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'Let Them Breathe If You Can Not Help', Yomi Fabiyi Replies Jaiye Kuti's Remarks On Veteran Actors  Nigerian actor, Yomi Fabiyi, has reacted to a post by his colleague Jaiyeola Kuti, slamming veteran Yoruba colleagues who publicly seek financial aid on social media in trying times.  Jaiye in a viral video, slammed the veterans for their poor financial decisions over the years, adding that their action is bringing ridicule to the Theatre Arts And Motion Pictures Practitioners Association Of Nigeria (TAMPAN) body and its members. Speaking in a mix of Yoruba and English, Jaiye said: "We have the Yoruba and English sectors and those in the English sector have members who face hard times but seek help amongst themselves. Our members, on the other hand, have ridiculed us with their need to publicly beg for help, to the point that many now see Yoruba actors as wretched all because some people did not prepare for their future."  She acknowledged the power of social media ...

  Missing ex-president of ASUU, Dipo Fasina found in Turkey  A former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who was reported missing earlier on Sunday, has been found. Mr. Dipo Fasina, popularly known as ‘Jingo’ was declared missing on Saturday, July 1, in an incident confirmed by the incumbent President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke. The 76-year-old Nigerian scholar and activist was travelling to Algeria at the invitation of the Algerian government when he was said to have missed his connecting flight from Istanbul, Turkey. He was found in Turkey by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission in partnership with Nigeria High Commission. “The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, in collaboration with the Nigerian High Commission in Turkey, has successfully located Prof Fasina, who went missing for a few days at Istanbul Airport while connecting on a flight back home.” “Mr. Fasina, 76, was travelling to Algeria when he was said to have missed his connecting fligh...

Delta youth group flogs and fines girls for indecent dressing A group of youths in Ubeji community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, under the aegis of Ubeji Youth and Employment Development Organisation, has gone tough against girls involved in indecent dressing. According to our source, members of the youth group had started clamping down on suspected offenders by subjecting them to strokes of the cane or in the alternative imposed fines on them. It was gathered that the enforcement of the exercise tagged ‘War Against Indecent Dressing’ among young ladies in the community, which commenced since Monday, July 3, 2023, had caused panic among females in the locality. Some of the victims, it was learnt, were compelled to pay fines as high as N10,000 or receive 40 strokes of the cane. The Secretary of the youth group, Stanley Bomele, who confirmed the development, told journalists that “the exercise became necessary due to the provocative ways ladies dressed in the commu...

Beyonce's mom, Tina Knowles has become a victim of burglary after her Los Angeles-area home was reportedly broken into recently. According to TMZ, the 69-year-old entrepreneur lost $1 million in cash and jewelry after thieves took off with a safe. Tina was made aware of the missing items on Wednesday morning after someone she knows stopped by the estate. Sources told the outlet that the mother-of-two was out of town when the break-in occurred. It's unknown how the trespassers were able to enter the house and take off with the vault. Law enforcement is investigating the burglary, searching for video footage and talking to neighbors for information. It comes after this past spring Knowles called the police in April after hearing strange noises at the front of her property. It turned out a man was there throwing rocks at her mailbox on Saturday, April 1, TMZ reported at the time. The fashion designer shares the home with her husband Richard Lawson, 76. According to the police rep...

Killings: Mutfwang re-imposes 24-hour curfew in Plateau LG Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Mangu Local Government Area, following recent attacks that led to loss of lives and properties. The Governor, in consultation with the State Security Council, imposed a curfew on the entire Local Government Area to restore law and order. A statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere said, “Consequently, movements within the Local Government Area have been banned until further notice except for security personnel and persons on essential duties. “Security agencies have therefore been directed to ensure total enforcement of the curfew. Meanwhile, the governor has assured the people that the government is working round-the-clock to restore peace and security in the State.”  

Yari was not invited for allegedly ignoring Tinubu’s phone calls, says DSS The Department of State Services (DSS) says Abdulaziz Yari, senator representing Zamfara west, was not invited over alleged refusal to respond to telephone calls from President Bola Tinubu. Recently, a report alleged that Yari was arrested and detained by the DSS over the claim that he shunned Tinubu’s telephone calls in June. The report also claimed that the telephone call was initiated by the president to pressure the former Zamfara governor to drop his ambition to become the senate president. However, in a statement on Sunday, Peter Afunanya, the DSS spokesperson, said Yari knows why he was invited by the secret police, adding that the online report about the former governor’s arrest is “laughable and petty”. Afunanya also denied the report that DSS operatives “carted away” all incriminating files relating to Tinubu and his close aides from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commissi...

