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My Romance With Venita Was Not Strategy – BBNaija Star, Adekunle Says

Adekunle Olopade, the Big Brother Naija All Stars finalist, has said his relationship with Venita Akpofure was not a strategy to get votes.

Speaking in a recent interview with Miracle OP, Adekunle said he was also a finalist in the ‘Level Up’ season last year despite not being in any relationship.

He said Venita’s intelligence was what attracted him to her.

“I don’t think the both of us navigated around ourselves as a way of strategy. Because if you noticed, we were always in the room. We kind of always took ourselves away from everything happening in the House. So, I don’t think at the back of my mind that would look like a strategy.

“We were just comfortable with ourselves. Because there was another madness going on in the House. We were like, no, this is not going to touch us,” he explained.

“Bless God that we found ourselves. But yeah, real life situations let’s see what happens as time goes on,” Adekunle added.

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Shettima Departs Abuja, To Represent Tinubu At China Forum

On Sunday, Kashim Shettima, the Vice President of Nigeria, departed Nigeria to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 3rd Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing, China, holding from Oct. 16 to 18.

Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.

Nkwocha said that Shettima would join world leaders from over 130 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America to deliberate on the theme, “High-quality Belt and Road Cooperation: Together for Common Development and Prosperity.”

According to him, the vice president is expected to avail Nigeria of the platform provided by the forum to woo investors for more developmental projects.

Nkwocha added that the Vice President would hold bilateral meetings with other world leaders to promote Nigeria’s trade and investment relations in line with the economic development agenda of the Tinubu administration.

”The 2023 edition of the BRI will mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) championed by the President of China, Xi Jinping, as an initiative for global infrastructure development strategy.

”Adopted and launched by the government of the People’s Republic of China in 2013.

”The initiative seeks international action to enhance cooperation and promote infrastructure investment in nearly 70 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe through land and maritime routes.”

He recalled that in 2018, former President, Muhammadu Buhari, on behalf of Nigeria, signed the Belt and Road cooperation agreement with China.

“Nigeria and other partner countries across the world are to benefit from the initiative in areas of infrastructure investments such as ports, skyscrapers, railroads, roads, bridges, airports, dams and coal-fired power stations.”

Nkwocha said that the delegation of the vice president to the forum includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; and the Minister of Transportation, Sa’idu Alkali.

Others are the Minister of Works, David Umahi; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite; the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, and the Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Michael Ohiani.

In a related development, Nkwocha said in pursuance of the food security and diversification policy of the Tinubu administration, the vice president will, from China, depart for the United States of America, USA.

”While in the US as the special guest, Shettima will deliver a keynote address at the African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Food Prize – facilitated Norman E.Borlaug International Dialogue slated to commence on October 24th, 2023.

”Also, he will join other African international leaders, Heads of State and Government who in the past have delivered keynote addresses at the Borlaug Dialogue.

”They include former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan; World Food Prize Laureates; Ghana President, John Kufuor, AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adeshina and former President Olusegun Obasanjo and others.”

The media aide also stated that Shettima was expected to highlight reforms being instituted in the Nigerian Agrifood sector by the Tinubu administration.

”The vice president will engage several stakeholders, partners and investors in opportunities for investments in Nigeria.

”Several meetings and engagements have been slated for the vice president who is expected to be back to the country after his commitments in the US.”

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Mohbad: Naira Marley, Prime Boy, Others To Appear Before Coroner October 25

 

The coroner’s inquiry investigating the circumstances surrounding the demise of the singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, widely known as Mohbad, has summoned the controversial artist Abdulazeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, as well as Owodunni Eletu, who goes by Sam Larry, and Owodunni Ibrahim, known as Primeboy. They are required to attend the inquiry on October 25, 2023.

At the inquest, Magistrate Sotobi Adedayo of the Candide Johnson Courthouse, Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Friday, October 13, 2023, instructed the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, to ensure the presence of Naira Marley, Sam Larry and Primeboy at the next adjourned date slated for October 25, 2023. Marley and Larry are currently being detained at Panti.

The magistrate also called for cooperation in the investigation for speedy and fast justice delivery on the death of the singer, while advising that interested parties should not encourage delay in order for MohBad’s remains to be finally laid to rest.

This was even as an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Muhammad Yusuf, an investigating police officer attached to the homicide section of the SCID, stated that in the course of their investigation, there was no evidence beyond reasonable doubt that Naira Marley assaulted Mohbad, nor was there any evidence that Sam Larry and Naira Marley were linked with Feyisayo Ogedengbe, the nurse who administered the injection to the deceased.

