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Nollywood actress Ronke Odunsanya has shared a little insight to an insecurity she had, growing up as a young girl. The actress, in a recent interview with Legit NG, pointed out that she used to wear three bras when she was in secondary school. The ‘endowed’ film star revealed that when she was in secondary school, she used to wear three brassieres to keep things in place. Ronke also spoke on her feelings about cosmetic surgery and if she would consider going under the knife to change her body. Speaking, She Said: “When I was in secondary school, the only sports I could do then was hurdles and then I was slimmer but I was a bit busty. Because it was a girls only school, we were always very shy when boys came. So on inter-house sports day, I will have to wear like three bras.” READ ALSO:  UPDATE:- Lagos State Activates Emergency Operations Centre For Coronavirus

Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Friday said the State Emergency Operations Centre has been activated to attend to the first case of novel coronavirus reported in Nigeria. The patient, an unnamed Italian, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday from Milan and was reported ill on 26th February. He was transferred to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing. He was confirmed to have coronavirus by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Laboratory Network of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and he is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos, Sanwo-Olu said. He advised residents in the state not to panic and to observe “basic hygiene”. “The Government under my leadership through Lagos State Ministry of Health has been strengthening measures to ensure that any outbreak in Lagos is quickly controlled and contained in collaboration with the multi-sectoral Coronavirus Prepare

Sen. Ajibola Bashiru (APC-Osun Central) has disclosed that senators in Nigeria earn less than N1million per month. Bashiru made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking on the sideline of a programme organised by the Correspondents Chapel of the Kwara Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He stated that basically, what a senator take-home monthly is N700,000 out of which car loan of over N8 million is being deducted on a monthly basis. “What I tell whoever that stands up to say senator collects jumbo pay is that they can also contest so that you can also collect jumbo pay” NAN quoted him as saying. “The truth of it is that the take-home pay of a senator is about N700,000 per month. Aside from it is the car loan of over N8 million which is being deducted monthly. “As a senator, you are entitled to six aides who are paid by the National Assembly Service Commission and they are paid directly into the account. Will you count that as my salary? “Als

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State, on Wednesday, asked Catholics to pray for the unemployed youth in the country. Obi, who was the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) in the last election said the future of the unemployed youth is being jeopardised by “the situation in the land”. The ex-governor, via his Twitter handle, wrote: “As we begin our Lenten observance today, I urge fellow Catholics around Nigeria to remember and also pray for all those killed across Nigeria as a result of the looming insecurity. “Let us also put in our prayers, the teeming unemployed youths in Nigeria today, whose future is being jeopardised by the situation in the land. READ ALSO:  UPDATE! Presidency Recalls Sacked Osinbajo’s Aides (Read Details)

Some aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who were unceremoniously relieved of their duties late last year, have been recalled, Daily Independent has gathered. However, instead of returning to their previous posts in the Pres­idential Villa, our correspondent gathered that they have been rede­ployed to various ministries where they were assigned new roles by the supervising ministers. Speaking with our correspondent on Tuesday evening, one of the af­fected aides said some of them were recalled in December 2019 while some also got redeployed in Janu­ary 2020. “We have all been recalled but not to our former posts. We have all been redeployed to ministries and we will be reporting to the ministers. We are no longer under the Office of the Vice President. It is not what we expect but it is better than what happened before when our ap­pointments were terminated abruptly. “Some of us were recalled late last year while some of us got our letters in January this year

                         The Oyo State Government has handed over two new vehicles to the Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) This action was taken to replace the operational vehicles burnt few weeks ago at Akinyele Trailer Park, Akinyele Local Government Area in Ibadan. In addition, Governor Seyi Makinde has also approved the immediate payment of responsibility allowance to OYRTMA officers and men who, on a daily basis work longer work hours and overtime Chairman, OYRTMA, Dr. Akin Fagbemi took delivery of the new vehicles at OYRTMA Administrative Headquarters in Ibadan on Tuesday. He said the new vehicles were bought in fulfilment of Governor Seyi Makinde’s pledge to fortify the Authority with new operational vehicles to further enhance its daily operations and cover the 33 local government areas of the State. “While we greatly appreciate His Excellency for this great gesture towards the enhancement and smooth running of our operations, we are pois

