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For the second time in a row, the Peace Legend Awards (PLA) has recognized Infinix for its excellence and outstanding performance. The PLA is an apex event that rewards individuals, companies, private firms and organizations for their ingenuity, hard work and service to humanity. The 9th edition held in December this year was themed ‘Celebrating The Real Heroes’, recognizing brands that have helped to move Lagos state and Nigeria forward.  Infinix was awarded Mobile Phone Company of the Year 2021 as part of the ‘ Real Heroes’. Award for Mobile Phone Company of The Year 2021 Infinix has had several empowerment activities for talented Nigerian youth in music, arts, sports, fashion and other fields. As a brand that is youth-centric and innovation savvy, all efforts go into making devices that meet the tech needs of this generation. Also, considering the fact that today’s youth are big on style and functionality, upgrades have been done in line with this. Infinix users stand out with t...

The year 2021 has indeed been eventful for popular singer, Tiwa Savage. From being involved in a ‘fight’ with fellow singer, Seyi Shay, to the release of her sex tape, the 41 year-old singer has proved that she can rise above any drama that comes her way. In June, Savage and Shay exchanged words at a salon in Lekki, Lagos, where Tiwa accused her colleague of trying to form friendship with her after making attempts to spoil her name. It degenerated into a heated argument and Savage resorted to using swear words to buttress her argument. However, the beef between the two top singers was reportedly settled when a parody Instagram account of Seyi Shay complimented Tiwa’s performance at the Global Citizen Concert held at The Great Lawn, New York, United States of America, in September. Tiwa, through her verified Instagram page, then acknowledged the comment, replying, “@seyishay…Thank you @glblctzn, thanks to everyone that came out to support, love y’all.” Shortly after that, Tiwa was throw...

A transgender man has complained that nurses insisted on calling him "mom" during his pregnancy despite being a man.   Bennett Kaspar-Williams, 37, from Los Angeles, was born biologically female. He first realized he was trans around ten years ago, in 2011, but didn't begin his transition until three years later.  Then six years later, in 2017 he found Malik, his future husband, who he married in 2019. When they decided to have kids, Bennett stopped the testosterone hormone therapy he'd been on for several years to enable his ovaries to function.    Bennett, who has had gender reassigning surgery on the top half of his body but not on his genitalia, eventually decided that he would be comfortable trying to conceive and carrying a child.     He fell pregnant naturally soon after they started trying. He found out he was pregnant in March 2020 and the couple welcomed their son Hudson, via Cesarean section, in October 2020.     But...

There is panic at the Ayobo Ipaja area of Lagos State over a gas explosion that occurred in the area on Friday. It was gathered that the gas explosion happened around 1 am today (Friday) Christmas eve. Details of the explosion were sketchy as of the time of filing this report. The Chairman of Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development, Mrs Bola Shobowale, confirmed the development to some reporters on the telephone. “It is true. It happened around 1 am,” she said. When asked about the number of casualties, she replied, “I am not in a position to state that. But the explosion is true.” Residents of the area, who took to social media to seek help, hinted that there are casualties. However, reporters could not immediately confirm that as of the time of filing this report. One of them, @IamHorlapo, posted, “A year ago, we woke up to a gas explosion in Baruwa. Today, it’s another Pipeline explosion in the same Local Government which has claimed life and property. God have mercy upon us in this c...

  A middle-aged man, Innocent Udeme, has lamented the loss of three phones and money to a lady who he claimed hypnotized him at his shop in GRA, near a nightclub in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. He said the suspect, whose identity had yet to be ascertained, bought pepper soup from him, adding that she, however, did not eat the meal. Udeme said the lady asked him to follow her and he obeyed without questions. He explained that he followed the suspect to a hotel on Evo Road, GRA, adding that the incident happened around 3am on Wednesday. The trader said on getting to the hotel, the lady gave him a drink, which he took and slept off. Udeme said he was woken up by the hotel staff, who came to check on the room around noon being the checkout time for guests. The father of two disclosed that he was stripped to his pants, as his N27,000 and three handsets were carted away by the lady, who made attempts to have sex with him before he lost consciousness. He said, “I usually sell ...

The family of a university admission seeker, Temitope Johnson, has accused the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Osun State Police Command of releasing an operative of the Department of State Services, Bamidele, who allegedly killed their son. It was gathered that Bamidele and his colleagues stormed the Ayope area of Owode Ede, Osun State, on October 6, and shot sporadically after a resident called them to intervene in an affray. It was gathered that the security operatives killed 21-year-old Temitope and arrested three of his friends. The friends were reportedly taken to the DSS office in Osogbo. The deceased’s family was reportedly chased out of the DSS office when they visited to check on him without knowing he was dead. His father, Segun, said when all efforts to see his son proved abortive, he wrote a petition to the police against the DSS. He explained that upon the receipt of his petition, the police arrested Bamidele on November 26. However, the 50-year-old father ...

