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SisiYemmie took to Twitter to lament after spending about 6 hours in traffic during a journey that typically lasts 15 minutes.
The lifestyle influencer said she went to pick her kids from school 15 minutes away from home but ended up being in traffic with them from 3p.m. to 8p.m.
At the time she posted about it, she said she was still in traffic with her tired kids and it didn’t look like it was about to get better.
Rihanna has admitted she is “nervous” about performing at next year’s Super Bowl halftime show, but is “looking forward” to the experience.
The singer’s starring role in one of the biggest nights of the US sporting calendar was announced by the NFL last month.
Following the announcement, the singer and mother of one shared a photo of her hand holding an American football on Instagram and Twitter.
Asked how she felt about the performance while out grocery shopping in Los Angeles on Tuesday October 4, she told US outlet TMZ, “I’m nervous…but I’m excited”.
Rihanna is expected to be joined by special guests for the show, which is the Barbadian singer’s first major live performance in many years, but she declined to comment further on details.
She previously declined to perform in the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show out of solidarity with former US football player Colin Kaepernick, who became recognised around the world for taking a knee to protest racial injustice in the US.
The show has previously been headlined by global superstars including The Weeknd, Shakira, and Jennifer Lopez.
Nazanin Mandi, the wife of American singer Miguel has filed for divorce after 3 years of their marriage.
In court documents obtained by PEOPLE on Tuesday, Mandi, 36, filed for divorce from Miguel, also 36, in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County.
Mandi cited irreconcilable differences and asked that assets and properties be divided as detailed in their prenuptial agreement.
On Monday, Mandi took to Instagram to share a slideshow of snapshots including a famous series of photos of Nicole Kidman cheering after her divorce from Tom Cruise was finalized back in 2001.
“I don’t want it all .. I just want what’s meant for me,” Mandi captioned the slideshow post, which also included a quote that read, “In a world that profits from subservience, a woman embodied in her truth is a wild and powerful force.”
Her decision comes over a year after she and Miguel announced their separation in September 2021.
“After 17 years together, Miguel and Nazanin Mandi have decided to separate and have been for some time now,” a rep for the couple told PEOPLE exclusively at the time.
“The couple both wish each other well.” The pair, who dated for 10 years before getting engaged in 2016, got married at the Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley, California, in November 2018.
Actor and comedian Mr Macaroni has responded to the diatribe launched against some non-indigenes of Lagos state ahead of the 2023 general election.
In a tweet he shared, the comedian revealed that while his state of origin in Ogun state, he was born in Lagos and also lived all his life in the South-West state.
Mr Macaroni went on to ask those telling non-indigenes to leave or not to campaign in the state, if they are originally from Lagos.
He tweeted;
My state of Origin is Ogun. I was born and bred in Lagos. I have lived all my life in Lagos. Why are u suddenly asking me to go back to Ogun state? How many of you asking us to leave Lagos are even originally from Lagos? Election will come and go, But the people will remain!
Gospel artiste, Frank Edwards has said that the 2023 elections will not be about who is healthy and who is not but will just be geared towards electing anyone who is not a thief.
In a tweet shared on his handle, Frank said anyone can procure good medical attention.
His tweet reads;
”This election is not about who is healthy and who is not, anyone can get good medical attention, not about tribe, not about who’s turn it is !! WE JUST WANT WHO IS NOT A THIEF !! WE ARE IN A CRITICAL CONDITION.”
In another tweet, he stated that Nigerians will not go to the polls to elect a person who they were influenced to vote for by any influencer.
According to him, Nigerians will be influenced to vote for their preferred candidates based on the sufferings they have endured.
”The Good thing is Nigerians eyes are open now… these are not the days when 1 influencer can make people vote for just anyone. People are now influenced by their sufferings”
Soso Soberekon has demanded that Harry Song retracts the statement he made accusing him of attempted murder and also pay a compensation of five hundred million Naira.
Harry Song claimed during an interview with Frankly Speaking Podcast hosts that talent manager Soso Soberekon sent people to kill him in Port Harcourt.
Responding through his lawyers, Soso said the statement by Harry is false and without basis.
He then demanded that Harry retracts his statement and publishes an apology in two national dailies and several online news outlets.
