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Mar

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2023

Fake DSS officer remanded for defrauding prophet, others

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, DSS/EFCC, Metro, Nigeria, Security

An Ondo Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 46-year-old man, Ebenezer Adefehinti, for allegedly defrauding three people under the pretext of securing jobs for their children. The defendant was said to have claimed to be an official of the Department of State Services. He was arrested in June 2022 at Ayegun Oka Akoko in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state. He was arraigned on five counts. Èdè Wa Ni: Ẹ Pàdé Àròjinlẹ̀ Tó Ń Dá Àwọn Ènìyàn Lẹ́kọ̀ọ́ Nípa Ẹranko Lédè Yoruba The police prosecutor, Inspector Augustine Omhenemhen, told the court that Adefehinti, with the intent to defraud members of…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

DJ Cuppy bags third degree, graduates from Oxford [PHOTOS]

Education, Entertainment, LifestyleDJ Cuppy, Education, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Nigeria, Personality

A famous Nigerian disc jockey, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, known as DJ Cuppy, has bagged a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford, England, in the United Kingdom. The disc jockey disclosed this while sharing pictures she took with her parents, Femi and Nana Otedola; including her fiancé, Ryan Taylor, at the graduation ceremony. In the post on her Instagram account on Thursday morning, Cuppy wrote, “I’m a Third Degree HOTTER! Oxford University MSc done!!! #CuppyOnAMission” The disc jockey had, in December 2022, flaunted her diamond engagement ring on her social media handles. The daughter of billionaire businessman, Otedola is engaged…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Lagos won’t fall for usurpers, demons, Sanwo-Olu will be reelected – Fani-Kayode

Opinion, Politics2023, Femi Fani-Kayode, Lagos, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

As the people of Lagos State file out to decide their governor, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said the state will not fall into the hands of terrorists and those who worship demons. Fani-Kayode made the remark while noting that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State shall be reelected. Describing Sanwo-Olu as a child of light, Fani-Kayode said Lagos would not fall into the hands of those making blood sacrifices to idols. A tweet by Fani-Kayode reads: “In the name of God the great, the El Shaddai, the El Lyon, the Adonai, the Elohim,…

Mar

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Guber polls: Charlyboy tells Obidients to prepare well, make videos

Entertainment, Opinion, Politics2023, Charly Boy, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Nigerian singer/songwriter, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy has called on Obidients across the nation to equip themselves with necessary items like recording materials before leaving for polling units. The socio-political activist who earlier said he would be in Lagos to monitor the exercise for Labour Party candidates despite the threats from oppositions, said Obidients should move in groups to avoid attacks. According to him, no voter should exit the polling units until their votes are counted, urging the electorates to make videos of the proceedings. In a tweet on Saturday morning, the famous entertainer said, “the Day…

Mar

17

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

The Billionaires Behind Tinubu Risking A Revolution – Opinion

Opinion, Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

By SKC Ogbonnia The meeting of some Nigerian billionaire businessmen, notably, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, and Femi Otedola with Bola Tinubu, an illegitimate president-elect, is as insensitive as it is provocative. That is impunity gone too far. As if the show of shame lacks in folly, Mr. Elumelu—the poster vainglory of the Nigeria’s shady banking system—had the affrontery to share a video of his family hosting the number one enemy of the Nigerian youths. What an eye-sore!! What a social miasma!! The same Tony Elumelu is alleged to have weaponized his huge influence at the United Bank for Africa (UBA)…