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‘Bukky Ajayi Will Live Long’

Film producer/director and legal practitioner, Tunji Bamishigbin, has claimed that the death rumour being spread about veteran actress and broadcaster, Bukky Ajayi, is an indication that she will live longer.

•Bukky Ajayi

•Bukky Ajayi

While expressing displeasure at the expensive rumour, Bamishigbin hoped that this is a sign that the actress will live longer. “It is unfortunate that some people somewhere are just spreading misleading information. But I pray that God will turn it into a positive one for Bukky Ajayi. She will live longer,” he said.

On Monday, the aged actress debunked the death rumour in a phone chat with P.M.NEWS Nollywood Reel. She therefore urged her fans to ignore the rumour.

“I was surprised to hear the rumour as well. About four people had called me concerning this issue, but I didn’t take it seriously until my daughter and her husband also called. I’m hale and hearty, and nothing is wrong with me,” Mama, as the actress is fondly called, said.

She explained that “if it was when I was ill, perhaps, I won’t be surprised. But I’m  okay now, that’s why I’m wondering where the rumour emanated from. ”

 

Glitz, Glamour At Yvonne Nelson Movie Premiere

•Yvonne Nelson

•Yvonne Nelson

Following a successful premiere in Ghana, House of Gold, an Yvonne Nelson production, has made an entry into Nigerian cinemas with an impressive premiere that attracted celebrities and hundreds of Nigerian movie enthusiasts.

Amid glitz and glamour at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos, the movie, during screening was greeted with laughter and cheers by the audience. The film is filled with witty dialogues and hilarious scenarios.

Directed by Pascal Amanfo, the movie tells the story of the children of Dan Ansah Williams, a high flying entrepreneur, business mogul, polygamist and socialite, who is battling with cancer and has six weeks to live. With the help of his long time associate and legal representative, he embarks on a mission to re-call all his children  home. Most of the children were born out of wedlock.

Dan’s last wish is to have his children all under one roof for seven days so that they will get to know one another and to be bonded together as one family. However, the reunion proves a little more than everyone bargained for as each child indeed returns with an agenda and this sets the stage for the most hilarious and bizarre seven days of their lives.

House of Gold, produced by Media GH, stars Yvonne Nelson, Majid Michel, Eddie Watson, Luckie Lawson, Umar Krupp, Omawumi Megbele, Mercy Chinwo and Ice Prince Zamani.

The premiere was preceded by a red carpet reception graced by Ghollywood and Nollywood celebrities.

 

Toyin Adegbola Gets Govt Appointment

After many years of contributing her quota to the development of the entertainment industry in the country, Toyin Adegbola, otherwise known as Asewo To Re Mecca, has been given an appointment as a board member of the Osun State Arts and Culture.

The light skinned actress, who once worked with the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State, BCOS, disclosed that she got a call from the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, who informed her of the development.

“I never knew I will one day be recognised by my state government. In fact, this is one of the best moments of my life and entire career,” she said.

 

Ibinabo Searches For Miss Earth

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•Ibinabo

National President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima, is set to hold another edition of her Miss Earth Beauty Pageant.

The ex-beauty queen said that the pageant is aimed at discovering young girls with beautiful face and body structure, and who have good knowledge of environmental issues. They must be within age 18 and 25.

The winner of the competition, Ibinabo added, will get a brand new Toyota Camry automobile, N3 million and a return trip to represent Nigeria at the World Miss Earth pageant.

“The second prize is N1 million and the opportunity to represent Nigeria at the Miss International in Japan, while the third prize is the sum of N500,000,” she said.

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Kano Transfers Over 1,000 Almajiris To Different States Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Kano State Government on Saturday said it has transferred 1,098 ‘almajiris’ to different states of the country.

The commissioner for local government, Murtala Garo, disclosed this while presenting a report before the state’s task force on COVID-19 at the government house, Kano.

Almajiris are children who are supposed to be learning Islamic studies while living with their Islamic teachers. Majority of them, however, end up begging on the streets of Northern Nigeria. They constitute a large number of Nigeria’s over 10 million out-of-school children.

Mr Garo said the Kano government transported 419 almajiris to Katsina, 524 to Jigawa and 155 to Kaduna. He said all of them tested negative for coronavirus before leaving the Kano State.

Despite the coronavirus test done in Kano for the almajiris, the Jigawa government earlier said it would quarantine for two weeks all the almajiris that recently arrived from Kano.

Mr Garo said another 100 almajiris scheduled to be taken to Bauchi State also tested negative to COVID-19.

In a remark, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said the COVID-19 situation in Kano was getting worse. He appealed for a collaborative effort to curtail the spread of the virus in the state.

Mr Ganduje, who commended residents for complying with the lockdown imposed in the state, said the decision was taken to halt the spread of the virus.

