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I am excitingly pleased to announce my recent appointment as the Managing Director of TVCe, the Entertainment Channel of TVC Communications. This is a new chapter in my career. I am exceedingly grateful to the board for entrusting me with this all important role. Looking forward to a fulfilling experience.  Only those who have read my book, ‘Becoming the Queen of Talk TV’ can appreciate the depth of this testimony. Thank you Jesus for ALWAYS fighting my battles and making a way for me. Let somebody shout Hallelujah!!🎉🎉🎊🎊💃🏽💃🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ DR. MORAYO AFOLABI-BROWN MD, TVCe One more photo below.   

IGP APPROVES POSTING OF POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS As Zone 2 Lagos, Cooperative, Kwara, Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Sokoto get new PPROs The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has approved the posting of Police Public Relations Officers (PPROs) to various State Commands and Formation to strengthen community engagement and communication. The newly posted officers are tasked with fostering positive relationships between the Nigeria Police Force and the communities they serve. The newly posted officers and their respective portfolios include SP Ayuba Tunni Umma to PPRO Zone 2, Lagos; SP Hauwa Idris Adamu to PPRO Nigeria Police Cooperative; DSP Ejire Adetoun Adeyemi to PPRO Kwara State; ASP Unah Paul Echefunachi to PPRO Ebonyi; ASP Rufa'i Ahmed to PPRO Sokoto; and ASP Musa Mohammed to PPRO Bayelsa. Similarly, ASP Abuka Pius has been posted as a Staff Officer to the Public Complaint Bureau of the Force Public Relations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja....

PRESS RELEASE POLICE TRAINING: NPF RECEIVES DONATED EQUIPMENT FROM GS-F, UNDP, FOR POLICE COLLEGES The Nigeria Police Force has taken delivery of printed training manuals, curriculum, office furniture, fittings, and equipment for three Police Colleges and one Training School in Nigeria from the Global Security-Sector-Reform Foundation (GS-Foundation) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with funding from the Federal Republic of Germany as a crucial step towards enhancing the capabilities of the Nigeria Police Force. This initiative is part of the ongoing police reform project of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The donation which was received by the Inspector General of Police who was represented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Training and Development, DIG Frank Emeka Mba, mni, addresses the needs of Police colleges in Oji River, Maiduguri, Kaduna, and Ilorin, ensuring they receive vital support for optimal training environments.  Ambassado...

Outrage as Celestial church, C.C.C Land of Goshen Cathedral invites Portable and Pasuma to perform at their program!!!    A celestial church called C.C.C Land of Goshen Cathedral drew attention when they invited controversial Nigerian singer Portable, as well as Fuji singer Pasuma, to their scheduled church program. The event, which is set to take place on December 15, 2023, at the church location, sparked social media discussion due to Portable’s involvement. The post reads: “JOIN US ON 15th OF DEC, 2023” “As We Celebrate our 7th-year Anniversary on Our ANKARA / PRAISE NIGHT.” “Performing: ALHAJI WASIU ALABI PASUMA a.k.a Oganla,’ ‘HABEEB OLALOMI a.k.a Portable,’ ‘MAY-SHUA,’ ‘EVANG. SUNDAY GP a.k.a De Governor.” Following the post’s circulation online, concerned individuals flooded the comments section to express their thoughts. SonofMercy Marvel Ajifowobaje: “Nibo La tun jasi bayii Olusho? I blve this wasn’t done by the leading of the Holy Spirit. E kuku name church yin ni cl...

Pastor Gifts Offering Money And  Tithes To Female Church Member. A popular Pastor in Port Harcourt, Gospel Agochukwu gifted a church member offerings and envelopes brought to him during his birthday. A popular Pastor in Port Harcourt, Gifted one of his female members all offerings and envelopes brought to him during his birthday. The lady has being contemplating su!c!de because she can't pay her children school fees, her parents disowned her due to her choice of husband and was also sacked by Boss. More photos below. 

2024 UTME: JAMB fixes dates for registration, examination The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB,says the registration for its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination,UTME begins on January 15,2024 and ends on February 16,2024. Similarly,the board,in a statement on Wednesday, said it fixed March 7,2024 for its 2024 MOCK-UTME, while the main UTME will hold from April 19 to 29,2024. In the statement released by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin,the board explained that the dates were fixed "based on the series of recommendations emanating from a two-day Information Technology (IT) and Management Retreat held between 26th and 28th, November, 2023," According to JAMB,"Candidates are expected to print their examination slips as from 10th April, 2024." The statement read in full:"Based on the series of recommendations emanating from a two-day Information Technology (IT) and Management Retreat held between 26th and 28th, November, 2023, the Joint Admi...