Italian football   club  Napoli are preparing to take legal action against countries who hand call-ups to their players ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon next year . According to the club’s lawyer Mattia Grassani, Napoli will take legal action to protect their players, especially with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases across the world and in Cameroon, where only five per cent of the population has been vaccinated, will be used as one of the excuses. CAF on Tuesday confirmed that the competition, billed for January 9 to February 6, 2022 in Cameroon, would hold as scheduled. Napoli could lose at least five players;- Adam Ounas, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, André Anguissa and Victor Osimhen, if the Nigerian is passed fit — to the competition, which could affect their title chances. Osimhen on Tuesday declared himself fit for the competition, after resuming training following a cheekbone surgery in November. Grassani says the club has invested a lot of mon...

Two years after welcoming a daughter named Fifehunmi, actress Ronke Odusanya, and the father of her child, Olanrewaju Saheed, popularly known as Jago, have been enmeshed in a messy paternity scandal. In a recent development, a Magistrates Court in Lagos State has declared Jago wanted over his absence to appear in court over their daughter’s custody. Earlier this year, the social media space was saturated with the sudden breakup of the actress and Jago. The case has been in court over the custody of their daughter. On the 10th of February, 2021, Jago stood before the court and requested a DNA test of their daughter to determine paternity before carrying on with proceedings. The court granted it and mandated for both parties to present themselves for sample collection, asking Jago to pay for the DNA test. Following the court’s order, Jago refused to show up, thereby delaying the court process. At this point, the Court couldn’t wait any longer and first issued a bench warrant on Octob...

A 25-year-old housemaid, Dominion Okoro, on Tuesday, in Benin, confessed to killing Madam Maria Igbinedion, 85, the mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion. Narrating how she carried out the act on December 2, Dominion, who was arrested in her hometown in Calabar, Cross River State, said she hit her late boss in the head with a stool while she slept. The suspect, who spoke while being paraded at the Edo State Police Command Headquarters in Benin, disclosed that she made away with N100,000, a wristwatch and jewellery from the GRA residence of the Igbinedions. She said, “I killed mama to carry her money. She did not offend me. While she was sleeping on her bed, around 12.01am on December 2, 2021, I used a stool to hit her in the head and she shouted for help; but only the gateman was around and he did not hear the shout. Mama later died I waited till 4am on December 2, 2021, before leaving the house with mama’s N100,000, wristwatch and jewellery. I escaped to Cro...

Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, clocked 44 on Tuesday and her children, Festus and Priscilla, took to Instagram to celebrate their mum. The actress had announced her birthday in the early hours of Tuesday as she shared creative photos of herself. Announcing her age, she said, “All hail the queen.” Her royal sexiness is officially 44.” Her first child, Festus took to his Instagram page to share pictures of himself and his mum. The 22-year-old described his mum as the greatest woman he has known, as he declared his unexplainable love for her. He wrote, “Happy Birthday to the Greatest Woman I know. If you have a problem with that, go and argue your yourself . Love you more than I can explain. May God keep you and strengthen you.”  Ojo’s daughter, Priscilla, also sang her mother’s praises, hailing the actress as “the beat gift from God.” She wrote, “Happy birthday to my entire world. My love for you is beyond words. You manage to fill so many roles in my life: mom, dad, teacher, friend, ...

Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been banned from driving for six months and fined more than £30,000 for driving while disqualified and without insurance The 24-year-old admitted earlier this year to driving while disqualified and without insurance after being stopped by police in Manchester on June 23 returning from a break abroad. On Monday, ahead of a scheduled trial he also pleaded guilty to failing to provide driver details for two speeding offences in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in September 2020. Lawyers for Wan-Bissaka said the right-back was in a “state of complete ignorance” of the Yorkshire driving matters as notification letters were sent to his former home in Croydon, London. The failure to reply led to a six-month ban imposed at Leeds Magistrates’ Court in his absence on June 18 – just five days before his Lamborghini Urus was seized by police on the A34 after officers stopped him. Wan-Bissaka already had six points on his licence from a conviction in London...

An Abuja-based radiologist, Dr Obialo Ibe, and his yet-to-be-identified friend, have been reportedly murdered in his residence in the Games Village area of the Federal Capital Territory. The victims were said to have been murdered last Wednesday between 8am and 11am. There are, however, two accounts of the incident. One of the accounts stated that the victims were murdered by some yet-to-be-identified persons, while another account accused the slain Ibe’s house help of killing him and his friend. One Anthony Ogbo on  Facebook , quoting Ibe’s younger sister, Adanna, said the slain doctor was slated to leave for the United States of America with his friend the day they were murdered. He added that they were stabbed several times in the chest and abdomen while Ibe’s new car, luggage and some documents were taken away. He wrote:- “Obi was ready to leave for the airport. His friend came to pick him up. Adanna left for work. She later called her brother to wish him a safe journey, but co...

The  Nigerian Army on Sunday said an unnamed female soldier who got romantically entangled with a male corps member at the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, will be penalized for violating military rules and regulations. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in an exclusive chat with some reporters on Sunday, said the female officer violated military laws by getting involved in a public display of amorous relationship with a paramilitary trainee a corps member. Video clips showing a male corps member proposing to a female soldier at the Kwara NYSC camp hit the internet days ago eliciting pleasant reactions from many social media users. One of the video clips apparently recorded on the camp’s parade ground showed the yet-to-be-identified corps member holding a ring as he knelt to ask the female soldier to marry him. The visibly excited spinster, in military uniform, accepted the young graduate’s proposal and t...