Author: Feyisayo Helen

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage dropped the video for her latest smash hit single dubbed ‘Loaded’. In the video which was directed by TG Omori, both Tiwa and Asake displayed high sense of urban fashion which made the project colourful. The talented actress who featured Asake in the new song revisited her leaked sex video, noting that the scandal cannot ruin her life. “They planned against me, but sex tape can’t ruin my life,” Tiwa sang in Yoruba. She proceeded to say, “who never f*ck, hands in the air”. It appears this song was all…

The fire outbreak at the popular drug (Ogbo Ogwu) market in Onitsha, Anambra State, has destroyed goods and properties worth millions of naira on Tuesday, 8 November, 2022. The cause of the fire, which affected a section of the market, is yet to be ascertained as well as the actual number of casualties at the time of filing this report. Unconfirmed reports claimed scores of people are feared dead while many others sustained various degrees of injury during the fire outbreak. The Director of Fire Service in the state, Engineer Martin Agbili, who confirmed the incident said the cause of…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting with a resolution not to embark on another strike action. The union, however, slammed the Federal Government over the payment of half salaries to lecturers in October. In a statement on Tuesday by ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, the union condemned the ‘pro-rata’ payment to its members and accused the government of an attempt to reduce Nigerian scholars to casual workers. He said the Union suspended its eight-month strike on 14 October, 2022 in obedience to the order of the National…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Thirteen passengers have been burnt to death to death in an automobile accident in kano. The accident, which involved a Toyota Hummer bus and a Hyundai jeep, also left sid people terribly injured. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the death of the 13 passengers who were burnt to death along Gaya-Wudil road in Kano State. The Kano FRSC Sector Commander, Zubairu Mato, confirmed the number of deaths on Tuesday. He said road safety officials arrived at the scene of the accident that occurred at Rege Village by Antukuwani, on Kano-Gaya road at 7.45pm.…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOCIE OF NAIJA) – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed reasons university lecturers may not be paid their salaries in full. According to the Speaker, the Federal Government may not fully pay university lecturers for the eighth months that the Academic Staff Union of Universities was on strike. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Gbajabiamila on Monday, 7 November, 2022. He said President Muhammadu Buhari was being awaited to approve the proposal of “partial” payment presented to him. The statement reads: “When the Academic Staff Union of Universities called off their…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigerian singer, Mohbad has confirmed the death of his colleague, Oniyide Azeez aka Dablixx Osha. The news of Dablixx’s death hit social media and people refused to believe as some claimed they had seen a post from him hours before. Taking to his Instagram story on Tuesday, Mohbad shared the photo of the rapper and tagged it with a heartbreak emoji. Despite the former Marlian signee’s confirmation, many people still had their doubts and told bloggers to stop spreading fake news. A netizen, @haryor_26 said: “False news.. but I will not be surprised tho…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Two men have bagged twenty lashes, and cleaning of toilet for posting that Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, “sleeps a lot” on their Tiktok account. The No Man’s Land Magistrates Court, Kano, ordered 20 lashes to be administered on the two Tiktokers; Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala, including sweeping and washing toilets for 30 days of its premises, for defaming the character of the Governor. The convicts had earlier pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of defamation and inciting public disturbance slammed against them. According to the First Information Report…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said that he would not support Atiku Abubakar’s presidential bid to continue the killing of his people. He slammed the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, on Sunday night, saying: “He should go to hell.” The Governor made the remarks while hosting colleagues from Rivers, Oyo, Abia, and Enugu States to a dinner party at the government house in Makurdi. The four Governors, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, arrived in Makurdi on Sunday…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Director General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, will no longer attend debates where ”surrogates of leading presidential candidates represent them.” This is coming after the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, failed to show up for the presidential town hall meeting organized by Arise TV. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party was also represented at the event by his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, 7 November, Okupe said Obi…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The train services on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line is set to return in November, according to the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo. The Transportation Minister stated this while giving the scorecard of his ministry in Abuja. He said adequate security has been put in place to ensure the safety of passengers. The Minister, however, did not give any specific date for the resumption. Sambo said the ministry has learnt enough lessons from the attack in March which claimed the lives of several passengers leading to the suspension of train service on the Abuja-Kaduna route.…