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      Egyptian social media in influencer Manar Samy has been released from jail. She was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment earlier this month for posting immoral videos on social media and stirring up instincts through her online videos according to the legal papers. She was released on bail of 20,000 Egyptian pounds.      The Court found her videos to be offensive to public decency. Samy has about 200,000 followers on the social media app TikTok. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi regime has a non-tolerant approach to social media influencers and freedom of expression.

                     Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, sentenced a serial fraudster, Aliyu Zakari to 53 years imprisonment for N17.1million fraud.           

            Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has said she wanted to commit suicide 10-years ago, but was saved by Don Jazzy and Teebillz (Tiwa Savage ex-husband). She was reacting to the video of a Nigerian, Izu, who committed suicide and she said suicide should never be the only option for handling depression. She thanked Don Jazzy and Teebillz for coming to her rescue. On her Instagram account, Tonto wrote; “This was me 9/10 years ago, I’m here because I believed there was much more to life than my situation… I wanted to badly believe God DIDNT hate me, I wanted to badly stop the hurt but it just kept coming so strong. “I knew I was ready, I mean the pain was Excruciating. Today was a perfect day to die I said. SMH God spared me, God showed me how much love he had for me that day.” “Shoutout to @teebillz323 @donjazzy for coming to my rescue, I honestly pray for you every day. Thank you can never be enough but THANK YOU,” she added. “There is always lig...

                     Barrister Olumide Akpata has won the presidential election of the Nigerian Bar Association which was held on Thursday.  Olumide Akpata is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group of the Firm and he is currently the Head of that Group. He is admitted to practice in Nigeria and has over two decades of experience in advising clients on various aspects of Nigerian Corporate and Commercial Law. He is also the Vice-Chair (West-Africa) of the International Bar Association’s Africa Regional Forum.

   Drake is now a proud owner of 2 Tupac pendants each worth $300 thousand. The jewelry is made of diamonds and gold. Each pendant jewel comes with a diamond chain. The jewelry was made by Jason of  Beverly Hills and it took them 5 weeks to complete Tupac Jesus.        

      Dr. Dre has filed his answer to his wife's petition for divorce. In the legal papers filed by his lawyer, Disso Queen Laura Wasser Dre claims that the couple has a pre-nuptial agreement.   Nicole Young married Dr. Dre in 1996 and in 2020 filed for divorce. In Nicole's divorce petition there was no mention of a prenup agreement. After dr. Dre sold his brands Beats by Dr. Dre to Apple for $3 billion, his estimated net worth in 2020 is $820 million dollars.     Dre in his answer to the divorce petition alleges that he is willing to pay Nicole spousal support and that the division of their assets should be governed by their prenup agreement. Nicole Young on her part is asking for spousal support and half of the assets.

                 The deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, is expected to announce his move to the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and will be adopted as the candidate of the party for the October 10 governorship election. Hon Agboola Ajayi, who defected from the All ProgressiveCongress (APC) to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but lost to Eyitayo Jegede, on the primaries is on his way to join ZLP having met with state and national leaders of the party. Hon. Ajayi's name will replace ZLP candidate Benjamin Rotimi.

        Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum has criticized the Nigerian army following an attack on his convoy in Baga on Wednesday night. F ifteen persons were injured on the  attack on his convoy. the attack occurred on the governor's visit to an Internally disposed persons (IDP) camp Baga town. Though the attack was repelled by security operatives in the governor’s convoy, there were casualties on the side of his entourage. Zulum, thereafter confronted the Commanding Officer in Mile 4, expressing his disappointment at the inability of the military to rid Baga and its environs. “The army has been here for over one year now, there are 1,181 soldiers here; if you cannot take over Baga which is less than 5 km from your base, then we should forget about Baga. “I will inform the Chief of Army Staff to redeploy the men to other places that they can be useful,” Zulum said. The governor further questioned the authenticity of the army’s position that Boko Haram ins...

