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Rivers State  Governor,  Nyesom Wike has announced the release of N132million for the payment of monthly allowances for Corps Members serving in the state. Speaking during a courtesy visit by the Governing Council of the National Youth Service Council (NYSC) Friday, the Governor said the payment process has been activated by his administration. “We have released N132million for the payment of the allowances for corps members serving in the state”, he said. He further informed that funds have been released for the construction of drainage,  completion of the 5000 capacity auditorium,  3000 mattresses and 1500 double-bunk beds for the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp at Nonwa. He said: “The corps members are serving the interest of the state. We are only investing to enhance their performance. “We have released funds for the construction of internal roads, drainage, 1500 double-bunk beds and 3000 mattresses at the Permanent Orientation Camp.” He assured that the 5000-seater auditorium at

N-Power Unit (Photo Courtesy: Nigerian Pilot News) A scheme of the Nigerian Government’s Social Investment Programme, N-Power has pledged to pay beneficiaries’ October stipend “in no distant time”. In a conversation monitored by  Concise News , the handlers of the official Facebook page of the famed programme, persistently told inquirers they are paying October stipend “soon”. See a screenshot of N-Power’s response on Friday afternoon below: As the eleventh month of the year enters day fifteen today, this online news medium understands that beneficiaries throughout the nation are still waiting to get paid their  October stipend . Many of them are unhappy with the situation, and have taken to social media to express their displeasure. Their frustration has made them throw series of allegations against the scheme.

On Sunday, December 8, 2019, one of the most anticipated beauty pageants  Miss Universe  will be holding its 68th Miss Universe pageant at the  Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, in the US. The reigning queen,  Catriona Gray  of the Philippines, will be crowning her successor at the end of the event with a new custom-made crown by luxury jeweller,  Mouawad and for the fifth consecutive year,  Steve Harvey  will be the host for the pageant. So far, 93 contestants have been confirmed. As always, BN will be bringing you all the updates from the competition, but first, here’s a chance to meet ALL the African beauty queens who will be competing for the Miss Universe 2019 crown. *** Angola – Salett Miguel Age : 20 Egypt – Diana Hamed Age : 24 Equatorial Guinea – Serafina Nchama Age: 20 Kenya – Stacy Michuki Age : 18 Mauritius – Ornella LaFleche Age : 21 Namibia – Nadja Breytenbach Age : 24 Age : 25 Age : 22 Age : 26 Age : 23 Age : 26

Nigerian popstar, Davido is currently vacationing in United Arab Emirates’s most populous city, Dubai and its obvious that the singer is also on a money-spending spree for himself and his entire crew who are out with him in Dubai. In a new video shared on his social media account, the 27-year-old can be seen taking delivery of an expensive drink he ordered while he was having a nice time with his gang at Nikki beach and resort in Dubai. A fan page of the singer on IG, reposted the video and wrote ; Dubai Might Actually Go On Vacation If The Baddest Actually Leaves Cause Man Is Out There Blowing Bags & Having A Good Time !! Sheesh Watch video below;

Kanye West, US rapper and gospel singer, has taken his religious performance to the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, where inmates were blessed with performance from his ‘Jesus is King’ album. The 42-year-old Golddigger’ singer’s performance on Friday, is coming days before he was set to  bring the show to Joel Osteen’s megachurch  in Houston, Texas — where he’ll have a morning conversation about faith followed by an evening performance with his choir. Ed Gonzalez, Harry County sheriff, took to his Twitter page to appreciate the rapper for the visit. “@kanyewest visited us today. I know he has a busy weekend in H-Town surrounding his visit to @lakewoodchurch, so appreciate him and his choir spending time with us,” he wrote. “This is a mission, not a show.” Ed Gonzalez ✔ @SheriffEd_HCSO On this date, @ kanyewest visits @ HCSOTexas jail system. “This is a mission, not a show”- Kanye 4,961 11:22 PM - Nov 15, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 1,360 people are talking about this Jaso

Igbo ladies are really beautiful and anything they put on, looks exceedingly good on them.   Some of the Air Peace hostesses Air hostesses working with the private airline company, Air Peace recently flew to Dubai, United Arab Emirates without their usual corporate dresses. They rocked the traditional Igbo outfit known as 'Isi Agu' and accompanied it with red caps. They really looked smart in the outfit and many have commended them on social media for taking the culture of Nigeria to the world. See another photo below:

