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Despite opposition by some people, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, signed the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. In a statement, Presidential aide Femi Adesina said President Buhari who is working from home assented to the Bill on Monday, August 16, in his determination to fulfil his constitutional duty. The Nigerian leader is complying with a mandatory five days quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on Friday, August 13. Mr Adesina in the statement said “the ceremonial part of the new legislation will be done on Wednesday, after the days of mandatory isolation would have…

Zambia opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema secured a stunning landslide victory over incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia’s presidential election, results showed on Monday. The electoral commission said Hichilema got 2,810,777 votes against Lungu’s 1,814,201, with all but one of the 156 constituencies counted. “I therefore declare that the said Hichilema to be president of Zambia,” electoral commission chairman, Esau Chulu, said in a packed results centre in the capital Lusaka. That would make the third time that power has shifted peacefully from a ruling party to the opposition since the southern African country’s independence from Britain in 1964. Across Zambia, celebrations…

Popular Nollywood actor, Okon Lagos, has described the reactions of BBNaija housemates during the live eviction shows as ”Premium fakenes.” In a post shared on his Instagram page, Okon said the same housemates who nominated themselves would express joy when the nominated housemate is saved or act sad whenever the nominated housemate is evicted. ”This BBNaija Enh…e funny o. Na dem go nominate you for eviction, Na dem go still run come hug and show you ”love” and express ”happiness” if you are saved or ”grief” if you are evicted! Hahaha world people,” Okon wrote.

Two of the housemates in the 2021 Big Brother Naija ‘Shine Ya Eye’ reality TV show were evicted on Sunday. The two housemates – Princess and Arinola- were evicted during the live show on Sunday handled by the host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. Last Sunday, three were evicted while four new ones were admitted into the reality show. Housemates who were up for eviction this week were Emmanuel, Arin, Princess, Saskay, Nini, and Tega but viewers have the ability to keep those they want in the show based on the number of votes. However, when the votes were unveiled on Sunday, Princess…

Heung-Min Son fired Tottenham to a 1-0 victory against the defending champions, Manchester City on Saturday to begin the campaign for premier league trophy on a bright note. City lack the bite they possessed that made them a terror to clubs last season, as the homers took advantage of a shaky side to deliver the goods. Steven Bergwijn had teed up Heung-Min Son on 57 minutes on the edge of the box and he fired the ball into the bottom left corner. As usual, City kept possession by 66 percent and had 18 attempts on goal with two shots on goal and 11…

Some Nigerian pastors have torn the reputation of Pastor Chris Okotie, like a piece of cloth, into shreds over his tantrums and tirades on Prophet Temitope B. Joshua. A few weeks ago, Prophet Joshua had died after conducting a church service at his church, several pastors had portrayed the deceased in a bad light. Okotie had in a 75-minute video shared a cryptic post on his Facebook page in which he referenced a certain ‘’wizard of Endor” who assumed the title of ”Emmanuel.” He remarked that the wizard who assumed the title of Emmanuel had been consumed by divine indignation.…

Fear has gripped residents of Afghanistan as its embattled president, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners, undeservedly fled the country Sunday to avoid unpleasant encounter with the rampaging Taliban insurgents. The shocked flight happened as Afghan officials and Taliban leaders were said to be negotiating on transfer of power, thus signaling the end of a 20-year Western rule aimed at remaking Afghanistan. The Taliban, who for hours had been on the outskirts of Kabul, announced soon after they would move further into a city gripped by panic where helicopters raced overhead throughout the day to evacuate personnel from the U.S.…

Worried by the grievances of striking doctors in Nigeria, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), wants President Muhammadu Buhari to use the proposed N4.87 billion for WhatsApp monitoring to pay their allowances. SERAP noted that part of the funds should be used to improve public healthcare facilities for the sake of poor Nigerians. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2021 supplementary appropriation bill of N983 billion into law with N4.87 billion allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians. The Federal Government said the allocation was to increase the…

At least, 22 Fulani travellers massacred by unknown persons along Gada-Biyu – Rukuba Road in Jos, the Plateau state capital on Saturday, August 14 had been laid to rest. About 50 of the travellers were moving in a convoy of 5 hummer buses when they were attacked, leaving others with serious injuries. The assailants reportedly dragged the victims out of their vehicles which were trapped in a gridlock and then killed many of them using machetes, daggers, knives, stones and other dangerous weapons. According to reports, the victims are said to be Fulani mostly born and brought up in Ondo and Ekiti states…

A 24-year-old school dropout who wanted to build a helicopter has been killed after one of the blades of the helicopter prototype slashed his throat while he was testing it. Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim, a school dropout from Maharashtra’s Fulsawangi village in Mahagaon tehsil, India, had built the prototype of a single-seater helicopter by welding steel pipes. His passion was to do something extraordinary to bring fame to his village. So, he decided to build a chopper named “Munna Helicopter” because that was his nickname. His friend Sachin told Times of India, “Inspired by the character of Rancho in the film ‘3 Idiots”, Ismail…