      Senator Ali Ndume has condemned the Federal Government’s amnesty to terrorists, saying that a repentant Boko Haram member, who was recently integrated into the community, killed his father, stole his wealth and disappeared. He said it is a waste of public fund to try to reform terrorists. On a BBC Hausa programme on Wednesday, Ndume, who represented Borno South in the Senate, alleged that many of the so-called ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members had since gone back to their former ways. He said: “They are like Kharijites. Many among those released have since run away. They will never repent. The government should know what to do about them, but not re-introducing someone who killed your parent or relations to you. “Haba, not that he even apologised to the government. His thinking is that the government has failed; hence they are being pampered.” “If there is sincerity of purpose in this, those in the Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps should have been trained in v...

       There has been a collision between two airplanes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos on Wednesday.  The two airplanes are an Airbus A330-243 owned by Middle East Airlines and a Boeing 777 airplane belonging to Turkish Airlines. The Turkish Airlines cargo flight was parked at the tarmac when the Middle East Airline taxiing ran into it.  The passengers in the Middle East Airline had to disembark when the airline ran into the Turkish airline. International flights are yet to commence full operation after the lockdown, the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 are still in talks with the Ministry of Aviation towards the resumption of international flights in the country.

              “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”

                                                NCDC @NCDCgov · 12h 404 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria ; Lagos-106 FCT-54 Rivers-48 Plateau-40 Edo-29 Enugu-21 Oyo-20 Kano-18 Ondo-15 Ogun-10 Ebonyi-9 Ekiti-8 Kaduna-6 Cross River-5 Kwara-4 Anambra-3 Delta-3 Imo-2 Nasarawa-2 Borno-1 42,208 confirmed 19,004 discharged 873 deaths

                 Unidentified gunmen has attacked the Abudu community in Kogi state killing  14 persons and 6 injured. 13 of the dead persons are from the same family.  The state commissioner of police, Ede Ayuuba, disclosed this to the newsmen in Lokoja, Kogi State. The State Commissioner also said that there have been long standing communal feud in the community. The Police Commissioner said, “This morning around 2 am, my Area Commander called me to report that he received information that there was an attack on Agbudu community. “I called the SSA on Security of the Local Government in Koton-Karfe and I said that before I get there, he should mobilise his vigilante men to assist the police – the DPO and the Area Commander in the area – for them to assess the place and see what assistance they could render.” “I was there and I was part of those who picked some of the dead bodies we are talking about.” “Yes, 14 people were killed an...

      The annual Hajj pilgrimage performed by Muslims started today in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.The pilgrimage which is very important to Muslims around the world will this year be scaled down because of coronavirus.  The pilgrimage which usually have over 2 million Muslims visit from all over the world will this year have about 10,000 local people visiting. Saudi Arabia has about 270,000 COVID-19 cases with nearly 3,000 deaths.     

      The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has said he contracted coronavirus but recovered without suffering any symptoms. He called coronavirus a psychosis and refused to impose lockdown on the country he has been ruling since 1994. "I apologize for my voice, lately I have to talk a lot. But the most surprising thing is that today you are seeing a person who managed to power through coronavirus standing on his feet," he said during a visit to a military base. "Doctors made this conclusion yesterday — it was asymptomatic."

        The Chair of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM),  Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to please come to the aid of students under their scholarship by paying their fees and allowances. She had written to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio informing him of the difficulties that student on their scholarship scheme face in the United Kingdom. “The commission counts on the minister’s assurances that all outstanding payments to affected students will be made. At the moment, there have been persistent calls by the students for urgent intervention. “The deadline for payment of the fees of some of the students have expired or about to expire, non-payment of their allowances have turned many of them to virtually beggars,” she said.  

                   Justice F. N. Azinge of the Delta State High Court sitting in Otor-Udu has convicted and sentenced two pastors, Pastor Glory Okeoghene Aberefa and Reverend Vincent Okpogo to 16 and 10 years imprisonment respectively. The convicts, alongside their company, Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited, were prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on 16-count charges, bordering on conspiracy to steal and stealing, contrary to Section 516 and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, CAP 21, Vol 1, Laws of Delta State of Nigeria, 2006.                       Trouble started for the convicts, when under the guise of running a finance company, defrauded dozens of unsuspecting members of the public of millions of naira, through their fraudulent Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited. They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, upon their arrai...

