The Lagos State government has reportedly demolished several shanties along the railway line in Ijora area on Thursday, June 15, 2017. According to a report by The Guardian, the structures erected along the railway route were demolished by men of the state’s task force. It was further gathered that quite a number of occupiers of the shanties, which were constructed with wood and roofing sheets, were around to pack some of their belongings out before they were demolished. Many of the residents were reportedly seen quickly moving their belongings out of their rooms with some others removing their rooftops and…
Author: David Folami
Uchenna Precious, Wife of kidnap kingpin, Evans better known as Evans has begged the Federal Government to spare her husband. Although Precious denied knowledge of her husband’s crimes, she said the man is a ‘prayer warrior’ and must be under a curse to have been part of the heinous crimes he was accused of. She said Evans reads “Psalm 23 a lot”, and that he leads the morning and evening prayers in the house. In an interview with Vanguard, Precious also disclosed that her husband is suffering from cancer, which is why, according to her, he neither drinks nor smoke.…
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has terminated the appointment of the State Commissioners, retaining only two. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), special advisers and senior special assistants were also sacked. He retained his Chief of Staff, Sunny Nwakodo, the Commissioner for Finance, Obinna Oriaku, and the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, Umeh Kalu (SAN). This was disclosed in a statement signed and posted on the state government’s official website by the Permanent Secretary, Government House, Onyii Wamah. No reason was given for the sack of the commissioners and other officials. The dissolution came after the…
If you’ve ever wanted to play like Antoine Griezmann and Thierry Henry rolled into one, then Puma’s latest football boot may just be the one for you. The sportswear company have worked in close conjunction with both aforementioned France stars to produce the ‘ONE’ boot — a single boot created to meet the needs of all types of players, from goalkeepers to strikers and everything in between. The design process began after a consultation with Griezmann and ended with Henry helping add the final tweaks to create, as Puma themselves put it, a boot that “delivers all of their needs…
After making a pilgrimage to Mecca last month, Paul Pogba, the Manchester United midfielder, pitched up in China on the latest leg of his world tour. Just a few days after playing in France’s friendly win over England, Pogba hit the tourist trail. He kicked things off by performing a “dab with a view” atop the Great Wall. He then posed for a mass selfie with a gang of Manchester United supporters at a promotional event in Beijing. The 24-year-old then rounded things off with a jaunt to the Forbidden City, where he was once again more than happy to…
Edson Arantes de Nascimento, known to you and me as Pele, is often considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time. So it is only natural that he gets asked the question: who is the greatest player currently… and the Brazilian’s answer was almost immediate: Pele’s record goal tally is something to marvel at, between 7 Sep 1956 to 1 Oct 1977 the great man played in 1,363 games and scored a quite astounding 1,279 goals – goals that ranged from the mundane to the utterly out-of-the-world. Here’s a collection of his best goals… because, why not?…
Victor Lindelof has told Aftonbladet he is ‘”ready to adapt” to the pressure of playing for one the world’s biggest clubs after completing his move from Benfica to Manchester United. Lindelof, 22, has cost the Premier League club a reported fee of €35 million and signed a four-year contract at Old Trafford. The centre-back, who has won 12 full caps for Sweden, also revealed that manager Jose Mourinho had helped persuade him to swap Lisbon for Manchester. “I’m proud and happy to have been given this chance, but I need a few days so that everything calms down,” Lindelof said.…
Mrs Kemi Adeosun, the Minister of Finance, said the Federal Government invested the sum of N200 billion on roads in 2016. According to the minister, the amount is part of N1.2 trillion earmarked for capital projects to ensure ease of doing business. Adeosun said this on Friday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bloomberg Chief Executive Officer roundtable held in Lagos. She said that the N200 billion was against N90 million earmarked for road construction in 2015. According to her, government will continue to prioritise infrastructure development to unlock growth potential. The finance minister said that diversification of the…
“All Eyez on Me”, a biopic about the life of deceased rapper, 2Pac Shakur, has surprising met more negative reaction than positive since its release on June 16, 2017. One of these came from 2Pac’s close friend, Jada Pinkett Smith whose character was played by actress, Kat Graham made her thoughts known on Twitter. According to Smith, scenes captured in the movie does not aptly portray the kind of relationship she had with the rapper. “The reimagining of my relationship to Pac has been deeply hurtful”, she said. “Forgive me … my relationship to Pac is too precious to me…
Will Smith took time out of his busy schedule on Monday (June 12) to pursue some happiness at Prezzo in Egham. The Hollywood A-lister was spotted enjoying a meal with a work friend after reportedly “checking out the town as a potential filming location”. The Fresh Prince of Prezzo was branded “the coolest guy” by supervisor Dumitru “Tom” Toma, who asked the Independence Day star for some pictures after his meal. Said Mr Toma: “He had a meal in Prezzo yesterday and after he finished his meal we asked him to take few pictures with him. We’re fans too. He’s…
