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Winner of the 2021 Big Brother Naija, Hazel Oyeze Onoduenyi, popularly known as White Money, has said one of his colleagues in the ‘Shine Ya Eye’ house, Queen, blocked him on social media in November after the show ended. While featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Rubbin’ Minds‘, White Money said Queen blocked him after several attempts to reach him failed. White Money and Queen’s closeness had made many believe they were in a relationship while in the ‘Shine Ya Eye’ house. He said, “I have not seen Queen for a long time because she blocked me. I think it was a mistake and she didn’t know. That day, I was about to board a flight and she dropped a message. That particular line, I took off my profile picture…you know when you block someone, you won’t see their profile picture. “We spoke a day before the incident. I think she had issue with someone from my fanbase…they were exchanging words. So, it appears she was trying to reach out to me to call that person to order. “While s...

Former US President Donald Trump has said he might run for the office of President again in 2024, the Guardian reports. He promised that he would pardon some of those charged for their part in the assault on the US Capitol last year if he was reelected in the 2024 presidential vote. Trump disclosed this at a rally on Saturday night in Conroe, Texas. “If I run, and if I win we will treat those people from January 6th fairly. We will treat them fairly. And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly,” Trump said. Hundreds of Trump supporters invaded the US legislature in Washington on January 6 last year in an effort to block certification of President Joe Biden’s November 2020 election victory. Reports revealed that more than 700 people have been arrested as part of the investigation into the riot that left five people dead and the country thrown into confusion. That list grows by the day as the sprawling investigation churns ...

Dokubo, has again tackled the Indigenous People of Biafra and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Asari-Dokubo faulted IPOB for saying he was behind the reported extradition of its leader from Kenya. Both Asari-Dokubo and Kanu have been at the forefront of the struggle for the actualisation of Biafra.  The pair started on a relatively good note but along the line they turned into enemies despite pushing for the same course. Amid the ensuing face-off, some prominent figures formerly loyal to Kanu have switched camp for Dokubo's Biafra Customary Government . For instance, Kanu’s former deputy, Uche Mefor, is now BCG’s Head of Information and Communication. In October 2020, Asari-Dokubo claimed that the IPOB leader had derailed the Biafran struggle. He claimed with Kanu there’s no hope for Biafra, stressing that he was not representing the interest of other tribes under Biafra. In one of their landmark altercations, Asari-Dokubo in June 2020 challenged Kanu to swear if he had not bee...

Colombian international winger Luis Diaz signed for Premier League side Liverpool on Sunday from Portuguese side FC Porto, which will place further doubt on the future of their Egyptian star Mohamed Salah. The 25-year-old Diaz signed a contract till 2027 for a reported fee of £37.5 million ($50 million), with a further £12.5 million in potential bonuses. There is no resolution in sight to protracted talks over a contract extension for Salah, who is presently away at the Africa Cup of Nations. “Liverpool Football Club have completed the signing of Luis Diaz from FC Porto, subject to the successful granting of a work permit and international clearance,” Liverpool said in a statement on their website. “He joins Liverpool after two-and-a-half seasons with FC Porto, where he made 125 appearances and scored 41 goals.” Diaz was rumoured to be Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s primary target for the summer transfer window, but growing interest in the player, most notably from Totten...

Reno Omokri tasked youths to engage in NFTs than relying on Yahoo schemes to make money. As part of his efforts in eradicating poverty in the country; Reno had itemized numerous ways in which people will be financially free. Among them, is the "NFTs" which he repeatedly talking about; urging the Youths to participate in acquiring the skill. Reno stated this on his verified Twitter handle @Renoomokri. His words; "Google NFTs. You will be shocked at the sheer number of teenagers making money from NFTs. And you have not yet got sense? You are still doing Yahoo. Hushpupi, Abba Kyari and Obinwanne Okeke are not enough wazobia examples? Do you want to join them, or join NFTs? "

The Latest at the Australian Open on Sunday (all times local): 1:15 a.m. (Monday) Rafael Nadal got to 21 first. The 35-year-old Spaniard has broken the men’s record for most Grand Slam singles titles but he had to do it the hard way by coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in an Australian Open final that lasted 5 hours and 24 minutes. He was broken when serving for the championship at 5-4 in the fifth set but made no mistake the next time. It was the second longest Australian Open final after Novak Djokovic beat Nadal in five sets in 5 hours and 53 minutes in 2012. Nadal now has one more than Roger Federer and Djokovic, his long-time rivals in the so-called Big Three. With the 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 win that started Sunday night and was delayed for a while in the second set when a protester jumped onto the court, Nadal also becomes just the fourth man in history to win all four of the sport’s major titles at least twice. Midnight Rafael Nadal has rall...

