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Funke Akindele, husband, 56 others pardoned

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2 years ago

October 9, 2020

About six months after their conviction for violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations, Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, and husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, have been pardoned by the Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Also pardoned are 56 inmates who were ordered to be released from various correctional centres in Lagos.

Akindele-Bello and her husband were on April 6 sentenced to two- week community service, a non-custodial sentence and isolation by the court.

A statement by Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, (SAN) said Sanwo-Olu acted based on the recommendations of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, under the powers conferred on the Governor by Section 212 (1) & (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

The 56 released inmates were recommended by the Advisory Council after due examination of their case files and consideration of the length of time served, the gravity of offence, old age and ill-health among other parameters.

The attorney general has also enjoined the beneficiaries to be good citizens and stay away from crime.

The Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy headed by Dr Abayomi Finnih was inaugurated by Governor Sanwo-Olu in December 2019.

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It’s nobody’s business how many wives I marry – Yul Edochie

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1 week ago

May 15, 2022

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Yul Edochie

Movie star and producer, Yul Edochie has stated he has the right to marry as many wives as he wants.

He spoke after many Nigerians criticised him for taking a second wife, who he unveiled last month with his son.

He said it’s nobody’s business how many wives he marry.

He tweeted: “I can marry 100 wives in one day and it should be nobody’s business as it his life and nobody should judge him. Shame on you all.”

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Ex-lover: Nobody said anything when Nkechi Blessing called me a 2-minute man

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1 week ago

May 13, 2022

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Opeyemi Falegan, the ex-lover of Nkechi Blessing, has described the reactions of Netizens on his comment about the actress as “double standard”

Falegan said that the actress said a lot of demeaning about him with nothing done over them.

He wondered why his statements on her should be demonised.

According to him: “When she said I was a two minutes man, it was normal to everyone.

“When she said I was jobless, it was normal to everyone.

“When she said she fed me it was normal to everyone

“But when I revealed a little of her secret I became the bad one. Why the double standard?”

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JAMB denied my ambition to study law, Shan George

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1 week ago

May 13, 2022

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Shan George

Veteran actress Shan George has narrated how not meeting up with Joint Admission and Matriculation Board(JAMB) cut off mark denied her ambition of being a lawyer.

The actress revealed this on an Instagram live with her fans saying she has no regrets because her dream of being a voice still transpired.

In her words “I wrote that wicked JAMB twice and when I could not meet up the cut off mark being that I had left secondary school so many years behind before I now started writing exam again so I could not really meet up with the cut-off mark. I would have been a lawyer, but I thank God because the reason I wanted to be a lawyer was that I wanted to have a voice, I have always desired to have a voice, and I have always desired to also be a person that will encourage others and also stand for injustice done to others and in that sense being in the job that I am today even gives me a bigger mouth at the end of the day,” she said.

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The filmmaker however noted that even though she didn’t get her dream job she has somehow managed to be friends with a lot of lawyers and have many as her role model.

“Unfortunately I didn’t become a lawyer but I am friends with many lawyers so if anyone is doing anything evil, I can still get the hand of the law to catch up with that person”, said Shan George.

Shan George who returned back to the screens recently has been involved in several upcoming movies including ‘Mountain Holiday’ a blockbuster that is Executive Produced by the Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade.

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