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Welcome first child without marriage.....No shame in us anymore.

Well, he said he like the way he is feeling right now, make I no come sha use my reggae spoil his blues now....

Keep living in the Stone Age…
Every kid is a blessing (so long as you can take care of it).

Even your Jesus was not the product of a marriage…
Just say ‘Congrats’ or hold your peace and move on!
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Sabadon:
Cyber crime is like a hydra, cut off one head another buds off, it ll take orientation from the basics which is the family and society at large to stop this menace. A society that celebrates crime will evwntually breed criminals

The government still has a role to play in all these, cos i see no reason why someone who's comfortably earning would want to go an extra mile trying to aquire extreme wealth, in a nutshell hunger resulting from unemployment can reset ones thinking faculty to comit crime

Totilopussylick:
Omo see flashy cars everywhere.

Cyber crime rampant because our government failed it's citizens.

People who have really been “failed” or “hungry” don’t use stolen loot to buy flashy cars and party everyday…
Nope! Cyber crime is rampant in Nigeria, because many citizens are just as greedy and criminally-minded as their leaders.
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NaijaCoverBlog:
Update From . COM

The wedding of President Buhari's son Yusuf to his bride, Zahra Bayero, will hold on August 20. The invitation letter has now been released online. According to the letter, the wedding will hold at the Bichi Emir palace in Kano state at 1.30pm.

See Photo As Obtained By Below:

Source: BLOG

Why does the invitation have an OFFICIAL SEAL and letterhead?
The wedding of the president’s son is NOT an official state function. SMH
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Fahdiga:
He was probably shot by a fellow Nigerian

Doubt that very much…
Delivery people, taxis, etc., are probably the most frequently robbed/shot folks in the US.

There are more than 55,000 gun-related homicides every year in the US.
Frankly, shooting people is almost no big deal to so many Americans (and not just criminals).
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descarado:
Which stories?
Juju stories?
Please spare me. Millions of Nigerians are not interested in that. Some movies from other countries are classified as historical movies or drama. That, my dear, in this 2021is where our Juju movies or dramas belong as is done in other places.

That’s not what the market indicates…
Since Nollywood “juju” movies rake in tons of cash.

Personally, I am not a superstitious person…
But “juju” movies do not bother me, as there are NO different from Disney movies.

Movie-making is STORY telling…
Whether you classify them as drama, historical, romcom, fantasy, or any other genre.

Nigerians/Africans should quit feeling inferior about our STORIES…
What you derisively term “juju” is what Oyibo terms magical or fantasy or even religious.
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ultimateprof:
This is narrow gauge and its outdated already with Warnock coaches. There's no hope there, the federal government supposed to build standard gauge there.
This kind of track and coaches are one of the reasons why trains keep on derailing, capsidding and killing innocent Nigerians.

Rotimi Amechi no try for him people at all!

The government is RETROFITTING the existing narrow gauge line…
The only real difference is operational speed (120km/h vs 100km/h in Nigeria).
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FreelanceRebel:
Actually the Chinese are more interested in using their money to building new one than renovating the old, which make sense in terms of investment and it would be easy to take over if the FG default on their loan.

The Chinese are rehabilitating (actually retrofitting) the old PH-Maiduguri line…
Meanwhile, the Kano-Maradi (Niger Repiblic) line is being funded and built by the Portuguese, not the Chinese.
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NEWSREPORT:
This is an exclusive coverage of Nigerian rail corporation in Port Harcourt Rivers state. We tour the entire platform bringing to you the current situation of things at the terminal and condition of trains.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MajqTkSSaM4

Not a fan of Bubu the Dullard…
But also not a fan of telling half-tales (misrepresentations).

These old stations PRECEDED Bubu the Dullard…
But we know his govt has approved its rehabilitation contract (see links below).

https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/us-3-2bn-redevelopment-of-port-harcourt-maiduguri-line-launched/
https://punchng.com/fg-approves-3-02bn-for-ph-maiduguri-rail-line/
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descarado:
As long as they don't dish out those juju movie, congrats to them.

What’s wrong with “juju” movies?
Movies are STORIES, not real life.
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H2ho:
Who’s bankrolling them?

Hope you are not being a crude misogynist…
The same people who are “bankrolling” male producers.
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EcoBrick:
https://punchng.com/notable-female-filmmakers-calling-the-shots/

Even the present is female…
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SlyfoxxjReturns:
Seriously. You can work in an organization for years and never really get around to know the full names of your colleagues. Especially if you don’t really establish a personal relationship with them and just keep it strictly formal, focusing on your job.

