The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed that Masari Kabiru was nominated as his running mate after due consultations were made contrary to the speculations that he was picked as a placeholder. He also mentioned that if Kabiru decides to step down within the time frame, it wouldn’t be a breach of any kind.
Tinubu made the statement while reacting to speculations making rounds that the presidential candidates picked the names of their running mates as placeholders to bit the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC‘s June 17th deadline.
Tinubu also stated that consultations were still ongoing and should his running mate, Kaburu decides to step down within the speculated time frame allowed by the law, it wouldn’t be a breach of the law at all.
However, INEC has issued a statement saying the idea of the placeholder is a Nigerian factor that doesn’t have a place or recognition within the law.
We have gathered for all BBN fans, who didn’t follow the just concluded reunion show, some crucial revelations made (by your favourites) regarding certain issues that has stirred huge reactions on the internet before now.
Check them out;
Relationship
It is no news that Emmanuel and Liquorose have gone their separate, but the surprising thing was the reason for their break up.
This is to say that, Liquorose revealed during the show, “That she walked in on Emmanuel with a girl in a room and lights were off.”
This is coming after Ebuka Obi-Uchendu started an episode of the show by running the housemates a clip featuring Emmanuel and Angel, in what looked like a flirtatious moment.
Moreover, Boma also claimed that the reason why he went after Tega knowing full well that she was a married woman (as asked by Ebuka) was that: “He knew what no other housemate knew and that was the fact that she was separated.”
Strategy
It will surprise many fans to know that, majority of the housemates claimed that Whitemoney was the most scripted housemate, after Ebuka had asked them to write on a board the most ‘scripted’ contestant.
Majority of the housemates including Queen, JMK and Beatrice wrote down the name of the winner of the show, Whitemoney.
Beatrice explaining why she wrote down Whitemoney said that during the show, “he used to care about everyone, check on them especially when anyone is sick, but after the show, he was nowhere to be found.
He stopped checking up on people and was never available for anyone. It felt all that he did in the house was just strategy.”
JMK explaining why she wrote down Whitemoney agreed with the reasons Beatrice dropped. According to her, “WhiteMoney after the show stopped caring about others.”
She added that “no matter how busy a person was, he or she still has time to check up on people they care about.”
Queen on the other hand stated that “Whitemoney totally changed after the show.”
According to her, “during the show, they used to be very close but after the show, he became a different person,” among others.
In reaction to these allegations, the season 7 winner said he had warned the housemates that he won’t reach out to people who don’t do same to him.
Meanwhile, Tega agreed to Boma’s aforementioned statement and also claimed that; “Maintaining the status of a married woman was only a strategy in the house.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) to immediately commence the process that will lead to elections into its executive committee at the expiration of the current administration in September.
Buhari also directed that the instrument of football administration in the country, the NFF Statutes, be amended to include other stakeholders, who had hitherto been disenfranchised or denied equal representation in the NFF congress.
In a letter addressed to NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, dated June 17, 2022 and signed by Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare, Buhari, who reinforced the Federal Government’s support for football development in the country, urged the leadership of the NFF to ensure that the amended statutes reflect the national yearnings, aspirations and peculiarities of Nigeria as a sovereign nation, while aligning with the principles and objectives of football as set by the world soccer governing body, FIFA.
Meanwhile, a former chairman of the Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe, has appealed to interested persons eyeing the NFF presidency in the September elections to exercise restraint.
About five aspirants, comprising one administrator and former Nigeria internationals, have so far indicated an interest in the NFF top job.
“I think it is rather too early for such declaration to be made by anyone yet. There is the issue of statute that has not been sorted while the NFF Congress will still have to seat and draw out the electoral guidelines as well as announce the election date,” he said.
According to Gara Gombe, “Whatever anyone is doing at this time with regard to the election is hasty and it cannot amount to anything tangible at least for now.”
There are reports that the former Gombe FA chairman has been encouraged by some football stakeholders, including politicians, civil servants, diplomats, and key figures in Corporate Nigeria to declare interest in the NFF top job.
Hollywood actor and director, Ben Stiller met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Monday June 21st.
He visited Ukraine as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and met with Zelensky after touring occupied settlements in the Kyiv region, the Ukraine leader’s official website said in a press release.
In a video posted on Twitter, Stiller and Zelensky warmly greeted one another before they sat down to discuss the suffering of refugees in the war-torn country displaced by an invasion by Russia and its military.
“You’re my hero!” a beaming Stiller said at one point as his visit marked World Refugee Day.
