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 Stop dating for too long, you can’t know your partner 100% – Solomon Buchi Relationship therapist and life coach Solomon Buchi has disagreed with singer Simi over the discourse of cohabiting. Countering Simi’s recent video about couples needing to live together before getting married, Buchi said no level of togetherness before marriage can provide 100% necessary and detailed information about one’s prospective partner.  Buchi stated that it’s impossible for a person to know their partner too well before marriage and that no matter how long couples date, the reality of marriage tends to shock a lot of them. He also disclosed that getting married has to involve a certain level of fear and uncertainty because life is very uncertain. The acclaimed life coach stated that even in marriage, the person that you once knew can evolve and then you have to learn to experience them as new and different people all over again. He concluded by advising intending couples to stop dating for to...

 DRC clinches victory over Egypt on penalties, soars into AFCON quarter final The Democratic Republic of Congo ended a 34 minute deadlock that ensued after the initial 90 minutes of playing, and edged out the Pharaohs of Egypt from the ongoing African Cup of Nations with 8-7 score line . DRC  were the first to score through a strike by  Elia Meschack but the Pharaohs equalised in the 46th minute goal via a penalty kick by Mostafa Mohamed. The regular time of the pulsating match ended with a 1-1 score line. As the game dragged into extra time, none of the teams was able to show supremacy. The game progressed to the level of penalty shootout. And DRC emerged victorious by  beating Egypt 8-7. DRC will play their quarter final match against Guinea on Friday.

 Lil Frosh hit me countless times, ex-girlfriend Cute Gemini opens up Singer Lil Frosh’s ex-girlfriend, Cute Gemini, has countered claims he didn’t abuse her physically.  Cute Gemini insisted with proof that she went through domestic violence, saying the singer’s claim is untrue. According to Lil Frosh, he only slapped her once but she refuted his claims saying he did more than slapping her. The Nation reported that Lil Frosh shared his side of the story, accusing his ex-girlfriend of framing him and damaging his career. In a recent post via Instagram, Cute Gemini insisted that the claims made by the singer to clear his name were false. Backing her statement, she shared a series of photos, showing her brutalised body from alleged physical abuse from Lil Frosh in that same year. Sharing the photos, she wrote: “YES lilfrosh did hit me countless times, it wasn’t just “a slap“, it was never ever just a slap! I never disrespected his mom! I lost so many pictures and video evidence ...

 CBN Injects Fresh $500m Into Forex Market The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has committed $500 million into the forex market. Hakama Sidi-Ali, Acting Director of the Corporate Communications Department at the CBN, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Sidi-Ali reiterated the bank’s commitment to “settling all legitimate foreign exchange backlogs within a short time frame.” She also assured Nigerians that the CBN was implementing a comprehensive strategy to improve liquidity in the Nigerian foreign exchange markets in the short, medium, and long term. According to her, this strategy is focused on addressing fundamental issues that have hindered the effective operation of the Nigerian forex markets over the years. “As the governor said, the CBN’s focus is on addressing fundamental issues that have hindered the effective operation of the Nigerian FX markets over the years,” she said. The forex market reforms, she explained, are designed to streamline and unify multiple exchange ra...

 Ibadan Explosion: Makinde Hails Obi Over Visit, Blasts Atiku Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has taken a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for failing to express empathy to the Oyo State government over the explosion that rocked Bodija area of Ibadan. Makinde criticised Atiku while appreciating the former Governor of Anambra State and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, who was on a condolence visit to his office. Makinde revealed that only the former vice president had not reached out to him out of the three major candidates who contested the 2023 general election. “I want to thank you especially for the visit. Out of the 3 major candidates who contested the 2023 election, only Atiku Abubakar, my own leader and our candidate hasn’t called to commiserate with the state. I am saying this openly so that our leaders will know that we have time for politics and others. I want to thank you once again for coming,” Makinde told Obi, who had Aisha Ye...

 Fresh Worry For Tinubu’s Minister As Lawyers Drag Her To Court Over NYSC Violation The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa. Recall that in August 2023, the public was hit with the news of Musawa serving as a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) had argued that she could not be the minister at the same time she was serving. HURIWA alleged that Musawa abandoned her NYSC in Ebonyi State some years but later showed interest in finishing it up during which she was mobilised in 2023 and posted to a law firm in Abuja. NYSC’s Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, had said Musawa was occupying the ministerial position in breach of the NYSC Act. Megwa had told newsmen that the minister, at the time, had been serving for eight months in the FCT, explaining that it was agai...

 Angola Players Get Cash, iPhone 15 Ahead of Super Eagles Clash Ahead of Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal clash with Nigeria, players of the Angola national team have been rewarded with cash and material gifts. The Palancas Negras, who are fresh off a commanding 3-0 victory over Namibia in the Round of 16, were also promised cash gifts if they advanced to the final. As reported by Angola Press Agency, Banco Angolano de Investimento, a bank in Angola, announced that it would reward each Angola player and coaching staff with the sum of five million Kwanzas (equivalent to approximately N5.41 million). Aguinaldo Jaime, the President of the Board of Directors of UNITEL, a private Angolan mobile phone company, also gave an iPhone 15 with free calls, SMS, and internet for a year to every member of the Angolan delegation in Cote d’Ivoire. The company Sodiam EP also pledged a substantial amount of $250,000 to both the national team and technical team if Angola secured a spot in t...