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 GHETTO KIDS TO THE WORLD: Golden Buzzer at Britain's Got Talent. The Ghetto Kids secured a golden buzzer halfway through their performance at Britains's Got Talent in April 2023. This was the first time it will happen at the show. We are so proud of the Ghetto Kids. Judge Bruno Tonioli gave them the golden buzzer due to the kids' electrifying performance, which caught everyone in awe. The Ghetto Kids is a dance/music group founded in 2014 by Daouda Kavuma. formerly called Triplets Ghetto Kids, the group started with three talented sisters named Pembe, Sharifah and Rukia)– but is now composed of about 30 children who are street kids and orphans from the Katwe slums in Kampala, Uganda. The group have provoked the admiration of American artists P. Diddy and Nicki Minaj, and in 2017, the group featured in the clip of French Montana's Unforgettable, launching their success in the United States They have appeared on major platforms across the world – featuring in French Mont...

PRESIDENT BUHARI FELICITATES WITH NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, BOB-MANUEL OBIDIMMA UDOKU AT 60 President Muhammadu Buhari sends warm greetings to Bob-Manuel Obidimma Udoku on his 60th birthday, April 18, 2023, rejoicing with the entertainment industry, particularly Nollywood, where the notable actor has held sway for many years, featuring in more than 200 movies. President Buhari notes the influencing role of Bob-Manuel in the popular culture and structuring of the second-largest movie industry in the world, with a strong global presence and recognition, serving in various capacities as actor, director, and producer. The President salutes the actor’s courage for delving into politics and public office, contesting elections in his home state, Anambra, and working with three governments as Senior Special Assistant, New Media, and Special Adviser on Entertainment, Leisure, and Tourism. As Bob-Manuel clocks 60, President Buhari believes his experience in the creative and entertainment industry will al...

Woman arrested for allegedly selling her eight-month-old baby for N600k so as to settle bank loan A 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command for allegedly selling off her 18-month-old baby to a yet-to-be-identified buyer at the rate of #600,000. The suspect was arrested following a complain lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by the woman's husband, Nureni Rasaq, who reported that his wife, Olaide Adekunle, left home to Lagos on the 15th of March 2023 with their baby girl by name Moridiat Rasaq, but returned home without the baby. He stated further that all efforts to know what happened to the baby proved abortive as the woman was unable to give any reasonable account of whereabout of the said baby.  Upon the report, the DPO Sango division, CSP Dahiru Saleh, detailed his detectives to go after the said woman, and she was promptly arrested. On interrogation, the suspect confessed that she has sold her baby to someone in Lag...

Movie director Tchidi Chikere reveals he is married for the third time. He explained that they got married some months ago and he wants friends and fans to know that he is "okay". He hid his new wife's face but showed off her engagement ring. This is the third marriage for the actor after his first two marriages ended. He shares three sons with his first wife, actress Sophia, and a daughter with his second wife, actress Nuella Njubigbo. HIS FIRST WIFE SOFIA WILLIAMS EVEN CONGRATULATED HIM I am genuinely happy for you- actor Tchidi Chikere shares private message he received from his first ex-wife expressing her happiness for him as he weds the 3rd time Tchidi was married to actress Sophia Williams before he moved on to Nuella Njubigbo. Both marriages ended in divorce. This afternoon, he disclosed he has taken a third shot at marriage. Sophia took many by surprise as she congratulated him. In the private message, she mentioned that it is hurting some people that she congrat...

NESREA SEALS CHINESE FIRM IN MAKURDI 17th April, 2023     National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency(NESREA) has sealed a Chinese firm, owned by LIU YANGXI from No.5 Abinsi Street, Wurukum, Makurdi, Benue State. More details... More photos below. 

 Police arrest 20-year-old lady with drug, recover firearm, live cartridges Lagos CP replaces DPO, orders trial of officers over extortion Operatives of Lagos State Police Command, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of  ljora-Badia, have arrested 20-year-old Aminat Ajayi with 103 wraps of Colorado. Colorado is a brand of psychotropic drugs commonly used by many Nigerians, especially youths. Spokesperson for the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, told The Guardian, yesterday, that the DPO  and his team, acting on actionable intelligence, stormed the Whitesand area of Ijora, where the suspect was arrested. Hundeyin said: “Investigation is ongoing. Reduction in drugs is directly proportional to reduction in crime and we will not relent. The lady will be charged to court. 

UK PM Sunak Under Probe Over Wife’s Shares British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the parliamentary watchdog over a possible failure to declare shares his wife holds in an agency benefiting from a recent budget, an official said Monday. Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg on Thursday launched the probe into shares Akshata Murty holds in childcare agency “Koru Kids”, his office said. The rules demand that “members must always be open and frank in declaring any relevant interest in any proceeding of the House or its committees.” Sunak’s office said the prime minister was “happy to assist the Commissioner to clarify how this has been transparently declared as a Ministerial interest.” Sunak did not mention Murty’s shares in the firm at a recent committee hearing. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt in March announced a pilot of incentive payments for childminders joining the profession, which doubles if workers sign up through one of six agencies, including...

Actor Kunle Remi Breaks Silence After AMVCA Snub Nollywood actor, Kunle Remi, has spoken out about his exclusion from the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards 2023 nominations, despite the fact that the movie ‘Anikulapo,’ in which he played the lead actor, received 16 nominations. The actor thanked his fans for their concerns and congratulated his friends and colleagues who received the AMVCA nomination. Sharing a video of himself on his Instagram page, he wrote, “I have seen all the tags after the AMVCA nomination announcement. It would be nonchalant not appreciate the love, calls and messages.Thank you kindred.💗 “First of, congratulations to all my friends/colleagues this year won’t be great without y’all’s amazing work and effort. God save una, cos if I Dey the categories I for win 😂😂😂(Joke) before una say otherwise. Let the best man win ❤️ P.S- Please someone should check on deyemitheactor 😂😂😂😂” “KR Kindred… you know how it is… we keep catching fun and doing fhingz. ❤️an...