Wizkid rarely posts or even comment on other people’s posts on social media, but whenever he does, he gets a lot of attention. In a throwback video of the Starboy that we obtained on social media today, we watched him speak on the high regard of not talking to much, and we can tell that is the reason he avoids unnecessary drama on social media. He said: “Behave yourself, don’t talk too much. If they don’t ask you any question, keep quiet. Only speak when you have something sensible to say. Then people will listen to you”

Ahead of US President, Donald Trump’s state visit to India next week, an Indian man has begged authorities to let his dream come true by meeting Trump as he has a life-size statue of Trump as a shrine in his garden which he offers daily prayers to. Meet the Indian man who prays to life-size statue of Donald Trump, calls Trump his ?god? (photos/video) Bussa Krishna, 37, who says President Trump is his “god,” started worshiping Trump four years ago claiming Trump ‘came to him in a dream’ After the dream, Krishna says he employed 15 laborers to work with him for a month to make the 6-foot statue of Trump in his village in the southern state of Telangana, India. “Instead of praying to other gods, I started praying to him,” Bussa Krishna told New Delhi TV (NDTV), showing the statue of Trump in a red tie and blue suit , and calling him “my god, Donald Trump.” “My love for him has transformed into reverence.” ”That has given me immense happiness. Hence instead of pra

Osun state traditional rulers council has suspended the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi for six months over his attempt to drag the institution into the mud with his public conduct. The council at its emergency meeting held at the Finance Building at the State Secretariat on Friday banned the monarch from attending its meetings and also constituted a committee headed by Orangun of Ila, Oba Wahab Adedotun to further investigate the matter. Addressing journalists after the meeting, the Orangun of Ila, Oba Wahab Adedotun said the decision was not because of alleged fight between the Oluwo and Agbowu but due to his conduct to other traditional rulers in Yorubaland, including the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Alake of Egbaland and the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The Oluwo was alleged to have punched a fellow monarch, the Agbowu of Ogbaagbaa, Oba Dhikurulahi Akinropo during a peace meeting at the instance of the Assistant Inspector General of Po

Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has been governing the state from Abuja since December 2019, says Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Media and Publicity, Bala Abu. This was contained in a statement issued by Abu on Thursday evening in Abuja. According to him, the governor is staying in Abuja to recuperate from an accident he earlier suffered. He said: “As a result, His Excellency had to stay back in Abuja to receive adequate medical attention. “His Excellency is desirous to return to the state and will do so when he has sufficiently recovered. “We urge the good people of Taraba, their friends and admirers in and outside the state to ignore the campaign of falsehood being orchestrated by some people calling for the impeachment of the governor.” Abu said the governor’s absence had not affected the state in any negative way. “No aspect of governmental activities has suffered a setback as a result. “All government projects are goin

According to Vanguard, the management of the Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, has terminated the appointment of four of its lecturers over alleged examination malpractices especially alteration of examinations results. The affected lecturers (names withheld) were alleged to have been involved in examination results alterations and award of fake results to students who did not sit for the exams. A statement by the Polytechnic Information and Public Relations Officer, Albert Matila, said the management took the decision to terminate their appointment at its 140th meeting on Wednesday 19th February, 2020″. According to the release, the management considered the report of the Committee earlier set up to verify the results following complaints of alterations from some lecturers. They were alleged to have tampered with 727 candidates’ results in 21 courses and also gave fake results to some students who did not write the examination.

