The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has warned of an increased possibility of Russian military strikes on Ukraine in the coming days around Ukrainian independence day.

The embassy, again urged U.S. citizens to leave if they could.

“The Department of State has information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days,” the embassy said in an alert on its website.

“The U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to depart Ukraine now using privately available ground transportation options if it is safe to do so,” the alert said, repeating the advice of previous security warnings.

Kyiv has banned public celebrations in the capital on the anniversary of independence from Soviet rule on Wednesday, citing a heightened threat of attack.

Near frontlines in the south of the country, Ukraine said Russia fired rockets into several towns north and west of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, captured by Russian forces shortly after they invaded Ukraine in February.

Artillery and rocket fire near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor complex, on the south bank of the Dnipro River, led to calls for the area to be demilitarised.

Ukrainians living near the plant voiced fears that shells could hit one of the plant’s six reactors, with potentially disastrous consequences.

“Of course, we are worried. … It’s like sitting on a powder keg,” said Alexander Lifirenko, a resident of the nearby town of Enerhodar, now under control of pro-Moscow forces. (Reuters/NAN)

A lady has taken to Twitter ask a pertinent question to guys in relationship.

 A Nigerian lady has called out Nigerian men.
 
She took to her social media page to query Nigerian men why they don't care about a woman's segxwal satisfaction.
 
According to her, such a thing is unfair.
 
Twitter user @lu_ciyah posted on Monday night, August 22;
 
"Why is it that Nigeria guys don’t care if a lady orgasm or not? It's unfair"

Recall that the APC presidential candidate was mocked for wearing the outfit. Nigerians have now taken it a bit further making fun of the dress.

Nigerians have taken to social media to recreate the dress worn by the APC Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, to the NBA conference in Lagos.
 
They tagged it the #ShettimaChallenge.
 
Recall that the APC presidential candidate was mocked for wearing the outfit.
 
Nigerians have now taken it a bit further making fun of the dress.
 
See photos below:

The monarch says people's account of his (Portable's) person differed from what he saw when he met the singer.

The Onitigbo of Tigbo-Ilu Land, in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Olabode Thomas-Fagbayi, has justified why he conferred a chieftaincy title on the controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, on Monday.

The traditional ruler told PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday that he honoured the famous Nigerian hip-pop singer with a chieftaincy title over his respectful act.

The monarch added that people’s account of his (Portable’s) person differed from what he saw when he met the singer.

Portable, as fondly called, has shared photos and videos of his coronation as the Amuludun of Tigbo Awori land on social media

The Zazu crooner announced on Monday.

He said he will now be known and addressed as “Chief Amuludun of Tigbo, Aworiland.”

The singer declared that God made it possible for him ever to become a chief.

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The ceremony coincided with the annual Tigbo Day, which saw Abass Akande Obesere perform and eulogise Portable at the occasion.

Portable is known for ‘notoriety’ in his words and actions.

Since the conferment of the chieftaincy title, some persons have questioned why the monarch found Portable worthy of the honour.

Justification

The monarch told this newspaper that he never knew the famous artist until recently.

“I visited a school in my domain where I have gotten a report of misbehaviour among the pupils and students of the school. So, I went to the school to talk briefly with them. It was there that I was told that somebody called Portable was passing through my domain and was throwing money at people, and in the process, many got injured.

“Because of that, I summoned him to my palace, and he came twice, but I wasn’t at the palace when he came. So, one day, I was walking on the road, and I saw him driving; I called for him, and he immediately came with his boys, and they all prostrated on the road.”

The monarch also said the singer has his roots in Tigbo town and is well behaved.

“His mum is from Tigbo, and he too lives here; he presented himself as a responsible person, and we take him as that. Some people might have reservations about him, but even at that, he is our son.”

The monarch added that the singer had also shown readiness to be part of the celebration of ‘Tigbo day’.

Mr Thomas-Fagbayi, however, debunked social media claims that he was paid to honour the famous artist and insisted that he is a monarch whom “God has blessed.”

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A man has reportedly divorced his wife after she refused editing her surname in all her documents and social media handle.

The story was shared by a Facebook user, identified as Iyke Orji.