GOVERNOR SOLUDO MAKES NEW APPOINTMENTS Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has approved the following appointments  1) *Professor Kate Azuka OMENUGHA*- as Acting Vice-Chancellor, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) Professor Omenugha as acting Vice-Chancellor replaces Professor Greg C. Nwakoby following the expiration of his tenure as Vice-Chancellor of COOU  Also appionted is; 2) *Professor Louis Chukwuemeka ORAKWUE,* as State Project Coordinator, Anambra State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) Signed: *Christian Aburime*  Press Secretary to the Governor November 29, 2023  

Automation of passport application 99% done, to go live next week – Minister  The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said automation of passport applications is 99% complete and expected to go live next week. Tunji-Ojo disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. He said, “Automation of passport applications is 99 percent done. We’ve done the testing, and we should be going live in the next week or thereabouts.  “That will ensure that all Nigerians need to do in an immigration center—a passport center—is just biometrics, just to take your fingerprints. All other things are going to be in the comfort of your home, including uploading your passport picture and your supporting documents, just like your visa,” he added.  Recall that the minister had vowed that reforms were underway to simplify the passport application process, with the possibility of Nigerians being able to begin submitting online applications as early as December. ...

Japa: Five LUTH wards shut, beds empty, say Reps The House of Representatives Committee on Health has revealed that not less than five wards with about 150 beds, have been closed down at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba due to a shortage of health workers. The chairman of the committee, Dr. Amos Magaji explained that the five wards had to be shut because there were no health workers to operate them despite the large number of patients received at the institutions on a daily basis. While lamenting that the institution was under threat as a result of brain drain, the health committee chairman stated that many health workers in LUTH, especially nurses and doctors, had left the teaching hospital in search of greener pastures. Speaking with newsmen shortly after an oversight visit to the teaching hospital, Magaji noted that the alarming rate of migration of health workers was becoming a national embarrassment to the country. He, however, said that steps were being taken to ...

FULL SPEECH: What Tinubu Told Lawmakers During First Budget Presentation In furtherance of my sacred duties and obligations as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is my honour to be here today to present my administration’s 2024 Budget Proposal to this Joint Session of the 10th National Assembly. This moment is especially profound and significant to me because it is my first annual budgetary presentation to the National Assembly. Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members of the National Assembly, I commend your swift consideration and passage of the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bills and the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. Your prompt action underscores your devotion to economic development and to the greater welfare of our people. It also highlights your desire to work in close collaboration with the Executive branch. We do not serve ourselves. We must always strive to work together to serve and benefit the people of our belo...

NARTO ALERTS NIGER GOVERNMENT ON THE EMERGENCE OF FAKE REVENUE COLLECTORS. Niger state chapter of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners NARTO has alerted the state government on sudden appearance of fake revenue collectors posing as staff of Revenue Board who are harassing it's members in parts of the state. State Chairman Alh Hassan Usman Shiroro stated this in an interview with Newsmen in Minna on the situation he described as highly condemnable. Alh Hassan Shiroro therefore appealed to the Niger state government especially state Revenue Board to as a matter of urgency address this problem by taken measures to arrest perpetrators of this ungodly act and bring them to book to serve as deterrent to others. The NARTO Chairman lamented that he was personally stopped by those fake revenue collectors at Kagara headquarters of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state and demanded for fourty thousand naira from him for sticker in which he alerted the security agencies to do ...

 Fake Olukoyede on Facebook An impersonator parading himself as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede is on Facebook. The fake Olukoyede has also been advertising a phony telephone line, 08028189925 as the "private line” of the EFCC’s boss. The public is enjoined to be wary of the antics of the impersonator, while efforts are being made to bring him to book. 

N1.2billion Alleged Procurement Fraud:   Contracts Awarded by Emefiele Didn’t go Through Tender Committee- Witness A Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, in the trial of Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Oluwole Owoeye, on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, presided over by Justice Hamza Muazu that all the forty-five (45) contracts awarded by the erstwhile governor of the apex bank, did not go through the Contract’s Tender Committee of the bank. Owoeye, Head of the Secretariat of the Major Contract Tender Committee, MCTC, disclosed to the court that any contract in excess of N10million must go through MCTC, however, the award of the contracts, though within the threshold of the contract that ought to have gone through MCTC, did not go through the Committee. The witness also explained that, when contractors submit their bids, it is the responsibility of the Committee to vet the companies b...

 ”Marriage is beautiful, we have to ignore bad marriages’ – Singer Iyanya Popular singer, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, simply known as Iyanya, has said he believes that marriage is “beautiful” despite the divorce trend rocking the entertainment industry. He said Nigerians must learn to ignore “bad marriages” so as not to allow that becloud their view of marriage. The ‘Kukere’ crooner spoke in the latest episode of The Kingz Corner podcast. He said, “Marriage is beautiful. We have to learn to ignore bad marriages. And not allow those bad marriages to define our expectations of marriage. Don’t let a bad marriage make you think you can’t have a good marriage. “I believe that if you find someone who loves you and is willing to sacrifice, it [marriage] is beautiful. I know people who are happily married, not that they don’t have challenges but I’ve watched them protect what they have. Some people who are happily married are not on Instagram; they don’t post valuable moments. They keep it, they c...

