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A man identified as Mr Ugorji Aguwa has reportedly fled the community after killing his nephew’s in-law in Mbaise LGA area of Imo state. The deceased, Ubanna Henry Iroegbu, confronted the suspect for allegedly maltreating his sister, who is married to the suspect’s nephew, who lives abroad. Following the confrontation, the suspect reportedly raged with anger and allegedly shot and killed him. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. According to the deceased’s sister, “My elder sister whose husband is out of the country, traveled home from Port Harcourt to visit her mother-in-law in Umueleagwa. Yesterday, her husband’s uncle, Mr Ugorji Aguwa told her not to cook in her mother-in-law’s kitchen because the land belongs to him. When my sister disobeyed him, he angrily threw away the food. After which, him and his family harassed her until she called my brother, Iroegbu — who has been our father and mother since we lost both parents — to c...

American entertainment mogul has agreed to pay $100m to his ex-wife, Nicole Young as divorce settlement. According to TMZ, Dr. Dre is "delighted" Nicole Young is only getting a fraction of his $820 million estates. Dre and Nicole just filed their property settlement agreement, in which Dre agreed to pay Young $100 million -- $50 million now, and $50 million a year from now. In exchange, Dre gets to keep seven of the properties they own, including a Malibu home, two homes in Calabasas, and four properties in the L.A. area, including the $100 million Brentwood estate. Dre also gets full rights to his master recordings, trademarks and interests in various partnerships and trusts. He also keeps all of their Apple stocks, which includes the proceeds from the sale of Beats by Dre. Young is to keep jewellery, cash, some cars, bank accounts that she had maintained during the marriage but has to pay her own legal fees running into millions of dollars.

If countries could be categorised as “blessed” or “cursed” by nature, which countries should be put in the two categories? Using temperatures and climates, countries with extreme temperatures of cold or hot should be categorised as cursed. A country where temperatures can drop to as low as 10°C should be in that category as junior members, while those with temperatures as low as 0°C to as low as -20°C should be senior members of that group. How can human beings live inside a deep freeze and feel that it is normal? Countries with temperatures as high as 36°C and above should also be part of that group. The countries with very low temperatures experience extreme cold, while the countries with very high temperatures usually have arid terrain. Rainfall is rare in countries with high temperatures. Drought is common. The land is not good for planting, making food production hard. These countries should also be categorised as cursed by nature. However, the irony of it all is that most of th...

The Federal Government hopes to push its public debt stock to N50.22tn by 2023, with domestic debt at N28.75tn and external debt at N21.47tn. This is according to the projections in the National Development Plan 2021-2025. The Debt Management Office had disclosed that Nigeria’s public debt was N38tn as of the end of the third quarter of 2021, with the total debt stock rising by N2.540tn in three months from July to September 2021. This shows that the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), plans to accumulate about N12tn debt in two years from 2021 to 2023. However, based on the plan, the government targets a reduction in total public debt by 2025. A tabular illustration in the document showed that the government targets N39.59tn debt stock for 2021, N46.63tn for 2022, N50.22tn for 2023, N50.53tn for 2024, and N45.96tn by 2025. The government also discloses that it needs money to finance the plan of N348.1tn, and the borrowing framework in the plan is 45...

The Federal Government has charged newly-inducted medical graduates to desist from participating in incessant strikes by doctors in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige gave the charge in a statement signed by Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, on Sunday in Abuja. Ngige gave the charge while speaking at the induction of six medical graduates of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) into the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). Ngige whose son, Dr Andrew Ngige, is among the new inductees, urged the medical graduates to be of good behaviour and uphold the highest ethical standards while carrying out their duties. He noted that the medical profession is a noble one and hence, they should abstain from any conduct which is capable of bringing their esteemed profession to disrepute. “I am a medical doctor. One of you being inducted here is my second son. My first son is also a medical doctor. My daughter is a...

A suspected ‘Yahoo Boy’ identified as Osa Osaretine is currently on the run after his girlfriend, Elohor Nancy Williams, was found dead in his residence at Egor in Edo State. The suspect who recently returned to Nigeria from Ghana, had on Friday, December 24, invited his girlfriend to his residence. It is reported that when relatives couldn’t reach the victim via phone, they decided to launch a search for her. “They got to his apartment and found it locked. They broke into it and found Nancy in a pool of her own blood. Some parts of her body had been harvested. Osaretine is nowhere to be found at the moment. Nancy’s father reported the case at the Police station and Osas has been declared Wanted.

