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Former Minister of Science and Technology, Sam Momah is dead at the age of 77.  Momah died on Wednesday, July 29, following complications from diabetes. Lifeline Care Assocaition who announced the death of the late Minister who was their grand patron, wrote;  “We regret to announce the passing of our Grand Patron, Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Sam Momah (RTD.) – the father to our Founder, Dr. Nkem Momah. His passing occurred yesterday.  “His many contributions and unflinching commitment to the growth of our Charity and service to the nation at large will forever be cherished. “We kindly request your prayers for his peaceful repose and consolation to the family at this time. May God grant his gentle soul eternal rest by His side. Amen!”

Crystal Palace and Ivorian winger, Wilfried Zaha, has said black footballers are becoming scared to use social media because of the alarming cases of racist abuse. Earlier this month, the Ivory Coast international was sent sickening racist messages, which resulted in a 12-year-old boy being arrested in connection with the incident.  Speaking in a new interview with CNN, the 27-year-old revealed he has created a platform to help fight off racist abuse, but says blacks footballers don't fancy being on social media anymore. He also went on to disclose that he's no longer on Twitter because of sickening abuse from racists.  Zaha said:  "I've had racial abuse all my life but it's a thing where for right now, I've got a platform where I feel like if I can make a change, I'll try."  "For black footballers for instance, being on Instagram is not even fun anymore. You're not enjoying your profile because every time I'm scare...

A woman who was chained to a pillar for 18 hours by her husband has been rescued in Ebonyi State. Mrs. Ngozi Chukwuani was chained by husband Uche Chukwuani to a pillar inside their home at No 1 Ike street in Abakaliki. Afterward, Uche fled with the key to the padlock. It was revealed that the couple's daughter attempted to save her mother from her father's beating but the father hit his daughter’s head with the same chain he used to restrain his wife. Mrs. Chukwuani was later rescued by men of the Ekeaba Police division. Breaking the woman free took great efforts because the key was not available. They had to employ a welder to cut through the chains to free her. The incident happened on Monday, July 27. Mr. Saint Nchekwube Anakor, Special Assistant (SA) to the State Governor on Security and Utility, Capital City, disclosed the incident to Journalists in Abakaliki. He said the victim was chained for 18 hour...

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has slammed the Nigerian Army stationed in Baga, a town in Kukawa local government of the state, after suspected Boko Haram members attacked his convoy on Wednesday, July 29. Governor Zulum had departed Maiduguri, the state capital on Monday afternoon July 27, for the northern part of the state in continuation of the food distribution programme which he started earlier in the month. On Wednesday, July 29, he was scheduled to visit Baga, a fishing town on the shores of the Lake Chad region which has been under the control of insurgents for many years until the military declared its liberation, insisting no Nigerian territory is under the control of Boko Haram. However, few kilometres to Baga, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members opened fire on his convoy. The Governor was forced to retreat as security operatives on escort duties repelled the attackers. A furious Governor Zulum confronted the Commanding O...

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has slammed the Nigerian Army stationed in Baga, a town in Kukawa local government of the state, after suspected Boko Haram members attacked his convoy on Wednesday, July 29. Governor Zulum had departed Maiduguri, the state capital on Monday afternoon July 27, for the northern part of the state in continuation of the food distribution programme which he started earlier in the month. On Wednesday, July 29, he was scheduled to visit Baga, a fishing town on the shores of the Lake Chad region which has been under the control of insurgents for many years until the military declared its liberation, insisting no Nigerian territory is under the control of Boko Haram. However, few kilometres to Baga, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members opened fire on his convoy. The Governor was forced to retreat as security operatives on escort duties repelled the attackers. A furious Governor Zulum confronted the Commanding Off...

A newly married military officer was shot dead by his colleague in Borno state following a misunderstanding. Lieutenant Babakaka Shehu Ngorgi of the 202 Battalion, who got married in December 2019, was talking to his wife Hauwa Alhaji Kolomi when one of his colleagues shot him from the back six times in Bama, Borno. After shooting him, the attacker was reportedly heard screaming, "I have achieved my aim." Attacker It is not yet clear why the soldier killed Lt Ngorgi, who is his senior in the army and on the battlefield.  Friends have gone on various social media platforms to mourn Ngorgi.