                               The former governor of Delta State Mr. James Ibori has been appointed patron of former governors forum. This is a group made up of former governors of Nigeria. Jame Ibori was governor of  Delta State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Ibori was sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption in UK. He spent only 4 years in jail and was released.                          In the letter of the former governor's forum signed by the chairman Babangida Aliyu and Tunde Esan stated “In line with the provisions of the Former Governors Forum and based on the unanimous decision of the Executive Committee of the Forum, we convey to you your appointment as Patron of the Forum. “The Forum recognises your role not only as a former governor but equally as a respected elder statesman with passion for the promotion of unity in Ni...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of Air Vice Marshal Alkali Mohammadu Mamu. Mamu, a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Holding Company and Air Force Commanding, Training Command, was pronounced guilty by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. This followed the appellate court’s reversal of his discharge and acquittal on corruption charges earlier pronounced by Justice Salisu Garba of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous judgement on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, convicted and sentenced Mamu to two years’ imprisonment in respect of one (count two) out of the four counts. The judgment read by Justice Yargata Byenchit Nimpar, which also had Justices Abdu Aboki and Emmanuel Akomaye Agim acquitted him on three other counts – one, three and four. Mamu was one of the senior military officers accused of abusing their positions by the Presidential Commi...

   "We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear." - John Lewis

   American comedian, actor Tiffany Haddish has said she is hesitant to bring in a child into this world because of the spate of racism in it. The 40 year old actress said, " I'm a little older now and people are always asking when I'm gonna have some babies,'  while commenting in Carmelo Anthony Youtube show What's in your glass. She said, 'There's a part of me that would like to do that, and I always make up these excuses like, "Oh, I need a million dollars in the bank before I do that, I need this, I need that,"' she said. 'But really, it's that I would hate to give birth to someone that looks like me … knowing that they're gonna be hunted or killed.  'Like, why would I put someone through that?' The show host who has a son responded, "that it is scary."    The star of Girls Trip said that it is time  for people of all backgrounds ' to talk about that' and 'come together as a community and work as a...

                  MacKenzie Bezos, novelist and the ex - wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has revealed she has donated $1.7 billion to 116 charities over the past one year. MacKenzie Bezos, the second richest woman in the world with a net worth of $60 billion announced this on Tuesday.      The ex wife of Jeff Bezos stated that a large proportion of the money went to racial equality and justice causes. She donated $586.7 million to racial equality charities. She made the pledge in 2019 after her divorce. In her pledge she promised to give half her fortune to charities.      Mackenzie Bezos said, 'Like many, I watched the first half of 2020 with a mixture of heartbreak and horror…My own reflection after recent events revealed a dividend of privilege I’d been overlooking: the attention I can call to organizations and leaders driving change,'.   

                     NCDC ✔ @NCDCgov 624 new cases of # COVID19Nigeria ; Lagos-212 Oyo-69 Niger-49 Kano-37 Osun-37 FCT-35 Plateau-34 Gombe-33 Edo-28 Enugu-28 Ebonyi-17 Delta-10 Katsina-9 Ogun-8 Rivers-7 Ondo-5 Kaduna-4 Nasarawa-2 41,804 confirmed 18,764 discharged 868 deaths

A Nigerian trained doctor in the US Dr. Stella Immanuel has gone viral on social media for his speech on cure for COVID-19.  She said that   that the antimalarial drug — hydroxychloroquine, zinc and antibacterial drug — Zithromax, were effective cures for  the coronavirus disease.  In a speech she delivered in front of the US Supreme court in Washington D.C.she alleges that she  has treated  350 patients of COVID-19 with combination of Hydrochloroquine (HCQ), Zinc and Zithromax and only one died. She also said that one of her oldest patient is 93.Surrounded by other physicians Dr. Immanuel said it will be unethical  for a doctor to watch her patient die when there is a cure. Hydroxychloroquine has been promoted by the US President, Donald Trump. Trump even claimed that he has taken it.

