Author: David Folami

Linda Ikeji TV has shared the montage introducing the cast of the upcoming reality show, “Girls Squad.” One of the numerous original reality TV shows set to hit the Linda Ikeji TV screens before the end of the year is ”Girls Sqaud”, a show that follows the lives of six former University students from Babcock and Covenant University [Ijeoma, Elfreda, Oge, Rosemary, Pamela and Helen] and captures their journey through life after leaving school. The montage was released on her official Instagram page on Thursday night, September 20 with the caption, ”This reality show about life after Uni is a…

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Major Lazer recently put out the mixtape, ”Afrobeats Mix”, a project that features a number of African stars as they experiment with Afrobeats in varied forms. A standout song and lead single is ‘All My Life’ which features Burna Boy, a song dripping in fluttering melody and danceable rhythm. Burna Boy’s prowess behind the microphone is quite well- famed, project after project, single after single, Burna keeps reinventing his art and producing something special. Much earlier in the year, Burna had released the body of work, ”Outside”, a critically accepted project that birthed the monster hit, ‘Ye’. “Ye” is a…

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Reekado Banks is out with a new single he titles, ‘Blessings On Me.’ Ahead of the anticipated release of his EP, which he says will be released in October, the Mavin Records artist has dropped his latest music which he calls, ‘Blessings On Me.’ The song which has an highlife feel takes a long road down the early days of his career as he prays for God’s continuous blessings on his life. The song was produced by Princeton.

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Toke Makinwa has a prayer she hopes God answers soon which is to be blessed with a daughter. The multi-talented media personality took to her Twitter page on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, where she made this wish. According to her, her daughter is going to be so proud of her. “My daughter has so much to be proud of her mama for, can’t wait to have a little princess,” she tweeted. She also went on to reveal that when she eventually has a daughter, they will go on play dates and all those cool stuff parents do with kids. “If…

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Toke Makinwa’s ex-boyfriend, Seyi Kuye has welcomed a baby boy with wife, Oluwayimika Angel Kuye. Seyi Kuye’s wife, Oluwayimika took her Instagram page on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, where she announced the good news. She went on to post photos of her adorable baby and husband with a caption; “Really happy to announce the arrival of Baby Micah! Oladipupo Micah! He we born 3 weeks ago! A perfect little dumpling . I’m so in love with him! I honestly have to say there is no greater love other than God’s love for us. #soakingitallin #blessed #babyboy #postingwhenitmovesme #heshere #motherhood,” she…

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Ronke Oshodi Oke says sex is the new application with which people use in getting jobs and going further in their careers. The busty actress in a long epistle on her Instagram on Monday, September 24, 2018, talked about how we all have plans and dreams to achieve but weren’t aware of the sacrifices involved which sadly includes offering sex for success. “We were all born with different dreams!! We all had plans!! We all pictured our lives in perfection!! We were ready to take over the world!! But no one told us the sacrifices we had to pay!! No…

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Davido has a message for the citizens of Osun state ahead of the rerun elections which is to take place this week. The music star on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, took to his Twitter page where he posted his message to the people of Osun. In his message, he thanked the Osun people for the support they have shown so far towards his uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke and prayed they extend the support on Thursday, September 26, 2018, during the rerun. “To all patriotic Osun citizens. On the road to #Osun2018, I salute you all for all the mileage you…

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Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday expressed his readiness to participate in Saturday’s Primary Election where members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the state are expected to choose the party’s flag bearer for the 2019 governorship election through direct primaries. Ambode, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan, said he was restating his readiness for the primaries in line with the choice of the party in Lagos State and the validation given to the direct primary preference by the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC). “As our great party approaches Saturday, Sept.…

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Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun governorship election has raised alarm over the several threats to his life ahead of rerun of the Osun gubernatorial election on Thursday, September 27, 2018. According to reportS, Adeleke has written a letter to several diplomatic missions in Nigeria, including the European Union and United States, alleging that his life has been under threat since he started campaigning for governor. In the letter, he claimed that he has escaped four assassination attempts on his life which remains under threat. The letter read, “I am constrained to write…

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed optimism that the convention would strengthen the bond of unity amongst its members Speaking after a closed door meeting with members of the committee at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, Okowa said party’s convention would position it for victory in the 2019 general elections “We had a fruitful deliberation and our desire is to take steps to further unite our party, be fair to all in such a way that we will inspire the confidence of stakeholders and party faithful,” Okowa said. “We are aware of the fact that the task of rebuilding our…

