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  • Nigerians best black men on earth – Samklef

    Nigerians best black men on earth – Samklef

    Singer Samuel Oguachuba aka Samklef has adjudged Nigerian men as the best black men in the world.

    He took to his Twitter handle to hype Nigerian men, outlining a few qualities that set them apart from other black men around the globe.

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    The ‘Molowo Noni’ crooner argued Nigerian men are achievers, reason why the women all over the world desire them.

    “The best black men on earth are Nigerians. All the women want us. We are goal getters. Respect to all Nigerian men,” he said.

  • Yomi Casual curses those accusing him of being gay

    Yomi Casual curses those accusing him of being gay

    Celebrity designer Omoniyi Makun aka Yomi Casual has reacted to an allegation he is gay by cursing those behind the speculation.

    Amid Alexx Ekubo and his ex-fiancee’s drama online, reports alleging Yomi Casual to be gay erupted.

    But the designer’s wife, Grace Makun, having permission from her hubby, debunked the rumours.

    She dared speculators to come out with proof to support their ‘devilish’ claim within 24 hours.

    Pained by the allegation, Yomi took to his Instagram page the next day to pronounce curses and God’s judgement on the individuals behind the rumour of his alleged sexuality.

    In a post tagged: “Enough is enough”, comedian AY’s younger brother expressed pain following the damages the rumour is having on his reputation.

    He prayed death, doom and destruction for the speculators adding, his pronouncements should boomerang if their claim was true.

    He said: “It is always easy for friends and family to reach out and always say, “ignore them… Silence is golden… they will get tired and move on to the next person.

    “But I am the one wearing the shoes, and I am the one feeling all pains and damages to my reputation as a father, husband, and businessman.

    “Coming out of church today and having reflected on all the lies against me, I want to say I am not too good a Christian who would turn and take a slap on the other cheek. Enough is enough.

    “Should I Omoniyi, Olorunyomi Makun be gay or nurse any single idea of sleeping with a fellow man, may death take me before my time, may everything that God has blessed me with be taken away from me.

    “May I not prosper in anything I lay my hands to do. May failure become my portion in everything that concerns me till death.

    Read Also : My husband not gay says Yomi Casual’s wife

    “On the other hand, if these are fabrications borne out of envy, jealousy, wickedness, and insecurities, I pray for the same God to vindicate me.

    “May those of you who enjoy and share such lies against me be also entertained with the pain you bring to my family. May that thing that has kept you jobless remain in your lives till death.

    “Today, I pronounce death, doom, and destruction on anyone who would continue to incite lies designed to assassinate my character. I also pronounce the same on those who fall and fly with it without confirmation

    “MAY ALL THESE CURSES RETURN TO ME IF I AM TRULY GAY. Enough is enough!

    “Note: As you come here to say NO BLOG MENTIONED YOUR NAME, but some of you remembered to tag me or put in a comment with my name in their comment sessions… May you and your entire family suffer from depression and untimely death!”

  • BBTitans: Juicy Jay reiterates single status as Kanaga Jr wants cleanliness around

    BBTitans: Juicy Jay reiterates single status as Kanaga Jr wants cleanliness around

    BBTitans housemates have been getting to know themselves barely 15 hours after being ushered into the BBTitans house in South Africa.

    The housemates agreed to hold a session in which they gave a brief introduction about themselves.

    The session began a little rowdy but quickly settled into a more relaxed atmosphere.

    Yaya opened the floor as she was in a hurry to get a hot shower.

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    The introduction continued with other housemates introducing themselves, where they come from, their occupation, their relationship status, and more.

    However, a few introductions stood out, with Kanaga Jnr emphasising cleanliness and Juicy Jay highlighting his single status.

  • BBTitans: Jenni O becomes first housemate to enter Diary Room

    BBTitans: Jenni O becomes first housemate to enter Diary Room

    Nigeria’s Jenni O has made history as the first BBTitans housemate to step foot in the Diary Room.

    The health and safety specialist made diary room history when Biggie asked for a housemate’s help with an errand.

    A happy Jenni O was quick to offer her assistance but is yet to spill what errand Biggie sent her or her experience in the room with other housemates.

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    After the assistance, Jenni O carried on with other housemates while getting to know other housemates in the company of her fellow Nigerian, Yvonne.

  • BBTitans: Prepare for challenging moments, difficult decisions, says Biggie

    BBTitans: Prepare for challenging moments, difficult decisions, says Biggie

    After a massive launch on Sunday, Big Brother addressed the 20 housemates.

    Big Brother hinted at what to expect in the first season of the BBTitans saying the housemates should prepare for challenging moments and difficult decisions.