HomeNews Dasuki, El-Zakzaky decided to remain in our custody because we’re taking good care of them – DSS Henry Iheanacho 0 November 16, 2019 7:13 am Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has explained why the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser (NSA), decided to remain in its custody. DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya giving the explanation in a statement on Friday, said the two men decided to remain in the secret police custody because the agency is taking good care of them. Afunaya said this after DSS’s continued detention of the RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore despite two court orders for his release. READ ALSO:  Good news for Lagos workers as Sanwo-olu begins payment of new minimum wage Earlier this week, some free-Sowore protesters bashed the security agency for disobeying the court orders on his release, however, in a bid to absolve the DSS of illegal detention of El-Zakzak and Dasuki, Af

Niger and the Benin Republic have agreed on something over the activities of smugglers and Nigeria land borders closure. The ECOWAS countries have agreed to set up a border patrol force with Nigeria to check the activities of smugglers after a meeting in which thr countries were represented by their foreign ministers. This was contained in a communique released after a meeting in Abuja on Thursday to reach an agreement on how to tackle smuggling, which Nigeria gave as the reason for closing its land borders. Nigeria had partially closed its borders in August with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Customs saying the border closure has yielded positive results. According to the joint communique, the Benin and Niger delegation appealed for an immediate reopening of the borders. In October, the Nigeria Customs Service had banned imports and exports of all goods through the land borders. A leaked memo signed by a senior Customs official had directed that the closure remain closed till a

A blind vulcanizer who lost his vision right from infancy has said that he is sexually potent despite his disability. “I lost my sight but not my manhood” – Blind vulcaniser with 7 children Emeka Abugu currently has seven children including two sets of twins. He said:  “I lost my sight but not my ‘manhood’, moreover, my wife delivered two sets of twins.” He has a kiosk in Orie Umuaji, a village in Umuida community, Igbo Eze North local government areas of Nigeria’s Enugu state. Despite his blindness, Emeka can loosen, patch, pump, tighten and service motorcycle carburettors among other things, to the surprise of many people. “I lost my two eyes when I was a kid to untreated cases of measles and other diseases. “My father was a bicycle repairer and I spent so much time in his workshop where I gradually learnt the works of patching bicycle tyres despite my challenges. “However, when I mastered the acts after spending over ten years with my father, I decided to go into motorcycle repairin

HomeEducation Nigerian Lady who failed her first JAMB, emerges best graduating student with seven awards Henry Iheanacho 0 November 16, 2019 6:56 am A Nigerian lady who recently graduated from the department of Geography in the University of Ibadan has taken to social media to express joy over her emergence as the best student in her class. The lady identified as Toun Banjo, taking to her Twitter page, narrated how she failed her first JAMB but has now graduated as the best student in the department of Geography, while also bagging seven awards. READ ALSO:  Dubai authorities deport Tonto Dikeh for fighting with security guard She wrote: “Delay is not denial! I failed my First JAMB, scored a 279 at second trial & now I’m the Best graduating Student of my department with a total of 7 awards. “I am also the only First class student from the department of Geography, University of Ibadan. Hello World!” See her tweet below; by TaboolaSponsored LinksYou May Like A cheap way to cleanse you

…calls for immediate introduction of e-voting Former President Goodluck Jonathan threw what looks like a bombshell in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Thursday when he said that those claiming to win elections were not actually voted in by the people but use different methods to get into office. Jonathan it was who conceded victory to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and for the first congratulated the winner of a presidential election as an incumbent. Speaking at the presentation of a book, In the Cause of Service, the memoir of Gabriel Tamuno George Toby (GTB Toby), the former president said the notion that good men get into office and change was not true, saying Nigerians do not actually know very well those that get into office. He also dazed the Atlantic Hall of the Hotel Presidential that was filled to the brim with top leaders in the oil region when he said good men do not have any chance of getting into positions because votes do not matter in the face of guns and mani

Wizkid  has reacted to news on the arrival of Buhari back to Abuja after a private visit to United Kingdom. Wizkid took to his social media page to react to a post by the official account of the Presidency of Nigeria, announcing the arrival of Buhari back to Abuja, Nigeria after a private visit to the UK. The news read; President Buhari is back in Abuja, from his private visit to the United Kingdom. Reacting to the post, Wizkid wrote; Nobody chop life pass Bubu

