When news broke earlier today that Nigerian comedian, Basketmouth has been knighted by the Queen of England for his services to comedy and entertainment, not a few Nigerians disbelieved the report. So we at the Thenetng contacted the official residence of the Queen, Buckingham Palace, for confirmation and we got a speedy response from them. In a press statement obtained exclusively by us, a spokesperson for the Queen confirmed that Basketmouth received the knighthood in a secret ceremony held last night. The ceremony held at the Buckingham Palace, where the Queen is recovering from a bout of flu and was witnessed by only palace guards and the Queen’s corgis. As to why the ceremony was held secretly and why Basketmouth’s name was missing from the usual Queen’s New Year’s Eve honours list, the unnamed spokesperson said Basketmouth was such a special candidate for the honour and a personal favourite of the Queen and her son, Prince Charles . Basketmouth getting kni...
A meeting between the Nigerian government and university lecturers has ended without a resolution of the nationwide strike called by the union on Monday. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began a nationwide strike this week, over demands for improved funding of universities and welfare of lecturers. An earlier meeting with the government was also unsuccessful. Thursday’s meeting began at exactly 3:42 p.m. in Abuja. In his opening remark, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said ASUU did not follow the proper procedure before starting the strike. “There must be a mandatory letter of 15 days to labour, to education before going on strike,” he said, referring to the ministries of labour and education. “All agreements are supposed to be domiciled in ministry of labour in order to track implementation as agreement gives room to renegotiation,” Mr. Ngige. In his response, the president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, said Mr. Ngige had taken side wi...
Kemi Olunloyo appears in green prison uniform and in handcuff alongside Samuel Walson, Port Harcout based publisher - The controversial journalist is being kept Port Harcourt prison for over three weeks - Kemi has been granted bail in the tune of two hundred naira and hearing adjourned to May 4 Controversial journalist Kemi Olunloyo Kemi Olunloyo has been remanded in prison the second time in two weeks. She was earlier Thursday, March 30, 2017 granted bail by a Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt but the America trained investigative journalist has been sent back to prison by a Federal High Court also in Port Harcourt. Her exclusive t.v had reported that controversial journalist Kemi Olunloyo is still being held behind bars for alleged defamatory story she wrote on Port Harcourt- based Pastor David Ibiyeomie of the Salvation Ministries in Port Harcourt. It seems she has touched the wrong person as she is been remanded in prison for over three weeks running and n...
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