On his Twitter page, he wrote: “When I was at Adeniji police station, the police officers took turns to beat me up. They were even calling themselves to come and beat ‘Mr Macaroni’
“They stated in my life when subsequent I hear police, I’ll run! One stated if not that people would ask about me, he would have killed me.”
It was recalled that Macaroni alongside 39 others was arrested sometime in February at the Lekki toll gate.
They were arrested by policemen deployed to the Lekki tollgate, forward of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate and #DefendLagos protests scheduled for February 13, 2021.
Popular singer Tiwatope Savage popularly known as Tiwa Savage has recounted how she attempted to bleach her skin when she was 14 years.
Tiwa disclosed this in an interview with Allure Magazine where she revealed the difficulties and struggles she faced in embracing herself.
She described how difficult it was for her to slot in with her white friends when she was a teenager.
She stated she mixed lotions with lemon in an try and bleach her skin, but her mom found the
According to the Afro-beats singer, she revealed she still has patches on her back as a result of her try to change her skin colour.
Tiwa Savage made this revelation when she was featured on the cover of this month’s situation of the magazine.
The former Mavin Records Label queen also said she now has a platform and digging more into her duty for younger individuals.
According to the mom of 1, when she began her profession, she wasn’t embracing who she was absolutely but as a result of she was just making an attempt to crack into the market.
Tiwa added that her two singles were very American and weren’t very African.
However then, as time went on, she just started seeing how powerful her platform was and the way moms would say, “My little girl really looks up to you”.
The member representing Bosso constituency, Hon. Malik Madaki Bosso has accused the State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello of frustrating the financial autonomy for the legislative and judicial arms of the state government.
Bosso who made the allegations in Minna mentioned Nigerian governors had been persistently showing citizens that they’re the modern-day emperors and not democrats.
The lawmaker stated if governors are allowed to get away with the constitutional breaches, then the future of democracy was not sure.
“It is a constitutional challenge. It’s in section 121 of the constitution. If that they had anything against the availability, they should have opposed it through the constitutional amendment as a substitute for placing us in this quagmire. If they are going to chose which section of the constitution they’ll respect or not, then we’re heading into anarchy”.
Malik stated if ordinary citizens can be jailed for breaking local government bye-laws, he doesn’t see why governors should be allowed to stroll free for breaking the supreme laws of the land, which was contained in the constitution.
He mentioned the following amendment that needs to be achieved within the Constitution was to remove immunity for governors.
“if immunity clause is removed from the Constitution and the judiciary and legislature had been fully granted autonomy and Independence, then the kind of democracy all of us desired will likely be entrenched and the impunity of governors shall be curtailed.”
He, however, called on the judiciary to get up from slumber to defend and shield the laws of the land, adding that he was totally in help of the industrial actions embarked upon by both the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) and the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).
Nigeria singer, songwriter and actress, Tiwatope Savage popularly known as Tiwa Savage graces the cover page of this month’s edition of the Allure magazine.
Allure is an American women’s magazine targeted at the beauty, published monthly by Condé Nast in New York City.
The sensational Afro-beat singer took to social media to express profound joy and gratitude over her appearance on the cover page.
She posted pictures of herself as displayed on the magazine on her Twitter and Instagram pages concurrently.
Popular Ghanaian- Togolese actress, model, video vixen, brand ambassador and social media personality, Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo has been facing trial over viral nude photos she took with her son.
She is in court following the publication of her nude pictures along with her son on his 7th birthday.
According to the prosecution, on 30th June 2020, Rosemond celebrated her son’s seventh birthday by taking nude pictures together with her son who was also half-naked.
She posted the pictures on her Instagram page, which went viral on social media and attracted massive criticisms.
The pictures attracted comments, with many stating the behaviour of the accused person was likely to detract from the dignity of her son among others.
The caption on the picture among different things reads: “I am naked in front of you because this is how naked I was giving birth to you, so in case you find me lying somewhere don’t pass by but see me as your mother who brought you to life.”