You might know a few surnames floating around in your head because of emails and all but it’s very possible to totally blank out if someone randomly asks you off duty to put a face on each name or their exact position in the company.

He’s supposedly the Head of Operations, not the gate man…
These are not the names of his “colleagues” but the principal officers!
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Ikem11:
I won't argue with you my brother. Like I said, only if you know. Just take my advice that the dude did scam and its a cheap scam he did

Definitely sounds like a scam artist…
A senior officer that doesn’t know the names of his principal officers. SMH
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balmofgilead:
As a Lawyer, this is my Take. While the UK Embassy is expected to conduct all background and security check on an individual, they still reserve the right to deny you entry into the country if they suspect anything fishy. The statement Visa is a privilege and not a right is rather vague. I think it is safe to say entry into any country even with a valid Visa is conditional and not absolute.

There is the immigration office where you apply for your Visa, and there is the border control which have their own requirements independent of the other. In this mans case, we do not have the full facts for one, which the court will hear and make a determination upon. However, refusing him entry based on him not knowing how to draw, is rather unnecessary in my opinion. Failing to name key officials in his company is however a red flag. The company has a website, hushpuppy can have a website too. The company's status on CAC public search is inactive since 2017. Red flag number 2.

Where his case may have some strength is in the fact that he was detained. the reason for his detention will be an issue the court will determine. If detention was necessary, he will go home with nothing, if unnecessary then he can start getting his bank account ready.

Read this for more info.https://uk.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/denied-entry-to-the-uk/. Happy Sunday!

If embassies ran a background and security check on every visa applicant, they would have no other functions…
A visa does not grant automatic entry, and a foreigner can be denied entry at point of entry for any reason whatsoever.

Under UK immigration law, a foreigner can be held in an Immigration Removal Centre for a “reasonable” period if denied entry…
Accordingly, it will NOT be an issue for the courts to determine under this instance, as dude had clearly been denied entry into the UK.
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ayoade2:
That is his problem to his company not immigration. A simple call to the company would have confirmed if he is a staff or not.

And you think immigration is there to eat boli and groundnut…
It’s their “problem” to ensure that fraudsters do not enter their country.
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SlyfoxxjReturns:
Nothings more painful than than being denied entry after landing in a foreign country. Happened to a friend of mine in the US.

Imagine 16 hours of flying only to be turned back at the airport over there and put on another 16 hour flight back home. The guy nyash don nearly red by the time he landed back in Lagos.

Like if you’re going to do that just deny me the visa here so I don’t go through that kind of stress.

Nigerian immigration does the same regularly. Before I got my Nigerian passport, I was nearly denied entry once because the immigration officer claimed I did not have enough dollars for the 10 days I planned to spend in Lagos.
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Newboss:
What are you even saying? So he should start cramming names and core values instead of focusing on his job? Some people are not good with names. I went through university without knowing any lecturer's full name. I just know say the name na John. I have worked in many places without knowing the oga's full name. Those guys were looking for anything to use to cast him. People even have issues remembering names. These are real things any adult can relate with. Let's stop all these hypocritical attitude.

Only a fraudulent ‘officer’ would need to “cram” the names of the principal officers of his employer…
And being a distracted adolescent student is nowhere near analogous to being Head of Operations of a company.

You think the Head of Operations is the company’s gateman?
It’s a positions that’s lies at the very heart of the internal functioning (operations) of the company. Focus ko, locust nI!
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Seankay323:
Guys i have travelled to the uk without a valid visitor visa and they let me stay for 5 days instead of the 2 weeks i intended to stay and yes i was detained for some hours. My passport was given to the pilot upon return back to Nigeria.. Be humble thats all no go dey form i am this and that. Fix your own country or dont travel to the uk. How can a head of operations not know company's logo or directors. You dey sue instead of you to sue your own government for making you incompetent enough not to know your company's logo.

It would seem as if the dude only concentrated on getting Oluwole documents…
But failed to be bothered with basics such as the names of the bank’s principal officers.
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ADAMUdaCOWBOY:
It is not typical practice to be interviewing someone upon arrival, these are things you should do during visa interviews. They hand pick Nigerians for such humiliations and I don't think we should be defending them for doing that.

It is done regularly…
Immigration officers routinely spot-check arrivals.

There many NON-NIGERIANS interviewed and/or denied entry at the airport (or other port of entry)…
There’s often (though not always) reasons to conduct random spot-checks, and unfortunately many Nigerians act dodgy.

