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  • Destiny Etiko curses impersonator over adoption claim

    Destiny Etiko curses impersonator over adoption claim

    Actress Destiny Etiko has blown hot over an alleged erroneous claim by an impersonator about her supposed desire to adopt a child rather than birth one.

    Etiko said someone set up an Instagram account with her name exactly the way it’s written on her verified page and made a false claim that she would not want to have a biological child.

    The extremely pissed film star was appalled at the impersonator’s guts to spew such balderdash seeing the issue of life and childbearing is considered sacrosanct in this clime.

    Trusting her instinct that the impersonator had to be a man, the 33-year-old actress cursed the man, swearing for his generation, sisters, and anybody close to him.

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    “The reason a lot of people in this world will never see good, in fact, them no go see heaven. My girlfriend just sent something to me. That’s why I said, if you love me, the only thing you can do for me is to help me report those fake useless accounts that are using my name. This one said ‘Destiny Etiko Fanpage’, using my name on Instagram exactly the way I use it and then you’re cursing yourself, not me”, she said.

    “Somebody opened their mouth, knowing fully well that something that has to do with life and children is very very essential. And then somebody opened his mouth because I’m sure a woman will not have such time. All these impersonators moving around the internet.

    “This person opened his mouth to say that I, Destiny Etiko said that I would never want to have a biological child of my own. That I would rather adopt. Whoever that wrote that, opened that page and used me to chase clout, God will punish you and your generation. 

    “In fact ehn, if you ever have any sister at all, any sibling or anybody close to you, it’s the person that will never have a child of their own. Because you have really come to social media to show how wicked and callous you can be.

    “It is not enough that you people are all over social media rubbishing my name. It’s not enough that you create fake pages to impersonate me.

    “Even if you must use my name to chase clout must you use something that has to do with a child? Who doesn’t want to have a child?”

  • Interim Government treasonable, needless distraction – Nnamani

    Interim Government treasonable, needless distraction – Nnamani

    Former Enugu Governor Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, on Thursday, berated proponents of Interim National Government (ING), saying that it is treasonable and an affront to the sensibility of Nigerians.

    Nnamani, in a statement in Abuja, described ING as absurd saying it has no place in the modern day democratic rule submitting that those behind the plot are enemies of Nigeria.

    He said: “The presidential election has been conducted and a winner has been declared. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be sworn-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, 2023. ING is a needless distraction.”

    Nnamani, who is the Senator representing Enugu East, reiterated that “Asiwaju will be sworn-in on May 29, 2023 and he will hit the ground running”.

    Nnamani said he believed that Tinubu will not deviate from his avowed commitment to the programmes of Social Protection, National Transformation and Restructuring.

    Read Also: Nnamani blasts Obi for weaponising religion, ethnicity for politics

    Nnamani, a contemporary of Tinubu as Governors in the 1999 set, said he is optimistic a Tinubu- led administration will address critical infrastructural development, youth unemployment and youth bulge, women empowerment as well as the challenges facing the girl-child.

    The former Governor predicted that a Tinubu-led government will give priority to budget enhancements needed to address complex issues in the Health, Education, Social Service sectors, including portable drinking water and environmental sanitation.

    He expressed optimism that the forthcoming administration will rejuvenate International recognitions and awareness that will attract other nations to invest in Nigeria and consequently, turn the nation’s economy around.

    He enjoined Nigerians across the divide to support the incoming administration which he hopes will be a government of national unity where no section of Nigeria will be marginalized or shortchanged in the scheme of things.

  • Kano court orders man to kill noisy cockerel

    Kano court orders man to kill noisy cockerel

    A court in Kano has ordered a man to kill his noisy cockerel following a neighbour’s complaint about the deprivation of sleep due to cock’s constant crowing.

    The judge, Haalima Wali, gave the owner of the cockerel, Malam Yusuf, till Friday to ensure it is slaughtered.

    Wali gave the order after declaring the bird a nuisance to the neighbourhood.

    However, Yusuf pleaded with the court to allow him till until the Christian Holy day to get rid of the bird.

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    He explained he bought the cockerel so that he could kill and enjoy it with with family in celebration of Good Friday.

    Wali granted Yusuf’s wish, stressing he should butcher the bird on Friday as promised or face a penalty from the court.

