Nigeria and Indonesia are set to strenghten their relations, especially in the areas of sharing information on national planning and development as well as trade and investment. Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, Minister of Budget and National Planning, said this in a statement by James Akpandem, Media Adviser to the Minister on Friday in Abuja. Udoma said both officials talked at length on areas of common interests between their two countries and agreed that a more profound bilateral relationship would be beneficial to both nations, especially on a technical level. He said Nigeria valued its relationship with Indonesia and feels aligned…
Author: David Folami
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for the gap in the operations of the Nigeria Police Force. Akiolu said the military government under Muhammadu Buhari between 1983 and 1985 was not fully committed to the funding of the police. The monarch, who is a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, said this on Friday, August 4, 2017 at a seminar organised by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, in Lagos. He said, “The military killed the efficiency and effectiveness of the Nigeria Police Force. The problem of the police started with Buhari in 1984 when…
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has said the Police Force as well as the National Security Council are analysing threat messages from separatists groups in Nigeria. The IGP made this known in Lagos during a working visit to The Nation’s corporate head office on Friday, August 4, 2017. “We have the National Security Council in place chaired by the Acting President. We have been meeting and analyzing each of these threat messages from separatist groups. We have to analyse the pros and cons. As you are aware, the police are on top of the situation.” Continuing, Idris said:…
More than 6,280 ghost workers and pensioners have been identified by the Local Government Staff and Pensioner Audit Committee set up by the Governor of Enugu. The ghost workers will be probed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). “A committee headed by the speaker of the state house of assembly discovered 2,818 ghost workers in the nominal roll of local government council’s staff and another 3,462 ghost pensioners,” he said. He said that the ghost workers and pensioners had been shipped out from the nominal rolls of local government councils and pensions board. The commissioner…
The governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is not bedridden even though he’s really sick. Ortom said this on Thursday, August 3, 2017 while speaking on his encounter with Buhari when he accompained some governors to see him in London. The governor, who remained adamant that the president was mentally alert throughout the period of his meeting with the governors, believes Nigerians and public office holders should continue praying for the president. He said: “I was the first person that initiated prayers and I shouted halleluyah when I saw him because God has answered my…
Bayelsa state Senatorial rep, Ben Bruce, has said Nigeria is in trouble as the country has not made any progress in the past two years. In an interview, Bruce said this is one of the reasons Senators need to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari when he comes back to discuss the problems facing the country. “Nigeria has not really made any progress in the last two years. I think we are in big trouble right now. When the president gets back, we would need to sit down with him and have a conversation. There is no point having a conversation…
An online job listing and casting site, Auditions NG, has named Ramsey Nouah and Tope Oshin as helpers for its premiere Acting Masterclass. The event will create opportunities for role-play. Talents will get free headshots and also be promoted on the Auditions.ng platforms. With over 20 years experience, Ramsey Nouah will share his knowledge as an actor with talents. Some of his works include “Silent Night,” “Figurine,” “76” among others. Tope Oshin is a multiple award-winning filmmaker, who has worked on productions like “Hotel Majestic,” “Fifty,” “Amaka’s Kin,” “Tinsel,” “Evol,” “Hotel Majestic” among others. Oshin and Ramsey Nouah also starred…
Sarkodie is here with a new rap jam ‘Kankpe’ featuring Patoranking. The song is blessed with Jazz instrumentals that makes it a modernized beat. Patoranking does most of the work on the song with Sarkodie giving him that much room to do his thing on the song.
Another fresh season of Funke Akindele’s “Jenifa’s Diary’ is set to debut on Sceneone TV and the actress took to social media to promote the season. A follower, who is obviously not a fan of the award-winning TV series asked the filmmaker to do something fresh, as he was tired of the series. Akindele had a response different from the popular “go and shoot your own.” She simply told the fan to stop watching the series. In June, another follower had asked the actress why the character Jenifa is yet to start speaking good English. The actress simply said, “that’s…
Burna Boy recently promised gus fans via Twitter to release a new single every Friday for the next three weeks. To fulfil this he unveils this new single entitled ‘Chillin chillin’ which features A.I of 2Legit Records.
