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Nigerian crossdresser,  James Brown has called out fellow crossdresser, Idris Okuneye Bobrisky for allegedly threatening to kill him.   It all started this evening when James shared a video accusing Bobrisky of threatening to kill him. According to James Brown, Bobrisky reached out to him, accused him of copying his contents, and warned him to take down whatever he’s doing ...

59-year-old man, Komolafe David, has alleged that a policeman brutally assaulted him and seized his phone after he asked to sit beside the officer in a bus. David, who identified himself as a Deacon of The Apostolic Church of Nigeria, narrated his ordeal before the Lagos State Judicial Panel set up to probe police brutality and other related matters, on ...

When it was reported that budding actress, Peju Johnson, had bought a Toyota Venza car, some found it incredulous because she had not been in the movie industry for that long. However, in an interview with Saturday Beats, the role interpreter stated that aside from acting, she was involved in other businesses and was not concerned about whatever opinions were ...

A single mother, Imole Sesan, has allegedly set a family of seven on fire in the Idimu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the victims, Remi Joseph, her children and grandchildren were sleeping in a shop when Sesan locked the family in, doused them with petrol through the window and set them ablaze. Imole had visited Joseph, her ...

To say that fans of actress, Zainab Balogun, were shocked when she took to her social media page to disclose that she tested positive for Covid-19 towards the end of 2020, would be an understatement. The ‘Royal Hibiscus’ told Saturday Beats that she was shocked as well. She said, “I was extremely shocked when I got the results. I was ...

Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States of America has finally called the Vice President-elect Kamala Harris offering assistance. This development marks the first contact at that level between the Donald Trump administration and the incoming administration. The Vice President has increasingly taken on the public roles involved in government transition. Trump, who had in the heat of ...

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said Nigerians who fail to commit the security situation of the country into the hands of God could be guilty of indirectly prolonging the war against insurgency. Adesina disclosed this in an article on Thursday titled, ‘The Decent for the Indecent, the Just for the Unjust’. The ...

Actor and filmmaker, Goriola Hassan, was recently installed as the King of Uba land, Imobi Kingdom, Ogun State. He tells Tofarati Ige about his plans for the kingdom. Excerpt below…How does it feel being a king? I have always lived like a king. When one is born into a royal family, one would be taught, right from the onset, on ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday alerted of circulation of fake vaccines in Nigeria even as it disclosed that It has not approved any vaccines or receive any application from Covid Vaccine manufacturers yet. The Agency also cautioned against the use of any vaccines without the agency’s approval. Disclosing these during a virtual ...

Kcee’s ex-manager, Soso Soberekon has survived a car accident. The car accident happened yesterday, Thursday, January 15. The entertainment big boy who shared the news on Instagram thanked God writing; “We don’t die, we multiply. Thank God for keeping me safe”.    

US President Donald Trump has reportedly refused to pay the legal fees of Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer. Guiliani was a key figure in Trump’s bid to overturn the election victory of President-elect Joe Biden through the courts. The lawyer instituted a number of cases across the US but lost them. According to the Washington Post, Giuliani charged the president ...

Nollywood actress, Dakore Egbuson-Akande and her husband, Olumide with their two daughters are currently in Dubai for a family vacation. The actress shared videos and photos of them having fun on social media. Many praised the couple for taking their kids on vacation despite just losing billionaire Harry Akande who happens to be Olumide’s dad. More photos below…    

              A 34- year- old commercial tricycle rider simply identified as Kevwe on Thursday committed suicide in full public glare by drinking poison over his inability to raise money to treat a medical condition. The incident, which attracted a large crowd, occurred at about 12.00noon near the ever-busy Olympia Cinema, Abeke by Adeola road, ...

The Management of the Lagos State University has shut down all hostels at the College of Medicine, LASUCOM, as three students have tested positive for Coronavirus disease. A statement on Thursday night by the Coordinator, Centre for Information Press and Public Relations, CIPPR, Mr Ademola Adekoya, said the affected students had been isolated and were being treated. “In addition, stakeholders ...

Uganda Presidential Candidate Bobi Wine, with real name Robert Kyagulanyi, claimed there were “widespread fraud and violence” as counting gets underway after polls closed in a hotly contested election. However, the 38-year-old singer remains hopeful of victory over 76-year-old Yoweri Museveni. In a statement released on his Twitter handle last night, Bobi Wine wrote; “Hello, Uganda! Despite the widespread fraud ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,479 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 105,478. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. “On the 14th of January 2021, 1479 new confirmed cases and 23 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “Till date, 105478 cases have been confirmed, ...

Russia on Thursday compared the decision of social media giants to suspend U.S. President Donald Trump’s accounts to a “nuclear blast in cyber space” with the consequences hard to predict. “The decision of U.S. internet platforms to block the head of state can be compared to a nuclear blast in cyber space,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Thursday, welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement in which he said Bishop Matthew Kukah must be allowed to practice his faith and politics. Reacting to the statement signed by Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, CAN, however, said the Presidency should back its words with actions by ensuring that ...

African football icon, Didier Drogba said that his ten year-old marriage to Lalla Diakate is over. The Ivorian retired footballer broke the news on Instagram following a viral video, which captured him in bed with a mystery woman. The Chelsea legend, 42, met Lalla Diakate in the late 1990s in Paris and they tied the knot in 2011. Drogba wrote ...

Joe Biden, the President-elect of the United States of America, has appointed Nigerian-born Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo into his cabinet. The President-elect made announcement when he named additional 20 members of the office of the White House counsel. Badejo is a lawyer and an alumna of Berkeley Law College in the US, and served as ethics counsel in the same office ...

The management of the University of Ibadan, UI, has fixed Monday, January 18 for resumption and cancelled the 2019/2020 academic session. The announcement came as the Senate of the apex institution approved a new calendar on Thursday. The school will be resuming on Monday to complete the 2018/19 session which did not end before the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ...

Yunana Babas, an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police is dead. Babas was in charge of Zone 8. He passed away three days after the death of another AIG, Omololu Bishi. Kwara State Governor, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, reacted to his death on Thursday night. He commiserated with the police authorities over “the sudden death”. AbdulRahman described Babas as a perfect gentlemen ...

Shaka Momoh, the owner of Planet One, a hotel-cum-event centre in Maryland, Lagos is dead.   News of his demise came to public knowledge after prominent personalities took to Twitter to pay tributes. Momoh was said to have died of COVID-19 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Thursday. Segun Awosanya, a Nigerian legal practitioner and social media figure, ...

President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman says God compares a drunkard to a witch and warns those drinking alcohol to stop. Suleman, in his sermon said “Some say drink but don’t get drunk,’ the problem in life is that you cannot control addiction, it starts with just a little. “There are people that will pressure you, they cannot ...

Shola Ogudu, Mother of Wizkid’s first son, Boluwatife, has called out ladies who are fond of sending her son n*de photos.   Shola, took to her son’s page to share a video warning ‘shameless’ women who keep sliding into her son’s DM to share inappropriate photos. Shola alleged that grown women are sending her son n*de photos and she warned ...