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A 22-year-old Ghanaian Slay Queen,  Abena Ghanabah was unperturbed when she told a Ghpage TV that she has slept with 700 men. Ghanabah, formerly known as Charlotte Abena Serwaa Ghanabah confessed that out of the 700 men, 27 of them were Ghanaian celebrities. According to her, she started sleeping with men at the age of 14. She said the first person she slept with was a 56-year-old headmaster while staying at a boarding house during her secondary school days. Ghanabah also disclosed that she decided to go public with the names of the Ghanaian celebrities she slept with because they…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office, has arrested one Olumide Agbabiaka, a sales agent with Fidelity Bank Plc for allegedly stealing N137million. This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr. Tony Orilade on Monday in Ibadan. He said that Agbabiaka’s arrest was due to a petition filed by the bank’s Regional Security Officer and the Cluster Control and Compliance Manager. Orilade said that the suspect allegedly suppressed, diverted and stole the money from a customer’s personal corporate account in Ibadan. He said the suspect allegedly committed the offense between January 2017 and July.…

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ibadan on Monday upheld the victory of Gov. Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filed a petition against Makinde in the March 9 governorship election in the state. Recall that Adelabu and his party APC challenged the declaration of Makinde by INEC as the winner of March 9 governorship election in Oyo State. Makinde polled 515,621 votes to defeat his closest rival, Adelabu who had 357,982 votes while PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are also respondents. The petitioners said…

President Muhammadu Buhari has named some of Nigeria’s leading economist on his newly constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC) that was unveiled on Monday. In a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, President Buhari named an eight-man team that will advise him on economic policy matters, including fiscal analysis, economic growth. “President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted an Economic Advisory Council (EAC) made up of the following: Prof. Doyin Salami as Chairman and Dr. Mohammed Sagagi as Vice-Chairman. The statement listed Prof. Ode Ojowu, Dr. Shehu Yahaya, Dr. Iyabo Masha, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and…

The Imo state government has approved an office space for the federal government to build fire service zonal headquarters. The State Deputy Governor, Engr. Gerald Irona stated that this shows the state’s preparedness to partner the Federal Government and its institutions to enhance the wellbeing of the citizenry. He stated this while receiving the Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, Dr. Ibrahim Liman, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Owerri. Irona, who represented Governor Emeka Ihedioha at the event, commended the Federal Government, for approving the creation of a new zone of the Federal Fire…

The vice president, Yemi Osinbajo on Monday disclosed that all ministers appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari will render their first performance report to the presidency in December this year. Osinbajo made this statement at the opening ceremony of the Annual National Management Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management in Abuja, said the President had developed specific mandates for each ministry, which the ministers had to follow. READ: Buhari meets South Africa special envoy behind closed doors “The ministers are expected to render their first report of performance in December,” the vice-president told delegates at the management conference. He further…

An Upper Area Court, Mpape, on Monday, ordered that a 34-year-old butcher, Abu Mohammed, who allegedly raped a 25-year-old woman, be remanded in a correctional facility in Keffi, Nasarawa State. The judge, Hassan Mohammed, who made the order, adjourned the case until Sept. 20, for hearing. The police charged the defendant, who resides in Karu Abuja with rape and criminal intimidation, which he denied. The Prosecution Counsel, Vincent Osuji, told the court that the complainant, who was also the victim, reported the matter at the Karu Police Station, on June 2. He alleged that the defendant met the victim and…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the South African President’s Special Envoy, Mr Jeff Radebe, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. NAN reports the Special Envoy, who was accompanied by South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby J. Moroe, arrived the State House at about 2.15p.m, and moved straight to the president’s office. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa had last week decided to dispatch the Special Envoys to Nigeria and six other African countries mostly affected by the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals including Nigerians in his country. A statement released by South African government spokesman,…

Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Shulamite Olufunke Adebolu, has called on the private sector to emulate Multichoice in supporting the country’s creative sector. Adebolu made the call on Thursday at the graduation ceremony of the inaugural class of MultiChoice Talent Factory (West Africa) Academy, which held at the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos. Speaking at the ceremony, the Commissioner said the MultiChoice Talent Factory initiative which aims to provide the next generation of film and video professionals with world-class skills, is in line with the Lagos State Government’s vision to make the state the entertainment and tourism hub of the African continent. Adebolu enjoined the private sector and key industry stakeholders…

The body of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who died in Singapore on Sept. 6 is expected to arrive at his rural home in Zvimba on Monday. It had earlier been planned that the body would be taken to Zvimba on Sunday to allow the people there to bid him farewell. Family spokesperson Leo Mugabe told reporters at Mugabe’s rural homestead that the program had changed and the body was now expected to leave Harare on Monday. “However, we were not informed of the reasons for the postponement. The body was supposed to be here today. As you can see,…