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Senator Dino Melaye has queried the retirement of a popular pastor of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Abioye.   In a post shared on his Instagram page today December 15, Dino said he did not attend Shiloh 2024 programme because Abioye would not be attending. He then asked why Abioye was ‘forcefully’ made to retire when he is younger than the …

Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died shortly after deteriorating health prompted him to skip a trip to Hawaii to attend last week’s remembrance ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the attack. Fernandez suffered a stroke about a month ago that caused him to slow down but Guthrie said doctors attributed his condition to …

A Nigerian woman claimed she has never visited her parents since she got married five years ago because her husband refused to give her permission.   A Facebook user, Stella Udenka disclosed this in a post on Saturday while advising married women to visit their parents during the yuletide celebration.    “Dear married woman, go and visit your parents this …

Scientists have revealed that fewer than 15 percent of women and 5 percent of men will live to be 100 years old in many countries in the 21st Century which will end December 31, 2100.     Over the last 100 years, life expectancy has doubled thanks to healthier lifestyles and advancements in medicine but scientists believe that the pace …

A couple convicted of causing the de@th of their three-year-old son after his severely malnourished body was found buried in their back garden have been jailed for 44 years in total.  Tai, 42, and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 43, were on Thursday, Dec. 12, handed lengthy jail terms for what prosecutors described as a case of “breathtaking” neglect.  Their son Abiyah Yasharahyalah d!ed in early 2020 from a …

After leaving fashion in disgrace in 2011 after making antisemitic comments in a Paris bar, Galliano returned in 2015. No successor has yet been announced at Maison Margiela. ADVERTISEMENT British designer John Galliano is leaving the Paris-based Maison Margiela fashion house after 10 years as artistic director. No successor has been announced. “John made it the most cutting-edge couture house …

A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced a man, Bamidele Folorunsho, to 10 years imprisonment for indecent treatment and sexual assault of a minor by rubbing her a.n*s and caressing her br3asts with his hands.   Justice Rahman Oshodi who handed down the verdict on Wednesday, December 11, convicted Folorunsho of two …

A Nigerian man, Jakes Oyilom, has recalled how a 5-minute delay made him miss the Sosoliso Airlines flight 1145 that crashed at the Port Harcourt International Airport on December 10, 2005, killing 108 people onboard, including 60 students of Loyola Jesuit College and televangelist, Bimbo Odukoya.   “It’s another 10th December. A day of sober reflection for me, like it …

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court has sentenced Mr Solomon Ogodo, a Superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for his involvement in forgery, employment racketeering and fraud.   The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)  had in December 2022 arraigned Mr Ogodo in charge no: CR/503/2022 before Justice M.S. Idris of the …

An African lady, Ruvimbo Mangandaire, has bagged a Master’s degree in Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom 9 years after she said it was too late for her to learn Artificial Intelligence.   “Neurorobotics looks so cool but I think it’s too late for me to even think of diving into artificial intelligence,” she …