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  An American rapper, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus popularly known as Cardi B furiously hurled her microphone at an audience member who tossed drink at her on stage during a performance. The viral video started circulating on social media Saturday night as it showed the 30-year-old music star surprised when the fan in the crowd flung liquid from a cup at her while she was performing. In retaliation, Cardi B hurled the microphone back at the person and also yelled on stage, and she posted the video of the incident on her account.  While this was not the first time Cardi B has been hit thrown objects from the crowd while performing, most have not been witnessed by her retaliating.  In most cases, she usually walked off the stage rather than throwing back the objects.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, throughout the years, musicians have faced similar scenarios.  Earlier this month, Bebe Rexha was hurt after being struck by a cell phone during a concert as...

Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate Mercy Eke has claimed that she dumped her colleague and estranged lover, Ike Onyema, over his questionable toilet etiquette. It was gathered  that Mercy and Ike were love interests during the BBNaija 2019 edition tagged “Pepper Dem” until their relationship hit the rocks after the show. In a chat with Angel and Venita on Sunday in the ongoing all-star edition, Mercy claimed Ike was living with her after the “Pepper Dem” edition, but she couldn’t withstand his poor toilet hygiene and had to chase him out. She said: “Ike doesn’t wipe his ass after pooing, he wears his pants with stains all over them. He doesn’t flush the toilet. That is why I chased him out of my house. “Each time I come back from work, shit go full my toilet. There was a day we were going out, and I saw a stain. I had to ask, What is that?”

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has fixed Tuesday, August 1, 2023, for the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP), respectively Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, to adopt their final addresses in their petitions against the 2023 election. Both Atiku and Obi are challenging the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the February 25 presidential election on various allegations. A hearing notice issued by the Tribunal and served on Atiku and Obi indicated that the adoption would be held by 9 am. The hearing notice obtained by some reporters, indicated that the same documents have been served on President Tinubu through his lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun ( SAN), while those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were served on the party through its lead counsel, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN). It was gathered  that Atiku was served through his lead counsel, Ch...

A native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, freed by kidnappers in Anambra State, said on Saturday that he witnessed the killing of about 20 other victims by the kidnappers. The native doctor, popularly called Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki, was kidnapped at his Triple P Hotel in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State at about 11:30 pm on Sunday, July 23. Narrating his ordeal, Nwangwu disclosed that he would have escaped from the kidnappers’ den if he wanted to but that his abductors would have killed more people if he left. It was gathered  that the native doctor was released by his abductors in the early hours of Saturday after they collected an undisclosed amount as ransom. The Anambra State Police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed his release to journalists on Saturday. However, Ikenga did not disclose the actual amount paid as ransom, stating that the abductors reached out to the native doctor’s colleagues and friends and some money was paid to them before he was freed....

A suspected member of a dreaded armed robbery gang on Saturday met his Waterloo during a shoot-out with police operatives in Owerri, the capital of Imo State. It was gathered  that the gunmen stormed a popular jewellery shop, Goldwise Jewellery Shop, at Ikenegbu Layout near Kilimanjaro Ekwema Crescent Owerri, around 1pm. Eye witnesses said that the criminal gang of seven, who came in a white Toyota Hilux, encountered the operatives of the police command who had cordoned the area after shooting the driver. Other members of the gang fled after the police shot the driver. He further said two suspects were arrested and recovered ammunition during the operation. The Imo State Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Henry Okoye confirmed the death of the suspect while parading the two suspects out of a seven-member gang. He said a 27-year-old man, Gaura Peter, from Koji State, and Joshua Promise, a 25-year-old from Delta State, were arrested and are in the command’s custody. He added, “In the gu...

Police authorities in Anambra have insisted that Miss Chinyere Awuda, a lady clubber who was found dead in an abandoned swimming pool in a hotel in Anambra two weeks ago actually drowned, and not beaten to death. Citing an autopsy report, a press release by the spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga stated that the lady drowned. There had been a huge cry over the death of Awuda. She was said to have gone clubbing at Cosmila Hotel, Awka, but was accused of pilfering money being sprayed on a celebrant, leading to her being beaten to death and dumped in an abandoned swimming pool. But the hotel management in their explanation insisted that she stole money from the club, and ran out and hid in a dark area, where she mistakenly fell into the abandoned swimming pool and drowned. But police in a press release on Friday said: “In the course of the Police investigation, the celebrant was arrested for questioning while the corpse was recovered and deposited at the morg...

