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Venita, Soma, Angel Evicted From BBNaija All Stars Show Big Brother Naija All Stars housemates, Venita Akpofure, Angel Smith, and Somadina Anyama, have been evicted from the show. The trio was evicted on Sunday during the last live eviction show for the season. As the show enters its final week, Ilebaye, Mercy Eke, Cee-c, Cross, Adekunle, and Pere battle for the N120m grand prize.  

ASHIA commences third phase enrollment exercise of beneficiaries into BHCPF By Chisom Okafor The Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA) has commenced the third phase enrollment of beneficiaries into the Basic Healthcare Provision fund (BHCPF) provided by the Federal Government of Nigeria and implemented through State Health Insurance Schemes. The BHCPF, which was officially launched on January 18, 2021 is a Federal Government initiative that covers 100% of the cost of receiving healthcare services for the disabled, vulnerable and poor indigenes of the State.  Explaining reasons behind the additional enrollment, the Managing Director (MD) of ASHIA, Dr Simeon Onyemaechi said, “the plan is to replace the deceased or those enrollees that have never used the programme since inception, with the community members whose names are in the state social register.  He further noted that this phase of enrollment will focus on the under-five children, pregnant women, the elderly and t...

𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝟯 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝗻 Three different residential houses have been gutted by fire in one day in Anambra State. The Anambra State Fire Chief, Engr. Martin Agbili, confirmed this in a telephone interview with this reporter, Izunna Okafor, over a reported fire incident at Okpuno, Awka South Local Government Area of the State, which is still ongoing as at the time of filing this report. A source close to the scene, Stanley Nwakor, said the fire incident which befell a residential bungalow around the Woman Lecturer Junction, Okpuno, on Sunday, started at about 7:18pm The Anambra Fire Chief who said he and his officers were already attending to the fire, said it was the third fire incident recorded in the State on Sunday. According to him, the first fire outbreak occured at Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area, at about 2.am when his received call about it. He said hours after he and his men rushed to the ...

Russia turning schools to parade grounds, teaching students to assemble guns Russia turning schools to parade grounds, teaching students to assemble guns The Russian government is engaging school children in military drills including assembling guns, marching practice, throwing grenades, and shooting with real ammunition, CNN reports. From the Pacific to the Black Sea, playgrounds are becoming parade grounds, and service in the armed forces is accorded more honour in schools, while the national curriculum is being modified to emphasise defence of the country. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and both European neighbouring countries have intensified in winning the war. With the recent development in the country turning schools into military sites, Russia’s children are being prepared for war. The militarisation of Russia’s public schools has intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, driven not by a spontaneous surge of patriotic feeling, but by the government in Mos...

Probe missing $15bn, N200bn of oil revenues – SERAP tells Tinubu Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on President Bola Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion of oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries are missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021, as documented by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).” SERAP stated that Tinubu should name and shame anyone suspected to be responsible for the missing and unaccounted public funds and to ensure their effective prosecution, as well as the full recovery of proceeds of crime. It further urged him “to fully implement all the recommendations by NEITI in its 2021 report.” SERAP in a letter by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, said, “There is a legitimate public interest in ensuring justice and accountability for these serious allegations. Taking these important measures would end t...

From Pulpit To Palace: 5 Nigerian Kings Who Were Once Pastors   The process of appointing Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso Land reached its culmination when the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, officially endorsed him for the position. Ghandi Olaoye is a pastor affiliated with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), specifically serving at Jesus House Washington DC in the United States (US) before he was declared the next Soun of Ogbomoso land. The newly appointed king expressed his personal stance, saying he had never harboured any intention of assuming the role of a traditional ruler, especially after serving as a pastor within the RCCG for a period of 30 years in Washington, United States of America. He said despite being born into a royal family, he had no inclination towards becoming a king because he felt that life had led him down a completely different path. However, aside from the Ghandi who was declared the next Soun of Ogbomoso by the kingsmaker...

 Ogun wins first medal in Asaba Team Ogun has recorded its first medal at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State. Mojeed Rilwan won Bronze in the 40kg Boys after a very hard-fought encounter against his rugged Edo State opponent. A fight of 3 minutes for junior categories couldn’t end until 34 minutes in a straight fight without any break.  One more photo below. 

NO NEED FOR TUC/RTEAN PROTEST Press Statement from the lagos State Government on the planned protest by the Trade Union Congress.

