Wunmi, the widow of late singer Mohbad, has finally spoken amid the ongoing rumour of a new pregnancy.

The alleged pregnancy rumor, which started during a discussion on media personality Baba Latisneh’s TikTok, have escalated into a major controversy on social media.

The rumour comes amid the ongoing investigation into the tragic death of her late husband.

Some netizens doubted her dedication to Mohbad’s memory while many questioned if she was moving on too quickly.

However, reacting to the rumours in a trending post on her Instagram page on Friday, Wunmi wrote: “I am way more interested in how my life feels to me, than how it looks to others.”

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commenced the conduct of its state congress in Kano, vowing to bounce back strongly and form a formidable party to reclaim power in 2027.

The party’s Northwest Zonal National Vice Chairman, Sen. Bello Hayyatu Gwarzo, who stated this during the delegate congress in Kano on Saturday, said the party will triumph in the 2027 elections.

Gwarzo, in high spirits, expressed confidence that the party would make a good outing across the country in the 2027 general elections.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commenced the conduct of its state congress in Kano, vowing to bounce back strongly and form a formidable party to reclaim power in 2027.

The party’s Northwest Zonal National Vice Chairman, Sen. Bello Hayyatu Gwarzo, who stated this during the delegate congress in Kano on Saturday, said the party will triumph in the 2027 elections.

Gwarzo, in high spirits, expressed confidence that the party would make a good outing across the country in the 2027 general elections.


“We are trying to create a solid foundation that will revive the party in the state and across the nation.

“We want to ensure all hands are on deck, which will guarantee our victory in the forthcoming elections to deliver the dividend of democracy to the people as evident from our records,” he said.

According to him, the PDP in the state remains one formidable force, noting that there was no faction in the party.

Also speaking, the chairman electoral panel, Halilu Mazagani, delegated by the party’s national headquarters to observe the congress, applauded the party officials at the state level for a job well done.

He said the smooth conduct of the congress is an indication that the PDP will soon settle existing differences between some persons within the party for a better and stronger opposition that can defeat the ruling party.

“I assure you today that we are working hard to ensure unity and we are mobilizing like never before to ensure our success in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.

“I can confidently say the people will vote for us. So it is now left to us to present them with credible candidates as we have done before and we wish to improve on that,” Mazagani said.

On his part, an elder of the party, Dr. Umar Musa who represented the former governor of the State, Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau said the party will produce a winning team that can match in any election.

RESTATING OSUN's CASE AGAINST THORS EXPLORATIONS

Osun State government has called on the Federal Government as well as the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals to quickly prevail on the Subsidiary of Thor Explorations, Canada, Segilola to pay up payee taxes accrued to the State and amounts due on its acquisition of Osun shareholding as well as its responsibility on environment.

The State government stated this through Prof. Lukuman Adekilekun Jimoda, Special Adviser to the Governor on Mining and Mineral Matters while restating the state's case against Thors Explorations Limited.

This is against the backdrop of a fact finding committee set up by the Federal Ministry of Mines to look into the claims and counter-claims. The committee was giving a week or so to submit its report.

Professor Jimoda emphasized that the state government has been on these infractions for more than 18 months with series of engagement with top officials of the mining firm.

He said: “Our amiable Governor, Senator Ademola  Adeleke, had personally sat in four physical meetings with delegate of Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL or Segilola), a subsidiary of Thor Explorations (Thor) and with their Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Segun Lawson, in attendance.

“They always renege on their promises to pay their dues to Osun and they always run to the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development Abuja to precipitate diversion and delay. So, writing to the Ministry again after our Press Conference and their two public responses; we hope this is not one of those numerous tactics”.

Professor Jimoda noted: “It is no longer a news item that Osun State has a genuine Legacy Ownership Dispute with Segilola Resources Operating Limited (Segilola) and its latest owner, Thor Explorations Ltd (Thor), which previous governments have been “evading” since 2016.”

“If we look at the “Net Asset” figure on the balance sheet of Thor Explorations Ltd. today, with some factorization models, we can see what Osun shares in Thor Explorations worth in term of values. So, the Governor of Osun State will continue to demand for it. There were other cash considerations given to other shareholders that are yet to be given to Osun State since 2016. The latter dues are accruing interests in line with universal commercial term.

“Segilola had always denied our shareholding in Thor and on 15th April, 2023 the company officially communicated with us in “black and white” that Osun State had no share in Thor”.

He stressed: “Governor Adeleke directed us to keep on confronting them with facts and figures at our disposal, until they had to cave in on the 24th April, 2024, when they wrote to us that Osun State has bonus share of 5.1m shares.

“Although this confirmed our ownership but Bonus shares over what? Where is the electronic access to the shares? Then Segilola disappeared into the tiny air, again. That is bad corporate governance. You cannot alienate the right of shareholders and you cannot treat any shareholder with prejudice, no matter the percentage of its holding.

“Like we said in our last Press Conference, though, it took Segilola, over 12 months to accept in writing that Osun State owns 5.1million bonus shares of Thor. So, our case is not like other states, which the Minister has lumped us with and asking them to invest in the sector. We have always have interests in the sector since 1993 and the asset company, then, was Tropical Mines Ltd.  We had earlier made our submission to your Ministry on the historical commercial transaction, in which our interest in Tropical Mines Ltd was stripped by Segilola and was subsequently acquired by Thor in 2016; so, where is our shares?

