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To mark the big day, many celebrities from different parts of the world, took to their social media handler to wish their fans a wonderful X-mas celebration. However, some of these celebrities collaborated with members of their families to put up a creative Christmas photoshoot. Below are some Celebrity families that leave many gushing over their X-mas photoshoots; • Talented Nigerian comedian, Bovi and his family thrilled their fans on social media with their beautiful Christmas outfits, as they wished them a happy X-mas celebration. The comedian, his wife and his 3 kids deck out in robes and this got many drooling over the family’s creative Christmas shoot. …

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December 25th of every year is a special day for Christians and those who joined them in the celebration of Christmas and this has been tipped as the first preparation for another calendar year as there are a lot of Thanksgiving ceremonies to round up the year. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde is also in the celebration mood as he tóok to his social media page on Twitter to share new pictures of his family as he shows off his wife and his 3 children and it’s obvious that this is a picture from a happy family. Such a lovely picture is a memory…

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Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi as sanctioned the ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, to pay a fine of N5 million for contravening the provisions of the state’s Executive Order 3 of 2022. The Executive Orders 3 of the state denies ideological groups from utilizing public places like schools, stops, and markets for political exercises without acquiring due freedom from the public authority. The governor signed an order prohibiting political parties from using critical infrastructures for pasting posters without obtaining state’s clearance and using public facilities for campaign. The governor in a statement to justify the fine, signed and made available to journalists…

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has revealed that he lost two of his children to sickle cell. Buhari made this known in a documentary played at a private dinner organised by his family and close associates to mark his 80th birthday on Friday night at the State House Banquet Hall. Speaking on his personal life, the President revealed that he lost two of his children by his late wife, Safinatu, to sickle cell anemia. This explained why, at the time he married the first lady, Aisha Buhari, he insisted his second wife must be AA genotype so that…

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In the light of the continued rise in the prices of goods, transport fares and skyrocketing inflation, federal university lecturers have lamented that the refusal of the Federal Government to pay their seven and a half months outstanding salaries and the delay in paying their December salary have foisted on them a bleak Christmas. Similarly, in federal universities, members of the Non-Academic Staff Union, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and National Association of Academic Technologists said the government still owed them between four and five months of unpaid salaries, which they said dampened their celebration. They said they had yet…

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Four Nigerian farmers to receive the sum of $16m as compensation for the damage caused by the oil Spills. The compensation comes from the Oil Company shell and the Friends of the Earth, a CSO reached an agreement. Recall that the Nigerian Oil industry has been befuddle by myriad of challenges following environmental damages done to oil hosting communities. 2004 to 2007, the oil spills case lingered, and the payout followed a decision by a Dutch court that the Nigerian branch of Shell should be held responsible for the environmental damage. The campaigners hailed the 2021 court decision as the…

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Palpable fear has enveloped some communities in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, following the threat of fresh attacks from suspected killer herdsmen. The communities are Oja-Odan, Ibeku, Asa and Agbon. The unknown herdsmen last Saturday passed a notice of an attack on houses and trees in the affected communities, thereby throwing the whole community into confusion. In the letter, which was written in English and Hausa languages, the herdsmen told leaders of the affected communities to expect their wrath between December and January. The notice reads, “Attention! Attention!! Attention!! To all following communities: Asa, Agbon, lbeku, Oja-odan…

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The Cross River state police Command on Saturday foiled a bank robbery while smashing a 9-man armed robbery gang terrorising residents of some areas in Calabar, the state capital. Switch News gathered that the suspected bank robbery syndicate has been carrying out their nefarious operations around EPZ, Harbor road, Ikot Ansa as well as Esuk Utan. “Based on credible intelligence the Suppl in charge of EPZ ( Export Processing Zone) mobilized a tactical team and stormed the bank apprehending four out of the nine suspects. “They include Joshua Samuel 22 Innocent Edom 20, Samuel Okon, 28, and Mohammed Salisu 29,…

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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday night described the claim that he was dead and Jibril Aminu from Sudan’ occupying the presidential villa in Aso Rock, as a joke that was not funny. He stated this in a documentary at a private dinner organised by his family and very closed associates, to  celebrate his 80th birthday tagged “Celebrating A Patriot, a Leader, an Elder Statesman”. The documentary, produced and directed by US based filmmaker Ose Oyemadan, showcased the President’s early life, school days, military career, rise as Head of State in 1984, coup and imprisonment, release, PTF days and return to democracy…

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