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  • Tinubu mourns ace broadcaster, Kabiru Fagge

    Tinubu mourns ace broadcaster, Kabiru Fagge

    President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the passing of ace broadcaster, Kabiru Usman Fagge, who died on Friday, December 15, in the United States of America.

    President Tinubu’s message was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Saturday, December 16.

    Fagge, aged 77, was an enduring name across the Hausa-speaking world for his long career with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America (VOA), spanning 25 years.

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    In a condolence message, President Tinubu lauded the contributions of the deceased to nation-building, particularly his sensitization on and advocacy for education through the well-known weekly education programme he anchored. 

    He said: “His desire to serve humanity through journalism started quite early from his days as a freelancer while teaching. We are grateful for his services through his chosen career and for being a good ambassador of Nigeria on such a global platform.”

    President Tinubu condoled with the family of the deceased, the government, and the people of Kano State, as well as the Nigerian journalism community over the loss. 

  • EFCC steps up fight against corruption, strengthens forensic capacity

    EFCC steps up fight against corruption, strengthens forensic capacity

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to strengthen its forensic capacity for preventive operations against financial crimes in the country.

    The agency also reiterated that it’s leaving no stone unturned in driving a more proactive intelligence-gathering strategy towards dwarfing corruption and related financial crimes.

    He said: “EFCC will not rest on its ores. We will intelligently, as usual, beam our forensic eye against financial crimes. We are more concerned with preventive rather than prosecution approaches to fighting corruption head-on.

    “The commission will strengthen its intelligence components in knowing what went wrong that financial crimes keep happening.”

    The commission’s Sokoto zonal commander, ACE I Aliyu Yunusa vowed on Friday, December 15, in Sokoto while speaking to reporters at the zone’s 2023 operations review and end-of-year dinner.

    He said the commission would redouble efforts at discharging its strategic responsibility to achieve the desired results against the demon which he noted was fast retarding the economic prosperity of the country.

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    According to the zonal boss who oversees Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states, the commission could improve its operation with the deliberate support of stakeholders including the media in spreading its crusade against financial malpractices through intelligence gathering, sensitization, and advocacy.

    ACE I Yunusa however, said the zone had made some remarkable inroads to have stopped numerous crimes and recovered funds for individuals who lost hope for the activities of dubious elements.

    He disclosed: “Now the zone is robustly doing well in the fight against financial crimes. It has exceeded its target with over 65 convictions within the year under review. We are ranking tops.”

    The zonal boss, notwithstanding, enumerated a dearth of manpower, training, and technology as focal challenges shrouding the commission’s operational activities.

    This, he said the commission would have to brace for more manpower and continued training of its personnel as well as updating knowledge on innovations and technology to be ahead of criminals’ antics.

    He noted that the prevalence of financial crimes dwelled on illegal usage of personal accounts through NIN and other platforms, stolen money using BVN by dubious elements who also swapped ATM cards and eventually cleared customers’ accounts to zero balance.

    He explained: “All these are done mostly through stolen phones with account details attached which makes it easier for crime perpetrators to transfer all account balances in their favour.”

    Meanwhile, the top echelon of the zonal command, CSOs, NGOs, NYSC zero-tolerance club on corruption, youth and educational institutions anti-corruption clubs, and representatives of other security agencies in the state among others in attendance at the brief event heralded and climaxed with rendition and musical entertainment.

  • I will drink alcohol for monetary benefit, says L.A.X

    I will drink alcohol for monetary benefit, says L.A.X

    Popular singer, Damilola Afolabi, popularly known as L.A.X has revealed the only reason he would bend his rule on taking alcohol.

    The former Starboy Entertainment artiste said he would start drinking alcohol if he is offered N100 million.

    He stated this in a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, while admitting that money was the main reason artistes undertake tours.

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    He said: “If there is money involved, even if it is Saudi Arabia, I will go to perform.

    “Right now, I don’t drink but if you give me N100 million, I will drink two bottles of rozay.”

    L.A.X also revealed during the interview that: “I feel underrated in the Nigerian music industry. But I don’t think it’s that serious to me. I’m just doing what I love.

    “And I feel like people around the world are seeing what I am doing. So it’s not like I am not doing something.

    “Everybody has a journey. Everybody has the path that they are supposed to follow in life.