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), has demanded the immediate release of Mr Theodore Chinonso Uba popularly known as Nonso Nkwa, a journalist working with Ozisa FM in Owerri, Imo State. Operatives of the Nigeria Police had reportedly whisked Uba to Abuja for performing his constitutional duties as a journalist. The group in a statement jointly signed by Comrade Goodluck Ibem, President General and Comrade Okey Nwaoru, Publicity Secretary and made available to newsmen on Friday, said the intimidation,  harassment and unlawful arrest of Uba is a plot to gag the press so that they will not perform their constitutional duties. Recall that Imo Police Spokesman, Henry Okoye, while reacting to the arrest of Nonso Nkwa, said he was reportedly arrested by operatives of the Force CID Abuja. The police spokesman said, “This is to clear the air against insinuations that have gone viral alleging that he was arrested by operatives of Imo Command Operatives.” While condemning dev...

Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate Whitemoney has told his colleague, Mercy Eke, that most of the other housemates are not happy to see past winners back on the reality show. He said Cross vowed that he [Whitemoney] would not win this time around, and he heard CeeC say a female would win the ongoing season. The singer said he wasn’t initially interested in the cash prize because he came to the show to promote his music, but after the threats, he is now ready to play the game. He promised never to nominate Mercy for eviction and urged her to do the same, which she obliged. They also reach an agreement that if any of them wins, the other will be the first runner-up. Whitemoney said: “There’s a plot going on. Yesterday, I got to find out that not everyone here is happy that the winners are back. Neo was like, ‘It’s not fair’ that we are here.” Mercy concurred, saying, “Yeah, I noticed some things.” Whitemoney further said: “Cross said that he swears that I’m not taking it this time, th...

  Italian giants AC Milan have signed Nigeria’s Samuel Chukwueze from Villarreal.  “AC Milan is delighted to announce the signing of Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze from Villarreal CF,” the club wrote in a Thursday statement. “The Nigerian forward has signed for the Rossoneri until 30 June 2028.” The winger was born in Nigeria on May 22nd, 1999, and was part of the Diamond Football Academy Youth Sector before teaming up with Villarreal in 2017. He scored four goals with Villarreal’s B side in 20 games before debuting for the senior team in September 2018. Chukwueze then went on to play 207 times for the Yellow Submarines and scored 37 goals. The player was part of the club’s 2020/2021 1 Europa League squad. “Samuel Chukwueze has chosen the number 21 jersey,” AC Milan added. Before Milan’s announcement, Villarreal had confirmed the wingman’s departure. “Villarreal CF have reached a transfer agreement with AC Milan for Samuel Chukwueze, who has left the club after six year...

  The Imo State Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Simon Ebegbulem, has decried what he described as the colossus damage to Igbo businesses across the South East in the last couple of years as a result of the Mondays sit-at-home, warning that the state government will shut down businesses including banks who fail to open for businesses from Monday next week. Addressing a press conference,in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Thursday, Ebegbulem, extolled the strides of the Governor Hope Uzodinma-led administration, asserting that the governor has continued to bring development and deliver on the dividends of democracy to the people of the state in the last four years. He likened the Monday sit-at-home campaign across the South-East to a poisonous arrow, adding that it was designed to impoverish the poor masses and aimed at destroying their means of livelihood. He disclosed that the government has already rolled out palliatives to the people of the state, from across the 27 ...

  The crown gold ring worn by the late American rapper and actor, Tupac Amaru Shakur, was sold for $1 million in a New York auction on Tuesday. The ring was worn by the late singer during his last public appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 1996. Tupac’s godmother, Yaasmyn Fula, while providing the ring to the auction house, stated that the ring, which bears the Pac & Dada 1996 inscription on its side, was designed for him in New York City after his release from jail and his signing with Death Row Records. The auction house said the ring, which is made of gold, rubies, and diamond crowns, became the most valuable hip-hop artefact ever sold, the New York Post reports. Tupac was shot dead at age 25 on September 13, 1996, by an unidentified assailant in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.

The senate has urged the federal government to collaborate with the Finnish government to extradite Simon Ekpa for prosecution, given his alleged roles in persistent sit-at-home orders and killings in the South-east. The senate resolution was a sequel to the consideration and adoption of a motion at plenary on Wednesday. The motion titled: “Condemning the disruptive Nature of Five Sit-At-Home Demonstrations in South-east Nigeria” was sponsored by Osita Izunaso (APC-Imo). It was also co-sponsored by all other South-east senators. Mr Izunaso, in his lead debate, said thousands of innocent lives had been lost since the sit-at-home action started, while property worth over a trillion had been destroyed. This, he said, had resulted in investors leaving the region. He said the “sit-at-home” civil disobedience actions in the South-east had led to the disruption, destruction of economic activities and immeasurable financial losses for businesses, workers, and the local economy. “Because when p...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse all perceived anti-poor policies or face an indefinite nationwide strike from August 2. These policies include the recent hike in the pump price of petrol. This is as NLC directed all its affiliates and state councils to immediately begin mobilisation of workers and other Nigerians, including civil society allies, for a long-lasting strike and mass protests should the government fail to meet its demands. More details later...

