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Cobhams Asuquo asks interesting question about Nigerian leaders as he reacts to video of Edo State Governor struggling to present budget

Cobhams Asuquo asks interesting question about Nigerian leaders as he reacts to video of Edo State Governor struggling to present budget

Cobhams Asuquo has asked why despite having some of the most brilliant minds, Nigerians are being led by people who are not the best of the lot.   The singer/music producer shared this while reacting to a video of Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, struggling to pronounce the figures for the state’s 2025 budget.   While unveiling the Appropriation Bill, the governor …

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GBV: I ‘ve never beaten my wife in 11 years of our marriage and will train my daughter not to marry a wife beater – Nigerian man reacts to Emir Sanusi’s statement

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A Nigerian man, Quadri Yakubu said that he has never b£aten his wife in and will teach his daughter not to marry a wife beater.     He stated this on Tuesday while reacting to the angry reactions following comments made by the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II.      The Emir said he always tells his daughters …

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Nigerian goalkeeper Maduka Okoye to undergo surgery

Nigerian goalkeeper Maduka Okoye to undergo surgery

  Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye will undergo surgery, according to his Serie A club, Udinese. The 24-year-old shot-stopper sustained the injury which will keep him out of action for weeks in Udinese’s league clash with Genoa. Due to the wrist injury, Maduka will undergo surgery in the coming days the club said in a statement on Monday, December 9. …

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Funds seized in Nigerian romance and crypto investment fraud returned to Canadian victim – Toronto Police

Funds seized in Nigerian romance and crypto investment fraud returned to Canadian victim - Toronto Police

A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the Nigerian man, Omonkhoa Precious Afure, who was allegedly behind the scam was arrested, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) reveals.    LIB reported that Omonkhoa was arrested on November 8, 2021, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, following credible intelligence …

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Nigerian detained while attempting to illegally enter Bangladesh from India

Nigerian detained while attempting to illegally enter Bangladesh from India

The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel has detained a 34-year-old Nigerian man in Tripura, India for illegal border crossing.    A BSF spokesperson who disclosed this on Monday, December 9, 2024, said following specific intelligence, a checkpoint was established at Kaiyedhepa in Sepahijala district, leading to the arrest of the Nigerian national named Maxwell Nweke.    Maxwell was observed acting …

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Are artists failing to make music that captures the Nigerian reality? | Pulse Nigeria

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When Dancehall star Buju Banton tackled Afrobeats for lacking substance, many observers and commentators including this writer pointed out how the Jamaican erred in comparing the dominant theme of social justice and political philosophy that shapes Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat to Nigerian pop music. Buju Banton’s comments, however, motivated by a bit of envy from Afrobeats’ global surge, also carry some …

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UK court blocks deportation of Nigerian man as his wife claims IVF treatment is unavailable in Nigeria

UK court blocks deportation of Nigerian man as his wife claims IVF treatment is unavailable in Nigeria

A UK upper tribunal has overturned a prior ruling that halted the deportation of 43-year-old Nigerian Olutobi Ogunbawo.    Ogunbawo’s deportation was halted by a tribunal judge following a claim by his wife, Maria Adesanya, that they would not be able to access vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment if deported to Nigeria.   Ogunbawo, who is fighting his deportation on human …

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