Stiller was accompanied by UNHCR representative in Ukraine Karolina Lindholm Billing, who accompanied the Hollywood actor as he walked through ruined residential areas of Irpin, where they talked to people who survived the occupation.
“It’s one thing to see this destruction on TV or on social networks. Another thing is to see it all with your own eyes. That’s a lot more shocking,” Stiller told Zelensky.
“What you saw in Irpin is definitely dreadful. But it is even worse to just imagine what is happening in the settlements that are still under temporary occupation in the east,” Zelensky said in response.
Zelensky also emphasized the violation of the rights of Ukrainians forcibly deported to Russia, including children.
In late February, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion in Ukraine, which has since escalated into a global crisis.
UK prime minister Boris Johnson underwent a scheduled operation on his sinuses on Monday morning, June 20, Downing Street has said.
It was described as a “very minor routine operation” under general anesthetic at a London hospital.
Mr. Johnson, who turned 58 on Sunday, is resting at home and is planning to chair Tuesday morning’s Cabinet meeting and travel to a gathering of Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda later this week.
“He went to hospital around 6am and the operation was carried out first thing this morning,” the prime minister’s official spokesman said. “He was back in Downing Street shortly after 10am.”
Asked how Mr. Johnson was feeling, the spokesman said he had not spoken to him since his return to his official residence but that he was resting there.
The timing of Mr. Johnson’s return to work would depend on how he feels, said the spokesman.
Asked who was in charge of the UK nuclear accounts during the procedure, the spokesman said Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case were aware in advance and that Mr. Johnson was under for a “relatively brief time”.
Procedures were in place so that any significant decisions could be deferred to Mr. Raab before Mr. Johnson resumed duties, the spokesman said.
The operation was by the UK’s state-funded National Health Service and was scheduled “for a while”, he said, without specifying at which hospital it took place.
Mr. Johnson’s sinus issue was not said to be related to his Covid illness two years ago.
The prime minister spent several days in hospital intensive care in April 2020 after contracting Covid, calling it “a tough old moment” that “could have gone either way”.
Russian-born tennis player, Natela Dzalamidze has changed her nationality to Georgian to avoid the ban Wimbledon imposed on all Russian players following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The doubles specialist, ranked No. 43 in the world, is now officially listed as having Georgian nationality on the WTA website and is eligible to compete with doubles partner Aleksandra Kruni? of Serbia when Wimbledon gets underway on June 27, according to CNN.
This comes after Wimbledon announced the ban on all Russian and Belarusian athletes back in April
Some of tennis’ biggest stars, including men’s world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and women’s world No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka, will not be competing at SW19.
In a statement published by The Times, a Wimbledon spokesperson said they were unable to stop Dzalamidze, who competed under the neutral flag at the French Open, from changing her nationality.
“Player nationality, defined as the flag they play under at professional events, is an agreed process that is governed by the Tours and the ITF,” the spokesperson said.
The ban on Russian and Belarusian players has divided the tennis world, and last week, the US Open announced that it would not be following Wimbledon’s example later this year, with players from both countries eligible to compete under a neutral flag.
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022.
She gave the order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had earlier in the month filed the lawsuit against INEC asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible Nigerians to exercise their rights.”
In the suit, SERAP had asked the court for “an order restraining INEC, its agents, privies, assigns, or any other person(s) claiming through it from discontinuing the continuous voters’ registration exercise from the 30th June 2022 or any other date pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
The suit is adjourned to 29th June, 2022 for the hearing of the Motion on Notice for interlocutory injunction.
The suit followed the decision by INEC to extend the deadline for the conduct of primaries by political parties by six days, from June 3 to June 9. But the commission failed to also extend the online pre-registration which ended May 30 2022 and the Continuous Voter Registration ending June 30, 2022.
In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1034/2022 filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos, and transferred to Abuja, SERAP said
“Voters are also critical stakeholders in the electoral process. Treating all eligible Nigerian voters fairly would advance the people’s right to vote and to participate in their own government. INEC must not only be independent and impartial in the exercise of its constitutional and statutory responsibilities, but must also be seen to be independent and impartial.
Extending the voter registration exercise would also bolster voter confidence in the electoral process. One of the people’s most sacred rights is the right to vote. The commission has a constitutional and statutory responsibility to ensure the effective exercise of the right of all eligible voters to participate in their own government.
Extending the deadline for party primaries without providing adequate time and opportunity for eligible voters to register and participate in the 2023 general elections would amount to an unfair and discriminatory treatment of Nigerian voters, and violate other human rights.
