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Veteran actor and screenwriter, Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, has died after battling stage-four cancer. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the actor’s daughters, Kira and Haleemah, disclosed that doctors diagnosed their father with cancer three weeks earlier. They appealed to Nigerians to help the family explore possible treatment options. Kira announced her father’s death during an Instagram Live session on Sunday. His colleague, Saidi Balogun, also confirmed the death in an Instagram post. Kira, who was visibly distressed and crying during the live session, said she wanted to return home after learning of her father’s death. “Help me call my sister, my…
A former Accord Party presidential candidate, Prof Chris Imumolen, has faulted the claim that President Bola Tinubu played no role in Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory in the August 15 Osun governorship election, describing the position as “ungrateful and pretentious.” Imumolen, in a statement on Sunday, said reducing Tinubu’s role to whether he campaigned for Adeleke or provided financial and political support was an attempt to overlook what he described as the President’s democratic restraint before and during the election. The former presidential candidate was reacting to an interview published in PUNCH Online wherein the spokesperson of the Imole Campaign Organisation,…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! If you’re anything like Us, you’re curious as to what’s inside a celebrity’s medicine cabinet. What you’ll find in Rihanna‘s is a surprisingly low-effort way to smooth the look of fine lines: Peter Thomas Roth Peptide Skinjection Expression Line Hydra-Gel Patches. A source told Us the singer and beauty founder mogul was spotted wearing the fine line-smoothing eye patches. While most under-eye patches address puffiness or tired-looking eyes, the Peter Thomas Roth patches temporarily smooth and hydrate areas prone to…
George Nwabueze, accused by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of promoting a fake federal agency, has defended the status of the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office. He posted documents he said showed that the initiative was linked to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). Nwabueze, who describes himself as the National Coordinator and Executive Director of the project office, has continued to reject the ICPC’s allegation that the organisation was operating without government authorisation. The documents shared by Nwabueze on LinkedIn include a purported appointment letter…
It began, unexpectedly, with a telephone call one evening in May. I was at my desk in Abuja when my phone rang. On the other end was Kemi Yusufu, Publicity Secretary of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). She had an unusual message. A friend had contacted her to say that the Chinese Embassy in Abuja was looking for a way to reach me. Kemi had done what friends sometimes do when opportunity comes knocking in an unfamiliar voice: she passed on my contact. The following morning, a message arrived from the Chinese Embassy. I was invited to an…
The Oyo State Government, on Sunday, congratulated the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress in the state, Bosun Olabiyi-Agoro, on his emergence as the President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. The Acting Governor of the state, Bayo Lawal, in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on media, Sulaimon Olarenwaju, in Ibadan, the state capital, described Olabiyi-Agoro’s emergence as a good development for the association. The Acting Governor noted that Olabiyi-Agoro’s experience, exposure and patriotism would be brought to bear in taking PENGASSAN to the next level. Lawal lauded the…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! If the end of summer means less time working remotely and more time at the office, you might want to give your wardrobe a quick fall update — and no, we’re not just talking about sweaters. Instead of reaching for high heels, which might make your feet ache after a few hours, consider laid-back alternatives that look just as elevated while also giving your work uniform an autumnal-chic spin. We scoured Amazon’s fall edit and found several laid-back luxe shoe…
Nigeria is entering a new phase of its digital journey. The country is no longer simply asking how quickly it can adopt cloud technology. It is beginning to shape the conditions under which that technology can support national resilience, innovation, investment and long-term digital independence… The cloud may be invisible to the people who use it every day… But the infrastructure beneath it could help determine how confidently Nigeria enters its digital future. For most Nigerians, the cloud is something they use without thinking about it. A mobile banking app opens, a payment goes through, a government portal loads, or…
The All Progressives Congress has won all 13 chairmanship and 171 councillorship seats contested in the Ebonyi State local government elections. According to Vanguard, the results were announced on Sunday by the Chairman of the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission, Patrick Enyi, at the commission’s office on Onwe Road, Abakaliki. Among those declared winners was Osborn Umahi, son of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, who emerged chairman-elect of Ohaozara Local Government Area. Other chairmanship candidates declared elected are Peace Agwu (Ishielu), Paul Ituma (Ohaukwu), Friday Nwuhuo (Ezza North), Chinedu Mkpuma (Ezza South), Chidi Nwode (Ikwo), Timothy Nwachi (Afikpo), Ikechukwu…
A new Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland working paper offers a provocative explanation for why cryptocurrency behaves so differently from traditional financial assets: Americans who buy crypto don’t simply have different demographics or risk appetites, they have radically different beliefs about digital assets’ future returns.The finding could help explain both crypto’s persistent volatility and the way rallies can attract new buyers, potentially creating a feedback loop in which rising prices reinforce bullish expectations and pull more investors into the market.Using repeated surveys of as many as 25,000 US households per wave, researchers Michael Weber, Bernardo Candia, Olivier Coibion and Yuriy…
