Tunde Ednut, the popular social media influencer, has narrated how singer Peter Okoye of P-Square gave him a bundle of dollars to spray on strippers.

Ednut revealed that the incident took place in 2017 at a US club.

Reflecting on the incident in a post on his Instagram page, Ednut disclosed that he pocketed the money and quietly left the club.

While advising his followers to always make smart decisions during tough times, he expressed gratitude to the singer.

He wrote; “2017, in America. Peter P-Square carry me go strip club. I was broke.

“He gave me a bundle of one dollar to spray on top n*ked women wey dey dance. I pocket am. I left him and his friends and went home. He made my night.

“Me that was broke, make I spray wetin? I shall see you guys later. UWESE OO! Thank you! Be calculative at all times.”

Afrobeats star, Adekunle Gold has praised his wife, singer Simi after the release of her new album ‘Lost And Found.’

According to Adekunle, he is lucky to have a wife that constantly makes him proud.

He went on to declare to Simi that she would always be great.

On his X handle on Friday, Gold wrote: “Na me know wetin God do for me. Make your babe dey give you bragging rights like this! Ha! Simi you will always be great!

#LostAndFoundTheAlbum.”

Simi, had, during her album listening party in Lagos on Thursday night, praised her husband Adekunle Gold for his support, especially for inspiring one of the songs on the album ‘Men Are Crazy’ featuring Tiwa Savage.

She explained that Gold gave her the idea for the song.

Evans Abifade, a driver has reportedly  killed a 27-year-old travel consultant, Oluwatobiloba Bukola Fisayomi Arike, in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

It was gathered that the deceased was on her way to buy food near Agro Bus Stop, via Ojodu-Berger, in Akute on Wednesday afternoon, June 3, 2024, when the speeding car struck her, killing her on the spot.

The driver was apprehended by an angry crowd and handed over to the police while the young woman’s lifeless body was wrapped in a polythene bag by officers from the Ajuwon Police Station and transported to the mortuary.

Meanwhile, family and friends have called on the Ogun State Police Command and Governor Dapo Abiodun to investigate the killing of the National Open University graduate.

The family fears that justice may not be served, suggesting that the police might release the reckless driver without proper prosecution.

A friend of the deceased wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday, July 4: “The police refused to take a statement from us but granted the driver who killed you his wish of going to hospital for treatment. More than 24 hours now and no statement about your gruesome death.

“Nigeria Police is the failure that keeps failing.”

Lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have described a recent appeal court ruling as a miscarriage of justice.

This is as they declared intention to appeal the recent Court of Appeal judgment regarding the jurisdiction of the Rivers State High Court in suit number PHC/1512/CS/2024.

Speaker of the pro-Fubara lawmakers, Victor Oko-Jumbo announced this during a plenary session held on Friday in Port Harcourt.

Oko-Jumbo said their legal team has been instructed to urgently appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision.

He clarified that contrary to speculations, the Court of Appeal did not rule that Martins Amaewhule and 24 others did not defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressive Congress, APC.

Oko-Jumbo emphasized that there cannot be two Houses of Assembly in Rivers State or any other state in Nigeria, and asserted that Amaewhule and his team are no longer members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, in line with the earlier declaration by Ehie Edison, (former Speaker, now Chief of Staff to the governor), which has not been overturned by any court of competent jurisdiction.

During the plenary session, the Rivers State Transport Company Reform Bill 2024 and the Rivers State Emergency Management Bill 2024 were passed after their first reading.

A security man, Henry Musa, has been arrested by the Police in Niger State.

The man was nabbed for allegedly stealing a vehicle entrusted in his custody in Anambra State at Sabon-Wuse in Niger State.

The command in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) SP Wasiu Abiodun in Minna said the suspect was picked based on reliable information received by the police attached to the Sabon-Wuse in Tafa local government Division.

He explained that Musa was arrested on Tuesday 2nd July,2024 with a Toyota Camry vehicle bearing Reg. No. LND 851 CJ, is suspected to have been stolen from Anambra State.

The PRO stated that the suspect was seen at Dikko, along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in the Tafa area of Niger State with duplicate copies of the document to sell the vehicle.

According to him ”The Police operatives of the Division were quickly mobilised to the area and the suspect was taken into custody with the vehicle”

”During interrogation, he confessed that he was a security man in a hotel at Awka and that the key of the vehicle was entrusted to him by the owner But he decided to take the vehicle away, and was going to Dikko to dispose of it”.

He added that the suspect is under investigation and will be transferred to SCID for further investigation and prosecution immediately after the investigations.

Popular singer, Paul Okoye’s fiancée, Ivy Ifeoma has confirmed her pregnancy.

This is as she showed off her baby bump in a recent video.

It would be recalled that news had it that she was expecting a baby with the Afrobeats musician.

They had both held their wedding introductions some months ago, during which Paul Okoye had gone to meet the family of his fiancée, Ivy Ifeoma.

Read some comments from netizens below:

Miss Editemi wrote: “Pregnancy suits her. So pretty

Ruth Lala05 wrote: “Safe delivery”.

ojiugo_01 said: “She wants to give birth”

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The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, has been summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs Social Development, to appear before the panel on Tuesday, July 9, to give a detailed breakdown on the alleged diversion of about N1.5 billion meant for payment of contractors.

The chairman of the committee, Hon. Kafilat Ogbara (APC, Lagos) gave the directive at an interactive session with officials of the ministry.