She is someone who knows how to grab attention. And Rihanna practically stole the spotlight as she made a very flashy appearance on the music video for DJ Khaled’s new single, Wild Thoughts. The hitmaker, 29, showed off her nipples, cleavage, and toned torso as she danced the night away in Khaled’s festive video, which also featured collaborator Bryson Tiller. Rihanna sizzled in a see-through red crop top that showed off her toned torso. She danced alongside the DJ, wearing her jet black tresses down and a large pair of gold hoop earrings. Walking down the street beside her collaborator,…
On Friday, May 26, actress and recording artist Christina Milian stops by “The Real” to dish on how she met her new boyfriend, NFL player Brandon Wilds. She also fills the ladies in on her new show, Superhuman and her seven-year old daughter’s Instagram page. In addition, the hosts debate what exactly constitutes cheating from your partner and whether parents should be held responsible when their kids bully. Tune-in to find out what would make co-host Adrienne Houghton whoop yo’ ass! Loni Love: It was probably the person that you’re dating right now, Brandon Wilds. Christina Milian: Who? [Laughs.] Loni:…
In 2013, thousands of young men formed a rag-tag militia and rounded up Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, then handed them over to the military. The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), as it later became known, was instrumental in driving the Islamist militants out of the strategic city. Since then, the ranks of the “vigilantes” have swollen to about 20,000 across the remote region. Armed with home-made muskets, swords, axes, slingshots and bows and arrows, they man security checkpoints and even accompany the military on operations against the jihadists. “If it wasn’t for the CJTF (Maiduguri) would have…
The Nigerian Mission in South Africa on Friday said it had waded into issues surrounding the alleged quit order given to Nigerians by two communities in that country. Amb. Martin Cobham, Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner in South Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria that the mission was on top of the situation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Union in South Africa had accused two communities in that country of ordering Nigerians residing within their territories to vacate. Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner in South Africa said that he had engaged…
Ngozi Olojeme, the former deputy chairman of the Goodluck Jonathan campaign organisation has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Olojeme allegedly diverted $48m from the National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), where she served as chairman. According to Vanguard, the EFCC said that all efforts to get her to shed more lights on the allegations levelled against her has proved abortive. An EFCC report on the issue reads: “It was discovered that the NSITF accounts in First Bank of Nigeria and other banks have witnessed a total turnover of over N62,358,401,927 between 2012 and 2015…
It’s the biggest news of the summer so far — Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly wants to leave Real Madrid. The Portuguese superstar, who has 600 career goals to his name, is said to be angry at an ongoing tax investigation in Spain. It has led to suggestions he could leave Real Madrid, the club he joined for a then world record £80 million in 2009. MANCHESTER UNITED It’s unlikely to happen, and any transfer of this size would have an element of the circus about it, but if Ronaldo truly were to come on the transfer market then Manchester United would…
The wild speculation associated with Chelsea’s current torpor in the transfer market took an unexpected twist on Thursday when a rumour surfaced in the Italian media that there is tension between manager Antonio Conte and the club’s hierarchy. Following in the wake of tempestuous striker Diego Costa’s decision to inform the world that Conte had advised him by text he wasn’t wanted next season, it’s now claimed the Italian wants a direct line of communication with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Whether or not there is any truth in the story remains to be seen, but the fact that a deal…
Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery says he finds the idea of Monaco forward Kylian Mbappe at Parc des Princes attractive. Mbappe, 18, is in demand this summer after an impressive 2016-17 season with Monaco that saw him become a senior France international. A host of Europe’s top clubs, including Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Arsenal, have all been linked with the teenager, but Emery hopes he will consider representing PSG in the future, having been born in the French captial. “When we talk about Mbappe, here in Spain we talk about Real Madrid and Barcelona,” Emery said at the Bilbao International…
She has worked tirelessly to take the stigma out of female sexuality. But on Thursday, Amber Rose seemed to reveal that she hasn’t had any sex in the year 2017. The 33-year-old model took to Instagram to post a meme that read ‘When it’s six months in to 2017 and you still haven’t been f***ed yet,’ and added a few words of her own. She captioned the meme: ‘When the world thinks you have Orgies all day and mad dudes because ur sexually confident and body positive but really you’re a full-time mom/ businesswoman and literally have no time for…
She slammed a recent biopic script of her life, branding it inaccurate. And Madonna has dropped the biggest hint yet that she is working on her own bio, after taking to Instagram on Friday. The legendary hitmaker, 58, revealed she was ‘prepping her film’, as she shared a make-up free selfie. Showing off her flawless skin, Madonna hid her bright blue eyes between rimmed glasses, leaving her blonde hair loose. Sporting a white Adidas jumper, she put on a serious display for the camera. She captioned the natural snap with: ‘A woman’s work is never done!! 6 kids and many…