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Presidential Election: INEC Chairman Threatens Lawsuit After PDP’s Rigging Allegation

Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has threatened to go to court.

He said the allegation that he rigged the presidential election could lead to a lawsuit.

The electoral chief issued a reply to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after the leadership, on Friday, asked him to resign.

The opposition charged the police and the Department of State Services, DSS, to investigate the chairman over alleged manipulation of election results.

A statement by Yakubu’s Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi said the call was misplaced and challenged the PDP to prove its claims in court.

The spokesperson wondered why the party did not provide evidence to back up “the spurious allegations”.

Oyekanmi said the PDP also did not give evidence of how Yakubu sabotaged the uploading and transmission of results from polling units.

The aide maintained that the INEC “does not rig elections”, stressing that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, “has ensured the integrity of the electoral process”.

Oyekanmi remined the PDP that it rejected the outcome of the February 25 poll and should toe the path of honour by pursuing its case until judgment is delivered.

“Canvassing the same issues the party intends to plead in court on the pages of newspapers and calling for the resignation of the INEC Chairman is like putting the cart before the horse.

“The PDP is hereby reminded that making libelous allegations against the person of the INEC Chairman is actionable,” he added.

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Skales Opens Up On His Past Issues With Wizkid (Video)

Raoul John Njeg-Njeng, the famous Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Skales has talked about Wizkid.

He finally addressed his long-drawn-out beef with Afrobeats superstar, Wizkid.

Recall that in 2015, the two exchanged insults on the microblogging platform, Twitter.

It all began after one Twitter user inquired when Skales and Wizkid would release a single together during a question-and-answer session with fans and he replied that WizKid was too busy for him.

Skales explained in a recent interview with Echo Room that he had intended that as a joke but Wizkid had taken offense to it.

He disclosed that his friend had phoned to tell him that WizKid was insulting his father on Twitter as a result of what he had said.

According to Skales, the responses that came from his account at the time weren’t even from him, but rather from his girlfriend at the time.

He continued that he felt offended by the entire incident, but explained that WizKid might have been in a foul mood at the time.

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“Female artistes are not held to same standards as male” – Ayra Starr speaks

Popular songster, Ayra Starr has opined that female performers are not usually held to the same standards as their male colleagues.

The ‘Rush’ crooner made this known while speaking in a recent interview with Saturday Beats.

She remarked on how grateful she is for her senior female colleagues who have paved the way for budding female singer like herself, however, female and male performers are not treated equally.

Ayra Starr said:

“I am grateful to the women who came before me, who paved the way. Because of them, I am not dealing with so much. However, there is still that issue of female artistes being scrutinised more than their male colleagues. Female artistes are not held to the same standards as the males.”

She also spoke on her recently released hit single, “Sability” which has been getting glowing reviews from appreciative fans.

“Of course, I am excited. I wanted people to feel good and be happy while listening to the song. I am happy it’s doing that and even more. I wanted to put out a song that would make some people remember the times in their lives when they literally had no worries; and, that was how I arrived at ‘Sability’,” she said.

Reacting to those who do not fancy the song, Ayra Starr urged them to listen to the song with an open mind:

“They really just have to take the time to listen to the song well. It’s a happy song and I hope they are happy when they listen to it.”

She added: “I am never under pressure to release hit songs. I just want to make songs that make sense to me and my fans.”

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Love Fades Without Money – Actress, Charity Nnaji Says

Charity Nnaji, a popular Nigerian actress, has explained that her love for a man is influenced by money.

In an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “Money is my major priority. Even if I don’t love the person and he has money, I would start loving the person with time.

“However, if the person does not have money, I would start hating the person with time. The love will fade.”

On women who are described as beggarly because they depend on men to take care of their needs, she said, “I don’t understand why a man would just walk up to a lady like that. Does the man think the lady just woke up one day and became beautiful? Someone went out of his way to buy those things that made her look beautiful. If the man feels that he can get to her without contributing to her needs, how does that sound?

“Even the Bible says that God so loved the world and gave out His son. God did not receive but He gave. That means that if one loves another, that person must give. The only way to prove love is by giving. If someone says he loves me and he cannot give me money, that love is questionable.”

On if she can accept advances from a fan, she said, “The manner of approach is what I consider when it comes to advances from fans. If any fan introduces himself properly, I may choose to give him my contact (number). If I am not convinced, then there is no point. We can just exchange pleasantries and go our different ways.”

