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Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo and his pretty wife, Gifty, have finally hosted their white wedding, a year after their traditional marriage. The young couple had made things official with their traditional wedding on May 12, 2018, and many celebrity guests were in attendance to celebrate them. Beautiful photos from actor John Dumelo's white wedding Source: Instagram PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android and read the best news about Nigeria Well, John and Gifty have had the town buzzing again with their star-studded white wedding. The lovely couple were flanked on both sides with their best man and maid of honour as they took their vows. Photo: @innapatty / Instagram Source: Instagram Fellow actress, Nadia Buari, was the maid of honour for the day and she is said to be the bride's best friend while actor Fred Nuamah was the best man. Beautiful photos from actor John Dumelo's white wedding Source: Instagram READ ALSO: John Dumelo's wife steps ...

- Pogba and Sanchez are two of Manchester United's top earners this season - The duo has a bonus system that favours them in earnings compared to the rest of the squad members - The additional incentives have however torn United dressing room apart, with players citing unfairness Tension has reportedly rocked Old Trafford after Manchester United players clashing over the club's bonus scheme that favours Alexis Sanchez and Paul Pogba. Both Pogba and Sanchez rank as United's top earners in wages, and receive staggering amounts of bonuses for goals and assists in every match. PAY ATTENTION: Install Pitch Football App for FREE to get the latest football News & Scores Despite his dipping form, Sanchez is said to be pocketing up to £75,000 for every appearance he makes for the Red Devils. The Chilean further receives £75,000 for every goal he scores and £25,000 for every assist that leads to a goal. Pogba, on his part receives £50,000 as bonus for every goal he sco...

- PDP has reportedly foreclosed contest for Senate president and the speaker of House of Representatives - The party has also picked Abaribe, Dogara as Senate, House minority leaders - It was gathered that leaders of the party have also resolved to tell members of the party elected into the ninth NASS not to drag the presiding officer positions with any of the APC members There are indications that the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have foreclosed the chance of any of its members contesting for the post of Senate president or speaker of the House of Representatives in the next National Assembly. Legit.ng reports that investigations by the Sunday Tribune confirmed that leaders of the party had been brainstorming about the role of the PDP in the incoming National Assembly due for inauguration in June. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda It was confirmed that at formal and informal settings in recent weeks...

- Nigeria vs Niger Republic match in WAFU Cup ended with Super Falcons winning 15-0 - Thomas Dennerby's women have now qualified for the semifinal of the championship - Super Falcons of Nigeria are preparing for the 2019 FIFA World Cup in France Nigeria's Super Falcons on Saturday, May 11, recorded their biggest victory ever in a match when they defeated Niger Republic 1-0 in a WAFU tournament going on in Ivory Coast. Eight teams are currently participating in the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup tournament in Abidjan. Super Falcons of Nigeria had won their opening group game against Mali 10-0 meaning that they have shipped in 25 goals in just two games. The remarkable win over over Niger Republic has now sent the Super Falcons to the semifinal of the WAFU championship with a game remaining to play in Group B. PAY ATTENTION: Install Pitch Football App for FREE to get the latest football News & Scores READ ALSO: David Alaba says Nigerian under-17 coaches ne...

- A former national chairman of MPPP, Oludare Falade, has said that nothing would stop Tinubu from becoming Nigeria's president in 2023 - The APC chieftain said that north, south would unite to elect Tinubu as Nigeria's president in 2023 - Falade noted that Tinubu would receive people's support across the country if he declares intention to run for president A former national chairman of the Mega Progressives Peoples Party (MPPP), now Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN), Oludare Falade, has declared that nothing would stop the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Legit.ng reports that Falade, who is now a chieftain of APC, said Tinubu would receive people's support across the country. He said: ''Asiwaju is a Nigerian. I believe if he so desires, he will receive the support of his people. In democracy, if you have demonstrated victory and capacity for other, it taken for granted if i...