Mohbad died on Tuesday, September 12, and on Friday, October 6, after weeks of investigation, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, announced that the auxiliary nurse, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, who injected Mohbad; his friend and fellow artiste, Ibrahim Owoduni, aka Prime Boy; and another friend, Ayobami Sadiq, were the prime suspects in the singer’s death.

He added that the police quizzed 26 people, while five suspects had so far been identified, arrested, detained and interrogated on their alleged roles in the sequence of events that led to the singer’s death. According to him, Ogedengbe administered three different injections, which are believed to have occasioned the chain of reactions that directly resulted in the death of the singer

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Kizz Daniel Reacts To Claim Of Being Arrested In Ivory Coast For Allegedly Collecting Money And Refusing To Perform

 

Kizz Daniel, the popular Nigerian music star, has reacted to claims of being arrested in Ivory Coast for allegedly collecting money and refusing to perform.

The singer in a statement shared on his Instagram page stated that his agent signed a contract which had the clause “no money, no performance”.

He further revealed that he agreed to fly in and perform, in spite of an excuse of “bank transfer delay” and a promise of receiving his performance fee when he arrives the country.

Kizz Daniel also disclosed that he went ahead to perform despite not receiving his money, but had to stop after his team was attacked backstage. The singer also revealed that he was not arrested and has left the country.

Read the statement below…

 

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Peter Obi’s Appeal Is Lacking In Merit, Substance, Tinubu Tells Supreme Court

Nigeria’s President, Mr. Bola Tinubu, has said the appeal by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is lacking in merit, substance and good faith.

Tinubu who said Obi’s appeal which was based on allegations dismissed at the election petition tribunal, argued that the presidential election was peacefully conducted all over the country, and the results of elections were carefully and accurately recorded in the various forms of EC8As.

This was contained in a response by his lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, to the appeal filed by Obi challenging the decision of the tribunal.

He said, ”The entire petition was nothing but a jamboree of sorts, which was prosecuted more in the media than in the courtroom and the lower court, being a court of law and not of sentiments, dutifully threw away their petition after a painstaking consideration of same. 

if considered from every angle, is lacking in merit, substance, and good faith.

“Be it noted that, unlike previous election petitions over which this honourable court has presided (in time past) and made far-reaching pronouncements on diverse issues, including but not limited to ballot box snatching, vote buying, voters’ intimidation, interference by the military, thuggery, ballot stuffing, violence, disenfranchisement, non-recording of votes in form EC8A, which is the building block or the base of the pyramid, and such other electoral vices, this appeal arising from a dismissed petition, the main grouse of which is that, while the presidential election was peacefully conducted all over the country, and results of elections carefully and accurately recorded in the various form EC8As, some unidentified and unspecified results, even in the appellants’ brief were not uploaded electronically to the IREV portal. ”

He noted that Obi failed to prove his allegations of non-compliance and corrupt practices as required by law.

Tinubu said, “Instructively, however, the lower court, appreciating that it is not a court of final instance, proceeded to determine the petition on its merit, while itemising several monumental failures of the petitioners to provide any evidence in support of their much-touted case.

“While affirming the election and declaration of the 2nd respondent at the referenced presidential election, the lower court also found that the appellants did not prove any of their allegations on the requisite standards of proof. ”

In his reply on the 25 percent requirement in the FCT, Tinubu told the apex court that Obi was on a “fishing expedition”.

He said, “The other very remote contention is that the 2nd respondent did not score 25 percent of the votes recorded at the Federal Capital Territory.

“With much respect to the appellants, the petition is more of a fishing expedition; much more of evocation of thunder without dews. ”

Tinubu, however, said the tribunal judgment was in order, adding that, “It is against the well-considered judgment of the lower court that the appellants have brought this appeal.”

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Nigerian Police Arrest Suspected Trafficker, Rescue Newborns In Rivers

A suspected child trafficker identified as Peace Effiong, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command.

She was arrested with two newborn twins along the Rumuikini-Choba axis of the East-West Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.

The State Commissioner of Police, Emeke Nwonyi, disclosed this in Port Harcourt, on Friday, adding that the command’s anti-cultism unit intercepted a Toyota Sienna carrying occupants with suspicious behaviour in the area.

Nwonyi said, “Operatives of Anti-Cultism Unit conducted a vital operation on Thursday, 5th of October, 2023. While on intensive patrol along Rumuekini – Choba, East-West Road, Port Harcourt, they intercepted a Toyota Sienna carrying occupants with suspicious behavior.