    “So I just feel like some people will be underrated. And for you to even be underrated, that means you are rated.”

  • How creativity inspired my sewing business before stardom – Carter Efe

    How creativity inspired my sewing business before stardom – Carter Efe

    Popular skit maker and singer, Oderhwo Joseph Efe, popularly known as Carter Efe, has revealed how creativity led to his passion for sewing before eventually hitting stardom.

    According to the ‘Machala’ crooner, comedy was inborn.

    He said he loved art right from childhood which made him learn tailoring at some point.

    Featuring recently on Hip TV programme, trending, hosted by reality star, KimOprah, Carter Efe said: “I have been funny right from birth. I’ve been doing stand-up comedy since I was in school. During break time, I would just stand in front of the class and start making people laugh.

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    I was a London tailor, ‘Obioma’, before I ventured into skit making. I love art. For example, I edit my skits by myself. I told my dad one day that I wanted to learn tailoring. He said what of my education and I insisted that I wanted to learn tailoring because I love creativity. I didn’t even spend up to six months before learning how to sew and create beautiful embroidery patterns.

    “I was a London tailor, ‘Obioma’, before I ventured into skit making. I love art. For example, I edit my skits by myself. I told my dad one day that I wanted to learn tailoring. He said what of my education and I insisted that I want to learn tailoring because I love creativity. I didn’t even spend up to six months before learning how to sew.

    “When I was learning tailoring, sometimes I would lie to my boss that I was sick and go to shoot a skit. Then I will come back in the afternoon. He still punished me. He would tell me to kneel. I would kneel till the end of the day.

    “Until one day, Broda Shaggi posted a challenge on Instagram: he said everybody should vibe to a song. Back then I was in Delta State. I said let me just vibe to it and I vibed to the song then I came out first. I won PS5.

    “Shaggi said I should come to Lagos to receive my prize. When I collected the PS5, I sold it for about N300,000. Then I decided to stay back in Lagos. I was using the N300,000 for transport fares to go to locations to shoot my skit. I was staying with one of my friends then.”

  • Big Brother Naija Titans did more harm than good to me, says Jenni O

    Big Brother Naija Titans did more harm than good to me, says Jenni O

    Former Big Brother Titan housemate, Jenni O, has lamented how the show that was supposed to be a life-changing experience turned out to cause more harm than good to her.

    The media personality claimed while fuming at the constant bullying she suffers online at the hands of trolls.

    She lamented that fans were trolling her because of the show which didn’t do her much good, warning them not to “annoy” her.

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    On her X handle (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Jenni O wrote: “Show that did more harm than good to me is what you people come online to drag me for.

    “Lol. Please don’t annoy me this afternoon.”

    Recall that Jenni O was one of Nigeria’s representatives at the Big Brother Titan ‘Ziyakhala Wahala’ edition earlier this year.

    She was evicted in the fourth week, alongside her South African partner, Mmeli.

  • Hair vendor drags Phyna over expiration on ‘rented wig’

    Hair vendor drags Phyna over expiration on ‘rented wig’

    BBNaija Level-up winner, Josephina Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna has been dragged by a hair vendor, DBeauty Mogul, for allegedly refusing to return a “rented” wig after the expiration of the rental period.

    The vendor in a message to Instablog, which was shared across social media by the blog, alleged that Phyna rented the wig for a movie premiere on Sunday, December 10, 2023, and was supposed to have returned it the next day but haven’t done so.

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    The message read: “Phyna rented my wig for the movie premiere of A Tribe Called Judah on Sunday (10th, Dec 2023). She ought to return the wig on Monday (11th, Dec 2023). Till this minute, she hasn’t returned my wigs. Can you please help in anyway.”

    Asked whether there was proof to back the claim, the vendor responded affirmatively.

  • Nigeria should have a female governor by now – Joke Silva

    Nigeria should have a female governor by now – Joke Silva

    Joke Silva, a veteran Nollywood actress, expressed her dissatisfaction with the way women are excluded from obtaining top leadership positions in Nigeria, particularly in the political sector.

    She pointed out that women were at the forefront of leadership during pre-independent Nigeria but have lost their hold on leadership in recent times.

    Silva added that by now, Nigeria should have had at least one democratically elected female governor.

