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Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Innocent Idibia fondly known as 2baba, has threatened to slam a N1 billion defamation suit on his colleague if he fails to apologise to him. About three days ago, Brymo, in a long Twitter thread alleged that 2baba accused him of sleeping with his wife, and alleged that 2baba sent thugs to beat him up.  While the Implication singer has kept mum about the allegation, he has sent his lawyers to Brymo instructing the singer to either apologise on all his social media accounts within the next 48 hours or he will be slammed with a N1billion…

Nigerians have berated Nigerian Army for arresting veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetala Agu on allegation of identifying with Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. Agu was arrested by the Nigerian Army at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra State for putting on Biafra regalia to solicit support for IPOB, and was reportedly taken to 82 Division Enugu. Actor Ugezu Ugezu has condemned the arrest of veteran actor and claimed that Nigerian authorities are senselessly pushing people to the wall with their so glaring double standard in the application of rule of justice. Reacting to the viral video, the actor wrote ”The authorities in Nigeria are so…

Fear of epidemic has gripped Usung Atiat, an agrarian community in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State following the desecration and public disposal of the remains of one of their kinsmen. The corpse of one Aniefiok Daniel Bassey was said to have been exhumed on the orders of the village council Chairman, Chief Aniedu Thompson Okon, on allegation that the deceased failed to pay the fine imposed on him for the offence he committed while alive. It was gathered, the late Bassey, 61, allegedly committed a crime against the community before his death, forcing the traditional authorities of…

The National Executive Committee of Peoples Democratic Party has approved the recommendation of its committee to zone national chairmanship to the North. The NEC took the decision at its meeting held at PDP Headquarters in Abuja Thursday, October 7. Based on the decision, all positions in the party currently occupied by people from the South will go to the North and those occupied by people from the North will go to the South. The PDP NEC also confirmed that the party’s national convention will hold on October 30 and 31. Reacting, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was also present at the…

Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel prize in Literature after Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian won the prize in 1986. He was given the award for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.” Gurnah, who grew up on one of the islands of Zanzibar and arrived in England as a refugee in the 1960s, has published 10 novels as well as a number of short stories. Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel committee, said that the Tanzanian writer’s novels, from his debut…

The Chief Justice of the Federation is earning paltry monthly salary, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok Luke, has said. Luke stated this on Wednesday, October 6, while moving a motion on the floor of the House said Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad earns N279,497 monthly salary, emphasising the need to increase the earnings of the judicial officers. The representative of Etinan/Nsit Ubium/Nsit Ibom Federal Constituency stated that low salaries paid to judicial officers can make them vulnerable to corruption. The former speaker of Akwa Ibom house of Assembly added that the President of the Court of Appeals…

Anambra State government has deplored threats by the Federal government to declare a state of emergency in the state. The Commissioner of Information in Anambra State, Don Adinuba, opined that it is outrageous for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to say a State of Emergency might be declared in Anambra to ensure that the November 6 governorship election in the state takes place. According to the commissioner, “Anambra has not experienced the level of killings recorded in Kaduna, Borno, Zamfara and the other Northern states where rampaging bandits have murdered hundreds of innocent…

Google plans to invest $1 billion in Africa in five years for fast and cheaper internet and will back startups for the continent’s digital transformation. This is also as it revealed plans to land another submarine broadband cable which will run across Nigeria to other five African countries and connect them to Europe, Google said on Wednesday. The investment money which will be spread over five years is to support Africa’s digital transformation. The investment focuses on enabling fast, affordable internet access for more Africans; building helpful products; supporting entrepreneurship and small businesses; and helping nonprofits to improve lives across Africa.…

Two American scientists won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for the discovery of receptors in the skin that sense temperature and touch and could pave the way for new pain-killers. They are David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. This is as German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan equally won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing new tools for building molecules that have helped make new drugs and are more environmentally friendly. Julius and Patapoutian’s work, carried out independently, has helped show how humans convert the physical impact from heat or touch into nerve…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stopped Nigerians below 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). In a draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website, the NCC said the regulations were made in line with the powers conferred upon the commission by section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003. The announcement was made at a Public Inquiry on the Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, alongside the draft SIM Replacement Guidelines and the draft Spectrum Trading Guidelines at NCC’s head office in Abuja on Tuesday October 5. NCC’s Executive Commissioner Stakeholders’…