“Upon conducting a search, we discovered twin babies, a male, and a female, both approximately two days old, in the company of one Peace Effiong. However, Effiong could not provide a satisfactory account of the babies’ origin. Her alleged husband, an unknown man, fled, abandoning one of the babies.

“Effiong confessed to being introduced by a friend in Lagos to procure these newborn babies in Port Harcourt for the sum of N2.8 million. We have initiated an investigation to apprehend other suspects involved.”

The CP added that five suspected armed robbers were nabbed along the D/Line axis of Port Harcourt when his men raided a criminal hideout, noting that the policemen on approaching the Aba Road end leading to D/Line intercepted the suspects while others fled, abandoning a revolver pistol with three loaded ammunition.

“On 12/10/2023 at about 2300hrs, Operatives of Olu-Obasanjo division raided a criminal hideout within D/Line, CFC bus stop axis.

“While approaching Aba Road intercepted five suspects while others took to their heels and abandoned one revolver pistol with three loaded ammunition. The suspects are undergoing interrogation, meanwhile, an investigation is ongoing,” he added.

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You’re A Wicked Person – Davido Blasts Samklef For Leaking Video Of His Newborn Twins

Davido, the world-famous afrobeat musician, has slammed popular singer and producer Samklef for allegedly leaking the video of his wife and their newborn twins on the internet.

Recall that the clip of Davido and Chioma with their twins leaving the United States hospital went viral on Friday.

Congratulating the family, singer Samklef also shared the video on his handle.

However, reacting to the trend, Davido, who hasn’t announced the birth, took to his Instagram page to berate Samklef, for allegedly leaking the clip.

He wrote: “Delete pls, ur a wicked person. U know u’re not meant to post this. Wtf. F*cking clout chaser.”

Responding to the accusation a few minutes later, Samklef clarified that he saw the video on X platform.

“Me and @Davido are kool. Davido initially believed I was the one who leaked the video after our DM conversation. However, I clarified that I obtained the video from the public domain on Twitter. Wishing blessings upon your home and family.”

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My Mental Health Is At Stake, I’m Going Through Hell – BBNaija’s Phyna Cries Out

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Ijeoma Josephine Otabor, the Big Brother Naija season 7 winner, who is popularly known as Phyna, has cried out over her mental health.

The reality star in a post on her Instagram page on Friday, disclosed that she is going through a challenging period.

In the post, she noted that the internal battles she is fighting are too big for her.

“I’m going through hell of shits. The internal battles I’m fighting are way bigger than me.

“Very honestly, for the very first time, my mental health is at stake.”

This is coming weeks after Phyna’s father in an interview accused her of abandoning him and other family members after she won the BBNaija show in 2022.

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Why I’ll Change My Phone Number – BBNaija All Stars Winner, Ilebaye

Ilebaye Odiniya, the Big Brother Naija All Stars winner, has revealed that she would change her mobile phone number due to her new status.

She said she doesn’t keep friends because of her experience with friendship betrayals.

The Kogi-born model, however, said she has people she talks to but haven’t had time to communicate with them since winning the reality show.

Speaking in a recent chat with media personality Hero Daniels, Ilebaye said, “Before going to the Big Brother House, I didn’t have friends. I just have people who I talk to.

“But I didn’t have someone I could call a friend. Because I have had a lot of people betray me in the past. So, I cut off friendship. But I’ve people I talk to.

“However, I haven’t really had time to chat with them since winning the show. I haven’t changed my number. I haven’t gotten in touch with anybody yet. Maybe when I’m done with my media rounds.”

Asked if she is going to change her number, the reality star said, “Yeah, I have to.”

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You Were Quick To Post Ifeanyi’s Death But Have Not Celebrated Davido And Chioma Over New Birth – Man Slams Eniola Badmus

A social media user has taken a swipe at Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus, whom he accused of failing to congratulate Afrobeats star, Davido on the birth of his twins.

Davido and his wife, Chioma, welcomed twins on Tuesday in the United States.

Following the revelation, the man criticised Eniola for not posting about the twins while being fast to report Ifeanyi’s passing last year.

He criticised the actor for being exclusively interested in negative news.

“Aunty Eniola Badmus, you were fast to break the news of Ifeanyi’s death but you haven’t posted anything about the twins Chioma and Davido gave birth to! Na only RIP and happy birthday be love”

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