Extending the voter registration deadline would provide more time for eligible voters, including young people, the elderly, people living with disability, as well as those resident in states facing security challenges and living in IDP camps to participate in the 2023 elections.
Extending the deadline for voter registration would be entirely consistent with constitutional and international standards, and the Electoral Act. Any such extension would also not impact negatively on INEC’s election calendar and activities.
The public perception of the independence and impartiality of INEC is essential for building public confidence in the electoral process, and ensuring the credibility and legitimacy of the 2023 elections.
Where Nigerians have doubts about the independence and impartiality of INEC, they are more likely to have less confidence in the electoral process thereby undermining democracy.
Extending the deadline for voter registration would also be justified, given reports of challenges in the voter registration exercise, especially for young people, the elderly, persons living with disabilities, and those resident in states facing security challenges and living in internally displaced persons camps.”
Former Real Madrid right-back, Cicinho has revealed he used to turn up for training drunk while suffering from alcoholism.
Cicinho spent two years at the Bernabeu after completing a move from Brazilian side Sao Paulo in 2005, featuring 32 times for Real and collecting a La Liga winners’ medal in 2007.
In an interview with EPTV show Ressaca, via Goal, the ex-Brazil spoke candidly about his struggle with alcoholism over the past decade. He also recalled arriving for training during his time in Madrid while intoxicated.
‘If you ask me if I’ve ever been to training drunk at Real: yes. And I drank coffee to remove the smell from my breath and bathed in perfume.’
‘Speaking of my profession, as a former professional football player, it was easy, I didn’t need money to get [drink]. People were happy to give you everything in restaurants.’
He departed for Roma that summer after falling out of favour under new boss Bernd Schuster due to his problems off the pitch. At Roma, his battle with alcoholism continued.
The 41-year-old admits he also attended training with Giallorossi drunk, although club officials were quicker to notice this time around.
Speaking about his time in Rome, Cicinho said: ‘Started drinking after training. I did the physiotherapy work, came home around 2 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and only stopped drinking at 4 a.m.
‘Every time I arrived at Roma drunk, the leaders saw it and that made me fall into disrepute.’
Cicinho, who spent five years with Roma before later enjoying stints in Turkey and back in Brazil, first starting drinking as a teenager and soon found himself on a slippery slope.
‘At 13 years old, when I tasted alcohol for the first time, I never stopped,’ he said.
‘I lived in the countryside, in Pradopolis, close to Ribeirao Preto, and on weekends we gathered friends and used to go out in the squares, to the clubs.
‘There was a bar nearby, because I was a minor, I tried to hide it, I asked whoever was older to buy it and I kept drinking hidden from my parents, the police.’
Antonio Rudiger has been officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player after leaving Chelsea.
The German centre-back agreed on a four-year deal at the Bernabeu after leaving the Blues at the end of his contract.
Earlier in the day, the 29-year-old completed his medical at the Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital.
It has been revealed that Rudiger will wear number 22 at Real Madrid, which is newly vacant following Isco’s departure this summer.
‘It’s a very special day for all of us, but especially for me,’ the defender told reporters at his unveiling.
‘I would like to thank my parents, because without them I could not be here. They have always supported me and that throughout my life has been very very important.
‘I also want to thank the president of Real Madrid for giving me the opportunity to play for this great club. I can promise you that I will give everything for this club. I want to win as many titles as we can. Hala Madrid and nothing else!’
Rudiger also confirmed that Barcelona showed an interest in signing him, but he told his brother, who is his agent and advisor, that it was ‘Real Madrid or nothing’.
The club’s president Florentino Perez added: ‘Today one of the best defenders in the world arrives at Real Madrid. Antonio, from now on you are part of a unique club and family.
‘We are very excited to have a player like you who has done everything possible to make this day come.
‘Your career allowed you to choose between the big clubs and you have chosen for this shield, that will give you the strength to achieve what others believe is impossible.’
Rudiger’s contract with the LaLiga side will be worth in the region of £315,000-per-week and he will also net a hefty signing-on fee.
he World Bank Group has said that public debt in Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries is now at a 50-year high, which is equivalent to more than 200 per cent of government revenues.
According to a new report titled, “Raising the Bar on Debt Transparency,” released by the bank, the pandemic-induced economic slowdown, the impact of the war in Ukraine and the rise of interest rates, many countries were facing severe challenges in servicing their debts.
The report read in part
“Total public debt stands at an alarming 50-year high in low- and middle-income economies, the equivalent of more than 200 percent of government revenues.”