As the breakdown of the last marriage of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi to Olori Naomi Silekunola is announced, we take a look at his past marriages. The first-class Osun monarch has been married three times and the marriages have failed. Before his marriages, the Ooni was in a relationship with Omolara Olatunbosun. The relationship produced his 29-year-old daughter, Princess Adeola. Afterwards, he married Adebukola Bombata in 2008. This was seven years before he became the Ooni of Ife. The couple parted ways after he ascended the throne of his forebears. In 2016, the Ooni went all the way to the Benin Kingdom to marry his second wife, Olori Wuraola, who is now known as Queen Zaynab-Otiti Obanor. The marriage ended in 2017 with the reason for the divorce never stated. In 2018, the Ooni married Evangelist Naomi from Ondo State. Upon their marriage, she became known as Olori Silekunola. She announced her divorce from the Ooni on Thursday, stating that the public persona of ...

Businessman and socialite, Olakunle Churchill has praised his actress wife, Rosy Meurer for making his home the “happiest place” for the years they have been married. As they celebrate their wedding anniversary today, they shared loving messages about each other on their respective social media pages. Sharing loved-up photos of them, Olakunle said, “There's a reason why they say "home is where the heart is". That reason transcends luxury furnishings, exotic and vintage ambiences. That reason is the positive energy, peace and comfort that home gives away from all the energies outside. When you are married, that reason is down to "who you make home with" and everything else you create together. Today, I celebrate the one who makes my home the happiest place for the few years of marital bliss. I just want to keep saying "yes I do". Love you Queen Rosy. @official_rosymeurer Happy Anniversary 🥂❤️ On her page, the actress said, "I’m a complete woma...

Wow! Queen Naomi in a statement released on her Instagram page said she's no longer Ooni of Ife Olori (Queen). "I bless the Lord almighty for His faithfulness in the last 3years of my marriage. In life's journey, it isn't how far. Still, how well, indeed though satan should buffet if trials should come, I have this blessed assurance controlling all situations and saying to me it is well with my soul. Certainly, it is well. I made my journey into the ancient throne of Ife with faith in my heart and love for the keeper of it. Few impressions I would love to correct. If anyone knows otherwise, they are free to come up with facts. Let it be known that this decision to move on did not come because his majesty is married to another queen. As many would love to assume, throughout our life as a couple, I was the only married wife to him. There were side attractions, but it was never an issue. I never approached him with any revelation of any sort, as many believed he conta...

A financial analyst and CEO of Cowry Assets Management, Johnson Chukwu, has warned that the federal government might end up borrowing to pay the debts it is owning, if measures are not taken to shore up its revenue. Mr. Chukwu, who was speaking on TVC Journalist Hangout and monitored by our reporter, stated that since the government is borrowing to pay salaries and wages, it is time to take steps to limit borrowing. He pointed out that the use of 90 per cent of the country’s total revenue to pay debt interest and not the principal debt portends problems that revenues generated will not be enough to pay workers’ salaries. “Ninety per cent of the country’s total revenue is used to pay debt interest; we are left to 10 per cent to pay salaries and wages. For the past five years, every money borrowed was to fund infrastructures and pay salaries. Last year was an abnormal year so it can be excused for borrowing but subsequent years should not follow the pattern,” Chukwu said. “It must be...

The House of Representatives yesterday passed the 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion against the N16.391 trillion presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. This followed a unanimous adoption of a report laid on the floor of the House during plenary in Abuja by the Chairman, Appropriation Committee, Rep Murktar Betera. The sum of N17.1 trillion is N800billion higher than the N16.39 trillion that was proposed by the executive.

