Popular Nigerian actress and billionaire wife, Regina Daniels has shared a screenshot of how her name was saved on her stepson's phone. Taking to Instagram, the mother of two revealed a charming way one of her stepsons affectionately saved her contact in his phone. Describing her as the ‘coolest stepmom in the world, Sweet16,’ this endearing gesture filled Regina Daniels with delight.

“Awww look at what my big boy saved my number with. Coolest Stepmom of the World Sweet 16,” she gushed in the short video. She further quizzed him, “Am I just cool, what else am I?” He responded, “Someone I like to be when I grow older.” Regina Daniels added, “I love you baby. Cos I love the sweet 16; we hope to be always be sweet 16.”

Actress Bimpe Akintunde has sent a warning to trolls. According to her, she is set to fight dirty on the internet right now. The Yoruba actress, who is known to keep a quiet lifestyle and avoid quarrels, took to her Instagram page to lash out at an unidentified person. Bimpe noted she isn’t one to fight on social media but wouldn’t hold back this time around and would start throwing bottles.

“I no dey fight on social media o!! But right now, bottle go begin fly o!!! Like am gonna go all out!! Kilosele Gangan!!! Nah all of us dey work for money. Naaaa”. She captioned the post with a promise to come back: “I am coming”.

The United States government has been ordered by an Iranian court to pay nearly $50 billion in damages. The court said the fine is for assassinating a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, nearly four years ago, the judiciary said on Wednesday, December 6. Judicial officials also demanded an apology for the killing of the Soleimani in a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport in January 2020.
 
Then-US president Donald Trump ordered a drone strike near Baghdad airport that killed Soleimani, 62, and his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on January 3, 2020. Then US President Donald Trump justified the action by saying that Soleimani was actively planning attacks on American diplomats and service members in the region. Trump also claimed the veteran regime commander was already "directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of people”.
 
Now the 55th Branch of the Legal Court of International Relations of the Tehran Justice Department has ruled against the US government and 41 other individuals and entities, ordering them to pay a sum of $49.77 billion in connection with the killing. The court also ordered that the US government and the others held responsible for Soleimani’s death should issue a formal apology, with instructions to publish it in a widely circulated newspaper.
 
The sentence comes after judicial officials had ruled in favor of more than 3,000 plaintiffs who had filed complaints claiming that they had suffered damages as a result of Soleimani’s death. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian previously stated in January that nearly 60 US officials had been blacklisted by Tehran for their involvement in the assassination of Soleimani. Both Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have repeatedly vowed revenge for the killing of Soleimani.
 
Since Soleimani’s death, a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has been charged with planning to assassinate John Bolton, the former US National Security Advisor, as retaliation for the military commander’s killing. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was also identified as a potential target in the same plot.
 
Qassem Soleimani played a crucial role in Iran's external military and intelligence operations, overseeing the support and organization of militant proxy forces, including Lebanese Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiite militia groups engaged in hostilities against US forces in the region.

The Bauchi State Police Command disclosed that the 500-level Geology student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, who was stabbed and later succumbed to injuries in the hospital, was attempting to retrieve his girlfriend's handbag from some attackers when the incident occurred. The final year Geology student, Joseph Agabaidu, according to multiple sources on the campus, was stabbed by some assailants while trying to steal his mobile phone.

Agabaidu, who hails from Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State but is based in Benue State, was said to be the eldest among four children of his family who school at ATBU. He was said to be returning to his lodge situated around the Yelwan Tudu market in the Yelwa area, a suburb of the Bauchi metropolis, at about 7.00 pm on Saturday, when he was attacked and was rushed to the hospital for medical treatment but could not survive the severe injuries from the knife. The incident sparked a protest among students of the school who came out in their numbers at the Yelwa Campus to express their anger at the inadequate security in and around the campus and to call for the attention of the management and the government.

Following the protest, the management, in a statement signed by the Deputy Registrar Academic, Fatima Abdullahi, shut down the school and directed students to vacate the campus immediately because the protest carried out by “miscreants” disrupted the peace being enjoyed on the campus. But the police, in a statement signed and made available to journalists on Wednesday, by its Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, said that the deceased was with his girlfriend when assailants whose identity and number are still unknown snatched her handbag containing her mobile phone.