Actress Ini Edo Excited As ‘Shanty Town’ Bags 10 AMVCA Nominations Popular Nollywood actress, Ini Edo, has expressed her excitement  after her recent movie, 'Shanty Town,' received ten Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards nominations. In an Instagram post on Monday, she expressed her gratitude to the entire cast and crew, as well as the audience who supported the movie. She wrote, “Shanty Town!!!. 10 Nominations!!! Phew!..Did I see the nominations coming?? Yes.. I just didn't know it will come in such. grand style… Shout out to the entire cast and crew of one of the biggest movie out from Africa. “Shanty Town. God is indeed faithful. I appreciate my Tribe. My unshakable crew. My amazingly supportive cast members. My unwavering Audience who took the gospel of the Shanty far and near. You all are the real Mvps'. “Now the time has come to bring home the Shanty awards. Every nominated individual put in so much work to make Shanty Town the great Series we all saw.. So ple...

Abure Violates Court Order, Resumes At Labour Party Secretariat Amid Tight Security April 17, 2023     The suspended national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, reportedly resumed his office on Monday amid tight security. Abure, who was expected to host the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero and his team, arrived at the secretariat at about 12:41pm. According to the report, immediately Abure entered, the security operatives attached to him and those manning the place quickly locked the main gate of the party’s building. Abure, SaharaReporters had reported, was suspended as the national chairman of Labour after a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, ordered that he should stop parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. He was barred alongside the National Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim; the National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara; and the National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu, over alleged forgery. Justice Hamza Muazu also ordered th...

 LAGOS TASKFORCE WARNS ROAD USERS, OKADA RIDERS AGAINST PLYING HIGHWAYS, RESTRICTED ROUTES The Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye has warned road users and recalcitrant okada operators who contravene the States Traffic Law by plying highways and restricted routes. He gave the warning during a clampdown exercise at Mile 2 axis of Lagos where 132 commercial motorcycles were impounded for operating illegally and constituting a nuisance to the environment. Jejeloye stated that the recalcitrant okada operators who had returned to some parts of the State’s highways to carry on with their illegal activities are under the false impression that the State Government had relaxed the ban on illegal operations across the State. He said, “The ban on the operations of okada on the highways and restricted routes across the State is still very much in place and we must ensure that the law is upheld”. CSP Jejeloye further stated that some of the okada operators around Cele Bus...

EFCC Arraigns Man for N4.8m Land Scam in Kaduna The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Munkai'la Abubakar before Justice Daruis Khobo of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State on a seven count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and forgery.  The defendant sometime in January, 2018, allegedly sold four plots of land to one Umar Iskil for N4, 800,000 with forged titled documents. One of the count charges reads: “that you, Munka'ilu Abubakar sometime in January, 2018 at Kaduna within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Justice of Kaduna state with intent to defraud forged a document titled "TAKARDAN YARJENIYAN SAYAR DA PLOT KO GIDA DAKE DANBUSHIYA KADUNA" in respect of plot situate at Millennium City, Danbushiya Kaduna purportedly issued by Abubakar Mamadi, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 344 and punishable under Section 345 of the Kaduna State Penal Code...

Court Restrains ABSIEC From Conducting LGA Elections in Abia 2023/04/17  The Abia State Local Government election which is billed to hold on the 19th of May 2023, has suffered a setback as an order restraining Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) from organizing the said election has been granted. Based on facts available to Ikoronews Honorable Justice Benson C. Anya of the Abia State High Court Arochukwu Division granted the order in a suit filed by Engr. Nwabueze Onwuneme (Suit No: HAR /8/2023) with Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC), Prof. Mkpa Agu Mkpa, Attorney General of Abia State, and Governor of Abia State as defendants. The order which was granted on the 23rd of March 2023, restrained ABSIEC from organizing or conducting any election and restrained ABSIEC from acting on any election timetable or programme pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The suit was then adjourned to the 23rd of April 2023 for the motion on ...

After Publishing Tinubu’s Dual Citizenship Evidence, Twitter Locks Account Of Nigerian Investigative Journalist, David Hundeyin April 17, 20230 Less than 48 hours after the expository of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s dual citizenship, Twitter account of popular Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has been locked. Hundeyin had on Saturday, posted evidence of the undisclosed dual citizenship of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He had published evidence showing the former Lagos State governor has an undisclosed dual citizenship from Guinea Conakry but commited perjury before the 2023 general elections, when he filled on the EC9 declaration form of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that he had no other citizenship except the Nigerian passport. The revelation of Tinubu’s undisclosed dual citizenship has since generated controversy across the country and beyond, hence, Tinubu’s supporters reported Hundeyin’s account to Tw...

 NPF REJUVENATES DIGITALIZED CENTRAL MOTOR REGISTRY (CMR) INFORMATION SERVICE Urges Nigerians, Residents to Utilize Portal Effectively Sequel to the earlier commissioning of the rejuvenated Central Motor Registry (CMR) Unit of the Nigeria Police Force and flag-off of the 1st Phase (Stolen Vehicle Report Portal), a module in the digitalized Central Motor Registry Information System (CMRIS), by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, on the 7th of December, 2022, the mandatory registration of vehicle information by the Central Motor Registry since inception about 7 decades ago, which was done manually and therefore fraught with some challenges has now given way to the digitalized Central Motor Registry Information System (CMRIS) for seamless management of information of every motor vehicle and its ownership. The digitalized CMRIS will effectively serve the purpose of obtaining additional information from members of the public about stolen...