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MTN clears the air today, while announcing there is no debt cancellation for subscribers.

Mobile telecommunication corporation, MTN, has alluded to the recent debt cancellation status on its subscribers’ network as a system error.

The firm explained that an unexpected glitch in its system caused the cancellation of debt owed by its network subscribers, stressing that the debt status still remains same.

Lots of users have been sharing the good news while expressing satisfaction with the debt cancellation, with many believing that MTN deliberately erased their debts.
Now spread the real one, which says “it’s a mistake, and the debt is unchanged”.

Because I was born of a rape, my aunts called me Bastard. – Helen Paul 

Actress Helen Paul, better known by her stage name Tatafo, is a Nigerian comedian who has shared her story of overcoming rape and using rejection as a motivation to transform her life.

This was revealed in a post she made on her Instagram page on Friday. She talked about the stigma associated with being born of rape and how it led to her aunts constantly calling her a bastard.

Helen went on to encourage her followers not to let rejection deter them, pointing out that she had gone from being a comedienne to a professor in the US.

“Never feel rejected; see it as your power force,” she said. Transforming from a Nigerian comedian to an American professor An amazing tale! Do not die so that you can share your story. Everything will be alright.

In my experience, it differed from what the Yoruba refer to as akanda omo, or a special child, but some of us are unable to accept rejection, and some of us are unaware that the words we speak can cause someone to feel rejected forever.

“You must have heard me mention on stage previously that I was raised by my great-grandmother and was born out of rape.

Police arrest husband, as mother of ‘mummy be calming down’ boy commits su!c!de

The husband of Mrs. Toluige Olokoobi, the mother of the boy known as “mummy calm down,” was detained, according to the Edo State Police Command, days after it was revealed that she had killed herself.

The woman in the well-known Mummy Calm down video has just committed suicide here in Benin, according to the X user, who claimed to have witnessed the incident on Monday afternoon and tweeted, “

She would not talk to anyone about her issues. She left her husband with three children, one of whom was the well-known Mummy Calm Down boy.

She committed suicide in front of her one-year-old son, according to a local resident who also confirmed her death.

The deceased, she continued, was a medicine distributor, and her husband was a car dealer and a cab driver.

The deceased’s husband has been taken into custody to be questioned, according to BBC Pidgin on Thursday, citing the spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor.

“His wife was hanging with a rope around her neck when he got home from the market.

According to Nwabuzor, “he informed the neighbors, who accompanied him to the hospital where she was confirmed dead.”

Her remains were placed at the mortuary, the police spokeswoman continued.

“After this, he will be moved to the State CID for additional investigation. He is still with the police,” the spokesperson said.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, became interested in Olokoobi and her son Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola in 2020 after the boy’s video of him pleading with his mother to “calm down” went viral.

The governor praised the boy’s bravery and poise during their meeting with him and his family.

Plateau K1lling Suspect Arrested by Army

A man named Philip Gokas has been taken into custody by the Nigerian Army on suspicion of killing Alhaji Adamu Gabdo, the Ardo of Panyam, in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.

After weeks of manhunting to bring him to justice, Gokas, also known as Jaykimo, was apprehended in Lagos.

This was announced by the Army on its X handle on Wednesday.

The message on Twitter said, “Troops from Operation Safe Haven Tactical Team have apprehended the principal mastermind behind the murder of the deceased Alhaji Adamu Idris Gabdo, the Ardo of Panyam in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The suspect was arrested in the Ogba area of Lagos State, where he was found drinking  at a football viewing centre. 

Gokas is said to have confessed committing the crime and also provided crucial information that will aid in the arrest of his accomplices. 

The Army described the development  as a clear warning to criminals. 

Spider Bite k+lls A Brazilian Singer

Darlyn Morais, a 28 year-old Brazilian Singer died after being bit by a spider at his home in Miranorte in Brazil on the 31st of October. 

He was admitted to a hospital on Sunday after developing an allergy on the spider bite on his face but he died on Monday.

It was also known that his stepdaughter who is 18-year-old was also hospitalized after bitten by same spider but now stable after being hospitalized.