A visa does not grant automatic entry and can effectively be revoked at any time….
Anyway, sounds like this dude was too busy forging Oluwole docs, he forgot to learn names of the bank’s officers. LMAO!
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Fuckyoumod:
Nigerian sues UK for denying him entry after landing at Manchester airport

British-court

A Nigerian, Adeyemi Opebiyi, has sued the United Kingdom for allegedly turning him back from entering the country after he had been granted a visa and had flown from Nigeria to the Manchester Airport.

Opebiyi, who described himself as the Head of Operations, Sabi Micro Finance Bank Ltd, said on arriving at Manchester Airport on March 14, 2021, he was stopped by the UK Immigration official, who insisted that he must be interviewed before he could be allowed into the UK.

He claimed that he was made to wait for eight hours at the immigration desk before he was eventually interviewed by an Immigration officer, who asked him to draw the logo of Sabi Micro Finance Bank Ltd, among other things, as a way of verifying his claim that he works with the financial institution.

Opebiyi alleged that after drawing the logo as best as he could, the Immigration officer told him that the drawing was not good enough and he would be denied entry into the UK on that basis and related reasons.

He claimed that he was subsequently detained for 10 days before he was finally deported to Nigeria on March 24.

He said in response to his request for the review of the decision, he got a letter from the UK Home Office, reading: “You were asked to draw Sabi Micro Finance Bank LTD’s logo: What you drew bore little resemblance to the logos found on all the official paperwork you submitted for your visa application.

“Furthermore, you were initially unable to state the correct names of the current Chairperson and Managing Director of Sabi Micro Finance Bank Ltd. This is something a Head of Operations would know. You were also unable to describe the core values and mission of Sabi Micro Finance Bank Ltd as described on its website.”

In the suit filed on his behalf by UK-based Nigerian lawyer, Mr Femi Aina, a Senior Consultant Solicitor with Martynsrose Solicitors, UK, Opebiyi is demanding damages for what he termed the unlawful and humiliating treatment meted out to him by the UK Immigration officers.

The suit was filed upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum chamber) UK, with the Secretary of State for Home Department (UK) named as the sole respondent to the suit.

In the court papers, copies of which were made available to our correspondent, Opebiyi’s lawyer said, “The applicant spent 16 hours on his flight to London (Lagos-Doha-Manchester). He was held for about eight hours by the respondent for further examination. He was interviewed after eight hours’ waiting and was asked to draw the company logo. Despite the fatigue and the flight stress, he tried his best possible to draw the company’s logo. The respondent’s action is oppressive as it does not have regard for his well-being.
“The applicant showed his ID card, his MD confirmed his employment. The letter dated 9th April, 2018 and the one dated 12 August, 2020 from the CBN relates to his employment. His bank statement shows regular salary payment. All the above are relevant evidence regarding his employment. The respondent’s decision that he was not employed, or that false information was used in obtaining his visa, is wrong.

“By reason of the matters aforesaid, the applicant was unlawfully detained and deprived of his liberty for 10 days at Immigration Detention Centre (Colynbrook) from the date of his arrival, 14th March 2021 up to the date of his removal i.e. 24 March, 2021.

“The respondent has acted in a way that is incompatible with the applicant’s rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, contrary to Section 6(1) as a public authority carrying out Immigration Control.”

Describing the experience as the worst in his life, Opebiyi, in the court papers, said, “I was humiliated and distressed about the whole matter. A week after returning to Nigeria I could not go to work as I was mentally unstable. I have never stayed in detention in my life. The whole experience is affecting me psychologically till now. Anytime I hear detention or see anything about the UK, I cringe. I lost my savings on a fruitless journey to the UK. I am a victim of injustice.”

The applicant, through his lawyer, said he was entitled to a claim of between £5,000 and £20,000, with interest.

He explained that he lost a total of £1,593.00 from the cost of flight ticket, taxi fare to the airport in Nigeria, Administrative Review fees that he paid in the UK and the legal fees he paid to the lawyer who processed the Administrative Review for him.

“The claimant is entitled to interest pursuant to Section 69 County Courts Act 1984 on any sums due to him at such rate as the court shall think fit,” the lawyer said.

https://punchng.com/nigerian-sues-uk-for-denying-him-entry-after-landing-at-manchester-airport/?amp

UK-bound by force or by foul…
Dude, it is not by right to enter the UK.

It’s their country and they can deny you entry for any reason whatsoever…
Abegi return to your country that you have helped to mess up and help fix it.
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WriterNig:
@FabrizioRomano .