     The 20 housemates – 10 Nigerians and 10 South Africans – were greeted by Biggie’s voice for the first time in the house shortly after the launch and live show ended.

    Big Brother began his welcome speech – fittingly – by acknowledging the efforts the housemates had made to make it into the house.

    Read Also : Maiden BBTitans kicks off Sunday

    “You have been hand-picked from a highly competitive pool of applicants, and Big Brother is honoured to have you here.

    “This is a unique opportunity that will test your abilities, push you to your limits, and shape your lives in ways you never thought possible. But don’t worry, Big Brother has you covered!”

    After the welcoming words, Biggie promptly told the 20 housemates what he had in store for the maiden edition of Big brother Titans with the theme, ‘Ziyakhala Wahala.’

    “The next few weeks will be filled with challenging moments and difficult decisions, but – like ore getting refined to pure gold – this will be an incredibly rewarding experience.

    “As you embark on this expedition, Big Brother wants you to remember that this challenge is not just about winning or losing. Instead, it’s about every single facet of the experience: the highs, the lows, and everything in between,” he said.

    Continuing, Big Brother said, “You will be challenged to think critically and creatively; you will have to learn to work together as you live together. It’s about pushing yourself beyond every limit you may have thought you had.

    “There will be times when the obstacles before you might make you question your ability to see this through. Housemates, in those moments, remember that you are titans, and nothing can stop you.”

    Biggie added: “Big Brother hereby extends a warm welcome to all of you and wishes you the best of luck on this incredible journey. May the odds be in your favor, and may you emerge from this stronger than ever. Ziyakhala Wahala. Good evening, housemates and remember, Big Brother is always watching.”

  • Nwosu’s resignation vindicates G-5, says Wike

    Nwosu’s resignation vindicates G-5, says Wike

    Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has said that the recent resignation of former Minister of Health and member of Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prof. Alphonsus Nwosu from the party, has vindicated the demand of the G-5 for equity, fairness and justice.

    The Governor warned that if the party remained adamant and failed to zone the national chairmanship position to the South, it shoul be willing to face a grave repercussion.

    Wike spoke when stakeholders of Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area paid a solidarity visit to him at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday.

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    The Governor said that he had continued to challenge the party on the equality of everybody insisting that nobody should be treated as a second class citizen.

    He said: “I have continued to challenge them. What is the problem? What are we fighting for? What I said and will continue to say is that all of us are from this country. Nobody is a second class citizen.

    “We are agreed that this is how our party will be. Recently Prof. A.B.C Nwosu resigned from the party saying that his conscience will not allow him, that the constitution of the party is clear, if you take this, these other people will take that. Why now are we saying that we won’t do it again?

    “What the people are saying is look, you have taken this, let these people take that and you are saying you will take all. If you take all, you will also face the repercussions.”

    The Governor declared that anybody fighting the state would surely be defeated at the poll.

    He maintained that God had blessed the state so much that he would not allow its adversaries to become victorious because the protective wall still remained difficult to penetrate.

    Wike stressed that even if Rivers loved peace, it could not be intimidated and made to succumb to persons, who just wanted to milk it and deny it rightful place in the scheme of national politics.

    He said: “You can not fight anybody that God has blessed. God has blessed Rivers State. Anybody fighting Rivers State, you are fighting yourself.

    “Nobody can intimidate us. No one State in this country can intimidate Rivers State. If you want to fight us, we will fight you to the last.

    “If you want to make peace with us, we will make peace with you to the last. But thinking that anybody will come and intimidate us and then we will chicken out, that is not possible.”

    Wike flayed people like Senator George Thompson Sekibo for working against the interest of Rivers and wondered the benefits he could attract to his people.

    The Rivers governor described Senator Sekibo as an ungrateful politician, who believed that only he should be the leading light in his local government.

    Wike said he ensured that Mr. Akin Fakorede, a former head of the notorious SARS team in Rivers State, did not succeed in stalling the announcement of the 2015 senatorial election of Sekibo adding that he footed his legal fees at the tribunal.

    The Rivers governor insisted that it was time the people of Ogu/Bolo local government and all Rivers people stood together against those working against the interest of the state.

    Wike announced the award of contract for the construction of Eli Town landing jetty, and the Eteo-Ogu Road in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area.

    The Governor also assured the payment of the remaining contractual sums in the coming week for the remodelled Junior Secondary School in Ogu, sandfilling project, and Kera-K-Dere Road.

  • Group seeks support for Ibadan North Reps PDP candidate

    Group seeks support for Ibadan North Reps PDP candidate

    A group, Young Progressives in Oyo State (YPO), has thrown its weight behind the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives flag-bearer in Ibadan North, Lanre Sarumi, saying he remains the best candidate for the Federal Constituency.