Rescue ship save 47 migrants from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan in Libya Mediterranean Sea. The migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking saved 46 people in distress off the coast of Libya on Friday who were trying to reach Europe in a fibreglass boat, the NGO said on Twitter. The survivors were mostly from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan. The central Mediterranean is the most dangerous migration route in the world, since the beginning of 2023, 1,728 migrants have disappeared there, says the International Organisation for Migration.  

Fire razes radio station in Osun, one injured A member of staff of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Gold FM, Ilesa, Osun State, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, has been hospitalised after sustaining an injury in a fire that razed part of the station on Sunday. It was not immediately clear what caused the incident, but sources said loud noise coming from the transmission hall of the station, preceded the inferno which reportedly destroyed equipment. The injured staff, who was said to be among workers that passed the night on the premises, it was learnt, sustained burns and was rushed to a private hospital in Ilesha for treatment. A source close to the station, who preferred anonymity, during an interview with The PUNCH, said residents responding to distress calls by the staff were joined by staff to put off the fire.  

TCC Awka South Declares War Against Insecruity, Filty Envionment Too By Chukwuemeka Orji The Transition Committee Chairman, Awka south LGA, Mr ThankGod Anagor has declared a total war against insecurity and filty environment in Awka South LGA where he oversees. The chairman made the declaration while conducting media men and other personalities round the sites where massive clearing work was ongoing in his effort to keep his environment clean and secure lives and properties within it. Anagor who said that what he is doing is in line with the policy of the state government to make Anambra State liveable and comfortable, explained that there is no hiding place for undesirable elements within his LGA. Conducting the media men round the parade field beside the Sports Club and behind the Anambra State Police Area Command Awka as well as the surrounding oppsite the Governor's Lodge, spreading down to the nearby stream where massive bush clearing and removal of debris had been done, the c...

Gunmen kidnaps business woman in Port Harcourt Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers on Friday 7 July,2023 abducted a business woman known as Mrs Onyi Ugba at Okija street, Mile 2 Diobu PortHarcourt at about 6:40pm we learnt. We gathered that the gunmen who were about five in number and heavily armed, stormed the Superstore of Mrs Ugba located at Umuoji junction/Okija street to demand that the business woman hand over to them,all the money she made from sales for the day. The source said the gunmen got infuriated when the woman could not provide enough money which made the criminals to change their plan from robbery to abducting her . We learnt that people scampered to safety as the gunmen shot sporadically while whisking Mrs Ugba away.Personnel of Mile 1 Police Diobu,however, arrived the scene minutes after the hoodlums have left. The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command,SP Grace Iringe Koko confirmed the incident to our reporter. SP Koko disclosed that efforts are in top gear...

Former Barcelona player Luis Suarez is dead July 9, 2023      Former Barcelona and Inter Milan midfielder Luis Suarez, the only male footballer born in Spain to win the Ballon d’Or, died at the age of 88 on Sunday. Nicknamed “The Architect” the Spaniard won the prestigious award in 1960 and later coached La Roja at the 1990 World Cup. “Luis Suarez Miramontes has died this Sunday in Milan at 88 years old,” said Barcelona in a statement. He played for Barca between 1954 and 1961 before going to Inter Milan, where he is also a legend.” Suarez was loved in Italy after becoming one of the league’s most celebrated midfielders at Inter Milan under coach Helenio Herrera in the 1960s, whom he followed from Barcelona. “Saying goodbye to Luisito leaves us with a deep melancholy — the nostalgia of his perfect and inimitable football, which inspired generations, is combined with the memory of a unique footballer and a great, great Inter player,” wrote Inter in a statement. Suarez, bor...

POPE FRANCIS ANNOUNCED THE PLAN INDUCTION OF 21 NEW CARDINALS Pope Francis on Sunday announced plan inductions of 21 churchmen to the high rank of cardinal in September. The Archbishop’s shortlisted to become cardinals includes; 1 – Archbishop Robert Prevost, American, Vatican official, head of the Dicastery for Bishops 2 – Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Italian, Vatican official, head of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches 3 – Archbishop Víctor Fernández, Argentine, Vatican official, head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith 4 – Archbishop Emil Tscherrig, Swiss, Vatican ambassador to Italy 5 – Archbishop Christophe Pierre, French, Vatican ambassador to the United States 6 – Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Italian, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem 7 – Archbishop Stephen Brislin, South African, Archbishop of Cape Town 8 – Archbishop Ángel Rossi, Argentine, Archbishop of Córdoba 9 – Archbishop Luis Aparicio, Colombian, Archbishop of Bogotá 10 – Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś, Polish...

