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BREAKING: General Abacha’s Ex-Chief Of General Staff, Oladipo Diya Is Dead

Lt. General Oladipo Diya, a former Nigerian Chief of General Staff under the late Head  of State, General Sani Abacha, has died.

His death was announced in a statement by his son, Prince Oyesinmilola Diya, on Sunday morning.

It read, “On behalf of the entire Diya family home and abroad; we announce the passing on to glory of our dear husband, father, grandfather, brother, Lt-General Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya (rtd) GCON, LLB, BL, PSC, FSS, mni.

“Our dear Daddy passed onto glory in the early hours of 26th March 2023. Please keep us in your prayers as we mourn his demise in this period. Further announcements will be made public in due course.”

The former Chief of General Staff was born on April 3, 1944 at Odogbolu in Ogun State.

Diya joined the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and fought during the Nigerian Civil War.

He was appointed Chief of General Staff in 1993 and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council in 1994. As Chief of the General Staff, he was second in command and the de facto vice president of Nigeria under Abacha from 1994.

Diya lost his wife, Folashade, in May of 2020.

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Election Violence: SERAP Tells INEC To Commence Investigation Or Face Legal Action

Nigerian civic group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a message to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The group told Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the INEC to immediately seek the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of electoral offences and other electoral violence, including bribery during the recently concluded general elections.

SERAP disclosed this in a letter on Saturday, signed by Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP deputy director.

The statement partly read, “Identifying, arresting, investigating and prosecuting those suspected of perpetrating electoral violence and other electoral offences during the 2023 general elections would act as a deterrent against electoral violence in future elections.

“We would be grateful if immediate steps are taken to implement the recommended measures within seven days of the receipt and publication of this letter. If we haven’t heard from you by then, SERAP shall consider appropriate legal actions to compel INEC to comply with our request in the public interest.”

Recall that the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections were conducted on February 25.

Also, the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections were held on March 18 across 28 states out of 36 states in Nigeria.

Sen. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won the Presidential election after defeating strong contenders, the PDP’s Atiktu Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi. Tinubu has already received his Certificate of Return from INEC.

Twenty-six (26) Governors-elect have been announced so far by the INEC and will be presented their Certificate of Return later this month.

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Why I’m Not Nice To Everyone — Skit Maker, Kiekie Opens Up

Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori, a content creator, aka Kiekie, has talked about her relationships with other people.

She said that she does not try to be nice to everyone, as not everybody will like one regardless of what one does.

Speaking during an interview on the Tea with Tay podcast, she said, “I don’t believe that things should be handed to me. I believe in owning it. I believe that I am enough. I don’ try to be unnecessarily nice or friendly with people. That is one reality many people are not really open to. No one likes everybody or everything. There are some foods that one does not like. So, why should everybody like one?

“I said to myself if I was not given a platform, I would create one myself. As of that time, I had started posting fashion content, and I had 20,000 followers on Instagram.”

Kiekie also noted that she was very mischievous as a child.

She said, “I am the last child. Being the last child comes with a lot of mischief. I was very mischievous as a child. And, that made me to get away with many things. I attended a girls only school, and I stayed in the hostel. Since I was very young, my parents had known that I was going to be a child of wonders. At no point did they try to stop me.”

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Stay Away From Hard Drugs Please – Boy Spyce Cautions Fan Over Davido Comparison

Ugbekile David Osemeke, the Nigerian fast-rising singer, who is professionally called Boy Spyce, slammed one of his fans.

The singer rebuked his fan for comparing and rating him with famous afrobeat musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido.

Davido had in a tweet thanked his followers for the massive support he received after dropping his new and long-awaited album, ‘TIMELESS’.

Commenting on Davido’s post, Spyce’s overzealous fan with Twitter username @Lonerszn30, said the Mavin act is now bigger than Omo Baba Olowo in the industry following his social media hiatus.

He wrote: “Boy Spyce is now bigger than you.”

On seeing the comment, Spyce insinuated that @Lonerszn30 was speaking under the influence of hard drugs and urged him to stop taking dangerous substances while emphasising that Davido is a mentor to him.

Spyce wrote: “Stay away from hard drugs please. Na my Idolo be that.”

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Lionel Messi reacts to Argentina training camp being renamed after him

PSG star, Lionel Messi, has been immortalized in his home country Argentina, as a training camp for the national football team has been renamed after him.

Head of the Argentine Football Association, Chiqui Tapia, made the announcement on Saturday, March 25.

He tweeted;

“We lived a historic day in our Casa de Ezeiza, which from today will be renamed Lionel Andrés Messi, in homage to the best player in the world. I want to thank all the managers, players and employees of @afa for having been with us, once again”

Shortly after the announcement was made, Messi took to Instagram to express his delight. He wrote;

“This recognition is one of the most beautiful I have ever received. A great honour, thank you very much.”

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Opposition parties are trying to truncate my inauguration – Tinubu

Tinubu has raised an alarm over alleged plots by opposition parties to truncate his transition process, coming up on the 29th of May, 2023.

Festus Keyamo, his spokesperson said in a statement on Saturday, March 25:

“We have watched with great concern the condemnable activities of some persons and groups who are desirous of truncating our democracy.