The GOAT…
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Fejoku:
I want to believe you're just ignorant unaware of what is instock for your Nigeria by the fulanis. Don't worry we can't stop their attempt; we can only stop them from laying their hands on our land. If your side fail to stop them, don't cry to us for help. They will surely come to your side.
Don't be so naive. Victor Moses' case isn't much different from a lot of people. You have met on the road. It's just that you've not yet heard their stories. Those religious crises and communal fights that happened both in the north and south are very different from the ones happening currently. You will not understand just like the average black man doesn't feel the pain of others until he himself is struck. During such fights, there are bases/claims of wrong doings by both sides before the fight and the military is most times not biased when sent to end the fight. This way, no body blames the federal government for complicity but these fulani herdsmen killings of recent is clearly even supported by the federal government. After all the other crises, soldiers are camped in the location to restore peace and committees set up to discuss the remote reasons behind the fight and also make recommendations to prevent reoccurrence. Where have you seen this in the recent killings all across Nigeria? 100s of villagers slaughtered in the middle of the night and farmlands destroyed and nothing is said or done about it. If you're a survivor whose parents and siblings are wiped out, where will you find the patriotism to represent the useless country who couldn't protect your family and still never bothered to find and prosecute their killers? You must be heartless yourself to move cheerfully move on as though your parents and siblings were mere insects fit for extermination.
It's better you step up your thought process for your own survival. People are facing genocide is southern Kaduna currently. Before this week runs out, news will come of more killings of villagers and life will go on as though nothing happened. Is this the kind of country you want?

Dude, that’s EXACTLY the point!
Nigerians make Nigeria. In fact, Nigerians are Nigeria, and will thus represent Nigerians (not the government) irregardless.

Meanwhile, I will ignore the JUVENILE personal insults and ad hominem attacks…
Neither would I dignify the SELF-HATING RACIST drivel (“the average black man” blah, blah) with a response. Do better! SMH
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OChimex:
My brother Economics is far beyond ethnic stupidity it tells right away. If they don't follow expert advice and run Economics like a science, then, they know they all will be doomed as well. Make they try empty the vault naa, they themselves go stab themselves. Naija go shutdown.

This dangote of a guy is not smart, how can one start a project bigger than your entire networth? Who does that? Who is advising him? Suddenly the naira slips further to dollar making the cost of the project to increase.

How can you invest such amount in refinery when the world is soon moving to electric car? He is just backward thinking. The Internet that is the main game he refused to invest it. Soon cement might be outdated too.
Why only invest in things that brings you valueless naira, why can't you invest hugely on things that you will export and earn in hard currencies like dollars and pounds and euros?
I wonder why this guys hate to think in the future...

Huh?! The complex has reportedly already EXPORTED fertilizer to the US and Brazil…
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-dangote-fertiliser/nigerias-dangote-to-start-exporting-fertiliser-to-u-s-brazil-idUSKCN2DY1D7

Furthermore, the complex will EXPORT polypropylene and polyethylene from its petrochemicals plant…
And the reason it’s fuel products is Euro V standard (the world’s highest) is because large amounts will be EXPORTED.

Meanwhile, Dangote Cement EXPORTS cement to some African countries…
While creating TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN NIGERIA FOR NIGERIANS! That’s the “science” of sound Economics!
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Igyeseh06:
How can a whole richest man in Africa be owing such debt?

Is there something they are not telling us?

OChimex:
My brother Economics is far beyond ethnic stupidity it tells right away. If they don't follow expert advice and run Economics like a science, then, they know they all will be doomed as well. Make they try empty the vault naa, they themselves go stab themselves. Naija go shutdown.

This dangote of a guy is not smart, how can one start a project bigger than your entire networth? Who does that? Who is advising him? Suddenly the naira slips further to dollar making the cost of the project to increase.

How can you invest such amount in refinery when the world is soon moving to electric car? He is just backward thinking. The Internet that is the main game he refused to invest it. Soon cement might be outdated too.
Why only invest in things that brings you valueless naira, why can't you invest hugely on things that you will export and earn in hard currencies like dollars and pounds and euros?
I wonder why this guys hate to think in the future...

Ruggman:
A supposed billionaire , Reportedly worth about $10 billon , owing a staggering debt of $8.4.
That means his personal wealth is not More than #1.6 billion
How come he is reported as the richest man in Africa?.
If you check properly he may also have some other unreported debts
How much is Dangote truly worth? Is he a government made billionaire ?, Or selfmade? , I am just asking
please help me with an answer if you know.
Wonders shall never end in this our Nigeria. If you know you.
NB
We that are struggling to make it on our own With no government or bank to help us, please don't kill yourself because of those government made billionaires

First, there’s a difference between personal debt and corporate debt…
Furthermore, a ledger has TWO columns - assets and liabilities. The $8.4 billion debt is OFFSET by the value of the refinery.