A university in Michigan said Friday it erroneously notified students that they would receive top tuition awards, just days after another school in the state said its prospective students were mistakenly told they had won full-ride scholarships. Oakland University, north of Detroit in Rochester Hills, said in a statement that due to human error its undergraduate student application system sent email notifications to some admitted students that they were entitled to receive the school’s Platinum Presidential Scholar Award. The school said about 5,500 students received the erroneous notification. Those students have qualified for other levels of scholarship awards, according to the school, which learned of the error on Jan. 4. The award is Oakland University’s highest, but the students who received the notification don’t meet eligibility requirements for the award. The email was intended for students who had already been sent notice of their Presidential Scholar award through an official...

The National leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has again jetted out of the country to seek medical attention abroad. This comes barely three weeks after he informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his ambition to contest the position of president in 2023. Tinubu also paid visits to some Northern states including Niger and Katsina to sell his ambition. He also recently met with former Head of State and annuller of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, General Ibrahim Babangida, over his plans to be President of Nigeria. According to sources, Tinubu left the country after admitting to having a stressful time touring states for his "lifelong presidential ambition". His destination was, however, not disclosed. He had recently returned from the United Kingdom after a three-month medical trip where he claimed he went to meet his physicians for physiotherapy. On Thursday, Tinubu was absent at the inauguration of the working committees of a new mov...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to continue with its planned nationwide rally on Thursday, despite the announcement by the Nigerian government that it would no longer remove the fuel subsidy for now. NLC Deputy President, Joe Ajaero, confirmed this during an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday. He explained that the rally was aimed at sensitising Nigerians. “NLC is still standing on its position. The Federal Government didn’t say they have abolished it, they are postponing the evil day. “What we are doing is sensitisation of Nigerians on this fuel subsidy removal or so-called increase in the pump price of petroleum products,” he said. The labour leader further explained the reasons for the sensitisation, claiming that the fuel subsidy removal was about inflicting more suffering on Nigerians. “The NLC is sensitising Nigerians that this is not sustainable; that the idea of fuel subsidy is a hoax which they are using to inflict pains on Nigerians. “So, our...

The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, passed the harmonised version of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The harmonised version is the final agreed version between the Senate and House of Representatives, on the amendment to Clause 84 of the bill. The direct, indirect, and consensus primary modes of nominating candidates by political parties for elections have been included. Last week, there had been a controversy after the two chambers approved different versions of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. While the Senate offered the re-amended bill for direct, indirect primaries or consensus as the procedure for the nomination of candidates by political parties for various elective positions, the House only provided direct and indirect mode. But speaking on Tuesday, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who presided over the plenary, stated that both chambers have agreed to give a clear and sufficient definition for each mode of primaries, and how they would be conducted. He explai...

Australian politicians are facing calls to boycott WeChat after Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared to be blocked from using the Chinese social media platform. As first reported by NewsCorp, Mr Morrison’s account had been taken over and rebranded, drawing accusations of foreign interference. WeChat has become an increasingly important campaign tool for Australian politicians to connect with Chinese speaking community members. But independent researcher Alex Joske said the risks posed by the social media platform meant WeChat should no longer be relied on given the national security concerns. “Politicians in especially electorates with large Chinese speaking communities have started to view WeChat as an indispensable part of their campaigning,” he told SBS News. “[But] political parties and the government shouldn’t be letting the serious risk of political interference and surveillance through WeChat continue.”  It's understood requests by the prime minister's offi...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari before an ECOWAS Court over “secrecy in the spending of loans so far obtained, the unsustainable level of borrowing by the government and the 36 states, and the crippling debt burden". Last week, SERAP lawyers, Kolawole Oluwadare and Opeyemi Owolabi filed a suit before ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja, in which the organisation sought, “An order directing and compelling the Federal Government to issue an immediate moratorium on borrowing by itself, and the 36 states, in conformity with the country’s international human rights obligations.” SERAP is also seeking, “An order directing and compelling the Federal Government to publish details of spending of the loans obtained by governments since 1999 including the list of projects and locations of any such projects on which these loans have been spent.” The organisation maintained that, “Persistent ...