Sensational rapper, Olamide has revealed that he and fellow YBNL act Fireboy would be dropping new albums soon. The rapper recently signed a joint venture deal with an American record label, Empire Distribution and it appears the rapper and Fireboy DML are gearing up to hit the studio for another album. Olamide who just dropped his 9th body of work, “999” took to his Twitter page to announce that he and Fireboy would be dropping new albums this year which would serve as their first projects with the record label. See Tweet below:- READ ALSO:  No Officer Has The Right To Check Your Mobile Phone – Lagos Police PRO

Nigerians have always asked if it’s right for a police officer to search mobile phones during a routine stop and search exercise on the road. The Lagos State Police PRO, Dolapo Badmus has told us the answer. In her words she said:- “Your phone is private, it’s your private property because people do alot of private stuffs on their mobile phones so it’s wrong. Police officers have no right to do that except there is a reasonable ground to do so”. Although this has always been a matter of public records, officers of the Nigerian police have acted like they don’t know and even when citizens that tell them, they are harassed or beaten. READ ALSO:  DIAMOND GENG!!! Kizz Daniel Shows Off His New Diamond Neckpiece Worth Millions Of Naira

Flyboi Inc, boss, Kizz Daniel blows millions of naira on his name-crafted diamond neckpiece. Kizz Daniel has been on pepper dem spree as he recently shared his exotic car garages and now flaunting his new luxurious chain. See picture below: - As the street people will say “O Por!! Is Plenty” READ ALSO:   “No ID Card For The Next 8 years” – Nigerians React As Anthony Joshua Applies For Nigeria’s National ID Card

Popular heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, applying for his National Identification card has generated mixed reactions on social media. The professional boxer was recently at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office in Abuja, the nation’s capital, for the registration. The pictures were shared by NIMC of their official Twitter handle with the caption, “Anthony Joshua enrolls for the National Identification Number and issued his NIN slip.” In reaction to the post, many Nigerians were quick to lodge their complaints that since they applied, they were yet to get their NIN number. They opined that Nigerians should be treated equally despite the status. Some others in their reactions explained how they got their NIN immediately after they enrolled. See reactions below:-

Key Point: The Achilles heel of ballistic missile defense has been that it's cheaper for an attacker to build an overwhelming mass of missiles and warheads than it is for the defender to build interceptors to stop them. DARPA calls it "counter-hypersonics." The rest of us would call it a way -- or a prayer -- to stop nuclear warheads coming down on our heads at 20 times the speed of sound. DARPA, the Pentagon's pet research agency, wants an interceptor that can stop weapons that are hypersonic (travel faster than Mach 5). The agency has begun soliciting proposals for Glide Breaker , its project to stop boost-glide vehicles that are lofted high into the atmosphere atop a ballistic missile, and then glide down to Earth. The current exemplar is Russia's Avangard, touted by President Vladimir Putin as unstoppable by anti-missile defenses. The Avangard is lofted by a giant RS-28 Sarmat ICBM, and then glides down to its target at Mach 20. But China a

Celtic’s Odsonne Edouard has revealed that his ambition is to eventually rank amongst the best strikers in the world as rumours continue to link the former Paris Saint-Germain attacker to the Premier League and Europe’s elite. Edouard shone immediately in Glasgow after originally sealing a loan move from PSG, with the Scottish champions opting to make that deal permanent ahead of the 2018-19 season. The hitman’s good form has continued into this term, scoring a more-than-respectable tally of 19 goals in 22 top-flight matches, as well as racking up nine assists for his Bhoys team-mates in the process. Playing with such poise has naturally drawn links to bigger clubs, with Manchester United and Chelsea amongst the names mentioned as rumours continue to swirl. And while a call-up to the French national team has also been touted, the forward admits that he has only one clear goal in his mind as he prefers more to live in the moment. “I would like to become the b

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The president arrived Maiduguri from Addis Ababa after the signing of visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and official passport holders by Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and Gedu Andargachew, respectively. Buhari’s visit was disclosed by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu on his official Twitter page. His visit follows the killing of 30 persons in the recent attacks by Boko Haram insurgents at Auno village in Konduga, Borno State. NAIJALOADED reported that the terrorists stormed the area at about 9:50 pm on Sunday destroying about 18 vehicles. There were reports that some passengers were abducted during the attack, aside the 30 people that were killed. Shehu wrote: “President Buhari, aboard the BBJ from Addis Ababa just landed in Maiduguri. He is paying a sympathy visit to the government and people of Borno following the recent horrific incident in which BH

