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Moscow Begins Mass COVID-19 Vaccination, With Doctors, Teachers First In Line

Moscow has begun distributing the domestically developed vaccine Sputnik V via 70 clinics across the city, authorities said, marking Russia’s first mass immunization against COVID-19. The December 5 announcement by Moscow’s coronavirus task force comes as critics say the vaccine has yet to complete the advanced studies needed to ensure its effectiveness and safety in line with established scientific protocols. Russian...

‘Nigerian Idol’ Music Reality TV Show Returns

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced that it is bringing back the popular music reality show, Nigerian Idol. This announcement was made recently by the company’s Chief Executive Officer- John Ugbe. After a three-year hiatus, Nigerian Idol will return with Season 6 to unearth some of the best musical talents the country has to offer. The Idol franchise has over the years...

Court Jails Three Yahoo Boys in Ilorin

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, December 4, 2020 secured the conviction of three young men over their involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. The convicts are: Tesleem Ajayi, Oladimeji Oluwatimileyin and John Inalegwu Okewu. While Ajayi and Oluwatimileyin were convicted on two counts each, Okewu was jailed on one count...

Social Media Has Come To Stay – FG

Federal Government said on Friday that despite that fake news and misinformation on social media-fuelled the recent #EndSARS crisis, it would not shut down the internet or stifle press freedom. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed while speaking with newsmen in Lagos reiterated that the government would not sit down and allow “a reckless use of social media to aggravate our fault lines...

Police arrest undergraduate for killing lecturer in Benue State

A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nnamdi Jeremiah from Umigwe village in Imo State has been arrested for the murder of a lecturer of the institution, Associate Professor Karl Kwaghger. The university don was reportedly killed on November 28 in Makurdi, the Benue state capital. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene confirmed that the suspect was arrested in Abuja where he went to sell the car...

Fourth Mainland Bridge: 795 houses to go – FG, Lagos govt

The federal and Lagos State governments, on Thursday, said about 795 houses might be demolished to pave the way for the construction of the 37-kilometres Fourth Mainland Bridge. They said a lot of efforts were made to reduce the number of affected houses from the initial 9,000 to 795. This was revealed at the Environmental Social Impact Assessment Stakeholders’ Scoping Workshop on the project in Lagos. The Minister...

We’ve no powers to hire foreign soldiers against Boko Haram –DHQ

The Defence Headquarters, yesterday, said it lacked the powers to hire mercenaries to fight terrorism. Coordinator Defence Media Operations Major-General John Enenche, made this known at a media briefing while answering questions on the continuous massacre of villagers by terrorists in the North East and calls by Nigerian on government to hire mercenaries end the insurgency war. Enenche said the power to...

Amotekun Won’t Tolerate Indecent Dressing, Abuse Of Language – Commander

Amitolu Shittu, the Osun State commandant of the regional security net­work, Amotekun, has disclosed that the outfit would not tolerate inde­cent dressing and bas­tardising of Yoruba lan­guage by the youth when it begins full operation in March 2021. Shittu disclosed this in a chat with Neeswmen at the venue where Hon. Lawrence Babatunde Ayeni, mem­ber of House of Repre­sentative empowered over 1,000 youths after their training on dif­ferent vocational...

106 Illegal Radio Frequencies In Operation – FG

About 106 radio frequencies are used without Federal Government’s authorisation, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Musa Istifanus, said. Speaking yesterday at a virtual meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, he said such users could either cause harmful interference to duly licensed users or pose security threat to the nation. “This is dangerous because they neither have licence to use the frequencies nor the permission to operate radio-communication...

Calls For Buhari’s Resignation Irresponsible – FG

The federal government said yesterday that the call on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign is a sign of irresponsibility. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in Lagos during a meeting with members of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN). He described the call on Buhari to leave because of the deteriorating security situation in the country as “playing...