Information had it that Morais body around the bruise began to change on the bruised area on the face after the bite and he began to feel fatigue.

Congratulations everywhere as a pregnant woman got many passengers talking as she gave birth to a bouncing baby girl in a passenger bus on her way to Warri, Delta State.

In a video making round showed the voice of a lady could be heard narrating the events as people gathered to witness the moment nurses assisted with the delivery of a baby inside the passenger bus.

The lady in her statement affirmed that a pregnant woman who was on the bus with them delivered a baby 

In 2022, a Nigerian man by name  Ben Kingsley Nwashala, had rescued a 2-year-old girl who was abandoned at the roadside in Agbani area of Enugu state.

Recently, he shared a heartwarming photo of him and the child.

The child was said to be delivered by a mentally unstable woman who normally stays at a market in Agbani.

In a post shared on his X formerly known as Twitter handle Today, the 8th of November, Nwashala  shared a photo of her in her school uniform as he’s now taking care of the girl. 

He wrote in his page saying “

”I had to leave early from work to attend the school Open Day.

I never knew there’s a thing like Open Day until now.”

Federal Government opens e-passport offices in Italy, Spain, and three other locations

The Federal Government has inaugurated additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian embassies in Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria, and Switzerland.

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, inaugurated the facilities at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome.

According to the Interior Minister, the federal government is unveiling additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian embassies in Europe.

Labour Congress and Trade Union declares total strike from today.

Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday declared an immediate and total strike in Imo State from today over last Wednesday’s attack on NLC President, Joe AJaero, and other labour leaders.

They also agreed to declare a nationwide strike by Tuesday, November 14, if their demands were not met.

In a communique issued, NLC and TUC directed all workers and affiliates to ensure total compliance.

According the communique, all flights into and out of Imo State, fuel supplies, and electricity be stopped immediately as applicable

A 16 Year Old Girl Allegedly R*ped By Pastor With Wife’s Support

The pastor r*ped and impregnated the wife’s younger sister’s daughter who stays with them.

The younger sister of the wife is a widow.

Information has it that the pastor and the wife has no child after fifteen (15) years of marriage.

They usually drug the mother and child on different occasions so as to sleep with them on a compliance of the wife.

They reportedly beat the widow to silence each time the complains of waking up to see sp*erm on her body.

They got the  daughter Of The Widow pregnant and then took her where she had ab0rtion.

They have been arrested by the Delta State police.

Lagos Accident: Truck Break Fails, Crushes Car

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority revealed through photos shared on X about multiple car accident involving a car, truck and a tricycle (keke) which happened on Monday at the Daleko link bridge in the Idoko area of Lagos State. 

The accident had collisions of of a car and keke which got trapped under the truck.

Information has it that a loaded truck  had a break failure, though no casualties were recorded.

Natural disaster in Nepal as earthquake claims 132 lives.

On the foreign scene, tears loom as at least 132 people were killed in an overnight earthquake that struck a remote pocket of Nepal, while security forces rushed to assist with rescue efforts.

The 5.6-magnitude quake hit the far west of the country late yesterday and was measured by the US Geological Survey at just 18 kilometres deep.
As serious as it is, the earthquake was felt as far away as India’s capital New Delhi.

Academic Staff Union of Universities has said that poor students are at disadvantage on the Students Loan Scheme.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says poor and indigent students will not benefit from the students’ loan recently introduced by the Federal Government because of the conditions attached.

President Bola Tinubu signed the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, also known as the Students Loan Act, in June this year.

Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU, said today in Jos that the conditions attached to the loan were not for the children of the poor, who were supposed to be the target beneficiaries.

Rwanda has announced visa-free travel for Africans.

The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has declared that with the aim of boosting free movement of people and trade, the country will grant visa-free travel to Africans.

This decision positions Rwanda as the latest African nation to adopt such a measure, alongside the Schengen zone, consisting of 27 European countries, who has successfully eliminated the need for passports and various border control measures at their shared borders.This decision positions Rwanda as the latest African nation to adopt such a measure, alongside the Schengen zone, consisting of 27 European countries, who has successfully eliminated the need for passports and various border control measures at their shared borders.