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Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede and late Bukky Ajayi’s son Kunle Fawole, also known as Abounce, have just confirmed they are dating in a huge way.   Recall that last month, Yvonne and Abounce sparked relationship rumours when they both sent cute lovey-dovey messages to each other on Instagram. Yvonne referred to Abounce as her ‘ Rasta’ while Abounce declared himself ‘the luckiest dude alive.’ Yvonne also spent a lot of time with Bukky Ajayi before she passed away. Then earlier today, Abounce penned a romantic message to Yvonne to celebrate the actress as she turned 33, further confirming that the two are indeed an item.   To finally add the cherry on the cake, Abounce gave Yvonne the best birthday gift ever – an engagement ring! Abounce, who is an actor/musician, surprised Yvonne by proposing to her in front of friends and family today. See her ring below. Yvonne Jegede became popular after she played one of the Tuface Idibia’s leading ladies in the video of his hit

The Fidei Polytechnic in Gboko, Benue State was Thursday shut down indefinitely by its management following a violent protest by some students. Eyewitnesses told reporters that tension started mounting in the institution yesterday after the school management denied some students who were said to have met the conditions for sitting their exams from doing so. The appeal by the students fell on deaf ears as the management pointed out that enough time had been given to students to do all the necessary registration before the commencement of their semester examination. This angered the students who started destroying some of the school property. Men of the Nigerian police who were called in to restore law and order were attacked by the irate students. Some of the students were reportedly shot and arrested. See images bellows…

The man, who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari, has shared the experience he had in prison after meeting his bail conditions and his consequent release from custody. The 30-year-old trader, Joe Fortemose ‎Chinakwe, who was charged to the Ota Magistrate Court 2, Ogun State by the police with conduct likely to cause breach of public peace, in a case with suit number MOT/617c/2016, on Thursday, fulfilled his N50, 000 bail condition. Shortly after his release yesterday, Joe, as he is fondly called, spoke with newsmen in the state, saying that going to prison was a golden opportunity for him. Describing his experience as good and educative, Joe said, “I am so happy. It is a joy to me. I have missed my family; that was most painful. “Prison is a place to experience in one’s life. It is like a rehabilitation home: you learn many things there and there are many people you may not have the opportunity to talk to. “But in prison, you will sit down with them an

Nigerian stand-up comedian, Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule, popularly known as Okey Bakassi has spoken about the sad realities of being a celebrity. Bakassi who wrote on his instagram page @okeybakassi complained of how the social media has become an avenue for many critics to lash out at celebrities, having no respect for their privacy. In his post, he said: “It comes with a lot of curse, you lose your privacy, and until you lose your privacy, you won’t know how much it means to you. “Celebrities don’t have a life that is theirs; everybody feels that entitlement to barge into your personal space. “It’s really an expensive curse to bear honestly. “When you are on this side of the boat, there are a lot of things you could just do everyday but you just make efforts to be normal. “I’m sure if you ask the average celebrities, in these days of social media, it’s just too much, it’s as if when social media came, we lost respects and our values.   “It’s so p

Four persons, including a man believed to be the son of a World Bank contractor, have drowned in Egbe River in Egbe community of Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The four were said to be workers on a World Bank assessment mission to the river and had commenced work on Tuesday night. They were said to have come from Development Dams and Irrigation Schemes, Kaduna State and had died when the boat in which seven of them and their equipment were allegedly sailing, capsized. The report says four of the occupants of the boat, who didn’t wear life-jackets died while three others survived. The bodies of the dead were fished out by local fishermen, who were s mobilised by the chairman of Gbonyin Local Government Area, Mrs. Folasade Akinrinmola. Mrs. Akinrinmola told Nigerian Tribune on the telephone that she was notified of the incident by the traditional ruler of the community. She said: “We immediately mobilised a rescue team and an ambulance and thos

President Muhammadu Buhari has described himself as a good listener, calling on traditional rulers in the country to assist his government in moving the nation forward by advising him. He, however, urged them to always put such advice in writing. This was disclosed to State House correspondents by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, shortly after he met with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Adeyemi, who said he visited the President to endorse a memorandum which he had earlier sent, said Buhari listened with rapt attention and sent him to other traditional rulers in his domain. “The President listened attentively and he has asked me to pass the information to other traditional rulers in my domain to assist the government by giving advice because he is a good listener but that such advice should be put in writing so that he can then relate it to the problems affecting Nigeria,” he said. The monarch stated that he advised the