Simon Ekpa (left) and Governor Peter Mbah Finland-based Pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, has written to the European Union and the United States of America over alleged human rights abuses carried out by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. Three people were killed on Wednesday when traders took to the streets to protest the sealing of their shops by the state government for not opening for business on Monday. Ekpa, in a letter written to the international community afterwards however demanded a visa ban on Mbah for violating the citizens’ fundamental human rights. He added that the Enugu State government confiscated and arrested people in the state without recourse to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The letter read; “We wish to bring to your notice the gross violation and fundamental human rights abuses of the people of Enugu State, Biafra (in Southeast Nigeria) by Peter Mbah, the governor of Enugu State. “Peter Mbah is confiscating and locking up people’s business...

  Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is in stable condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during practice with his college basketball team, multiple US media reports said on Tuesday. Bronny James, 18, collapsed on the court while training with his University of Southern California team-mates on Monday, reports said citing a statement from the James family. “Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest,” the James family statement quoted by ESPN and Sports Illustrated said. “ Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital. He is now in stable condition and no longer in ICU. “We ask for respect and privacy for the James family and we will update the media when there is more information.”

  The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the sum of N20 million. In a ruling on Tuesday, Nicholas Oweibo, the presiding judge, said the charges against Emefiele were bailable.  The bail was granted with one surety. It was gathered that  the court rejected the government’s claim that it had not received a copy of the bail application filed by Emefiele in his alleged gun possession trial. Justice Oweibo had held that there was evidence that the government was served. The bail application was filed by Emefiele’s lawyers led by Joseph Dauda (SAN). Dauda had prayed the court to hear the banker’s application seeking bail on self-recognition, noting that his client had fulfilled all the conditions necessary to make the application ripe for hearing. He noted further that the proof of service endorsed by the AGF’s office was in the court’s file. It was gathered that the susp...

  Some aggrieved youths have taken to the streets of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to demonstrate their grievances against the controversial video clip famous singer, Davido shared recently on his Twitter account. Recall that Davido came under severe criticisms after sharing a clip of the music video of his signee, Logos Olori’s new single ‘Jaye Lo’ which captures people praying and dancing in front of a mosque. Some prominent Nigerian Muslims including former aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, Senator Shehu Sani, actor, Ali Nuhi, asked Davido to take down the video and apologize to Muslims for “disrespecting” their religion. The singer eventually bowed to the demands after 48 hours and deleted the video. However, in a video making the rounds on social media, some youths in Maiduguri were seen setting on fire a poster of the singer as they demanded that the OBO crooner should apologize to the Muslim community.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reaffirmed its commitment to gradually phase out the old N200, N500, and N1,000 naira notes while issuing new currencies. This announcement was made by the acting governor of the apex bank, Folashodun Shonubi, during the Monetary Policy Committee meeting held at the CBN headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday . In October 2022, Godwin Emefiele, the former CBN governor, unveiled plans to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 naira bills. As part of the initiative, he called on Nigerians to deposit their old notes before January 31, 2023, as they would cease to be legal tender after that date. However, later on, the CBN disclosed that the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, had approved an extension of the deadline for the demonetisation of the old notes. Nevertheless, in March 2023, the Supreme Court invalidated the naira redesign policy introduced by the central bank, ruling that the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes would remain as legal tender until Decemb...

  Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Monday signed a bill banning sex reassignment surgeries into law. The legislation, aimed at tighter regulation of what Members of Parliament described as the “transgender industry,” bans legal sex changes and medical interventions associated with transitioning except due to serious medical grounds. Administration of drugs and surgeries associated with gender reassignment therapy will now only be permitted in cases that require treatment of reproductive organ deformities in children. Only licensed clinics linked to the Russian Health Ministry can now make decisions on such treatments and issue relevant certificates, the legislation says. People can also no longer freely change their sex on IDs and other documents. Those who did so may not adopt children under the new law. Married couples can also have their marriages declared invalid if one of the spouses changes their sex. According to Russian Deputy Health Minister Evgenia Kotova, over 2,000...

  Suspected ritualists have reportedly killed and dismembered the body of a 32-year-old woman, identified as Dorcas Shangev, on her birthday in the Adem village, near the Welfare Quarters area of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. It was gathered that the deceased went missing about a week ago until her dismembered body was found dumped at Adem village, after her body parts were removed by her murderers. A family source in Makurdi, who relayed the events leading to her disappearance and death, said the incident was already generating controversy as her family had started questioning the manner her remains were recovered and buried by the authorities. According to the family source, “We gathered that on July 14, 2023, Dorcas escorted a friend of hers to the burial of her brother in-law. They returned to Makurdi on Saturday after the burial. When they returned, she didn’t go back home but slept at her friend’s house around the modern market area. “The next day, July 16 ,2023, was her ...