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David Umahi of Ebonyi on Wednesday said that he was not perturbed by the industrial action threat by workers in the state, especially such from staff of the state-owned higher institutions. Umahi disclosed this during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), its affiliate unions and managements of the state-owned tertiary institutions over the disbursement of the second tranche of N7.6billion-Paris Club refund to the state. The governor remarked that the threat did not bother him as it was the legitimate right of the workers to make agitations but advised that it should be done peacefully.…

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The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation has assured delegates to the forthcoming convention of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that the former Vice President will not let them down if chosen as the Presidential candidate of the party. The letter was signed by Mr Segun Showunmi, the Director of Media and Publicity of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation. The assurance was given in a letter to PDP faithful which was made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. Showunmi urged the delegates to support Atiku Abubakar in his bid for the nation’s highest office by voting for him in the presidential…

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Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria is divided now, more than ever. According to Daily Post, the former vice president said the reason is because Nigerians elected the wrong President. Atiku said this during a meeting with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates in Anambra state. The former Vice-President also said that the government needs to restructure Nigeria and allow every region to grow at its own pace. He said “Our country is at a cross road today. I have never seen this country so divided than it is today. “We are more divided as a country today simply because we mistakenly elected…

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The Osun Government on Wednesday declared Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 as public holiday to enable electorate to vote in the re-run gubernatorial election. A statement by Mr Sola Fasure, the Media Aide to Gov. Rauf Aregbesola in Osogbo, noted that the public holiday was to enable workers to participate in the rerun governorship election after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the Sept. 22 election inconclusive. The governorship election was declared inconclusive and a re-run ordered, because the number of cancelled votes was higher than the margin between the two top candidates. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ademola…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that only God can give Ademola Adeleke victory in the upcoming Osun governorship re-run. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the governorship election which held on Saturday, September 22, 2018 as inconclusive. INEC also fixed the re-run election to hold on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Speaking further, PDP’s National Vice Chairman, South South, Eddy Olafeso he is confident that Adeleke will win. According to reports, Olafeso also said “For us, we are very confident that victory will be ours tomorrow. We already won anyway. “We met with the leaders but victory is…

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Nyesom Wike is on the warpath with certain presidential aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who are opposed to the choice of the state as the venue for the party’s presidential primary election. He said the state will refuse to support the aspirants who are behind the objection, declaring that his people will no longer be used for political purposes and discarded after. The governor stressed that conducting the party’s national convention in Rivers will boost the local economy, and expressed anger at why anyone would object to it as an appropriate venue. He said, “Let me warn the…

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Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olu Falae has said that he is not aware of the pact between Iyiola Omisore and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omisore contested for Governor on SDP’s platform in Osun state. According to reports, the SDP governorship candidate promised to help APC win the Osun governorship election scheduled for Thursday, September 27, 2018. Falae said that he is not in support of Omisore’s pact with the APC. He said “All I want to say is that, as the National Chairman, I was not consulted. Therefore, I am not a party to his (Omisore’s)…

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Ernesto Valverde was at a loss to explain Barcelona’s shock defeat to Leganes on Wednesday as their unbeaten start to the season came to an abrupt end at Butarque. It extended Barca’s mini-slump after they were held by Girona at the weekend at Camp Nou, which saw their four-game winning streak in the league come to an end. “How do I explain it? This is football and these things can happen,” Valverde said in his post-game news conference. “Sometimes it’s difficult to explain what happens in a game. “You have a game under control and then the opposition can do…

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Pep Guardiola has said Phil Foden will be an “amazing player” for Manchester City for the next 10 years after his brilliant display in the 3-0 victory over Oxford United. He also had a big hand in the other two goals — spraying a 40-yard pass which led to the first-half opener for Gabriel Jesus before laying on the assist for Riyad Mahrez’s second. Foden then wrapped up the victory with a low drive in the 90th minute and sprinted over to the away end to celebrate with the fans. “The way he celebrated he showed he is a City…

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The agent for Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong remained coy when recently questioned about his client’s future amid interest from Real Madrid and Manchester United. Speaking to De Telegraaf about De Jong, Ali Dursun passed the responsibility to Ajax sporting director Marc Overmars to verify interest from the likes of Real and United in the Netherlands international. “I can neither confirm nor deny this,” Dursun said when asked about the pair’s interest after watching De Jong in the 3-0 Champions League win over AEK Athens recently. “You must ask Marc Overmars — I send all interested clubs his way.” Overmars…

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