“We made a detailed submission via a letter dated 2 July 2024 to the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development. We also did a presentation to the Ministry on the 15th August, 2024, but no official response from the Ministry up till now.

“We will like to inform you that the disputes can easily be resolved if Segilola demonstrates good faith as follows; (a) make a down payment of 20billion Naira out of the 60billion demanded as the outstanding principal and interest dues on cash considerations, which were supposed to have been paid in 2016 by Thor; (b) grant us access, electronic or otherwise to all our shares in Thor, including the bonus shares, recently conceded to us; (c) provide full repayment plan on the outstanding dues for the approval of the state Governor.

“Our Governor has said it severally that it doesn’t want Segilola to exit our state but to operate as a responsible company so as to deliver value to Osun State, as shareholder and to pay taxes/levies as stipulated by the federal laws on taxation; Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) and Company Income Tax Act (CITA).

“The two Acts of the National Assembly stipulate that the states have jurisdictions over PAYE taxes and levy on commercial activities. Segilola has failed to disclose its service providers, who are hiding direct and indirect employees on their balance sheets. So, how do we tax such employees despite the fact that PITA puts that within the purview of the states?.

“Some of these service providers are using chemicals, explosives, etc and how do we do proper security documentation or log them unto our database for tax assessment of their employees if Segilola does not cooperate with us?. To be precise, we wrote a letter to Segilola since 16th May, 2023 emphasizing the issue of security and proper documentation of all staff and operators but the company failed to disclose. One of the service providers is owing Osun State 336 million Naira as unpaid PAYE taxes of its employees. We have more than four (4) others, yet to be assessed because Segilola is shielding them away .

“We are yet to clear Segilola Resources Operating Limited on the N3.25 Billion tax obligations and none of its employees has been issued tax clearance certificate because for the past three months, Segilola has failed to provide the mandatory tax documents and information required.

“These include: (a) The official Gazette from tax authority permitting the five per cent of mining accommodation as Benefit in Kind; (b) Breakdown of the Operating Cost by vendors, stipulating Name of vendors, Cost, Type of services and the amount paid to vendors, The address of vendors, etc; (c) Evidence of remittance of withholding taxes; (d) Submission of the General ledger/activity reports and trial balances to verify salary and nominal payroll. It is unbelievable that a company, whose parent company is dual-listed on London and Toronto Stock Exchanges, cannot produce accounting records since July 11th, 2024.

“This is tantamount to Obstruction of tax process under section 97 of PITA and Segilola is unduly exposing its employees to legal prosecution by the state for working in Osun State without Tax Clearance Certificates.

“In line with the Court Order, dated September 27th, Osun State government has distrained the premises of Segilola on the 29th of September,2024, the premises, which are also being used by its staff and other tax defaulters on PAYEE taxes.

“This has been done with all sense of responsibility, it is excruciatingly painful but we have got to do what we have to do. The path to dispute resolution on tax is clear and simple in any tax jurisdiction, we require Segilola to (a) stop the obstruction of tax processes;(b) submit to us the outstanding tax documents/information required; (c) disclose all its service providers that are claiming exemptions of business premises’ levies and allegedly evading PAYEE taxes on employees’ salaries; (d) pay all outstanding tax liabilities established on direct and indirect employees, working on Segilola premises and sites. Once, these are done, we will communicate with Segilola and we will move beyond dispute”, Prof Jimoda posited.

It's always entertaining when J. Cole pulls back the clock and drops strange tracks. Cole dropped a song called 'Port Antonio' earlier this week, and despite his current hot streak with features, this will catch people's attention since he addresses Kendrick Lamar and Drake's conflict, as well as his own role in it.

He's released a slew of features subsequently, but the great majority, if not all, appear to have been recorded before things went crazy. He clarifies that he backed out because people wanted blood, that he did not take sides, and thanks Drake for all he has done for him over the years.

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As Nigerians face significant hunger, the Federal Government has released the required documents to access the subsidized price of N40,000 for a 50kg bag of milled rice.

To obtain the rice, citizens must present several documents, including their National Identification Number (NIN), an ID card, and an ATM card for registration and payment.

After completing these steps, beneficiaries will need to clear a separate verification process by government officials before receiving their rice.
In Abuja, individuals should go to the Nigeria Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) with the required documents.

Once documentation and payment are complete, they will proceed to the Central Business Area beside the First Bank Branch by NNPC Towers to collect their 50kg bag of milled rice.

Senator Abubakar Kyari, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, addressed the potential challenges of distributing such a critical staple during this difficult period.

He stated, “The Federal Government is aware of the potential challenges associated with the sales of an important staple such as rice, and has deployed a multi-disciplinary machinery of government to ensure the transparency, wider reach, and success of this exercise.”

Kyari emphasized measures to prevent fraud, including limiting distribution to one bag of rice per person and verifying beneficiaries through identification methods like the NIN and phone numbers.

He expressed optimism that the injection of 30,000 metric tons (1,000 trucks of 30 metric tons each) of rice into Nigeria’s food supply will significantly reduce rice prices and benefit other closely related food items.

The rice will be distributed to states across the country to ensure equal access, but beneficiaries must have the required documents before making a purchase.