- INEC has finally withdrawn certificate of return issued to Peter Nwaoboshi - The commission issued the certificate to Ned Nwoko as the authentic senator-elect for Delta North senatorial district - The came after a Federal High Court Abuja sacked Nwaoboshi as the senator-elect for the region due to irregularities on PDP primaries The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has eventually withdrawn the certificate of return it earlier gave Peter Nwaoboshi and issued it Ned Nwoko as the authentic senator-elect for Delta North senatorial district. Acting on the earlier court judgment of Federal High Court Abuja that sacked Nwaoboshi for not being the winner of the PDP primary in the Delta region, INEC on Friday, May 10, gave Nwoko the certificate. The electoral umpire, through its director of legal services, Oluwatoyin Babalola, issued the certificate at the its headquarters in Abuja amid wild jubilation by well wishers and family members of the senator-elect, Sahara Report...

Some heavily armed policemen have been reportedly deployed to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, and the residents of some senior council members of the Kano Emirate. Daily Trust reports that on Saturday, May 11, about 10 police Hilux Vans with security personnel were stationed at the emir’s palace at Kofar Kudu, while another 10 patrol vehicles were deployed to the personal residence of chief of staff to the emir of Kano along Iyaka road. The newspaper stated that additional deployment of policemen were stationed at the residence of another aide of the emir, the incumbent Galadiman Kano, Alhaji Abbas Sanusi, while the main entrance of Kano state government house was also guarded by security officials. READ ALSO : Why 2019 UTME candidate with highest score will not be admitted into selected university - JAMB When the Kano state police spokesperson, Haruna Abdullahi, was asked about the deployment, he said he was not aware of the police operation and would rather ...

A research by a Newcastle University academic has revealed that Redoshi, popularly known as Sally Smith, an African-born, was the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. According to Newcastle University Press Office, the thorough research was done by Dr Hannah Durkin, which pieces together the life of the last slave survivor. READ ALSO: Heavily armed security men reportedly deployed to Emir Sanusi’s palace The research follows after the life of Redoshi from her kidnapping in West Africa and the following enslavement in Alabama to her freedom. The academic work also showed the close association of Redoshi to the beginning of activism in US Civil Rights Movement. It should be recalled that the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade was previously known to be Oluale Kossala but Dr Durkin’s research showed that Redoshi died in 1937, two years after Kossola died in 1935. It was reported that Dr Durkin first awareness of Redoshi was when in carrying out other research...

Death is indeed inevitable not matter what man does! Veteran Filmmaker, Eddie Ugbomah, is dead. The veteran filmmaker died in the afternoon of Saturday, May 11, at the hospital where he was scheduled to undergo a surgery on Monday, May 13. His death was confirmed by the chairman of the Chief Eddie Ugbomah Medical Fund Committee, Adedayo Thomas (DG, NFVCB) Also confirming the report is Shuaibu Husseini who is a member of the fund raising committee. He broke the news on his Facebook page to announce the passing away for the man who worked to stamp the feet of Nollywood in the sand of time. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android and read the best news about Nigeria Shaibu Husseini announces the death of Eddie Ugbomah on Facebook Source: Facebook Legit.ng had earlier reported the ill-health state of the elder movie maker, Eddie Ugbomah. He was reportedly down with a serious illness and he even faces eviction from the hospital due to unpaid medical bills. The veteran...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening, May 10, hosted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to Ramadan breakfast at the presidential villa, Abuja. The president’s personal assistant (Photograph), Sunday Aghaeze, in a pictorial reports made this known in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two of the pictures had shown the president and Tinubu on a dining table with varieties of eatables and drinks while the president was seen in the two other pictures escorting his guest. READ ALSO : Heavily armed security men reportedly deployed to Emir Sanusi’s palace NAN reports that the sudden appearance of Tinubu at the Presidential Villa had finally put to rest the reported ‘political misunderstandings’ between the president and the APC leader. Tinubu’s absence during the last President’s visit to Lagos shortly before his 10-day private visit to London was misinterpreted in some quarters. Similarly, President Buhari’s inability to at...