Ogbara said the minister is expected to come with relevant documents to defend the whereabouts of the money.

The interactive session followed a petition by contractors of the ministry to the House over non-payment for contracts executed running into billions of Naira.

The committee also ordered the Ministry to stop all contract processes contained in 2024, until the issue of the alleged diverted money is resolved.

The committee also asked the minister to come before it with details of the special account allegedly opened for the Chibok girls as well as the memorandum of understanding signed with the American University of Nigeria for the training of the girls.

The committee chairman alleged that the Ministry initiated new contracts not captured in the 2023 budget and diverted the N1.5bn into those contracts instead of using the money to pay old contractors.

Hon. Kafilat Ogbara said the Ministry awarded fresh contracts in 15 states of the federation, similarly not captured in the 2023 appropriation while owing contractors.

“Money for contractors has not been paid and money released has been diverted. So how do you pay these contractors”, she asked.

She disclosed that there is an ongoing probe of the Ministry by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) on overhead release of November/December 2023 to the tune of N1.5bn.

She said the ministry signed a memorandum of understanding MoU with the American University of Nigeria, Yola for the payment of Chibok girls’ school fees for seven years.

The committee is probing the N1.5 billion allegedly meant for the payment of contractors but allegedly diverted by officials of the Ministry.

Responding to some of the allegations, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Amb. Gabriel Aduda explained that in 2023, the ministry’s total budget was N13.6 billion with N3.4 billion, translating to 25 percent, while the unreleased balance stood at N10.2 billion”.

Director of Finance of the Ministry, Aloy Ifeakandu said he only complies with official directives from his superiors. He added that the records are available.

He said: “I resumed the ministry in September 2023, I wouldn’t know what happened before I came. The individual contractors have their files, it can be traced, as at the time I took over, there was no balance in the vote.”

Due to fuel shortages, long queues have resurfaced at petrol stations in Nigeria’s capital city.

Daily Trust had reported how the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) is struggling with a staggering $6 billion petrol payment backlog.

The development is coming few months after Nigerians have experienced fuel crisis when a litre hit more than N800 and above N1,000 at black markets.

Since the removal of fuel subsidy, Nigerians have been faced with high cost of living with high transportation cost and sharp increase in prices of goods and services.

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The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has revealed that the challenges confronting Nigeria at this critical time is surmountable.

According to him, with the right commitment, attitude, and leadership, the country has a better chance of overcoming its challenges.

Sanusi, made the assertion when he received on a courtesy visit, the Kano State Commissioner for Information, Baba Halilu Dantiye, in the company of his counterpart, Commissioner of Science, Technology and Innovation, Mohammed Tajuddeen Othman, at the Emir’s palace,

The monarch said the challenges faced by the country were inherited, stressing that the solution is not to go into lamentation over what happened in the past and do nothing about it.

He said, “I’m confident that the people of Kano, with our history, our resilience, and attitude can overcome the challenges and become things of the past.”

Sanusi said, “If we just keep looking at the problems (poverty, hunger, malnutrition, out-of-school children, illiteracy) and we think there is nothing we can do, but the reality is, with the right attitude, commitment, leadership, and support of all, these are not insurmountable problems.

”Nations have gone through worse, and they have come out of it. Even in this country, look at parts of the country ravaged by terrorism, which Allah has guided us to, and we hope Allah spares this and also spares those parts of the country and releases them.”

The monarch hailed the Kano State government for the bold steps taken in education, especially girl child education, saying it is a solution to the nation’s myriad problems.

He called on the private sector and philanthropists to complement the government’s efforts in the areas of building schools, school feeding, and investment in transportation in order to address the present challenges facing Nigerians.

Afam Victor Ogene, the Leader of the Labour Party Caucus of the House of Representatives, has said the victory of opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom, UK, is a sign that its Nigerian version would triumph in the 2027 general elections.

In a statement made available to journalists in Awka, Friday, Ogene said the election told vivid tales of hope for the opposition, and competence and integrity of the electoral umpires in the UK, in a manner that elicits public confidence and trust in the electoral process.

“Unlike what was witnessed in Nigeria in the last general elections, the process in UK was free of glitches, as about 40 million voters took part. Polls closed around 10 pm Thursday and by daybreak, the results were out.

“There was no judicial ambush, as immediate transition took place to the admiration of all lovers of democracy and free and fair elections.

“If we must practice democracy, we must also love, copy and abide by the transparency and accountability of democratic institutions in nations of the world that allow the rule of law and democratic principles to thrive.

“In deed, one of the potent lessons of the British elections is the fact that, the concept of ‘snatch it, grab it, and run away with it,’ has no place in modern democratic practice,” he said.

Relating the development in the UK to the 2027 election in Nigeria, Ogene said: “I urge the Nigerian Labour Party to draw inspiration from its British counterparts, close ranks, rally the people, and prepare to take the reins of power in 2027.

“Let us work together to build a better future for our nation, guided by the principles of democracy, transparency, and accountability.”

Ogene congratulated Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party in Britain, for his party’s victory over the outgoing UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and his Conservative Party, in what has been described as the most emphatic election victory by any British political party this century.

The opposition Labour Party won a huge parliamentary majority in the UK general election, unseating the incumbent Conservatives after 14 years.

While the Labour Party got 412 seats, the incumbent Conservatives got just 121.