Kemi Adetiba who has been battling some criticism concerning her job which was described by few as “more hype than talent”, has finally addressed her critics, revealing that a new movie is about to be released. The top filmmaker who was recently featured in CNN’s “African Voices” took to her Instagram page to share her thoughts on the issue and has managed to leave many more people surpried of this new development. In her statement, she revealed that she has started shooting her new movie, “King of boys” and considering the fact that her debut feature film, “Wedding party” is…
Kunle Afolayan has said that he is working on a TV series to make its debut next year and with what he has done with the camera in the past, we are super excited. The top movie producer took to his Instagram page to share a video clip of himself along with a team of writers including Tunde Babalola, Ropo Ewenla and Tunji Azeez, as well as the esteemable presence of Baba Ifayemi Elebuibon as chief narrator. “Today is a special day for me. I am working on a TV series against next year. I’m privileged to have Baba Ifayemi…
After the reduction of age limit for political offices, a few celebrities have made known their interest in getting into politics. Basketmouth has joined those set of people, indicating his interest in running for Governor. The popular comedian will be running as the first multi-state governor. His campaign poster displays that he intends to be voted as the Governor of Imo, Abia, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Awka Ibom, Lagos states. You will recall that Kcee and Yul Edochie have revealed their intentions to run during the Governorship election of Anambra state.
Nollywood actor Segun Arinze says Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, never got the respect he truly deserved in Nigeria. According to him, the late Afrobeat icon was a prophet whose deeds encouraged other musicians in Nigeria to pass positive messages through music. In an interview with the NAN on Wednesday, August 2, 2017, Arinze said everything Fela addressed in his songs were still relevant. “He is a great icon and till date, his music still stands relevant. Most of those things he said in all his songs are prevalent till date. He was like a prophet but as the saying…
D’banj is having massive fun with his daddy duties and he seems to not be taking it lightly. The ‘Why Me’ singer recently shared a shot of his son wearing a sunshade proudly like daddy. ”Swag like Daddy #KingDonCome,” he wrote alongside the shot via Instagram today, August 4, 2017. D’banj and his son Daniel are already creating their own Instagram love story and we’re enjoying every bit of it. On June 1, 2017, Daniel gave his dad a shout out after the singer teased fans with his new project. “Love you daddy,” Daniel’s Instagram handle said.
Paul Pogba will be the X-factor in Manchester United’s title challenge this season, former defender Denis Irwin has predicted. The 51-year-old expects Pogba to be the key cog in a United team which he says has been improved by manager Jose Mourinho’s summer signings. And he believes striker Marcus Rashford will score more goals following last season’s reliance on Zlatan Ibrahimovic. “I expect Paul Pogba to be a really powerful player this year,” said Irwin. “I expect Manchester United to challenge for the title. More consistency is needed. We drew too many [last season] and I think more goals are…
Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, former governor, Adams Oshiomole and Prof Itse Sagay, Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, on Friday, hit the nail on the head again about the need for the country to remain united. They were united on this position at the 20th Wole Soyinka Annual Lecture Series in Benin, against the backdrop of the current call in some quarters for restructuring of the country. Obaseki, who chaired the occasion, said the country’s unity was not negotiable and expressed faith that would become great and prosperous again. The governor said that the country needed the right leadership at…
Nollywood actress Ronke Oshodi Oke is pissed over an interview with Broadway TV as she says it was edited. According to her, the video was edited to tarnish her image. The actress was quoted saying ‘if she were the breadwinner of her family, she wouldn’t cook for her husband’. “It’s not because we don’t want to be in our husband’s house or we are not submissive enough. I am going to pay the NEPA bill if you don’t have. I will do some certain things if you don’t have. So, you now come and expect me to cook for you…
American rapper Clifford ‘TI’ Harris and his wife, Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris still have love enough in their hearts to celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary. The couple are in the middle of a divorce process initiated by Tiny in December 2016, but that has not prevented them from remembering one of the best days of their lives – their wedding day, July 31, 2010. TI posts a series of beautiful pictures from the big day on Monday and writes: “Happy 7th Anniversary Mrs. H. Looking at these pics, it seems like the time flew by. Never a dull moment… Every day…
Kcee is gunning for the Anambra state governor’s seat this year joining Yul Edochie in the race. The singer shared a poster via Instagram today, August 3, 2017, declaring his intentions writing, ”It’s about time, Big Announcement on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at 11 am…. #Nottooyoungtorun #Attentiontodetail2017.” We reached out to his manager, Chiedozie Dike, who confirmed his intention to run. He said, “he has the intention to run and he has declared it.” When asked why the music star decided to run against Yul Edochie, he said, “Anybody can run, likewise it’s Kcee’s right to run.” Meanwhile, Nollywood actor…