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I’m more popular than Zinoleesky, Wizkid, others — Media personalty DJ Chicken

Months after being arrested for disrupting public peace & murder, Lagos police declare a ‘King’ wanted for wielding pump action rifle publicly in Surulere. The Lagos State Police Command has declared one Tajudeen Olanrewaju Bakare wanted after videos emerged of him wielding a pump action rifle and threatening public peace in the Surulere area. In the video shared by the spokesperson of the Lagos police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the man also known as Oba Ogboni is heard threatening to deal with transport union chieftain Musiliu Akinsanya, better known on the streets as MC Oluomo. The statement released by Benjamin read: “Following the emergence of a video earlier this week showing a man wielding a pump action rifle and threatening public peace, the CSP Egbeyemi-led Rapid Response Squad (RRS), working on actionable intelligence, carried out a sting operation on the residence of the man in the Surulere area of the state.

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UNILORIN 300-level-student proposes marriage to his girlfriend in front of his class

Breaking: CBN directs banks to pay redesigned Naira notes to customers over-the-counter. The CBN has directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to commence the payment of the redesigned Naira notes over the counter, subject to a maximum daily payoutlimit of ₦20,000. Director Corporate Communication, CBN, Osita Nwanisobi disclosed this in a statement adding that the apex bank will collaborate with the Nigeria Police, FIRS, the EFCC and NFIU to prosecute abusers & sellers of the naira. He said: “The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has observed, with grave concern, the activities of persons who sell the newly redesigned banknotes and those who flagrantly abuse the legal tender by hurling wads of Naira notes in the air and stamping on the currency at social functions. We have equally noticed the queues at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) across the country and an upward trend in the cases of people stocking and aggregating the newly introduced banktnotes they serially obtain from ATMs for reasons best known to them.

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Naira note is now gold — Actor Femi Adebayo says, as he recounts how stressful it was for him to get the new Naira note

*UNILORIN SETS TO PROVIDE METRO RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY* Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), says the institution is engaging with the Chinese embassy and other embassies to provide metro railway transportation system to the university. Egbewole disclosed this on Wednesday while fielding questions from newsmen during the Vice-Chancellor’s Maiden Media Parley. He explained that thousands of staff and students of the university are commuting to and fro, adding that the transportation of such large numbers can be challenging. He added that the metro railway train will be specifically designed to run in the institution and the other metropolitan city. According to him, exploring the plan for possible railway metro transportation had been in the process for years, and Unilorin is also working on getting electricity buses to address the transportation problem. Egbewole believed that this is a market that can be tapped, and that with this development, it will ease the movement of students and staff to the university environment. The vice chancellor who was appointed 109 days ago as the 11th VC of Unilorin, disclosed that N500 million was released to the institution by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) for the construction of hostels for the students. He explained that the Memorandum of Understanding was signed with some foreign universities to further improve learning and research in the institution. While promising to turn the institution into a Smart University, the vice chancellor noted that Unilorin is partnering with industries on turning academic research to industrial use. “We are remodeling the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to ensure ventures are run likce a business. “We will ensure that the IGR are properly managed by blocking all loopholes,” he said.

She wanted to say ‘Pupsy’ instead of ‘Pussy’ — Lawyer defends FEDPOLY Nekede Graduating student Barrister Ikechukwu Nwaopara a legal practitioner representing the interest of Sharon Ogechi Okoroafor the graduating student of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri, Imo State, who went viral on social media for saying that she graduated with the help of God & her private parts has said his client was misinterpreted The lawyer who made the appeal to the institution's management in a statement made available to newsmen claimed that their client had no intention of disparaging the institution's reputation, standards or integrity The statement reads: “We are solicitors to OKOROAFOR OGECHI SHARON (our client under our Pro Bono (Free Legal Services) on whose behalf we write this memo to you. We are aware that she will be facing the school disciplinary panel this morning & we wish to use this medium to express our confidence that the panel will carry out their duties in compliance with the principles of Fair hearing

