The Minority Leader and Deputy Minority Whip of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Alkali (PDP-Lafia North) and Mohammed Muluku (PDP-Nassarawa Eggon East), have defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House, who read the duo’s defection letters on Monday, congratulated them “for taking the right decision. “We will continue to partner each other in order to move the party, the state and the country forward for the benefit of our people”, he said. Speaker Balarabe-Abdullahi assured of the assembly’s readiness to continue to enact laws that have direct bearing on the lives…
Author: David Folami
A group, Concerned Nigerian Youth Development Organisation (CYNDO), has said that no intimidation can stop former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar from contesting the 2019 presidential elections. The comment was made on the group’s behalf by its National Coordinator, Comrade Joel Edegba. “We in Concerned Nigerian Youth Development Organisation, CNYDO, commends the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the first time to promptly release an election time table ahead of 2019. It is an indication that the electoral body is very prepared and ready to conduct elections. We commend their move and early preparation,” Edegba said. “We have it on record…
Rapper, Vector, bids for more success in a spiritual angle in the video of his song, ‘Adurah’. With a fervent belief in prayer, he mused about some of his life goals while attributing his current achievement to God. The new comedy sensation, Woli Arole was on hand to give his motivational prophesies in the video.
Tekno is out with the release of his ‘Rara’ video creatively illustrated by Director Q. The singer properly brought to the screen his concerns regarding the sorry plight of his compatriots dealing various difficulties. A combined show of activism and musical dexterity, Tekno brings on his skills in a song he co-produced with Selebobo. Enjoy!
Zara Larsson features Nigerian pop singer, Wizkid in an electrifying song titled ‘Sundown’. This is off the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards winner’s “So Good” album released on Friday, March 17, 2017. Wizkid continues his exploration of his new sound of dancehall on the track, a new skill acquisition that has seen him excel internationally.
Eddie Murphy tweeted a photo of Vanessa Bell Calloway as Imani Izzi in her dress with the caption “Coming to America sequel? As the tweet generated excitement on the social media, it was immediately deleted alongside Eddie’s account. There has been speculations that the tweet was deleted because it wasn’t time for the information to be made public. Directed by John Landis, the 1988 classic “Coming to America” tells the story of a prince from an African kingdom who embarks on a journey to America to find a wife. The original film was based on a story originally created by…
Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh will not be slowed down by her marital issues. The mum of one who recently separated from her husband is busy with her charity work. Tonto who has been empowering school students across the nation took to Instagram on March 16, 2017, to share this photo. “Impacting the lives of the younger generation is a worthy course. Education is Power!!” she wrote alongside it. Keep it up Tonto Dikeh!
On Sunday, March 19, 2017, TTT became the sixth housemate to officially leave the Big Brother Naija house. TTT, Debbie Tboss and Efe were up for possible eviction this weekend. Many predicted who would get evicted this weekend. And they were right. 6’7 and proudly ‘made in Naija,’ he is a choreographer and performed at the opening of Big Brother Nigeria first edition in 2006. TTT is married with two kids. He was romantically involved with Bisola.
