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Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Communications and Strategy, has reacted after the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi threatened to file a lawsuit against him for defamation.

Onauga had in a post shared on X over the weekend, claimed that Obi and his supporters were responsible for the planned nationwide protests against the Tinubu-led government over the hardship in the country and that Obi should be arrested for anarchy.

Obi, in a letter signed by his lawyer, Alex Ejesieme, to Onanuga, urged the presidential spokesman to retract the statement and tender an unreserved apology to him within 72 hours. Obi also demanded N5 billion in damages from Onanuga over the said allegation.

Afrobeats star, Davido has shared a throwback photo of his late mother, Veronica Adeleke.

He took to his Instastories to remember his mom.

In his caption, the ”Feel” crooner stated that his mum was a “baddie” when she was alive.

Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has taken a swipe at publisher, Dele Momodu over the open letter he penned to president Bola Tinubu about the economy.

While speaking in an interview with TVC on Tuesday, July 23, Omokri said he wonders how someone who studied Yoruba at University of Ife and runs an ‘Owambe magazine’ qualifies to be an expert on Nigeria’s economy.

The heart-shaped circle also includes a poster revealing the father’s intent, which reads: “Will you marry my daddy?”

In the video, the father is seen on his knees, waiting for the little girl’s mother to accept the proposal. She bursts into tears upon seeing the beautiful setup.

As the video circulated online, viewers flocked to the comments section to share their thoughts.

See some reactions below:

SadieTumbleson: “NOT FLIGHTLESS BIRD omg I would have been a puddle. Congratulations!! 💛.”

Itzayana 🇵🇸: “I was ready to lose it and the Flightless Bird came on and I started SOBBBING!”

Doomy Gnome: “PLEASE I’m sobbing. Soon as Flightless Bird played I lost it 😭.”

Nia🍄👾🫶🏾🏴‍☠️: “the “look mommy” made me start to tear up but added with flightless bird SOBBING🥹 congratulations🫶🏾.”

storypovtime: “I thought it was going to be the person behind the camera. 😭😂 Congrats!”

Jenna: “That baby is seeing pure love 😭.”

A photo has emerged showing Elon Musk’s transgender daughter.

The 20-year-old was born a man but changed his gender.

Recall that the Chief Executive Officer of Tesla and Space X, Elon Musk, on Monday, said he was “tricked” into granting permission for his child to undergo puberty blockers.

“It’s evil. You’re taking kids who are far below the age of consent. It’s very possible for adults to manipulate children who are having an actual identity crisis into believing that they are the wrong gender,” Musk disclosed in a live interview with psychologist Jordan Peterson on X on Monday.

Musk added, “Well, it happened to one of my older boys. I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier. This was really before I had any understanding of what was going on, and we had COVID going on, so there was a lot of confusion. And I was told Xavier might commit suicide.”

The billionaire business mogul said these while explaining the rationale behind his decision to relocate SpaceX’s headquarters from California, citing the state’s new legislation, Assembly Bill 1955, which enables schools to keep a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity confidential from their parents.

This move came after California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed the bill into law on Monday, July 15, 2024. 

The “Iddah Period Law” aligns with Islamic tradition, which prescribes a mourning period for widows.

The law follows a motion passed by the State House of Assembly, which called on the government to address the issue of the Iddah period. The Executive Arm, acting on recommendations from the Executive Council Members, approved the motion and implemented the new policy.

Katsina State Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Falalu Bawale, confirmed the development in an interview with Channels Television on Monday, July 22. He noted that a circular has been distributed to all state ministries, departments, and agencies, instructing them to grant female employees the opportunity to observe the Iddah period as required.

He said;

“We decided to take the issue before the National Council on establishment so that it can be included in the civil service rules where women who lost their husbands will be allowed to stay and observe the Iddah period after the death of her husband.

Nollywood actress Dakore Egbuson Akande has filed a lawsuit against Gistlover blog.

The actress took the action over unfounded accusations of being Godswill Akpabio’s side chic.

She had earlier denied the allegation, noting that she has never met Godswill Akpabio in her life and she is happily married with two children.

According to the lawsuit, the controversial blog was instructed to take down Dakore’s photo and retract every defamatory statements levelled against her.

Failure to comply in the next 24 hours will result in an aggressive legal action against Gistlover which may include seeking damages, injunctive relief and legal costs incurred from defamation.

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Ten suspected illegal miners have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.

A statement by EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale claimed that the suspects were arrested with six trucks fully loaded with lithium.

The suspected illegal miners according to Oyewale are: Yunusa Adisa, Ganiyu Kazeem, Muideen Babayemi, Sulaiman Usman, Adeleke Waliu, Tiamiyu Rokeeb, Olusola Sunday, Oyedokun Oluwagbemiga, Sulaimon Ishiaq and Olufimihan Eniola.

During the arrest, the police recovered items including two AK 47 magazines, 29 rounds of live ammunition, a locally-made pistol with one live cartridge concealed in a shoe.

Five suspected armed robbers, and cultists namely; Ochuko Joel Ofoye 35, Michael Anwul, 29, Innocent Esefeta 31, and Ogaga Ebuke 27, have been arrested by the Delta State Police Command in Oghara, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the State.

