BBNaija 2019 Reunion reveals silent beef between Ike and Joe. We didn’t see much of the two men mingling on the house and the viewers never really understood why. However Ike admitted, “I definitely didn’t like Joe in the house, when I think about when he walked into the house, I get irritated.” On the latest episode of the BBNaija 2019 Reunion, Ike and Joe thrashed out their underlying issues and it revolved around boundaries. Joe had a habit of poking the other BBNaija housemates and getting on their nerves. We saw that in his prank about being ‘little brother’…
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BBNaija Omashola gets first acting role. BBNaija season 4 Warri blood and decorated model, Omashola, announced his debut into the Nigeria movie industry, Nollywood. He shared a picture of him being dressed up on the set of an undisclosed movie and captioned, “Mama I made it to Nollywood ? next stop Bollywood then Hollywood, yeeee I don blow ?????” Omashola made no mention of the movie neither did he share the location but there were cast and crew of a movie set around him.From his caption, he is obviously preparing to take over the movie industry as he says Bollywood…
3rd mainland bridge to undergo repairs for 6 months. Federal Ministry of Works announced that it will closing down the popular 3rd Mainland bridge in Lagos for six months starting from July 24, 2020. The ever-busy bridge has undergone a series of repairs with the last being a 3-day maintenance check in August 2018. Speaking to News reporters on Monday July 6, Olukayode Popoola, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos said the close down was for the second phase of repairs that would be carried out on the bridge. Currently, consultations were ongoing for the repairs.Popoola said that the…
Big Brother Naija winner Mercy Lambo hits 1.5 million Instagram followers. The Queen of highlights, Mercy Eke took to Instagram this morning to announce her recent social media feat- gaining 1.5 million followers. Big brother Naija season 4 winner, Mercy Eke, posted a smiling picture of her on Instagram with caption”HELLO TO MY 1.5 MILLION FANMILY Grateful heart ? ??” Fellow BBNaija season 4 stars ;Thelma, Omashola, Joe and Esther took to her comment section to congratulate her on the win. Recall that some months ago, Mercy Eke once complained that the Mercenaries were not showing up for her as…
Inuwa Abdulkadir confirmed dead. Inuwa Abdulkadir, former national vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was confirmed dead on Monday July 6. The late Abdulkadir was a member of the recently dissolved APC National Working Committee. Inuwa’s death was confirmed by a former senator and political colleague, Shehu Sani, in a twitter post. He once served as Company Secretary of The Path Newspaper, a state-owned Sokoto Newspaper Company.He hailed from Sokoto state and served as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state . Right after that, he was appointed Minister of Youth and Sport Development during the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan…
Training fund was approved – NSITF Management The suspended management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has come forward to say that all contracts, trainings and rehabilitations it executed were approved by the National Assembly and Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. This statement is in response to the suspension of Adebayo Somefun, the Managing Director of the NSITF and other members of his team for squandering N3.4bn on non-existent staff training divided into 196 consultancy contracts in order to evade the Ministerial Tenders Board and Federal Executive Council approvals The Labour and Employment minister, Ngige accused the…
Lagos boat accident claims five lives A boat accident that happened at about 8:00pm on Friday along Ikorodu Channel of Lagos Waterways has claimed five lives. The boat was travelling feom Ebute-Ero to Ikorodu but capsized at Owode Ibeshe precisely This update was given by the Lagos State Waterways Authority, (LASWA) on Saturday afternoon as four deaths had already been reported. LASWA warned ferry operators and passengers to obey the rules guiding the water travel especially the ‘No Night travelling’ one. According to LASWA, the accident could have been avoided as the Ferry was transporting 21 passengers with a 20-person…
Court Jails Two Hackers For Union Bank N2. 55bn Fraud Court jails two hackers who defrauded Union Bank Nigeria of N2. 55bn through their flexcube database . The lagos State High Court in Igbosere made this decision on Friday July 3. The criminals, identified Abass Mohammed and Ibrahim Saidu Jogal, have been sentenced to one and three years’ imprisonment, respectively. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were notified of this scam after Union Bank filed a petition that its flexcube database was hacked with N2. 55bn stolen by the fraudsters. During the investigations the EFCC recovered money summing up…
Couple selling babies from church baby factory caught. The River State Police Force have arrested a couple, Chidi and Maureen Martins, for allegedly running a baby factory at a church in the Rumuolumili area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. During the raid, the police found three pregnant teenagers, three newborns and their mothers at the Great Mercy Deliverance Ministry. The operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team also arrested a couple who came to pick two babies that had already been bought. Baby factory owners, Chidi and Maureen scouted for teenagers who couldn’t afford to care for their…
Dave Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor, positive for Coronavirus. Dave Umahi, the Ebonyi State Governor, has tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday June 4 . He confirmed this in a statement that he signed personally on Saturday.The governor was reported to have sent in samples after some government officials were diagnosed with coronavirus . He said some of his aides tested positive for the virus and although they are asymptomatic, have gone into self-isolation in line with the safety guidelines given by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) The governor directed the deputy state governor, Kelechi Igwe, to take over…
