Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has officially endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as his candidate for the 2023 election. Obasanjo said this in his New Year message made available to newsmen yesterday. According to Obasanjo, Obi ...
Read More »Brazil-based Nigerian Arrested With Cocaine Concealed In Sweets
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Brazil returnee, Agbasi Prosper Chux. Chux was caught with 105 parcels of cocaine concealed in candies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspect was arrested on Christmas Day ...
Read More »Police Recover $255,000 From Fleeing Suspects
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command, on Saturday, recovered arms, ammunition and a sum of $255,000 from fleeing suspects at a checkpoint along the Bode-Saadu expressway in the Moro Local Government Area of the state on New Year’s Eve. ...
Read More »Assassins Set CBN Staff, Wife Ablaze, Kidnap Son, Maid
Assassins on Sunday murdered Kehinde Fatinoye, a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Fatinoye was killed alongside his wife, who was until the incident a Principal Confidential Secretary at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB. DailyPost ...
Read More »I Didn’t Want To Die – Teni Explains Weight Loss
Nigerian artiste Teniola Apata has explained the reason behind her dramatic weight loss. The plus-size singer revealed that she lost 75 pounds without surgery. In a video showing her weight loss journey on Sunday, the ‘Uyo meyo’ crooner said ...
Read More »Singer Anita Pointer Dies Of Cancer
Grammy-winning singer Anita Pointer is dead. She died at 74 following a battle with cancer. The singer died on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, at her home in Los Angeles, United States, where she was surrounded by family. Pointer’s family, in ...
Read More »Obi Cubana & Family Are Royalty In Newly Released New Year Photos
Obi Cubana and his wife, and five boys have shown that indeed it’s sometimes best to save the best for the last! So celebrities released different shades of Christmas photos to celebrate the season, but Obi and his wife, alongside ...
Read More »P-Square To Drop New Album In 2023
Hopefully Paul will have time o. Cus Paul is busy at the moment making sure his girlfriend has a feel of a serious relationship. So Peter Okoye today confessed that P Square actually put a hold on new works ...
Read More »Elon Musk Becomes First Person To Lose $200bn In History
Tesla boss and Twitter owner Elon Musk, the former richest man in the world, has broken a new record as he became the first person to lose $200 billion from his net worth in human history. According to Bloomberg ...
Read More »Nigerian Man Arrested With Over N40m Worth of Drugs In Philippines
Security operatives in Philippines have arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian man for illegal possession of drugs in the country. The Nigerian man suspected to be a member of the West African Drug Syndicate was arrested in a sting in Las Piñas ...
Read More »Arsene Wenger Breaks Silence On His Emotional Arsenal Return And Rates Title Chances
Arsene Wenger described his emotional return to Arsenal as ‘fantastic’ and believes Mikel Arteta’s side have all the ingredients required to end their near 20-year wait to win the Premier League title. The club’s legendary former manager left under something ...
Read More »FG To Review Workers’ Allowances Not Salaries – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has denied saying that the federal government was reviewing the salaries of public and civil servants. Ngige said the increase he alluded to with State House Correspondents in Abuja was on ...
Read More »IGP Appeals To Parents To Encourage Children To Join Police Force
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has appealed to parents to encourage their children and wards to pursue careers as police operatives in the country. According to the IGP, the Nigeria Police Force is one of the most ...
Read More »WoW, It’s 2023…Happy New Year To Our Dear Readers
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!! Hallelujah!!! You made it to 2023. From the entire TGB team, we wish you our readers a year of answered prayers and fulfilment of Destinies. Happy New Year From All of Us At Talka G. Blog. Do ...
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo joins Saudi club Al-Nassr – Becomes highest paid player in the world
Cristiano Ronaldo completed a lucrative move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Friday in a deal that is a landmark moment for Middle Eastern soccer but will see one of Europe’s biggest stars disappear from the sport’s elite ...
Read More »Ifu Enanda Pulls Off Rihanna-inspired N*de Shoot
Ifu Enanda remade what appears to be a shoot emulating a pose Rihanna struck in a past photo. This has left fans expressing their mixed reactions on social media and in her Instagram comment section. On Friday, Enanda shared a ...
Read More »Breaking: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Is Dead
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has passed on. The Holy See Press Office announced that the 95-year-old Pope died at 9:34 am in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery on Saturday. He had chosen the Ecclesiae Monastery as ...
Read More »Ghana Police Recover Meek Mill’s Stolen Phone, Arrest Suspect
The police in Ghana have recovered the phone of Meek Mill, the American rapper, which was earlier stolen in the country. The rapper is currently in Ghana for the Afronation concert where he is scheduled to perform alongside other ...
Read More »Boyfriend Left me For Acting Bedroom Scene — Mellisa Osagie
An actress, Mellisa Osagie, has said that her boyfriend broke up with her because she acted in a bedroom role. In an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “My boyfriend left me because I acted in a bedroom scene. ...
Read More »Some People Felt I Was Too Local To Win BBN — Phyna
The winner of Big Brother Naija season 7 (Level Up), Josephina Otabor, aka Phyna, has stated that some people said she did not deserve to win the show. She said this during an Instagram live session monitored by Saturday ...
Read More »Police Arrest Brothers Over Kidnap Of Mother, Son For Ritual In Ogun
The police in Ogun on Friday arrested two brothers, Ayomide Babatunde and Gbenga Babatunde who allegedly lured a woman and her nine-year-old son for ritual. The suspects were subsequently arrested following information received at the Oja Odan Divisional Police ...
Read More »Sagamu Accident: All 6 Dead Muslim Women Buried Same Place
The Muslim Students’ of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has mourned the death of six of the mothers of their members on Ijebu Ode-Ore Expressway. The deceased were buried at the Muslim Burial Ground, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. According to ...
Read More »Brazil Declares 3-Day Mourning For Pele
A funeral for Brazil legend Pele will be held on Monday at the home of his former club Santos, after the World Cup winner died at the age of 82, with president Jair Bolsonaro declaring three days of mourning ...
Read More »Fashion Designer Vivienne Westwood Dies At 81
Dame Vivienne Westwood, the godmother of punk who changed the fashion world forever, has died at the age of 81. The ‘undisputed Queen of British fashion’ died peacefully surrounded by her family in Clapham, South London, her fashion house ...
Read More »Suspected Yahoo Boys, Girls Kidnap Colleague After Giving Them N2k Out Of N26M
Two suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, and two of their female colleagues have allegedly abducted another colleague over the sharing of the proceeds of fraud. The suspects were on Monday arrested by men of the Ogun State ...
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