Day: April 20, 2021

Police arrest woman for inflicting blade cuts on her teenage daughter

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Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old woman, identified as Priye Richman living in Okutukutu area, a suburb of Yenagoa, for inflicting life-threatening injuries with razor blade on her teenage daughter, Ebimi Tokoye, over missing N1,500. The mother, a bread seller, was reported to have tied her daughter down and slashed every part of the body with razor blade over allegation that she stole her money. The doctors who operated on her at the police hospital said the child was brought with multiple lacerations. She also sustained deep slash…

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Popular baker, Temple George Dokubo strangled to death

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Celebrated baker, Temple George Dokubo was been found dead in his residence in the Opolo area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He was said to have been strangled to death. According to police, “preliminary investigation reveals that the body of the deceased was discovered by his landlord on 17 April, 2021, at his apartment at Opolo, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. “The scene was visited by police detectives, and the corpse was taken to the Federal Medical Centre Mortuary for autopsy.” In one of the comments Facebook, someone stated that he was a…

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I lost many things when I lied about my gay status -Actor Uche Maduagwu

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Self acclaimed homosexual and Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu shocked his fans when he announced via his official Instagram account @uchemadagwu, that he lied about his gay status. He wrote, “Dear fans I am not gay. I lost movie roles endorsement and my girlfriend fighting for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) in Nigeria. “Omg! Even my girlfriend left me despite knowing I was fighting for LGBT right in naija but I have no regret using my celebrity status to fight for this beautiful community,” he said. It will be recalled…

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Finance Minister admits Nigeria is broke, advises states on revenue generation

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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has admitted that Nigeria’s economy is facing a difficult time, saying states must improve their internally generated revenues. Ahmed, said this, during an interview on the Nigerian Television Authority, that the money shared at the March Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting was short of N50bn. The minister was speaking on a controversy generated by a claim by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, that the Central Bank of Nigeria printed N60bn in March to augment the money shared at March…

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