The President/CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote is still Africa’s richest person for the ninth time in a row, as disclosed in Forbes Africa’s Billionaires list for 2020. The recently released list captured only eight African countries with billionaires; Egypt and South Africa have five billionaires each, followed by Nigeria with four and Morocco with two. The Nigerian-born businessman maintained the number spot on the list with a net worth of $10.1 billion, beating Egyptian billionaire, Nassef Sawiris who took the second spot with a net worth of $8 billion. Dangote made his fortune from cement, oil and gas, flour and sugar. Mike Adenuga who is Nigeria’s second richest man tied at the third spot with South Africa’s Nicky Oppenheimer with a net worth of $7.7 billion. Adenuga made his fortune from banking, oil production and telecom. His mobile phone network, Globacom is Nigeria’s third-largest operator. South African businessman and Chairman of Swiss lux

Nigerian Rapper, Erigga has taken to micro-blogging website, Twitter to lament over the increasing hardship in the country. The Rapper also pleaded with the Federal Government to come to the aid of Nigerians as the suffering is too much. See his tweet below:- READ ALSO:  “I Haven’t Slept In My Own Bed This Year” – Temi Otedola Reveals

Temi Otedola has revealed to the public that she hasn’t slept in her own bed since we started the year 2020 and it has sent curious minds into wild thoughts. Temi, the billionaire daughter who is currently in Senegal for a movie shoot, ”Citation“, made this known when she shared beautiful pictures on her instagram handle. Most of the followers of the fashion goddess came up with wild guesses such as, she’s been sleeping in her boyfriend’s (Mr Eazi) bed whilst others claimed she’s been sleeping on money since she is a billionaire’s daughter. Check out her post below:-

The trial of Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, will, on Wednesday, resume before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Although the hearing was scheduled to begin today, Tuesday, the absence of the presiding judge stalled the trial. At about 9a.m. when newsmen visited Court 7 on the fourth floor of the building, the courtroom was empty aside from the court registrar and few workers doing their official assignment. On the cause list attendance, Sowore’s case with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CR/956/2019 was on item nine according to the serial number. An inquiry made by NAN on why the matter could not be heard today revealed that Justice Ijeoma was said to be sitting outside the court’s division. NAN reports that Sowore and Bakare were, on Dec. 24, 2019, released from the Department of State Services (DSS)’s custody by the Federal Government. Prior to this development, Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on Dec

The chairman, Kannywood Guild of Artistes, Alhassan Kwalle, on Monday said the indigenous Hausa movie industry won’t ban Maryam Booth over her leaked nude video which went viral on social media platforms last week. Speaking in a telephone interview with Daily Trust, Kwalle said unlike what happened in the past involving another actress, Maryam Iyana, that led to her ban from the industry, Maryam Booth case was different as it was deliberately meant to blackmail her. He lamented over the negative way Kannywood artistes are being perceived in the society, blaming that for the ordeal many of the actresses usually suffer in events like this. He alleged that the person that captured the video purposely released it after he threatened her to give him some undisclosed amount of money to take his ailing mother to hospital. Kwalle promised that the industry will support Maryam Booth in her trying moment until she gets justice. As a leader in this industry, I am alway

Two suspected kidnappers were yesterday apprehended in Erusu-Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State after a failed attempt to forcefully snatch a two-year-old baby from her mother’s back. It was gathered the mother of the baby raised the alarm after she was trailed by the suspected kidnappers from Aga Quarters in the community. According to eyewitnesses, the woman struggled with the hoodlums who attempted to pull her child from her back. One of the eyewitnesses said that the loud cry of the baby’s mother attracted sympathizers who raced to the scene of the incident to rescue the victims and eventually prevented the kidnappers from evading arrest. He added that the visibly angry mob pounced on the attackers, stripped them naked and attempted to set them ablaze, but were rescued by the prompt intervention of their traditional ruler, Oba Sunday Mogaji, who prevented them from taking the law into their hands. “Police from the Oke Age divisio

