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The marriage between Nollywood actress, Annie and Innocent Idibia aka 2Face is facing turbulence. Annie had accused her music superstar husband of infidelity. This led the actress to have removed Idibia from her name, leaving only Annie Macaulay (her maiden name). But she has added her husband’s surname back to her Instagram bio. In a post shared on her Instagram page on Thursday, the actress alleged that 2Face was still romantically involved with one of his “baby mamas,” Pero Adeniyi. She wrote: “I am a patient woman. I am not an innocent fool. Your family never loved me from the…

Bishop David Oyedepo, President of Living Faith Church Worldwide, says any gang up against his church would crash within one hour. Reacting in a video making the rounds on social media, Oyedepo who is also and Founder of the church known also as Living Faith Church declared that “any gang up against this church crashes within one hour.” He claimed that the Fulani herdsmen are being sponsored to unleash mayhem on unsuspecting citizens of the country. Recall that unknown gunmen had during the weekend attacked a branch of his church in Kogi State and abducted at least three worshippers. It…

Nigerian Government has vowed to fish out contractors who collected billions of naira and abandoned more than 13,777 projects awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The jobs designed to make life more meaningful for the people of the Niger Delta region were awarded by those at the helms of affairs of NDDC. President Muhammadu Buhari also vowed in Abuja that fraudulent Nigerians involved in the misappropriation of N6 trillion pumped into the NDDC, would be made to cough it out. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami received the Forensic Audit Report carried out by…

As crisis is rocking All Progressives Congress, Court has sacked Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State as the APC Caretaker National Chairman. The court also sacked other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC. Delta State High Court in Asaba, Wednesday, September 1, restrained the Governor and the others from parading themselves as Chairman and members of the APC CECPC until the determination of a substantive suit before the court. Justice Onome Marshal Umukoro, who presided over the matter, also stopped the party’s scheduled LG Congress in Delta State slated for September 4,…

Ini Ekponta Akwa Ibom, Nigeria’s South-South state, has become a major epicentre of commercial tricycle operations following ban placed on commercial motorcyclists in many states in the country. The ubiquity of this mode of transport has made the Uyo city centre wear a new toga of the keke capital, as the aesthetic profile of the area appears defaced by the unruly characters who control the transport business on the metropolis. Former governor Godswill Akpabio, desirous of bringing sanity on the capital, had directed his then Deputy, Obong Nsima Ekere, to enforce total ban on motorcyclist operations on the capital. The…

The axiom that youths are the leaders of tomorrow may sound like a tinkling cymbal as long as they are not adequately prepared, or they are not ready, to harness their potentials to grab available opportunity now in a bid to controlling the future. So, the futuristic plan rests on the society, government and the individuals. Some societies particularly the advanced ones prepare their youths at a budding stage. Unfortunately, others mostly the African government leaders slumber and busy on the sidelines of life until the clock of adulthood ticks past the youths. Again, some youths forget that the right…

By Bassey Asuquo Uta Ewa Beach is a beautiful beach front located in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It is a site to behold any time, any day as far as tourism is concerned. The estuary is located within Latitude 4o32’ to 4o52’N and Longitude 7o25’ to 7o45’E and lies on the western bank of Eniong creek about 12 km from the mouth of Imo River. Characteristically, the area is typical of an estuarine tidal water zone with freshwater input from Imo River with extensive mangrove swamps and intertidal mud flats. The estuary is bounded by thick…

The Federal Executive Council has approved N79.6 billion for the dualization of Odukpani–Itu-Ikot Ekpene Road linking Cross River and the Akwa Ibom States. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola  told State House correspondents at the end of this week’s cabinet meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Fashola said: “The Ministry of Works and Housing presented a memorandum for the completion of the dualization of the Odukpani–Itu-Ikot Ekpene Road and this is in relation to the section from Oku Iboku power plant to Mbak and that is about 26 kilometers stretch. “Council approved the award for N79.649…

BBNaija season 6 housemate, Queen has warned Tega to be wary of two ex-Heads Of House, Boma and Pere. Queen issued the warning to married Tega while they were discussing the Truth or Dare game where Pere and Boma talked about Tega’s private parts. Queen went further to inquire why Tega refused to clear the air about Pere’s statement. Tega replied: “I don’t need to clear the air if nothing happened. Besides, I don’t care.” But Queen advised her to care about things like that because of her marriage outside the house. In another episode, Tega was seen sharing her…

The Federal Government says it has disbursed N56.8bn to one million Micro, Small and Medium Scale businesses under its MSMEs Survival Fund Scheme. The beneficiaries of the programme, according to the government, cut across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Katagum, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday while inaugurating the Guaranteed Off-Take Scheme, a component of the MSME Survival Fund Scheme. The MSME Survival Fund Scheme which was approved by the Federal Executive Council on July 1, 2020 falls under the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan. Katagum said over…