A House of Representatives ad-hoc committee has determined that Abubakar Malami, ‘fraudulently masterminded’ the controversial reinstatement of wanted ex-pensions reform chief, Abdulrasheed Maina. Abdulrahman Dambazau; the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji; and Head of Service, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, have all been implicated in the scandal. In the 13-page report laid on the floor of the House a fortnight ago, the committee argued that Malami’s actions regarding the reinstatement contravened Section 158 of the 1999 constitution. He was rebuked for applying undue interference and pressure on the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) to push Maina’s reinstatement through. The report…
Author: David Folami
Muhammadu Buhari will be leaving Nigeria for London. A source at the Presidency says the leave would allow President Buhari enough rest before attending the participating in the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, also known as CHOGM 2018, to be held at the Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace, and Windsor Castle. The CHOGM meeting is scheduled for April 16th to 20th 2018. Nigeria is one of countries that made up the Commonwealth, a diverse community of 53 nations that work together to promote prosperity, democracy and peace. However, another Presidency source said President Buhari was travelling to London “going…
Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has appointed Dr Hygenius Nwokwu as the new Secretary to State Government (SSG). He said: “Yes, Dr Hygenius Nwokwu has been appointed the new SSG and his appointment is with immediate effect. ” The Governor personally signed the appointment letter and the SSG has assumed duty immediately “. Nwokwu has previously held appointments as Commissioner for Education, Commissioner for Rural Development and Commissioner in the Ebonyi Civil Service Commission.
Arsene Wenger has said Easter and the team’s poor league campaign was to blame for the many empty seats at the Emirates on Sunday, but insists the stay-away fans will be back for Thursday’s Europa League quarterfinal against CSKA Moscow. At least one third of the seats were empty during the 3-0 win over Stoke, even though Arsenal still claimed that more than 59,000 tickets were sold for the game. However, Wenger insisted he is not worried, and believes fans will turn out for the first leg against CSKA Moscow, with the Europa League now the only competition that can…
Jupp Heynckes has said Real Madrid have no chance of signing Robert Lewandowski from the Bundesliga club, reiterating that the Poland international will still be at the Allianz Arena next season. Lewandowski, 29, scored a hat trick in the 6-0 win over Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and currently has 26 league goals — 13 more than any other player. He is only the third player in the Bundesliga to have scored 25 or more goals in three consecutive seasons and the first in 43 years. Having won all trophies and titles in Germany more than once, Lewandowski switched agents earlier…
Virgil van Dijk has said an in-form Mohamed Salah is capable of doing damage to any team — even a dominant Manchester City — and could still beat Blues midfielder Kevin De Bruyne to the player of the year award. “He’s that kind of player that you just need to be on your best. When he is 100 percent and in the zone then he can beat anyone. “There are ways to stop him but I’m not going to tell you because I don’t want our opponents to think about it!” Van Dijk would not disclose whether the Liverpool players…
Javi Martinez has said his team will have to “fight” and give their all to go past Sevilla in the Champions League. “Maybe people think they’re not as good as Barcelona or Real Madrid but I think they are,” the 29-year-old said ahead of Tuesday’s first leg in Spain. “If we are not at 100 percent, they can beat us.” “It’s a good example [of what might happen]. I think Sevilla deserved to win both games, in Sevilla and in Manchester,” Martinez added. “They scored two goals in the most difficult moments of the game [at Old Trafford]. They acted…
Samuel Umtiti has said he has spoken with France teammate Antoine Griezmann about a move to Barcelona with the Atletico Madrid forward set to make a decision on his future soon. “I got myself into agent mode! No, I’m kidding,” Umtiti said. “It’s true that we talk about it a lot. I was able to talk about it with him, but just to find out what he thinks of my club. But everyone thinks good things about it. It makes them dream. Players of that level. … If he comes, we’d have to play with six forwards.” Umtiti, however, may…
Iker Casillas made his 1,000th professional appearance on Monday in a 2-0 Primeira Liga defeat to Belenenses. Casillas made his debut for Real Madrid in 1999, when he came out of the club’s youth system, and went on to make 725 appearances with Los Blancos, winning five La Liga titles and the Champions League three times. Casillas’ former Real Madrid and Spain teammate Sergio Ramos congratulated the goalkeeper on Twitter, stating he is also targeting his milestone. “I already see myself getting close to surpassing your caps record with Spain,” he wrote. “Getting to 1,000 matches as a professional might…
Andrew Robertson believes Liverpool enter Wednesday’s Champions League meeting against Manchester City full of confidence having exploited some weaknesses of Pep Guardiola’s side during January’s win. The two teams were then drawn together in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, with the first leg being played at Anfield on Wednesday evening. “It doesn’t get much harder than Man City, arguably one of the best teams in Europe just now,” Robertson told Liverpool’s official website. “But we managed to get the better of them at Anfield a couple of months ago and if we can take anything out of that performance…