Wakil added that when the deceased tried to retrieve his girlfriend’s bag, they stabbed him on the side of his chest but he later died while on admission at the ATBU Teaching Hospital.
He said: “Commissioner of Police Bauchi State Command, CP Auwal Mohammed received in the audience the leadership of two student bodies (NUBAS and SUG ) in his office at the State Command Headquarters.

“Their visits were prompted by the recent incident which occurred on 2nd December 2023 where some unknown persons, numbers not ascertained, snatched a handbag containing a mobile phone belonging to a lady, one Philomena Ahobee (28), a student of Abubakar Tatari Polytechnic, Bauchi.

“As a result of which her boyfriend, Agbaidu Joseph, (28) of Anguwan Ngas who is a student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, tried to help her to retrieve the handbag containing the phone. The assailant(s) stabbed him on the left side of his chest with a sharp knife. “The victim was rushed to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi for treatment but he was certified dead while on admission by a medical doctor.”

The PPRO said that the leadership of the students union while addressing the CP, kicked against the “violent protest by some erring students of the university” and applauded the CP for his swift response and for nipping it in the bud with the “violent protesters.”

He said that the student leaders presented a letter of request to the Commissioner of Police soliciting more security presence around their communities and “in his response, the Commissioner of Police began by observing a minute of silence in honor of the deceased.”

Wakil said that while accepting the letter, the CP assured them of the deployment of the Intelligence and operational assets of the Command to the affected areas and also ordered the posting of more personnel and patrol vans for constant visibility patrol in the area.

“The Commissioner of Police reiterated that the basic obligation of the police is to protect the lives and properties of the citizens, excessive use of force to quench violence is not the only last available option to a police officer in matters of conflict and crisis resolution.

“He said that in the process of policing society, certain ‘unavoidable problems’ come to the fore, saying that even at such, there is a need for utmost demonstration of professionalism,” he said.

He quoted the police boss as saying: “Right cannot be fought through violence but by way of reconciliation.”

According to him, the Police commissioner said that it was wrong for the students to have taken laws into their own hands in a matter that only the higher institutions and other relevant stakeholders can adjudicate, “thereby creating a vacuum for unscrupulous persons to hijack the protest and turn it into a violent one leading to a confrontation with the school authority.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Muhammed, assured that efforts are being intensified to apprehend the culprit(s) that perpetrated the inhumane dastardly act on the deceased and further assured that justice will be served unfailingly,” he said.

Nigeria star striker, Victor Osimhen has reacted after winning Serie A Player of the Year Award for the 2022/2023 season. He thanked his family and friends for standing by him.  Recall that the 24-year-old forward was officially crowned as the Italian Footballers’ Association (AIC) Footballer of the Year after a marvellous season in front of goal for Napoli at the AIC Oscar del Calcio Awards late on Monday night.
 
Reacting to his latest achievement on his Instagram page, Osimhen thanked the award organisers  for his selection with kind words for his family and legion of fans, saying: “Thank you @grangadelcalcioaic for the recognition and awards, thank you my family, friends  and supporters for your votes and unending support. God is the Greatest.”
 

Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation has approached the Appeal Court. He listed 35 grounds why the life imprisonment imposed on him over alleged r3pe of his wife’s 16- year-old niece by a court in Lagos should be upturned. Olaleye, listed the grounds in a notice of appeal filed by his lawyer, Dr Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, filed on Nov. 24 at the Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State.
 
The appellant, through his lawyer, gave 35 grounds why his appeal should be allowed and why the Ikeja S3xual Offences and Domestic Violence Court was wrong to have relied on the evidence presented by the prosecution against him. The court, presided over by Justice Rahman Oshodi in the charge number: ID/20289C/2022 had, on Oct. 24, sentenced Olaleye to life imprisonment for alleged defilement of his wife’s niece claimed to be a 16-year old.
 
However, in the appeal dated and filed on Nov. 24 at the Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State, the appellant, through his lawyer, gave 35 grounds why his appeal should be allowed. In a copy of the notice of appeal made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Pinheiro argued that “the lower court erred in law when, in the absence of any direct evidence, it held that the alleged victim of the crime was a child of 16 at the time of the offence.”
 
He said that the prosecution did not tender any documentary evidence in support of its case that the alleged victim of the crime was 16 years. In proving this fact, the lawyer argued that the prosecution had the onerous duty of presenting the birth certificate of the complainant which would have served as conclusive proof of her age.
 
