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A Benue man, Benard Ochenehi Gabriel Onoja Ameh, his teenage daughter, Adah Gina and only granddaughter have died within one month. It was gathered that Ameh, popularly known as Chilo Able God, died in a motor accident on June 23, 2022. According to Facebook user, Ocharbolegor, Adah slumped and died during the burial of her father on July 14, 2022, in Otukpa, Ogbadigbo Local Government Area of the state.On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, Ocharbolegor announced the death of Adah’s infant daughter. “What a sad news. Adah Chilo who died recently. Her daughter has joined her. RIP kid.” he wrote.

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A Nigerian lady simply known as Mosun appears to be indecisive about agreeing to date an admirer who asked her out.She revealed via her Twitter account that the guy wooing her is handsome, but her problem lies in the fact that he is a teacher. Mosun stressed that her reservation does not border on him being a teacher but it is more because he tutors primary school pupils. She tweeted; ”There’s this fine boy toasting me but he is a teacher, in a primary school ???? 😭”See her post: In reaction to her post, netizens called her out for insinuating…

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I have been dating this girl on and off for the past three years. I met her at my old job. The day we met, we got into an argument. It was more of her fault than mine so I was very upset. I spoke to a few of my colleagues, “Mary and I started off on the wrong foot. How can I fix that?” Every one of them told me, “Oh, don’t bother with her. She is bipolar. I am sure you caught her on a bad day.” I understood what they meant but I wanted to make peace…

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I got pregnant for Nana. I was scared to death of what my parents were going to say and what my church was going to do to me. Most importantly, I was scared about what Nana would say so for two months, I kept the pregnancy from him. I wanted to tell him very late so he wouldn’t tell me to get rid of it. Later when I told him, he said, “But why did you wait this long before telling me? You didn’t want me to know?” I told him, “I was scared. I was scared about everything and…

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Much to the man’s surprise, his other girlfriend who was at the same place coincidentally, spotted what he was doing and charged up to him fuming.A video captured the dramatic moment a woman repeated slapped her man for proposing to another woman at the mall. The man had decided to ask his main girlfriend to marry him and did so by going down on one knee in public.He was about to slip in the engagement ring on his girlfriend’s finger when the unexpected happened.Much to the man’s surprise, his other girlfriend who was at the same place coincidentally, spotted what…

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Seven-year-old Adam Afolabi, who went missing in a neighbourhood in Mushin, Lagos State, for five days, has been found in the Ojo area of the state.It was earlier reported that Adam went missing after his elder sister, Zainab, 19, sent him on an errand to buy biscuits at a shop in their neighbourhood.The minor was said to be on his way to buy the biscuits when three yet-to-be-identified men whisked him away to an undisclosed location. The situation, however, threw Adam’s family into a panic and a search party was set up to locate his whereabouts.Speaking on Monday, Kazeem, Adam’s…

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Two Nigerian women beat up police officer in India for calling them prostitutesTwo Nigerian women have been arrested for assaulting a police officer and creating a nuisance for calling them prostitutes in Bengaluru, India. According to Times of India, the Nigerian women alleged that the cops had accused them of ‘soliciting for customers’ and thrashed the officer on Brigade Road after he tried to chase them away, saying it was too late at night for them to be roaming in the area. The incident took place at 1.30am on Monday, August 29, 2022, when partygoers were getting ready to return…

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A Nigerian woman flew out of the country to join her daughter who recently put to bed and the reunion was a heart-melting one.She traveled to Ghana where her daughter is based, for the traditional after-birth care known as Omugwo. Chima Kwami, the new mum shared a video showing when her mum arrived to attend to her grandchild.The elderly woman was evidently overjoyed on her arrival, and she showed her happiness by kneeling down and lifting her hands up in appreciation to God.She then met the husband’s mother who had earlier joined the couple for the same purpose. Sharing the…

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•Labour Party candidate pledges to cut cost of governance, commitment to transparency, accountabilityObinna ChimaIn a bid to bolster his chances in the 2023 presidential election, which holds 178 days from now, Nigerians in the Diaspora have formed groups of committees to launch crowdfunding initiatives for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi.They plan to unveil in the coming days a crowdfunding portal with a target to raise $150 million from Obi’s supporters in the diaspora and N100 billion from those in Nigeria, THISDAY has reliably gathered.A dependable source close to one of Obi’s supporters leading the…

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It’s unfortunate when political gladiators who are themselves using ethnic factors in their own political calculus try to delegitimize valid and legitimate competitors for the presidency by running some phantom “ethnic candidate” narrative. Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Kingsley Moghalu has described as political mischief those attacking any candidate for the position of president Peter Obi based on his ethnicity. Goldennewsng reports that Moghalu described as unfortunate that political gladiators who are using ethnic factors in their own political calculus try to delegitimize valid and legitimate competitor by describing them as ethnic candidates.Recall that the…

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