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New ‘bride’ of Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth have surfaced online after  divorcing his first wife, Straightnews reports. In the splashing photos, Basketmouth, a popular Nigerian comedian wearing designer’s suit, is seen cuddling Stella Yakpotuba, his new bride, wearing what is akin to white wedding gown. This came few hours after Basketmouth announced an end of a 12-year-old marriage to his wife, Elsie Okpocha via his social media handle on Thursday. Also read: Davido Wins 2017 AFRIMMA Basketmouth’s announcement came after he had celebrated Elsie’s 44th birthday anniversary in September, though he did not celebrate their annual wedding anniversary…

Senator Ita Enang has prayed Federal High Court, Abuja, to strike out Mr. Akanimo Udofia’s suit wanting Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept his name as the APC governorship candidate for Akwa Ibom in the 2023 general elections. Mr. Enang, a former Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, who was joined as 2nd defendant in the suit, told Justice Emeka Nwite that Udofia’s suit was frivolous and had no life any more after a judgement delivered in his favour by a sister court in Uyo. His oral application followed the failure of Udofia’s counsel, Umeh Kalu,…

Russian President, Vladmir Putin has warned that a new “Satan II” hypersonic missile would be ready for deployment soon. Putin, who vowed to provide his Russian troops with whatever they need to win the war in Ukraine, gave little away in terms of strategy as his invasion of the neighbouring country continues. The hypersonic Sarmat missile, dubbed Satan II, is likely to be added to the Kremlin’s artillery in the New Year. Also read: Russia’s ‘Satan 2’ nuclear missile can destroy the world, false It is thought each Satan II warhead can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads at five times the speed of…

Two brothers, Godwin and Wisdom Udoh, indigenes of Akwa Ibom, are to die by hanging for the murder of one Miss Oluchi Okorie, a staffer of Radio Nigeria, Unity FM, Abakaliki. A Degema High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, passed the judgement on the two, saying this was based on the confessional statements made by the defendants to the police. The presiding judge of the court, Justice Okogbule Gbasam said from the evidence presented to the court, it was clear that the defendants were the last persons with the deceased before her death. Also read: Man To Die By…

Suspected cultists Sunday night beheaded and escaped with the head of youth president of Inen Ikot Owok in Inen Clan, Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The cultists were said to have caught Hezekiah John Adaiden, dragged him to a corner in his compound, beat him into a coma and cut off his head leaving the headless body in the pool of his blood. An eyewitness who did not want his name mentioned said the incident occurred around 1 a.m. when a group of suspected cultists, known by the deceased, visited him and were entertained with drinks…

The Federal Republic of Germany Wednesday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Abuja, handed 22 Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian government. The artefacts, which had stayed outside Nigeria for 125 years, were looted from Benin by the British colonialists and over the years, had moved to different countries before arriving in Germany. The German Government delegation was led by Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany and Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture, Federal Republic of Germany. Read also: USA Returns 23 stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria   Speaking at the ceremony, Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has bowed by raising its weekly cash withdrawal limits set for individuals and Corporate Organisations to N500,000 and N5 million respectively. The earlier limits pegged individual cash withdrawal per week at N100,000; while Corporate organisations were limited to weekly withdrawals of N500,000. The directive on the weekly cash withdrawal limit is contained in a circular issued by the bank on Wednesday and signed by the director of banking supervision department, Haruna Mustafa. Read also: CBN Releases new Naira notes security features Straightnews gathered that the development is coming two weeks after the CBN reduced the weekly…

The former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu will celebrate Christmas and New Year in London Prison following failure by the Central Criminal Court, London, to grant him bail. The court which is also known as the Old Bailey in a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, gave its verdict denying the bail on grounds that Ekweremadu would flee the country. In the bail application, Ekweremadu’s lawyer had argued that the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Attorney-General of the Federal had written to the court that Ekweremadu was not a flight risk. Read also:  The lawyer further argued that…

Actor Yul Edochie, Wednesday, tendered a public apology to his first wife, May, over his decision to marry another wife and fellow actress, Judy Austin, saying ‘‘I take the blame for my actions.’’ Edochie unveiled Judy as his second wife in April 2022, when he revealed that they both had a son together. Eight months later, Yul decided to publicly apologise to his wife for his actions, as he stated that he meant no disrespect to her. Read also: Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, marriage to second wife sparks outrage He said he had apologised to his first wife, with whom…

US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday met at Oval Office for bilateral talks. This happened shortly after the arrival of Zelensky at the White House launching a dramatic visit to the US – his first trip outside his homeland since Russia invaded the country 300 days ago– to rally his top international partner behind sustained military and economic assistance. Zelensky arrived at the South Lawn just after 2 p.m. ET and was met by President Biden, who invited him to the White House earlier this month. Read also: White House hails Ukraine for recapturing Kherson from Russia After the two…