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The 9th season of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show, on the theme: No Loose Guard, kicked off on Sunday. Straightnews reports that the show host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, in an unexpected twist, unveiled the housemates who were being introduced to the House in pairs. This is a departure from previous seasons where housemates entered the House as individuals. The new season which premiered on Sunday promises to deliver 10 weeks of thrilling entertainment and unexpected twists. The opening night was nothing short of spectacular, featuring an electrifying live show that introduced the audience to the housemates. This season’s unique…

Press Release The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over missing N100 billion dirty notes.   The lawsuit is “over the failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the over N100 billion ‘dirty and bad notes’ and ‘other large sum of cash awaiting examination’ which are kept in various branches of the CBN.” SERAP is also asking the court to “direct and compel the CBN to explain the whereabouts of the N7.2bn meant for the construction of the CBN Dutse branch building in 2010 and the…

Ifeanyi Ubah, Senator representing Anambra South district in the National Assembly, has joined eternal race. His death comes just a few days after the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu passed on. Senator Ubah was said to have departed Nigeria for the UK, two days ago. A close family source said he died in a UK hospital where he went for surgery. He would have been 53 on September 3. Ubah had defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) last year. You may read too Ohanaeze Ndigbo PG Prof Obiozor Bows to…

POrn and pool betting were the most visited website on mobile by Nigerians in June 2024, according to StatiSense, a global data and business intelligence platform, According to the report, Nigerian mobile users made more than 162 million visits to porn and betting websites in June 2024. The platform’s latest data shows a significant portion of Nigerians visited adult content and gambling sites. Two adult sites collectively received 80.18 million visits, ranking second and sixth respectively on the list. Also read INTERPOL Nabs 2 Nigerians For International Child Pornography Pope Francis Seeks Action Against Kids’ Exposure To Porn Sites Online …

By Agency Report More than 164,000 white women gathered online on Friday and raised nearly $2 million for American vice president and presidential hopeful, Kamala Harris. Dubbed ‘White Women: Answer the Call,’ the occasion became the largest Zoom meeting in history. The event, which rallied women across America to support Harris, featured notable personalities, among them pop star Pink and actress Connie Britton, who spoke passionately about Harris’s qualifications and the importance of supporting her campaign. This is Democrats have reportedly raised more than $250 million since Biden announced he was leaving the presidential race and endorsed Harris. You may…

By Social Media As fire for the nationwide protest is about to spark on August 1, a Nigerian has comically identified ‘sponsors’ of the protest. Shehu Mahdi, a public affairs commentator, listed 40 ‘‘sponsors’’ otherwise seen as triggers of the protest, though the President Bola Tinubu has warned the sponsors indeed Nigerians against embarking on the protest. Tinubu, however, admitted that he admitted that he had embarked on protest without destroying anything. In his X handle (formerly Twitter)on Friday, Mahdi mentioned the ‘sponsors’ to include Hunger, Inflation, Fuel pump price, Minimum wage, Power or no light, Bad roads, Budget padding,…

By Agency Report Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. That compares with a marginal two-point deficit Biden faced against Trump in last week’s poll before his Sunday exit from the race. The new poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted the nomination and Biden’s announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris. Harris, whose campaign says she has secured the…

By Press Release The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Wednesday, gave the newly inaugurated metering audit and advanced cargo declaration project teams four months to deliver the task. The teams were inaugurated on Wednesday following the recent approval for the implementation of two key projects by the Federal Executive Council. The projects are the Audit of Upstream Measurement Equipment and Facilities in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry and the Advance Cargo Declaration Solution. Members of the Measurement Equipment and Facilities Audit Team are Manuel Ibituroko – Deputy Director, Facilities Engineering & Optimisation; Mohammed Sirajo – Manager, Facilities Engineering;…

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who died on Thursday. The 82-year-old Iwuanyanwu died after a brief illness, according to a statement signed by his son, Jide Iwuanyanwu. Shortly after his death was announced, President Tinubu described the late Iwuanyanwu as an accomplished businessman and notable politician. “President Bola Tinubu extends his heartfelt commiserations to the family of Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who passed away on Thursday,” presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said in a statement. Also read: Ohanaeze Ndigbo Bombs Buhari, Accuses Him Of Patronising Corrupt Politicians He said Iwuanyanwu will always be remembered…

By Press Release Akwa Ibom Local Government Service Commission has disclaimed news story by a local tabloid, alleging that the commission was extorting money from staffers of the Unified Local Government Service in the state. The Crest Newspaper of Monday, July 22, 2024, published news story on pages one and two that the commission was collecting N4,000 from staffers of the service before releasing their 2023 promotion letters. The state Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, Mr. Monday Eyo, renounced this Monday, while addressing participants during a two-day 2024 Pre-Promotion Seminar organised by the Local Government Service Commission, at…