BBNaija star, Omashola has shared with his fans lovely family photos with wife and son ahead of his wedding on December 23.
Sharing the photos, he wrote:
“When I finally find someone to spend the rest of my life with…
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23/12/23 ❤️💍💐”
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Nigerian singer, Peruzzi, has referred to iconic musician, Innocent Idibia, aka 2Baba, as his mentor.
Emphasizing on the ‘African Queen’ crooner’s influence on his talent, Peruzzi admitted to copying his lyrics and musical style “a lot.”
Peruzzi spoke in a recent episode of the Zero Conditions podcast on Pop Central.
He said, “2Baba is my daddy [mentor]. I copy from him a lot. If you listened to ‘Amaka’, you’d notice I copied his verse I just changed some things on it.
“Till now, I still copy from him. I have to say the truth.”
Peruzzi also stated during the show that he is a “special” artist because he is an all-rounder.
“I can do everything when it comes to music. You’ve met every artist, they know only some things, they don’t know everything. That’s why I am special,” he said.
The armed men who abducted 23 residents in Dei Dei town, Bwari Area of Abuja, have contacted the family of one of their victims, Ibrahim Oricha, to demand a ransom for his release.
Gunmen abducted the victims from their apartments within a single compound on Saturday night, December 9, 2023.
It was gathered that the kidnappers demanded a sum of N5m from Ibrahim’s family so they could release him from their den, otherwise, they would kill him.
The kidnappers have also contacted the families of other victims but the details are still sketchy at the time of filing this report.
Speaking with the Punch on Monday, December 18, a woman, Rashidat Oricha, who identified to be the victim’s sister, said they are orphans and have no support system to raise the ransom.
“At first, they requested N40m. I begged and told them that we had nothing and that we were orphans. So, they said we should bring N5m. My brother just concluded his National Youth Service Corps programme recently, so he is unemployed,” she said.
“I am stressed and tired. I do not know what to do. We are still soliciting funds and I have not got much, even though people have promised, we have not seen anything,”
The FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the abduction to the publication but avoided the question on the progress of investigation by the police command.
“In response to the concern of kidnapping incidents in the Federal Capital Territory, the FCT Police Command, while declaring an unwavering commitment to fortifying security measures, has deployed rigorous strategies to prevent any attempt at kidnapping before, during, and after the Yuletide seasons,” she said.
A video has captured the moment singer/songwriter, BNXN, fell off the stage while performing during his concert last night.
Recall that BNXN, formerly known as Buju, held his music concert on Monday night, December 18, 2023.
In the video making the rounds online, while music enthusiasts were experiencing the unique blend of his songs, BNXN suddenly lost grip and fell into the crowd.
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The Nigeria Police Force has reiterated that it is a criminal offence for motorists to cover their number plates without valid reasons.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement via his X handle on Friday.
He said it is mandatory to make registration numbers visible at all times.
Adejobi said, “It is a common thing to see many vehicle owners and drivers cover their number plates, for no reason, this is wrong and even criminal.
“You don’t cover your number plate for any reason. It is important and compulsory for all vehicles to be duly registered, so it’s compulsory to make reg. numbers visible at all times.”
According to him, there are exceptions for “pennant officers” and heads of the three arms of the government, executive, legislative, and judiciary, who use pennants or flags on their official cars.
Adejobi said, “The seal of their offices or ranks (for military or police) go with their numbers and pennants. Once its 6pm, the pennant must go down and their numbers covered, or when they are not in the car while the drivers move their cars.”
The police had severally placed a ban on the unauthorised use of unmarked vehicles and covered number plates across the country.
President Bola Tinubu has been accused of supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike in the crisis rocking Rivers state.
This is according to President of the Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba.
He said Tinubu has failed to call Wike to order.
Okaba stated that for the President to remain quiet while Wike was causing embarrassment in his state and the nation showed that he was supporting him, saying Wike had dared the Ijaw nation and that the Ijaw nation was angry.
