Seven countries where Valentine’s Day is not celebrated

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Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honouring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. The eighth-century Gelasian Sacramentary recorded the celebration of the Feast of Saint […]

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Belgian football goalkeeper dies on the pitch just seconds after saving a penalty

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A Belgian goalkeeper has died after collapsing on the pitch seconds after saving a penalty for his side. Arne Espeel, 25, was in action for Winkel Sport B – who play in the second provincial division of West Brabant in Belgium – against Westrozebeke at Winkel Sport’s home ground in Sint-Eloois-Winkel, West Flanders Province. Winkel […]

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2023 Elections and the Danger of Violence, By Reuben Abati

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In Africa, this year, there would be a total of more than 10 general elections in countries across the continent, particularly Sierra Leone in June, Sudan in July, Zimbabwe in July, Liberia in October,  Gabon in October, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in December but Nigeria’s general election, the seventh in the cycle since the […]

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Oduduwa Nation agitators amassing weapons to disrupt elections in Southwest —IGP Usman Baba claims

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Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has warned that some separatist agitators under the aegis of Oduduwa Nation are amassing weapons in an attempt to disrupt the February 25 and March 11 general elections in the Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The IGP disclosed this during a meeting with strategic police managers at […]

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Old Naira notes are no longer legal tender ―CBN

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reportedly announced that the old N200, N500 and N1000 ceased being legal tender since February 10, 2023. Though the Supreme Court had issued an order which restrained the apex bank from going on with the February 10 deadline until it rules on a case before it on February 15, […]

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Nigerian actress remanded in prison custody for spraying, stepping on new Naira notes

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Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria and presided over by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, on Monday, February 13, ordered that Nigerian actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, who was arrested for tampering with the new Naira notes be remanded in Kirikiri prison custody pending the determination of her bail application. Omoseyin was arrested by operatives of […]

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Towards Free, Fair and Credible 2023 General Elections, By Attahiru Jega

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I am greatly honoured with the invitation to deliver the Keynote address at this important gathering organized by the Abuja Central Mosque, to sensitize Nigerians on the importance of such a national issue as the 2023 General Elections, which will, In Shaa Allah (God willing), hold on February 25th and March 11, 2023. I wish to […]

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Gunmen bomb Imo state High court building (Photo)

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Oguta High Court building located in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, was on Sunday night, February 12, bombed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. According to reports, the gunmen arrived the court premises at about 11.30pm and attacked it.  The Magistrate?s court registry, appeal court record office, file room, secretary to the high court […]

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BBNaija’s Frodd showcases newly acquired house and expensive cars (Photo)

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Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) TV reality show season 4 housemate, , Chukwuemeka Okoye, popularly known as Frodd, has some words of advice for his followers who envy others’ success. He shared a photo of himself posing in front of his new house and cars as he addressed his followers by asking them a question. He wrote: […]

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Nigerian man gets 7 years imprisonment in US for $3.4m fraud

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39-year-old Nigerian, Olaniyi Nasiru Ojikutu, has been sentenced to nearly seven and a half years in a United States prison for his role in a multi-year romance scheme. The US prosecutors said Ojikutu, a permanent legal resident of the United States, opened about 25 bank accounts in his own name, a fake name, and a […]

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A northern governor stashes N22bn old naira notes ―Buba Galadima

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A Northern leader, Buba Galadima has revealed that a serving governor stashed N22 billion old naira notes. The former National Secretary of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) disclosed this during an interview on Trust TV’s Daily Politics. Galadima was asked a question on the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria […]

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Nigeria’s DSS invites Femi Fani-Kayode over coup claim

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Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), has invited a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential campaign council, Femi Fani-Kayode over allegations of a coup plot ahead of the February election. Confirming the invitation by the DSS in a statement on Monday, Fani-Kayode stated that he would be honouring the invitation this morning, Monday. […]

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Bandits kill DPO, 4 other Policemen in shootout

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A senior police officer and four other police personnel lost their lives on Saturday during a gun battle with bandits in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. The Paiko Divisional Police Officer, SP Mukhtar Sabiu, was killed when he led his men to dislodge armed bandits who were sighted around Kwakuti-Dajigbe villages in […]

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G-5 govs not supporting Tinubu ―Jang counters Lalong

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In a statement, a member of the Integrity Group and former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has berated the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC) (PCC), Governor Simon Lalong, over his claim that the G-5 governors led by Nyesom Wike were supporting his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Responding to […]

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Common Errors about Nigeria (IV): Vote-buying, By Simon Kolawole

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Millions of Nigerians have been going through hell in the last few weeks as a result of the change in the colours of the national currencies. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced what it called “naira redesign programme” in October 2022 and said the new N1,000, N500 and N200 notes would go into circulation […]

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Man asks church to give back his over the years tithe so he can survive on earth (Video)

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A frustrated Nigerian man has called on his church to return the money he was made to pay in the name of investing in the Kingdom of heaven. The man explained in a video that, for years, his pastor used the Bible verse Matthew chapter 6 VS 19 – 21 to make him invest in […]

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A Reply to a Supreme Court of Illiterate Judicial Bandits, By Farooq A. Kperogi

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When I opened my WhatsApp on Saturday, I saw a higher than usual volume of messages and forwards from friends. The first one I opened was a riotously uneducated, sidesplittingly error-ridden, indefensibly malapropistic press statement attacking me for calling out the Supreme Court’s bizarre perversion of justice in recognizing Senate President Ahmed Lawan as Yobe North’s […]

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An Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) dies in Nigeria

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Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states, Lawan Tanko Jimeta, is dead. He died Sunday morning at the Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State after a brief illness. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, in a terse Whatsapp message on […]

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My colleagues lease houses but claim they bought them ―Actress Shan George says

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Veteran and star Nollywood actress, Shan George has alleged that most of her colleagues who claim they bought houses are lying. She said this while reacting to her colleague Angela Okorie’s statement that many Nollywood actresses who claim they bought houses with money they made from acting are lying. Shan George responded, writing: “Many just lease the […]

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Naira redesign has reduced kidnapping, corruption ―AGF Malami

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Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, says the introduction of the naira redesign policy by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has significantly reduced the rate of kidnappings in the country. In a fresh interview with Radio Nigeria Kaduna, Malami said there were positive sides of the policy that were […]

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