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There will be no military-style sendoff for Donald Trump as he leaves the White House on Wednesday, as requested by him. There will also not be a crowd of supporters” at either the White House, the Joint Base Andrews or his final destination, the Palm Beach International Airport. According to CNN, the Pentagon has rejected the requests on the grounds ...

There was a blend of personalities and style as the Ohimegye of Igu-Koton Karfe kingdom in Kogi Local Government Council of Kogi State, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Alhaji Abdulrazak Isah Koto, turbaned two commissioners in the state and 37 others. The event, which took place recently, saw the turbaning of the State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Idris Ashiru Asiwaju and ...

A Nigerian police officer who bears the name Bright Akhimien have welcomed sextuplets with his wife Joyce, who is also a police officer after seven years of marriage and childlessness On the 12 of January 2021, the proud couple obtained the sextuplets at the Bridgestone Hospital, Rukupoku, Obio-Akpoe Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria. A heavily pregnant Joyce ...

Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, left many wondering after he was captured walking with the aid of crutches. The minister was spotted with the crutches over the weekend at the commissioning of an orphanage home and Arabic School in Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State. Many reports said he was suffering from an ankle sprain while others said that ...

  Interior designer Ehi Ogbebor is currently dating MC Oluomo, the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW.   The couple attended the 5th coronation anniversary of the Oluwo of Iwo land which took place on Saturday January 16, where photos and videos of the couple were taken.   Ehi shared footage from the event to her Instagram Stories, including ...

  The Federal government says it would be selling off some government-owned properties as well as non-oil assets to fund the 2021 budget.   The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during the budget presentation ceremony which was done virtually on Tuesday, January 12.   According to her budget presentation titled ‘Public Presentation of 2021 FGN Approved Budget – Breakdown and ...

                          Nollywood actress, Mide Martins took to her Instagram page to gush over her husband, Afees Owo on her Instagram page.  Sharing a photo of them in a lovey-dovey mood, she wrote; ” ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ MY ALL…. @officialafeezowo”  

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the work from home order to civil servants in the State. Sanwo-Olu gave the order to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Following the resurgence of COVID-19, the State government had ordered workers from Grade Level 14 and below to work from home. But, workers across most sectors have been directed to resume ...

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Lamidi Adeyemi Iku Babayeye III as a foremost monarch who has conducted himself with grace, dignity and panache since his ascendancy of the throne of his forefathers 50 years ago. The former Governor of Osun State stated this in a letter he personally addressed ...

Veteran Nigerian singer, Onyeka Onwenu has revealed that Music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti approached her for marriage in the eighties. Onyeka revealed this in her new autobiography, titled My Father’s Daughter. She, however, said she rejected Fela’s proposal during her visit to his club because of his other wives. According to her, she is a possessive lover and did not understand ...

Twelve staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Edo Command, were on Saturday given cheques for more than three million naira to support their treatment for injuries sustained during the #EndSARS protest. The Controller of command, Mr Felix Lawrence, presented the cheques to the beneficiaries in Benin. He thanked the workers for their commitment to duty and resilience. According to Lawrence, ...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 per cent of the vote, in an election disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine who trailed with 34.8 per cent, the electoral commission announced on Saturday.   “The electoral commission declares Yoweri Museveni… elected President of the Republic of Uganda,” said election commission chairman Justice Simon ...

Some youths suspected to be fraudsters, ‘Yahoo boys’  were spotted throwing money inside a river in a new video making rounds on social media.   Many believed the act is fetish related as they could be seen chanting and spraying cash while taking turns to wash their faces with the water. Watch the video below …  

Some unauthorised tailors said to have been sewing fake uniforms of the Oyo State Security Network Agency otherwise called Amotekun to unscrupulous elements in the state have been arrested. Making this disclosure on ‘RESH 105.9 FM Political Circuit’ on Saturday was the Chairman of the Amotekun Corps, Gen. Kunle Togun (retd.). The Amotekun chief said the unscrupulous elements were arrested ...

Nigerian crossdresser, James Brownsays he remains unbreakable after his Instagram page was deactivated amid an ongoing face-off with Bobrisky, a self-acclaimed transgender. The drama started on Friday when Brown took to his Instagram page to allege death threats from Bobrisky. In the now-viral video, Brown had claimed that Bobrisky accused him of stealing content from his page. He also alleged ...

Traces of COVID-19 have been detected in ice cream samples in China with health authorities currently tracing those at risk of infection. According to a report from local Chinese media, three samples of the locally produced ice cream were found to be contaminated with the virus in the Tianjin municipality in northeast China. About 4,836 boxes of the ice cream, ...

The Federal government has ordered immediate closure of enrolment activities at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Headquarters, Abuja and the reactivation of 20 centers within the FCT to make the process of NIN enrolment much easier from Monday, January 18th 2021. A statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications, NIMC Kayode Adegoke advised members of the public, residents and ...

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 ...