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Ex-husband of popular Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has confirmed his marriage to another actress. Olakunle Oladunni Churchill, a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist and founder of Churchill Group and Churchill Foundation has confirmed marriage to Rosy Meurer. Recall Tonto once called out Rosy in an interview for allegedly sleeping with her ex-husband and being the main issue behind their split in the marriage. However, Rosy denied the accusations. Well, Churchill’s post to Rosy Meurer on her birthday today seems to prove Tonto right. In the beautiful birthday message he posted on his Instagram page, Olakunle Churchill referred to Rosy Meurer as…

Rapper Nicki Minaj is indifferent over the death of her father who died following a hit-and-run over the weekend. Robert Maraj, 64, was hit by a car that kept going in Mineola, Long Island at 6:15 p.m. ET on Friday night, according to a spokesperson for the Nassau County Police Department. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead on Saturday. “The investigation is ongoing,” police added. Nicki, 38, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and raised in the Queens borough of New York City. In 2010, the rapper described her father as violent towards her…

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases drastically dropped on February 14 marked as Valentine’s Day worldwide. From the table of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Nigeria’s new cases fell to 520. NCDC tweeted ”On the 14th of February 2021, 520 new confirmed infections and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. For the first time, Ondo State led 18 states including Federal Capital Territory with 120 cases followed by Borno (41), Ebonyi (37), Benue (33), Plateau (30), FCT (29), Nasarawa (25), Ogun (25), Edo (24), Osun (24). Others were Katsina (22), Kaduna (21), Niger (20), Kwara (14), Ekiti (13), Yobe (10), Oyo (4), Bayelsa…

Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has sought peace between the Northern traders and those in the southwest over Shasha Market violence. Osinbajo who made the appeal while addressing journalists after paying a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief Lateef Jakande in Lagos State, condemned the violence that led to the loss of lives. The Vice President said the market has been a melting pot for traders bringing foodstuff from the north to the southwest for decades and they have lived in peace and even inter-married, describing the incident as unfortunate and tragic.. He believed that when a…

Kamaru Usman retained his welterweight title by winning his 13th successive UFC bout on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The Nigerian-born Texan stopped Gilbert Burns with punches 34 seconds into the third round at UFC 258, taking his record to 18-1, defending his title for the third time, and breaking Georges St Pierre’s consecutive welterweight victories record in the process. Usman stopped Burns, his former teammate, via TKO at 34 seconds in the third round to defend his UFC welterweight title in the main event of UFC 258. He landed a right hand as he was switching stances to floor…

Some 15 million people, or 22 per cent of the United Kingdom population, have received their first shot or were offered one. The figure includes most people in the government’s top four priority groups, including everyone over 75, frontline healthcare workers and nursing home staff. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lauded a “significant milestone” as data showed 15 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations had been delivered, fuelling calls for the government to start relaxing far-reaching lockdown measures. “15 million! Amazing team,″ Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccines minister, said in a tweet that featured a red heart. “We will not…

Monguno Local Government Area in Borno State, currently under the serious threats of Boko Haram insurgency in recent years, has entered news again for good reason. Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum who hails from Monguno, has not visited the area for years now, which is in the north-eastern part of  the state, 133 Kilometres from Maiduguri city. However, a 65-year old medical doctor from Ogun State lived within the General Hospital, Monguno, and continued to offer health-care services to patients from the area. Isa Akinbode, an Ogun-born medical doctor graduated from the University of Maiduguri joined the Borno…

A Nigerian Clergyman has warned people to refrain from celebrating lustful lucre on February 14 generally known as Valentine Day so that it does not turn to a day of death to them. Mike Bamiloye, the Founder and President of Mount Zion Faith Ministries and Mount Zion Television, stated this on his Twitter handle on Saturday, February 13, saying many people would slaughter their destinies on the bed of lustful pleasure this Valentine’s day. His post reads ”TOMORROW IS DAY OF DEATH Tomorrow evening is a ‘Night of Fun’, when many men and ladies will slaughter their destinies on the bed…

Nigeria has recorded 1,143 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported on Saturday. NCDC tweeted officially ”On the 13th of February 2021, 1143 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.’’ Of the reported cases from 19 states including Federal Capital Territory, Lagos tops with 319, FCT (157), Kwara (90), Oyo (74), Enugu (72), Nasarawa (69), Imo (58). Others are Osun (51), Gombe (49), Kaduna (31), Edo (23), Katsina (23), Kebbi (23), Ogun (22), Kano (19), Rivers (19), Ebonyi (18), Plateau (14), Delta (7), and Ekiti (5). ”Till date, 145664 cases…

Decency was thrown to the dogs as some suspected hoodlums, Thursday, invaded the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, to retrieve a COVID-19 corpse. Unfortunately, the hoodlums allegedly unplugged the life-supporting machines in the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital, resulting in pandemonium in the hospital. The Nation gathered that a patient died of COVID-19 in the hospital and the family members are insisting that the management should release the corpse to them for burial. However, the nurses and other health personnel denied their request, explaining to them that, burial will be conducted by men from Nigeria Center for…