The Borno State Police Command has arrested a 13-year-old boy identified as Abdullahi Sanusi for the alleged murder of a 19-year-old man named Mohammed Abdullahi over refusal to pay for sugarcane.  The police said the victim on Wednesday forcefully took the suspect’s sugarcane without payment and when the former asked for money, Abdullahi started beating him. The suspect then used the knife, which he was using to cut sugarcane to stab the neck of the victim. Borno State Commissioner of Police on Friday said the victim died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. “On the same date (19/01/2022) at about 1700hrs, one Abdullahi Sanusi, 13, of the same address used a sharp knife, which he was using to cut sugarcane and stabbed one Mohammed Abdullahi, 19, on his neck at Mallawan in Gidan Dambe area,” the commissioner said. “As a result, the victim sustained serious injury. He was rushed to UMTH for treatment but later died on the same date. “The deceased alleged tha...

Not less than three persons have lost their lives while 30 others were abducted by gun-wielding terrorists, who laid a siege on a market in Manigi District, Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, on Thursday.   It was learnt that the bandits came with motorcycles, invaded the village’s market at about 3:00am on Thursday.  A source said, “The market opens on Friday and people from other villages often pass the night there on the eve of the market day.”  Other sources added that the three people that died were killed in their sleep, and that the perpetrators robbed some of the people they met in the market.    Seven shops were looted and 30 people abducted, they also said.   The families of kidnapped persons in Manigi Village are expecting calls from bandits for ransom negotiation, and that half of the 30 villagers earlier kidnapped in Gwaji Village, in the Mashegu Local Government Area of the state, have been freed after meeting ransom con...

The proprietor of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary School, Kawana, Kano, Abdulmalik Tanko has narrated how he used a N100 rat poison to kill his school kid, a five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar.  Tanko masterminded the abduction of Hanfia, while on her way from Islamiyya School in December and subsequently killed. Tanko had earlier confessed that he killed the girl because she could recognise him. According to him, the abductor first took her to his wife, but the wife rejected to keep her. “I now took her to Tudunwada area. I laced her tea with rat poison,” he added.  Meanwhile, there was a mild drama at the headquarters of the Kano State Police Command when Fatima Maina, mother of a slain five-year-old pupil, Hanfia Abubakar, charged at the proprietor who was arrested in connection with the death of the students. Both the parents of the deceased child and the suspects were at the Kano police command headquarters on Friday. The parents of the child were the ones who first...

United States veteran singer and actor, Meat Loaf, has died at the age of 74. This was announced in a statement on his official Facebook page in the very early hours Friday, where his family revealed that he was surrounded by his family during his death. The statement read, “Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight surrounded by his wife Deborah, daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends. “His amazing career spanned 6 decades that saw him sell over 100 Million albums worldwide and star in over 65 movies, including “Fight Club”, “Focus”, “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Wayne’s World.” “Bat Out of Hell remains one of the top 10 selling albums of all time. We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man. “We thank you for your understanding of our need for privacy at this time. From his heart...

China is limiting the torch relay for the Winter Olympics to only three days amid coronavirus worries, organizers said Friday. The flame will be displayed only in enclosed venues that are deemed “safe and controllable,” according to officials. No public transit routes would be disturbed and normal life would continue for the 20 million residents of the capital, where a handful of new COVID-19 cases have been recorded over recent days. Beijing’s deputy sports director, Yang Haibin, said safety was the “top priority,” with the pandemic, venue preparations and the possibility of forest fires in Beijing’s cold, dry climate all factored in. The relay will run from Feb. 2-4, taking in the three competition areas of downtown Beijing, the suburb of Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou in the neighboring province of Hebei. The Games have already been impacted on a scale similar to that experienced by Tokyo during last year’s Summer Olympics. China says only selected spectators will be allowed t...

—The Taliban stormed an apartment in Kabul, smashing the door in and arresting a woman rights activist and her three sisters, an eyewitness said Thursday. A Taliban statement appeared to blame the incident on a recent women’s protest, saying insulting Afghan values will no longer be tolerated. The activist, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani, was among about 25 women who took part in an anti-Taliban protest on Sunday against the compulsory Islamic headscarf, or hijab, for women. A person from the neighborhood who witnessed the arrest said about 10 armed men, claiming to be from the Taliban intelligence department, carried out the raid on Wednesday night. Shortly before she and her sisters were taken away, footage of Paryani was posted on social media, showing her frightened and breathless and screaming for help, saying the Taliban were banging on her door. “Help please, the Taliban have come to our home . . . only my sisters are home,” she is heard saying in the footage. There are othe...