According to him, a friend of his had asked his wife to edit her father’s name from all her documents as well as her social media handles.

The lady had refused, stating the likely loss of followers as reason not to, among others.

Iyke Orji added that the man’s wife had stated that she’d rather quit the marriage than make the changes.

See his full narration below:

“So one of my friends just divorced the wife four days ago

A marriage of 2 years.

What was the issue? It was something Very little that matured and loyal minds could tackle.

He asked the Lady to edit her father’s name in all her handles to Their surname since they’re now married.

He asked her to get a court affidavit to change even her Bank details, and other stuffs relating to her that bore her father’s name

The lady refused on the grounds that it will ruin her followers, identity and other things and things..

Guy was calm, the Mr and Mrs so so so and so na for only Marriage certificate no other place.

The lady said she rather quit than changing her surname. This issue has been going on and on for two years

Dear ladies, do whatever that pleases

Dear Men, do whatever that pleases you, if I advice you ever Again, make I bend.

Welcome back to singlehood brother, let’s continue from where we stopped (Brostitution)”

Former Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani has condemned the abduction of four Catholic Reverend sisters by gunmen in Imo State.

Sami described the abduction of the Catholic nuns as unfortunate and tragic.

In a tweet, the former lawmaker urged Nigerians to pray for the Reverend sisters.

The armed men suspected to be bandits abducted the nuns while on their way to mass on Sunday morning, along the Okigwe-Enugu expressway, Imo State.

The victims include Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamelu and Benita Agu.

Their abduction was confirmed by the Secretary-General of the Sisters Of Jesus The Saviour, Sister Zita Ihedoro.

Condemning the development, Sani tweeted: “The abductions of Four Catholic nuns in Imo State by armed gunmen is unfortunate and tragic. Let’s keep these Reverend sisters in our prayers.”

Rights activist Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman has revealed how Nigerian students should react to the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.
 
According to the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) chairman, students should block political campaigns for 2023 general elections.
 
In a statement on Monday, Sulaman tasked the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to force the government to resolve its face-off with ASUU.
 
DailyPost reported that he accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of putting citizens “into the current mess in our educational sector”.
 
Sulaiman urged ASUU not to bow to President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in the disagreement over the payment of salaries from February.
 
He insists the authorities had the funds to offset the arrears but were using political tricks to “bamboozle members of the union”.
 
Sulaiman lamented that the government has been engaging in “misplaced priorities, including donations to Afghanistan and neighbouring Niger Republic.
 
“The APC government of President Buhari has failed woefully in the educational sector, this negates their promises on education in both 2015 and 2019 presidential elections.
 
“It is very bad that the APC government could go about the political activities for 2023 without resolving the burning ASUU strike.
 
“The ball is in the court of students. The current political leadership does not care because they have all their children trained in foreign land and private universities.
 
“The future of students has been put in jeopardy; they should do everything possible to put an end to ongoing industrial action,” the statement added.
 

An update has been given by the police following reports that a man who some people identified as one of the “bishops” who attended the ceremony where Kashim Shettima, vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was beaten and attacked at the Dei-Dei International Building Materials Market in Abuja.
 
It has now been revealed that the man was not beaten.
 
A video had circulated online showing the man being surrounded by youths who called him out for being among the 'fake bishops' that attended the unveiling.
 
Shouts of “fake bishop”, “this is one of the so-called bishops Tinubu used”, among others, are heard in the background of the video.
 
Many accused supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) of beating and attacking the man.
 
It has now been found to be false.
 
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore was among those who accused Obi's supporters of carrying out the attack.
 
However, when DailyTrust visited the market on Monday, a trader, Hassan Musa, gave a clearer picture of what transpired.
 
According to Musa, the man was at the market to get plumbing materials when he was recognised and mobbed.
 
Musa said, “When the story of the fake bishops went viral some weeks ago, people were angry that the APC has taken them for fools. So, when he was recognised as one of the bishops, people started insulting him.
 
However, he was not touched or beaten. People just gathered round him until the police came and escorted him out of the market.”
 