    YPO said Sarumi has comprehensive youth-focus agenda that could liberate the younger generations.

    A statement by YPO President, Wale Adeoye, said Sarumi’s track record is unprecedented and unmatched among the candidates vying for Ibadan North federal constituency.

    The statement reads: “Born Olanrewaju Olalekan Sarumi into the Akintayo Basiri-Sarumi Family of Abebi in Ibadan Oyo state. Sarumi is a Software Technology Delivery Consultant, who has consulted for various sector organisations such as Insurance, Health sector, Government, Non for profit Organisations and more, supporting software implementation at multiple capacity”.

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    The group added that Sarumi’s achievements outside office have become a reference point, not only in Ibadan North but in the State capital as a whole.

    “He is building an ultra-modern toilet infrastructure in the Polytechnic Ibadan and pioneered light up project in the inner parts of the city, an initiative his opponent, Akinremi of APC, hurriedly replicated,” the group said.

    The group pointed out that he has embarked on different local empowerment programmes, including medical outreach; employment of four ad-hoc staff at Sabo medical centre; Market women empowerment; bore hole provision; disbursement of busaries to primary school pupils in Okeitunu among others.

  • We’re taking over FCT for Tinubu, says City Boy Movement

    We’re taking over FCT for Tinubu, says City Boy Movement

    City Boy Movement, a Pro-Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu group, has vowed to use the February 25th Presidential and National Assembly elections to root out Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from political dominance of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    The Director of Mobilisation of the movement Francis Oluwatosin Shoga made this vow in Kubwa, a suburb of the nation’s capital city during a Community Engagement with Youth and Women Groups outreach programme by the movement at the Palace of Maitamayi of Kubwa.

    Shoga said the movement has embarked on voter education and sensitisation through the community engagement programme in all the Area Councils of the FCT with the sole aim of flushing out PDP from the political space of the nation’s capital

    He said the door-to-door campaign by his movement was designed primarily to reach out to every and cranny of the Territory, to change the voting narrative of the FCT in favour of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all the APC candidates for the February 25 elections.

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    “We are now on the street educating the people and the response so far has been impressive. We are going to root out the PDP from the political space of FCT come February 25. The people are eager to vote for Asiwaju and APC,” Shoga stated.

    Former Bwari Area Council Chairman, Hon. Musa Diko reaffirmed the electoral misfortune awaiting the PDP at the next month’s polls.

    “Though PDP has been in partial control of FCT, come February 25, the party will slump and APC will take over. Our people have seen what PDP has done especially in the Senate and House of Representatives. They have nothing to show. The mistake was made in the past, and we are ready to correct it and that is why we are going about with this sensitization. We (APC) are set to take over.”

  • Soludo offers to stand surety for Kanu’s unconditional release

    Soludo offers to stand surety for Kanu’s unconditional release

    Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has called for the immediate and unconditional release of detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

    Soludo, who made the demand on Saturday during the Campaign kick-off of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Awka, said he was ready to stand surety if the detained IPOB leader could not be released unconditionally.

    He promised to cater for Kanu and also offered to bring him to the authorities any time he was required.

    According to him:  “I am making a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally. If he cannot be released unconditionally, i want him released to me and i will stand surety for him

    “We need Nnamdi Kanu in the roundtable conversation to discuss the insecurity in the Southeast. We must end insecurity in the South East and we need Nnamdi Kanu to be around.”

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    Soludo was elected National Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) by the National Executive Committee (NEC) via a voice vote during the Party’s NEC meeting.

    The certificate was formally presented to Governor Soludo by the National Chairman of the Party, Ozonkpu Victor Oye in the presence of all NEC members

    Receiving the certificate as the new national leader of the party, Soludo described the position as a great pleasure, with a sense of humility and gratitude to God.

  • I didn’t insult Igbo, says Brymo

    I didn’t insult Igbo, says Brymo

    Singer Brymo has said he never insulted Igbo in a recent viral tweet on the 2023 polls

    Brymo has some days ago tweeted “Fuck ndi Igbo, to hell with it,” which he later deleted.

    This generated a lot of angry reactions from Netizens and his colleagues alike.

    Following this, over 8,000 petitions were made to strip him of the 8th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA)

    The singer however clarified he was referring to the non-state actors clamoring for a different country and not the Igbos themselves

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    He wrote: “It is very important you understand that this entire fracas began with me seeing in the media that Chimamanda Adichie refused some national honours and had picked up some traditional title in the East at home.
    “I have clamoured for Igbo presidency in the last few years, you wouldn’t believe it.

    “I said, ‘Fuck Ndi’Igbo to hell with it – the ‘it’ refers to the peddlers of the movement i.e people championing for it.”