissioner-nominees sent to the Lagos State House of…
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Mandy Park Abia State Government is set to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CSS Integrated Farms, an arrangement that would see the Nasarawa State-based farm train Abia farmers. The State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, made this known on Wednesday while on a working visit to CSS Farms, owned by a former Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Prof John Kennedy Opara. A statement by Kazie Uko, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor stated that Otti encouraged by the large-scale mechanised farming going on…
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Mandy Park Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has directed the immediate ban on the operation of commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as Okada, within Umuahia, the State capital, and Aba Metropolis. A Press statement made available to the media by Kazie Uko Chief Press Secretary to the Governor noted that ” Effective Monday, August 14, 2023, any motorcycle seen on the streets of Umuahia and Aba townships being used for such purpose will be impounded by the security agencies. “Also, security agencies have been directed to arrest any individual…
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