The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday said it would embark on a comprehensive rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries to achieve optimal capacity utilisation in 2017. NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Refineries, Mr Anibor Kragha, said this in Abuja in a statement by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division. The three refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt have had skeletal operations this year. The statement reported Kragha as saying that the Corporation was determined to move away from the approach of quick fixes and undertake a comprehensive revamp of the plants. ”The plan for…
Author: David Folami
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki held a meeting with President Buhari behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja on Tuesday, December 20, 2016. According to Punch, the meeting might be connected to the rejection of Ibrahim Magu, the Chairman of the EFCC. This is coming on the heels of a similar meeting between Buhari and the Senate majority leader, Ali Ndume. Reports say the meeting between the Senate President and Buhari lasted for only 30 minutes. Meanwhile, the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay has urged President Buhari to re-submit Magu’s name to the Senate. Sagay…
President Muhamadu Buhari said on Tuesday that there was need to confront the internal migration frictions being experienced in different parts of the federation. He spoke at the Second Annual National Migration Dialogue in Abuja with the theme, “Policy Coherence in Migration Governance: Managing Migration and Displacement, the way forward.’’ Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the President noted that the Nigerian constitution guaranteed all citizens the right to reside anywhere in the country without discrimination. He, however, observed that the country was still grappling with national identity issues which engender discrimination. He said such discriminations were rife and that…
Here’s a new word you should learn today: Zeitgeist. It means ‘the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.’ Therefore, when you are asked to describe the zeitgeist of Nigerian music, few moments would jump out. One of them was the performance D’banj gave at the 2006 Headies Awards, formerly known as HipHop World Awards. The year 2006 was very important: It was the first edition of the awards ceremony, one that a whole generation of Nigerians looked forward to. The Headies was the first platform that…
8 weeks on and beautician, Kris Asimonye Ugboma, the wife of popular comedian Bovi, is looking smoking hot for a mother who recently delivered a baby boy. And she wasted no time to share her stunning figure in a couple of photos. You will recall that her husband had found a most amusing way to introduce their newborn, by making the baby’s picture into a meme about being born in a recession.
Headies will be delighted to welcome back Olamide and Don Jazzy’s crew at this year’s awards ceremony. The duo’s controversial moment when Lil Kesh lost the ‘Next Rated’ award to Reekado Banks at the 2015 Headies, aired on New Year’s Day, won’t be forgotten easily as fans anticipate what’s in the goody bag this season. YBNL and Mavin are two of the biggest music labels in Nigeria presently, along with Chocolate City, Five Star Music, HKN and Starboy Entertainment. But how did they fare since that infamous incident? Reekado Banks’ Spotlight, which was announced on September 1, is the only…
Atletico Madrid ensured 2016 ended on a high with a 4-1 victory over Guijuelo in the Copa del Rey on a freezing Tuesday night at the Vicente Calderon. Several fringe players showed they might be ready to contribute come the second half of the season, from which Diego Simeone will take heart, although the 6-0 first-leg cushion may have played a part in that. First-half strikes from Nicolas Gaitan, Angel Correa, Juanfran and Fernando Torres did the damage, and when Raul Ruiz was dismissed for the visitors before the break, Atleti “declared,” to use cricketing parlance. Guijuelo, to their credit,…
One of manager Pep Guardiola’s predecessors at Manchester City, Stuart Pearce, recently spoke of going to see Guardiola while he was the Barcelona coach. “He gave me a great insight into how to be a good manager,” said Pearce. “As we said goodbye and walked away, he turned around and said, ‘By the way, get a Messi in your side.'” Guardiola might not have a Lionel Messi in this Manchester City side, but he does have a David Silva. The Spanish playmaker’s form had rather tailed off last season. He was a peripheral figure who never really recovered from an…
Chelsea’s renaissance under Antonio Conte, which has manifested itself as a club-record-equalling 11 straight Premier League wins and counting, has seen the club surge to the top of the table by six points. Right now, Conte can do no wrong. From his now fabled 3-4-3, to turning Victor Moses from loan fodder to first team star and everything in between, including the mental re-mapping of David Luiz and Diego Costa, the Italian appears to have the Midas touch. But there’s still room for improvement. An intriguing by-product of the run Conte has presided over is the nullifying effect it has…
In 2016, two albums – Drake’s Views and Beyonce’s Lemonade – have made the biggest headlines. However, as the year draws to an end, another album is making a huge splash, and it is J. Cole’s fourth studio album 4 Your Eyez Only. The album becomes the third-highest debut in 2016. The album has also debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart for the week. Post Malone and Tech N9ne also debuted in the Top 15 with their projects, while The Weeknd and Bruno Mars maintained strong sales.
