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Ooni marries sixth wife, Temitope Adesegun

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Monday tied the knot with a princess from Ijebu, Temitope Adesegun.

The marital rites were performed at a ceremony in Magodo, Lagos.

With the marital rites, Olori Temitope becomes the sixth wife to marry the Ooni of Ife in two months.

The monarch on Thursday, October 20, 2022, married his fifth wife and founder of African Fashion Week, Ronke Ademiluyi, who is the great-granddaughter of the 48th Ooni of Ife, Ajagun Ademiluyi.

After his marriage to Naomi Silekunola failed in December 2021, the monarch has since married five women in less than two months.

The queens are; Mariam Anako, September 6, 2022; Elizabeth Akinmudai; Tobiloba Philips, October 9, 2022; Ashley Adegoke, October 14, 2022; and Ademiluyi, October 20, 2022.

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Calabar Carnival Returns After Two Years Break

by Folarin Kehinde
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After a two-year hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Calabar Carnival is set to be staged December 2022.

The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Cross River State, Eric Anderson, who confirmed the development, gave reasons for the resumption of the festival during a press briefing.

He said, “Cross River is among the committee of carnival producers in the world. Carnivals were shut down worldwide in the last two years because of COVID-19.

“As we speak, carnivals worldwide have started production, and we can see that the Covid-19 protocols have been relaxed. As a member of the committee, we feel we should also resume as well. Tourism is one aspect of culture that has put Cross River on the World Tourism Map.”

A company, Okhma Global, was also appointed to lead marketing for the 2022 Calabar Carnival.

Speaking during the event, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mary Ephraim- Egbas, while expressing delight at the vote of confidence the Carnival planning committee reposed on the company, said, “We are a team of agile and youthful people governed by five core values, resilience, excellence, innovative, global, and nurturing.

“We worked with the Carnival Calabar pre-covid, for four years prior to this year, so to be selected to lead marketing this year again goes to show there is something we’ve gotten right. We hope to build on that and exceed our expectations.”

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Again, another former BBNaija housemate, Emmanuel Umoh Involved in auto crash

by Folarin Kehinde
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Barely a week after Former Bbnaija housemate Rico Swavey died in a ghastly motor accident, another ex-bbnaija housemate, Emmanuel Umoh, was on Monday involved in another ghastly auto crash.

Emmanuel confirmed the incident in a post on his Instagram page.

Sharing photos of the damaged car, the Akwa Ibom State-born thanked God for sparing his life.

He revealed that the near-death experience rendered him emotional as he could not control his tears and appreciation for God.

He wrote, ”Thank God for life. Been a while I cried.

”I think life got me hardened.”

The incident is coming a week after his colleague, Rico Swavey died after sustaining injuries from an auto crash at Lekki Lagos State.

Rico will be laid to rest on October 20 in Lagos State.

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Nigerian Flamingos Trash New Zealand 4-0

by Folarin Kehinde
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The Nigerian U-17 women team rose from their defeat at Germany to win New Zealand 4-0 at the Fifa women’s world coup.

Nigeria’s Flamingos bounced back from their opening game defeat against Germany, thrashing New Zealand 4-0 at the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup on Friday.

Goals from Amina Bello, Miracle Usani, Taiwo Afolabi, and Etim Edidiong ensured the Nigerian girls grabbed all three points on the plate in the Indian city of Goa.

Hungry to make amends for the disappointment against Germany, the Nigerian girls went all out for an attack against New Zealand.

The first goal came as early as the 16th minute. The other goals followed in 34th, 75th, and 90th minutes to complete the rout.

The win keeps the Flamingos’ hopes of qualifying for the quarter-final of the tournament alive. They will face Chile in their last group match with a win enough to take them to the quarter-final of the competition.

Earlier, Chile defeated New Zealand 3-1 in their opening group game. The South Americans will now play against Germany in their second game later today.

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Nigerian Goalie Uzoho Stun Fans Against Manchester United

by Folarin Kehinde
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Fans have heaped praise on Omonia Nicosia goalkeeper Francis Uzoho after his stunning display in his side’s 1-0 defeat against Manchester United on Thursday at Old Trafford.

The Cypriot outfit were on the back foot for the majority of the Europa League clash, but United could not find a way through until an added time Scott McTominay strike, as Uzoho pulled off a string of fine saves to keep the hosts at bay.

It was a frustrating evening for the Red Devils as Uzoho somehow denied Cristiano Ronaldo and co, and BT Sport pundit Hargreaves hailed the Nigerian shot-stopper, who happens to be a United fan, after the game.

Uzoho made his first save of the match inside the opening two minutes when he tipped Marcus Rashford’s curling effort over the bar.

Rashford continued to test Uzoho for the rest of the half, while the goalkeeper was also forced into action by Ronaldo, Antony and Casemiro, but there was no way past him.

At the start of the second half he made two eye-catching double saves in a matter of minutes, keeping out Antony, Rashford, Fred and Ronaldo.

By the end of the match, United had attempted over 30 shots on goals, but Uzoho denied them time and again. Co-commentator Robbie Savage was in awe of Uzoho’s display.

Unfortunately for Omonia and Francis, McTominay scored from close range in the 93rd minute to seal a 1-0 win for United.

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Turkeys Sentenced To Death After Attacking Man In Canada

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

A gang of turkeys and a rooster reportedly attacked a man, leaving him with two broken hips.

The attack occurred in the Canadian province of British Columbia in July, when the assistance of Chase RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) was required in order to check on the man’s well-being at a home in Celista.

As the police arrived at the address, the cops found an injured man who had been attacked by animals.

It was soon discovered that the man had been attacked by a gang of turkeys who were accompanied by a rooster and they left the victim in a sorry state.

The victim received medical attention for his injuries including two broken hips, a broken finger and multiple lacerations.