  • Soyinka will survive you, Moghalu lambasts Obidients

    Soyinka will survive you, Moghalu lambasts Obidients

    A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Kingsley Moghalu has described Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka as a principled fighter for justice.

    Moghalu’s comments were against the backdrop of sharp criticisms of Soyinka’s statements by supporters of the Labour Party (LP). 

    The Nation reports Soyinka said he warned the presidential candidate of the LP, Peter Obi, that his supporters — dubbed ‘Obidients’ — may cost him the election.

    Soyinka’s statement earned him criticism and abuse from the ‘Obidients’, on social media platforms, especially Twitter. 

    Reacting, Moghalu said: “Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is a principled fighter for justice in our country and around the world.

    “He is a phenomenon that unlettered and uncultured people may not fully understand in an age of lazy social media in which many don’t read or think deep.

    Read Also : Wole Soyinka slams Baba-Ahmed over ‘unbecoming’ outbursts

    “His endorsement of my 2019 presidential candidacy in my short-lived but impactful foray into Nigerian electoral politics remains one of the greatest honors of my life. 

    “I view very dimly any criticism of him simply because he’s OBJECTIVE. He survived dictators. He will survive you.” 

  • Davido ‘Timeless’ album breaks another US record

    Davido ‘Timeless’ album breaks another US record

    Afrobeats singer Davido continues to record historical feats with his latest album ‘Timeless’.

    Read Also: Davido to perform, speak at 2023 Forbes ‘Under 30 Summit’

    ‘Timeless’ Davido’s fourth studio album achieved a groundbreaking milestone after just six days of its release.

    Timeless’, which previously tied with Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’ as the only African albums to reach top 2 on US iTunes, has surpassed ‘Love, Damini, to become the highest charting African album on the US iTunes.

    On Wednesday evening (April 5), O.B.O’s ‘Timeless’ peaked at number one on the US iTunes, ultimately becoming the first African album ever to achieve such record.

  • Moyo Lawal wonders if masturbation is allowed during Ramadan

    Moyo Lawal wonders if masturbation is allowed during Ramadan

    Actress Moyo Lawal has requested an answer to a question ‘bothering a friend’.

    According to her, a friend wants to know if masturbation is permitted during Ramadan.

    Masturbationbis a form of s3xual self-gratification when an individual stimulates genitals for s3xual pleasure, especially to orgasm.

    Moyo baby, as she’s fondly called, appealed to the public not to abuse her because of her question.

    “Please oooh, nobody should insult me oooh…but is m……tion allowed during Ramadan??? Asking for a friend,” she wrote.

    Though she didn’t write out the complete word, social media users however, decoded what she intended.

    In the comment section, one mhista_fkay said: “Not allowed, just try and control that urge please.”

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    Veteran actress, Kate Henshaw simply hailed her younger colleague saying, “Moyo baby.”

    emmanuelbayem wrote: “Why not? It’s a private thing na.”

    oghenetez stated: “Moyo baby, I doubt if it’s allowed.”

    rhejay_ asked: “Why will you do it when men dey?”

  • Three-month-old baby abandoned in orphanage made me cry – Harrysong

    Three-month-old baby abandoned in orphanage made me cry – Harrysong

    Singer Harrysong has shared how emotional he became during a recent visit to an orphanage home.

    Mr Songz revealed his heart was torn apart with tears almost giving way when he heard the story of how a three-month-old baby he saw at the orphanage was abandoned.

    He pledged to always lend a helping to make the less privileged better, recounting how difficult it was for him while growing up as a child in Warri.

    “Visited an orphanage Home Today… And the story of how the little 3 months old am carrying on this pics was dropped almost made me cry.

    The ‘Reggae-Blues’ singer also noted popular comedians like AY, Gordons and Bovi could attest to his childhood hustle where they had to walk on roads with murky sanded water aka poto poto just to get to school.

    Read Also : Artistes with fake streaming will remain broke, says Harrysong

    “My people, things Dey happen for this life o. Not that ve it all, but in my little way, won’t stop giving/supporting…. Cus for olomu in Warri where I grew up with design, na portor portor we Dey match go school and hustle…. ask @officialbovi @aycomedian and bros @gordonsdberlusconi.”

  • APC should reward Wase’s loyalty with speakership – Yobe Gov

    APC should reward Wase’s loyalty with speakership – Yobe Gov

    Yobe Governoor Mai Mala Buni has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) should reward Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase with the position ot Speaker of the House for his years of loyalty to the party.