Kano State, as of Saturday night, has 77 coronavirus cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The decision to transfer the Kano almajiris is part of the agreement reached between Northern governors that almajiris in each state be transferred to their states of origin.

However, even before the latest agreement by the governors, the Kano government had been transferring almajiris to other states and neighbouring countries after it banned street begging in the state, most populous in Northern Nigeria.

Despite the transfers, however, no concrete step has been taken to ensure such children do not return to Kano streets as there is freedom of movement across Nigeria although interstate travel was recently banned to check the spread of the coronavirus.

 

Sourced From: Premium Times Nigeria

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COVID-19: ‘Bakassi Boys’ Foil Attempt To Smuggle 24 Women Into Abia In Container

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Operatives of the Abia State Vigilante Service, AVS, popularly known as ‘Bakassi Boys’ have arrested 24 market women hidden in a container truck, at Ekwereazu Ngwa, the boundary community between Abia and Akwa Ibom states.

The market women, said to be  from Akwa Ibom State, were on their way to Aba, when they were arrested with the truck driver and two of his conductors for violating the lockdown order by the state government.

Driver of the truck, Moses Asuquo, claimed he was going to Aba to purchase stock fish, but decided to assist the market women, because they were stranded.

A vigilante source told Sunday Vanguard that the vehicle was impounded while the market women were sent back to Akwa Ibom State.

Commissioner for Home Land Security, Prince Dan Okoli, who confirmed the incident, said that  smuggling of people into the state poses great threat to the state government’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID- 19.

 

Sourced From: Vanguard News

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Woman Kills Her Maid Over Salary Request

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Operatives of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Yaba of the Lagos State police command have arrested one Mrs Nene Steve for allegedly killing her maid, Joy Adole

The maid was allegedly beaten to death by Nene for requesting for her salary at their residence located at 18, Ogundola Street, Bariga area in Lagos.

Narrating the incident, Philips Ejeh, an elder brother to the deceased said that he was sad when they informed him that his sister was beaten to death.

He explained that the deceased was an indigene of Benue State brought to Lagos through an agent and started working with her as a maid  in January 2020.

‘’She reported that her boss refused to pay her and anytime she asked for her salary she will start beating her.

She was making an attempt to leave the place but due to the total lockdown she remained there until Sunday when her boss said she caught her stealing noodles and this led to her serious beating and death,’’ Ejeh said.

He called on Lagos State Government and well- meaning people in the country to help them in getting justice for the victim.

The police spokesman, Bala Elkana, stated that the woman and her husband came to Bariga Police  Station to a report that their house girl had committed suicide.

Detectives were said to have visited the house and suspected foul play with the position of the rope and bruises all over the body which confirmed that the girl had been tortured to death and the boss decided to hang up the girl to make it look like suicide.

He said: “The police moved on with their investigation and found a lot of sign of violence on her body that she has been tortured before a rope was put on her neck.’’

He added that the police removed the corpse and deposited it in the mortuary for autopsy to further ascertain the cause of the death.

Elkana said the matter has been transferred from Bariga police station to Panti for further investigation while the couple have been arrested and will be charged to court.

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Boko Haram Attacks: Buhari Summons Urgent Meeting Of Service Chiefs

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President Buhari and the Service Chiefs in a meeting. (File photo)

Ostensibly alarmed by the latest killings of dozens of soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents, President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an urgent meeting of Service Chiefs to find ways to stop the trend. 

He has also dispatched the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, to the neighbouring Republic of Chad for an urgent meeting with President Idris Deby and his defence counterpart. 

Knowledgeable sources said in Abuja on Friday that the president is worried by on the deterioration of security situation on the Nigeria – Chad Border that has led to the recently increased Boko Haram terrorism in the area.

The sources which did not want to be named in Abuja said: “Nigeria has a Chad  problem in the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) put together to secure the Lake Chad basin areas and repeal the Boko Haram terrorist attacks against all the countries neighbouring the Lake.”

The sources noted that Chad is believed to be having their own internal security challenges and this has reportedly led to their pulling away their own troops manning their own border around Lake Chad,  saying: “That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon to launch terrorist acts.  This is a clear illustration of the fact that terrorism is beyond national borders.”

When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the Defence Minister is going to Chad but said he is unaware of the purpose. 

Meanwhile, the military authorities are said to be in the process of identifying the families of the latest victims with a view to making contact with them. 

Credible sources revealed that it is the reason the president is yet to make any pronouncement on the matter. 

“The President has called an urgent meeting with the Service Chiefs, as well as the fact that families of the latest victims of the Boko Haram are being identified and contacts made before a government pronouncement on the tragic attacks. This, it is understood, is the reason for the silence of the government over the incident,” the source said. 

 

Sourced From: Tribune

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