A report on social media on Friday said Alhaji Lai Mohammed had directed NBC to stop BB Naija broadcast in the country.
Daily Trust reports that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has denied ordering the suspension of ongoing Big Brother Naija. A report on social media on Friday said Minister of Information and Cultural Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had directed NBC to stop BB Naija broadcast in the country. But speaking with Daily Trust on Saturday night, the NBC Acting Director General, Dr Armstrong Idachaba said it was not true that BB Naija had been suspended. Dr Idachaba dissociated the NBC from the report and urged Nigerians to disregard it. Big Brother Naija Season 5 premiered on July 19. Winner of Season 5 BBNaija will get a cash prize worth N85million, the highest so far since the inception of the show. In addition is a two-bedroom apartment, Champions League finale trip, one-year supply of Pepsi, branded chiller, a trip to Dublin, home appliances including TV, premium fridge and several other prizes. The reality TV show is gradually taking shape with some housemates making good impression of themselves so far.
The European and relegation battles in the Premier League will reach a conclusion on Sunday. All 20 clubs are in action as the season draws to a close but eyes will be firmly fixed on a few key games.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Leicester are all involved in the hunt for Champions League football.
At the other end of the table, Aston Villa, Watford and Bournemouth all attempt to avoid the same fate as Norwich.
The Premier League predictions below have been provided by the Betfair Exchange.
The figures shown are based on how fans have been betting on the relative markets.
Betfair spokesperson Darren Hughes said: “The race for the top 4 looks like going right down to the wire, as any two of Chelsea, Manchester United, and Leicester could secure those coveted Champions League spots.
“Chelsea would appear to have the most straightforward task, as a solitary point at home to Wolves would see them guaranteed 4th spot, a game where they have a combined 77% chance of a victory or draw, and they have an 84% chance of finishing in the top 4 according to Betfair Exchange.
“The battle between Man United and Leicester is similarly straightforward – Leicester need to win to ensure Champions League football next season, while a draw is good enough for United, who can also afford to lose the game should Chelsea lose to Wolves.
“United have a combined 70% chance of a win or draw against Leicester, and therefore have a 70% chance of finishing in the top 4 this season, while Leicester are up against it with a 36% chance, according to Betfair Exchange.”
Hughes added: “While Norwich City are the only team confirmed to be heading back to the Championship ahead of the final weekend of Premier League action, any two of Bournemouth, Watford, and Aston Villa could theoretically follow them.
“Bournemouth need something of a miracle- only a win against Everton will do, which Betfair Exchange gives them a 25% chance of earning, and they must hope that both Villa and Watford are beaten also.
“As such, Betfair Exchange suggests they have a 95% chance of relegation.
“The final relegation spot is more interesting. Having looked all but gone, Aston Villa pulled a rabbit out of the hat midweek by turning over Arsenal at home in Villa Park, but will be hoping the Gunners can bounce back against their neighbours Watford to secure safety for Villa.
“Villa themselves have West Ham away, a game which Betfair Exchange gives them a 42% chance of winning, and securing the 3 points they need to secure safety.
“Villa have only a 32% chance of going down, compared to 80% before beating Arsenal.”
Lagosians, especially those who work on the island, would wake to a new reality on Saturday as the Federal Government made good its promise to close the Third Mainland bridge at midnight Friday.
At exactly 12 midnight, engineers and workmen moved in to barricade the 11.8 kilometer bridge, the second longest in Africa, from Adeniji Adele inbound Lagos Island.
The bridge would be partially closed for six months to allow for the much needed maintenance work after the facility failed the integrity test.
The maintenance effort was triggered by public outcry about the health of the facility with evidently worn-out joints and gaping gaps that scared daylight out of motorists and commuters.
Although experts deem the exercise absolutely necessary to save lives, many Lagosians are apprehensive of the possible pains it would cause them.
Granting the slipshod management of traffic in Lagos, and lawlessness of motorists, most people who work or do business in Lagos Island see the coming six months as hell.
However, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured that a lot has been done to ease the pains of Lagosians during the six months the exercise would last.
He gave the assurance at the Lagos House, Marina, Thursday, when the new Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr. Olusegun Ogungbemide, paid him a courtesy visit. The FRSC chief was accompanied by the Lagos Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Mr. Adeyinka Ayinla.
Although Sanwo-Olu acknowledged that the exercise would bring pains to Lagosians, his administration had mapped out alternative routes and enhanced traffic management strategies that would give the people a seamless motoring experience.
Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Sanwo-Olu added, would constantly be on the road, alongside their Federal counterparts, to ensure sanity and order on the road during the period.
”The partial closure of Third Mainland Bridge is not something that everybody should worry about, because this is an exercise that had been done before,” the governor said.
”For emphasis, the traffic disruption is only about 25 per cent of the regular traffic on the bridge.
”The 75 per cent of vehicles that normally ply the route will still have access to move on the bridge during the period of repair.
”We have furnished and improved the design of the alternative routes, and we are still working on other arterial routes so that our people can have seamless journey times to and from their places of work.
”So, there is nothing commuters should worry about in this period. We will ensure the repair work on Third Mainland Bridge does not overburden them. We will be deploying over 650 LASTMA officers on the road to control the traffic.”
According to the management of TVC Communications, owners of TVC, TVC News and Max FM Lagos and Abuja, Iya Jogbo died on Friday after a brief illness from bronchitis and an enlarged heart.
She was popular for her witty character on Max FM’s “Wetin Dey show” alongside Walepowpowpow and Obus.
The Chief Executive Officer of TVC Communications, Andrew Hanlon, said the terribly sad news of Emmanuella’s passing sent a shock wave of grief and sorrow throughout the TVC Communications, and MAX FM family.
“Whilst we struggle to come to terms with her untimely passing, our hearts and minds are focused solely on her beloved children and her immediate and extended family and friends.
“Emmanuella’s presence will be with us forever as she leaves a legacy of enormous talent and spirit from the almost 10 years she spent with the company as a key member of the much loved Wetin Dey show on Max FM.
“She will be deeply missed by us all and by her many thousands of fans who tuned in to hear her unique broadcasts every day,” Hanlon said.
She ventured into broadcasting in 1995, whilst on an internship at Radio Lagos by reading the news and presenting Radio Lagos Global Focus.
She was also an accomplished voice-over artist whose career began at the defunct Clapperboard. She presented the ‘Shoppers Guide’ in English and Yoruba (Karakata).
Nicki Minaj has revealed that she is pregnant with her first child!!!! YASSS!!!!
The 37-year-old rapper made the revelation on Instagram where she shared a photo of herself featuring a very ample baby bump.
Keeping it classy in the caption, she simply wrote, “#Preggers 💛”
Sharing another photo, this time captionless, the “Super Bass” rapper stands in all her full pregnant glory. See below;
The actress got married back in October 2019 to husband, Kenneth “Zoo” Petty whom she started dating in late 2018. The pair first met when they were teenagers.
SHOCKING! See How Nicki Minaj’s Hubby Almost Disgraces Her
For months there have been rumours that the chart-topping singer was pregnant, but she never confirmed nor denied.
In May, Nicki tweeted ‘the world ain’t ready yet’ when asked for a snap of her baby bump by a curious fan.
In another exchange, a Nicki fan asked the expectant mother, ‘Are you also throwing up in the morning and having to go to the bathroom a lot?’
Nicki responded, ‘Lmao. No throwing up. But nausea and peeing non stop. Omg what do u think this means guys???? Lmaooooooooooo.’
In June she also shared a busty photo but not her tummy as she seemed to only fuel those rumours.
During the video shoot of Tekashi 6ix9ine’s song, Trolls which she is featured on, Nicki also strategically covered her stomach in promotional photos for the song, whilst posing in front of the Baby Shark.
Many fans took her choice to be photographed with the catchy children song’s mascot as a clue she’s ready to announce her pregnancy.
Congrats Nicki!!!
Big Brother Naija Does Not Accept People Like Me – Crossdresser, James Brown
Nigerian crossdresser, James Brown has come out to lambast the organizers of Big Brother Naija accusing them of discriminating against his kind.
Recall that the fifth edition of Africa’s biggest reality, BBNaija kicked off yesterday with 20 contestants making their way into the Lockdown house.
Ejes Gist Media brought you reports about the quite sudden demise of a young promising lady who died shortly after her wedding, in Delta state.
The lady has now been identified as Vivian.
An excited Vivian got married last Saturday. The marriage went so well with her friends, family and well wishers present.
Sadly, Vivian didn’t live to enjoy her marriage..
Her death was reported by one of her closest friend Efenandju Bernice, who posted it on her Facebook page and tagged some of her friends who also attended the wedding.
Okote Emmanuel, a friend to the victim claimed that she left the hospital to attend her own wedding, and expressed that the wedding stress might have been too much on her.
Ibrahim Magu, the former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that some of the vehicles recovered by the commission were auctioned to the Presidential Villa.