The son of the former Governor of Ogun State and Chairman Kresta Laurel Limited, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Adebola Daniel has begun a foundation to press for equity and fairness to the physically challenged individuals in Nigeria. In a statement, Mr. Adebola reiterated the need to end discrimination against people living with disabilities in the country. “I was born into a very comfortable home, with both amazing parents and without a disability. “However, when I turned 5, I was diagnosed with paraplegia- a rare condition with no medical clarity. I became confined to a wheelchair. Growing up in Nigeria, I unconsciously associated disability to poverty and crime due to amputated beggars on the streets mostly as a result of Sharia Law practiced in the North. This was general opinion of most Nigerians in my social circle as a child. “Having myself become physically challenged, I was exposed to the stigma and assumptions that came with being ‘disabled’. “All of a s

The Nigerian stock market (equity category) depreciated by N438bn between August 24, 2015 and August 24 this year. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index also slid from 29,214.13 basis points to 27,880.46 basis points within the same period. Data compiled by our correspondent also showed that the volume of transactions, value of transactions and number of deals for 2015 were 257.73 million, N2.775bn and 4,247, respectively; while those for 2016 were 230.29 million, N2.955bn and 3,002, respectively. Between January and March this year, the equities market depreciated by 10.79 per cent – as of the first day of trading this year (January 4), the NSE market capitalisation stood at N9.757tn, while the ASI was 28,370.32 basis points. But on the last day of trading in March, the market capitalisation and the ASI crashed to N8.704tn and 25,306.22 basis points, respectively. Equity investors had in the first seven trading days of the year lost N804bn of their investment value.

Power distribution companies have said they are currently losing over N1bn every month as a result of limited electricity evacuation capacity of the Transmission Company of Nigeria. According to the Discos, the poor transmission infrastructure in Nigeria is a major contributory factor to the liquidity constraints experienced by most distribution companies across the country. They also refuted claims by the TCN that Discos were still rejecting electricity load allocated to them and that the distribution companies were the weakest link in the power value chain. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, TCN, Dr. Abubakar Atiku, had told journalists in Abuja on Monday that “the weakest link is truly identified as those distribution companies rejecting customers load, thereby throwing them into darkness, resulting in the lowering of generation, although we have the capacity to generate more.” But in a swift reaction to Atiku’s statement, the Executive Director, Association of

A non-governmental organization, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, yesterday called on the state Houses of Assembly to create armed vigilante, similar to the Civilian-JTF, in the South East and other parts of the country where suspected Fulani herdsmen have continued to commit mass killings of villagers. The group also condemned the South East governors and political leaders, “for failing to collectively protest the incessant killings of Igbos by armed Fulani herdsmen and the conspiratorial silence and inactions of both the military and the Directorate of State Security Services.” A statement issued by the National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, reads in part, “South East governors have betrayed their people. By allowing the Fulani herdsmen to keep killing their people without putting transparent pressures on President Muhammadu Buhari to take measures to deploy soldiers to p

The Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, confirmed the death of two graduating students who were set ablaze last week. The deceased students had just concluded their Higher National Diploma, HND examination when the incident occurred. Confirming the incident to newsmen yesterday, the Public Relations Officer, PRO, of the institution, Mr. Darlington Oparaocha, said the students were looking forward to going for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, before tragedy struck. According to the PRO, the exact cause of the fire incident is yet-to-be known. He said, “We can’t say definitively if they died of cult related activities or sheer armed robbery. A version of the story surrounding their death was linked to armed robbery attack. “There was an armed robbery attack in the hostel of the deceased students. Unknown armed hoodlums stormed the hostel Wednesday night and robbed the inmates. “After robbing the inmates o

Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has been chosen by militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, as one of members of it dialogue group in the proposed dialogue with the federal government. Spokesman for the Dialogue Group, Mr. Ballantyne Agiri, made this known to the New Telegraph on Tuesday. He hinted that the militants had set up dialogue group to engage the Federal Government in meaningful dialogue as part of the initiatives to end the crisis rocking the Niger Delta region. He said the Nobel Laureate was chosen because of the track records as a freedom fighter as well as a credible and detribalised personality. Agiri said the leadership of the militant group has for months been looking for credible persons who are capable of standing for them and present their grievances before the federal government. He said, “I was on my own when they invited me to work for them. “But I told them that one person cannot hold dialogue with the governme

The Ikot Ansa area of Calabar, Cross River State has been thrown into mourning, after a 67-year old pensioner, identified as Okon Edet Iwang, committed suicide. Iwang, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State took his own life on Sunday night in front of his room at 13B, Ekpo Iso Lane, Ikot Ansa in Calabar. Speaking with Vanguard, a source, who wished not to be named, disclosed that the deceased who retired from the Industrial Trust Fund, ITF, used the clothing line to hang himself.   According to the source, Iwang who is also known as Ette Aniette, was suffering from diabetes for close to three years, but was gradually recovering before he decided to commit suicide. The source said, “Before going to church yesterday evening (Sunday), I saw him and when I also came back at about 10:30p.m. we greeted. I was shocked when I woke up this morning (yesterday) to see his lifeless body dangling. ‎ “He was recovering from his sickness because the diabetic sore on his leg was healing very f