 Thieves Forced To Drink Alcohol Stolen From South African Shop  A viral video on Wednesday shows the moment thieves were asked to drink alcohol drinks they stole from a shop in South Africa.  The video was posted by a South African journalist, Velani Ludidi,who stated that the thieves broke into a store and stole alcoholic drinks.  He added that when the thieves were caught a day after, the owner of the shop forced them to drink the alcoholic drinks they stole or risk jungle justice.  “Thieves broke in and stole alcohol worth 14k. They were caught a day later with the alcohol. The owner said they must drink it all in one go or face umphakathi. The thieves are struggling, “ the post read.  In the video, the suspects were seen drinking from the bottles of the alcoholic drinks. Watch video below. 

AY Makun, Mabel celebrates 15th wedding anniversary, 20 years of togetherness with heartfelt note Nigerian actor, comedian, Ayodeji Richard Makun, better known as A.Y and wife, Mabel, celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary and 20 years of togetherness. He made this known in a post on his Instagram page on Wedesday. In the post, which has garnered attention, the comedian reminisced about their struggles, beautiful moments, and experiences that have shaped their love life. He wrote, "It's been 20 amazing years of knowing each other, 15 years of marital hustle and bustle, occasional sweetness and bitterness, pains, and gains. We thank God for the unconditional love and grace that has kept us standing and counting all these years of celebration. In this our first 15-year anniversary. I wish us both more love, strength, patience, tolerance, and happiness to be able to celebrate many more 15-year anniversaries together. I LOVE YOU, #realmabelmakun  

Why I won’t challenge my loss in court – Dino Melaye The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the just concluded Kogi State Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye has announced his decision not to seek legal redress following his electoral loss.    Melaye said his decision was hinged on the fact that the judiciary has allegedly become an arm of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.   He said this at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, it is now public knowledge that the judiciary under the current administration has become the “lost hope” instead of the “last hope” of the common man. Melaye noted that it was a shame that the judiciary watched helplessly as members of the ruling party boasted of their control over the judiciary during campaigns.  

Old, new naira notes to co-exist till further notice – Supreme Court The Supreme Court has granted the request by the Federal Government for the extension of the lifespan of the N200, N500 and N1000 notes that were redesigned under the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a ruling on Wednesday morning, a seven-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice John Okoro, ordered that the old notes remain legal tender until necessary facilities are put in place for their replacement. The old notes, the apex court ordered, ”shall co-exist as legal tender with the new/redesigned ones”. The ruling was on a motion by the Fed Govt, which was moved on Wednesday by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who was accompanied by the Acting Director, Civil Appeals, Federal Ministry of Justice, Tijani Gazali (SAN). The court, in the ruling, reviewed its earlier order that the old notes should cease to be legal tender by th...

Nigerian US-based Fuji musician, Saheed Osupa, has disclosed how he almost abandoned his political science programme at the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State. Osupa, who was part of the last graduates of the institution, disclosed this in a Facebook post while commenting on his decision to pursue a degree in political science. He wrote: “I went to school to pursue my degrees because I wanted to upgrade my intellectual capacity and don’t want to be segregated. “Initially, I was not having any problems from my 100-level. But when I got to 300-level, I almost quit because it was now more about writing. But I adjusted and adapted. “However, it was not easy at all and I had to employ two lecturers for a course before my graduation and put in more effort.” “My plan is to achieve my masters and a PhD in five years in America where I reside now to validate my PhD title.” He, therefore, advised that, “People should not be mentally lazy or believe that once they can feed, clothe and provide s...

The Lagos State Taskforce has condemned in its entirety the way and manner in which some residents in some parts of the State close inner roads/streets to hold social events thereby inconveniencing other road users and constituting nuisance to the society. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye described the act as selfish and inconsiderate of residents who deliberately take actions that cause discomfort to other law-abiding individuals in the State. Jejeloye disclosed that the Agency recently had to disrupt a birthday celebration on a street in Yaba when it was discovered that the celebrants and guests had occupied 95% of the road thereby slowing down vehicular movement and inconveniencing Lagosians going about their businesses. He stated that places like Lagos Island, Oworonshoki and Agege are major areas where such illegal activities are predominant, warning that the Lagos State Task Force intends to initiate an action plan that would put such inconvenience in check.  In his...

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM: LASG CALLS ON EXPERTS TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO CURB SGBV VIOLENCE The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Mrs. Cecelia Bolaji Dada has charged Sexual and Gender-Based Violence experts across various organisations to intensify campaigns in curbing the increasing menace of violence against women and girls in Lagos State. Speaking during a Walk procession organised by the Ministry, in collaboration with USAID and other women-focused NGOs, to commemorate the 16 days of Activism, themed: "Invest to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls" on Monday, Dada reiterated that  November 25 marked the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which ends with the International Human Rights Day on  December 10th.  In her words, “As a leader, and woman, gender equality and women’s empowerment are causes that are near and dear to me, for they are priorities for the  Lagos State Government and Governor Babajide ...