According to the World Bank’s recent International Debt Statistics 2022 report, as a result of COVID-19, the external debt burden of the world’s low-income countries rose by 12 per cent to a record $860 billion in 2020 —the fastest accumulation since World War II.
According to the report, despite the unprecedented debt burden many governments were facing, the true extent of their public debt liabilities was often hard to quantify. In fact, many low- and middle-income countries would not disclose timely debt data or at times published incomplete data that understated the true level of liabilities, the report further said.
The report mentioned that Global surveillance was also hampered by the opacity of several domestic debt markets, the increased use of central bank repurchase agreements or currency swaps that were not included in government debt statistics and a proliferation of borrowing by state-owned and private sector entities with explicit or implicit government guarantee.
The report further said that debt transparency was critical for attaining sustainable financing and achieving macro-financial stability. It would facilitate new an high-quality investment, reduce corruption, and instill accountability, it noted.
The report stressed that comprehensive debt data would enhance the international community’s ability to help avoid debt crises or support countries when they occurred.
“Raising the Bar on Debt Data Transparency’ was the subject of a recent panel discussion, co-hosted by the World Bank Group Chief Economist and the Executive Director for Japan at the World Bank. The event brought together a panel of experts from borrower and creditor countries, academia, and the World Bank, who discussed ongoing efforts and concrete actions to support debt data transparency” it said
American reality TV star Kim Kardashian has celebrated her former husband, Kanye West on Father’s Day.
The mother of four took to her Instagram page on Sunday, June 19, 2022, where she celebrated the billionaire rapper
“Thank you for being the best dad to our babies and loving them the way you do! Happy Father’s Day Ye ✨,” she wrote.
She also celebrated her late father and popular lawyer, Robert Kardashian.
“The kids asked me how I would celebrate with you today if you’re all the way up in heaven,” Kim captioned one of her pics with Robert.
This came weeks after speculations about their marriage collapse.
It would be recalled that West called out his wife on Twitter back in July 2020, for meeting with rapper Meek Mill at the Waldorf hotel.
He later deleted the tweets.
Their separation has been marred by drama on social media.
From Kanye calling out Kim for kidnapping one of their daughters and exposing the other to social media to Kim claiming to be solely responsible for the care of their children, it’s been tough keeping up with the West.
Kim and Kanye have four children: North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3.
A man claiming to have witnessed what transpired at Cubana Club between Burna Boy and another group, before two men from the group were shot, shared his account of the incident.
The Twitter user, who is a Burna Boy stan, claims it was the victim’s “so called wife” that approached Burna Boy at his VVIP area and her partner went there to violently drag her out.
Burna’s team resisited the man’s “confrontational approach” and that led to the fight, the Twitter user claimed.
This is contrary to what Briella, the woman involved, said.
Briella said she was with her partner, a friend, and the friend’s husband when Burna’s friend came to her with a message from Burna. When she rejected Burna’s advances, she said Burna sent back the friend two more times and this escalated, with Burna’s team shooting at them.
American model and stripper, Symba,is of the opinion that the lady whose husband and friend had a face off with singer BurnaBoy’s security details at a club in Lagos, might have given the singer repeated looks that made him make passes at her.
Symba opined that the lady might have repeatedly looked at BurnaBoy while being starstruck when she saw him at the club and might have even looked at him seductively while doing that. She shared this thought on IG.
Nigerian Facebook evangelist, Patience Otene has apologised to her followers for having a child out of wedlock.
Taking to Facebook on Sunday, June 19, Otene revealed that she welcomed a baby one month ago.
Read her post below…
I HAVE A BABY. Yes you read it right and my baby is a month old today. Am I now married? NO.
Does GOD approve of what I have done? Definitely NO, (God’s word on this is very clear and can not be changed)
Does the Bible approve of this? Definitely NO. Would I advise another person to do as I have done? Definitely NO. Did I plan it to happen this way, Definitely NO
I have gone through the toughest of times in the past months and I’ll tell you for sure that staying in GOD’S will is the best
To those who will feel discouraged considering the fact that I am someone who put up godly contents of what one should do and not do, I am truly sorry,
Please do not lose your faith in GOD because of me or what has happened instead let your faith in GOD be strengthened as GOD’S way is the only and best way to do it,
While I am struggling with my spiritual life at the moment, I ask you pray for me in this season as it’s all I really need in this season. Thank you.
Claims that Meghan Markle bullied her staff as a Royal have been investigated and did, indeed, spur HR changes — but we’ll never know exactly why … so say Palace insiders.