Teachers in Ekiti State have started contributing N500 each to pay the ransom demanded by kidnappers for their colleague simply identified as Mrs Owoniyi. Owoniyi, a teacher in St. Pauls Primary School, Ikole Ekiti, was kidnapped along Ayobode-Ekiti Road. Information revealed that the teacher was abducted along with other commuters on Sunday, and the kidnappers had demanded N50 million ransom. The request for support to raise the ransom was said to have been posted on a WhatsApp platform with teachers in Ikole as members. But, when contacted, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Ekiti State, Mr Oke Emmanuel, said the decision to contribute the money was made by some of the colleagues of the victim and not the union. While confirming the report of the kidnapping, Emmanuel said the chairperson of Ikole branch of NUT, Mrs L. O. Longe, told him the kidnappers were demanding N50 million ransom. However, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Ekiti, ASP Sunday ...

A brawl broke out on the floor of Ghana's parliament late on Monday as lawmakers debated a proposed tax on electronic transactions that has divided the house for weeks. The 1.75% e-levy, which would include taxes on mobile money payments, has been fiercely challenged by the opposition since it was first proposed last month and held up the passing of the national budget. Members of parliament rushed the front of the chamber after Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu suggested the tax be debated and voted upon under a hastened "urgency" procedure. Some threw punches and grappled while others restrained their colleagues.

No fewer than five states, Imo, Ondo, Abia, Osun, and Benue are owing backlogs of pension arrears running into several months. Despite receiving the Paris Club refund and bailout funds from the Federal Government, findings revealed that the concerned states have failed to clear the backlogs of pension and gratuities. The spokesperson for the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Bunmi Ogunkolade, in an interview with newsmen on Friday, lamented the injustice meted out to pensioners, noting that the non-payment of the pension had imposed severe hardship on the concerned retirees. Ogunkolade said, “The states that are owing pensions are Imo, Abia, Ondo, Osun. Benue is a major culprit owing about 27 months. Ondo pays 60 per cent of the pension. The states are also not implementing the increases like the 24 per cent increment in July 2010 till date; most of the states have not implemented the consequential adjustment announced by the Federal Government.” He also disclosed that only Lagos and...

The Councillor representing Ward 5 in the Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, Jude Adjekpogu, who was shot by suspected Fulani herdsmen 13 days ago is dead. The councillor died in the early hours of Thursday at Warri, where he was receiving treatment in a private hospital. The Chairman of Ethiope East LGA, Victor Ofobrukueta, while confirming the development to journalists, said the councillor passed on after undergoing two surgeries. “They did two operations on him because the gunshots affected his spinal cord, kidney and intestine,” the chairman stated. Adjekpogu was shot on Saturday, December 4, 2021, along the Eku-Abraka Road by suspected herdsmen as he was driving home from a social function. Our correspondent gathered that the kidnappers had blocked the Eku-Abraka Road around 5.30pm on the day of the incident and fired several bullets into the councillor’s car, which ended up in his abdomen.

The remains of the late student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni, have been released to his family for burial. This was after an autopsy was conducted to ascertain the cause of his death. The report of the autopsy was, however, yet to be out as of the time of filing this report. Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, made this known on Friday. “Sylvester Oromoni: autopsy done. (The) result is being awaited. Corpse (was) released to (the) family for burial. Investigation ongoing,” the PPRO wrote in a terse note obtained by our correspondent on Friday. The father of the deceased boarding student alleged that the Junior Secondary School 2 pupil died from the injuries sustained during an assault by five of his colleagues who wanted to initiate him into cultism but the school claimed he died after sustaining an injury during a football match. The family had demanded a coroner inquest into the student’s death while the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumos...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has asked the National Assembly to use veto power on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill if the President, Muhammadu Buhari refuses to sign. In a statement, the Lagos-based lawyer said the absence of Buhari should not affect the passage of the bill into law. This is as the 30-day period within which the President is expected to assent or withhold his approval to the bill ends today. The bill was transmitted to the President on November 19, 2021 after both chambers passed it. He said, “On November 13, 2021, the National Assembly forwarded the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill to the President for his assent. The President did not assent before he traveled to Turkey, thus truncating the reforms encapsulated in that historic Bill. “There are many innovative provisions in the Bill that make it attractive as a tool to oil our democratic experiment, especially the issues of electronic transmission of election results and direct primaries f...