Yari Distributes 145 Trucks of Grains as Palliatives to People of Zamfara About 140 trucks of Maize is set for distribution across 14 local government areas of Zamfara state by Abdulaziz Yari the Senator representing Zamfara West.  This was disclosed in a statement to newsmen in Gusau by his Chairman, Publicity Committee, Malam Ibrahim Muhammad Dan'madami. Speaking, Chairman of the 25 man member State Committee, Lawal Liman Gabdon explained that the distribution of the palliatives would commence on Tuesday across the 147 wards of the state. Lawal Liman stated that each local government was allocated 10 trucks of maize for 12,000 beneficiaries identified during the enumeration conducted by local government and ward-level committees, with the exception of GUSAU LGA, which received an additional five trucks. He further explained that within this allocation, 1,000 beneficiaries must be selected from each ward, while the remaining beneficiaries should be drawn from the local government ...

APC IN NIGER EMBARKS ON CONSULTATIONS OVER MOKWA, IDATI, LAVUN RERUN ELECTION Niger state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has said that it has embarked on series of consultations with relevant stakeholders towards winning the rerun election for twenty three poling units of Mokwa Idati and Lavun Federal constituencies that has been nullified by the tribunal. State Chairman of APC Alh Aminu Musa Bobi stated this while addressing Newsmen in Minna on the outcome of the tribunal judgement and their level of preparedness for the rerun election. Alh Aminu Musa Bobi explained that this is to ensure that cadididate of APC for the House of Representatives seat for Mokwa Idati and Lavun Federal constituencies and Chief Of Staff Government House Usman Abdullahi Gbatamangi win the ticket in a landslide victory. The Niger state Chairman of APC who expressed optimism for victory when the time comes also said they will appeal the judgement of Senator Bima Enagi from zone A since according...

Soyinka’s third novel released in French Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka’s third novel, “Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth”, has been released in French. Originally published in English in 2021, the novel, lauded by the French press for its satirical elements mixing humour and horror, was described by poet and novelist Ben Okri as a “shocking story of political corruption in a country much like his homeland” It follows the adventures of Papa Davina, a wannabe guru who comes back from the United States and finds an unlikely following as the creator of his own religion. “The title comes from external sources: I read one of these Gallup polls conducted around the world, one about which are the happiest people in the world,” Soyinka explains. “I was astonished to find that Nigeria was among the top six, maybe even top three or four. So I started asking myself how we came to earn such an unlikely title, ” Soyinka told RFI’s Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint. Soyinka’s other tw...

Taraba Approves N75,000 Medical, Housing Allowance For Corps Members Posted To Schools The Taraba State Government has approved N75,000 as medical and housing allowance for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to schools in the state.  This was contained in a press statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Reorientation Zainab Usman. She said: “As an emergency response to the education situation, His Excellency has approved significant allowances for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Taraba State schools: “An additional ten thousand naira will be added to their monthly allowance. A one-time payment of fifty thousand naira as medical allowance. An accommodation allowance of twenty-five thousand naira per term, totaling seventy-five thousand naira for three terms.” Exceptional corps members “who distinguish themselves while serving in schools will be offered automatic employment opportunities,” the statement read. The commissioner also...

 RE: ASSAULT ON PUBLIC: POLICE DERANKS ONE, ANOTHER SEVERELY REPRIMANDED The attention of the NPF has been drawn to an old video that has gone viral, where some policemen, on Sunday 9th April, 2023, engaged in assault, discreditable conduct, and incivility to members of the public, at Emouha, Rivers State. The matter was adequately addressed by the Police with public dissemination of Information on Police action via a press statement with reference number CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.5/52 dated April 18, 2023.  Following complaints and a subsequent orderly room trial, one police officer, Inspector Adejoh Siaka, was demoted from Inspector to Sergeant, and another officer, Sergeant Ndiwa Kpuebari, was severely reprimanded for their involvement in the incident. Additionally, Inspector Friday Obaka, who was absent from the scene, was discharged unconditionally. It's astonishing to see the video being  widely circulated again as a new incident. We urge the general public to please...

 The US Department of State has issued new security advice to its citizens.  In a new release, the department advised Americans to reconsider travelling to Nigeria “due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed gangs.” According to the release, the department advised its citizens against travelling to Borno, Yobe, Kogi, and northern Adamawa states due to terrorism and kidnapping; Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara states due to kidnapping; Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu, Imo, and Rivers states (with the exception of Port Harcourt) due to crime, kidnapping, and armed gangs. It further noted that “violent crime – such as armed robbery, assault, carjacking, kidnapping, hostage taking, roadside banditry, and rape – is common throughout the country.” The Department, however, advised citizens who still choose to travel to Nigeria to: “Carry proper identification, including a U.S. passport with a current Nigerian visa, if needed. Regarding ...

