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A famous Kenyan socialite has announced that she has reversed her butt enhancement surgery, by posting a picture on Instagram with a visibly smaller figure. Vera Sidika, who is well-known for previously having a large derriere, said she had experienced health complications from having the enhanced butt: “I’m lucky to be alive,” she posted on her Instagram account. It has sparked discussion online, with some people making fun of it, and others saying that you should not try and artificially enhance your looks: “Vera Sidika will serve as a perfect example of what happens when you attempt to hijack the…

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A jailed Belarus activist and two groups from Ukraine and Russia have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for championing human rights and democracy. The decision to honour Ales Bialiatsky, Russia’s Memorial and the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties (CCL) is a rebuff to two authoritarian leaders. Russia forced Memorial to close last December, ahead of Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. Bialiatsky was imprisoned amid protests against Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko. Ukraine’s CCL has monitored political persecutions and crimes against humanity in areas of the country occupied or annexed by Russia. Norwegian Nobel Committee head Berit Reiss-Andersen told reporters that…

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned lawmakers against passing budgets of the government owned enterprises that could create confusions. The president, during his speech at the budget presentation, said previous practices where budgets were passed for government-owned enterprises regardless of the content of the appropriation must stop. He told lawmakers, “I would like to implore the leadership of the National Assembly to ensure that the budget I lay here today, which includes those of the GOEs, be returned to the Presidency when passed.” The president accused that some committees of the National Assembly had in the past passed budgets for…

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma was set free on Friday following the expiry of his prison sentence for contempt of court, a government department. Zuma received a 15-month sentence in 2021 after he ignored instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry. He handed himself in on July 7, 2021 to begin his sentence, triggering the worst violence South Africa had seen in years as his angry supporters took to the streets. In a statement, Zuma said he felt relieved to be a free man and thanked his supporters. “The messages of support on social media and other platforms kept…

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The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar said the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are not ready for the election and governance. Atiku who spoke through his campaign spokesperson, Senator Dino Melaye, in a statement released on Friday urged Nigerians to critically examine the conduct and character of the people and parties that seek to lead. He claimed that it is becoming increasingly apparent that the APC members are desperate to retain power. “I once had a cause to describe the APC as an NGO and not…

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At least one person died after police fired tear gas at fans outside Gimnasia’s stadium during the match against Boca Juniors in Argentina. Police also fired rubber bullets to try stop supporters getting into the already packed ground on Thursday. The game was called off after nine minutes, with fans spilling onto the pitch trying to escape the turmoil. Buenos Aires security minister Sergio Berni confirmed there was one death and that they “died of cardiac arrest”. Authorities at San Martin hospital in La Plata, the city where Gimnasia are based, also confirmed the death, that of a 57-year-old man…

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The Court of Appeal on Friday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to immediately comply with an earlier order of the National Industrial Court and resume classes immediately. The union had dragged the Federal Government to court seeking a stay of execution of the judgement of the industrial court after it was dragged there by the Federal Government. Details later

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Following the flood that has ravaged some parts of Lokoja in Kogi State,the Federal Road Safety Corps has announced traffic diversion on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway over the natural menace. The agency said the diversion had become imperative following the flooding around Kortonkarfi in Lokoja, Kogi State, in the last three days. The FRSC’s Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, announced the traffic diversion in a statement on Friday. The statement read, “This is to inform the general public, that owing to the flooding around Kortonkarfi in Lokoja, Kogi State, which has impeded the free flow of traffic on the…

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I am very pleased to be here today to present the 2023 Budget Proposals at this Joint Session of the National Assembly. This is the last time I will be laying the budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria before the National Assembly. 2. Mr. President; Mr. Speaker: As I address this Joint Session on the Budget for the last time, let me highlight some of the progress that we have made in last seven and half years, in just two important areas of Critical Infrastructure and Good Governance. 3. We have made transformational investments in Infrastructure, notably: a. Establishing…

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