- The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari says prayer is a solution to all societal malady, especially during Ramadan period in which God answers the prayers of believers - Aisha Buhari enjoins parents to instill good virtues in their children at the early stage of their lives - The wife of the president also stressed the need for parents to inculcate the spirit of love, patience, understanding and tolerance in their children The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, on Saturday, May 11, urged Muslim faithful to use the period of Ramadan to intensify prayers and supplications to ensure end security and socioeconomic challenges facing the country. Buhari, represented by the Wife of Nasarawa state governor, Dr Mairo Al-Makura, gave the advice at the 25th Annual Ramadan lecture and special prayer for the nation, organised by Ansar-ud-deen Society of Nigeria, Abuja Branch, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. READ ALSO : Heavily armed security men reportedly deployed to Emir Sanus...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that at least 12 states in Nigeria are yet to domesticate the Child Rights Law despite it benefit for children in the country. The Child Protection Specialist, United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Sharon Oladiji, said these states including Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kebbi, Jigawa and Adamawa are yet to pass the Act into law. Other states yet to pass the law are Bauchi, Yobe, Borno, Zamfara, Gombe and Katsina. Oladiji while speaking in Lagos at a two-day media dialogue on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at 30, some of the set back on the passage of the law include religion and cultural belief whcih are inherent in these states. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations by its resolution of November 20, 1989. The convention which spells out same meaning for every child around the world took inot consideration, cultural, social economic an...

- The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the APC administration is concerned about the interest of the common man - Osinbajo states that the Buhari administration introduced social investment programmes to ameliorate the challenges of poverty and unemployment faced by people Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned about the welfare of the poor and interested in how to make his life better for them. Osinbajo made the statement on Saturday, May 11, during his one day working visit to Bauchi state where he commissioned some projects, Daily Trust reports. READ ALSO : Heavily armed security men reportedly deployed to Emir Sanusi’s palace Among some of the projects commissioned by the vice president during his visit include the Bauchi state Health Contributory Scheme (BSHCS) and the Bauchi Health Trust Fund offices among other projects. He told the people of the state that Buhari introduced Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) to ameliorate the ...

- David Alaba who plays for Bayern Munich has denied reports that he said under-17 coaches demanded bribe from him to play for Nigeria - There were reports recently claiming that the 26-year-old did not get the chance to play for Nigeria because of his refusal to settle some coaches - And now the Austria international stated clearly that he did say what was reported about him Bayern Munich star David Alaba has rubbished reports claiming that he said Nigerian under-17 coaches demanded money from him to play for the team. David Alaba, whose father is a Nigerian, plays for the Austrian senior men's national team. The 26-year-old Alaba who was born in Vienna by Filipino mother and Nigerian father was keen on playing for Nigeria’s Super Eagles before he decided to play for the country of his birth. And recently, there were reports that David Alaba slammed Nigerian coaches who were in charge of the team in 2007 for not including him in their side. The reports claimed Alaba reveale...

- Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state says the creation of 4 additional emirate councils in the state passed through the constitutionally required processes - Ganduje calls on aggrieved individuals protesting against the creation of the new emirates to exercise restraint - The governor states that the breakup of the central emirate was done to reduce the burden of development agenda of the state to the other four emirate councils for effective delivery Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has said the law creating four new additional emirate councils in the state is irreversible having gone through all the constitutionally required processes. Speaking on Saturday, May 11, at ceremony organised for the four newly appointed emirs, the governor called on aggrieved individuals protesting against the creation of the new emirates to exercise restraint, Vanguard reports. READ ALSO : Heavily armed security men reportedly deployed to Emir Sanusi’s palace He said the breakup of th...

The heat wave death of actor Chris Attoh's second wife Bettie Jenifer have caused seems not ready to go down soon. Social media has gone abuzz since the report of t he news of the death of Ghanaian movie actor Chris Attoh’s wife, Bettie Jenifer, hit town. She was shot dead in the United States. According to reports, 44-year-old Bettie Jenifer was shot in the head by an unknown gunman at the parking lot of her office building in Maryland on Friday evening, NBC Washington reports. The Maryland police have declared the killer, who they described as a black male with a thick hair, wearing a dark shirt and pant, wanted Fans react as Chris Attoh's second wife is shot dead in US Source: Instagram READ ALSO: What Chris Attoh tweeted about relationships some minutes after his wife was shot dead While the police are searching for the killer, the Twitter has been ablaze with different opinions of people on the killing and the presumed killer. Some people on Twitter are of the ...

