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Side Chick Allegedly Sues Sugar Daddy To Court For Failing To Take Care Of Her, Demands Car, Cash And 2 Years Rent

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Side Chick Allegedly Sues Sugar Daddy To Court For Failing To Take Care Of Her, Demands Car, Cash And 2 Years Rent Deborah dragged the bank manager whom she claims was her ‘sugar daddy’ to the Accra High Court, and he is expected to appear before Friday, January 27, 2023. Deborah has also accused the defendant of abuse, s3xual harassment, maltreatment, exploitation and also lowering her reputation. A Ghanaian lady, Deborah Seyram Adablah, has sued the Director of Finance of First Atlantic Bank, Ernest Kwasi Nimako, for allegedly breaching an agreement to take care of her. Deborah dragged the bank manager whom she claims was her ‘sugar daddy’ to the Accra High Court, and he is expected to appear before Friday, January 27, 2023. In a suit dated January 23, 2023, Deborah stated that her ‘sugar daddy’ who was also her boss, promised to buy her a car, pay for her accommodation for three years, give her a monthly stipend of GH¢3,000, marry her after divorcing his wife and also give her a lum...

Kano, Ondo, Anambra Depositors Flood Banks With Old Notes

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Kano, Ondo, Anambra Depositors Flood Banks With Old Notes In an attempt to deposit old notes before the January 31 deadline stipulated for the phasing out of the old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes, bank customers have started rushing to banks across the country to exchange their old notes for new ones, according to findings by SUPERS.ng. This came as the Central Bank of Nigeria insisted on Tuesday that there was no going back on the stipulated deadline despite appeals by the National Assembly, key stakeholders and bank customers. The CBN had repeatedly advised Nigerians to deposit their old notes, regardless of the amount, in banks before the fixed deadline. Findings on Tuesday showed there were queues of bank customers in Kano, Ondo, Osun, Borno, and Anambra, among others, seeking to exchange the old notes for the new naira bills ahead of the deadline. Kano Customers on Tuesday besieged various commercial banks in the ancient city of Kano to either get the new naira notes or deposit the ...

Delta State Has Never Failed Me Since 1999 – Atiku

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Delta State Has Never Failed Me Since 1999 – Atiku Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said Delta State has never failed him in all his political career, from 1999 to date. Atiku stated this while addressing supporters on the PDP campaign trail in Asaba, the Delta State capital on Tuesday. He said, “[We are here] because of the support we have received and have received all along, particularly myself. In all my political career, from 1999 to date, Delta State has never failed me.” Meanwhile, Atiku has said his choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate was due to longstanding support from the state. He noted that the campaign team was not in the state to campaign but to show gratitude and identify with them in all respects. Atiku said, “I want to promise you that I shall not betray the trust of Delta State and in fact, the Niger Delta sub-region altogether. That is why as my modest contribution to your support over the years, I decided to...

Peter Obi’s Convoy Attacked In Katsina

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Peter Obi’s Convoy Attacked In Katsina Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has narrated how his campaign team was attacked in Katsina State. Obi’s team that has been on a state-to-state tour touched down in Katsina on Monday. Daily Trust had reported how the Presidential Candidate wooed voters and promised to tackle insecurity if elected. In a statement issued on his behalf, Diran Onifade, Head of Media, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, said, that the attack on Obi and his campaign team is condemnable. “Our candidate had met with women in a townhall and then held a hugely successful Rally at the Muhammad Dikko Stadium. However, on his way to the airport, hoodlums attacked the car our candidate was riding in with heavy stones from his drivers’ side causing substantial damage to the vehicle. “To the glory of God, Mr Obi and other occupants of the car were unhurt. Subsequently another set of thugs also threw stones outside the stadium which damaged several ...

