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Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped at least 46 people, including women and children during a raid on Gana town in Zamfara State. According to Reuters, residents said the attack occurred around 10 pm on Sunday. It was gathered that scores of gunmen on motorbikes reportedly attacked the town while shooting sporadically, burning several homes and businesses.…
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Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the sole candidate for the role of director-general at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO said the former Nigerian finance minister agreed to a second term for the organisation’s top job. “Nominations for Director-General closed; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala confirmed as sole candidate,” the WTO said in a Saturday statement.…
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An employee of a handling company at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Auwalu Ahmed Dankade, who returned $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft, has said that his motivation is to please Allah. The sum, equivalent of approximately N15m, was found on Wednesday afternoon in an Egyptian aircraft, and Dankade immediately reported the…
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The Office of the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has issued a warning to the public regarding a fraudulent online loan application circulating on social media platforms. The fake offer, titled “N200,000 Palliative Loan By the Senate,” features a misleading image of Senator Akpabio alongside the coat of arms and the logo of the…
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Big Brother Naija reality show star, Terseer Waya, aka Kiddwaya, has urged his colleagues to stop pressuring themselves to flaunt flashy lifestyles, claiming that celebrity lifestyle may not be for them. Kiddwaya, a son of flamboyant billionaire businessman and socialite, Terry Waya, also urged fans to stop pressuring their faves. He said flamboyant lifestyle isn’t…
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Grammy award-winning Nigerian artist, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has become the first African musician to earn the BRIT Billion award for over 1 billion streams in the United Kingdom, UK. The Starboy boss was presented with the award after his sold-out show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday. Wizkid has sold millions of…
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Guinness World Record has finally certified Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, who broke the record for the longest cooking marathon by individual. MEZIESBLOG recalls that Hilda Baci last month, cooked for 100 hours non-stop, breaking India’s Lata Tondon’s 87 hours 45 minutes record of uninterrupted cooking in the process. On Tuesday, the…
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The Italian Footballers Association (AIC) has named Victor OsiMhen Serie A Player of the Month for February. Osimhen netted four times in four league appearances for Serie A leaders Napoli in the month. The Nigeria international was named the best player in Serie A last month. The forward is also in the running for the…
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Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen has smashed Cristiano Ronaldo’s four-year record and is now Serie A’s jump king. The Nigerian leapt 2.58 metres during their commanding 3-0 win away to Spezia. Osimhen achieved the incredible feat to score his first goal and Napoli’s second of the day at the Stadio Alberto Picco. After a goalless first…
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Three men jailed for romance fraud that saw woman (60s) lose life savings Three men have been jailed for their role in a romance fraud in which a woman in her sixties lost her life savings. The three men were arrested by Gardaí attached to the National Economic Crime Bureau after the woman became suspicious concerning a man whom…
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I Go Dye, the Nigerian comedian, says he believes sex tape leaks by African entertainers are intentional. The funnyman, via Instagram, spoke of the nudity scandals that recently hit the entertainment space. I Go Dye touched on how Africans are generally more reserved in matters of sex. He said many Africans have had to live with…
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The Kingdom of Belgium has conferred the honorary distinction of Officer in the Order of Leopold, on Africa’s leading investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu. The honour, which is the country’s oldest and most important National Honour, is in recognition of Elumelu’s commitment to poverty eradication and the economic empowerment of young Africans. The Ambassador…
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The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the killing of Clement Nwaogu, another Nigerian in Rustenburg, South Africa as unfortunate. Daily Post reports that Nwaogu’s death came less than 10 days after another 30-year-old Nigerian, ThankGod Okoro, was murdered. Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement in…
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A 22 years old internet fraudster, Bike John Niye has been sentenced to one and half years imprisonment by a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, for defrauding one Laura Wallmam of Indiana, United States of America the sum of $53,500. According to a report from the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Justice…
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