But throughout the trial, he said neither the prosecution nor the complainant put forward any documentary proof of the alleged survivor’s age, other than the oral evidence of the witnesses. The lawyer also argued that contrary to the submission that the alleged victim was consistent in her evidence that Olaleye r3ped her, her evidence was riddled with inconsistences.
 
Pinheiro said the alleged survivor never accused the appellant of r3pe before the police who interviewed her when the alleged events were still very fresh in her mind. He said it was only four months after the alleged incident occurred that she turned around and alleged that the appellant r3ped her. According to him, the court ought to have been suspicious of the time frame between her statements to the police and the Gender Department of the police.
He further argued that the lower court ought not to have relied on the evidence of PW5, Dr Akinbunmi Oyebimpe of MIRABEL, in convicting and sentencing the appellant.
 
He argued that contrary to Oyebimpe’s finding, the examination carried out on the alleged survivor by PW5 was done months after the alleged offence was committed.

“Even though the offences were alleged to have occurred between 2020 and 2021, the medical certificate issued by PW5 clearly showed that the alleged survivor was being examined in respect of a s3xual assault that occurred in March, 2022.

“In the face of this material contradiction, it was wrong of the court to have held that the evidence of PW5 corroborated that of the alleged survivor. “Since the outcome of PW5’s examination did not indict the appellant, the finding of the court is erroneous and ought not to be sustained,” the lawyer said.
 
He equally faulted the court to have relied on the testimony of the 1st prosecution witness (PW1), who was Olaleye’s wife and also a complainant, which he said was tainted with malice on the events that occurred in the presence of CSP Patricia Amadi and Aunty Tessy without hearing from these vital witnesses. According to him, the honourable lower court erred in law when it held that it did not “…believe that Aunty Tessy was a vital witness,” while believing the testimony of PW1 and PW2 (prosecutrix).
 
He said Aunty Tessy was an independent witness who had received the allegations leveled against PW1 and PW2. He contended that Olaleye’s wife, Aderemi (PW1), had demonstrated to be holding a grudge against the appellant.

“As a result, the court ought to have been cautious in relying on her evidence which had a high probability of being tainted,” he added. He also challenged the finding of the trial court on two fronts.
 
“Firstly, PW1 not being present when the appellant allegedly had s3xual intercourse with the alleged survivor could not have corroborated the evidence of the alleged survivor because corroborative evidence ought to come from a person who directly witnessed the events as they occurred.

“Secondly, any corroborative evidence ought to come from an independent source. “Having demonstrated during trial that PW1 stood to benefit from the appellant’s conviction, it was wrong of the court to have relied on her tainted testimony in finding that her evidence corroborated that of the complainant,” the lawyer argued, among others.
 
He insisted that Aderemi (PW1) was demonstrably a tainted and interested witness and as such, her evidence was manifestly unreliable. Pinheiro, who sought four reliefs, urged the appellate court to make an order setting aside the decision of the lower court. He also sought an order setting aside the conviction of and quashing the sentence against the appellant by the lower court. The lawyer equally sought an order discharging and acquitting Olaleye of the offences preferred against him.
 

Nigerians on social media are fuming over the return of popular money doubling scheme, MMM, into the Nigerian market as MMM Krypto. The popular money doubling scheme was the rage around 2016 and 2017 and the NDIC reported that three million Nigerians lost 18 billion Naira to the corporation. Many of the victims were left wretched and it was reported that some persons took their lives over the money they lost.

The Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (MMM) was shut down in 2018 following the death of its founder, Henry Mavrodi from a heart attack. The company is now trying to make a comeback as MMM Krypto, and they had a recent meeting on December 2, 2023, in Durban, South Africa.



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Popular Nigerian actor, Bolanle Ninalowo has again sparked dating rumours with his colleague, Damilola Adegbite, again, as he shares an adorable video of them walking hand in hand on Instagram. It has been rumoured before now that the two thespians are dating, however, they hadn’t gone public or made any remark to the effect, until recently. Two months following his crashed marriage, Bolanle Ninalowo has now revealed that he and the actress are a thing. He shared a video of the two of them walking arm in arm through a room, with a soundtrack which conveyed the words, “Thank God I found you”.

Sharing the VIDEO, he captioned …

“That hateful energy – too pricy!

Love dont cost a thang

#LovePeaceAndLightOnly”

Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has revealed her readiness to offset medical bills of controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo. She made the disclosure on her Instagram page. The duo have been on each other's throat for the past month over Iyabo’s support for late singer Mohbad and his wife. Iyabo shared on her Instagram that she wanted to self-fund Olunloyo’s admission to a psychiatric hospital, but she’s unsure of the journalist’s whereabouts, causing hesitation.
 
