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The pressure for under 30 year olds to succeed these days is so strange and unnecessary, at 30 I was dead broke living at my Mum’s house – IrokoTv boss, Jason Njoku
Iroko TV boss, Jason Njoku, has described as unnecessary the desire for under 30-year-old Nigerians to be successful. Njoku in a tweet shared that at 30 he was dead broke and was still living in his mother’s house with no girlfriend or assets. ”The pressure for <30year olds to succeed these days is so strange. So unnecessary. At 30 I was dead broke living at my Mum’s house. No girlfriend & zero assets. “Just me my…
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Actress, Destiny Etiko involved in car accident
Nollywood actress, Destiny Etiko, on Wednesday, survived a car accident while returning from a colleague, Stanley Okoro’s burial. The actress shared the news via her Instagram account as she expressed gratitude to God for saving her life and the lives of other occupants of the vehicle. She revealed that she was with her colleague Kevin Ovo when the accident happened, adding that their car collided with a mass transit bus. ”Please you guys should help…
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Ortom inciting Farmers against herders, Christians against Muslims – Presidency
The presidency has accused Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom of using inciting languages The presidency stated that the governor is trying to boost his “sinking political fortunes” by stirring up hatred and targeting one ethnic group.Ortom had in a recent interview accused President Muhammadu Buhari of trying to turn the country into a cow republic. Ortom has never hesitated ro express his views about the failures of the current administration. He had in a recent…
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Nigeria wins first gold at Tokyo Paralympics
Latifat Tijani has won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympic Games. She won the gold on Thursday in women’s 45kg powerlifting. Tijani defeated China’s Zhe Cui to lift 107kg. Latifat Tijani was gold medalist at the Brazzaville 2015 Africa Games and silver medalist at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, who will also be in the women’s 45kg straight gold medal contest same day.
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Music is forbidden in Islam” Taliban leader says music will be banned in Afghanistan and women will need a male chaperone if they travel alone for three days
A Taliban leader has announced that music will be banned in Afghanistan and women will be required to travel with a male chaperone on trips that last several days. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said this in an interview with the NewYork times. He said while women will eventually be allowed to return to work and go on trips to school, and hospitals, they would need a male chaperone for trips that last several days. He…
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NDA attack: Those behind could be planning to embarrass Buhari – Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, has said that the recent attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), might be a ploy to embarrass his principal. Suspected bandits attacked the NDA facility in Kaduna early hours of Tuesday which saw the death of two officers and the abduction of one. Shehu, in an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday night, claimed that the incident might be politically-motivated in a way to embarrass Buhari’s administration, amid…
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EFCC presents ”We are sorry wine” to Italian after invading his hotel room in Ibadan & finding nothing
EFCC has presented an apology gift pack to Italian after allegedly invading his hotel room in Ibadan. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is said to have presented the package which contains champagne wine bottles and other souvenirs to him. This was disclosed by the white man’s lawyer, Akeem Fadun, in a Facebook post. The anti-graft agency made the gesture to the foreigner after allegedly invading his privacy and finding nothing incriminating to nail…
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Actor Alexx Ekubo & Model Fancy Acholonu unfollow each other and delete their joint IG account amid breakup rumours months before their wedding
Alexx Ekubo and his model fiancée, Fancy Acholonu have unfollowed each other on Instagram. The couple, who got engaged in May 2021, was set to wed in November 2021 but there have been speculations of a breakup after they stopped following each other and stopped posting about the upcoming wedding. They also deleted their joint Instagram account, @Falexxforever where they used to post about their love and details about their wedding.
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Army denies reports that personnel monitoring CCTV were asleep during NDA attack
The Defence Headquarters has denied claims that military personnel monitoring the closed-circuit television at the Nigerian Defence Academy were fast asleep when the attack on the facility happened. It also said a board of enquiry has been constituted to ascertain the incidents that led to the security breach. The DHQ disclosed this in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Benjamin Sawyerr. Recall the bandits on Tuesday attacked the NDA in Kaduna,…
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“Get Your PVCs,” MI Abaga laments over ordeal at Police Station
Popular Nigerian rapper, Jude Abaga, popularly known as MI, has taken to his Instagram page to share his recent ordeal at a Nigerian police station. M.I in his post shared how dilapidated he found the state of things at the police station. He said there is a lot of work to be done in this country. The rapper further urged Nigerians to go and get their Permanent Voters Card (PVCs). He wrote: “Spent two hours…
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Shade Ladipo slams Jim Iyke for beating up Uche Maduagwu
Controversial media personality, Shade Ladipo has expressed contempt over the video of Jim Iyke beating up Uche Maduagwu for trolling him on Instagram. Taking to her Instagram Stories, the media personality described Jim Iyke, as an ‘antique actor’ who does not have much to do. In her words: “I hope this thing of Jim tracking down a troll really is a stunt. All these antique actors that don’t have much to do are becoming problems.…
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Attack on NDA will buoy the determination to bring an end to criminality – President Buhari vows
President Buhari has vowed that the attack launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday, August 24, will not dampen the morale of the Armed Forces. He said it will rather buoy their determination to bring an end to criminality in the country. The President says the heinous action would accelerate the total uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the Armed Forces are solidly resolved to accomplish in…
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