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 Embattled Afrobeat singer and son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun Kuti, who is currently being remanded at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of Yaba Chief Magistrate Court for assaulting a police officer, has been crowned the ‘General Overseer’ of his cell by the inmates.  Vanguard reports that a copy of the Holy Bible was said to have been handed over to him as an instrument of his office. His appointment as the GO was however not without some drama after the inmates initially rejected him. According to the report, after Seun was taken to the cell to join other suspected criminals, his first shocker was the hoarse, deep baritone voice of the leader of the inmates who directed him to keep standing. A few minutes later, a crisis erupted inside the cell as the inmates were said to have rejected him. The inmates were banging on their metal protective door, asking that Seun should be taken out of ...

 The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, is of the opinion that Nigerian presidents have no need to travel abroad for medical treatments, following the inauguration of the 21 billion naira Presidential Wing of the State House Medical Centre. Channels TV stated that Mrs Buhari stated this when she joined President Buhari and other dignitaries for the commissioning ceremony of the facility situated in the premises of Presidential Villa, Abuja. The president’s wife told State House correspondents that she established the idea of the wing six years ago, after the extensive stay of her husband abroad, for medical treatment. She assured that with the facility in place, Nigerian Presidents and their family members will no longer need to go abroad for treatment but may only fly medical experts to assist their colleagues in the country. 

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 The Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos state has remanded Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer.  At his arraignment before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, the prosecution led by S. A Adebese and Morufu Animashaun asked the court to remand the defendant for 21 days pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions. However, Kuti’s counsel, led by Femi Falana, SAN, asked the court to not remand his client, stating that they were not aware of the remand application.   The magistrate after listening to both parties requested five minutes of recess stating that she needed to deliberate on her own. Upon her return, the magistrate said she would not rely on police investigation hence she remanded the defendant for 48 hours in police custody.    Delivering her judgment, she ordered that the singer be remanded for 48 hours with the police and then be granted bail in the sum of N1 millio...

The solar system consists of a star, eight planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and other objects. The sun is the center of the solar system and makes up 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system. The eight planets in the solar system, in order from the sun, are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto was once considered the ninth planet, but it was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. The four inner planets of the solar system, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are also known as the terrestrial planets because they are similar in size and composition to Earth. The four outer planets of the solar system, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, are also known as the gas giants because they are primarily composed of hydrogen and helium. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, with a diameter of about 86,881 miles (139,822 kilometers). Saturn is famous for its rings, which are made up of ice particles, rock, and dust. Uranus and ...

 Former President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has stated he would end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24hrs, if he were the President of the US. Speaking on Wednesday night, May 10 in a CNN town hall before a live audience in the state of New Hampshire, Trump said he would have a negotiation with Russian and Ukrainian Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, respectively. “I’ll meet with Putin. I’ll meet with Zelensky. They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths. And within 24 hours, that war will be settled. It’ll be over,” Trump said. On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded and occupied parts of Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had begun in 2014. He, however, added that Putin made a mistake by invading Ukraine, an act he says Putin would not have done if he were the President of the US. “Putin made a mistake by invading Ukraine. His mistake was going in. He would have never gone in if I was president,” Trump said. “...

 The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that the Bank Verification Number does not have an expiry date.    The apex bank revealed this in a document signed by its Acting Director, Corporate Communication, Isa AbdulMumin, on Wednesday night, May 10.     The bank gave the clarification following a viral video of a man who claimed the BVN will expire by 2023 and that Nigerians should prepare to go for another registration by 2024.   “Contrary to these claims, we wish to clarify that the BVN issued in Nigeria has no expiry date. Once a customer’s biometrics have been captured and enrolled in the database of NIBSS, the BVN remains for life.”the statement said. The apex bank, however, said based on “the Regulatory Framework for BVN issued by the CBN in 2021 stipulates that customers can only change their records due to certain conditions spelt out in the document and after being cleared by relevant authorities”.   The CBN urged bank customers to be wary o...