She asked members of the public who knew where the journalist was to contact her so she could assist her.
 
She wrote: “Attention: please, as a good citizen of this great country Nigeria, and also an advocate for mental health awareness, I’m deeply worried about the level of pseudologia fantastica, mythomania, and morbid lying our dear Aunty Kem, Kem has been exhibiting over the years, it’s getting worse, before she declares that all the chickens are dogs, and that she is a witch and flies, on social media. ejor ni to ri Olorun, I’m ready to foot her medical bill in any psychiatric hospital anywhere, please anyone who knows the whereabouts of my darling, beloved Aunty Kem Kem should please inform me ASAP….. she needs urgent help, Aro or Yabaleft is seriously waiting for her too, thank you in advance.

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The fans of Nigerian influencer, Papaya ex, went all out to welcome her as she arrived the country after spending months in Dubai. Papaya FC, as they are popularly called, stormed the airport to give her a surprise welcome. They brought traditional dancers to welcome her, alongside flowers and a cake bouquet.

Sharing the video on her Instagram page, the influencer thoroughly appreciated her fans for the surprise. Ending the event, they presented her with the sum of 10 Million Naira as gratitude for the amazing contents she puts out on her page.


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Nigerian-American businessman, Francis Van-Lare has disclosed plans to compile and publish the names and photos of the women he has engaged in s3xual intercourse with since 1970. According to him, the first woman he was involved s3xually with was Felicia and he has already published her story. Van-Lare disclosed that the list would be ready by Dec 7.

He added that if anyone that has been intimate with him does not see their name, he should be contacted so that the list can be edited.

“I am compiling the names of all the women I have poied since 1970 . The first one is Felicia and I published her story on my wall. She even got my mum fired because she will not give her kpekus to the Doctor who owned the hospital they both worked and the Doctor was mad that it was small me that she chose to poi,” he said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, December 6.
 
“Have your data ready Dec 7 and you see their names and photos. If I have poied you and you do not see your name on the list please inbox me to edit it and add your name. If your poi was memorable then I will add it.”

The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended no less than four of its own personnel. The officers were arrested on charges of allegedly kidnapping a hotel staff in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, who confirmed the development during a press briefing, said the four officers involved in the heinous crime have been arrested.

The Commissioner said that he read about the incident on social media and swung into action to ensure that the victim was released and the culprits were arrested.

“They have been arrested. I am waiting for a complaint from the victim, so that I will know what and what to look out for. The officers are in custody.

“We are not hiding anything. When the complaint comes, we will give you details of what we have done. If I don’t get complaints from members of the public on this, I will believe everything is okay. All of us are in this together,” Disu said.

It was gathered on Tuesday that some policemen on patrol at the weekend, intercepted one Darlington Bieh around Choba in the Obio/Akpor part of the state and whisked him to an unknown destination. It was learnt that the policemen had after intercepting the victim, searched his bags, pockets, and phone, but found nothing incriminating. They thereafter saw some photos indicating that Darlington Bieh works in a big hotel.

According to reports, the officers asked the victim to call his family members to send money in millions, threatening that they would kill him and throw his corpse into the Choba River if the family failed to comply.

Bieh, however, called his boss, the owner of the hotel, who quickly alerted a Divisional Police Officer (DPO). The DPO pretended to be the victim’s father, leading to the arrest of the suspects.

An American man identified as Patrick Kenney Jr., has died in a really tragic manner. The man was found on Saturday night, Dec. 2, collapsed in the parking lot of Kowloon restaurant in Saugus, about 11 miles north of Boston, WCVB said. Police initially feared he was attacked but they later ruled that the 42-year-old dad of young twins had somehow stabbed himself with a knife around his neck in what his family also called a “horrible tragedy.”

“This incident appears to be accidental, and no additional parties are believed to be involved,” District Attorney Paul Tucker and Saugus Police Chief Michael Ricciardelli said in a joint statement. Kenney was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston shortly after he was found outside the restaurant, where he had gone by bus for a family birthday party, according to NBC 10.

“Our family is mourning the loss of Patrick, focused on his wife Lauren and two young children, and trying to make sense of this horrific tragedy,” his family said in a statement “Patrick was a loving father and husband, brother, son and loyal friend to many. This is a horrible tragedy.” Kenney and his family were regulars at the Kowloon restaurant, according to its owners, the Wong family. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family. Nothing else matters at this time. We ask that people don’t jump to conclusions until an investigation is completed,” the Wong family said in a statement.

