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The Galaxy S9 preorder started shipping out some days ago, and we got our unit on Monday. It’s no longer news that this phone looks quite a lot like the Galaxy S8 except for some little changes here and there. It still has the same general design and button placement. If you have the Galaxy S8+ and you’re wondering whether you should upgrade to the Galaxy S9+ or not, the major differences are the bigger 6GBs of RAM, the upgraded rear camera with variable aperture, the new telephoto lens for better zoom and portrait mode, super slow motion, much better…

Criticisms have continued to trail the purported refusal by Federal Government to negotiate for the release of a student of Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi in Yunusari local government area of Yobe State said to be detained for refusing to renounce her Christian faith. Nathan Sharibu, father of the only student, Leah who is yet to be freed, confirmed that Boko Haram insurgents decided not to release his daughter because she refused to renounce Christ, noting “They gave her the option of converting in order to be released but she said she will never become a Muslim……

Oprah Winfrey, American television personality and film star, has offered advice to Lionel Messi on how he can win the World Cup with Argentina, Goal reports. Messi is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, but his detractors often point to the fact that he has never won international football’s biggest trophy in order to rule out his eligibility as the best ever. Argentina’s best finish during the Messi era came four years ago when they knocked out Belgium and Holland  en route to the final, only to come undone by Germany after extra time in Rio…

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, Wednesday, substituted the sentence of Yakubu Yusuf, a former official of the Police Pension Office, said to have stolen N24 billion pension funds with a total of six years’ imprisonment with an addition of N22.9 billion fine. Justice Abubakar Talba of the Federal High Court in Gudu, Abuja, had in his judgment delivered on January 28, 2013 convicted Yusuf and sentenced him to two years imprisonment with an option of N750,000 fine. A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal headed by Justice Abdu Aboki, in a unanimous judgment, quashed the ruling and described…

An 18-year-old nursing mother, Wednesday, dragged her lover to a Sharia Court at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, for refusing to marry her. Maryam Magaji told the court that Badamasi Salihu, 20, dated her for a year and promised to marry her, only to turn his back on her after getting her pregnant. “I reported the matter to our district head, and he agreed to marry me after I deliver but he denied me after giving birth to his child saying he cannot marry me,” the complainant lamented. Maryam begged the court to compel the defendant to accept the three weeks’ old…

Five students of Bauchi College of Education, Kangere in Bauchi State have reportedly died following the outbreak of cholera in the institution. The Punch learnt from sources in the college that the outbreak of the disease, which was said to have been caused by the dirty environment of the institution, caused panic among lecturers and students. Confirming the outbreak of the disease in the institution in a press release made available to newsmen in Bauchi, Bala Kawu, the college’s Public Relations Officer, said that only one student died. Kawu added that 34 students who had been infected were taken to…

The Federal Government, Wednesday, constituted an 18-man special panel to investigate and prosecute electricity offences in the South East geo-political zone. The panel, set up by the FG is in line with provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005, was inaugurated at the Federal Ministry of Justice headquarters in Abuja by Mr. Mohammed Etsu, the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, of the Federation. Etsu said the Special Investigation and Prosecution Task-Force on Electricity Offences, SIPTEO, was a product of the collaboration between the Federal Ministry of Justice, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc, EEDC, and the Nigeria Police Force.…

Nigeria and South Africa- two largest economies in Africa- withheld their consent while 44 countries agreed to a $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people. The African Union (AU) in 2015 moved to establish a 55-nation bloc, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), expected to be the biggest in the world by member states, in a bid to increase intra-regional trade. However, President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday said his administration will not be in a hurry to enter into any agreement that would make the country a dumping ground and jeopardize the security of the nation. Consequently, the President…

The President General of Ohaneze, Dr John Nwodo, Wednesday, disagreed with Rotimi Amaechi on how to produce Igbo President, arguing that Nigeria is not operating a true federation as pockets of marginalization still abound against the Igbo. Amaechi, who is Minister of Transportation and also a lecturer for the 12th Convocation ceremony of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, had called on the Igbo to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 to serve his second term to pave the way for the Igbo to produce the President after his tenure. Nwodo, who was a guest at the lecture, disagreed on the quickest…

Success is attractive, and so are females, but the only thing that beats that is a pretty face worth billions of dollars. A lot of fuss is made about millionaires; they seem to be everywhere; in the news, clubs, corporations, and more. And while we will take nothing away from a person worth millions of dollars, billionaires don’t seem to be as loud because they are something of financial gods and goddesses – they reside on a pedestal of unreal wealth. On this list, we will show you just what faces worth billions of dollars look like. So, in no…