Olamide has announced a dance challenge for his newly released song “Wonma!” off the 999 EP. The rapper made this known via a post on his Instagram account after he shared a dancing video of the famous Westsydelifestyle dance group. In a bid to enormously promote the new song “Wonma!“, Baddo challenge every dancer who thinks they can do something better than the team he posted. See post below:- READ ALSO:   Family of 23-year-old Man Who Killed His Father And Mother Begs For Help  

The family of the late Clement and Toyin Okhide, who were killed in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State on Tuesday, has appealed to the media to refrain from purveying wrong information on the incident and allow it mourn its dead. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the Okhide family was thrown into mourning when its 23-year-old son, Michael, allegedly stabbed his parents to death. But the family in a statement on Tuesday urged the media to refrain from sensationalism in the reportage of the matter, especially where such reports were based on inaccuracies. The family in the statement signed by the children of the deceased–Dr Abiola Odeyinka, Miss Ayooluwa Okhide and Master Stephen Okhide– described the incident as sad and traumatic for the family. It pleaded for public support and empathy at the trying and difficult period for the family, saying the challenge of drug abuse and mental illness was rife and required collective action to tackle it. ” This is

WOW! Davido has now become the first African celebrity to amassed 15 Million followers on Instagram. The “Risky” crooner is known for his frequent posting and the engagement on his Instagram page is second to none, it’s no surprise that he’s followership on the social media platform is skyrocketing. And in case you don’t know, Davido is now 5 Million+ followers ahead of Wizkid on the same Instagram. See his page current view below:- Congrats. READ ALSO:  BREAKING! Premier League Announces Changes To Transfer Window (See Full Story)

Premier League clubs have voted to change the summer transfer window to bring it in line with the rest of Europe. For the past two seasons, the window in England has closed the day before the top-flight campaign began. In a statement, the Premier League said the deadline has been changed to the “traditional point at the end of August/early September”. The 2020 closing date will be 1 September at 17:00 BST. The vote was taken at a Premier League shareholders’ meeting in London on Thursday. The transfer window was moved to the start of August in England following complaints from clubs and managers that keeping it open after the start of the season was disruptive. It was hoped major leagues across Europe would also bring their own windows forward. However, that did not happen and a number of clubs found themselves in the uncomfortable position of knowing their players were in demand across the continent but unable to bring in replacements for anyone the

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has thrown his weight behind Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos for putting a stop to the operation of commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycle (Keke Napep) riders. The Lagos government announced a ban on the activities of Okada and Keke Napeps in some Local Government Areas like Apapa, Lagos Mainland, Surulere, Eti Osa, Lagos Island, Ikeja effective from February 1, 2020. The ban has left many Lagosians fuming and raining curses on their governor Speaking on the development in Lagos, Fashola, who was a two-time governor of the state, said Okada is not in Lagos’ plan, adding that it’s a threat to the state security which everyone should acknowledge. “If you care about security, you should back your governor on Okada ban. As a centre of excellence, okada cannot be part of the plan,” he said. “I’ve always held this position. Motorcycle has always been a conduit pipe for the opioid crisis among youths. We m

T he Bursar of the University of Ibadan (UI), Michael Alatise, on Thursday shocked members of the House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee when he informed them that his institution could not render audited accounts because the external Auditor engaged to do it became blind on the job. This was just as the lawmakers discovered that the said blind external Auditor was still being paid retainership by the University as recent as last year. The panel, on hearing this, expressed surprised because the Bursar was taking the House Committee, and by extension the whole country, for a ride, just as it ordered a full investigation into the University’s activities.