One of the housemates of the 2019 Big Brother Naija show, Tacha has been disqualified from the show.
She was disqualified for dragging the hair of fellow housemate, Mercy.
Tacha and Mercy had been embroiled a shouting match, which turned physical after Tacha grabbed Mercy’s hair and she, in turn, tried to defend herself with an electric iron.
According to the official Twitter handle of the show, Tacha was disqualified for physical violence.
This means, she would not even be recognised as a former housemate of the reality TV show.
If you would recall, fitness expert, Kemen was also disqualified from the 2018 edition of the show, after an encounter with TBoss.
Struggling to sleep and surfing the internet, I came about a trending news on the discovery of an alleged Islamic Center where over three hundred persons were chained, tortured and subjected to acts as unlawful (at least in Nigeria) as homosexuality in Kaduna State. The Center is said to be located at Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
While not frowning at religion and religious acts and studies to draw man to his Creator, extremism in the name of whatever religion under whatever guise is condemnable and isn’t an act to draw close to God. Rather, such acts dampen people’s perceptions of The True God and attempt to justify the rational thoughts of a few who think people who claim closeness to God are often enmeshed in greater filth than the very ones they seek to enlighten and show ‘the way’.
The proprietor of the Center was quoted to have said the Center was a place where parents took their erring wards for discipline and they were taught from the Quran. I am not a Muslim, but I’m learned enough to know no true religion allows homosexuality, save a supposed freedom to express oneself and an end-time sense of revelation on human governance, mostly from the Western World, that allow for unconventional practices amidst humans.
Among the victims is a 42-year old man, Bello Hamza, who claimed his family brought him to the Center to deny him his share of an inheritance. He said he stayed three months at the Center with chains on his legs when he was supposed to be pursuing his Masters degree at a South African University. He was offered admission into the University of Pretoria, South Africa to study Applied Mathematics. He listed the many ills perpetrated at the Center and stated that some persons died at the Center as a result of the treatment melted on them by the Center’s management.
Fresh in the minds of Nigerians is the discovery of an underground kill-spot at Soka, Ibadan some years ago. As high as the frenzy that greeted the discovery was, not much was made out of it at the end of the day. Recently, a radio presenter had a close shave with men operating at that axis; but for the intervention of God, he would have been killed.
This shouldn’t be swept under the carpet. Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Ali Aji Janga, has assured that investigation(s) will be conducted to determine what really happened at the Center and bring whoever is found to have gone against the law to book. We pray the Nigeria Police Force doesn’t sweep this one under the carpet. Justice must prevail and perpetrators must be brought to book. We will be watching.
With this discovery comes a very sensitive question; how many of such ‘Centers’ exist? Are there more? What measures are being put in place by the government to ensure religion isn’t taken out of proportion for enslavement and execution of ulterior motives? Only God knows how psychologically damaged those purportedly ‘admitted’ to the Center must be. I hope the government helps to properly rehabilitate them and detox them of whatever fears they might have picked-in at the center.
FIFA’s The Best awards have been hit by a vote rigging scandal, as football associations and captains have claimed they did not vote for Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, Sportsmail reports.
Messi won the best men’s player accolade in Milan on Monday, pipping Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk to the award.
And now the Argentine’s claim to the honour, has been thrown into serious doubt, following questions over the legitimacy of the voting.
The Egyptian Football Association, Sudan’s coach Zdravko Logarusic and Nicaragua’s captain, Juan Barrera, have raised concerns over uncounted or misallocated votes.
Egypt’s association have called on FIFA, to explain why the votes of its national coach Shawki Ghareeb and captain Ahmed, were not taken into account, after they were sent in on August 15.
Ghareeb and El-Mohammadi are not mentioned in FIFA’s publication of official votes.
Their statement “asks FIFA why the Egyptian vote was not accepted” and goes on to confirm the EFA have opened an “investigation” into the circumstances of this failure.
Also, Sudan’s coach Lugarisic and Nicaragua’s Juan Barrera took to social media, to claim that the votes published by FIFA, in their names, did not reflect their actual choices.
Lugarisic says his first choice was Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, but FIFA’s voting document showed Messi as his first selection.
Barrera is also adamant that he did not vote for Messi, as claimed by FIFA.
FIFA determines the best players based on the votes of national team coaches, captains as well as a journalist from each country.
The convener of #RevolutionNow protest and former presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday, commenced a contempt suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, for allegedly disobeying the order granting him bail.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday granted bail to Sowore, who has been arrested and kept in the custody of the DSS since September 3, 2019, on the allegation of calling for “revolution” through the protest that was scheduled for September 5.
The judge had dismissed DSS’ objection in granting him bail with the sole condition that he deposit his passport in the registry of the court.