Nigerian rapper Reminisce has released the visual for his single ‘Konsignment‘ of his El Hadj album. The video was shot by Director Q in London and sees Reminisce in a number of places across the city.
Last Friday, when Kendrick Lamar performed at Brooklyn’s Music Hall for a secret pop-up show in conjunction with American Express, he surprised some of his fans as he brought them onstage to rap with him. Before the show, Kendrick was asked about his thoughts on what Barack Obama has done for hip-hop. Kendrick could not hide his admiration for the outgoing president as he said: ‘I think the world, not just hip-hop owes him. We all have to give him his credit due for even allowing us into the building. We would probably never get inside that house ever again.…
The Minster of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has said that the Federal Government will create job centres in all the 774 Local Government Areas, next year. Ngige disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while answering questions from youths at a Special Town Hall Meeting organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture. The minister said the decision is to reduce the increasing rate of unemployment by ensuring that youths are fixed in any vacancies in public and private sectors. Ngige said the centres would serve the purposes of registering all unemployed youths in every locality and ensuring that…
The Oyo State Government on Tuesday commenced the payment of two months outstanding salaries to its workers. Mr Toye Arulogun, the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, announced this at the Annual Lecture/Award of the ministry’s Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the payment would reduce the outstanding salaries to five months from August. NAN reports that the state government had hinged the challenges in the payment of salaries on economic recession. Arulogun stated that the payment was to reduce workers hardship at yuletide, adding that the…
The Federal Government says the current hike in price of fertiliser is as a result of security concerns as criminal elements are using its components to make bombs and other explosives. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a Special Town Hall Meeting for Youths organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture. The minister said that fertiliser being sold for N10,000 per bag was because the security agencies placed hold on its distribution. “Fertiliser came late this year due to security challenges. “We started moving fertiliser in February to meet…
Ailing Premier League champions Leicester City suffered a blow on Tuesday as England striker Jamie Vardy received a three-match ban from the Football Association for his sending off against Stoke City. The 29-year-old, who had returned to form with a hat-trick against Manchester City in the previous game, will miss matches against Everton, West Ham and Middlesbrough. The FA rejected the club’s claim of wrongful dismissal, which hinged upon Vardy being off-balance as he was harried by Glen Johnson when he challenged Stoke midfielder Mame Diouf just before the half-hour mark. Referee Craig Pawson did not hesitate in showing him…
Despite being heavily linked with a move to Ligue 1 club Marseille, Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi is still keen on impressing coach Antonio Conte. Mikel Obi has not featured for Chelsea this season under Conte and has been told he can leave the club. There have been reports that Conte has been leaving the midfielder out of the team to punish him for playing in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games for Nigeria. Mikel, however, does not want to give any excuses neither is he regretting playing at Rio 2016. “I am not that kind of person who wants to…
It’s been a year since the mass shooting, suicide bombing, and hostage taking in Paris that shook the world in November 2015. The city has been healing from the incident and Nigerian singer, Davido further eased the gloom that befell an area affected by the attacks with his recent performance there. This is after DMW boss took to the stage at Bataclan, one of the scenes of the Paris attack, during his recent Europe tour. Davido, whose concert sold out at the 1,500-seat ballroom, also performed in London and Amsterdam before arriving Nigeria for Christmas, last weekend. After the show,…
Nollywood actress Funke Akindele looks classy in this collage which she posted this morning on her Instagram. The Jenifa star simply captioned it ‘#goodmorning’ and gave props to the make-up artist responsible for the great look, Zainab Azeez. Funke, who won the 2016 AMVCA Best Actress In Comedy Role award, was recently unveiled as the new face of a Nigerian fashion brand.
Nigerian singer, Skales has coped a house for mama! The excited star took to Instagram today, December 20, 2016, sharing the news with fans. According to him, “Set a goal for myself to cop a crib for my mama..so excited I did it finally…mama’s new crib alert …GOD BLESS HER..YOU CAN DO Anything in this life just pray work hard and stay focused #beinspired.” Meanwhile, We reported Skales ended his affair with girlfriend, Sasay and is now dating an Ethiopian babe known as Leyla Konjo. Recall that Skales and Sasay used to be an item for a long time with…