Popular stand up comedian, Ali Baba, has lambasted the Nigerian government, saying by all standards, the country is finished. The renowned comedian reacted to the treatment recently given to the Dream Team VI on their way to Rio for Olympics men football tournament. The Dream Team VI were left stranded in Atlanta, USA, where they had gone for training ahead of the competition, after the chartered airline refused to leave until full payments were made. Although the players got a bronze medal from the competition, the government had showed little or no regard for them initially. In his opinion, the comedian, in an open letter on his Instagram account, wrote: “Nigeria is a finished goods country. A country that is only interested in the end products does not invest in the process; that’s Nigeria. We like chocolate but to convert cocoa to chocolate is rocket science. We have over 200m cars, that’s a car multiplied by 4 tyres minimum. “We like to go to countries

Soldiers attached to the 144 Battalion, Asa, Ukwa West council area, have killed Chisom Aloysius Enyinnaya, a.k.a IPO, a notorious kidnapper, along the Opobo-Azumini highway, Abia State. The soldiers had received information that the gang was robbing crayfish dealers on their way back from Oron, Akwa Ibom State, Vanguard reports. On sighing the troops, Chisom and his gang engaged the soldiers in a gun duel at Akpaa Mbato community.   The kingpin was shot dead, while his boys escaped with bullet wounds. The driver of the bus that was conveying the traders, Ndifreke Sunday, narrated that they were ambushed as their vehicle slowed down on a bad portion of the highway. The deceased and members of his gang have been on the wanted list of the security agencies following the increasing attacks on motorists plying the Opobo- Azumini highway.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has described as inappropriate the act of increasing the national budget, also known as budget padding by the legislative arm of government. Fashola, who was speaking at the annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, noted that since the federal lawmakers had no powers to collect tax, they did not possess the right to unilaterally hike the budget. Fashola was speaking on the topic, ‘The Role of the Legislature and Executive in the Budget Process,” where he called for synergy between the two arms of government in the budget process. The former governor said, “I like to say that it is not appropriate for parliament to unilaterally seek to increase the budget because they do not collect taxes. “I think there should be collaboration between the executive and the legislature in the budgeting process. In this process, clear lines should be drawn be

The Commander of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, ODS, Rear Admiral Joseph Okojie, has disclosed that his unit killed two militants suspected to be members of the rampaging Niger Delta Avengers, while three others were arrested. The militants were alleged to have killed four soldiers on August 8, 2016 at a military check point in Bayelsa State. The gunmen, who dressed in mourning outfit had opened fire on the ODS detachment, killing the soldiers, after which they made away with their arms, ammunition and military gunboat. The arrested suspects were paraded at the headquarters of the ODS at Igbogene, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Tuesday. Speaking on the incident, Okojie disclosed that the suspects were discovered at their hideout in Saraba Creek, near Okiama community, Okigbene in Southern Ijaw Local Government of the state. Okojie said on getting to the camp, a gun duel ensued between the soldiers and t

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has reacted to reports that he was mentally unstable. Okorocha, cleared the air yesterday, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after returning from his two-week vacation. “Well, I was just coming from the United States of America, I went to see my grandson. I have just been blessed with another grandson, making a total of four grandchildren,” he said. “No, I have never been sick at all, I have never been sick. I am always healthy. I am not in a hurry to go (laughs). I am very health and I have never been to any hospital. I am fine and strong. I don’t know where the rumour comes from but it is nothing to write home about,” he said. “I have never been to hospital, I’m fine, I’m healthy and as you can see, I’m more relaxed than ever. “I did two weeks plus, I know, they are not used to me going out. They are not used to me travelling and they saw this, I don’t blame them. But everything is okay and I’m back again to

The Director-General, National Pension Commission, Mrs. Chinelo Anhohu-Amazu, has said the commission is collaborating with other African countries to increase the benefits of pensions. She said this during a press conference on the third edition of the world pension summit with the theme, ‘Pension innovations: The African perspective’, billed to hold in Abuja in September. “It is aimed at driving into greater prominence, the revolutionary strides and achievements of African governments in the area of pensions and social benefits,” she said. Anohu-Amazu said that in furtherance of its commitment to promoting a pension industry that would impact nation building and national development, PenCom organised both the first and second editions of the world pension summit in 2014 and 2015, respectively. She explained that the themes of the summits were selected based on the need to lay a solid foundation for the establishment of enduring pension systems in Africa and chart ways for ef

