Author: Feyisayo Helen

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigerian businessman and billionaire, Femi Otedola has gifted his second daughter, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, aka DJ Cuppy, a 2.6billion naira (£5million) country house as birthday gift. The £5million country house was given to DJ Cuppy following her birthday celebration on Friday. The disk jockey shared chats between herself and her father via Instagram on Friday. In the now-deleted posts, Otedola praised his daughter for continuously making him proud. He also promised her a country home worth £5 milion as a birthday gift. “Ifemiii of course not! I could never forget #CuppyDay! Happy Birthday to…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Elon Musk has announced plan to remove old verification badges in the coming months due to the extensive modifications the microblogging platform has undergone since its takeover. The removal would presumably allow more users to subscribe to Twitter Blue by paying the mandatory $8 monthly fee imposed by Musk, Twitter new owner, to acquire and retain the blue verification badge. Musk’s $7.99/month Twitter Blue subscription will become the only way to get the “verified” blue check-mark — except that the identities of the users who pay for that are not actually going to be…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, arrived Edo State on Friday, 11 November 2022, for his campaign rally. The rally was held at the Baptist Convention Ground in Oliha quarters, TV Road Benin, capital city of Edo. LP members, and Obi’s supporters known as “Obidients” came out in their numbers to show support to the former governor of Anambra. A change in venue to Convention Ground, Oliha Quarters, TV Road Benin City, was announced by the state chapter on Thursday. This was contained in a statement issued by Comr. Sam Oroupa Edo LP Publicity…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigerian Disk Jockey and singer, Florence Otedola, a.k.a DJ Cuppy, is celebrating her 30th birthday with her family members on the Christina O luxury yacht today, 11 November, 2022. In a birthday message posted on her Instagram story, the second daughter of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, noted that she was proud of all her accomplishments in her new age, and excited about the joys her 30s would bring. She posited further that she planned not to do any “silly lavish cuppy party” for her birthday. DJ Cuppy wrote: “Yes, Lord, you did it again.…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A woman identified as Adetutu Adedokun, has committed suicide by jumping into the lagoon on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State. It was gathered that the woman had disembarked from a cab and headed towards the railing of the bridge. The woman, reportedly in her thirties, was said to have consequently plunged into the water. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a situation report said a search and rescue team had been mobilized to look for the woman. He said: “Upon arrival of the LRT at the incident scene,…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed what he said when British monarch, King Charles III asked him whether he has a house in the United Kingdom. In an interview after meeting the 73-year-old monarch, Buhari said: “He (King Charles III) asked me whether I have a house here (in the UK), I said no. I live in Nigeria alone, the only house I have are those I have before I got into government and I am not very much interested in having houses all over the place. I feel much freer when I have nothing.”…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has said Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate will win the 2023 election. Buhari during an interview after his meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace said APC is lucky to have Tinubu, former Lagos State governor as its presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections. “What are the chances of my party not winning the election? We are going to win the election,” Buhari said. “Tinubu, the presidential candidate, a very well-known politician in the country, he was…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A Nigerian man has called out St. Martins Hospital in Port Harcourt over the death of his wife and unborn baby. According to the bereaved man, the hospital must pay for taking his wife away from him, killing his unborn baby and exterminating his generation. He accused Nigerian hospitals and her incompetent doctors of having no regard for human lives as they are mere laboratory tools to them. Narrating what led to his wife and unborn baby’s death, the widow said his wife’s due date was 29 October, 2022. She had passed her Estimated…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo, has requested that American rapper, 50 Cent, casts a Nigerian actor as the main character in his upcoming Hushpuppi series. She said this in a comment she made on 50 Cent’s Instagram page on Wednesday. 50 Cent announced plans to release a series based on Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi, who was imprisoned for 11 years for defrauding over 1.9 million people saying: “For my scammers I gotta do this one, Hushpuppy series coming soon!” Jumbo, while reacting to the post, asked that 50 Cent ensures a Nigerian plays the lead…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The spokesperson for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said the drug trafficking allegation leveled against All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, is not new. Keyamo said Tinubu was not indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering in the United States (US) as being asserted in some quarters. He stated this last night as a guest on the Wednesday’s edition of Channels Television’s programme ‘Politics Today’. According to him, a document that resurfaced in the media a few days ago, alleging that the US District Court, Northern District of Illinois,…