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After the disqualification of Erica from Big Brother Naija Lockdown, another housemate has been evicted from the house. She is Lucy from Cross River State, now bringing the number of surviving housemates in the house to nine. The host, Ebuka Obi Uchendu stated this during the live eviction show on Sunday evening. Lucy who was once the Head of House, was on Monday put up for eviction alongside Kiddwaya, Vee, Trikytee, Laycon and Nengi by other housemates, but she scored the lowest vote which led to her eviction. During her chat with Ebuka, Lucy revealed that she would like to…

The first housemate in the Big Brother Naija Lockdown has been disqualified from the seven-week-old television reality show. The housemate, Erica Ngozi Nlewedim, was disqualified on Sunday evening after she was found guilty of breaking the house rules even after receiving strong warnings and strikes from Big Brother. The 26-year-old who had emerged the Head of the House twice has been one of the most controversial housemates in this year’s season. She admitted to Neo to have had sex with Kiddwaya, one of the housemates in the head of house lounge. Recall that on Saturday night after the normal night…

US President Donald Trump ‘stops terrorists at the root’ and is the only president who can prevent another 9/11 terrorist attack on America, Noor Bin Laden has stated. Noor is the niece of Osama bin Laden, the man who organised the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York, the greatest terrorist attack on American soil. “I have been a supporter of President Trump since he announced he was running in the early days in 2015. I have watched from afar and I admire this man’s resolve,” she told the New York Post in her first ever interview. “He must be re-elected…

The Nigerian Government says it spent N30,540,563,571.09, representing 84 per cent of the N36.3 billion public funds and donations in response to COVID-19 in four months. The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, stated this in response to the Freedom of Information request dated 10 August, 2020 and sent to him by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Connected Development (CODE). The Federal Government “spent N30,540,563,571.09, representing 84 per cent of the N36.3 billion public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the balance of N5.9 billion,” he…

Lionel Messi has given up his move to any other football club, confirming his plan to stay at Barcelona for the season, Goal.com has published. Messi who confirmed this attributed it to his inability to meet €700 million (£624 million) clause demanded by the President. “Now I am going to continue in the club because the Pres. told me that the only way to leave was to pay the €700 million (£624m) clause, and that this is impossible,” he said. The Argentine said he thought he was free to leave, adding that Barcelona president said he could stay or leave…

Wonder, it is popularly said, will never end. So was it a wonder to dignitaries and others who gathered to pay homage at the funeral mass of Senator Fidelis Okoro at his residential house in Iheagu Nru Nsukka, Enugu State on Friday, September 4. It was a surprise as a catechist officiated the mass attended by high profile politicians, while the Parish Priest of Iheagu Nru, Rev. Fr. Evaristus Isife shunned sermon and insisted that the Senator’s life was enough gospel for everyone. Dignitaries at the burial ceremony included Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu;…

Eighteen officers of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the country have been relieved of their duty for committing various offences. In a series of tweets on Saturday, the corps has dismissed eight of its officers, terminated appointments of 10, reduced the ranks of five personnel, while 10 were awarded various degrees of punishment. The erring officers were said to have committed offences such as desertion, forgery, number plate racketeering, bribery, scandalous behaviour, driver’s license racketeering, and patrol misconduct, among others. Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, stated that the agency’s board approved the punishments, which were in accordance…

The decision by UK Commercial Court to suspend the execution of a $9.6 billion judgment debt against Nigeria “is a big victory and Nigeria can now breathe a sigh of relief,” the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated. Mohammed, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, described the Friday’s judgment as “a huge relief.” A UK commercial court on Friday granted Nigeria’s appeal for a stay of execution of the award of $9.6 billion, (about N3.5 trillion) to an Irish company, Process and Industrial Developments Ltd. (P&ID) over a botched gas contract. The Royal…

Two Federal civil servants and two other women have been caught over reported child trafficking. The women- Bernadette Ihezuo and Cecilia Onyema- said to be staffers of Federal Ministries of Finance and Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja respectively while the third suspect, Okasi Ekeoma, said to be Onyema’s sister, while the fourth suspect is the baby’s grandmother Harrieth Nmezi residing in Imo state. The suspects who were paraded before newsmen on Thursday, September 3 by officials of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) were allegedly involved in selling a newborn for N1,500,000. A teenage girl, according to NAPTIP…

A popular Nigerian and social media critic has bashed some vocal persons and indeed Nigerians over their silence on the increasing economic hardships, tariffs’ hike, critics and other anti-people policies by the present administration. Reno Omokri, a one-time aide to President Goodluck Jonathan in his Twitter, expressed shock at the attitude of some Nigerian politicians and clergyman- Bola Tinubu, Wole Soyinka, Adams Oshiomhole, Oby Ezewesili, and Rev. Fr. Mbaka over their silence in the face of petrol pump hike, new electricity supply increase and other infractions by the present administration in Nigeria to inflict more pains on many. Omokri queried…