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Veteran actress Bukky Ajayi dies at 82

Legendary Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi has died. The well respected actress died today July 6th. She made her last public appearance at the 2016 AMVCA in March where she won the AMVCA Merit Award. She was 82 years old. May her soul rest in peace, Amen.

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Alleged forgery: Deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu writes US Congress, EU Parliament, foreign missions

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has written a 2-page letter to leaders of the United Nations, European Union, United States’ Congress, European Union (EU) Parliament, governments of United States, United Kingdom and other foreign missions, over what he described as an attempt to truncate Nigeria’s democracy, clamp down on opposition and silence him as the leader and highest ranking member of the opposition in the country, all in the name of prosecuting an alleged forgery case. He wants the international community to decide whether or not the trial he and Saraki a

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NAPTIP denies being responsible for the denial of Visa for the Under 17 female basketball team by the Spanish embassy

The 2016 FIBA U-17 World Championship began on Wednesday June 22 in Spain without Nigeria's team following the refusal of the Spanish Embassy in Lagos to give the team travelling visas. It is being alleged that the Anti Human Trafficking Agency (NAPTIP) was responsible for the denial. However, the Acting Director General of NAPTIP, Alhaji Abdulrazak Dangiri has vehemently denied the allegation by the Nigerian Basketball Federation that the agency was instrument to the denial of the Visa. (more…)