Delta Police Debunk Plan To Arrest Youths With Dreads, Miniskirt  The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, has debunked reports stating that a special force has been formed to arrest youths with dreads and miniskirts in the state. He made this known on his X page on Sunday. A viral report circulating on social media alleged that a special force has been trained in Delta State to arrest youths wearing rugged jeans and miniskirts, amongst other clothes.  Reacting to the report, Edafe wrote, "Members of the public particularly residents in Delta State are advised to completely disregard this. It is fake pls. PEACE." — X | Brightgoldenboy  

Oyo police arrest herder who k!llëd his employer, buried corpse in shallow grave and absconded with 20 cows and 14 sheep Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old cattle rustler, Muhammadu Bello, for allegedly killing his employer, Yay Mohammed, who was a cattle dealer at Soku Village, near Iseyin Town. Bello was paraded at the state Police Command Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Friday, September 22, 2023, along 32 other suspects arrested for alleged involvement in various crimes ranging from cultism, to armed robbery, impersonating among others. The suspect hacked his employer to death with a club inside Soku forest in Iseyin Local Government Area of the state and made away with the deceased's 20 cows and 14 sheep.  Briefing journalists, spokesperson of the command, SP. Adewale Osifeso confirmed that on 17th September, 2023 at about 0630hrs, actionable information was received at the Command Monitoring Unit from a credible source from Iseyin town that a nomadic cattle...

 Mohbad died the day his Canadian visa was approved – Show promoter A Canada-based show promoter, Prince George, has revealed that Mohbad died the day his Canadian visa was approved. George who turned up for a candlelight procession organised by Nigerians in Toronto, Canada on Saturday night, September 23, said he planned surprising the late singer's friend, Bella Shmurda, by bringing him to his show.  He said;  “I had planned to surprise the late singer’s best friend, Bella Shmurda, during the latter’s show in Canada by bringing Mohbad to the show. “I sent a message to Mohbad’s manager in the morning of the day he died to inform him that his visa had been approved, only to be told that Mohbad had died mysteriously”

Missing South African magistrate’s lifeless body found in car boot, police arrest her husband Police in South Africa have arrested the husband of a Regional Court Magistrate, Mamello Thamae,40, after her body was discovered in the boot of their car in Lesotho.    Police had on Friday, September 22, 2023, launched a manhunt after Thamae and her husband, Lehlohonolo Maketoane, were reported missing.  At the time, SAPS spokesperson, Captain Loraine Earle, said the pair were last seen in Heilbron, in the Free State. "Magistrate Thamae arrived at her home in Heilbron. At around 4am on Thursday, the car drove off from the family home. A cellphone and her husband's clothing were also missing. Her clothes and cellphone were still at home," police said. At the time, Earle said there was a strong suspicion that the vehicle may have driven through the Ficksburg Port of Entry into Lesotho. On Saturday, September 23, police confirmed that the couple's vehicle was traced to a guest...

I have never ‘toasted’ a girl in my life — Actor IK Ogbonna Actor IK Ogbonna has revealed that she has never asked a girl out in his entire life.  Appearing on the Petite Talk podcast, IK Ogbonna disclosed that most of his relationships often started as friendships. Ogbonna said; “As funny as it may sound, I’ve never toasted a girl in my life. I don’t know how to do it. It’s not about being a fine boy. “I think I grew up around people. I had so many female friends at the same time. And most of my relationships always started from friendship. We are friends, we start liking ourselves. It entered relationships.” The actor also admitted to flirting with his ex-wife, Sonia Morales on social media before they became friends and then couple.  

24th September, 2023 PRESS RELEASE   DELTA STATE POLICE COMMAND URGES RESIDENTS IN THE STATE TO SUBMIT ILLEGAL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS IN THEIR POSSESSION+ CP. WALE ABASS ASSURES ALL THAT THIS WILL ATTRACT "NO SANCTION"   As part of efforts to tame the proliferation of firearms and in line with the directive of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, the Delta State Police Command calls on members of the public who have illegal and prohibited firearms in their possession to render such firearms to any nearby Police Station, Area Command or the State Headquarters.   The Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Wale Abass assures all individuals involved in the wrongful possession of arms and light weapons that a wilful submission of such illegally possessed weapons to police will attract “NO SANCTION”. This is aimed at reducing the number of guns in circulation across the state, and also to stop firearms from getting into the wrong hands and being...

