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Naija to the world: Introducing the champ, Tobi Amusan

 World Champion, Oluwatobiloba Amusan sheds tears of joy as the Nigerian anthem is played to celebrate her Gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA

Don Jazzy's mother passes on

 Music executive, Michael Collins Ajereh, better known as Don Jazzy is bereaved. Don Jazzy took to Instagram, Friday night to announce the passing of his mother in an emotional post. According to him, she died on Friday morning after a battle with cancer. He wrote: “I lost my sweet mother this morning. The matriarch of our family. My supporter and backbone @indianpicolo. “I am beyond devastated. I have never felt pain like this in my life but I am consoled by the good life she lived. She was loved by everyone that ever met her. “She was so strong till the last minute for us even while she battled with cancer. “I have never typed a more difficult caption in my life. Please pray for our Mums soul to Rest In Peace and for strength for my dad, my siblings, her grandchildren and our entire family to bear this loss.” Meanwhile, fellow celebrities have taken to the comment section of the post to express their condolences.

Man glorifying Money Ritual As A Priestess Carries Out A Ritual

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZtMQlMaUeQ A man has been spotted in a viral video bragging about being involved in a money ritual as a priestess carried out a ritual by a river bank. According to the man, he has been carrying out rituals to be prosperous. He further stated that "people don't get $50k from white men without a spiritual backup".

Fact Check: Did Tinubu Change His Name From Yekini Amoda Ogunlere?

  A claim that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu changed his name over the years to what he currently bears has gone viral. A Facebook user,  Jackson Ude , had on Sunday made a post on a page, Nigeria Cycle, alleging that Tinubu had another name on his primary and secondary school certificates. Nigeria Cycle was created on July 6, 2020 with the name, Edo Citizens Forum. It was changed to Bellview Org on the 20th of the same month and later to Nigeria Cycle on August 22, 2020. The page has 9,913 people who like it and 12,227 followers. A search of the website on the page,  www.nigerevent. , did not yield any useful information as to the identity of the user and their mission. The post reads: “Bola Tinubu’s real name is: Yekini Amoda Ogunlere from Iragbiji Osun State. That is what is contained in his primary and secondary school certificates and that’s why he has refused to tender them before INEC.” Verification Daily Trust found that th

White House Responds After Biden Seems to Suggest Having Cancer

  A White House official tried to clarify remarks from President   Joe Biden   on Wednesday where he appeared to say that he currently has   cancer   while commenting on a forthcoming round of climate-related executive actions. His comment was made during a speech about climate initiatives when he described emissions from oil refineries near his childhood Delaware home. “I just lived up the road in an apartment complex when we moved to Delaware, and just up the road, a little school I went to, Holy Rosary grade school, and because it was a four lane highway that was accessible, my mother drove us rather than us be able to walk,” Biden said. “And guess what? The first frost, you know what was happening, you’d have to put on your windshield wipers to get literally the oil slick off the window.” “That’s why I and so [expletive] many other people I grew up with have cancer and why, for the longest time, Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation,” Biden  continued . In response, a

How highlife musician, Israel Nwoba was murdered in 1955

  Israel Njemanze was a notable highlife musician who sang to the delight of Nigerians in 1950s. Unfortunately, his life was cut short by some assailants who killed him, dumped and dismembered his body on the railway line in Mushin, Lagos. His killers were later tried, sentenced to death and hanged. FRANCIS FAMOROTI, Head, Judiciary writes. Israel Njemanze .a.k.a Nwoba was a soldier and highlife musician who made waves between 1949 and 1955 before his gruesome murder. He was reputed for being the leader of the band known as ‘Three Night Wizards’. He was a crowd-puller at every performance. However, he nursed the ambition of building a hotel in Port Harcourt, where he would settle down to play music after his retirement from the armed forces. This plan was not to be as Njemanze was murdered on Friday, April 7, 1955 in Mushin, Lagos by unknown assailants. As a soldier, he lived with his family at the Command workshop, Yaba, Lagos. He later formed a band with two guitarist friends hence t

Fans mourn deaths of Nollywood actresses, Ameh, Onayiga

Fans of two popular Nollywood actresses, Ada Ameh and Sola Onayiga, have mourned their passing after the news of their death went viral on Monday. Ameh, who had been  battling an illness , reportedly collapsed during an outing on Sunday. PUNCH Metro  gathered that she gave up the ghost while being rushed to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Hospital. Prior to the incident, she took to her Instagram page and shared a video of herself eating with her host family. Ada, who died at the age of 48, was popular for her role in the family comic series, The Johnsons. She was born on May 15, 1974, in Ajegunle, Lagos, and rose to fame after playing the role of Anita in the 1996 blockbuster, Domitila. She lost her only child in October 2020 and hinted in June that she battled mental illness. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, could not be reached for comments as of the time of filing this report. While fans were still mourning her, a movie critic, Husseini

Popular Nollywood actress Ada Ameh is dead

  The famous   Nollywood   actress, comedian, producer, and television personality, Ada Ameh, is dead. The National President of the  Actors Guild of Nigeria , Emeka Rollas, confirmed the unfortunate incident on Monday morning. Mr Rollas said he had been briefed about her demise but was still gathering more insight into the circumstances behind her death. He, however, promised to issue a formal statement later today. Unconfirmed reports say that she died in a hospital in Delta State on Sunday night. In 2020, Ms Ameh lost her daughter, Aladi God gift, who was over 30 years old. Her daughter died after an unsuccessful surgery in Abuja. The actress said that life had not remained the same since her daughter’s death.Just last month, Ms Ameh, in a post on social media, tearfully talked about an issue that was threatening her life and her mental health.

Ivana Trump Is Dead! (Donald Trump's First Wife Dies At 73)

 Ivana Trump, the first wife to former U.S. President Donald Trump and the mother of his three eldest children, unexpectedly died Thursday at her New York City apartment, officials say. She was 73 years old. The incident was first reported at about 12:30 p.m. on Thursday when emergency services were called for a cardiac arrest at an apartment on East 64 Street in Manhattan, where Ivana lived. Paramedics arrived on the scene and she was later pronounced dead. “I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City,” former President Donald Trump said in a statement. “She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life. ”Donald Trump added: “Her pride and joy were her three children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. She was so proud of them, as we were all so proud of her. Rest In Peace, Ivana!” SOURCE

Elon Musk Is Completely Wrong About Overpopulation

  Elon Musk Is Completely Wrong About Overpopulation The truth: Fewer people means fewer profits for corporate billionaires Image credit The money-grifting meme-king is at it again. Not content to just  grab taxpayer money by the billions ,  evade taxes , shill pyramid schemes, and lose hundreds of billions in investor capital — Tesla is down $220 billion since we published  this article , and still has another $700 billion to go —  oligarch  Elon Musk thinks he knows the biggest danger to civilization. It also might be the dumbest thing he’s ever tweeted, and that’s saying a lot: Image credit Obviously, this tweet is hyperbole in the extreme. There are quite literally thousands of bigger dangers to civilization, including: Corporations  resetting the global economy to feudalism Lack of freshwater Droughts and famines causing mass starvation Corporations  continuing to cause crushing price inflation Global roasting Institutional investors  pushing the average house price to $10 million