     Governor of Edo State, Patrick Obaseki has reacted to former National Chairman All Progressive Congress (APC),Adams Oshimole comment about him and why he hate him so much. During a political rally last week Adams Oshiomole said that he made a mistake by supporting Patrick Obaseki in the 2016 election against Ize Iyamu. Governor Obaseki has now defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after he was disqualified by APC.  Governor Obaseki's spokesman Crusoe Osagie said Oshimhole became a frustrated man after he found out he could not hijack Governor Obaseki's administration. He further explained that when Adams Oshimhole was governor of Edo state he awarded    a contract at the Edo Specialist Hospital to an associate who failed to execute the project. He alleged that Oshimhole borrowed medical equipment and put in the hospital which was removed immediately President Buhari commissioned it. Crusoe said, “He has failed to answer a simple question ...

      We know that Kanye West has publicly apologised to his wife, Kim Kardashian for all he said about her when he tweeted last weekend, "I would like to apologize to my wife Kim for going public with something that was a private matter. I did not cover her like she has covered me. To Kim I want to say I know I hurt you. Please forgive me. Thank you for always being there for me," The picture published Tuesday by TMZ shows both of them in a car, though Kim looks close to tears. Kanye has a lot of work to do win back his wife who had handled the situation in a very calm way.    

      An Objections has been raised to Kanye West to be put on the Illinois ballot for president. The objection boarders on the signatures in his petition. In the State of Illinois any citizen can file an objection to the Illinois Board of Election to a candidate's name to be put on the ballot paper.  One of the objections raised against Kanye West petition is regarding the validity of the signatures. The Illinois Election Board will examine the evidence and decide if Kanye's name will appear or not. To be on the presidential ballot paper the candidate needs 2,500 signatures. One of the Objectors to Kanye West petition, Sean Tenner said that what made him to object to Kanye West petition was his comment on Harriet Tubman, he said his comment left him fuming. Sean Tenner claimed that he found less than 1,000 valid signatures in Kanye's petition and claimed that it is invalid. Last week Kanye West in his presidential rally ranted that “never actually freed the sla...

           The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been thrown into mourning following the death of its Abia state chairman Johnson Onuigbo. According to TVC News, Onuigbo popularly known as Akinboard passed away late hours on Monday, July 27, after a brief illness. His body has been deposited at an undisclosed hospital mortuary in Umuahia. In another report by AIT, a source who spoke to the media house on the condition of anonymity said the cause of Onuigbo's death is not yet known. 

                                      Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSCON) said on Monday that the issues of corruption facing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)  can only be resolved if it is been supervised presidency. HOSCON is an umbrella of communities in the Niger Delta that produces oil a gas. It is   a grass root movement that advocates for right and privileges that are associated with Oil and Gas Exploration. HOSCON, in a statement issued by its national director of media and publicity, Okakuro Monday Whiskey, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to execute the resolution of the Senate, asking that the already screened Board of the NDDC be sworn in immediately. Commending the National Assembly for being bold and resolute in confronting the NDDC crisis, by instituting probes into its activities and facing up with the commission’s Interim Management Committee (...

           Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex (c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540. Cromwell was one of the strongest advocates of the English Reformation. He helped to engineer an annulment of the king's marriage to the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon, in order to allow Henry to marry his mistress Anne Boleyn. After failure to obtain approval from the Pope, in 1534 parliament endorsed the king's claim to be head of a breakaway Church of England, and Cromwell supervised the new church from the unique posts of vicegerent in spirituals and vicar general. During his rise, Cromwell made many enemies, especially among the conservative faction at court. He fell from power after arranging the king's marriage to a German princess, Anna of Cleves. Cromwell hoped that the marriage would breathe fresh life into the Reformation in Eng...

        The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has reacted to the allegation that some senators were awarded contract by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, was rebuked by the senate for naming 3 senators  Mathew Urhoghide   James Manager and Peter Nwaoboshi among the people that were awarded contracts by NDDC. The senate called the Akpabio's allegation as fallacy at the highest order.               The chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Ayo Akinyelure (PDP) stated that the projects Akpabio referred to were constituent projects and that the lawmakers did not collect any fund to execute them. The senator from Ondo state said,  “As a matter of fact, the submission of Senator Akpabio is a cheap blackmail which cannot be tenable anywhere in Nigeria. Senators are representatives of the people in the legisl...