A wing tip accident was witnessed at the cargo area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Wednesday, July 29.  The accident occurred when a Middle East Airlines plane was coming to park on the apron while a Turkish Airlines aircraft was taxiing out. Passengers on the Turkish Airlines flight were made to disembark and it was further learned that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has been notified and would issue a statement on the incident.

Nigerian filmmaker, Tchidi Chikere took to Instagram to praise his nanny as he reunited with her. He also said he's adopted her as his mother.  Recounting some childhood memories his nanny relayed to him, the filmmaker said it made him emotional and also made him feel like his late mum came back alive.  Chikere wrote;  This woman here "carried" me when I was a baby. She was my Nanny. So we met!!! And she told me stories of how I would pee n poo on her as a baby. It was sooo emotional for me..felt like my late mum came back alive..When we parted I knew I d adopted a new mum. I ve seen what many nannies do to kids these days...I didn't go through any of that meaness in your hands. Just have to say, GOD BLESS YOU, AUNTY MAUREEN Will make sure you don't lack

Senator Ayo Fasanmi, leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group 'Afenifere' is dead at the age of 94.  The Afenifere leader died in Osogbo in the late hours of Wednesday, July 29, after a brief illness. The second republic senator's son, Afolabi who confirmed his death wrote in a statement released on Thursday, July 30;   “With gratitude to the Almighty God for a life well spent, we wish to announce the demise of our father, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, at the ripe age of 94 years.”

A widow who lost one of her children and got separated from the others, while being chased by bandits who attacked her village in southern Kaduna, has narrated the harrowing experience. Mama Hajaratu David, 45, lost her husband in 2018 and was left to raise her three children herself. Sadly, on Friday, July 10, 2020, bandits attacked her village and rendered her and her kids homeless. She and her three children were sleeping in Chibwob, their village under Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf LG Area of Kaduna State, when she woke up to the sounds of gunshots around 12 midnight. She realized then that the village was under attack. While running, she got separated from her two older kids but held on to the youngest. Unfortunately, she had to cross a river to get to safety and her youngest child drowned in the river. Narrating the ordeal, she said: "We were sleeping around 12 midnight when we heard gunshots. We initially thought it was our local vi...

Family and friends have gone on various social media platforms to ask for help in finding a young man who has been missing for days now. Onuchukwu Chukwuemeka Maxwell, 32, reportedly closed from work last weekend and was dropped off by his boss around Mile 2. He never made it home and he hasn't been seen since then. Below are pleas posted by loved ones who need help in finding him.

The Zimbabwean government has signed an agreement with the country’s dispossessed commercial white farmers to compensate them with US$3.5 billion after their land was seized under Robert Mugabe's regime.  Over 20 years ago, Robert Mugabe forcibly took more than 4,000 farms from the country's 4,500 white large-scale commercial farmers. He justified the land grabs as a payback to correct historical wrongs, claiming they were forcibly taken from the nation's blacks. Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mthuli Ncube officially signed the compensation agreement with former commercial farmers on Wednesday, July 29. 'In the agreement, we have given ourselves 12 months to run around the world, around Zimbabwe to think of ways of raising this funding,' Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said at the signing ceremony in Harare. 'We are determined that we achieve that. It's also about pledges not necessarily about cash being put on the tab...

A human rights activist, Prince Wiro, has charged the Rivers State Police Command to investigate and prosecute its operatives accused of arresting and raping a widow over alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols. The 32-year-old widow alleged that policemen attached to the Sakpenwa Police Division, Tai Local Government Area, arrested her on Tuesday, July 28, for not wearing a face mask, then took her to a guest house where one of them raped her at gunpoint. She narrated: "I was returning from Bori to Port Harcourt when I met some police officers at a checkpoint. They arrested me for not wearing nose mask. They kept me long there with them. "Thereafter they carried me from one place to the other, claiming they want to take me to the police station but never took me to any police station. "After some time, they took me to a guest house where one of them raped me till dawn. His name is Inspector Peter Iba of Sakpenwa Police Station." Reacting to the de...

The convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state was attacked by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Baga, a town in the state, on Wednesday, July 29. According to reports, the Governor had gone to visit some Internally Displaced Person camps when his convoy was attacked. “The governor went to Kukawa, and on his way to Baga, his convoy was attacked. Nobody was injured,” a resident said It is yet to be determined if the gunmen were Boko Haram members. One of the governor’s aides, Mohammed Mai Bukar, wrote on Facebook that the governor and every member of his entourage are fine. “To Our Concerned citizens H.E Prof.Zulum and His Entourage are all fine and there was (were) no casualties. Thanks!” his post read This is the second known attack on the convoy of Governor Zulum within a year. While returning from a trip to Bama local government area last year, his convoy was attacked at Konduga in the state.

Senator Ali Ndume, the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Army, has kicked against the reintegration of ex-Boko Haram fighters into the society.  The Nigerian Military last week, released 601 repentant Boko Haram terrorists into the community after they completed the Deradicalization, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration program organized by the Operation Safe Corridor of the Military. In an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday, July 29, Ndume who represents Borno South Senatorial District, said the rehabilitation exercise is unacceptable by his people. According to him, the sect members will never repent from their wicked ways. Kicking against the program, Ndume said “This government’s programme is unacceptable to our people. The right thing is to stop it, forthwith. Not that they even apologised to you, they apologized to the government with the thinking that government has failed and that is why they are being pampered,” he said. They are like Kharajite...

Four policemen escorting a bullion van from Enugu State to Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, have been confirmed dead following gunmen attack on Wednesday, July 29.  The incident occurred at Ezzamgbo Junction in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state and it was gathered that the robbers first attacked the escort van conveying the policemen.  Four of the police officers were reportedly killed, while two sustained varying degrees of injury. Ebonyi state's commissioner of Police, Phillip Maku who confirmed the incident said the robbers trailed the bullion van from Enugu but were not able to gain access to it as its driver quickly drove out of the area.  Maku said;  “They damaged one of the tires of the bullion van, but the driver was able to escape with the van. They could not give a chase, as the driver drove towards the military checkpoint ahead." The police boss further disclosed that a manhunt has been launched to ar...

Gbadebo Richard, a 300-level student of the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan reportedly died on Tuesday, July 28 in an industrial accident.  According to Sahara Reporters, the student who was on a night shift fell into one of the machines at the Oluyole factory of Henkel Nigeria Limited, producers of WAW detergent and soap. His colleagues were reportedly not aware of the accident until they saw blood on one end of the machine.  A source said told the publication;  “His family members were not informed by the company until an unknown number called them. So they mobilised to the company and blocked the road, about 30 police officers were called in to prevent disturbance.  "An ambulance later came and Richard’s father was allowed into the building. He later went with the body, packed in a plastic bag in the ambulance to the morgue at Teju Hospital without any of the staff of the factory." A broa...

Dr. Dre has responded to his estranged wife Nicole Young's divorce filing, revealing the couple has a prenuptial agreement and this could prevent her from getting half of his $800million fortune. Last month, Young, 50, filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences and seeking spousal support and division of their property, which is worth around $60million. But she failed to mention that they have a prenuptial agreement in her filing.  According to TMZ, the Hip-pop mogul, 55, filed his response in court on Wednesday, July 29, agreeing to pay spousal support, but said the division of assets should be determined by their prenuptial agreement. His paperwork also noted the date of separation as March 27, shortly after the coronavirus lockdown Dre is being represented by famous celebrity divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser, who filed on his behalf.  While Young, who is a lawyer herself, is being represented by celebrity attorney, Samantha Spector.  The rapper, w...

Malik B, an American rapper and founding member of The Roots, has died at the age of 47.  The hip-pop group announced the death of the Philadelphia-born MC in a social media post last night. ' It is with heavy hearts and tearful eyes that we regretfully inform you of the passing of our beloved brother and long time Roots member Malik Abdul Basit. May he be remembered for his devotion to Islam, His loving brotherhood and his innovation as one of the most gifted MCs of all time. We ask that you please respect his family and extended family in our time of mourning such a great loss. '  His cause of death wasn't revealed. Malik B, whose real name is Malik Abdul Basit was a major contributor to his group, which includes Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson and Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter. He appeared on four albums before departing the group in 1999 to start a solo career.