Confirming the incident FCT police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, explained how the police rescued the “cleric” and escorted him out of the market.
 
She identified him as Bishop Hilary C. Okafoh of Madalla, Niger State.
 
Daily Trust had contacted Police Public Relations Officer in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), DSP Josephine Adeh, for reaction.
 
The PPRO who confirmed that the incident happened, narrated how the police rescued the “cleric” and escorted him out of Dei-Dei International Building Materials Market, Abuja.
 
She identified him as Bishop Hilary C. Okafoh of Madalla, Niger State.
 
She said, “Not knowing how far this will go, and to preserve his fundamental human rights. The police swung into action and saved him from further embarrassment.”

The foremost playwright said the accumulation of negativity from the governing and the governed sometimes makes him stay away from commenting on governance.

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has reacted following accusations that he was among the people that “installed” Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President in 2015.
 
In a pre-recorded interview aired on Channels Television on Monday August 22, Soyinka said those claiming he installed Buhari are talking "rubbish."
 
He said;
 
“When people talk about Wole Soyinka installing Buhari, they are talking rubbish; they don’t know what they are talking about. They are talking from ignorance. When I think of the governed themselves, I asked myself, ‘What am I doing among these people that they don’t understand that if somebody misrules, you have a right to tell people not to vote for him?’ And it is their business after that who they vote for but they have the option of spoiling their votes.
 
“So, when I hear Wole Soyinka was the one who installed Buhari and he should apologise to the nation, I say, ‘Your parents should apologise to the world for inflicting morons like you on the world.’”
 
The foremost playwright said the accumulation of negativity from the governing and the governed sometimes makes him stay away from commenting on governance.

Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Muyiwa Adejobi assurred well-meaning Nigerians that the commencement of the 2022 recruitment exercise will be announced via the official police e-recruitment website.

The Nigerian Police has warned applicants to ignore reports that it is recruiting for Constables nationwide.
 
According to Police, it has not started recruitment for Constables.
 
This comes after the Police Service Commission had opened its portal for the recruitment of police constable for the year 2022 and placed an advert on the recruitment in a national dailies.
 
But in response to the development, the Nigeria Police Force urged Nigerians to disregard the advertisement.
 
This has now ignited another fight between the police and the PSC.
 
Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Muyiwa Adejobi assured well-meaning Nigerians that the commencement of the 2022 recruitment exercise will be announced via the official police e-recruitment website.
 
The statement read;
 
“The Police similarly states unequivocally that the advert has no connection with the Nigeria Police Force nor is it in tandem with the Police recruitment process, and should be disregarded in its entirety. The website to which the publication refers intending candidates – http://www.recruitment.psc.gov.ng – is not associated with the Nigeria Police Force.
 
“The Nigeria Police Force hereby calls on all stakeholders and intending applicants to discountenance the information in both the newspaper and on the portal as the website is not the official portal for Police Constables recruitment.
 
“The Nigeria Police Force thereby assures well-meaning Nigerians that the commencement of the 2022 recruitment exercise will be announced via the official police e-recruitment website – https://policerecruitment.gov.ng, the Nigeria Police Force official website – https://www.npf.gov.ng, and advertisements on national dailies and official police social media accounts as and when due.”
 
This is not the first time an inspector-general of police will clash with the leadership of the PSC over recruitment of constables.
 
In 2019, Mohammed Adamu, former IGP, recruited 10,000 constables into the force.
 
Displeased by the decision of Adamu, the PSC filed a suit against the action of the IGP.
 
At the federal high court, powers of the IGP to carry out the said recruitment were upheld but the appeal court later ruled that the PSC has the constitutional responsibility of recruiting police constables.
 
The court of appeal also declared the Police Act 2020, as it affects the constitutional mandate of PSC in terms of recruitment, as illegal.
 

Men of the Benue state police command arrested a man on Monday, August 22 for destroying billboards belonging to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the state.

PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Bemgba Iortyom, said the suspect was nabbed on Monday morning destroying the party billboards in Wurukum area of the capital city,  by Makurdi Local Government Area task force.

Iortyom said;

“When we heard about it, we tried to get first information about what had happened, and we advised the Task Force to call in the police.