The ILLITERATE who wrote this “article” thinks this like the money the writer would borrow from his in-laws to buy boli…
On the corporation’s balance sheet, the value of the refinery is ADDED to its assets, and that’s likely to be MORE than any debt.
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justmondris:
Was this the game plan from the beginning, did he actually spend upto the amount he said he spent on the project, was the project a means to loot the country money and finally handover the debt and a low standard refinery to Nigeria, has the project actually gotten to the stage they said it has gotten to?

Please Mr. Dangote, we don’t want your refinery. If you are actually sure that the project meets the standard of a modern refinery and what you have done worth the amount you said you have spent on it, please sell your refinery to foreign investors and use the money to pay your debt.

This refinery now looks like a scam project to me and the guy is trying to sign out and handover the debt and fake project to the Nigeria government. The government will surely cover up the scam project and spend times ten of the amount trying to make the refinery work before shouting it down after few months of operation.

Yes, he spends BILLIONS to “scam” Nigerians…
And we would rather keep IMPORTING often ‘dirty’ crude instead of the Dangote plant’s Euro-V fuel (the world’s highest standard).

He is “scamming” Nigerians by creating TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN NIGERIA FOR NIGERIANS (along the entire value chain), generating revenue (through corporate and income taxes, as well VAT) for the Nigerian Treasury to hopefully (to the extent not looted by politicians) invest in education, healthcare, security, public transportation, social investment, etc. He is “scamming” Nigerians by saving the BILLIONS of dollars that Nigeria foolishly spends on fuel imports (reportedly about $6 billion of scarce foreign reserves yearly - more than 30% of all official imports) for a nation that is one of the world’s leading producers of crude oil - supporting FOREIGN refineries and workers in the process. He will also be “scamming” Nigerians by EARNING foreign currencies for Nigeria by exporting products (including fertilizer reportedly already exported to the US and Brazil this past July).

Many Nigerians truly DESERVE the DUMB clueless leaders they have. Sai Baba!! SMDH
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frog12:
so they are refining FERTILIZER ?

Abegi keep up…

It’s an INTEGRATED refinery and petrochemicals complex…
As there are MYRIAD byproducts derivable from oil and gas.

The complex consists not only of the world’s largest single-train refinery…
But also the world’s largest polypropylene and polyethylene plants, and Africa’s largest urea fertilizer plant.

Unlike DUMB Nigerian governments that rely almost entirely on crude exports…
Dangote has built an INTEGRATED complex that adds value to Nigeria’s hydrocarbon resources in MANY ways!
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lalasticlala:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/contract-fraud-efcc-quizzes-yewande-sadiku-nipc-executive-secretary/

What “contracts” are awarded by NIPC…
Which is merely an investment promotion agency?

This is why many people leave public service/government to EEDIOTS…
To leave as Executive Director (Investment Banking) at Stanbic IBTC for this position was foolhardy.
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obynzo:
He runs Lagos like a business beneficial to him and his cronies and not the state. If you know how the debt the state acquired has been utilized you would weep for Lagos. Ask yourself why the Lagos state government has refused to implement FOI bill so that the public will have full access to the budgetary allocations of the state.

Lagos State publishes its AUDITED financial statement yearly…
https://lagosstate.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Y2020-AUDITED-FS.pdf

It also publishes QUARTERLY financial accounts…
Probably the ONLY (or one of the few) state government in Nigeria to do so.
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StPete:
Terminal that Ambode commissioned halfway, eradicating the beautiful recreational structure that Fashola had put in place to eliminate the overcrowding and eyesore of Oshodi.

Abegi, which “beautiful recreational structure” was that?
Because the park is still there, and this terminal was built at the chaotic old motor park and roadside market.
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Mediaguru55:
After initial delays and fristration by the present government, the popular Oshodi terminal has started operation with coaches to the east.

I have been to the Oshodi Interchange and it has sitting/waiting areas…
So why are all those people sitting on the sidewalks? A country of ANYHOWNESS!

Meanwhile, EKO O NI BAJE
Lagos leads, others struggle to follow.
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Folabifreeman:
Last week it was Tiwa Savage's Father
Past Sunday was Lilian esoro's Mother.

Rip to Waje's Father. God give them the fortitude to bear this loss.

There must be something in the water

So SHOCKING that old people are dying…
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EBMedia:
Popular Nigerian singer, Waje has announced the death of her father via her Instagram handle, IgbereTV reports.

She shared her father's photo with the caption;
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSXnpQzjutI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

RIP to the old man…
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