Long-haul carrier Emirates said Thursday it will resume its Boeing 777 flights to the U.S. after halting its use of the aircraft there over concerns new 5G services in America could interfere with airplane technology that measures altitude. International carriers that rely heavily on the wide-body Boeing 777, and other Boeing aircraft, canceled early flights or switched to different planes Wednesday following warnings from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Chicago-based plane maker over possible interference with radio altimeters. The FAA gave approval late Wednesday for more types of planes to land in low visibility near 5G signals, including the Boeing 777. Among the most-affected airlines by the FAA decision was Dubai-based Emirates, a crucial East-West travel airline which flies only the 777 and the double-decker Airbus A380. Emirates said its Boeing 777 service to Chicago, Dallas Fort Worth, Miami, Newark, Orlando and Seattle would resume Friday. Flights to B...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by former president Donald Trump to block the release to a congressional committee of documents related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Citing executive privilege, Trump had sought to prevent the records held by the National Archives from being given to the panel investigating the assault on Congress by his supporters. Trump, who has been accused of fomenting the Capitol assault, had asked the nation’s highest court to stay a ruling by a federal appeals court, which rejected his efforts to keep the documents secret. But the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 vote, refused to issue a stay and upheld the lower court’s ruling, in a significant setback for the former president. Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, was the only justice in favor of issuing a stay. The other five conservative justices on the court — three of whom were appointed by Trump — joined the three liberals in denying the request.  The leaders of the Ho...

Major international airlines canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they’re using Wednesday, the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that new 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology. Carriers took widely different approaches to the brewing crisis affecting international travel, from Middle Eastern airline Emirates drastically reducing its U.S.-bound flights to Air France saying it would fly as normal. It wasn’t immediately clear why the airlines made those decisions — or whether they took into account that mobile carriers AT&T and Verizon agreed this week to pause the rollout of the new high-speed wireless service near key airports. U.S. officials had said that even with the concession, there could be some cancellations and delays because of limitations of equipment on certain planes. Some airlines said Wednesday they received warnings from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration or Boeing that the plane maker’s 7...

For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government website and order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. But the White House push may do little to ease the omicron surge, and experts say Washington will have to do a lot more to fix the country’s long-troubled testing system. The website, COVIDTests.gov, allows people to order four at-home tests per household, regardless of citizenship status, and have them delivered by mail. But the tests won’t arrive for seven to 12 days, after omicron cases are expected to peak in many parts of the country. The White House also announced Wednesday that it will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free at  pharmacies and community health centers. Both initiatives represent the kind of mass government investments long seen in parts of Europe and Asia, but delayed in the U.S.

 Actress Tiffany Haddish poses at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala at the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum on Sept. 25, 2021 in Los Angeles. Haddish was arrested Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, and charged with driving under the influence, authorities said.   The actor and comedian was detained after Peachtree City Police got a call about 2:30 a.m. regarding a driver asleep at the wheel on a highway, Assistant Police Chief Matt Myers said in a news release.   An officer saw a vehicle matching the caller’s description and stopped Haddish as she pulled into the yard of a residence, Myers said. Haddish later posted $1,666 bond and was released from the Fayette County Jail, Myers said. He did not release any information about a possible court date. A spokesman for Haddish did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Haddish was the breakout star of the smash comedy “Girls Trip” and has starred in such movies as “The Kitchen,” “Nigh...

President Muhammadu Buhari has planned to embark on a two-day state visit to Kaduna State next Thursday and Friday, January 20 and 21. This was contained in press statement issued by the Kaduna State Government on Saturday. According to the statement, Buhari is expected during the visit, to inaugurate some of the infrastructural projects executed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The statement reads, “Malam Nasir El-rufai will host President Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna, Kafanchan, and Zaria on 20 and 21 January 2022 for the commissioning of some projects of the Kaduna State Urban Renewal Programme.” President Buhari had visited Ogun State last Thursday, the 13th of January, to inaugurate some of the infrastructural projects completed by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The projects executed by the governor included 527 units low and medium Kobape Housing Scheme in Abeokuta and the 83 duplexes at Kings Court Estate at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. The other project was the Ijebu-Ode /Mojoda-Epe expre...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has shortlisted 5,000 out of the nearly 1.5million job applicants. The development comes two years after the corps began the process to recruit Nigerians into to the service. The Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, He said accreditation and documentation would begin on January 31, 2022. Audi said, “We are here to brief Nigerians on the outcome of the recruitment process we started in 2019.  Actually, the recruitment exercise started in 2019 and when the portal was opened, a total of 1,477,042 applicants filed for this vacancy.  “Out of this figure, the board requested for an update of applicants’ information in March 2020 and out of which 217,000 responded. “Then in December 2020, 53,116 out of the 217,000 applicants were the numbers that were obtained as a result of the updated records of information.  These numbers were invited to si...

