Author: Femi Ajasa
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JUST IN: Okonjo-Iweala’s son, Uchechi, breaks medical record in the US [+Photos]
Dr. Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, has broken a medical record in Maryland, United States. On Thursday, the WTO boss announced that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successful navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot. The proud mother…
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![2023 romance: Makinde, Wike, two other PDP governors meet Mimiko in Ondo [+ Photos]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-28-at-14.13.59.jpeg)
2023 romance: Makinde, Wike, two other PDP governors meet Mimiko in Ondo [+ Photos]
Four Governors under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently meeting the former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko at his Ondo residence. Recall that Mimiko is the senatorial candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) for Ondo Central District in the 2019 election and still a member of the same party (ZLP). Among the…
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Afe Babalola’s ABUAD performs first kidney transplant
Afe Babalola University Multi-System Hospital, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), has recorded its first kidney transplant after a procedure that lasted five hours, fifteen minutes, thus making the successful transplant the first of its kind in Ekiti/Ondo axis of the country. The procedure was carried out on a 46-year-old player in the entertainment industry (name withheld) who was…
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N22b fraud: Court bars banks from releasing N11.79b to fleeing couple
A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Osborne area in Ikoyi has restrained all commercial banks in the country from releasing funds totaling N11.795 billion to Nigerian couple, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi, who allegedly fled the country after duping investors of over N22 billion. Justice Toyin Oyekan-Abdullai granted an order of mareva injunction freezing…
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Buhari in Madinah, prays for everlasting peace in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari continues his visit to Saudi Arabia with a brief stopover at Madinah where he observed his evening prayers and engaged in intense prayers. According to a statement by Aso Rock, Buhari, along with his entourage prayed for the return of peace and security all over Nigeria and the world at large. The…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Woman thou art lose (2)
By Oke Chinye Read: LUKE 13:10–17 Meditation verse: “But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, ‘woman you are loosed from your infirmity.’” (Luke 13:12) As you pray to God to free you from the entanglement, you need to: Accept God’s forgiveness: When God forgives us, He wipes the…
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We’re good to go, ready for Anambra election – INEC
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that the commission is ready for the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra. He said this on Wednesday, at a meeting with the Joint National Assembly Committee INEC and Electoral Matters to engage with the commission over the forthcoming election. Yakubu said,…
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New twists in struggle for control of First Bank: Hassan-Odukale ‘surpasses’ Otedola’s single-largest shareholder claim
The struggle to control Nigeria’s oldest tier one bank, First Bank as taken a new twist as FBN Holdings Plc, confirms Mr. Tunde Hassan-Odukale as the single-largest shareholder. The bank said with 5.36 percent equity holding, Hassan-Odukale is its largest single-holder followed by Femi Otedola with a 5.07 percent stake in the Group. Recall Tha…
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Gunmen kidnap eight in Ekiti, demand N50m ransom
Eight people were allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday at Itapaji Ekiti, in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. This is coming a week after four persons were kidnapped in Ayebode-Ekiti, in the same local government. The kidnappers were said to have demanded N50 million ransom from the family of the victims on Wednesday, 27th…
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Business can’t survive in Nigeria without generators – Adesina
President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has faulted the lack of reliable power supply as an obstacle to Nigeria’s industrial growth. He said this on Tuesday at the 49th annual general meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria in Abuja. Adesina stated that Nigerians spend $14 billion yearly on generators and fuel. He…