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‘Barbie’ breaks ground with ₦39M, ‘Òrìṣà’ beats ‘Oppenheimer’ with ₦27M

Oppenheimer, Barbie face off in Nigerian cinemas, but is there room for Òrìṣà?

Greta Gerwig’s ridiculously pink Barbie, Christopher Nolan’s bleak historical drama Oppenheimer, and Odunlade Adekola‘s Òrìṣà (#OrisaBarbieHeimer) debuted all at once on Friday, July 21, 2023, making for an epic showdown. The first two seemingly had the upper hand, backed by global campaigns and the luxury of being cultural touchstones, while …

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Three women, others arrested as NDLEA intercepts 2.7m Tramadol tabs, London and Dubai-bound drugs in Lagos

Three women, others arrested as NDLEA intercepts 2.7m Tramadol tabs, London and Dubai-bound drugs in Lagos

No fewer than two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty (2,750,000) tablets of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilograms worth One Billion Three Hundred and Seventy Five Million Naira (N1, 375, 000,000) have been intercepted at the Apapa port in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.   …

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