Naija Update

Burna Boy has just won the Best International Act for the second consecutive year, becoming the first Nigerian artiste to win the BET Awards back to back.   The Nigerian singer floored Innoss’B (DRC), Sho Madjozi (South Africa), Dave (UK), Stormzy (UK), Ninho (France), and S.Pri Noir (France) to scoop the gong at the first-ever virtual BET Awards which held on Sunday night.  British supermodel, Naomi Campbell presented the Best International Act award to Burna Boy, who gave his acceptance speech virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

A twitter user whose husband just became a US citizen shared the mistake U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made on the welcome letter given to new US citizens. In the welcome letter, the new citizens were congratulated by former US president Barack Obama's signature instead of current US president, Donald Trump's. She tweeted: "My British-born husband takes his oath of citizenship today. In the packet for new Americans, the welcome letter from POTUS is from Obama". According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, roughly 200 of these letters have been sent out due to an administration error. A total of 300,000 applications for citizenship have been approved since Trump's inauguration.  Consequently, USCIS press secretary Gillian Christensen has called the mistake an administrative oversight. USCIS spokeswoman Maria Elena Upson, blames the oversight on the semi-recent change of administration. She also said that the agency had y...

Manchester City  flew out to America yesterday and there were a few surprises on the plane. Notable absentees were  Leroy Sane  and  Yaya Toure , but fear not Blues they are believed to be joining up with the travelling party in the next couple of days. Other more telling omissions were Kelechi Iheanacho, Fernando,  Nicolas Otamendi,  Fabian Delph and  Claudio Bravo . Bravo's future is up in the air after City made a bid for former Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina. Meanwhile the big transfer news of the moment is that Chelsea have a 'strong and serious interest' in signing  Sergio Aguero . City have reaffirmed their stance that they will not be selling the Argentinian star. City play their first game of the tour on Thursday against Manchester United in Houston.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic  has dropped his biggest hint yet that he will return to  Manchester United  once he has recovered from injury. The Swedish striker was released by the Red Devils after sustaining a bad knee injury, but  Jose Mourinho  has fuelled talk of a mid-season return once he is fit again. LA Galaxy are believed to be interested but it seems as if Ibrahimovic is intent on returning to Old Trafford after enrolling both his kids at the club's youth academy,  report the Sun. United are currently in the States for pre-season and while Romelu Lukaku has arrived and Marcus Rashford has continued to show glimpses of world class ability, Mourinho would clearly love for Ibrahimovic to sign a new deal with the club.

Social commentator, Jaafar Jaafar, witnessed the arrest of the cows and shared photos online. He wrote "I took the first two pictures of Abuja environment protection agency officials "handcuffing" an "arrested" cow along Olusegun Obasanjo Way, Abuja today. Social media outrage over photos of cows roaming around the Central Area of Nigeria's capital, Abuja recently may have prompted the clampdown. I hope this "Magen Lami" of an FCT minister will wake up to "her" responsibility". 

A 16 year old teenager identified as Abdulmalik Yau of Durbi Ta-Kusheyi village in Mani Local Government Area has been accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in Katsina state. Abdulmalik was yesterday arraigned before the  magistrates’ court in Katsina State.  The accused is said to have been living in the same house with the victim when the act was perpetrated. The victim's father, Murtala Lawal, reported the matter to the police amd the suspect was subsequently arrested. He was arraigned before the court for rape  which is contrary to Section 283 of the Penal Code.   The presiding Magistrate, Fadila Dikko, told the accused that the case was only brought before the court for cognisance as the court had no jurisdiction to hear the case . He  therefore ordered the accused to be remanded at the remand home pending when the case would be assigned to an appropriate court. He adjourned the case to July 20...

Actress Ebube Nwagbo stepped out dressed in a little black wraparound dress with thigh-high split. The split showed off her legs and a bit of her thighs and hugged her full figure in a flattering way. She accessorized with a brooch pinned to the dress and simple jewelry. The stunning outfit is for the Glo Lafta Fest of which she is one of the hosts.