Woman uses hot iron on 10 year old. A woman simply known as Mrs. Ifeoma Ezeugwu has been arrested by the Enugu state Police for drilling two nails into the head of Miss Chinonye Nnadi, her 10 year old house help . The 10 year old girl was also allegedly burnt with a hot pressing iron by he Madam, Ifeoma, giving her terrible scars all over. WACOL, the Womens Aid Collective who disclosed this callous act to the press in Enugu described the situation as an evil, horrific violence on a girl child. Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Founding Director of…
Akwa Ibom lifts Ban. The ban on weddings and burials, imposed by Akwa Ibom State government since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in March has been lifted. The State Governor, Emmanuel Udom who announced this advised residents to strictly adhere to the guidelines provided by the state and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).He said citizens who wish to organise weddings and funerals are free to provided they do not exceed the limit of 50 attendees for open spaces and 30 in buildings. The people in attendance must wear their face masks and have hand sanitizers among other rules…
Chinese Couple Lock Up Employees. A chinese couple in Abuja have been arrested by the police for allegedly locking up eight of their Nigerian staff in their apartment for four months Acting on the information provided by a resident on Human Rights Radio, the Utako Divisional Police officers rescued the eight domestic staff on Tuesday. The officers raided the Chinese couple’s residence in Jabi, Abuja and took them to the station alongside their domestic staff for interrogation.Police sources claimed that the victims refused to cooperate with them and insisted that they weren’t held against their will. He said, “We were…
Youth between 20 and 40 are driving the spread of COVID-19 – NCDC The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released a statement on Thursday, July 2, 2020 blaming the Nigerian youth for rapidly spreading the coronavirus. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu made this statement on Thurday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.He said the youth of age ranging 20-40 were responsible for a high percentage of the virus spread while the older populace made up a majority of fatalities resulting from this carelessness. His statement read in part, “As more people are…
On Skin Bleaching : Black Woman, you are not the villian. Can we really talk about skin bleaching without talking about colorism, white supremacy and institutions that promote it? I doubt we can because underneath the desire to change your complexion(especially for a dark-skinned African) are layers of insecurities, media and power manipulation brewing from the colonial era. The dissatisfaction with your original skin tone and the desirability of a lighter one can be attributed to the fact that we were sold a ‘white lie’. A white lie in this context means the lighter the better and purer, a lie…
BBNaija 2019 housemates in denial trend. The era of relationships in the big brother naija house has exposed the depth of pettiness that can come from a lover scorned.Over the past weeks, we have journeyed with the ex-housemates and reunion host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and explored all the different relationships . From the most obvious like Mercy and Ike, Diane and Elozonam, Frodd and Esther to less obvious ones like the Omashola and Kim, let’s not forget the unlikely triangle between Venita, Frodd and Omashola . With the exception of Mercy and Ike, the rest of the bbnaija 2019 housemates and…
Woman trafficks siblings, nabbed by NAPTIP . Edo State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and other related matters (NAPTIP) have apprehended Francis Vivian for trafficking three of her siblings from Cross River State to Edo State. The 28-year-old Vivian lured the three teenage girls aged 18,17 and 15 to Benin city under the pretences of securing jobs for them. Mrs Ijeoma Uduak , the zonal commander of NAPTIP, in a statement said that Francis Vivian was arrested during the COVID-19 in a popular hotel. She confirmed that Vivian confessed to the crime, punishable…
Dubai Police, Hushpuppi and Woodberry Infamous Nigerian Fraudsters Hushpuppi (born Raymond Igbalode Abbas) and Woodberry (born Olalekan Ponle Jacon) have been extradited to The United States from the United Arab Emirates represented by the Dubai police. In an instagram post from the official page of the UAE Police team (dubaipolicehq) it shared that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)praised the UAE for their exceptional effort in ensuring the arrest of both Hushpuppi and Woodberry in the operation ‘Fox Hunt 2’ The caption read, “ The Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), Christopher Wray has praised the exceptional efforts exerted by…
Zonal Officer abducted and killed. The police in Abuja have bundled up a gang that kidnapped, tortured and killed Mohammed Danjuma, the zonal officer in the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. Findings revealed that the Late Danjuma was murdered by notorious ‘one chance’ criminals after he boarded their vehicle with the intention of going from Berger to Tipper Garage, Katampe. These kidnappers took a different route from that of his destination and proceeded to attack and kill him with a wheel spanner. After gruesomely murdering him, the criminals took his valuables which included his ATM which they used…
Court Order To Sieze Ngozi Olejeme Property A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of 46 properties that has been linked to Mrs. Ngozi Olejeme, the former Chairperson of the Board of The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). The Justice made the ruling on a motion ex-parte, titled: FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2020, argued by Ekele Iheanacho, a lawyer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, June 31. Following that court order, the EFCC is to publish the order in a national daily to enable anyone who is interested in the said property to show cause…
Affair With August Alsina, Smith Endorses Just days ago, an interview revealed the dynamics of Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and her affair with August Alsina. The Benediction crooner shared all about his rumored affair with Jada Pinkett Smith but his story came with an interesting twist – Will Smith actually gave his blessing to the relationship! Since 2018, fans and media have rumoured a secret relationship between August Alsina and Jada but the claims were always written off by the two as rumors.However, in 2019 Alsina released a song titled “Nunya” were he sang about a certain love interest and…