Sowore, through his lawyers, submitted his passport to a Deputy Chief Registrar of the court on Wednesday.
The legal team also filed an affidavit of compliance with the order of the court and had same served on the DSS.
But 24 hours after meeting the bail condition, the DSS had yet to release him.
The publisher of Sahara Reporters, through his lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Thursday, filed a ‘Notice of consequence of court order’ which is to be served on the DSS warning him that he could be jailed for continuing to violate the court order.
“Notice that unless you obey the direction contained in the order of the Federal High Court of Justice, Abuja delivered on September 21, 2019, which ordered you to release the applicant in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/915/2019 forthwith, you will be guilty of contempt of court and will be liable to be committed to prison. A copy of the said order of court earlier served on you is hereby annexed for your on-the-spot reference.
“This court has been Informed that even as at today, Thursday, September 26, 2019, you are yet to comply with the lawful order of the Federal High Court by refusing to release the applicant namely: OMOYELE SOWORE, in your custody. You are hereby directed to comply with the court order forthwith or you will be guilty of contempt of court.”
The DSS, on September 3, arrested Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters and former presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections over his call for revolution protest scheduled to hold on September 5.
Justice Taiwo, on September 8, granted an ex parte application by the DSS permitting the security agency to keep the activist for 45 days.
The 45 days period expired on Saturday.
Barely 24 hours to the expiration of the 45 days detention order, the Attorney-General of the Federation’s office filed charges of treasonable felony, cybercrime offences and money laundering against him before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
On Tuesday, following Falana’s application, Justice ordered the release of Sowore, from the custody of the DSS pending his arraignment in court.
The judge ordered him to submit his passport in the court’s registry as the sole condition for the bail.
He said since the order for detention permitting the DSS to keep the activist for 45 days had expired, the activist ought to be released immediately.
The National Broadcasting Commission has sanctioned 45 broadcasting stations which allegedly breached its code in the 2nd quarter of 2019.
The NBC Director General, Ishaq Kawu, made this known while addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the contraventions included breaches of the rules on hate speech, abusive, and inflammatory broadcast.
Mr Kawu said the Commission’s Second Quarter Monitoring of Broadcast Stations Profile was from April to June 2019.
“Coming shortly after the National and State Elections in the First Quarter of the year, the report indicates that though there is a drop in breaches related to hateful, abusive and inflammatory broadcast, which peaked during the elections,” he said.
“Thus as many as 45 stations were fined, the 2nd Quarter indicates that the trend has continued among certain stations, especially in political programmes.
“Therefore, 20 stations were fined in the 2nd Quarter, for breaching provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code on Hate speech.
“Other breaches were in the area of Obscene and Vulgar Lyrics – a total of 10 stations were fined for infractions related to use of Vulgar Lyrics and Obscene Content.
“It is worth mentioning that the programme Big Brother Naija was cautioned against unwholesome content on its broadcast,” Mr Kawu said.
According to the NBC boss, the use of unsubstantiated and misleading claims by advertisers, especially Tradomedic advertising, also dropped significantly from the last quarter, but that a total of 30 stations were fined for infractions related to same.
He added that ten broadcast stations were fined for breaches related to station announcers turning themselves to advertisers, hypers and promoters of product.
“Obscenity: Kaduna Zone recorded highest with 36.53 per cent followed by Abuja Zone with 17.31 per cent and Uyo Zone came third with 15.38 per cent.
”Hate Speech: Abuja Zone topped the chart with 19.21 per cent followed by Kaduna zone with 18.22 per cent and Maiduguri Zone came third with a record of 15.27 per cent while the least in hate speech was Ibadan zone with 6.89 per cent
“Unprofessionalism: Three zones topped the chart with the same percentages. Kaduna zone, Sokoto zone and Uyo topped the chart with 20.00 per cent each followed by Jos zone with 3.85 per cent while Ibadan and Benin recorded lowest with 2.95 per cent and 3.44 per cent respectively.
“Unverifiable Claims: Ibadan zone recorded highest with 25.33 per cent followed by Abuja zone with 13.33 per cent while Jos zone and Kaduna zones came 3rd with 12.00 per cent each and Sokoto zone and Uyo recorded the lowest with 2.67 per cent each.
“Advertisement: Abuja zone recorded highest with 24.43 per cent followed by Enugu zone with 16.40 per cent while Maiduguri zone recorded lowest with 1.53 per cent
“For Technical Breach, Maiduguri zone recorded highest with 31.81 per cent followed by Benin zone and Sokoto zone recorded same scores 22.73 per cent each while Abuja zone, Enugu zone and Jos zone recorded the lowest with 4.54 per cent each.