Naira Redesign Policy: CBN Launches Cash Swap Programme In Rural

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Naira Redesign Policy: CBN Launches Cash Swap Programme In Rural In furtherance of its Naira Redesign policy and in recognition of the need to maximise the channels through which underserved and rural communities can exchange their Naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) today launched a Cash Swap programme in partnership with Super Agents and Deposit Money Banks, DMBs. The programme enables citizens in rural areas or those with limited access to formal financial services to exchange old Naira notes for redesigned notes. Since the introduction of the new Naira notes, the apex bank has sustained its nationwide awareness and sensitization programmes, enforced speedy collection of the new notes at CBN branches by the DMBs and mandated issuance of the new notes through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to ensure that distribution is fair, transparent and evenly spread across the country. In a statement signed by its Director, Banking Supervision Department, Haruna B. Mustafa and the Direct...

Full List: Nigerian Singer, Tems Gets Oscars Nomination

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Full List: Nigerian Singer, Tems Gets Oscars Nomination Temilade Openiyi, a popular Nigerian singer, has once has again made the country proud. The singer made Nigeria proud with her historic nomination in the 2023 Oscars for her contribution as a songwriter on ‘Lift Me Up’, one of the soundtracks on Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”. Tems co-wrote “Lift Me Up” with global singer, Rihanna; music producer, Ludwig Göransson; and Black Panther’s director, Ryan Coogler. The full list of nominations was released on Tuesday with multiverse sci-fi smash, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, topping the list with 11 nominations. This was followed by Irish dark comedy, “The Banshees of Inisherin”, and World War I flick, “All Quiet on the Western Front”, at nine each. Here are the nominees in key categories for the 95th Academy Awards, to be handed out in Los Angeles on March 12. – Best picture – “All Quiet on the Western Front” “Avatar: The Way of Water” “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Elv...

Parents Protest 300% Hike In Lokoja University Fee

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Parents Protest 300% Hike In Lokoja University Fee Professor Olayemi Akunwumi, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja, has come under serious fire. He came under fire following an increase in the fees payable by the new intakes. New intakes for the 2022/2023 academic session into the faculty of sciences have been asked to pay N270,000 as against N100,000 by the old students. A breakdown of the current hike in the students’ fees as published on the website indicated that the remedial course which had N50,000 as school fees was now N100,000 while fees for new students which was formerly N56,000 had increased to N188,500. The information added that the fees for new intake art/social sciences hitherto fixed for N55,000 had been increased to N183,500 just as returning students are expected to pay N113,000 against the former fees of N47,000. Similarly, student accommodation per bed space which was charged for N20,000 before has increased to N60,000 while the GST handbook sold ...

I Will Not Leave My Marriage Over Infidelity – Actress Patience Ozokwor

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I Will Not Leave My Marriage Over Infidelity – Actress Patience Ozokwor Veteran Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor has opened up that she will never quit her marriage because of infidelity. She also advised people not to leave their marriage because of infidelity. Speaking in a new interview, Ms Ozokwor, said if at all anyone should leave, it should be the ”visitor” or even the man, but not her. In her words; ”Me I am not going to leave my house for anybody o. You are the visitor that came in, find your way out. I will so hold my family, polish it and sweep out all the dirts”

Blackface Accuses Asake of ‘Remixing His Song’ Without Permission

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Blackface pointed out that such an amount was used to shoot the video, but no one could call the ”owner of the song” to inform him, before remixing the song. Singer, Blackface has called out his junior colleague, Asake. According to Blackface, Asake remixed his song Joha, without his permission. Blackface stated this while reacting to a comment made by the director of Joha video, TG Omori, who stated that $165,000 was spent in the production of the musical video for the song. Posting on his Twitter handle this morning, Blackface pointed out that such an amount was used to shoot the video, but no one could call the ”owner of the song” to inform him, before remixing the song. Asake and his team are yet to react to this allegation. See his tweets below

No Going Back On Jan. 31st Deadline To Phase Out Old Notes – CBN

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will not extend or shift the deadline for the deposit of the old naira notes. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele said this on Tuesday as he apologised to Nigerians for not extending the deadline. He stated that 100 days from when the announcement was made to the expiration date was enough for Nigerians to deposit their old notes. He assured Nigerians that the ongoing sensitisation will continue after the 31st of January, 2023 deadline. The apex bank said it has received between N1.3 trillion to N1.5 trillion so far but expects it will recover over N2 trillion after  January 31 deadline.  Speaking to journalists at the end of the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in Abuja on Tuesday, Emefiele also disclosed that the Committee has decided to aggressively increase the interest rate to 17.5 percent. Emefiele noted that despite the drop in inflation in December to 21.34 percent there was “no reason to celebrate”. 