The social media influencer has reportedly been convicted on her own plea by the Accra Circuit Court.
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Poloo repeatedly modified her plea from not guilty to guilty to the three charges levelled towards her specifically: publication of obscene supplies, partaking in-home violence conduct that in any way undermines a person’s privacy and integrity.
And engaging in home violence specifically conduct that in any approach detracts or is likely to detract from one other person’s dignity and worth as a human being.
While ready for the sentence to be passed, Poloo must undergo a test as required by regulation to ensure she will not be pregnant.
The actress will appear in court on Friday, 16th April with the results of the test for the sentence to be passed.
The mother of one is prone to be handed jail time, community service or fine based on the presiding judge’s discretion
Veteran stand-up comedian, master of ceremonies and actor Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba, has taken to social media to celebrate his marriage anniversary with his wife.
Given the description of the veteran comedian’s post, the couple has been collectively for 25years however tied the nuptial knot 10 years into their relationship.
Ali Baba took to his Instagram page to commemorate their marriage anniversary by posting two photos displaying his spouse and self on their wedding ceremony day.
The delay in completion of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project might not be unconnected with the failure of the contractor to adhere to this project work program, The Country has learnt.
Aside from the contractors, trailer drivers at the Apapa channel are also frustrating the project due to parking.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, revealed that these during the inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project on Saturday at Moniya Station at Ibadan.
The Minister explained: “I’ve asked CCECC to view us on Wednesday, we will have a meeting and I have to tell them that I’m sick and tired of their excuses.
“We’ve noticed things which will delay movement of products, they are minor, I think them but I need them to emphasise and TEAM has always stated that they don’t move by their work program.
“Ibadan-Kano and other future projects, everybody needs to go by job program both concerning payment, construction, review and others so that we keep to time and also the plan of work.”
On the disruption brought on by trailer drivers at Apapa, he explained: “We’ve requested the Permanent Secretary to call the NPA in since the trailer drivers have bothered the movement of the train to the seaport and now we must stop them now. We wither stop them stop the owner of the terminal.”
He also charged the contractors to engage more workforce.
He said: “I have noticed that the amount of workforce has significantly decreased which is impacting the rate of work. We’d agreed that we’ll commission in April but we cannot.”
On the possible date of commissioning, he explained: “We’re talking to the workplace of the President, once we talk with him, we will find a date and we will commission”
He also said the ministry could work with relevant agencies and departments to map outside communities which might be impacted by flood as a consequence of the undertaking.
Amaechi also assured the inscription in the station’s facilities written in the Chinese language would be altered to Nigerian languages
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is calling for the program for the 2022 Young Professionals Programme (YPP).
Announcing the program in an announcement on its website on Friday, April 9, the organisation said the programme allowed qualified young professionals from developing and least-developed nations to better their knowledge regarding the WTO and global trade problems.
The WTO stated YPP selection would give preference to young professionals in growing and least-developed countries that were members of the WTO and whose nationals were now under-represented or maybe not represented at the organisation’s Secretariat.
It included that YPP was a part of the Secretariat’s overall aim to increase its diversity to reflect the make-up of its membership.
The organization clarified further that YPP was an exceptional chance to obtain hands-on experience that could help open the door for future professional opportunities in the field of multilateral diplomacy and global trade.
Candidates up to age 32, as of 1 January 2022, from eligible countries were invited to submit their application by 29 April 2021.
The chosen candidates will work in the WTO Secretariat for one year, beginning in January 2022.
The 2021 cadre of Young Professionals comprises 14 professionals in Bangladesh, Belize, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Guatemala, Georgia, Indonesia, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Chinese Taipei and Thailand, according to the WTO.
They were chosen from more than 2,400 candidates after a competitive selection process.
Almost 60 professionals have engaged in the programme since it was established in 2017, WTO stated.
Love of adventure and a positive attitude is required from participants at the programme.
Selected young professionals are allocated to several branches of the WTO Secretariat according to their qualifications and the requirements of their branch.
