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Kelvin Okafor; Another Artist to be proud of in Nigeria

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Kelvin Okafor is an excellent PENCILman. Here are some of his work, done in pencils. It takes him a minimum of 100 hours to complete each portrait. As in One Hundred Hours? Gosh. Give it up for Kelvin folks, Nigerians are doing the country proud wherever they go. PS: You know yourself, you have been running around since yesterday trying to discredit Oresegun's work. Please come and tell me how this is 3D abeg. Photo credits: Daily Mail.

Gifted Hands of Oresegun Olamide as He Displayed his Masterpiece

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NIGERIAN ARTISTE ORESEGUN OLUMIDE DISPLAYS HIS DRAWING THAT BEATS THE MONALISA PAINTING See these amazing hyperrealism paintings by a Yabatech graduate, Oresegun Olumide. can we take a minute and acknowledge these paintings by Oresegun Olumide born in 1981 (Nigerian painter) These are art work, a painting by a Nigerian,Oresegun Olumide who drew it. It will beat any painting of Monalisa. This paint is so real,these arecNOT  human beings but PAINTINGS! PHOTO CREDIT: ORESEGUN OLUMIDE 

Nigeria, Switzerland sign agreement to repatriate $321m Abacha loot

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The Federal Government on Tuesday signed an agreement called “Letter of Intent” with the Swiss government with the aim of repatriating $321m looted by a former military ruler, late Gen. Sani Abacha. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the agreement was signed during a meeting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had with a Swiss delegation led by the country’s Federal Councillor and Head of its Foreign Affairs Department, Mr. Didier Burkhalter and the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria,  Mr. Eric Mayoruz, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), signed the agreement on behalf of the Federal Government while Burkhalter signed on behalf of the Swiss government. He said the agreement was on the restitution of illegally-acquired assets forfeited in Switzerland. “Under the agreement, the Swiss government will award to Nigeria $321m of funds illic