Muslims protest after a hoodlum raped a woman in a mosque in Ibadan. Some Muslim youth, scholars and organisations have staged a protest over alleged rape of a Muslim lady in one of the mosques in Ibadan, Oyo State. It is reported that the sad incident happened on Sunday when the son of a road transport union worker, sneaked into a mosque and raped a niqobite. A source in a chat with Sahara Reporters said, “The thug who raped a Niqobite (Muslim lady in veil) has been identified as Idris, also known as Kesari. He is the son of a union leader known as Al-Majiri. He was arrested by the police and the case has now been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID)”. However, concerned Muslims led by Sheikh Amubieya held a peaceful walk, demanding justice for the victim.

Lady makes a vow as she decries the unofficial hike in the price of petrol in Edo State

Lady devastated after returning from the market to meet her apartment burnt to the ground

Youth take to cooking on the road in day 2 of their protest over the unofficial hike in the price of petrol in Edo State

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Tiktoker shares her encounter with a male colleague whom she visited to use his ring light

Why I can’t date a good man — Italy-based Nigerian lady

My parents threw me away at birth — Actress Toyin Abraham. Nollywood actress and producer, Toyin Abraham in a new interview has unraveled her spirituality and how she hears voices from the unction of the Holy Spirit. In a chat with ThisDay, Toyin Abraham disclosed that her parents initially threw her away at birth because she was stillborn, and it took the intervention of a Clergyman to resurrect her. She said: “I’m extremely spiritual. One of the problems I had back then was that I didn’t listen to myself. I would hear the voice of the Lord, and I would see it in my dreams, but I would still want to follow my flesh. But ever since I started following the lead of the Holy Spirit, things have drastically changed for me and I’m extremely happy about it. I’m actually dada – those people that naturally have dreadlocks from birth. Since birth, I have been spiritual. My parents told me that I was stillborn so they had to threw me away.

Singer Portable calls out Omori for betraying Asake by running to shoot a replica music video for his “copycat,” Seyi Vibez

He is a good man and treated me well — Singer BNXN’s ex, Peggy, tells those seeking insights into why they broke up

‘Konji’ is a major issue abroad — Canada-based Nigerian man speaks from experience

Lagos court reportedly remands popular businessman, IVD, in prison over the death of his wife. A Lagos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, January 31, ordered the remand of popular auto dealer, Ikechukwu Daryl Ogbonna, aka IVD, over the death of his wife, Abimbola Martins-Ogbonna, TheNation is reporting. Magistrate Adebayo Kafayat Tella made the order following advice by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos State, which indicted Ogbonna for involuntary manslaughter. Reading out the DPP Advice, Tella said the Defendant should be arraigned before the Lagos High Court. She, therefore, remanded Ogbonna in custody pending the filing of information against him and his arraignment. Defence counsel, Abubakar Yesufu, however, prayed the court to release the defendant based on earlier bail conditions granted him. But Tella held that she lacked the jurisdiction to entertain a case of involuntary manslaughter, hence all bail applications should be presented before the high court.

You can still submit your old Naira notes after the February 10 deadline — CBN Governor. The Governor of the CBN has revealed that commercial banks must accept the old Naira notes even after the expiration of the February 10 deadline. He announced this on Tuesday before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee looking into the implementation of the policy. The CBN governor said he agrees with section 20(3) of the CBN Act, which provides that commercial banks must accept old notes after a deadline. Section 20 (3) of the Act says: “Notwithstanding Sub-sections (1) & (2) of this section, the Bank shall have power, if directed to do so by the President & after giving reasonable notice in that behalf, to call in any of its notes or coins on payment of the face value thereof & any note or coin with respect to which a notice has been given under this Sub-section, shall, on the expiration of the notice, cease to be legal tender, but subject to section 22 of this Act, shall be redeemed by the Bank upon demand."

Residents go the extra mile to protect their transformer in Benin, Edo State