“We have been suffering from such acts before now where all our billboards were destroyed. We have lost count of how many of our billboards have been destroyed in the past.

“One was recently destroyed at Oshigbudu in Agatu, Wadata, New GRA, and so on. We have met with the Police Commissioner.

“When we got to where the task force was holding him (the suspect), we asked that he be brought to the police. He is now in the custody of the police, and we are here as an interested party.”

 Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, confirmed the arrest and also disclosed that the suspect may be charged to court soon.

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has revealed why the All Progressives Congress lost the Osun governorship election.
 
According to Soyinka, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was punished at the Osun governorship election for committing “sacrilege” against a late former Minister of Justice, Bola Ige.
 
Ige, who served in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was murdered on December 23, 2001.
 
After his impeachment in 2002, ex-Osun State Governor, Iyiola Omisore was arrested and detained over the assassination, but he denied any involvement.
 
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Monday, Soyinka said it was shocking that the APC could make someone who was implicated in Ige’s murder one of its executives.
 
“To actually catapult one of those crime suspects and proven contributors, and to find that that person has been given a position in that party (APC), in governance, and after the President (Muhammadu Buhari) had actually inaugurated a re-examination of that episode amongst other crimes, that is quite a bit of shock.
 
“And I mentioned at a time, that it is a bit of sacrilege. And remember, this Osun is Bola Ige’s State,” Soyinka said.

A 28-year-old man identified as Aina Adebayo has been remanded in a correctional facility by a magistrate court sitting in Ebutte Metta in Lagos state for allegedly sod*mizing a minor.

Adebayo, who was said to be facing a one-count charge bordering on s3xual assault, is alleged to have committed the crime in 2021 in the Ipaja area of Lagos state.

The charge read in part;

“That you, Aina Adebayo, sometime in 2021, at Saint Doregas Private Academy, Akin-Ogun, Ipaja Road, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did penetrate s3xually the an*s of the victim without his consent.”

The prosecutor, Supol Paul, said the defendant committed an offense punishable under section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Magistrate O.M Ajayi ordered the remand of the defendant and adjourned the case till September 20, 2022.

The CP told newsmen that the suspects were apprehended following one week of tactical and intelligence-driven dusk to dawn raid of criminal hideouts.

Thirty-one criminal suspects have been arrested by men of the Adamawa State Police Command within the past week from around the state.

The suspects were paraded on Monday morning at the state Police headquarters in Yola, by the state Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru Akande

One of the suspects, Aisha Mohammed, aged 25 years is accused of beating her child to death, another suspect, 34-year-old Eke Yakubu is being held for allegedly impregnating one Linda Isah and killing the unborn child by buying drugs and forcing Linda into ab*rtion.

Among other suspects is 28-year-old Mohammed Mohammed who, with three others at large, went into the house of one Mamman Dahiru of Mayo-Belwa LGA and took away his Toyota Starlet car.

The Adamawa State Police chief also disclosed that Fiko Ofaa, another 40 years old suspect, “kidnapped one Joshua Ezra from his home in Demsa, near Yola, and demanded N2.5 million.”

The CP told newsmen that the suspects were apprehended following one week of tactical and intelligence-driven dusk to dawn raid of criminal hideouts.

Items recovered by the police include a blue Toyota Starlet car, eight handsets, a laptop, five locally made single barrel guns, three matchetes, a dagger, among others.

Obi stated this at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association currently holding at the Eko Hotels.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has spoken at the ongoing 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association  at the Eko Hotels.
 
According to Obi, the elections in 2023 will not be about connections, tribe, tribe or religion, but about competence, character and commitment to deliver.
 
Obi said, “Remember, the election we are going to have next year will not be about tribe, not religion, not connection, not entitlement, but about character, competence, capacity, and commitment to deliver.”
 
The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, is also present at the event.
 
The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, is also present at the event to represent the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu.
 
The 2022 NBA AGM is themed “BOLD Transitions” and its General Conference was expected to hold between August 19 to 26, with the opening ceremony happening today.

The victims, who were rescued unhurt, were abducted by terrorists on 15th July 2022 following an attack on the village.