Recalling the weirdest thing she had done in a relationship, she said, “I once travelled from Abuja to Nasarawa State to visit my boyfriend who had an accident. I was 15 years old then and still in secondary school. His village was very far, and it was an adventure for me. It was the first time I saw some wild animals. However, I am grown now, and can’t do such again.”

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Wizkid takes delivery of new Rolls-Royce Cullinan

Renowned Afrobeats musician, Wizkid has splashed millions of naira to acquire a new Rolls-Royce.

The ‘Bad to Me’ crooner added a brand new sleek Black Badge Rolls-Royce Cullinan to his rapidly growing fleet of cars.

News of the new purchase was broken by the auto dealer, Mayfair, who shared images of the new car and congratulated him.

The car dealer also shared a film of the car’s journey from the dealership to Machala’s house.

Reports online have it that the new ride of Wizkid supposedly cost a whooping 620 million naira.

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“Selena Gomez is really sweet” – Rema shares experience with American singer (Video)

Popular singer, Divine Ikubor professionally known as, Rema has shared his experience with famous American singer, Selena Gomez.

Recall that Rema featured the talented singer on the remix of his hit single, ‘Calm Down’ as part of his 2022 music album, Rave & Roses.

In a recent interview on KISS FM, the singer shared his experience with the sonorous American songstress.

He verified the common assumption that the music diva has a sweet personality.

Rema revealed that he had felt anxious at first because he didn’t know how well they’d flow when they speak, but everything smoothed out and it felt like talking to his big sister.

The 22-year-old singer added that they had a lot of fun collaborating together; he spoke on getting her to eat Nigerian food, which she said she’d be willing to try.

Watch the video below:

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Prosecutors to go after Barcelona over payments to official of referees committee

Prosecutors have formally accused La Liga giant, Barcelona of corruption over alleged payments to a company that belonged to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former Vice President of Spain’s referees’ committee, for several years.

Prosecutors will now be pursuing a case against Barcelona after the official announcement on Friday, March 10.

This is coming weeks after it was reported that Barca paid Negreira and a company he owns 8.4m euros (£7.4m) between 2001 and 2018. While Barcelona had claimed they were only interested in referee scouting reports, their sporting integrity has also been called into question.

Former Presidents of the Spanish football club, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell are also targeted in the case.

The public prosecutor’s office said in a statement;

“FC Barcelona obtained and maintained a strictly confidential verbal agreement with Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira so that, in his capacity as vice-president of the technical arbitral committee (CTA) and in exchange for money, the latter carries out actions tending to benefit FC Barcelona in decisions by the referees.”

Despite the club’s stance, revelations that Negreira offered to “help with VAR” suggests that there could be more for prosecutors to investigate. If found guilty, Barcelona could face sporting sanctions.

Barcelona coach Xavi, who won eight La Liga titles with them as a player between 1998 and 2015, has said he had no knowledge of the payments and never had the feeling his team had any advantage.

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BREAKING: UPCOMING ARTIST BLACCMARLEY ARRESTED AFTER FAILING TO PAY LOANS UP TO $11,000

with his debut single of the year set to drop on the 1st of April 2023, recording artist Blacc Marley has allegedly been charged with the offenses of failing short to dept repayment.

The title of his acclaimed forthcoming single “CONTROVERSY” better describes everything the 20 year old Lagos recording artist is going through at the moment. One controversy highlighting another it’ll seem, he was said to be allegedly arrested in the early hours of Wednesday march the 13th, from the studio no
5 apartment on crescent cross estate, plot 1a, Hakeem Dickson link road by members of the Lagos state police department. He is yet to be heard from ever since then.

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I never dated Sandra – Yemi Cregx clears air

Big Brother Titans housemate Yemi Cregx has cleared the air on his alleged relationship with fellow housemate Sandra. 

Recall that when the reality show commenced, social media users observed the friction between Yemi Cregx and Sandra. It was clearly seen how Sandra had issues with Khosi, the Big Brother lover of Yemi because of the latter.

A few weeks into the show, some social media users dug out some old photos of Sandra and Yemi in a similar outfit which communicated that they had dated before meeting in the house. Sandra also revealed that she knew Yemi before they came into Big Brother’s house during a conversation with the other ladies.

Following his eviction, Yemi has been responding to some unanswered questions hovering around. Speaking on Naija FM, 102.7, Yemi debunked rumors that he has something intimate to do with Sandra. According to him, he and Sandra are friends and models of brands. He emphasized that they are closed friends but not a relationship as rumored.

“It wasn’t normal friendship. There was something attached to it. I won’t call it feelings but there was a bit of likeness…it was more than…”Yemi on what was between him and Sandra.

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