The relationship between Nollywood actor, Alex Ekubo and his fiancée, Fancy Acholonu, appears to have ended going by reports circulating on social media.

In a new development, it was observed that Fancy unfollowed Alex on Instagram and also deleted their joint Instagram page that was created to showcase their love.

Our sources also confirmed that while Alex still follows Fancy on Instagram, she no longer follows him on the social platform.

A woman, Jidike Kate Patrick has cried out after her brother, Israel Chimin Mimi who was travelling from Abuja to Bauchi state went missing.

Kate Patrick told our source on Monday that Mimi embarked on the journey on August 15 but seemed to have run into trouble in Plateau state

According to her, Mimi called a relation of his to inform him there was trouble when he got to a village close to Jos, the Plataeau State capital. 

Kate Patrick said the relative did not hear Mimi clearly and tried to call him back, but his phone line was switched off.

"It was last Sunday. You know what happened in Jos. He called my aunty, that he was going to Bauchi and on getting to Jos Road, it appeared something happened to him.

"We didn’t know when he left, but we talked before he travelled. But, we also talked on the phone when he was about to enter Jos. He told us that he was in a particular community, he wanted to tell us something like he was in trouble. His number was switched off immediately and that was all. 

"He did not get to that Jos, he didn’t get to Bauchi and we didn’t see him in Abuja. His phone line has been switched off since then. We could not reach him. We have been calling people to know if they helped us see him," Kate Patrick lamented.

Mrs Patrick revealed that her brother is from Donga Local Government Area in Taraba state. 

She said he might have been a victim of the recent Plateau violence, but begged the media and security agents to help her get to the root of what happened.

"We reported the case with security people at Jos. According to people, the particular village where the trouble occurred is dominated by Muslims. 

"We heard that they blocked that particular community that day. So, we don’t know if something has happened to him. He wanted to tell our brother something, but he didn’t hear him very well. And when he called back, his line went off.

"He is my brother and his name is Israel Chimin Mimi from the Donga Local Government Area of Taraba state. Please, I'm begging you and the police to help us out. We want to know what happened to him," she added.

The Nigerian police recently confirmed that 22 people were killed and 14 injured during an attack on travellers in Gada-biyu, in the northern part of Plateau State.

The attack was carried out by a group of youths along Rukuba Road in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state, according to the police spokesperson, Ugah Garba.

The victims were in a convoy of five buses and travelling from Bauchi State to Ikare in Ondo State when they were attacked in Plateau, the police said.

The travellers were said to be Muslim followers of a popular Islamic cleric, Dahiru Bauchi, who were returning home in large groups from the Annual Islamic Zikr prayer in Bauchi State.

Personnel monitoring closed-circuit television (CCTV) at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) were reportedly asleep when bandits attacked the premises on Tuesday, killing two officers.

The gunmen invaded the Afaka barracks of the academy around 1am, killing two soldiers identified as Lieutenant Commodore Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronwo, and abducting Major Stephen Dantong.

In a suit instituted at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, Okolie also seeks her immediate and unconditional release from the custody of the police.

Joining the second and fourth respondents – Baba and Malami in the suit are the Nigeria Police Force and Tunji Disu, IRT commander.

Okolie asked the court to mandate the respondents to pay her the sum of N100,000,000,000.00 (One hundred billion Naira) as general and punitive damages separately for infringing on her rights.

“A DECLARATION of this honourable court, that the act of the Respondent in detaining the 1st applicant from the 13th June 2021 till date, without an order of any court permitting same, is a violation of the 1st Applicant’s right to fair hearing and Personal Liberty as enshrined in articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Chapter A9 LFN, 2004,” the court document read.