According to Daily Times, Magu also listed some agencies and ministries that took custody of some vehicles. He said even though they have not paid for them, there was an existing arrangement that the monies would be deducted from their allocations.
This was contained in a letter to the panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami titled: Re: Alleged Case of Conspiracy, Enrichment, Abuse of Public Office and Other Infractions.
In his response to the allegations of being unable to account for recovered vehicles, Magu stated, “On allocation of vehicles to some government agencies through special auction with presidential approval. The beneficiary agencies are: the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management of which the valued price is to be debited from their allocation; State House, National Commission for Refugees and Displaced Persons; Federal Inland Revenue Service and National Directorate of Employment.”
“The commission presently has presidential approval to dispose over 450 forfeited vehicles located in Lagos and Abuja. The vehicles have been valued by the National Automotive Council Valuers and the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. But no sale/disposal has been conducted yet.”
He said some houses forfeited by looters have been handed over to government agencies.
“Real properties finally forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria and allocated to some agencies for official use in line with the Presidential approval are: Voice of Nigeria, National Directorate of Employment, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, North East Development Commission and Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate.
“Properties under interim forfeiture order are rented by the following government agencies: Nigerian Army, Federal Ministry of Finance, Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.
“Other agencies of government that have approached the commission to rent properties under interim forfeiture order include: National Human Rights Commission and National Council for Arts and culture.”
The suspended EFCC boss attached photographs of some of the recovered assets to the letter he addressed to the panel.
Liverpool and Chelsea played out a thrilling and goal-filled game with the game ending 5-3 in favour of the hosts and newly crowned Premier league champions.
Jurgen Klopp’s side came into the game having only won just three of their seven outings since the restart, including a 2-1 defeat to Arsenal last time out, but wrapped up the title in record time and knew whatever transpired in the game they would be lifting the Premier league trophy at the end of the night.
As it happened though, they didn’t let the inevitable celebration spoil their mood, instead they let it spur them as they bombarded the Chelsea defense with impressive midfield play from frequently criticized Naby Keita, one of those plays leading to a scorching goal from the Guinean. Stealing the ball from Chelsea’s Willian and without hesitation letting it fly and putting the Champions on the way.
Liverpool didn’t let up though as homegrown fullback and infamous set piece specialist Trent Alexander Arnold registered another free kick beauty to be added to his growing gallery making the scores 2-0 in favour of the hosts. Gino Wignaldum quickly made the scores 3-0 by slotting in through a loose ball from a corner kick effectively taking the game from the visiting Londoners.
Chelsea’s French international striker Olivier Giroud tapped in one back at the stroke of halftime for his side though to make the scores 3-1. The urgency and entertainment wasn’t lost as the second half kicked off, on the contrary it continued in the same vein as Liverpool increased their lead, this time through striker Roberto Firmino converting a header from an inviting Trent Alexander Arnold’s cross taking the scoreline to 4-1 in favour of the hosts and champions.
Chelsea pulled one back again through a mazy run from substitute Christian Pulisic who played a perfectly weighted pass to another substitute Tammy Abraham which was easily converted taking the scores of the entertaining encounter to 4-2. Chelsea turned the game on its head one more time as a clearly inspired Pulisic drew one back for Chelsea by combining well with another substitute Hudson Odoi taking the scores to 4-3.
Liverpool were not to be denied though as they put the final nail in the coffin of the game through a textbook counter attack by left back Andy Robertson teeing up substitute Alex Oxlade Chamberlain for a tap-in, effectively ending the game as a contest and kickstarting the party for the title-winning Merseysiders.
When asked to explain what the money was paid for and if it was budgeted for, Pondei said
”The money was paid to Clear Point Communications for a variety of purposes all related to the Forensic audit. There are 185 local government areas and each of them was budgetted for N3.46 million. One, allowances for coordinators per local government areas, training for the coordinators, setting up of information desks for the coordinators. These coordinators are the people to identify the sites of all the projects in the NDDC area.”
When asked if what he meant was that he contracted Clear Point to help identify the projects in NDDC areas, Pondei said
They will get local people in the local government areas to identify these sites where NDDC projects are because when they go for inspections, people are not able to locate these projects and so we needed local people who would guide” He said those who were employed would also be trained as ”Pointers for Projects”.
”Clear Point has been a consultant in the NDDC before I even came in. They are putting help desk, communication desks in all the places to locate the projects” he said
He however could not account for N536 million paid to a company to run a campaign tagged “Save Life campaign”. Pondei appeared shocked as he could not even recall he approved the project.
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