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    Speaking in a recent interview with TVC, Silva said: “In the area of leadership, especially political leadership, women have regressed. I mean, we had some really powerful women. You mentioned Fumilayo Kuti earlier. All these powerful women. There were so many of them spread around the nation. So, you expect them to grow in numbers by now.

    “At least by now, we should have had a female governor. Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu for one, in contemporary Nigerian politics, is probably the most experienced female politician. She was just in the Senate for a long time and now she is the First Lady. But the thing is this: how many others? But we have so many male senators. It goes back to what late Chief MKO Abiola used to say: ‘A nation clapping with one hand.’ How do you clap? How is it heard?”

  • Phyna reacts over ‘rented wig’ allegation by a hair vendor

    Phyna reacts over ‘rented wig’ allegation by a hair vendor

    Reality star, Josephina Ijeoma Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has responded to allegations that she rented a wig from a hair vendor and has not returned it.

    The Nation reported that a wig owner took to social media to call out the hype priestess for renting a wig and not returning it since last Sunday.

    Screenshots were shared, which showed Phyna and her team attempting to negotiate a lower price with the vendor.

    Phyna initially expressed weariness at being constantly criticised online, describing the accuser as a “clout chaser” and calling for people to do better.

    However, in a recent live video, she claimed the woman was blackmailing her, revealing that she doesn’t know the accuser and suggesting that her management team might have handled the transaction without informing her.

    Read Also: Chichi mocks Phyna over wig-rent accusation

    Confused about the entire situation, Phyna also revealed she paid for the arrangement while abroad and, upon returning, attended the event with the wig without her management updating her on the return.

    He said: “I’m so clueless, I don’t even know what’s going on. Even right now I don’t know what to do about these whole issues because I am so confused. I don’t know her. I’ve never spoken to that person before.

    “Every day different stories. Now it’s clout chasers and blackmailers…….. y’all need to do better……..Phyna the air everybody in Nigeria dy breath…… make Una rest small for this whole nonsense. Even me I don tire.”

  • AY comedian praises wife for being strong, gentle

    AY comedian praises wife for being strong, gentle

    Comedian and Nollywood actor, Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY has taken to social media to gush over his wife’s gentle and strong personality.

    The movie star whose house got burnt this year has appreciated his wife, Mabel for her selfless work.

    He revealed that he came home to see all the good work she had been doing to get the home kicking again.

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    AY stated that men need a good woman like his wife with a strong personality, who is also gentle at heart, reliable, and dutiful.

    He said: “Came back home to see all the good work she has been doing to get the home kicking again. We all need that good woman like @realmabelmakun with a strong personality, who is ‘gentle’ at heart. Reliable and dutiful. Thank you for being beautiful inside and out with @medlinboss styling.”

  • Iyabo Ojo’s daughter blasts Naira Marley over legal suit against mother

    Iyabo Ojo’s daughter blasts Naira Marley over legal suit against mother

    Iyabo Ojo’s daughter, Priscilla Ojo, has taken to the internet to defend her mother against Naira Marley‘s claims and readiness to sue her.

    The Nation reported that Azeez Adeshina Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley had dragged Iyabo to court, demanding a public apology from the controversial actress or risk facing legal proceedings which could amount to N500 million as damages.

    In his lawsuit, Naira Marley accused the mother of two of defaming him, alleging that the actress published false and malicious content about him on her Instagram page.

    Reacting to it via her Instagram story, Priscilla noted how Naira Marley was yet to resolve issues of Mohbad’s catalogue and unpaid royalties, yet was filing a lawsuit against her mother.

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    Blasting him for his audacity, she pointed out the hypocrisy of suing her mother, when there are codes of him bullying Mohbad before his untimely demise.

    She also slammed Nigerians for calling her mother a clout chaser because of her fight for Mohbad and how they are reading meaning to her content on the Real Housewives of Lagos reality show.

    “Who do you want to sue? You have not finished the case you have in court about the boy’s catalogue and his unpaid royalties, you are talking of suing when there is legit evidence of you and your gang bullying the young man before he died. The woman you all are dragging now came online to fight and was still at the police station back to back.

    “Till now she is still paying for DJ Splash’s hospital bills and treatment. She fought for this young man who was bullied but because one protein shake charcoal bodybuilder came to change the narrative and asked a grieving mother of 24 years for a DNA test, you all fell for it. He might not be alive to fight for himself but I know that his spirit cannot be asleep.”