Delta-born and bred Queen Temuru Oghenekome is the first runner up, Miss Peace Africa 2021. In this interview with Topflyers Magazine, the “top model” speaks about her triumph in the pageantry and the need to end female genital mutilation. Excerpts: Can you tell us about yourself? My name is Temuru Oghenekome and I am 19 years old. I am the first runner up for Miss Peace Africa, 2021 and I am the Miss Peace Africa Tourism 2021. I am a student of Delta State Health Technology and I am from Delta-North. How did you know about Miss…
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Beautiful Elizabeth Aminata Amadou is the winner, Face of Peace Africa 2021. I this exclusive interview with Topflyers Magazine, the 22 years old undergraduate of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma speaks about the need to change people’s biased mindsets of models as well as her rise to stardom in Miss Peace Africa 2021 pageantry. Can you tell us about yourself? My name is Elizabeth Aminata Amadou. I am the winner of Miss Peace Africa 2021. I am a student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma. I am 22 years old and I am proudly a Christian. You recently won Face…
Nigerians on Saturday woke up to the news that the Federal government of Nigeria has placed an indefinite ban on twitter’s operations in Nigeria. The ban was a reaction to the micro blog’s deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet which violated their rules. However, the presidency through the ministry of information accused the American based micro blog of allowing its platform to be used to disseminate information that undermine Nigeria’s corporate existence. “The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria,” it read. Since the suspension was announced,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family and members of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) on the passing of their father and founder, Pastor Temitope Balogun, popularly known as TB Joshua. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina on Sunday, President Buhari noted that the renowned televangelist will be missed by his followers all over the world not only for his spiritual contributions but for touching many lives through his philanthropic gestures. He urged Pastor Joshua’s followers to take solace in the knowledge that life is…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has threatened legal action against the Federal Government over its ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria. A statement by the leader of the caucus Kingsley Chinda on Sunday noted that the Nigerian government does not have the power to ban the social media platform, arguing that the action lowers the country’s image in the eyes of other democratic nations. “We also call on the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture to immediately rescind its directive to the NBC to begin the licensing of social media operators in the country,…
No fewer than 20 people have lost their lives in an accident along the Kaduna-Kano road. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday. He said the fatal accident which involved a Hummer Bus belonging to Kano Line and a private Toyota Rav4 SUV, occurred on Saturday afternoon around the Kauran Wali axis. According to Aruwan, the bus was Kano-bound, while the SUV was headed for Zaria. Eye-witness reports also confirmed that the crash was a head-on collision between the two vehicles, due to bad driving at a…
The Commander of 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Obinze, Brigadier General Raymond Osoha, has said that many security operatives have been killed in the South-East of the country following the spate of attacks from gunmen in the zone. The Commander said that Nigerian Police Force lost 78 policemen while the Nigeria Army lost 38 soldiers at a media parley organized by the Commissioner of Police Imo State, held on Saturday at the Senior Police Officers Mess, According to him, five naval officers lost their lives, seven Air Force personnel were killed, while NSCDC and Local Community Policing Network…
A former presidential candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has announced his intention to vie for the top seat in the land in the forthcoming general elections. Moghalu, declared his interest to join the 2023 presidential race in a statement on Tuesday, about a year and nine months to the scheduled date of the poll. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed February 18, 2023, to conduct the elections. While he contested the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Moghalu said he would announce the political party he would join within the next few…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday flagged off his state’s second dose vaccination exercise against coronavirus disease, urging those who took the first dose to make themselves available for the booster dose meant to provide full protection against the virus. Governor Obaseki flagged off the exercise at the State Secretariat Complex, along Sapele Road, Benin City. “It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of our campaign to rid our state of the dreaded coronavirus. The virus has changed the way we live and interact with one another globally,” he said. “It is heartwarming today…
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed on Tuesday visited the State Police Command, asking operatives to enforce the shoot-at-sight order issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the insecurity in the country. In March, President Buhari directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47 while ordering a clampdown on bandits. He had also on March 11 emphasised that security chiefs had received marching orders to go harder on criminals, including to shoot anyone found illegally with rifles. “During the visit, the governor reiterated the order that police and other government security agencies are to effectively implement the presidential order to…
