Always verify before donating to online medical fundraisers—Actress Kate Henshaw

Veteran Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw has advised the public to be cautious when donating to medical fundraisers online.The actress made her stance known on X in response to a resurfaced tweet about a fraudulent medical fundraiser. The post narrated how a woman, who had shared an emotional video seeking help for cancer treatment, suddenly became…

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Nedu issues VeryDarkMan N500m compensation notice for defamation

Nedu Wazobia, a popular media personality, has served social media critic VeryDarkMan with a pre-action notice following alleged defamatory statements published on his page. VeryDarkMan disclosed this in a post on his Instagram page. The lawyers representing Nedu and Tokindrumz Picture and Media Ltd stated that a 12-minute video shared by VeryDarkMan on his YouTube…

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Court exonerates Naira Marley, Sam Larry of Mohbad’s death

A Sabo-Yaba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, yesterday discharged Abdulazeez Fashola (alias Naira Marley) and his ally, Samson Eletu (alias Sam Larry) in connection with the death of a Nigerian artiste, Ilerioluwa Alogba (alias Mohbad). The court said, instead, it was a nurse, Feysayo Ogedengbe and Ayobami Sadiq that should be prosecuted for Mohbad’s death due to…

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Couple who set world record for longest kiss announces breakup.

Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat, the Thai couple who set the Guinness World Record for the longest kiss in 2013, have revealed they are no longer together. Speaking on the BBC Sounds podcast Witness History, Ekkachai shared that despite their split, he remains “very proud” of their record-breaking 58-hour, 35-minute kiss. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience,”…

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NIMR alerts on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, has called for heightened vigilance, screening in febrile patients, and increased funding to combat the growing threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, particularly viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Researchers at the institute are making significant strides in understanding and addressing these health challenges, but…

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