He also asked that the singer pays N500,000,000 as compensation.
Failure to do the above listed after seven days will lead to a court case, Soso warned.
The federal government has presented a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA).
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment who presented the certificate to CONUA on Tuesday October 4, also announced the registration of the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as a trade union.
Ngige said the two unions would operate along with ASUU.
President Muhammadu Buhari recently welcomed his first great-grandchild.
Aisha Mukhtar and her husband, Khalid Wambai, welcomed their first child together.
Aisha gave birth to a baby girl in Liv Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Two people escaped death after a truck plunged into a flooded road in the Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Monday night, October 3.
The spokesman of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, CSC Adamu Shehu, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen.
He said the incident happened when a truck with registration number XP361EPE, fully loaded with metal scraps, lost direction while crossing the submerged part of the Sara-Gantsa road.
He said after receiving the report, the NSCDC officials rushed to the scene and succeeded in rescuing the victims.
The NSCDC had warned truck and articulated vehicle drivers to desist from plying submerged roads in the state after flooding destroyed major federal and state roads in the state.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that his administration is working to increase the salaries of workers in the state civil service.
Sanwo-Olu made this known on Tuesday, October 4, while addressing the workers at the state secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja.
He said:
“I have looked around and I know that as a country, there is pressure.
I know that, as a country, there is a high level of inflation, but we are determined to cushion the effects on our workers and residents.
“At our cabinet meeting, I instructed the head of service office and the ministry of staff training, and pensions to start work on how we are going to increase the entire salary of our public servants.” He continued:
“We are capable of doing this. Lagos leads while others follow in Nigeria. In salary increment, we are leading again.
“We are going to reflect the popular ‘Buga’ slogan in the payment of salaries. We are not going to wait for the Federal Government’s minimum wage increase.
“We have commenced the process. I can assure that by early next year it will be ready for implementation.
“We don’t want to wait for workers’ unions to hold us to ransom before we do the needful.”
The governor also promised to pay all the outstanding backlog of pensions to workers by the end of October. Sanwo-Olu said:
“I want to reassure you that all the few outstanding backlogs of pensions will be sorted out this week and payment by the end of October.
“We are the highest and best paying in pensions in Nigeria.
“We are clearing the entire backlog of pensions; it’s a liability we met on ground.”
A Kano High Court number 17 sitting at Miller road has adjourned the hearing of Chinese national, Geng Quangrong, accused of killing his Nigerian lover, Ummukulsum Sani Buhari, over absence of interpreter.
Mr Quandong, 47, allegedly murdered Ummukulsum, 23, at Janbalu quarters for allegedly refusing his hand in marriage.
At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, Muhammad Dan’azumi, the defence counsel, notified the court that an interpreter had not been provided for the accused.
The case, which was originally slated to commence last week Monday, was adjourned to Tuesday due to a lack of legal representation for Mr Quandong.
Initially, the police in Kano, North-west Nigeria, on 21 September, arraigned Mr Quandong before a magistrates court at Zangeru road in Kano.
At the hearing, Mr Quandong addressed the court in Chinese, which made it difficult for the parties involved including the magistrate to comprehend the message.
The Magistrate, Justice Sunusi Ado Ma’aji adjourned the case to 27 October, with the hope that an interpreter would have been found to explain the charges to Mr Quandong in Chinese.
Speaking shortly, Kano state Attorney General and commissioner of justice, M, A Lawan said, the case could not be heard as the accused person has the constitutional right to be communicated to in the language he understands.
“The issue of interpreter was raised which is a constitutional issue and after the last adjournment, we wrote a letter to the Chinese embassy requesting for interpreter because we expected this to happen and I am sure they will do that.
That is why we adjourned the matter to at least three weeks. Ordinarily, it’s supposed to be a week.” he said.
The official quarters of the Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Prince Matthew Kolawole; his deputy, Honorable Rabiu Ishiaka Momoh and other House of Assembly members have been submerged by flood in Lokoja.
Kogi House of Assembly members were forced to relocate due to the flooding.
Recall the floods have taken over nine local government areas in Kogi State, namely Lokoja, Kogi-Koto, Ajaokuta, Ofu, Igalamela-Odolu, Bassa, Idah, Ibaji, and Omala.