Some gunmen on Wednesday abducted Hajiya Zainab, mother of Isyaku Ali-Danja, a member representing Gezawa Constituency in the Kano State House of Assembly. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the residence of the lawmaker’s mother in Gezawa town around 1:00am, broke the door and abducted her. The lawmaker confirmed the abduction to journalists on Wednesday in Kano, saying that the abductors were yet to establish communication with the family. He said after her refusal, they forcefully broke the door to her room and abducted her. The lawmaker added that immediately after the attackers left the house, one of the old woman’s caregivers raised the alarm and police were immediately alerted. Ali-Danja is former Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly and currently represents Gezawa Local Government Area in the state's House of Assembly.

Top music executive, Don Jazzy, has said that men should “go learn how to toast” women. The Mavin Records boss stated this on his verified Instagram handle, where he said that a lot of women have all the money men normally use as tools to get their attention. Don Jazzy, whose real name is Michael Collins Ajereh, has been a butt of jokes and memes about his bachelorhood. He had also reportedly informed his fans through a throwback post that he had once being divorced when he was much younger, and that he is now taking his time. Don Jazzy became a popular brand when he teamed up with D’banj to form the MoHit records. He worked with Wande Coal, Dr Sid, Tiwa Savage and Ice Prince to bring to the music scene new pop flavours. After the disolution he formed Mavin records and became a social media influencer. Mavin records has also brought to the fore an array of international stars, Rema, Ayra Starr, Crayon, Ladipoe, Jonny Drille and others.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it arrested a comedian, Sunday Martins, because drugs were found at his house.  Martins, a Nigerian skit maker better known as De General, was arrested by NDLEA operatives at his house in Lagos on Wednesday. A video, which went viral on Wednesday, showed officials assaulting a comedian in a viral video. In the clip, the victim appeared to be challenging the NDLEA officials for invading his house while also filming the incident. But one of the officials had asked him to stop the video, claiming the comedian had no right to film them. The man, however, insisted on filming the incident, a development which made the  NDLEA officials to attack the man. Spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the comedian was arrested for drug-related issues. “He (Martins) was arrested because drugs were found in his house. A detailed statement will be issued shortly.”

One Auwalu Abdulrashid has allegedly killed a 13-year-,old girl and buried her in a shallow grave in Kano State. Abdulrashid has reportedly confessed to killing and burying the victim after kidnapping her. Spokesperson for the state police command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. Kiyawa said the suspect kidnapped the girl and took her to an uncompleted building where he strangled her, cut her throat and buried her remains in a shallow grave. He said, "Qfter killing the victim, he reached out to her family and demanded a N1million ransom. “On the 21/06/2021 at about 1000hrs, a report was received from a resident of Tofa Town, Tofa LGA, Kano State that his daughter, Zuwaira, ‘f’, 13 years old, was kidnapped and a ransom of N1million was demanded and later settled at N400,000. “While negotiating for the ransom, the body of the victim was discovered in an uncompleted building, slaughtered and buried in a shallow grave. “On receipt of t...

The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court for conspiring with the Department of State Services to put its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in solitary confinement. The group reiterated that Kanu had not been convicted and as such should not be tortured with the solitary cell as “stipulated under Section 2 of the Anti-torture Act of 2017, which offence attracts 25 years imprisonment upon conviction.” According to the group, Nyako has the judicial power to prevail upon the secret police to stop violating Kanu’s human rights but had decided to turn a blind eye. IPOB, however, warned that both Nyako and the DSS will have themselves to blame if Kanu died in the custody of the secret police, stressing that his health was in critical condition. In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, on Wednesday, IPOB said, "We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra ably led by our great and indefatigable leader M...