- The senior special assistant to the president, Garba Shehu, accuses the PDP of trying to strain the relationship between the presidency and the judiciary - Shehu denies a report that the DSS indicted the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, of corruption - The presidential media aide describes the said report as the latest sponsored campaign from the PDP aimed at causing disaffection between the executive and the judiciary The presidency on Saturday, May 11, warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop dragging it into what it described as a sponsored media smear campaign against the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president in a statement obtained by Legit.ng dismissed reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) had indicted Bulkachuwa of corruption. READ ALSO : Heavily armed security men reportedly deployed to Emir Sanusi’s palace The presidential media aide des...

- The expectation for President Muhammadu Buhari are high as the date for his swearing in, May 29, is fast approaching - The Diocesan Bishop of Anglican communion, Diocese of Egba West, Rev Samuel Oludele Ogundeji, has warned President Buhari to beware of one-sided appointments - Ogundeji said that such method of appointing ministers and officials will negatively affect unity in the nation Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari's swearing in on May 29, the Diocesan Bishop of Anglican communion, Diocese of Egba West, Rev Samuel Oludele Ogundeji has urged him to watch against one-sided appointments. In his advice to President Buhari, Ogundeji said that such pattern of appointments, if not addressed immediately, will negatively affect the national spirit of the nation, Daily Trust reports. READ ALSO: Heavily armed security men reportedly deployed to Emir Sanusi’s palace Bishop Ogundeji further said that “no religion must be given greater prominence over the other because our count...

To ease of human movement, comfort of the passengers plays a major role. This sure has made a business man put his money in conducive keke business. Some photos of fully air conditioned keke Napep have been trending online recently. The keke is a sophisticated version of the regular ones the ply many roads across Nigeria. It looks more of a mini car away from the regular tricycle which has gradually taken over the role of motorcycle popularly called okada. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android and read the best news about Nigeria A lady was spotted test driving a gold colour tricycle as the machine comes in varying interesting colours away from the yellow and green popular ones. Fully air-conditioned keke Napep found in Anambra state. Source: Southeast Ngr Facebook page Source: Facebook READ ALSO: Nigerian lady celebrates brilliant dad who graduates from university at age 62 Legit.ng reported the story of a couple Opemipo Fajana and Opemipo Kehinde who met i...

- A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, is seeking to ascertain the legality of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent private trip to the UK - Effiong wants the court to declare an order restraining President Buhari from going on vacations whether within or outside the country without transmitting a letter to the national assembly A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has instituted a legal action against President Muhammadu Buhari over the president’s recent private visit to London. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, May 9, the lawyer is seeking to ascertain whether the president can validly proceed on a vacation without handing over power to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo through a written declaration to the president of the Senate and speaker of the house of representatives, Premium Times report. READ ALSO : Heavily armed security men reportedly deployed to Emir Sanusi’s palace Effiong is also seeking among others, a court ...

- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has given a report on the collapse of the national grid - The head of TCN, Mohammed Usman, gave his explanation during a news conference in Abuja - Usman said that the collapse must have been caused by malfunctioning of one of the generators The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that the collapse of the national grid on Friday, May 8, was caused by a multiple tripping on its substation in Onitsha, Anambra. The managing director of TCN, Mohammed Usman, made the disclosure at a news conference in Abuja, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. READ ALSO: Nwaoboshi finally sacked as Delta senator-elect as INEC issues Nwoko return certificate The national electricity grid had on Wednesday experienced some disturbances resulting in reduction of electricity allocation to electricity distribution companies in the country. The Yola electricity distribution company said it was allocated 0MW during the period while the Abuja elect...

Social media is currently abuzz after the harrowing news of the death of Bettie Jenifer, wife of top actor Chris Attoh. Legit.ng earlier gathered that Jenifer was said to have been shot dead by a suspect at the parking lot of an office building in Maryland, and police have now started the search for the suspect. Jenifer, according to reports, ran away from her assailant when he approached her. He, however, chased after her and fired repeatedly before she was hit by a bullet from his handgun. In a following development, it was gathered the husband of the deceased reportedly took his exit from a movie shoot and jetted off to Maryland , after receiving the news of his wife’s death. READ ALSO: Nigerian soldier dies a day after revealing his plans to wife, friend shares their last chat A post which has now gone viral online shows the actor tweeting about the state of his marriage just some minutes after his wife was pronounced dead. In the controversial tweet, Attoh addresses ...