Insecurity: Anambra Community Dissolves Youth Activities, Bans Forest Levy Collection The People of Isuaniocha Community in Awka North Local Government area of Anambra State have resolved to embrace peace for overall development of the area. They dissolved all youth activities in the town as well as collection of levies in various forests in the area. The community’s decision taken during a general meeting involving elders, women, youths and other stakeholders followed five years old crisis that led to destruction of lives and property in the area. They also instituted a Peace Committee comprising Chairmen and Secretaries of all villages, Women leaders and other notable persons nominated by elders and Ozor in Council with the mandate of speaking with parties involved in the crisis to be followed with recommendations aimed at ensuring lasting peace in the area. Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, Chairman Umelem village, Chief Danatus Anyaegbunem said there was no reason for ...

Mbah Vows To Drag Ekpa Before ICC Over Sit-at-Home Enugu Governor Peter Mbah has said his administration is considering the option of dragging the breakaway leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa and all the instigators of the illegal sit-at-home order in the State before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. Mbah, who declared that the State was winning the war against sit-a-at-home enforcers, insisted that Enugu residents would never take orders from people he described as murderers and enemies of Igbo land. The Governor, who urged the people not to be deceived by those who use the name of the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a cover for their criminalities, noted that Mazi Kanu had since expressed his displeasure at the enforcement of sit-at-home and consequent havocs on Igbo land. Mbah said the State was also exploring the option of dragging the instigators and enforcers of violence and illegal sit-at-home order in the State befo...

DISREGARD FAKE POLICE RECRUITMENT ADVERT ON SOCIAL MEDIA – FPRO Official Announcements for Recruitment into NPF Will Be Made  The Nigeria Police Force hereby urges the public to disregard a recent police recruitment advertisement circulating on social media platforms. The Force wishes to reiterate and inform well-meaning members of the public that it has not commenced the 2022/23 Police Constables recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force contrary to the fake publication; and states unequivocally that the advert has no connection with the Nigeria Police Force nor is it in tandem with the Police established recruitment process, and should be discountenanced in its entirety.  The Nigeria Police Force thereby assures well-meaning Nigerians that the commencement of the 2022/23 recruitment exercise will be announced via the official police e-recruitment website – https://policerecruitment.gov.ng, the Nigeria Police Force official website – https://www.npf.gov.ng, and advertisements...

18 bus passengers die in Lagos accident Tragedy struck on Sunday morning after an 18-seater bus had a head-on collision with a truck in the Agemowo area along Lagos-Badagry Expressway. It is gathered that the incident happened around 8 am. All the passengers and the driver of the bus reportedly died. A motor boy in the truck also lost his life in the accident. It was learnt that the driver of the commercial bus which left the Yaba area of the state and heading to Benin Republic tried to overtake a vehicle when he lost control and collided with the oncoming truck. The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Management Authority, Taofiq Adebayo, confirmed the incident. Details later…  

Heard this happened in Ibadan Samonda area. A newly wedded bride's boyfriend double cross the couple with his car on their way to reception hall and claim the bride is already pregnant for him from Lagos and she came to Ibadan to marry someone else  The groom removed his ring say he no do again and the bride fainted and was rushed to the hospital. Wahala no dey finish Watch video below. 

Fuel subsidy removal: Civil servants across the federation groan 9th July 2023 There is lamentation among civil servants across the country as the hardship unleashed by the removal of fuel subsidy deepens the pains of workers, who were already agonising over their inability to meet essential needs. This is as governors in several states had left office with two or three tranches of their humongous annual retirement benefits paid in one lump sum while they also left several months of unpaid salaries and pension benefits of retired civil servants. While the hapless civil servants were still weeping over the salaries the departing governor heartlessly did not pay them in addition to the mind-blowing loans they left for their successors to content with, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the removal of fuel subsidy during his inauguration on May 29. Since that pronouncement, the prices of every item in the country, from sachet water to processed goods and even vegetables cultivated in o...