acting
27 Jan
After I became an actor, I realised that I have an audience now and I have done acting for so long now that it is time to do something else. I knew within me that acting is not my purpose, it is simply what I do, and I love doing it.
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One bright afternoon, some years ago, I decided to make a quick stop at my favourite shoes-and-bags shop on Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos. As I approached the shop, I noticed an armed guard at the entrance. He was carrying a familiar gun - the intimidating but innocent-looking big thing only a certain agency in Nigeria…
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The Police Command in Anambra and the security Joint Task Force (JTF) have apprehended one Pablo Mamu, and recovered one OFN rifle, one locally made pistol, one live 9mm Ammunition, eight live cartridges. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday in Onitsha. Ikenga said that the…
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To address the rising challenge of internal displacement across Africa, the private sector must play a proactive role in ensuring self-reliance and dignity for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The Vice Chairman of TGI Group, Farouk Gumel, stated this at the 2024 Africa Roundtable on Private Sector Solutions to Internal Displacement in Lagos. He emphasised the…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured the conviction of four drug lords, who were sentenced to a combined 28 years in prison following the seizure of over 2.1 tons of cocaine in Ikorodu, Lagos. The Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro, delivered the sentences after a two-year…
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Female infertility is the inability of a woman to conceive or carry a pregnancy to term after one year of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse. Female factor infertility refers to infertility issues that primarily originate from the female reproductive system. There are different levels or types of female infertility which can affect women in varying degrees.…
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Notorious terrorist leader Bello Turji has threatened residents of communities in Zamfara and Sokoto States, accusing them of providing intelligence to the Nigerian military that led to the arrest of his alleged lieutenants. Turji’s threats come after the Nigerian military revealed on December 20 that it had captured key members of Turji's network during an…
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The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) and other agencies rescued three men who were trapped in a blocked manhole in Abuja. The other agencies involved in the rescue operation at Guzape, Asokoro District, are the FCT Fire Service and the National Emergency Management Agency. The acting Director-General of the department, Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed,…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara South Senatorial District, Engineer Opeyemi Olabanji, has cautioned the youths against being used by inordinate politicians ahead of the 2027 general elections. Olabanji, while addressing the youth wing of the APC from Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, who yesterday paid him a…
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A former spokesman and ex-Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has stated that the South, and not the North, should produce the president in 2027. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, Okupe argued that fairness demands that the South completes its…
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Hours after the tragedy that hit a community in Silame Local Government Area (LGA), Sokoto State, when a warplane targeted the Lakurawa insurgents, a lady who was a victim has narrated how her family members fell victim to the attack, alleging that they were burnt to death in an inferno that ensued during the attack.…