    Buni, who threw his weight behind Wase’s aspiration, said he will personally campaign for him to emerge Speaker.

    The Governor said there was no better time for the APC to reward the commitment and dedication of Wase to the affairs of the party.

    Receiving Wase and his campaign team at his Abuja residence, the former Acting National Chairman of the APC said the party needs the Deputy Speaker more than the Deputy Speaker needs the party. 

    Buni said “Experience is not studied in the university; it evolves from institutional participation and enthrenched ideas which you already have. For us, we know you will work based on experience because you are prepared more than any other.

    “You didn’t need to come, I will work for you because to whom much is given, much is expected. You listened to us and stepped down when I was National Secretary even before the president, he knew about it and it is now time for us to reciprocate that your gesture; someone must step down down for you this time around”.

    Read Also : Mai-Mala Buni’s reward for hard work

    Another aspirant for the Speaker position, Aliyu Mukthar Betara, has vowed to continue to fight for the seat even if the party decides not to zone the position to the North East.

    Betara, who spoke in a statement by his campaign group, Betara National Patriotic Mandate, said he was aware of “deft moves” by some influential leaders to zone the North-East out of the speakership race.

    The statement signed by the national coordinator of the group, Mallam Maigari Al- Amin said “We are watching the events that are going on and we can see that some influential leaders are making deft moves to zone the northeast out the speakership race and hereby say that our principal, Betara, Insha Allah shall become the speaker because nobody can cow us and even convince us to stop this project. We shall fight on and win whether the party zones to north east or not. 

  • Who’s your mate, Simi queries daughter for calling her name

    Alternative Rock singer aka Simi was taken aback when she heard her almost 3-year-old daughter, Adejare, call by her first name.

    Simi and her lookalike toddler were seen in a video having some ‘mommy and daughter’ fun moments when the latter blurted ‘Simisola’.

    Surprised Simi acted immediately by lovingly cautioning her young daughter saying; ‘Who’s your mate?’

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    Sensing she may have gone off, the little one walked up to the ‘Duduke’ crooner and called her ‘Mommy’.

    Simi and her fellow musician hubby, Adekunle Gold, welcomed their daughter and first child on May 30, 2020. 

  • NASoW trains national officers on capacity building

    NASoW trains national officers on capacity building

    The Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASoW) has organised a one-day capacity building training for National Executive members of the association. 

    The association in a statement by its National President, Alhaji Mashood Mustapha, a copy of which was made available to journalists by the National Public Relations Officer of the association, Mr. Musliudeen Adebayo said the training was to build capacity of national executive members of the association, in view of the recently signed and gazetted Nigerian Council for Social Work [Establishment] Act 2022. 

    The training, which was held on Wednesday at Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture, Area 10, Garki Abuja, was part of the activities of the National Executive Meeting (NEC) of the association held between Monday 27th and Friday 31st March in Abuja. 

    Some of the resource persons include Professor Alamveabee Efihraim Idyorough, an accomplished academic and professor of Sociology and Social Work, Mr. Gazali Haruna from Nigeria Nursing and Midwifery Council, Abuja Zonal Office and Barrister Olufemi Babalola, a lawyer and legal adviser of the association. 

    Mustapha congratulated social workers over the signing and gazetting of the Act. 

    He noted that the council and the board when inaugurated would work harmoniously with the association to promote and protect the interest of social workers across the country. 

    Mustapha added that the essence of the training was to build the capacity of national executive members who will go to their zones and states to train and educate members in their respective areas on the provisions and interpretation of the Act. 

    Idyorough  urged social workers to continue to uphold the principles and ethics of the profession. 

    He added that the council has the power to regulate social work practice, licence social workers, register them and set up a disciplinary committee to punish erring members for professional misconduct. 

    “The council will have a common logo and seal, it will give licence to qualified social workers, it will regulate and set standard for training of social workers in the institutions offering social work courses and will set up disciplinary committee to punish whoever engages in professional misconduct”. 

    Haruna explained that NNMC which regulates activities of nurses and midwifes has undergone several tremendous changes. He added that most of the activities of the council have been digitalised based on the current realities. 

    Balalola explained that the council would work harmoniously with NASoW as the umbrella body of social workers in the country based on the sections of the Act.