Northern Independent Petroleum marketers have lamented that the Federal Government through the Petroleum Equalization Fund is yet to settle about N50 billion Bridging Claim for over nine months, an incident that forced many of them out of the business. The marketers expressed worries that failure to settle their claims may lead to scarcity of fuel in the North as the majority of its members run out of capital, hence could not buy and transport fuel to the region. This is contained in a statement by the Forum’s chairman, Alhaji Musa Maikifi, and issued to newsmen in Kano on Sunday. According to the statement, Maikifi made the lamentation during a meeting with the Forum’s members from the nine depots across the Northern states, at Ni’ima Guest Palace in Kano on Saturday. He said for the past nine months they had made efforts to get their money paid but in vain. “If this continues in this way so many of us will have to close down our fuel stations. This will add to the fuel scarcity ...

And the rumour has been finally put to rest as Nollywood stars Lateef Adedimeji and Bimpe Oyebade known as Mo Bimbe had their traditional wedding in Ijero Ekiti on Saturday December 18, 2021. The groom AbdulLateef wrote on his Instagram page: “The Grace of the almighty is sufficient. Today I marry my best friend.” Mo Bimpe also said same: “Today I marry my best friend.” Congratulations to the latest couple.

History was made in Aji community in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday as a native doctor, Simon Odo, well known as King of Satan, was buried in a new car inside his compound. Married with 68 wives, over 200 children and more than 200 grandchildren, according to his close friend, Chief Joseph Ugwu, 74-year-old Odo (also called Onuwa) built houses in several places within the town to accommodate his large family. Until his death, about 62 wives were said to be living with him. Our correspondent, who visited the community on Wednesday, observed that the King of Satan had three palaces located in different locations within the community – each with several houses where his wives and children live. When asked about the number of children his father had, he simply said, “In our place we don’t count children.” Odo’s bosom friend, Ugwu, who led our correspondent during the tour, disclosed that Odo was famed for treating diseases, describing him as a good ...

20-year-old South African man, Mpumelelo Mseleku, is planning to marry his two girlfriends, Vuyokazi Nciweni and Nompumelelo Makhanya. Mpumelelo is the son of Musa Mseleku, a wealthy South African businessman, reality TV star and polygamist, who is married to four women and also have girlfriends. Mpumelelo's baby mama, Vuyokazi, lives in Cape Town and the other girlfriend, Nompumelelo, lives in Durban. "I’ve been dating these two ladies for the past two years and now I am preparing to marry them. I’ve met their families and I’ve also introduced them to the Mselekus. They are effectively my fiancees," he said. "This December I am planning to spend time with both of them. It’s going to be the first time they meet each other, otherwise they talk on the phone and on WhatsApp. We actually have a group chat where all three of us talk,” said Mpumelelo. He also revealed that he is saving as much as he can so he can marry them. His father said: “I’ve already given Mpum...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has declared that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to conduct marriages, declaring as illegal and invalid, for example, all solemnisation of unions at the Ikoyi marriage registry, Lagos. The court, presided over by Justice D. E. Osiagor, held that only the local government marriage registries were empowered to do such by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). He submitted that the conduct of marriages and issuance of certificates were statutorily the job of the local governments as provided by the law. The judge added that the acts of the federal government through the Ministry of Interior,operating marriage registries was beyond their powers and held that all marriages conducted by federal marriage registries or through their agents were illegal and invalid. He consequently ordered the closure of all federal marriage registries opened by the ministry, including that of Ikoyi marriage registry with immediate ef...

Mr. Obinna Ndukwe Ibiam has announced his resignation as the Senior Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia State on Agricultural Empowerment Programs. Giving reasons for his resignation, in a statement made available to journalists in Umuahia, on Sunday, Ibiam berated the alleged unconcerned attitudes and deliberate refusal of the government to implement policies to enhance the empowerment and development of Abia youths. He accused the state government of frustrating key Agricultural programs being run in the administration and expressed dismay that the administration was yet to implement the programs despite the approval of the 50 million naira counterpart funds to the Bank of Agriculture for the empowerment of over 3,000 unemployed Abians. Ibiam hinted that the governor has failed to release the approved 50 million naira counterpart funds through the Accountant General of the State, Kelechi Imeoria, which he alleged that Ikpeazu used in putting Abia in a sorry unimaginable backwa...

