Heir Sheikh Meshaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, 83, replaces Sheikh Nawaf who had ruled for three years. Kuwait’s crown prince and his half-brother, Sheikh Meshaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, 83, was subsequently named new emir, a statement from Issa Al-Kandari, the deputy prime minister and minister of state for cabinet affairs said. Sheikh Nawaf was sworn in in September 2020 after the ...
Entertainment
December, 2023
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18 December
Mr. Ibu’s Two Legs Not Amputated, Family Debunks Rumours
The family of the comic actor, John Okafor, aka Mr. Ibu, has addressed misconceptions surrounding Mr. Ibu’s health, stating that contrary to circulating reports on social media, the actor has undergone amputation on only one leg, not both. They added that the initial amputation proved insufficient to resolve his health challenges, leading to a subsequent amputation on the same leg. ...
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18 December
Japa: London mayor reveals success tips in UK
A Nigerian-British Mayor of Southwark in London, Michael Situ, has urged Nigerians coming into the United Kingdom, particularly youths and students, to be aware of the laws of the country before travelling. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission revealed this in a statement by the Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, Gabriel Odu, on Sunday. According to the statement, Mayor ...
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18 December
Rivers: Court stops INEC replacing 26 PDP defectors
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting fresh election to fill the seats of the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Donatus Okorowo, who gave the ruling in an ex-parte motion moved by counsel to the defected ...
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18 December
Lawyer attacks wife, injures, strips her naked
A lawyer has been caught on video beating his wife. The lawyer, said to have been beating the lady for over four years, injured and stripped her naked. In a video seen by YOUNEWS, the neighbour of the couple in Akwa Ibom State who recovered the scene, reported that the incident occurred in the night. Another neighbour said one of ...
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17 December
Abdul Imoyo, Head Access Bank’s Media Relation is dead !
The Head of Media Relations of Access Bank Plc, Abdul Imoyo has died following an undisclosed ailment. The death of Imoyo filtered in on Sunday as friends and well-wishers have been mourning his demise on Facebook and other social media platforms. Access Bank is yet to issue a statement concerning Imoyo’s death, but sources close to him confirmed his death ...
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17 December
Osinbajo, others drop 2027 ambition, float Tinubu Support forum tomorrow
Presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in the lead up to the 2023 presidential election have agreed to float a forum to mobilize support for President Bola Tinubu as part of measures to tackle the challenges confronting the nation. They have consequently dropped any presidential ambition ahead of 2027. Some of the APC presidential aspirants in the ...
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17 December
Zaazu Portable goes to Cele Church, Pasuma too
Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, pulled the crowd…and evencaused quite a stir as he performed at the Celestial Church of Christ, Goshen Land Cathedral, in Ogudu, Lagos State, on Friday, December 16, 2023. Some weeks before, criticisms had trailed the church after the flyer of their praise night with Portable, and a veteran fuji singer, Wasiu Odetola, aka Pasuma, billed to ...
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17 December
Ex Kaduna gov, El-Rufai Becomes Gbobaniyi Of Ijebu Land
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has been conferred with the chieftaincy title of Gbobaniyi of Ijebuland. Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland confered the former governor with the title on Saturday Jimi Lawal, a former governorship hopeful in Ogun, and his wife, Maryam, were also cconferred with chieftaincy titles by the monarch. El-Rufai is the first person ...
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17 December
Aiyedatiwa denies wielding power to freeze accounts..”it’s court order”
The Office of the Ondo State acting Governor has denied the report that acting Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has frozen the account of the 18 local governments in the state. It was gathered that the chairmen whose names were sent to the state House of Assembly by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for screening and approval, had been inaugurated but yet to perform ...