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Acting doesn’t give overnight riches — Jide Awobona

Actor, Jide Awobona, has opened up on the financial realities of pursuing a career in acting, cautioning against expectations of quick wealth in the industry. Citing his experience, Awobona told Sunday Scoop, “Fulfillment in acting and it being lucrative are like two parallel lines. No passionate actor starts with the primary aim of making money,...
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No sex position can help women get pregnant faster, say gynaecologists

Leading gynaecologists have said aside from issues with a woman’s reproductive organs and non-viable sperm, sexual positions can’t impact conception. While they acknowledged that there were claims that specific sexual positions could make conception easier and faster, the maternal health experts confirmed that there was no scientific basis for such. Online checks by PUNCH Healthwise...
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Abideen in line for ABB Fomget FC debut

Nigeria international Suliat Abideen could make her debut for Fomget FC on Sunday (today) as they face ALG Spor in a Turkcell Women’s Football Super League matchday 7 fixture starting at 14:00 at the Osmanlı Stadium, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The former Edo Queens playmaker starred during her first training with the team on Friday,...
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FG proposes N341bn for emergency road, bridge repair

The Federal Government has proposed N341 billion for emergency repairs of roads and bridges nationwide. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this while updating members of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Works on the repair status of the Third Mainland and Carter bridges on Saturday. The minister and the legislators were on...
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Oborevwori, Ibori, Omo-Agege mourn ex-Delta dep gov, Utuama

Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, former Governor James Ibori, and the immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, have paid tribute to the late Prof. Amos Agbe Utuama (SAN), former deputy governor of Delta State, who passed away at the age of 77, as announced on Saturday. In separate statements, the trio...
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Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying postponed due to heavy rain

A prolonged heavy rainstorm led to the postponement of qualifying at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday as deteriorating conditions and poor light ended the day’s action at Interlagos. The session was expected to be delayed until Sunday morning, in the hope that the weather improved, but forecasts have suggested that may not be a...
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Ogun monarch sacks 10 chiefs over land sale

The Olu of Orile Ilawo, Abeokuta, Oba Alexander MacGregor, has dismissed 10 chiefs for allegedly selling 1,600 acres of community land in Alagbagba and surrounding areas within Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. Those dismissed include the Oluwo of Ilawo, Chief Oluwole Dosunmu; the Balogun of Ilawo, Chief Abraham Soyoye; and the Jagunna of...
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Ondo poll: Aiyedatiwa, Ajayi not leading candidates, says LP

The Ondo State chapter of the Labour Party has faulted the description of the candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa and Mr Agboola Ajayi, respectively, as the leading candidates in the November 16 governorship election. The Channels Television has reportedly scheduled a political debate between Aiyedatiwa and...
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