A 56-year-old man has reportedly been beaten to death by his three sons who accused him of breaking into their house to steal a smartphone they jointly own. The incident occurred at Shikangania village in Lurambi Constituency, Kakamega County of Kenya, after the boys (two high school students and one primary school pupil) invited their father for a funeral arrangement meeting in a neighbouring compound. After beating their father to death, they dumped his body in a nearby bush. The corpse was discovered by two girls who were on their way to school. The boys’ grandmother, Leonida Keya disclosed that they came to her house to eat on the day of the incident but did not inform her of what they had done to their father. Kakamega OCPD David Kabeya who confirmed the incident revealed that the three siblings have been arrested and are being held at the Kakamega police station. Kabeya said the boys will remain in custody while the police continue their investigations. While the body of th...

Aviation minister Hadi Sirika has said President Muhammadu Buhari recently told him the ongoing retaliation against Emirates Airlines reflects some actions he took when he was Nigeria’s military dictator in the early to mid-1980s. Mr Sirika said this while addressing a group of northern Muslims in the wake of Nigeria’s ban on Emirates Airlines in purported retaliation over the Gulf country’s restriction of Air Peace’s flights to only one per week. But the UAE in a December 10 letter to Mr Sirika said it was only Sharjah authorities who restricted Air Peace’s flight slots and not the UAE as a whole. In fact, the letter said Air Peace will be granted the remaining two slots out of the three it requested to fly into other UAE airports. Abu Dhabi and Dubai have international airports, but Air Peace only currently flies to Sharjah, which is a separate and independent emirate just northeast of Dubai, the UAE’s commercial capital. Mr Sirika in a WhatsApp group discussion with members o...

The chairman of the Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, on Saturday, shared photos from his children’s graduations from two American universities. According to the proud father, while his son, Kehinde, graduated from Albany State University with a degree in Healthcare Administration, his sister, Taiye, bagged a degree in Business Administration from Columbus State University.

The family of the owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Chief Ramon Adedoyin, has called on Nigerians on social media to stop dragging the hotelier on social media. The family insisted that Adedoyin is not a ritualist and has no hand in the death of a Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mr. Timothy Adegoke. In a statement by the family’s lawyer, Mr. Abiodun Williams, they claimed the hotelier has businesses managed by employees on his behalf. Part of the statement read, “Like every other Nigerian and a parent for that matter, Chief Adedoyin is saddened by the death of the young man. “And for the avoidance of any doubt, Chief Adedoyin is not only an educationist and hotelier but also an established business man with investments in different other sectors of the economy. “So, he does not involve in the day-to-day running of the hotel and indeed his other business establishments as such roles are left in the hands of hundreds of his employees. “We therefor...

The Soun Of Ogbomoso Land, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi JP CON, CFR, Ajagungbade III, joins his ancestors at 95. Sources close to the monarch at the palace told our correspondent that the 95-year-old traditional ruler died this morning. This was corroborated by two other highly placed sources in the town. He said, “It is true that Baba has passed on. It happened this morning but it has not been announced officially. “He lived a good life and left many good legacies. The palace will soon announce it.” He was born on May 27, 1926, in Ogbomoso to Oba Bello Afolabi Oyewumi Ajagungbade II and Olori Seliat Olatundun Oyewumi Oba Oyewumi ascended the throne on October 24, 1973.

Igbos in the South-East prefer political appointments to infrastructural development in their region, but President Muhammadu Buhari does not understand that, says Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige. “My people love appointments. That’s where this president (Mr Buhari) didn’t get them well,” Mr Ngige said. He (Mr Buhari) felt that by giving infrastructure: if I empower you through your fertilizer plant in Ebonyi state, give loans, credits and grants to farmers in Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Imo, that our people will be happy. But these people love appointments.” Mr Ngige disclosed this in an interview with Channels TV on Tuesday. He asserted that though former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan gave more Igbos political appointments during their tenures, the South-East remained underdeveloped. According to him: "We had plenty of appointments during Obasanjo and Jonathan. For example, the Enugu airport has been dilapidated over the years. We have had four aviation ministers...