Two victims abducted by terrorists have been rescued by men of the Zamfaras state police force while on confidence-building patrol along Nya Mango in Bungudu Local Government Area.

The command gave the two female kidnapped victims’ names as 21-year-old Ubaida Hassan and 10-year-old Umaima Jamilu of Gidan Liman village in Kekun Waje district of Bungudu Local Government Area of the state.

According to the Command’s spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, the victims, who were rescued unhurt, were abducted by terrorists on 15th July 2022 following an attack on the village.

“Victims were medically checked at General Hospital Bungudu, thereafter, debriefed by the police and handed over to their families.

“The Command, while reassuring the public of its commitment to the protection of lives and property, congratulates the victims for regaining their freedom,” Shehu said.

The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) further urged all and sundry to be security conscious and report suspicious characters to the police or any security agency for prompt action.

His manager was seriously injured and presently receiving treatment at the general hospital Ilorin.

47-year-old, Kayode Akinyemi who owns 16 HOUR hotel located in the Alomilaya area of Ganmo, Ilorin, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.

His manager, Emmanuel Olushila Ojo was seriously injured and presently receiving treatment at the general hospital Ilorin.

A statement released by SP Okasanmi Ajayi, spokesperson of the state police command, said the hotel owner's friend , Ori 'm' who was with him on the day of the incident was abducted.

Ajayi said the command's Tactical teams in conjunction with vigilantes and hunters have since been mobilized to the scene to comb the surrounding bushes for possible rescue of the abducted victim and arrest of the hoodlums, while the corpse of the victim has been deposited in the general hospital mortuary for autopsy.

He added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Tuesday Assayomo, has declared a total lockdown of the area and a result-oriented manhunt for the perpetrators of the heinous act, adding that enough was enough for the criminals, as stringent security action is already emplaced to checkmate the activities of the criminal elements in the state.

ASUU also expressed doubt that the Federal Government has the will and capacity to end the crisis between it and the union.

Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of refusing to fulfill agreement the government signed with the academic union.
 
The Port Harcourt Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Stanley Ogoun, in a statement in Port Harcourt, weekend, noted that the Federal Government’s alleged abandonment of draft renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement affirms the doubt regarding the Federal Government’s commitment to ending the current strike.
 
Ogoun said the union was forced into the present strike on February 14, 2022, based on the refusal of the FG to honour the terms of the agreement, Memorandum of Action, MoA, which led to the conditional suspension of the last strike in December 2020.
 
He stated that the terms of the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement, renegotiation of the agreement has been due since 2012 (10 years ago), but that it took the union several years of concerted efforts to bring Federal Government to the renegotiation table in 2017 with Dr. Wale Babalakin as the leader of the Federal Government’s team.
 
Ogoun said the Federal Government was not interested in collective bargaining, adding that it was unfortunate and regrettable that the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, whose ineptitude led to and prolonged this avoidable strike could not take proactive steps to prevent the strike.
 
He said: “Imagine the level of deceitfulness by the minister. A promise to fulfill demands in an election year? We did not embark on strike for over six months geared towards improving our public universities only to come back with mere promissory notes from a government that is notorious for reneging on agreements. I’m sure Nigerians would not forgive us.”

According to the kids, the two candidates are too old and should hand the baton to a younger Peter Obi.

The presidential candidates of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubukar have been urged to throw in the towel and quit the 2023 presidential race.
 
A Nigerian family went on their knees to make the appeal.
 
According to the kids, the two candidates are too old and should hand the baton to a younger Peter Obi.
 
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Taking to Instagram to unbox the gift of an iPhone 11 Pro Max, Khalid expresses the shock of receiving such a gift.

Ex-BBNaija Level Up housemate, Khalid, could not hide his excitement after he received an unexpected gift worth almost N500K from a fan.

This comes a week following the eviction of the housemate from the reality show after garnering a low vote from viewers.

Taking to Instagram to unbox the gift of an iPhone 11 Pro Max, Khalid expresses the shock of receiving such a gift.

“This came in for me this morning and I’m honestly short of words!

To whoever this is from, thank you!