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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 Things You Need To Know Today 21st March 2022
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1 Brazil has lifted its ban on Telegram after two days of banning it by the Congress Supreme Court. Telegram, the fast-growing messaging platform, has been trying to gain a response from Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, electoral officials, and federal police for months. All they had to do was ban it.
2. Alhaja Kafilat Rufai a.k.a. Alhaja Kaola, a renowned radio broadcaster and the proprietor of Kaola Communications and Kaola Travel and Tours, has uploaded a sex clip on the internet.
In the viral video, Alhaja Kaola, who hosts the Islamic program ‘Albayan with Alhaja Kaola’ on Fresh FM in Ibadan, is seen giving an unnamed guy a blow job.
3. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has approved a request by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for the confiscation of DCP Abba Kyari’s property and money in the bank. It was gathered that the NDLEA’s request, which was dispatched to the justice ministry penultimate week, had received the AGF’s nod.
4. Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and two Governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are currently working on an alliance ahead of the party’s primary. Saraki disclosed this on Sunday when he and Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, also a PDP presidential hopeful, paid a consultative visit to Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State.
5. The woman leader of Koro ward of APC in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mrs Olomi Sunday, was killed during a rescue effort by the local vigilante, on Sunday. The deceased was among the three ward women leaders that were kidnapped while returning from the inauguration of the State executive of the APC held at the Kwara State Banquet Hall last week.
6. A former deputy national chairman of the PDP, Chief Olabode George at the weekend insisted that he would leave Nigeria if the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu becomes president in 2023. According to him, Tinubu has not done anything for the country to deserve such an honour of being elected President.
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7. Peter Obi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, has attributed the challenges confronting Nigeria to lack of God-fearing leaders. Obi, who spoke in Anambra yesterday, said Nigeria’s problem is more than the 2023 election, which seems to be capturing the attention of the government at the moment.
8. Alhaji Lukman Shittu, an Oyo-based cleric, has alleged that one of the worshippers at a mosque he presides over, impregnated his wife. He made the allegation while testifying before a Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, the State capital.
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9. Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP) leader, Sani Shuwaram, is dead. Shuwaram and other terrorists were eliminated after aerial bombardments carried out in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State.
10. The Imo State Police Command, on Sunday, said it has killed four hoodlums that attacked Omuma Police Station, in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Rabiu Hussaini, who confirmed the incident, said the hoodlums are suspected to be members of IPOB/ ESN.