Israel Afaere, the logistics manager of Afrobeats star, Davido has reacted after a woman asked him to marry her without paying her bride price. Recall that Israel and Sheila Courage marriage hit the rocks barely a year after they tied the knot. The woman on Instagram, @ella_ada_, declared her love for Israel in a viral video and said she was willing to put up with his shortcomings.

She pleaded with Israel to get married to her, stating that he doesn’t even have to pay her bride price. Speaking about his failed marriage, the woman said that they were destined to be together and that it was God’s plan. She acknowledged her intense love for Isreal DMW and pledged that his happiness would be her priority. After writer, Tunde Ednut published the video, Isreal DMW left a comment.

Quashing the lady’s hopes, he wrote: “I DON HEAR DIS LAMBA BEFORE. ME AND OGA, NO FALL DIS MUGU AGAIN OOH. GOD FORBID ”

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Popular crossdresser, Okuneye Idris aka Bobrisky has attacked married men who have sidechics. He wondered why such men don't want their sidechics to see other men and why they get jealous when such happen. Bobrisky criticised such men for making false promises and trying to start up serious relationships with women who are supposed to be just ‘side chics.’
 
He expressed surprise at why married men, some with very beautiful wives, would seek affairs with single women and even exhibit jealousy over these women’s other relationships. ”You know you’re married, yet you are looking for something serious with a girl. Some of you even get jealous,” he said. Bobrisky called out these men as scammers for leading single women on without any intention of marrying them.

Animals at the aso villa will get N201 million from the 2024 budget. This is as President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, and his Vice, Kashim Shettima will also spend a staggering N10.13 billion on meals and travels. This was disclosed in the details of the 2024 budget proposal which is being scrutinized by the National Assembly. The budget has a total aggregate revenue projection of N18.32 trillion and a deficit of N9.18 trillion (3.88 percent of GDP).
 
The fiscal document proposes capital expenditure of N8.7 trillion and recurrent, of N18.51trillion. According to the proposal, feeding which is, titled ‘refreshment & meal and foodstuff for the offices of Tinubu and Shettima’ was allocated N660.5 million. Out of this amount, N287.8 million is for the president’s office, and N372.6 million is for the VP’s office. Further breakdown of the budget proposal shows that refreshments and meals for the president will gulp N33.6 million and another N254.2 million for foodstuff/catering materials supplies.
 
The vice president will spend N35 million on refreshments/meals and N337.5 million on foodstuff/catering materials supplies. The fiscal document also shows that the feeding of the animals at the Aso Rock’s zoo, tagged “wildlife conservation”, will gulp N201.4 million. The renovation of the president and vice president’s quarters at the State House will gulp N800 million: N500 million for Tinubu and N300 million for Shettima.
 
In the 2023 supplementary budget approved last month, the Presidency voted N13.5 billion to renovate President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kassim Shettima’s official residences in Lagos and Abuja. The approved expenditure was part of the N28 billion voted for State House in the N2.176trn supplementary budget. The breakdown showed that N4 billion will be spent for the renovation of residential quarters for the President; renovation of Aguda House to gulp N2.5 billion; renovation of Dodan Barracks, the official residence of Mr President in Lagos, N4 billion and renovation of official quarters of vice president in Lagos N3bn, totally N13.5 billion.
 
In the 2024 budget proposal, honorarium and sitting allowance for the president and his vice were pegged at N152.3 million and N67.3 million respectively.
Powering of generators in the State House will cost N37.9 million while N260.8 million is earmarked for electricity charges.
 

A video of Afrobeats star, Davido smoking weed in the presence of police officers has sparked mixed reactions online. In the video, the 'Unavailable' crooner was seated in his car while smoking and speaking to police officers who were serving as a guard to him. The video has caught the attention of many as many think that Davido is not above the law. The video was shared online on Twitter by a Twitter user who captioned the video, “Davido smoking weed in front of police Yet they’ll tell you no one is above the law.”

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The Mokopane Regional Court in South Africa has sentenced a  35-year-old woman, Tshepho Mogoshadi Mphahlele, to 15 years imprisonment, over the gruesome murder of her twin sister at Ga Mogotlane village in Limpopo. According to Limpopo police spokesperson, Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba, the woman was found guilty of brutally killing her twin sister on January 18, 2023.