Elder statesman and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark has hit back at President Buhari's nephew, Mamman Daura over his comment on zoning.  Recall that Daura had said that competence should be prioritised in political offices rather than zoning.  Clark however fired back at Buhari's nephew over the comment while appearing on an interview on AIT. He stated that Daura shouldn't have a say in matters such as zoning because he doesn't have much experience in politics. The elder statesman added that any move to reject zoning will jeopardise Nigeria's unity. He said;  “I’m not surprised at the principle statement by Mamman Daura. He has no political background; he hasn’t held any office in this country; he doesn’t belong to any political party, so he has not got any political experience.  “The main fact that he is permanently a resident in Aso Rock as adviser to his uncle is not enough for him to make irresponsib...

A mentally unstable woman and her 6-year-old son who roam the streets at Amaoka Junction, Nnewi, were taken off the streets on Wednesday, July 29, but the woman didn't give in without a fight. The Anambra State's Ministry of Women and Children Affairs rescued the mother and her son following series of posts made by concerned citizens on social media, pleading for the government to intervene on behalf of the woman and her two children roaming aimlessly along Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi. When the social welfare department of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs arrived, they found the woman with one child and she put up a fight when they tried to take her. She was eventually taken, along with her son and they were given a haircut and cleaned up. When the mentally unstable woman was questioned, she said she is a native of Ichi Nnewi, Nnewi North LGA. The Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue said ...

Family mealtime can be fun and exciting. But what about starting this right with Bama Mayonnaise on your favorite bread! These special family moments, definitely need a mouth-watering condiment to complement the food. The all-time favorite Bama mayonnaise adored by all ages is perfect for every family’s dining table. That is why it has come back to you with a bang! For real, Bama Mayonnaise has unleashed a new packaging design with quality stamp – Yes! The supreme quality and premium taste of Bama is literally only a spread away! From the famous culinary product manufacturers, GBfoods, it’s back tastier, it’s back creamier, it’s back with a bang and its Bama Mayonnaise! Everyone knows that GBfoods continues to satisfy the consumers’ growing appetite whilst creating the opportunity for communities to become a part of Bama’s heritage in Nigeria. Still staying true to its distinct colors, brand characters and label art, Bama’s new packaging design featuring a quality stamp furthe...

38-year-old Football star, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has set a new record after helping his team, AC Milan defeat Sampdoria on Wednesday, July 29 scoring his 50th goal for the club.  Zlatan who has played for Manchester United, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Inter, Juventus, and AC Milan during a career that has spanned two decades, has scored eight goals during his second spell at the club. On Wednesday night, he scored in just the 4th minute of the clash with Sampdoria, making it his 50th league strike as an AC Milan player. He scored 42 in 61 games during his first stint at the club back in 2010-11 and 2011-12 and has now scored 8 goals this season. During his time as an Inter Milan player, Zlatan scored 57 goals for the club, making him the first player to score over 100 goals for both clubs. Zlatan's total goals scored in club and international football now stands at 552 in 934 matches, among still active players, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi h...

Actress Juliana Olayode a.k.a Toyo Baby has described lesbianism as a bad and unlawful act that shouldn't happen as she recounted how a lesbian recently tried to woo her.  Sharing her experience in a video she shared, the actress said she gave the lesbian her number at an event. However after a few calls, the lesbian came clean on wanting to date her.  Olayode who stated that lesbianism is now a rampant act averred that all she knows is heterosexual relationships as homosexuality is bad and unlawful.  Here is the video below; 

Bill Gates, the former CEO and founder of Microsoft believes Coronavirus tests are a 'complete waste.' According to the Billionaire, the amount of time it takes for test results to come back means they don't achieve the purpose for which they were carried out, which is timely isolation of the patient before the spread of the disease begins. According to Bill Gates, whose foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment and vaccine research for Covid-19, people need to get results back sooner so that they're able to "change their behavior so they're not infecting other people." "The simplest thing, which has to do with such insanity, is you should not reimburse somebody for getting a test that it takes more than 48 hours to get the result back," Gates said in an interview with CNBC. "That test is a complete waste. And to all these numbers about how much we test, the m...

Lucy and Tochi had a heated argument earlier today over the cleaning of the Big Brother Naija house.  The argument ensued after Lucy directed Tochi to go outside and clean as there are many people cleaning the interior of the house.  Tochi who fired back at Lucy for singling him out insisted that he will only move out when others are cleaning the exterior part of the house.  Lucy was however quick to remind him that she is the Head of House and also read the rule book to him.  Here is the video below;