Popular Singer, Flavour Seen Reading Bible With His Mum (Video)

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Flavour was seen reading a Bible verse to his mother during devotion while she says ‘Amen’ to his proclamations from the bible. Chinedu Okoli, the popular Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Flavour N’abania, has been seen doing something adorable wit his mother. The singer shared a video of himself studying the bible with his mum. In the new clip shared on his Twitter page, Flavour was seen reading a Bible verse to his mother during devotion while she says ‘Amen’ to his proclamations from the bible. Flavour captioned the video, “Mummy and me.” Watch Video Here

BBNaija’s Ka3na Expecting Her Second Child, Shows Off Baby Bump

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She took to her social media page to make the announcement this morning January 24. BBNaija’s Ka3na has announced she’s expecting her second child. She took to her social media page to make the announcement this morning January 24. Posting photos from her maternity shoot, Ka3na who used to be married to a Caucasian older man, wrote ”We Are Pregnant! @lila_bossbaby ?? We’ve Carried You In Our Hearts For Far Too Longggg! Now We Are Restless To Hold You In Our Arms And Show You Off To The World Together We Will Love; Nurture & Watch “YOU”BLOSSOM” Congrats to her!

BBTitans: Eight Housemates Up For Possible Eviction This Week

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Voting platforms have since been opened for fans and viewers to save their favourite housemates ahead of the second Sunday Live and eviction show. Out of the 24 BBTitans housemates in the house, eight have been put up for possible eviction this week. This comes after the housemates contested for the Head of House game which was won by Ipeleng and Blaqboi. Those up for eviction include the pair of: Juicy Jay, Olivia (Juiovla), Justin, Yvonne(Juvone), Sandra, Theo Traw (Santheo), Yemi Cregx and Nelisa (Yelisa). They are three South African male housemates, one Nigerian male housemate, three female Nigerian housemates and one South African female housemate. The eight housemates – four pairs – were nominated for possible eviction after the second Monday night in the house. As against the first nomination and eviction later declared fake by Biggie, this nomination and possible eviction are real. The BBTitans housemates have become conscious of the fact that the game was switched up exac...

I Have No Problem With Accepting Defeat In Election – Kwankwaso Speaks

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Kwankwaso spoke on Monday during a presidential town hall meeting at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA). The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, says he has no problem with accepting defeat in elections. Kwankwaso spoke on Monday during a presidential town hall meeting at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA). The town hall was tagged ‘Midwifing a New Nigeria’. Speaking at the event, Kwankwaso said if elected president in February, he will prioritise education like he did when he was governor of Kano. He said Nigeria has the financial resources for the government to properly fund education at levels. During the question and answer session, a student asked Kwankwaso if he will accept the outcome of the presidential poll if he loses. Responding, the former Kano governor said: “In the last 30 years, I contested elections 18 times, I lost 3 and won 15. “The first one I lost was in 2003 as a sitting governor. “Let me say that I believe I was the...

All Travellers Arriving Nigeria Must Provide Evidence of COVID Vaccination – FG

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Geoffrey Okatubo, director of port health services, said this on Monday during a media briefing at the ministry of health in Abuja. The federal government has mandated that all travellers arriving Nigeria must now provide evidence of COVID vaccination. This was made public on Monday in a statement by Geoffrey Okatubo, director of port health services. In December 2022, the federal government had relaxed COVID rules in the country. The federal government had also said pre-departure and post-arrival PCR test requirements for all persons who are not fully vaccinated have been suspended, adding that passengers will no longer be required to upload evidence of vaccination on the Nigeria International Travel Portal (NITP). Speaking on Monday, Okatubo said port health services had heightened surveillance at points of entry following the reported surge in the cases of COVID in countries like China, Japan, and the United States. “Port health services has resumed checks of passengers’ vaccination...