The water level keeps increasing by the day, with many residents rendered homeless.
More houses have been flooded along the rivers Benue and Niger, including the Lokoja metropolis.
The Police Service Commission (PSC), has dismissed seven senior police officers over gross misconduct. The dismissal of the officers was announced during the continuation of the 15th plenary meeting of the Commission. The meeting, presided over by its acting chairman, Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, also approved the reduction in rank of ten other officers.
Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting in Abuja, the spokesman of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani said, the dismissed officers include: 1 CSP, 1 SP and 5 ASPs.
He added that one SP was also retired in public interest. The Commission reduced the ranks of 1 CSP to SP, 3 SPs to DSP, and 2 DSPs to ASPs.
The Commission further reduced the ranks of 4 ASPs to Inspectors. Ani said 10 senior Police Officers, including an ACP, a CSP, a SP and 2 DSPs were given the punishment of Severe reprimand.
Five ASPs were also awarded the punishment of severe reprimand. He mentioned that 13 Officers received the punishment of reprimand; 2 are to receive letters of warning while 4 officers were exonerated.
Ani quoted Justice Ogunbiyi as saying the Commission would henceforth give the desired attention to Pending Disciplinary Matters so that those found guilty are punished immediately while those found not guilty are cleared to continue with their career progression.
Singer, Bukola Elemide, also known as Asa, has issued a copyright infringement notice to her colleague, Joseph Akinfenwa, aka Joeboy, over his recently-released song, “Contour”.
The notice, which was shared by Joeboy on his Instagram story on Monday, revealed that Asa demanded the sum of N300 million and gave a 24-hour ultimatum for the song to be removed from all digital streaming platforms.
The singer, through her management, also asked for a 60 per cent publishing split on the song, and a written apology, as seen in the notice.The notice dated September 30 read in part,
”It has been brought to our attention that your newly released song, Contour (the “Song”), infringes on the copyright of our Client, as recorded/captured in a musical composition (the “Composition”) which she created in a recording session, which took place on 22 September 2020, with the producer of the Song, Alageu Michael Chidozie (p.k.a Tempoe) in attendance.
“We, hereby, demand that you immediately remove the Song from all DSPs and any other platforms within twenty-four (24) hours of your receipt of this letter, with a written apology issued to our Client as well as halt any additional infringements of our Composition, including any other infringements.”
Reacting to the suit on his Instagram story, Joeboy said that people seemed to want to take him for a ride because he was quiet.
He further dared Asa’s management to take legal action and reminded them that the 24 hours notice had elapsed.
He said, “Cos I day always do love and light you think say I be soft meat. You said I have 24 hours, it’s been 48 hours, do something.”
Isreal Afeare, one of the aides of Nigerian singer Davido, is marking his birthday on Tuesday.
Marking his birthday, he shared some pictures of himself dressed in traditional attire on his Instagram page.
He captioned the pictures, “Happy birthday 🎂 to me. Baba God, Thank you ooh 🙌🙌”
Management of Nigeria Air Limited on Tuesday described the website and links used for recruitment advertisements and announcements by unscrupulous members of the public claiming to be agents or staff of Nigeria Air as ‘fake.’
In a statement, the Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to the Minister of Aviation, James Odaudu, advised Nigerians to disregard such notifications or invitations as nothing of such exercise is currently ongoing.
He, however, advised those who applied for the earlier officially advertised positions to get authenticated information from the official website: www.nigeriaair.world”.
The statement read,”
The attention of the Management of Nigeria Air Limited has been drawn to some recruitment advertisements and announcements by certain unscrupulous elements claiming to be agents or staff of the upcoming airline.
“The so-called agents have created a host of fake websites and links supposedly for the submission of applications by unsuspecting members of the public.
“We wish to inform the general public, especially those who have applied for the earlier officially advertised positions, that no recruitment interviews or tests have been scheduled.
All such announcements or invitations for such should be disregarded as they are the handiwork of fraudsters and scammers.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the official website is www.nigeriaair.world, and only those pre-qualified as meeting the B737 requirements will be contacted by the management of Nigeria Air Limited individually, and certainly not by public announcements.