This is as he said the Ijaw nation has suffered marginalisation for too long despite hosting oil resources and installations that sustain the country, saying the Ijaw nation and the people of the Niger Delta can longer guarantee the safety of the oil facilities in the region.
He stated this while speaking to newsmen shortly after arriving at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Friday when he led hundreds of Ijaws youths on a solidarity march to the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
According to him, “We are already angered that the government of President Bola Tinubu has marginalised Ijaw people. In Delta State, where three persons were picked for a federal appointment, none are from the Ijaw nation.’
“Meanwhile, the Ijaws are the most economically viable in that state. We are noting all of this. But for him to keep quiet and allow Wike to misbehave shows that there is some tacit support. And we shall not take that.
“As we speak, our people are so angered; our people are so frustrated to the extent that we can no longer guarantee if things continue in this way, the safety of the oil installations in Ijaw land and our region.”
He added, “And if you (President) take us for granted, continue. A day shall tell whether the Ijaw people are still those who will say a thing and make it come to pass.
“Since 1958, Nigeria has been surviving on the oil that comes from Ijaw land. Today, we are crying about marginalisation; we call it environmental degradation.
“The Ijaw nation is most affected when you talk of climate change and all that. But daily, we are treated as if we are not humans. This must stop.
“40 million Ijaw people are angered and aggrieved. And they are saying that a slap on Governor Fubara is a slap on the entire Ijaw nation.
“Any attempt to further close up or political space to remove Siminalayi Fubara from office is a call for fire.”
Atim Emmanuel, a 23-year-old 300-level student at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, has been arrested.
He was apprehended by the Bauchi State Police Command for alleged possession of a firearm.
Emmanuel was said to have been arrested on December 11, while coming out of the university campus.
A statement by the Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, said the suspect admitted during interrogation that he acquired the firearm from one Zadog, who leased it to him for two academic semesters at the cost of N120,000.
The statement made available to journalists on Friday further revealed that the suspect said he obtained the weapon for personal protection and security against potential criminal threats.
It partly reads, “CP Auwal Mohammed Musa psc, the Commissioner of Police Bauchi State has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for a discreet investigation to unravel more circumstances behind his motives for acquiring the firearm and to determine whether he has killed anyone with it after which he will be charged to court upon completion of discreet investigation.”
“Finally, the Command calls on parents, Guardians, and leaders wielding various degrees of influence to prevail on their children and wards to guide against being used as Cannon-fodders in disrupting the relative peace and tranquility enjoyed in the state.”
Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, the veteran Nigerian entertainer popularly known as Charly Boy, has narrated how he cheated death in 2023.
Charly Boy stated this in a post on his official Instagram page.
Recounting the near-death experience to his fans on Friday, the entertainer stated that he survived prostate cancer.
While appreciating God for being alive after battling the deadly illness, he noted that many have lost their lives to it.
Sharing the video of him after surgery, Charly Boy wrote: “Many things bin happen this year 2023. The good, the bad, and the ugly. But most importantly, I cheated death for something wey no suppose kill us but has killed many.
“I’m a prostate cancer survivor. God, I’m grateful. I know this year remains small but still, by His Grace, me and everybody reading dis, shall see 2024. Iseee!!”
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Reality star, Phyna has broken her silence after she was called out by a hair vendor.
The hair vendor had alleged that she borrowed a wig and refused to return it after the due date.
Reacting, the reality star lamented that blackmailers and clout chasers are always after her life.
She wrote:
“Every day different stories…….. Now it’s clout chasers and black mailers…….. y’all need to do better…….phhyna the air everybody in Nigeria dy breath…… make Una rest small for this whole nonsense. Even me I don tire”
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Nigerian singer, Habeeb Badmus, aka Portable has intensified his effort ahead of his fight with Nollywood actor, Charles Okocha.
In a recent video shared on his Instagram page, the singer was seen training with WBC continental champion, Abimbola Osundairo.
Portable revealed that he went to Osundairo for training in order to soundly defeat Okocha.
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