Photo via Wiki Commons Muammar al-Gaddafi left behind a mixed legacy. Serving as president of Libya from 1969 till  his assassination in 2011 , his time in power is mostly viewed as double-edged. While he was criticized for being a ruthless dictator and ruling with an iron fist, others argued that his leadership brought a lot of socio-economic reforms to the north African country. Despite these contrasting views, one thing about the dictator stood firm – he was a revolutionist, a Pan-Africanist and staunch advocate for African unity. He championed this cause in several public appearances and his speech at the 2nd Arab-African summit in Sirte was one of them. On October 10, 2010, while addressing the summit, he apologized to Africans on behalf of Arabs for their enslavement and gruesome treatment during the Arab slave trade. Read an excerpt of his speech and take a look at the video below: On behalf of the Arabs, I’ll like to condemn, apologize, and express deep sorrow for the conduct o

Popular gospel musician and Pastor, Nathaniel Bassey, has gone to his Instagram page to vent about the poor treatment that Nigerians working at the embassy mete out to their fellow Nigerians, all because they are searching for visa. He claimed that he had experienced it before and accused them of being rude and arrogant to the people looking for visa at the embassy. He specifically called out the workers in VFS (Visa Facilitation Services Global) which is a company that deals with the issuance of visa and passports worldwide. In his video he accuses them of treating the visa process as if they were issuing the visa to heaven. He said it was very sad that those workers were Nigerians and would be the same people to call out the Government when it fails to do its duties, when they themselves were as corrupt as the Government. He also went ahead to say that they were highly insultive even though they were charging a lot of money for the services that they provided.  Pastor Nathaniel Basse

Comedian Bovi has weighed in on the victory of COZA pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo in court over his rape case with Busola Dakolo. Bovi threw the indirect shade on twitter after the latest news regarding the Biodun Fatoyinbo’s rape case with Busola dominated the headlines. He wrote on twitter; https://twitter.com/officialBovi/status/1194990616951832582 Olalekan Ajimoti is a Passionate Blogger and Google Certified Digital Marketing Expert. The I.T savvy also writes interesting and engaging contents for publication.

Tonto Dikeh go to to Dubai has been reduce quick after she was deported from the town. Report emanating from Dubai has it that Tonto Dikeh has been deported after she received right into a brouhaha with a safety guard as a result of she was denied entry into “One Music Fest” occasion centre. In line with report, the actress was concerned in an altercation with a safety guard after she was denied entry into an occasion. Learn the complete report under; On Friday evening (November 15th) at an occasion in a resort in Dubai,Instagram drama queen Tonto received into an trade of phrases with the safety on the entrance and earlier than anybody may say Jack,the brouhaha had escalated into one which concerned the Police and arrests being made… In line with .s ,Tonto arrived the venue of the occasion and the safety refused to permit her in whereas others walked cross her into the occasion ..Tonto received upset and the .s who say she appeared excessive on one thing launched a verbal assault on t

Oladiyun Ngozi Uma Pastor Wole Oladiyun, Senior Pastor of Christ Livingspring Apostolic Ministry, Lagos has declared Kanye West, Grammy Award-winning rapper, record producer and fashion designer, ‘Christian Youth Global Ambassador’. Oladiyun said, “There is no barrier in the realm of the spirit and because God has translated you to the kingdom of Jesus Christ, I, hereby, ordain you Christian Youth Global Ambassador.” Pastor Oladiyun said Kanye West’s recent album, ‘Jesus is King’, is a major boost in the spreading of the gospel among young people. Kanye West’s first faith-based album, ‘Jesus Is King,’ sparks history on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs and Hot Gospel Songs charts. ”The mere fact that he has confessed that Jesus is King, heavens have registered it, and you will see millions and trillions of youths coming to Jesus,” the popular deliverance minister spoke in Lagos during his ministry annual prayer fiesta, 2019 Solution Night theme Victory over repeated afflictions. The cler

Chinese authorities have demolished a well-known Christian megachurch, inflaming long-standing tensions between religious groups and the Communist Party. Witnesses and overseas activists said the paramilitary People’s Armed Police used dynamite and excavators to destroy the Golden Lampstand Church, which has a congregation of more than 50,000, in the city of Linfen in Shanxi province. ChinaAid, a US-based Christian advocacy group, said local authorities planted explosives in an underground worship hall to demolish the building following, constructed with nearly $2.6m (£1.9m) in contributions from local worshippers in one of China’s poorest regions. Chinese Communist Party cracks down on religion The church had faced “repeated persecution” by the Chinese government, said ChinaAid. Hundreds of police and hired thugs smashed the building and seized Bibles in an earlier crackdown in 2009 that ended with the arrest of church leaders. Those church leaders were given prison sentences of up to