The areas of work may include accessions, agriculture, dispute settlement, intellectual property rights, market accessibility, media and external relations, WTO rules, trade and development, trade and environment, trade in services and investment, trade facilitation, trade policy evaluation and trade-related technical assistance.
The online application form may be accessed on the WTO e-Recruitment website and should be done no later than 29 April 2021, said the WTO.
More information about these young professionals can be obtained here.
Nigerian renowned economist Ngozi Okonjo Iweala clinched the post of this director-general of this organization after defeating others at three rounds of screening, while her last rival and South Korean candidate to the post Yoo Myung-hee finally withdrew her candidacy on February 5, 2021, paving the way for the Nigerian-American Okonjo-Iweala to become the first female and African to lead the institution.
Okonjo-Iweala assumed office as the WTO director-general on March 1, 2021.
President Muhammadu Buhari is not among the dignitaries on the Conference Centre of the State House, Abuja, the venue of the book launch of Aisha, his wife.
The book, “Aisha Buhari, Being Different”, was authored by the Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Administration and Ladies Affairs, Dr. Hajo Sani.
The Edo government, hosts of the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin, will shut down the 13-day event by 12 noon Thursday, an official said late Wednesday.
Musa Ebomhiana, Project Manager with the Media and Communications Sub-Committee of the festival’s Local Organising Committee (LOC), said the decision was necessitated by President Muhammadu Buhari regime’s refusal to fulfil a promise.
He said the federal government failed to support the state with funds as promised, and the state government had no choice other than to shut down the festival.
This decision was taken after an emergency meeting of the festival’s LOC headed by Edo Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu.
“You can quote me that we just finished from an emergency meeting of the LOC, and as I speak with you, we have decided to close down the festival by 12 noon tomorrow (Thursday).
“The decision was arrived at because the federal government has reneged on its promise to help the state with funds.
“Due to that, we’re closing the festival,” Mr Ebomhiana stated.
He, however, didn’t disclose how the LOC was going to close down the festival.
NAN could not get the reaction of the festival organisers, the Main Organising Committee (MOC), to this growth as at the time of this report.
It couldn’t additionally get the response of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports activities Improvement.
John Joshua-Akanji, an aide of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, instructed NAN to get across to the MOC’s Secretary, Peter Nelson, who couldn’t be reached.
Edo had solicited financial support from the federal government to play host to the other states and the FCT.
It had hinged its demand upon the inconveniences brought about by the festival’s several postponements, earlier billed for March 2020.
The postponements have been due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The rescheduled festival had commenced on April 2 to last until April 14, and if it shut down on Thursday, it would just be on its seventh day.
He congratulated the Omoba and the Itsekiri nation and prayed that Emiko’s reign will usher in rapid growth and prosperity to the Warri
Kingdom.
“I send my best wishes for his continued good health, renewed energy, joy, happiness, prosperity and for the welfare and wellbeing of the Itsekiri people.”
Tinubu additionally condoled with the people of Itsekiri over the passing of Ikenwoli, the 20th Olu of Warri Kingdom.
The former Lagos Governor stated Ikenwoli was a remarkable king who worked hard to achieve peace and unity.
“My deepest condolences to his Olori, members of the Ginuwa Ruling House and the entire Itsekiri nation”, he noted
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has said that Nigerian Citizens have the power to sack any government.
He described citizens as employers who can decide to fire their staff (government) when they are found wanting.
In a tweet on his official Twitter page on Thursday, the IPOB leader said it is time to “pay back”.
Recall that the IPOB members have several times been accused of launching an attack on Nigerian security agencies in the South East.
Former Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, ordered police officers to go after members of IPOB over the current assault on Imo State Police Headquarters and the correctional centre in Owerri, the state capital.
Gunmen had attacked the facilities on Monday, setting over 1,800 inmates free.
In his tweet, Nnamdi Kanu alleged that the federal government had killed its citizens enough, therefore, a need for revenge.
The tweet reads: “No government can defeat her citizens. The citizens are their employers. You can never be stronger than your employer. He/She has the right to sack you.