A man who can no longer tolerate the troublesome nature of his wife has appeared before a court seeking a dissolution to their matrimonial union. An Agege customary court in Lagos, Lagos State has reconciled a couple, Mr Akinyemi Ilesanmi and his wife, Comfort, whose 10-year-old marriage was on the brink of collapse. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Akinyemi, who claimed to be a prophet, had instituted a divorce suit on June 20, on the grounds that there was no love between them and an alleged threat to his life.   He also alleged that his wife was a ‘witch’. However, the intervention of the court’s president, Mr Philip Williams, and the couple’s families helped to resolve the couple’s differences and reconcile them. Williams subsequently, urged the couple to give peace a chance in the marriage and be law abiding. Earlier in his testimony during hearing, the petitioner, who resides at Akute Area of Ogun State, told the court that there was no love

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised by a United Kingdom based Nigerian activist, Philip Agbese, to overlook the offer to swap the abducted Chibok schoolgirls with Boko Haram prisoners, adding that there is every chance that Nigeria will be reintegrating nothing less than 300 terrorists into the society by giving in to such call. He added that such move will put the country in high security risk. Agbese said it would be wise to consider the damage the released detainees will do to the country. The activist said the move will be harmful to Nigeria, the entire West African region and some will spill over to Central and East Africa. His words, “The ongoing orchestra that is whining for terrorists considers everything with the exception of one. Recidivism.”   “These groups and individuals that have been canvassing a swop of Boko Haram prisoners for the abducted Chibok Girls do so without regards for the penchant for recidivism among terrorists like any othe

The Presidency has debunked reports in the media that President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking emergency powers to tackle the nation’s economic challenges. It, however, stated that the economic management team was considering several measures to urgently reform the economy, but is yet to communicate the measures to the President. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday night by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, who added that those measures had also not been passed to the Federal Executive Council, FEC, and the National Assembly. A national daily had reported that the President would be seeking emergency powers from the National Assembly to get the economy out of recession, shore up the value of the naira, create more jobs, boost foreign reserves, improve power and revive the manufacturing sector. It added that the decision was based on a proposal from the economic team headed by Vice President, Yemi O

Former National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prof. Wale Oladipo, has asked Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, to wade into the judicial wrangling trailing the court actions instituted by the party’s warring factions. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, he stated that Buhari should step in to save the judiciary and democracy from the imminent danger of being infiltrated and controlled by politicians. He spoke against the backdrop of the many conflicting orders and judgments emanating from different divisions of the Federal High Court and the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as they relate to the leadership crisis in the PDP. The statement said that their intervention to save the judiciary became necessary because, “the judiciary is being infiltrated and controlled by politicians.” According to the PDP chieftain, “This ugly trend began with the Hon. Justice Mohammed Liman of the Port

A Good Samaritan, identified as Micheal Adesokan has sought the help of the Lagos State Government, for a victim that has been allegedly abused by his guardian. He shared some disturbing photos on his twitter timeline @michealadex, showing the young boy’s body. According to his tweets, the boy lives on Olorunishola Street, Oshodi. Although he did not disclose her identity, the guardian is said to be a school teacher in Lagos. He, therefore, called on the government and agencies to intervene on behalf of the young boy before matters get worse.

A 32-year-old woman, identified as Chidinma Favour Okorie, has been arrested for kidnapping children and selling each at N50, 000. The pregnant mother of five was reportedly caught in the act following an alarm raised by the mother of a victim she attempted to steal in Udoma village, Umuoji in Idemili North Local Government Area LGA, of Anambra state. Okorie, who is also said to be part of a syndicate that has allegedly stolen several babies in the state, said she had been in the business for quite some time until luck ran out on her. The State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Sam Okaula, who paraded the suspect before newsmen at the weekend said she was arrested on August 2 by police detectives as she was perfecting plans to escape from the town with a three-year-old boy earlier stolen from a compound in the village. The suspect, narrating her modus operandi, said she regularly came from Ebonyi State to perpetrate her act and then sell the stolen child for N50, 000

The following day after 9am lecture) Kenny: ( called on Taiwo) am on my way to Bunmi’s shop, please call me if there is any change Taiwo: okay, no problem Kenny: thanks, ( he left, on his way going calling Bunmi) good morning dear, am sorry for not calling earlier, I had 7am lecture which I must attend Bunmi: No problem dear, how was your night? And are you through with the lecture now? Kenny: yeah, my night was fine, and am through with the lecture until 12pm, I just want to tell you that am on my way to your shop Bunmi: don’t come, my boss is around Kenny: fuck up! Okay, just excuse yourself for some minutes and meet me at the ice cream joint Bunmi: okay, I’ll be there in a jiffy. ( few minutes later, they met at the ice cream joint) Kenny: welcome dear Bunmi: thanks, but why did you have to leave school to see me, you should have wait till you finish your lecture Kenny: I can’t just wait any longer, am so filled seeing you around me, how are y