“A DECLARATION of this honourable court, that the act of the Respondent in detaining the 1ST applicant from the 13th June 2021,and beyond 71 (seventy one) days till date ,without an order of any court permitting same, is a violation of the 1ST Applicant’s right to fair hearing and Personal Liberty as enshrined in articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Chapter A9 LFN, 2004

“A DECLARATION that the beating/slapping, torturing, physical assault and verbal/vulgar abuse of the Applicant by the 1st Respondent and the respondents igp irt officers, without the applicant committing any crime known to law whatsoever, is illegal, unconstitutional and amounts to a violation of the 1st Applicant’s right to fair hearing and Personal Liberty as enshrined in articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Chapter A9 LFN, 2004.

“A DECLARATION that the usage of the Applicant by the respondent IGP IRT officers by sexually assaulting the 1st applicant, usage of the 1st applicant to wash the respondent officers clothes and usage of the applicant to cook for the respondents IGP IRT officers ,even when the applicant was in the illegal custody of the respondent, and without the applicant committing any crime known to law whatsoever, is illegal, unconstitutional and amounts to a violation of the Applicant’s right to fair hearing and Personal Liberty as enshrined in Section 35 & 36 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Chapter A9 LFN, 2004.

“AN ORDER of this Honourable Court restraining the Respondent to desist from engaging in untoward, violent and irrational conducts against the 1st Applicant.

“AN Order of this honourable court, granting bail to the 1st applicant on liberal terms to wit: unconditionally and conditionally pending the time the respondent deem it fit, to charge the 1st applicant to court in this regard.

“AN ORDER of this Honourable Court mandating the Respondent to pay the 1st Applicant the sum of N100,000,000,000.00 (One Hundred Billion Naira) as general and punitive damages separately for infringing on the rights of the 1st applicant.

“AN ORDER of this Honourable Court mandating the Respondent to pay the 1st Applicant the sum of N50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira) as punitive damages for its recklessness, bias, malice, failure to perform its statutory duty when the Respondents officers within his knowledge, wholly infringed on the fundamental rights of the 1st Applicant in this regard.”

According to the court document, Okolie, 21, went missing on June 13, 2021, while running an errand in Imo state, “and never returned home on that day”.

It read in part, “That from the 17th June 2021, the family members started making all frantic search of the 1st applicant in hospitals, churches, and mosque, all to no avail.

“That the family members, in search of the 1st applicant actually approached the Owerri command of Nigeria Police Force, who charged the uncle of the 1st applicant, the sum of N50,000,00k to track vide telephone tracking the last known address of the 1st applicant.

“That the phone tracking above showed that the 1st applicant was detained by the respondent IGP IRT officers at their Owerri Tiger base unit of the respondent, and when the uncle approached this office, the respondent Owerri Tiger base unit denied ever arresting the 1st applicant, nor was she in their custody.

“That not till the end of June 2021, that a certain Izuchukwu Okeke, having just been released from the respondents unit Owerri Tiger base cell, informed the family and uncle of the 1s applicant, that the 1st applicant was in custody of respondents Owerri unit cell, and in the said cell, she was cooking for the IGP IRT police officers, washing clothes for them and sometimes that therein the respondent Owerri command unit officers occasionally take turns to abuse the applicant sexually.

“That afterward the respondent officers then demanded monetary commitment from the uncle of the 1st applicant, for the release on bail of the 1st applicant, wherein the 1st applicant uncle thereafter in cash and POS bank transactions actually advanced to the respondents IGP IRT officers in Owerri Tiger base unit, different financial sums in this regard, copies of this aforementioned POS transactions are marked as annexure a herein.”

She was later transferred to Abuja, despite the efforts of her parents to secure her release.

After pressure from the public regarding her illegal detention, the police later alleged that Glory Ogolie worked with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemates, JMK, Pere and Maria, have been issued a strike each for microphone infringement in the house.

Big Brother issued the strike on Monday, after the Head of House games and before the nomination show.

Before issuing the strike

As for JMK, she wore her microphone into the jacuzzi during the party on Friday and it led to the spoilage of the device.