“#Nigeria Govt with British Neo-Colonialists have killed us enough. Time for citizens to pay them back in their coin. #UGM”.
The Federal Government has stated it will inaugurate visitation panels to its universities, polytechnics and colleges of education next week.
Education Minister Adamu Adamu is expected to perform the inauguration at the National Universities Commission (NUC) office in Abuja between April 12 and 13.
The panels to the polytechnics and colleges of education will be inaugurated first, while that of the universities and inter-university centres will follow the next day.
The Everlasting Secretary within the Federal Ministry of Training, Sonny Echono, introduced this in an advertorial.
Tito Idakula, the daughter of the former governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja, has revealed that she had two abortions in the past.
Idakula, who is married to singer Bez, stated she lived in shame and guilt for years over the choice she made.
Sharing on Twitter on Easter Day, Idakula stated regardless of deserving punishment for her sins, she was set free by Jesus Christ who took it all upon himself.
According to her, “I’ve had 2 abortions. I took the only options I thought have been available to me on the time.
“Even in this age of professional selection, I’m not personally pleased with the choices I made. And I lived in shame and guilt for years.
“It almost crippled me when I found myself fighting for the life of my daughter.
“I felt I deserve this punishment. Now I’m ready, and God is finally ready to get me back.
“However then I didn’t understand the salvation and righteousness that I’ve in Christ. That, in his death and resurrection, Jesus Christ destroyed my shame and gave me a new name, a new beginning and identity.
“Even within the midst of my ‘sin’ and deepest shame, God couldn’t have punished me as a result of that is what Christ took on when he chose that sacrifice.
“In the stripes and death, he took all my sin, and in his resurrection, he set me FREE.
“You begin to know that your works are just you walking in agreement with what God has already done.
“I’m here doing all that I do as a result of nothing holds me again. No guilt, no condemnation, no shame! Christ took it all.”
Zamfara State Governor, Muhammad Bello Matawalle has urged Nigerian youths to participate in politics, saying the country would collapse without their active involvement in politics.
Speaking in Kaduna after he was presented with the Icon of Youths and Students’ Development Award by the Northern Youth and students Forum, the governor stated, “It’s excessive time the youths participated in politics.”
“You haven’t any reason to hide. This nation is about to collapse and the only way out is for the youths to affix and save the nation,” he added.
Speaking through the Member Representing Gusau/Tsafe Federal Constituency, Hon Kabiru Ahmadu Mai Palace, Matawalle stated, “Once you call on the youths to participate, the first query they will ask you is ‘where will I get money?’ However, they must put it in their minds that they need to join and be active in political parties and take it up from there.”
Earlier, the National Secretary-General of the Northern Youth and Students’ Forum, Aliyu Ahmad said the forum comprised Nigerian youths and students from the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the Itsekiri nation on the announcement of a new Olu of Warri, as pronounced by the Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom.
The President, in a message issued on Tuesday by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, also condoled with the Itsekiri on the passage of the rapid past Olu, His Royal Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli, which was equally formally announced.
President Buhari prayed that the Olu-designate, Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko, can have a peaceful reign, signposted by a massive development of Itsekiri land.
He counselled love and reconciliation after a pulsating race for the throne, noting that peradventure any dissension exists, such ought to be resolved through due process.
As the Itsekiri nation mourns their departed Olu for three months, President Buhari prayed godly comfort for them, and an easy ascendancy for the incoming monarch.
A month after it launched in Nigeria, music streaming service, Spotify, has released information on its first 30 days in the nation.
The data, which covered the period between February 23 and March 22, 2021, showed the top streamed artists, songs, podcasts; most popular playlists and cities with the most streams on Spotify.
The first 30 days demonstrated how many Nigerian listeners love their home-grown artists. Four out of the top five most-streamed artists are from Nigeria. Topping the list are WizKid, Burna Boy, Davido and Rema.
Local hits are additionally resonating the most with Nigerian listeners. The most-streamed track in Nigeria over the past month is “Bounce” by Rema, followed by Wizkid and Burna Boy’s “Ginger” and Davido and Teni’s “For You.”