"During the trial, the court heard how the accused attacked her twin sister after they got into a heated argument and she stabbed her with a knife several times until she died at their residence,” Mashaba said. After the murder, Mphahlele chopped her sister’s body up with an axe, before fleeing the scene.

She later handed herself over to the Moletlane police station on January 20, and she was then arrested. ''The case was assigned to Sergeant Rodney Mothiba, and he diligently worked on the case to ensure that the accused was denied bail until she was found guilty,” said Mashaba. “The accused was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment for the murder of her twin sister.” Hadebe added that no person has the right to take away someone’s life, even after being provoked.

A Zimbabwean filmmaker, Violet Avoid, has ended her own life a day after celebrating her 33rd birthday. Violet who got popular after appearing in Andy Muridzo and Jeetaz Band’s music video ‘Malowe,’ reportedly took her own life by ingesting rat poison. This occurred two months after she narrated how her life spiralled out of control and took a turn for the worst after she got r*ped during a work function.

She disclosed that after a night of wild drinking, she woke up the next morning and found out she had been r*ped. She expressed confusion and distress, unable to identify the perpetrator who took advantage of her while she was in a drunken stupor.” Following the distressing discovery, she chose not to confide in anyone, not even her husband whom she had left at home. Instead, she opted to take morning-after pills, hoping to prevent pregnancy.

Upon returning home, she refrained from disclosing the incident to her husband or reporting the r*pe. She continued with her life, although consumed by guilt. Eventually, she began noticing pregnancy symptoms and confirmed her suspicions through a test, discovering she was pregnant. Shocked by this revelation, she briefly contemplated attributing the pregnancy to her husband, yet that seemed implausible as he had been away for at least three months.

Feeling trapped with no viable options, she continued concealing her pregnancy from her husband. However, as time passed, her husband began noticing telltale signs and confronted her. Despite his inquiries, she vehemently denied being pregnant. The stress and emotional toll took a toll on her health, making her ill. Concerned for her well-being, her husband suggested seeking medical help, but she refused, leading to a heated argument. Matters escalated when her husband’s friend, also her boss, intervened, resulting in a physical altercation.

Her husband was seriously injured after her boss knocked him over and he hit his head on the corner of the table. Upon realizing the extent of her husband’s injuries, Violet’s boss fled the scene, leaving her in a panic. With her husband bleeding and in considerable pain, she urgently sought help from her neighbours, who assisted her in transporting her husband to the hospital. She was arrested at the hospital when she refused to disclose how her husband had sustained his injuries. After spending several days in prison, she was eventually released when her boss surrendered himself.

Upon her release, she resumed caring for her husband, who remained hospitalized. However, following his discharge, her situation worsened dramatically when her husband told her to pack her bags and leave. With no money, no job or family to turn to or anywhere to go, she left her marital home. Luckily she managed to find a job and accommodation at the Seventh Day Adventist church, where she was now working as a farmer. However, life’s challenges weighed heavily on her, ultimately leading her to make the tragic decision to end her life.

The Federal Government has budgeted a staggering N138,066,187 to combat fake news and print calendars. The money was budgeted through the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Part of the sum will also be used to facilitate media appearances for ministers and organise engagement with social media influencers among others. This is contained in the details of the 2024 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly.
 
A former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, initiated an advocacy against fake news under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Muhammed, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in 2021, stated that Nigeria had graduated from ordinary fake news to “deep” fake news, which according to him, was being used to wage war against the government and its officials. He had also said that at the beginning, purveyors of deep fake news were largely unknown online publications, adding that it was, however, unfortunate that otherwise reputable publications and some mainstream media had joined the bandwagon while adding that citizens found guilty would be sanctioned.
 
In the 2024  budget, N24.5m has been allocated for a “special enlightenment campaign on government’s programmes and policies, testimonial series to gauge the impact of government policies on the citizenry.
 
“Advocacy against fake news, hate speech, farmers-herders clashes, banditry, rape, etc.” The details also showed that the government would spend  N40m to produce calendars; N30m was voted for external publicity and engagement with foreign media; N20.7m was voted for media interactions by ministers, influencers, and analysts on print and social media.
 
The government also said it would spend N21.7m on the development of social media platforms and networking with other platforms. President Bola Tinubu submitted the 2024 appropriation budget to the National Assembly last week.