The Sunday Times of London published a major story this weekend … claiming they’d been told by sources with direct knowledge that the investigation launched last March into allegations that MM was a terror with her Kensington Palace workers has wrapped.
Not only is done — with Queen Elizabeth II privately funding it herself via an outside law firm, per the Times — but it seems something came out of it … namely, institutional improvements to the monarchy’s policies and procedures over this stuff going forward.
So, what’s the tea??? Apparently, nobody is ever going to know … because the findings are said to be getting “buried” by Buckingham Palace, which doesn’t plan to release ’em.
According to the Times, citing sources, the reason for keeping this in-house is to avoid further tensions between Meghan and Harry and the rest of the Royal family … which has left some who participated in the probe frustrated, as they seem to have wanted this out.
Now, some Meghan fans believe something more sinister is afoot here. They say the Royals were so quick to leak news of the investigation at the time (right before the Oprah interview, no less), but now that they supposedly have the goods … they get camera shy?
Meghan is trending right now, as is the hashtag #RoyalFamilyLied. Fact is, some just don’t buy what’s being peddled — because if there was a smoking gun against Meghan … they believe the Royals/BP would leak it with haste to cover their asses/vindicate themselves.
Of course, another way to look at this — perhaps there is damning evidence against Meghan, but Nana is stepping in and putting it all to bed … for everyone’s sake. FWIW, Meghan denied she ever bullied anyone — insisting it was she who was put through the wringer.
Nollywood scriptwriter and director, Dami Elebe, has lamented the derelict state of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
On her Twitter page on Sunday, she narrated her experience at the airport which she claimed was riddled with puddles of water due to leakages.
“The entire Murtala Muhammed International Airport is leaking. Everywhere,” she tweeted.
Elebe added, “Emirates had to give them a blanket to wipe the entrance into the ramp from the plane. They had to move the AC from the wall because water was leaking on it. Puddles everywhere. WILD. Nigeria can’t be real.”
“How can an airport not have central cooling system? The immigration place was smelling like piss.
“Then the baggage carousel? It’s broken. It’s even pushing bags off the carousel. And I saw this carousel when it was new a few years ago. Maintenance culture, ZERO.
“I’m really pissed guys. Really upset. How can this be the first place someone sees when they fly in? What is Nigeria?”
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has arrived in Lagos following his victory at the primary election of the APC.
The candidate, who landed in Lagos on Sunday, was welcomed by an excited crowd from the airport.
On his Instagram story, Tinubu noted that it felt good to be back home, as he was seen waving at ecstatic supporters who hailed him.
The supporters who were waving brooms, which is an APC symbol, were chanting “Emilokan” as they followed his entourage.
Tinubu, who was also waving back a broom, captioned the video, “Feels good to be back home.”
Several videos available on the Internet showed that Tinubu was received by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, upon his arrival.
APC United Kingdom on Facebook wrote, “Aṣíwájú Bọ́lá Ahmed Tinubu arrives Lagos after weeks of absence.
“He left Lagos as a presidential aspirant, but came back as a presidential candidate. It could only be God!”
Tinubu scored 1,271 votes to defeat his closest contenders, Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, two weeks ago.
Amaechi obtained 316 votes while Osinbajo polled 235.
He contested against 13 other aspirants – Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Mr Ahmed Rufai, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Mr Jack Rich, Governor Ben Ayade, Governor David Umahi, Senator Ahmed Yarima, Dr Ahmed Lawan, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Governor Yahaya Bello and Mr Ogbonnaya Onu.
The son of ex-“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Lauri Peterson is allegedly dealing drugs … at least according to prosecutors who claim he was angling to sell fentanyl.
According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Josh Waring is facing criminal charges from an arrest back in January, including felony possession and the sale of fentanyl, plus a misdemeanor charge of methamphetamine possession.
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. sources tell TMZ … a deputy saw Josh in the passenger seat of a car, recognizing him from a prior drug arrest. The deputy was aware Josh was on parole for an assault, which meant the cop could conduct a random search, which he did, and allegedly found drugs right on Josh’s lap.
Our sources say the deputy saw Josh brush the drugs onto the car’s floorboard … drugs later identified as fentanyl and meth. We’re told Josh was arrested on the spot and taken to jail. As for why he was charged with the sale of fentanyl … it’s because of the amount found.
As you know, Josh has a history of legal troubles … he was arrested back in 2016 when he was accused of shooting a man outside a sober living home. Josh spent 4 years in jail, where he was once ambushed and assaulted by another inmate who was wielding razors wrapped in towels — the attack was caught on video. He was later released on parole. Now, Josh could face more time behind bars.
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