With a robust appetite for local sounds, it comes as no surprise that Hot Hits Naija is one of the top-streamed playlists among users.
Spotify’s Africa to the World playlist African Heat comes in second reflecting listeners’ keenness to discover music from all over the continent.
Podcast listening may be a relatively new trend in Nigeria, however, it’s fast gaining momentum amongst Nigerians. Within the final month, the most popular podcast on Spotify is “I Stated What I Said,” with “Kwality Kontent” coming in second.
TED Talks was got here in third, followed by “Articulate One” and “The News Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Version” in fourth and fifth place respectively.
The info additionally indicated that residents of
Lagos, Suleja, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Benin City account has the most Spotify streams in Nigeria.
Spotify entered the Nigerian market on February 23 with greater than 70 million songs, 2.2 million podcast titles, and over 4 billion playlists formally obtainable to Spotify listeners in Nigeria for free.
Spotify launched with tailored music experience for Africa with more than 100 expertly curated playlists across a few of the hottest genres in the continent.
The streaming service is out there in 178 markets and has over 345 million monthly active subscribers.
Tension rose in Onitsha, Anambra’s enterprise hub, on Tuesday as the army rolled in to take over parts of the city seeking perpetrators of criminal activities within the state.
Navy personnel were deployed to the town to arrest people believed to be involved in the recent kidnap and killing of security operatives and citizens within the state.
Governor Willie Obiano had on Sunday directed the security operatives within the state, youths, vigilantes and community leaders to rise up to the security challenges within the state.
Army officers had been sighted at Atani Road, Upper Iweka in Onitsha, and on Onitsha-Owerri Road – with roadblocks for possible stop-and-search operations.
Last week, rampaging gunmen attacked some police stations in the state, killing policemen and carting away arms and ammunition.
The gunmen had killed policemen in Neni, Anaocha Local Government Area at a checkpoint.
Weeks in the past, they killed four policemen in Nkpologwu in the Aguata local government area of the state.
The yet-to-be-identified gunmen additionally kidnapped and killed the president-general of the Omor community in the Ayamelum local government area and also killed jail officer in Ekwulobia, Aguata local government.
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The gunmen additionally killed naval personnel at an outpost in Awkuzu junction, in the Oyi Local Government Area of the state.
A trader in Onitsha confirmed the heavy army presence in Onitsha to report saying soldiers had cordoned off some roads in Onitsha.
“There is no movement around Enamel Junction, and also on Onitsha-Owerri yesterday evening because the troopers blocked everywhere. The shooting was much.
“I additionally got information from my driver that Atani and Obodo Ukwu roads were affected,” the source stated.
It was contacted the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenganya Tochukwu, on the military’s presence in Onitsha, he stated, “For now the command is not aware of the military’s presence in the state, particularly in Onitsha.”
He promised to get back to our reporter after confirmation from the Onitsha area Command however he was yet to do as at the time of filing this report.
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said there’s evidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 presidential election.
APC candidate for the presidential election and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Buhari defeated his closest challenger and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The opposition headed to the court after the polls and challenged the outcomes from the tribunal as much as the Supreme Court, however couldn’t upturn the victory of c.
Bala Mohammed, who was a guest on Politics Today, on Thursday, alleged that fraud on the part of either the electoral umpire or security operatives cost his party the election.
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The Governor said that Nigerians are not unaware of what happened during the last general elections, including that the PDP has learnt its lessons.
“The general impression throughout the party and within the nation is that we really won the election and that we misplaced to a lot of fraud, to a lot of manipulations that had been perpetrated by both the electoral umpire or by the security operatives.
“We don’t wish to be the whipping boys, we’ve got regarded inward to see what prevented us from winning the election. We have a whole lot of evidence, which we tendered however was not accepted.
“The difficulty now could be that we all know we’re all Nigerians. We all know the nook and cranny of Nigeria. We all know what occurred in 2019,” he stated.