Pastor unable to walk after fasting for 21days.   Pastor Victor Great embarked on the 21 days from 1st to 21st September. He claimed that God told him to be doing it every September. According to another source  Warri: Pastor waited on the Lord for 21 days and was unable to walk.  No food , fruits, or water. It was an absolute dry fasting. That God told him to be doing it every September. The Pastor Victor Great of the Zion Ark of Covenant Church Warri said that God told him to be fasting for 21days every September without food, water or fruits. It is a total dry fasting and prayer. Zion Ark of Covenant Int'l Bible Church Inc Watch video and more photos below.  

 Zamfara Govt Takes Measures To Rescue Kidnapped University Students Zamfara State Government is taking proactive measures to ensure that, the kidnapped Students of the Federal University Gusau are rescued without any harm. This was disclosed by the state Acting Governor Malam Mani Mummuni when he visited the University on assessment tour.  He said that upon hearing the news about the unfortunate incident, the government promptly took action to determine the best way to safely rescue the abducted students. According to him, the government will also take adequate measures of averting the reoccurrence of similar incidence. Malam Mani assured the management of the University community, parents, and general public that, the victims would be rescued without any harm and called on them to continue abiding by the law. Earlier, the Zamfara State Commissioner of Police Muhammad Dalijan said security agencies have surrounded the perpetrators together with their victims both on air and l...

NYG: Lagos' Ezenwa Cecelia grabs three medals In Weightlifting The Lagos State rising star Ezenwa Chinanza, a student of Command Day Secondary School, Oshodi, has won three medals in weightlifting event in the ongoing National Youth Games at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba,Delta State. She picked the first two gold medals for Lagos in clean and jerk. Cecelia competed in Group A Class 45 among her foes from Bayelsa,Edo,Adamawa, Osun,Abia Rivers and Cross River states to grab a bronze medal in snatch lifting (53). Cecelia did not allowed her attempt in snatch to hold her down as she landed two gold medals in clean and jerk (70) bringing the total to 123. A student of Command Day Secondary School, Oshodi said she just put her mind in the competition and ensure that something good comes out of it .  Ezenwa further stated that her love for weightlifting is incomparable while thanking the Lagos State Government for giving her the platform to showcase her talent. Lagos stormed Asaba, Del...

Free Education: Taraba Govt Promises Scholarships for SS3 students Taraba State government says the recent announcement by Governor Agbu Kefas regarding the provision of free Basic Education, has yielded remarkable outcomes within a short span. The State Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Barrister Zainab Usman Jalingo stated this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Jalingo. The statement reads in parts: "The surge in new enrollments witnessed in our primary and secondary schools over the past ten working days has necessitated immediate action. "Following consultations with His Excellency, the following measures have been approved: "ICT-Based Registration: Commencing this term, an ICT-based registration system will be introduced. This will apply to Teachers and both new and returning students.  "Ensuring that they are registered will guarantee the provision of essential school materials upon their arrival. "Provision of Uniforms and Educa...

Bishop Kwashi Has Contributed To Peaceful Coexistence In Nigeria - Plateau Dep Governor  The Plateau State Deputy Governor, Mrs Josephine Piyo says Bishop Kwashi has contributed his quota in nation building and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria. Mrs Pinto stated while has congratulating the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Jos and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Jos in the Church of Nigeria, Bishop Benjamin Kwashi on the occasion of his retirement and 68th Birthday.  She said his labour of love towards orphans, building the spiritual and educational lives of Christians and others in the state was commendable and highly appreciated.   The Deputy Governor urged the cleric not to hold back any useful advice that would foster unity and economic development in the state. She however, prayed that He continues to live in good health and blossom in all he does as he retire.  

FG TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA Federal Government in its efforts to actualise the Administration's 8-Point Agenda of Renewed Hope, has pledged its commitment to strengthen bilateral relations with the People's Republic of China for deepened economic cooperation that will be mutually beneficial to both countries.  Vice President, Kashim Shettima, represented by the Minister of State, Ministry of Steel Development,Uba Maigari Ahmadu, stated this at the Mid Autumn Festival and Chinese National Day Celebration held in Lagos. The Minister reiterated Federal Government's commitment to strengthening economic cooperation with China that will lead to expanding trade opportunities and exploring new avenues for investment and technological cooperation. Noting that the Chinese business relationship with Nigeria will bring greater socioeconomic benefits to both nations.  He stressed the need for  better investment climate, improved infrastructure development, eased bu...