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    Kapital FM 92.9 The Station that Rocks!

Month: August 2023

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Foreign

Canada Wildfires: British Columbia Declares Emergency As Many Homes Evaluates

About 15,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada's British Columbia, as firefighters battle raging wildfires that have set homes ablaze. Officials said a "significant" number of buildings caught fire in West Kelowna, a city of 36,000 people, and more than 2,400 homes were evacuated. A state of emergency has been declared for the entire province, where hundreds of separate fires are burning. Hundreds of miles north, a huge […]

todayAugust 19, 2023

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Foreign

California, Mexico To Face Hurricane Hilary

A hurricane packing 130mph (215km/h) winds is churning towards Mexico and the southwestern US. Reports say the Category 4 storm, named Hilary, is predicted to first make landfall in Baja California, a Mexican state, on Saturday. Forecasters say it will then lose speed and become a tropical storm, moving towards southern California, where flash flood warnings are in place. According to reports, it would be the first tropical storm to […]

todayAugust 19, 2023

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News

ICYMI: Uknown Gunmen Shoot Pastor, Kill Wife In Edo.

Police Command in Edo State has affirmed the killing of Mrs Peace Chinyereugo, wife of the pastor of God’s Vineyard of Grace Dominion Assembly, Rev. Dr Samuel Chinyereugo by gunmen in Edo. The pastor was attacked by gunmen suspected to be assassins in front of the church located at Upper Lawani Street, New Benin, Edo State. It was gathered that the gunmen trailed the cleric who drove in the company […]

todayAugust 19, 2023

Africa

Grave Consequences As Niger President’s Health Suffers

EU chief Charles Michel has warned there will be “grave consequences” if Niger’s military regime allows ousted President ex Mohamed Bazoum’s health to worsen under house arrest. In a call to President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, chairman of the ECOWAS regional bloc which opposes the Niger coup, Michel said “President Bazoum’s detention conditions are deteriorating”. Bazoum, 63, was detained on July 26 by members of his presidential guard, in the fifth coup to hit Niger since independence from France in […]

todayAugust 19, 2023

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National

FG Asks Newly Appointed Ministers To Start Documentation

The Federal Government has instructed the newly appointed Ministers to proceed with documentation on Saturday. This is contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Services, Office of the Secretary to the Federation, Nnamdi Mbaeri, on Thursday in Abuja. The statement urges the ministers to come with their curriculum vitae, birth certificate/declaration of age, and two passport photographs among others, as the exercise is expected to end on […]

todayAugust 18, 2023

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Featured

Cincinnati Open: Swiatek Through To Semifinals

World number one Iga Swiatek has secured her spot in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Open by beating Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova.  The Polish top seed continued her US Open preparations with 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 victory over Vondrousova to reach the last four. Swiatek will face either American Coco Gauff or Italian Jasmine Paolini next. The Pole, in her 72nd consecutive week at world number one, begins her title defence at Flushing Meadows […]

todayAugust 18, 2023

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Entertainment

Nigerian Singer, Wizkid Loses Mum

On a sad note, the mother of the sensational artiste, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, Mrs. Jane Dolapo Balogun is dead. Reports say Mrs. Balogun died on Friday, August 18, 2023. The details of her death are yet to be known as of press time and her superstar son is yet to make a public statement regarding the loss. Mrs. Balogun was a pillar of support for her […]

todayAugust 18, 2023

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Foreign

Nurse Murders Seven Newborn Babies In Britain

A British nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to murder six others at the hospital neonatal unit where she worked, becoming UK's most prolific killer of children. "Lucy Letby was entrusted to protect some of the most vulnerable babies. Little did those working alongside her know that there was a murderer in their midst," According to the court, her colleagues raised concerns after noticing […]

todayAugust 18, 2023

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Featured

NBBF Disappoionted Over D’Tigers’ Failure To Qualify For Paris 2024

The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF has expressed disappointment on the non-qualification of D'Tigers in the ongoing pre-Olympic qualifiers at the Eko Hotels Convention Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. This was revealed in a statement released on the official X (Twitter) page of the NBBF. The NBBF thanked the Federal government for the support but noted that finances played a huge role in the poor outing of the team as they could not […]

todayAugust 18, 2023