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Weeks after Yinka Odumakin’s death, PDP chiefs have decided to visit his widow.The National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan and Treasurer, Hon Aribisala Adewale paid a condolence visit to his widow at the late Yinka’s residence. Yinka Odumakin waved the world goodbye on April 3rd from covid-19 complications. More photos below….

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, and his Wife, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu, on Sunday, April 18, 2021, celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary.  The celebration which was held at the residence of Governor Akeredolu’s mother in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, was organised by their children. Close friends and associates of the Governor who witnessed the wedding ceremony 40 ...

Operatives of the Ekeki division of the Bayelsa State Police Command, have arrested a 35-year-old woman for inflicting life-threatening injuries with a razor blade on her 13-year-old daughter, Ebimi Tokoye over alleged theft of N1,500. The accused mother, Priye Richman, a trader who distributes locally-made bread popularly known as “Madiga”, was reported to have tied her daughter down and cut ...

A Nigerian national and his Indian accomplice, who cheated a city-based techie to the tune of Rs 18.50 lakh under the pretext of sending him a gift parcel from London, have been arrested by the Rachakonda police, New Indian Express reports. Henry Chukwuvi Opera contacted the victim through social media platforms and lured him, while the other accused Suraj, helped ...

Oh dear his father will not like this, especially at the end of the video when they tried to kiss. They look so much alike too. Bolu Okupe, the son of ex-presidential aide, Doyin Okupe who publicly came out as gay in January 2021, has shared new loved-up video of himself and his lover, Mfaomé.  In the video, they were ...

The Dean of Students, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo state was on Sunday found dead in his office after he reportedly went to the office and did not return. A source told Vanguard that the wife of deceased raised the observation among neighbours and family members that her husband did not return home after he left for the office on ...

There was confusion in Owakande 2 in the Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State following the disappearance of the body of a lawyer, Mr Egbara Owan, which was scheduled for interment at the weekend. According to Vanguard, the programme for interment of the man had begun with a lying-in-state at the Obubra Magistrate Court on Saturday but family ...

Annie Idibia has praised her husband Tiface, for being an incredible father to all of his seven children.   Annie made a post over the weekend, as the world celebrated ”Husband Appreciation Day” to extol her man. She shared videos of them, that of her own children, Sunmbo’s children and Pero’s. Captioning the video, she wrote;  ”I Appreciate you baby ...

Halima Abubakar has dragged Cossy Orjiakor in her messy drag with Bobrisky. Recall Halima and Bob had called each other out yesterday on the gram with Bob in a chat released by Halima called her broke and unwell. Bob also asked the actress to stop gossiping about her friends and maybe just then, her life would move forward. Halima days ...

  Tottenham have sacked manager Jose Mourinho, bringing a contract that had been due to run until the summer of 2023 to a premature conclusion. The former Chelsea and Manchester United boss has been shown the door in north London a matter of days before Spurs are due to face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final. Mourinho had been appointed ...

.   She shared the photos while receiving Mimi Akinkugbe in her office on Friday. Mimi will be leaving for Greece as Nigeria’s Ambassador and stopped by to say hello to Mrs Erewa. Full photos below…   

Though he endorsed the Western Nigeria Security Network (Operation Amotekun), Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the regional security outfit is useless to Lagosians. Amotekun was established on January 9, 2020, by the six South-West states. All except Lagos had inaugurated the security outfit. Sanwo-Olu, while speaking on Channels TV on Sunday evening, argued that the Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC) already ...

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has grounded a private chopper belonging to Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Lagos Airport, investigations by Sunday Punch, has revealed.   It was learnt that the aircraft, AgustaWestland AW139 chopper, with registration number 5N-EAA, was suspended from flying over two weeks ago, following the ...

Nigerians on social media have insisted that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, should be removed over some controversial comments he made in the past in support of global terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda and Taliban. Though the minister had renounced the past controversial comments on terrorist groups, saying that he was young when he made the radical comments ...

Nigerian rapper, Olamide Gbenga Adedeji, professionally known as Olamide is set to drop his ”UY Scuti” album. He disclosed this on his verified Instagram page on Sunday. Olamide wrote that he will be releasing another album on June 14, 2021, just eight months after the release of his 10th solo studio album, Carpe Diem.  

A Nigerian living in Malaysia, Simon Adavize Momoh, who was arrested for drink-driving has been ordered to be deported, though he paid the fine for the offence. Malaysian newspapers reported that Momoh, who is married to a Malaysian and has two daughters, is being detained at the Semenyih Immigration depot. The 33 year-old Nigerian was not even aware he was ...

Women should postpone pregnancy until the coronavirus pandemic has passed, health officials in Brazil have warned. The Secretary of Primary Health Care of the Brazilian health ministry, Raphael Camara has said that the variants of covid in Brazil is more dangerous to expectant mothers. ‘If possible [the women should] postpone the pregnancy a bit to a better time so that ...

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church, has said he won’t take the COVID-19 vaccine. Oyedepo, who spoke during the church’s Covenant Hour of Prayer programme, said he is not a guinea pig, hence would not take the vaccine. Stressing that the world was confused over COVID-19, the clergyman insisted that the church has the answer. According to Oyedepo: ...

Former Bad Boy rapper, Robert Ross popularly known as Black Rob is dead. He died on Saturday at the age of 51. This is coming just a few days after the death of rap legend, DMX. The rapper was suffering a variety of ailments including kidney failure before his death. A viral video recently had him singing to DMX songs ...

Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus has struck an ambassadorial deal with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA.   Badmus displayed photos of the deal on her Instagram page, saying she is proud to be a LAWMA ambassador According to her, about two months ago, she was at the prestigious headies award show, heel high on the yellow carpet and wearing ...

Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, has said they deserved some happiness, after they crushed Athletic Bilbao 4-0 in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday. Messi grabbed a brace as Ronald Koeman’s men clinched their first trophy of the season. Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie de Jong were also on target at Seville. It was the 35th trophy Messi has won as ...

German government has announced that it would be launching a German-West African Center for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention in Ghana. German ambassador to Ghana, Christoph Retzlaff, made this announcement on Twitter. “Excellent news: Germany will support launch of a new “German-West African Center for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention,” Mr Retzlaff said. “It will be located in Ghana and ...

Women of reproductive age are faced with the challenge of containing the three to seven days of blood flow during their monthly menstrual cycle. Though a lot of ladies have adopted menstrual pads or tampons for their monthly periods, menstrual cups are now quickly gaining popularity as an alternative to pads and tampons.   Why is this? The two major ...

Nigerian-born British songwriter, Helen Folasade Adu’s transgender son, Izaak Theo, has walked down the aisle with his girlfriend, Margie. The songwriter’s transgender son took to his social media to display wedding pictures of himself and Margie which occurred on Friday, April 16, 2021 in  Hawaii. The development has since generated much conversation among liberals and conservatives. “Mr and Mrs Adu ...

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