“All those concerned are therefore advised to ignore such announcements or invitations, as responding to, or dealing with them in any way, will be at their own risk.
“Management appreciates the unprecedented level of interest shown by Nigerians in the airline which has resulted in the receipt of over 20,000 applications for positions in the organisation so far and wishes to state that the recruitment process for other positions will begin in due course.”
A woman was tied to a well by her truck driver husband for alleged infidelity.
The man has been identified as Muyiwa Sikiru and it was gathered that the incident occurred at Oke Aro area of Akure, Ondo State capital.
The Nation reported that neighbours said the truck driver took the action after he returned from a three months journey to celebrate the Independence Day holiday only to discover that his wife had allegedly brought in another man to stay with her and their 3-year-old son.
The man returned unannounced after one of his friends informed him that another man has been co-habitating with his wife.
The enraged husband reportedly tied his wife to a pole attached to a well after her lover escaped.
Eyewitnesses said the woman’s lover had gone to the bathroom to have his bath and escaped through the window when he heard the man’s voice.
Both husband and wife were said to have been taken to the police station after some sympathizers freed the wife.
Scores of motorists and travelers are feared dead after they reportedly stepped on Improved Explosives Devices, IEDs, planted by terrorists, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, on the Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok road on Monday, October 3.
Confirming this incident to newsmen, the Executive Chairman of the council area, Umar Ibrahim, said the number of deaths is yet to be ascertained.
The motorists and passengers were plying the recently reopened Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok-Askira/Uba road when the trucks conveying them with foodstuff stepped on IEDs planted by the suspected terrorists.
“Yes I received a distress call today (yesterday) that one of my communities, Njilang, was attacked by armed terrorists.
Though details were still sketchy, some callers informed me that three people were killed while infrastructure was destroyed.
Other versions revealed that more than four persons were killed in the unfortunate incident.”he said
Residents also claim the insurgents invaded Njilang at about 2:34am on Monday and opened fire sporadically at fleeing residents, killing three people and looting shops before setting ablaze residential houses without confrontation.
The state police command is yet to react to this development.
A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 23-year-old man, Abidemi Oguntuyi, in police custody for allegedly stabbing his co-tenant, Abiye Friday,40, to death.
The incident happened at about 11:00 am on September 6, 2022, at Ibaka Quarters, Akungba-Akoko, in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the defendant stabbed the victim in her neck and other parts of her body while she was trying to settle a squabble between him and his brother.
A relation said an argument ensued between the siblings and the attempt by the victim to intervene resulted in her untimely death.
“The argument degenerated into a scuffle and in the process, the suspect took a knife and stabbed Abiye severally in the neck and chest. Neighbours rushed her to a nearby hospital in the area where she was certified dead.” the relation said.
Oguntuyi was later charged to court on two charges bothering on murder and attempted murder.
According to the prosecution, the offences contravened Sections 319 and 355 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap 37 Vol. II Law of Ondo State, 2006.
The police prosecutor, Mr Simon Wada told the court to remand the defendant at the Olokuta Correctional centre pending the outcome of advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The defendant’s counsel, Adeola Kayode prayed for an adjournment to enable him to file a counter affidavit to the prosecutor’s written application.
In his ruling, the Magistrate, Damilola Sekoni, ordered that the defendant be remanded in police custody pending a ruling on the remand application.
He adjourned the case till October 7, 2022, for the ruling.
Barack and Michelle Obama are celebrating their 30th anniversary today, October 3.
The 44th American president, 61, shared sweet memories of them on Instagram, including a photo of himself resting his head on Michelle’s shoulder while at the beach, their names engraved in a heart in the sand, and a black-and-white wedding photo.
The Obamas tied the knot in 1992 after three years of dating.
The pair first met in Chicago when Barack was assigned to be mentored by Michelle during a summer internship at a law firm.
The former president described their joyous wedding day, which took place in Chicago’s South Side, in his 2020 memoir, A Promised Land.
He wrote:
“After several years of dating, Michelle and I were married at Trinity United Church of Christ on October 3, 1992, with more than three hundred of our friends, colleagues, and family members crammed happily into the pews.”