Jurgen Klopp has tipped Mohamed Salah to win the Player of the Year Award in recognition of his goal scoring. Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne is likely to be Salah’s biggest competitor for the award, with Klopp fully aware of the midfielder’s role in helping put Pep Guardiola’s side on course for the Premier League title. “I think Mo would deserve it 100 percent,” Klopp told his club’s website. “As his manager, I’d say: ‘Come on, prove it by playing at this level for the rest of the season.’ That’s how it is. “Both players have played an outstanding season…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored in his 10th straight Champions League match on Tuesday, breaking the record previously held by Ruud van Nistelrooy. Ronaldo poked home from a fine Isco assist just three minutes into Real’s 3-1 Champions League quarterfinal first-leg win against Juventus in Turin. He later scored from a sensational bicycle-kick attempt in the 64th minute. The streak began in Los Blancos’ 4-1 Champions League final win over Juve last spring. The Portugal captain leads the Champions League in goals this campaign with 14, and has scored 24 over his last 14 matches in the competition dating back to last…
Hugo Lloris has said criticism of Dele Alli is unfair and has compared the midfielder to his France teammate Paul Pogba. Pogba has also found himself out of favour this term and Lloris says both need time to mature. “It is not easy for [Alli and Pogba] because you need to give time to them to get to the right age, to be mature,” Lloris is quoted as saying by the I newspaper. “But I think [Alli] has done so well for us, [the criticism] is a bit unfair. To see or to hear criticism, he is so talented –…
Olawale Ashimi popularly known as Brymo defends his nude video “Heya,” saying that it portrays a bushman living in the city. He said the song is an expression of the environment he lives in, adding that most people are actually bush despite the fact that they live in the city. Brymo made the disclosure during an interview with Sunday Scoop, explaining his reasons for making the move. “The song is an expression of my environment. I like to paint as much as I can and I think that most of us are bush people, even though we live in cities.…
Denrele Edun is the cover star for the latest edition of GQ France and he did it rocking female outfit. He is known for his cross-dressing has revealed via his Twitter page that he will continue to prove to the Nigerian society that he exists despite their insistence on acknowledging only two genders. From gowns to clingy black fish net, Edun tried it all and we must say, he slayed them too. Despite speculations over his sexuality, Edun has refused to be categorised as any particular gender and of no particular sexual orientation. The actor in a chat with Guardian…
D’banj has a newly engraved swimming pool in his mansion which has his logo on it. He took to his Instagram page on Sunday, April 1, 2018, which happened to be Easter Sunday, where he posted a photo of himself standing beside the pool. The singer captioned the photo with a message to all his fans wishing them a happy Easter celebration. “Happy Easter My People,” he wrote. Bangalee we see what you did with that photo…we got to see another part of your palatial home. Looks like we will be getting to see more of the D’banj’s home often…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the cover star for TW Magazine‘s April 2018 Issue. Looking dazzling in green chiffon and flower embellishments, the bestselling author, looked the perfect combination of motherhood, career and passion. In this edition of TW Magazine, Adichie talks about family, sisterhood and true feminism. On Writing… 1. “My writing advice is read, read, read: you don’t have to like what you read but it demystifies writing.” 2. “Write. Just write. Start. And read as much as you can. Read widely and read different things, and sometimes while immersed in the multitude voices of others, you just might…
9ice believes his songs encourage youths to work harder for prosperity and not otherwise. The singer made this known in a recent chat on the ban of his controversial song, “Living Things.” He said: “My song has been banned again?. I am surprised that they banned my songs because most of my music is to inspire the youths to work hard and ensure they do things the right way. I don’t sing songs that would encourage anyone to do the wrong thing. “I have been in this industry for a while and I know better than to do such because…
The Easter celebration might be done but we can’t get enough of the Okojies as Mercy Johnson and her family celebrated the holiday at the beach. She posted a video of herself with her husband who couldn’t stay away from her and their friends. “Happy New week Friends had so much fun this Easter Holiday eh…Work Starts again notice me begging for peck at the end???My wahala plenty thanks to all our friends who hung out with us….we are so grateful to you all. What do you think about my chewing gum game e no werk abi? Dumebi feeling funky,”…
Runtown might be in more trouble with his record label, Eric Many over the sex tape that got leaked. According to recent reports, Runtown allegedly spearheaded the release of the sex tape while claiming that it was the record label who wanted to use the tape to blackmail him. “Preliminary findings have revealed that the released sex tape and Whatsapp chat purportedly leaked by Runtown’s label is totally fake and a badly executed stunt by the artist himself. Investigations have led to the capture of a suspect (name withheld) who confessed to using a fake Instagram account to spread the…