General Overseer of the INRI Evangelical and Spiritual Church, Primate Ayodele Elijah, in his second quarter prophesy, has said President Muhammadu Buhari would resign. He said some Governors will gang up against Buhari as he would also face serious political challenges. The cleric stated that the President would resign on health grounds unless prayers are intensified for him. Ayodele, who lamented that his prophecies have not been given needed attention, said he had predicted the rejection of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, the death of General Samuel Ogbemudia and that of General…
Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose on Sunday night announced his government’s interest in the case of a woman beaten by some policemen in Ado Ekiti on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the state governor, Mr Ayo Fayose made this known while speaking on a monthly public enlightenment programme, “The Governor Explains”. He disclosed that an investigation panel has been set up to probe what actually transpired between the woman and the police. He said the investigation will unravel the policemen that beat the woman. The governor said he was particularly disturbed by media reports linking policemen…
The Presidency has denied the media reports that President Muhammadu Buhari only did skeletal work since he resumed work last Monday. It was reported that the President’s workload was drastically scaled down to allow him get more rest. The reports said Buhari barely four hours in his office since his return from a medical vacation in London. It was also gathered that the President has not attended any event outside the Presidential Villa since his return. But Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu said on the contrary, the President had a busy week. He said Buhari had an engaging week devoted mostly…
Interior Minister retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau on Friday said 400 Nigerians are saving jail terms for various offences in South Africa. Dambazau made the disclosure at joint news conference in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the visit of Nigerian delegation to South Africa. Dambazau and his Foreign Affairs counterpart, Geoffrey Onyeama had on Monday led a delegation to South Africa over the incessant xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in that country. He said he had a meeting with his counterpart, the Home Affairs Minister in South Africa and discussed general issues particularly on migration. The minister said they also…
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has been lauded for the construction of bridges and culverts in rural communities to boost commercial activities in the state. Alhaji Usman Umbugadu, the Aren-Akun of Akun Chiefdom, made the commendation on Sunday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akun, Akun Development Area of the state. He said the communities were appreciative of the governor’s efforts considering the importance of the projects to them, noting that the appreciation will encourage the governor to do more. The traditional ruler said that the provision of infrastructure would go a long way in…
The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday said that work would begin this year on the 40 megawatts Kashimbila Hydro Power Plant in Taraba. Fashola said this while speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri after a tour of projects in the North East. He said government was equally making efforts to complete the Mambilla Power Station, also in Taraba. “As for the Mambilla plant, the contractor is back to site after he was mobilised. “But he has lots of challenges; he has to open letter of credit and import equipment, among other things. “For Kashimbilla project, we…
The 18-year-old scored on Wednesday as Monaco beat Man City to reach the last eight of the Champions League. He was then called up to the France squad for their World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg and a friendly against Spain later this month. Monaco took a 13th-minute lead when Mbappe drilled home after outfoxing two defenders. Fabinho doubled the lead from the penalty spot after 49 minutes when Mbappe was brought down by Damien Da Silva. Mbappe wrapped up Monaco’s fourth successive league win nine minutes from time with a bullet header. It was his 17th goal of the season…
Goals from Marouane Fellaini — his first in the league this season — and Jesse Lingard either side of half-time put United in the driving seat until substitute Rudy Gestede pulled one back for Boro to spark a late flurry. However, Victor Valdes’ late slip handed Antonio Valencia the simplest of chances to make it 3-1 and ease Mourinho’s men into fifth place in the table. The Portuguese said: “[It’s a] big win because it keeps us alive in the fourth position race. It was very important to keep us alive. “Do I prefer [to] finish fourth or win the…
Manchester United knew that a win would take them out of sixth place and, while it wasn’t totally plain sailing, they were worthy of their 3-1 win over Middlesbrough. Marouane Fellaini and a superb Jesse Lingard goal gave them a 2-0 lead before Rudy Gestede got Middlesbrough back in to the game with 13 minutes left. United were hanging on after that, with Jose Mourinho reverting to type and playing with too many defenders. However, the hard work of Antonio Valencia paid off when, in injury time, he chased what appeared to be a hopeless cause way back to Boro…
Messi scored from the penalty spot at the end of the first half and added his second after the break, firing home from inside the area after receiving the ball from Javier Mascherano. Luis Suarez had earlier equalised for Barca, who fell behind to an Eliaquim Mangala header, with the Valencia defender then sent off for a second yellow card for hauling down the Uruguayan inside the area. Munir El Haddadi, on loan at Valencia from Barcelona, had then made it 2-2, but Messi and then Andre Gomes’ first goal for his new club sealed the three points. “Amazing,” Luis…
City recovered from going a goal down to a James Milner penalty with a Sergio Aguero to rescue a point and keep City in third place — a point above Jurgen Klopp’s side with a game in hand. Guardiola says he was proud of the attitude of his players although he is concerned that they missed chances to claim all three points against their rivals for the top-four. “You cannot imagine. This is one of the happiest days of my career as a manager,” he told Sky Sports. “After our defeat in the Champions League, for two days we were…
The Frenchman has made up his mind on his plans beyond the end of the current campaign and said on Saturday he would make an announcement “very soon” on what those plans are. Wenger, who has managed the Gunners for the last 21 years, is out of contract at the end of the season, and he is under increasing pressure with Arsenal’s season on the brink of collapse after six defeats in the last nine matches in all competitions. However, multiple reports on Sunday said that Wenger wants to stay and is set to enter negotiations over a new one-year…