During the arrest, the police recovered items including two AK 47 magazines, 29 rounds of live ammunition, a locally made pistol with one live cartridge concealed in a shoe.

The event, held on July 21st, 2024, brought together numerous celebrities, such as Jide Kosoko, Oga Bello, and Bimbo Oshin, among others.

Saidi Balogun’s presence at the ceremony was noted by observers, given his past relationship with Faithia Williams.

He was seen engaging with guests and paying his respects to the deceased.

The ceremony marked the final farewell to Faithia’s father, who had passed away in April, as announced on her social media platform.

President Bola Tinubu has sent a congratulatory message to Afam Osigwe, the newly-elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association.

The congratulatory message was made public in a statement signed on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.

The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu congratulates NBA President-elect, Afam Josiah Osigwe.’

A former general secretary of the NBA, Osigwe emerged as the president-elect in the 2024 NBA election, which was held online between 12:00 am Saturday and ended at 11.59 pm.

The final vote count announced on Sunday afternoon showed Osigwe leading his two major contenders with over 20,000 votes.

He defeated his closest rival, the Chairman of the NBA-Institute of Continuing Legal Education Governing Council, Tobenna Erojikwe, who secured 10,998 votes, while former NBA Lagos Branch Chairman, Chukwuka Ikwuazom (SAN), got 9,018 votes.

Ngelale wrote, “The President also congratulates all newly elected officers of the NBA and members of the association on a successful conduct of the elections.

“President Tinubu commends the outgoing NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), on his stewardship of Nigeria’s foremost legal association.”

He assured the new leadership of the NBA of his administration’s support in addressing challenges affecting the association and the legal profession in general.

He queried these sets of girls if they have the attributes they seek in men.

According to him, even though it is okay to set bars and standards for future candidates in a relationship, ladies need to quit being too hard on men.

He cited men like former presidents, Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo who got married while they were struggling but rose to prominence along the line.

Daddy Freeze advised ladies to consider being part of a man’s life and help clean him up rather than waiting for already-made men.

He captioned the video: “Dear Sisterhood Stop Being Too Hard On The Brotherhood. What Your Fathers And Brothers Couldn’t Give Women You Want Men To Give You, No Be Juju Be That?”

See reactions to the video below;

adewaleoluwa said: “Na poor girl Dey demand pass.”

gracious asked: “Did your wife marry you when you were broke? Let’s start from there”

martinzbabershop stated: “Let the rich marry the rich while the poor marry the poor”

randii_spice noted: “It’s vice versa, Nowadays Men set their bars really high too.. #highvaluemen”

Veteran actress cum politician, Hilda Dokubo has debunked media reports that she was suspended from the Labour Party (LP) at her ward in Asari Toru local government area (LGA) of Rivers state.

According to the reports, Dokubo, the LP’s chairperson in Rivers was suspended on Thursday, July 18, after the party’s ward executive committee held an emergency meeting on July 15.

In the report, it was alleged that she was accused of financial misconduct, abuse of office, and breach of party regulations, among other allegations.

A letter addressed to the LP chairman of Asari Toru and signed by the ward chairman Ajalamonia Ibama, Lole Amacheer, the secretary; and Emmanuel Ibamathe, the treasurer; indicated her suspension.

However,  Hilda took to Instagram today, July 22, to slam those pushing the false narrative.

She wrote: “Thank God my parents raised me well, otherwise the things king of structure has tried these few days… thieves wanted to dress me in their dirty coat.”

She also slammed “paid media” for spreading lies about her.

Before sharing the post, she had shared a video via Instagram addressing her alleged suspension.

Dokubo said in the video released on Sunday, July 21, “At no point was I suspended from the Labour Party.”

She claimed the names mentioned in the publication were all “Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) members trying to tarnish my image”.

She alleged that she had been “coerced, threatened, bribed” but the allegations were a “new way to hurt me”.

“I was never suspended. Everybody in that publication is a non-Labour Party member because the Labour Party has a register and we know all our members, especially in Asarito torí which is a small community. So these are all PDP boys carrying out the instructions of their master,” she said.

The lifeless body of a youth said to be an indigene of Gombe State, was discovered in Zaria, on Saturday morning with deep knife cuts, near PZ area in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

It was alleged that the deceased and his killers were in Zaria, hoping they could be recruited into the Nigerian Army.

Reacting to the incident, the Public Relations Officer at the Army Depot, who spoke to Vanguard, said;

“Please note that we also heard of the incident, where a civilian was robbed and killed around PZ. The Zaria Divisional Police is in charge of this matter. You can contact them for further inquiries. Thanks.”

A resident of the area said the young man was allegedly “hacked to death by his colleagues, who withdrew N800,000 from his account.

“His lifeless body had knife cuts. It was found on Saturday morning around the PZ area in Sabon Gari Local Government Area.”

The deceased came from Gombe State. He had told his friends that his parents sent about N1 million into his account. On Friday, he even gave his ATM card and password to one of the friends to withdraw N10,000 and buy food for them.

SP Benjamin Hundeyin

SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, has warned Nigerians to desist from using covered vehicle number plates without proper authorization from the Nigeria Road Safety Corps, FRSC.