Referring to a part of the rule book, Big Brother pointed out that he has the right to issue a strike or disqualify any housemate that goes against such rules.
Due to endless warnings given to the erring housemates, Big Brother issued them a strike.

Two more strikes and the housemates would be disqualified from the house.

Aside from the strike, the trio has been banned from playing the HOH games for two weeks.

As for the rest of the housemates, Big Brother promised to punish them on Tuesday after their workout sessions in the morning.

During the warning session, Biggie also cautioned Tega, Jackie B, Queen, Maria, Pere, Whitemoney about their method of conflict resolution.

He warned them and other housemates against provocation, confrontation, and bullying in the house.

Liquorose emerged as the Head of House (HoH) in the fifth week of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija ‘Shine Ya Eye’.

Liquorose secured 21 points during the ‘Game of Balls’ at The Arena.

This gives her immunity from eviction and nomination this week.

Maria was the Head of House last week and was exempted from participating in the HOH game this week.

She chose Boma as her deputy but was banned from sleeping in the lounge

 Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said early on Tuesday (Aug 24).

Cross-border violence has spiked despite an Israeli announcement last week of a resumption of Qatari aid to Gaza, a move that had been seen as bolstering the fragile truce. 

 The Taliban will not agree to an extension of the evacuation mission from Afghanistan and is “warning of consequences” if it is prolonged beyond deadline.

Three more people were injured in the gun battle on Monday morning that has also involved German and US forces, the German military said on Twitter.

 The Ghanaian police has arrested popular footballer and sports commentator in the Sunyani Municipality, Richard Gyamfi a.k.a Fire Man after three human heads were found in his fridge.

Confirming the news to Sunyani based Sky FM, the father of one of the deceased victims, Mr Thomas Agyei explained that the footballer reportedly lured his son, 13-year-old Louis Agyemang Junior from a football park at Sunyani Abesim into his room and killed him.

The boy who is a twin had left for the park for football training. In the evening, efforts to trace the young boy proved futile. One of his friends called Tweneboa informed the parents that they saw him in the company of the sports commentator and footballer “Fire Man”.

Gyamfi became a suspect after he denied seeing the boy upon being confronted. After the boy's parents visited the footballer's home and saw that it was locked, they invited some boys in the area to break into the room only to find the body of Louis Agyemang Junior lying prostrate in cold blood with his head slashed away.

The suspect was reportedly beaten before he was handed over to the Sunyani Abesim Police. A search by the police discovered human being body parts in a sack. In his fridge, he had three human heads including that of Louis Agyemang. The Abesim Police handed him over to the Bono Regional Police Command for further investigations.

The three human heads and the body of Louis Agyemang Junior have been deposited at Best Care Mortuary at Mantukwa in the Sunyani West Municipality. The olice is yet to identify the remaining victims.

An Afghan woman who went into labour in a U.S. evacuation flight gave birth as the flight touched ground on Sunday.

The U.S. Air Mobility Command disclosed this via its official Twitter handle on Sunday.

“During a flight from an Intermediate Staging Base in the Middle East, the mother went into labour and began having complications “Upon landing, Airmen from the 86th MDG came aboard and delivered the child in the cargo bay of the aircraft. According to U.S. Air Mobility Command, the baby girl and mother were transported to a nearby medical facility and are in good condition,” 

Since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last week Sunday, countries have commenced evacuation of their citizens from Afghanistan.

Some Afghan citizens of support to foreign governments have also been airlifted out of their countries.

It was reported that about 28,000 persons have been evacuated from Afghanistan since Taliban took over, forcing President Ashraf Ghani to flee the country. 

The fourth Big Brother Naija House Party was held Saturday 21, August 2021 and we all know the Saturday night party is one of the entertaining moment of the Big Brother Naija.

Popular and Nigeria disk jockey DJ Sosa was in the house to  keep the housemates entertained with the hottest Nigerian music.

Below are some of the exclusive pictures from the big brother party taken with the TECNO Phantom X.