“Abuja zone recorded highest with 47.17 per cent, Ibadan zone came second with 15.09 per cent and Benin came 3rd with 13.22 per cent while the lowest was Enugu Zone with 1.89 per cent,” Mr Kawu said.
He cautioned stations across the country about a pattern of behaviours which are a threat to the country’s democracy and rule of law.
He maintained that the Commission’s monitoring activities indicated that “some stations, especially African Independent Television are deliberately meddling in the cases before the election tribunal.
“It is trite knowledge that the media cannot comment on or discuss the details of any matter in court.
“The Broadcast Code in section 1.16.1(f) requires all broadcasters to comply with the law of contempt relating to matters pending before the law courts,” Mr Kawu said.
Jacques Chirac, former President of France, has died at the age of 86, news agency AFP reports quoting his son-in-law.
France’s National Assembly stood for a minute of silence after learning of the news, with one deputy gasping loudly when it was announced by assembly president Richard Ferrand.
The conservative Mr Chirac was best known abroad for his staunch opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
At home, perhaps his greatest legacy was his acknowledgement, for the first time, of the French state’s role in the wartime round-up and arrest of Jewish people to Nazi death camps.
Mr Chirac was president of France from 1995-2007.
Under his presidency, France entered into the single European currency and abolished compulsory military service.
Mr Chirac also cut the presidential term of office from seven to five years.
He disappeared from public life in recent years. He reportedly suffered from severe ill health.
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, and other Nigerians have dared Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, over his claim of innocence on corruption allegations peddled against him.
In daring the Mr Osinbajo, Nigerians are asking the former to resign his position and give way for probe rather than promise to waive away his constitutional immunity.
The vice president was alleged to have misused about N90billion given to him for the prosecution of the last general election and this is said to be responsible for the recent redeployment of agencies under him in a bit to whittle down his powers politically.
While denying the allegation, the number two citizen promised to waive his immunity from prosecution in a bid to prove his innocence.
Some Nigerians are however not satisfied with the reaction of the vice president, calling on him to step down from office to give way for proper investigation.
Some are of the opinion that should he be found innocent, President Muhammadu Buhari should renominate him as his vice.
“If you are really a man don’t just waive your immunity to sue Timi Frank but RESIGN from your position and take him on man to man,” Fani-Kayode said in a tweet while reacting.
“He will eat you for breakfast. I know that young man: he is a real Ijaw! Deeply courageous and tough as nails. U cannot intimidate him or break him,” he added.
“If Osinbajo truly wants to waive his immunity, he should resign and submit himself to ICPC tomorrow morning for investigation,” said Deji Adeyanju.
“There’s nothing to fear. After investigation, Buhari will re-nominate him to National Assembly if he is corruption free,” the political activist said in reaction.
“Osinbajo is being disingenuous when he said he’d waive his “constitutional immunity” to allow for a fair probe of allegations of corruption against him,” tweets Farooq Kperogi.
“He can’t legally waive his immunity while still in office.That’s unconstitutional. Resign & d immunity will be gone by default!” Mr Kperogi added.
In his reaction, former deputy national publicity secretary of the ruling party, Timi Frank, who is one of those who made the allegation and has been sued by the vice president, also asked the latter to step down and give room for thorough investigation and unbiased prosecution in court.
“This is important so as not to influence the judiciary as well as use public funds to pursue the case as a sitting Vice President,” Mr Frank partly said in a statement.
A self-acclaimed Nigerian evangelist and author, A.F Funmilayo has reportedly published a book where she claimed she served Satan for 990 years.
This shocking revelation began to trend on social media after a Twitter user shared excerpts from the book on his page on Tuesday, September 23.
Excerpts from the pages of a Christian book written by Evangelist A.F Funmilayo is trending on social media after the author criticized the game of football calling it ‘Anti-Christ’ and Satanic.
A male Twitter user was shocked after he tried to make friends with his new “born again” neighbours by asking what football club they support only for him to receive a Christian book demonizing football.
Alex Oluwatobi tweeted:
“My new neighbour seems not to like me, but I greet them anyways.
In a bid to be a little friendly, I asked their 2 sons yesterday the football club they support.
They smiled, shook their heads & pelted upstairs. Got home this evening, Dad & Mum knocked & gave me this book.”
BBNaija most controversial housemate, Tacha, who refers to herself as Port Harcourt’s First Daughter, is currently being trolled on Twitter over her inability to spell Port Harcourt and Daughter in the painting she made.
Beside the drawing she made of her face, she wrote Port Harcort first Daugter, missing the U and H in Harcourt and Daughter respectively. This has led to severe trolling online even as she attempted to fix the spelling if daughter by adding an H.