The turkeys and roosters that attacked him are said to have been scheduled to receive the “death penalty for their crimes”, according to Sergeant Barry Kennedy.

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History Made As Cristiano Ronaldo Scores 700 Club Goals

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

Cristiano Ronaldo has made history after scoring yesterday against Everton.

He has become the first player in football history to score a 700 goals combined goals for club.

Ronaldo until yesterday hadn’t scored for Manchester United in the Premier League this season.

However, after coming in for an injured Anthony Martial in the 29th minute, he received a defence-splitting pass from Carlos Casemiro in the 44th minute and was able to find the back of the net to silence the Everton fans.

Having started his career in 2002, 700 club goals mean that Ronaldo has averaged 35 goals a season.

Ronaldo has played for four clubs during his career – Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United (twice), Real Madrid and Juventus.

He scored five goals in 31 appearances for Sporting, 450 in 438 matches for Real and 101 in 134 games for Juventus. In his first spell for United he netted 118 times in 298 fixtures for the club and in his current second stint has 26 in 48 matches.

It’s the latest stunning achievement in the forward’s career – either individually or as part of a team.

Ronaldo is also the highest goal scorer in international competitions as his record 117 goals for the Portuguese national team added to 700 club goals make him the official top goal scorer in football history with a record tally of 817 career goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s 700th club goal comes 20 years and two days after his first goal for Sporting Lisbon.

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NBC, Lawmakers Shun NCCA DG over Power to Sanction Bbnaija, Cross dressers

by Folarin Kehinde
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Both the NBC and the house of representatives have shunded the NCCA Director General over his request for power to be able to sanction Bbnaija and Cross dressers.

The Director General of the National Council for Art and Culture (NCAA),Segun Runsewe who appealed to members of the House of Representatives to give the body a legal framework to go after the organizers of Big Brother Naija (BBN) over nudity displayed on the show as well as powers to arrest and prosecute cross dressers in the country.

Runsewe the NCAA DG asked lawmakers for legislative amendments giving them the authority to prosecute the organizers of big brother naija.

During an investigative hearing Tuesday at the National Assembly, a house of representative’s member of the committee, Dr Alex Egbonna, expressed concerns that BBNaija reality TV show was showing nudity and other content alien to the Nigerian culture.

Runsewe, in his reresponse said, “I am the first person who took Big Brother Nigeria to NBC to report them.

“I took it up and organisers tried to reach me and I told them that if the culture in other parts of the world is to be naked – nudity- they should not bring it to Nigeria because our culture is rich and it respects integrity of our country.”

The lawmaker, stated that the issues raised against the previous editions were still with the recently concluded 2022 edition.

“That is the problem with Nigeria: You start something, you don’t end it. But they were still naked even in the last event.

“That thing you started – taking them to wherever you took them to – has not ended. That is what I’m saying. They are still doing the same thing. They should have learnt. There is no solution to what you started and that is the Nigerian factor,” Egbonna insisted.

Runsewe also recalled how he went after popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, saying, “I will give you an example. When Bobrisky started behaving like a woman, I rose and followed him to Lagos. I ‘scattered’ his (birthday) party and I told him, This is not our culture.’ But at the end of the day, that is just part 1. This honourable house just needs to empower us with just a legal framework and that nonsense will stop.”

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Sleeping 24 Hours is Difficult after Quitting Smoking – Tekno

by Folarin Kehinde
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Nigeria music star, Augustine Miles Kelechi, widely known as Tekno, has disclosed that he is staying away from marijuana intake.

Tekno revealed this in a post on his InstaStory and said he found it a little difficult to sleep the first night after he quit smoking.

The Pana singer said it was difficult for him to sleep at first after quitting the substance, stressing that he has, however, stayed 24 hours without the drug.

He said, “My first 24 hours of not smoking cannabis, marijuana, weed or whatever you decide to call it. It was a little hard to sleep the first night, but this is 24 hours. I am about to go another 24 hours; I am trying to go 30 days not smoking weed.

“At the end of these 30 days, I will decide if I want to keep smoking or if I don’t want to smoke anymore, but I will come back here to keep you guys updated every day,” he assured.

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Why Nigerian Oscars committee Rejected Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo Movie

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The Nigeria Oscars selection committee has disqualified Kunle Afolayan’s newly released movie, ‘Anikulapo’ from the nomination list of the Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars.

While announcing the development on social media, the Nigerian actor and producer also expressed his disappointment.

Kunle Afolayan said, “I am so pleased and delighted that the whole world has decided to tag ANIKULAPO film “a masterpiece “even though the Nigeria Oscar selection committee think it’s not worth submitting for the Oscars. Will keep doing my own thing”.

Despite the global reception that Anikulapo has received since its release, the Academy Awards does not deem it worthy to make its nomination list.

Last month, Nigeria’s Oscar Selection Committee announced they had received three Yoruba-language submissions: Aníkúlápó, Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman and King of Thieves.

The selection committee ruled that the movies would not enter the competition as a majority of members voted that all three films were “non-eligible.

Afolayan had partnered with Netflix, and the movie was produced and shot by Jonathan Kovel at the recently launched KAP resort in a village in Oyo State.

Oscars awards are the Academy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry.

The award is regarded as the most prestigious and significant achievement in the entertainment industry worldwide.

The news has since upset many Nigerians and even global fans.

@Oginni_olu; Kunle built a whole village for the movie. Used best actors, the storyline was straight and clean.. yet wasn’t considered Oscar-worthy? Haba… what are the criteria really?

@Theresthat_; This is huge! You don’t need any committee’s validation or recognition. You did great work and viewers around the world love it thoroughly. That’s the real recognition. That’s all that matters! It’s my film of the year and I don’t even understand Yoruba.

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