Borno massacre: This is not the promise you made to Nigerians – PFN to Buhari

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has expressed sadness over the recent gruesome killing of more than 40 Nigerians at Koshebe village in Borno State. The victims were rice farmers of Zabarmari community in Jere Local Government Area. They were slaughtered by Boko Haram last Saturday and buried on Sunday. On Thursday, Felix Omobude, PFN National President, in a statement Thursday, said the heinous crime was a stark reminder of...

Nigerians drag former BBNaija housemate, Erica Nlewedim after Davido featured Nengi in his ‘Jowo’ movie.

Nigerians have dragged former BBNaija housemate, Erica Nlewedim after Davido featured Nengi in his ‘Jowo’ movie. Internet was on fire when Davido released the thriller of the video and disclosed that he featured Nengi. Apparently, fans didn’t see that coming because Nengi and Davido have not been seen together since the conclusion of the BBNaija show. A fan reacting to Nengi’s tweets...

Khloe Kardashian Goes Topless in Campaign for New Shoe Line

Khloe Kardashian has included a shoe line to her growing collaboration with a fashion label, Good American and went topless for the campaign. The show line by the KUWTK star and mother of one, dropped in Thursday, December 3, 2020 as she shared some of the campaign photos for the new line. Khloe Kardashian modeled a few shoes off the line...

Adolf Hitler wins election in Namibia

A man named after Adolf Hitler has swept to victory in regional elections in Namibia. According to official results, Adolf Hitler Uunona beat his opponent by 1,196 votes to 213 in the race for local councilor in Ompundja, a constituency in the Oshana region. Mr Uunona represents the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), which governs Namibia at the national level. He...

Burna Boy reacts amidst cheating rumor with a “bootylicious” side chic

Popular Afrobeat singer, Burna Boy has finally reacted to the cheating allegations of cheating on his UK rapper girlfriend Stefflon Don with a side chic. The alleged side chick identified as Jopearl had called out the singer on social media, as she reveals that being his side woman has affected her mental health, adding that she can’t do it anymore. However,...

Meet Raiserap, The Versatile Nigerian Rapper Set To Take Over From Reminisce

Raiserap with the real name Abimbola Abiodun Majeed is a talented Nigerian rapper born on December 25th, 1995. He was born and raised in Ibadan, Oyo State capital but a native of Osun state. Raiserap began his music career a few years ago before he released a song titled “GBEMU” in December 2016 which caught the attention of the street, a...

Stefflon Don reacts to the allegation that Burna Boy is cheating on her

Stefflon Don has reacted to the news of her boyfriend, Burna Boy, allegedly cheating on her with a “bootylicious” side chic from Sierra Leone. Recall that Burna Boy recently called out on social media by a Sierra Leonean lady named JoPearl. On Wednesday, social media was in flames after the heavily gifted JoPearl alleged that she’s the side chic to Nigeria’s self-acclaimed African...

I’m a very sexual person, I love sex – Cardi B reveals

American rapper, Cardi B has defended her status as a ‘role model’ after facing some criticisms for her s*xually motivated lyrics in her hit song ‘WAP’ Cardi in her Billboard’s Woman of the Year cover story said she wants to prove that you can do positive things and still stay true to yourself, she also revealed she’s a very se*ual...

Nkechi Blessing and boyfriend, Adeyemi finally put their swords to rest

Controversial Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing, and her American-based boyfriend, Mike Adeyemi has finally put their swords to rest as they apologize to each other publicly on Instagram. Recall that a few months ago, Mike Adeyemi confirmed that he and Nkechi were no longer dating. Adeyemi has however taken to Instagram to tender an unreserved apology to the curvy actress. According to Mike...

Regina Daniels reacts to her husband marrying more wives

Few hours after her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko disclosed that he will be marrying more wives as time goes by, actress, Regina Daniels has reacted to this revelation. Recall that in the video which went viral on social media, the 64-year-old politician mentioned that he is from a polygamous background and he made all his wives to understand that fact...