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Selena Gomez is firing back after the pop star and her mother, Mandy Teefey, were named in a fraud lawsuit. “The allegations that Selena Gomez engaged in any way whatsoever in any purported ‘fraud’ or other wrongdoing are completely meritless, both factually and legally,” Gomez’s lawyer Mathew S. Rosengart told Us in a Saturday, August 15, statement. “We will vigorously defend these false allegations and indeed are filing a motion to dismiss the baseless claims against her.” (People was first to report the news.) News broke earlier this week that Gomez, 34, and her mother, 50, have been sued for…
The Accord Party governorship candidate and incumbent governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has secured the highest number of votes in his Local Government Area, Ede North, in Saturday’s governorship election. The Ede North Local Government Area Collation Officer, Jacob Opele, announced the aggregate results at the LGA collation centre, declaring Mr Adeleke the winner. Mr Adeleke, who is seeking re-election, polled 35,427 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who secured 10,283 votes. The results from the 30 local government areas of Osun State are being announced at their respective LGA collation…
The Nigerian government has strengthened its partnership with China to expand cancer care through technology transfer, professional training, research and expansion of radiotherapy capacity. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, disclosed this while delivering the opening address at the LINK Global Summit on Innovation and Practice in Oncology at the China National Convention Centre in Beijing, China. This is according to a statement issued on Saturday and signed by Ado Bako, Assistant Director, Information and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The statement added that Nigeria also signed a strategic cooperation agreement…
Balmoral Promotions and Stamina For Sale have launched the Stamina High Performance Academy in Nigeria, a new initiative focused on identifying and developing the next generation of Nigerian boxing talent, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Academy will launch simultaneously in Lagos and Akwa Ibom, bringing together Stamina’s high performance boxing expertise in the United Kingdom with Balmoral’s Nigerian boxing and promotional platform. The initiative will focus on talent identification, athlete development, and creating pathways towards professional and international boxing opportunities for Nigerian fighters. Founder of Stamina For Sale, Tunde Ajayi, said Nigeria possessed an incredible depth of boxing talent that…
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The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that its official X account has been compromised in an attempted unauthorised access. The DHQ, in a statement on Saturday by the Director of Defence Information, Maj Gen Samaila Uba, said the incident was being treated as a cybersecurity matter, with technical measures activated to secure the account. The statement read, “The Defence Headquarters wishes to inform members of the public, the media and all stakeholders that it has detected an attempted unauthorised compromise of its official X (formerly Twitter) account. “The incident is currently being treated as a cybersecurity matter, and appropriate technical measures…
Netflix has filed a motion to dismiss Tyra Banks’ lawsuit regarding her participation in Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, Us can report. The streaming platform filed court documents on Friday, August 14, asking the court to throw out Banks’ defamation claims. “Directors Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy are respected documentarians who thoroughly interviewed the people behind America’s Next Top Model,“ a spokesperson for Netflix told Us in a Friday statement. “Tyra Banks was given the opportunity to speak openly about her experience and the creators fairly presented her perspective alongside those of every other participant shown in this…
The Accord Party has won Ife Central Local Government Area in the Osun governorship election, securing a 5,258-vote margin over the All Progressives Congress (APC). The result was announced at the Ife Central LGA collation centre at about 10:43 p.m. on Saturday. The result will be reviewed at INEC’s Central collation center in Osogbo before the result is finally ratified According to the LG result, the Accord Party polled 21,171 votes, while the APC secured 15,913 votes. A total of 39,330 votes were cast from the 39,990 accredited voters in the local government area. Of the votes cast, 38,380 were…
The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), University of Ilorin Branch, have declared support for the national body’s decision to give the federal government a fresh 21-day ultimatum. The branch declared its support in a communiqué issued on Saturday in Ilorin and signed by the Branch Chairman, Mohammed Abdulkadir, and Secretary, Adebayo Oloko. According to the communique, the decision was reached by Congress after it reviewed developments on the outstanding demands of its members and the resolutions of the Emergency National Executive Council (NEC) of NAMDA. It said that the 21-day ultimatum was to address the long-standing concerns…
The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Senator Seriake Dickson, has reunited with former leaders and founding members of the defunct Alliance for Democracy after about 27 years, pledging to revive their democratic conversation and contribute to the survival of Nigeria’s democracy. The reunion, held on Saturday, brought together some prominent members of the old AD political family, including Chief Michael Odurinde, a former Senior Special Adviser to the late Pa Ayo Adebanjo, an Afenifere leader and founding father of the Alliance for Democracy. Dickson, who served as a founding State Chairman of the AD and later became its…