For reasons best known to them, these persons have remained embitt£red that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner of the 2023 General Elections.

Repeatedly, but unfortunately, these misguided individuals have called for either the cancellation of the results or that the President-elect should not be inaugurated on the 29th of May, 2023.

We wish to reiterate and emphasise that these positions are not in tandem with our constitutional provisions or our electoral laws. We would have taken these as mere wishful thinking, however, because of their implications for national security and public order, we have therefore considered it necessary, if not expedient, to call them to order.

We are aware of the intentions of those engaged in these treasonable and subversive acts. We also know those involved in the many plots being contrived to undermine the transition in particular and democracy in general.

They have done it in this country before and it threw the country into avoidable cri§es for many years and they want to do it again. They are bent on delegitimizing the new government.

Some have made treasonable insinuations and openly called for military take-over. It is for these reasons that they are de§perate to incite the people against the incoming Government.

It is perplexing to see that those contesting the results want to be in the courts and on the streets at the same time. However, if their intention is to truncate the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice-President-elect, they should immediately bury the thought.

It is gratifying to note that the President has set in motion steps for the actualisation of the swearing-in ceremonies.“

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“No DNA needed” — Carter Efe stirs reactions as he shows off his father

Famous content creator and comedian, Carter Efe, wows many as he shows off his father with whom he shares a spitting resemblance.

The skit maker took to his social media page to respond to his fans who have been questing for a long time to know what his father looked like.

Carter Efe, however, surprised his fans by unveiling the face of his dad in a short video. He caught many unaware as the duo share an uncanny resemblance with one another.

See some reactions that followed …

@iconic_remi; “Which of them is the father though”

@acusticocean; “The man vomit am 😂 Wahala dey o 😭😂”

@quincypetersjr; “His dad looks younger Abi na my eyes”

@TunjiJacob3; “Why is it that you look older than your dad? Is this also suppose to be a skit also?”

@notch_george; “Too much highness and unhealthy lifestyle na wetin make you old pass your papa, see as papa be like pikin younger brother.”

@Just___Obyno; “If to say una dey into music industry una for dey win Headies award back to back”

@teegrt; “Tell your dad to laugh small i wan check something”

@COJ_22; “See as una be like senior and junior brother 🤣🤣”

Watch the video below …

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#BBTitans: “I will always pick Yemi over Thabang” – Khosi speaks to Justin about her relationship

BBTitans housemate, Khosi is worried about how Thabang is handling their relationship and has said that he is not as smart as he thinks.

Last night, Khosi got upset about her relationship with Thabang. She confided in Justin and poured her heart out. During their chat, she shared that Thabang is the reason they are displaying their love publicly.

According to Thabang, he was tired of hiding his feelings for Khosi and their relationship. Suddenly, Thabang, who once said he had the situation handled starts to freak out, over the opinions of those on the outside.

Khosi, while in tears shared that this is the reason she would always pick Yemi over Thabang because Yemi sticks to his decisions.

She, however, adds that Thabang is smart, but not nearly enough.

Khosi said:

“Thabang is the reason we are displaying our love publicly.. he said he was tired of hiding what we feel for each other.
Suddenly he is now acting up because of what people will say outside.
Thabang acts like he’s smart, but he is not smart enough.
This is why I will always pick Yemi over him.
Yemi is a straightforward guy, and whenever he makes a decision, he always stick by it.”

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Boda Wasiu splashes millions of naira on new Mercedes Benz

Notable comedian and content creator, Boda Wasiu alias Callmewyzee, splashes millions of naira on a new Mercedes Benz SUV.

The comedian who is known for portraying a broke youth struggling through life takes to social media to show off the latest collection in his garage.

Taken to Instagram to flaunt his new whip to his almost half-a-million followers, Boda Wasiu gave gratitude to God for making the dream come through.

Sharing a series of photos, Callmewyzee captioned it, ‘Alhamdulilah’ (the Islamic way of expressing gratitude to God).

Fans and well-wishers showered the content creator with adorations while congratulating him for the newly acquired Mercedes Benz.

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FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Arrives Nigeria

The original FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy has arrived in Nigeria.

The trophy whish is to be competed for by 32 teams from across the globe from July 20 to August 20 arrived in Abuja on Saturday afternoon.

The trophy arrived in Nigeria after being taken to the three other African countries which will participate in the finals — Morocco, South Africa and Zambia.

Nigeria is the fourth leg of the 32-leg trip the trophy is undertaking before heading to Australia and New Zealand.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that both Australia and New Zealand are the joint hosts of the biggest FIFA Women’s World Cup in history.

The trophy will be on display at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja from 12 noon on Sunday, with a photo session planned for a number of invited guests.

Only four countries have ever won the trophy, namely the United States, Germany, Norway and Japan.

The US have won it on four occasions and Germany have lifted it twice, while Japan and Norway were champions once each.

This year’s finals will be staged in 10 venues across the two host countries in two different confederations — Asian Football Confederation and Oceania Football Federation.

It is the first time a FIFA World Cup championship will be staged across two confederations.

There are six venues in five different cities in Australia and four venues in New Zealand, with only Sydney in Australia having two venues.

These are the Sydney Football Stadium and the Stadium Australia, which is the venue for the Final match.

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