The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has revealed that consuming rice in large quantity on a regular basis was a bit of health risk, adding that substituting it with potato would be welcomed development. He said that the consumption of rice in the country was rising and that a lot of people were not aware that the rice had some degree of arsenic. Ogbeh made this known in a meeting with officials of VICAMPRO, an indigenous Agro Company investing in production of Irish Potato on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the ministry was willing to…
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The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, has called on Federal Government to seek the advice of economic experts in tackling current economic crisis in the country. Sanusi gave the advice on Wednesday during the traditional Sallah Durbar (Hawan Nasarawa) at the Government House, Kano. He said that consulting the experts would help in enunciating proper solution to the crisis and reduce the hardship people were currently facing in the country. The emir, who is a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria BN), urged wealthy Nigerians to support the less-privileged in the society in order to alleviate…
Mr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, said that licences for mining of coal for power generation had not been awarded since the emergence of the current administration. Fayomi said this at a stakeholders and press meeting on pre-Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) at the ministry on Wednesday in Abuja The minister was representing by Mr. Egghead Odewale, Technical Adviser/Chief of Staff of the Minister. He said the Federal Government had stated that coal mining licences would be issued only to companies interested in generating electricity from coal. Fayemi said the ministry would collaborate with the Ministry…
Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen on HBO show “Game of Thrones,” was recently a guest at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, May 23, 2016. On the show, the actress spoke on the much talked about brief moment of male full-frontal nudity and her nude scene on season six of show. She also spoke on her parents reaction to her recent nude scene. On fourth episode of “Game of Thrones” titled “Book of the Stranger,” her character Daenerys Targaryen walked through the fire naked, after burning the Dothraki men alive. Speaking on male nudity, the actress said,…
On Sunday’s season six finale of “Game of Thrones,” Daenerys is finally coming back to Westeros, Jon Snow is king of the North, and Cersei is sitting on the Iron Throne. It was also revealed that Jon Snow is the son of a Stark and a Targaryen too. According to an infographics released by HBO, Snow’s father was Rhaegar Targaryen, making him the nephew of Queen of Dragons, Daenerys. In an interview with Variety, Sophie Turner who plays Sansa Stark in “GOT” shot down rumors that Sansa Stark will marry Jon Snow. According to her, she thinks it would be…
On the ninth episode of “Game of Thrones” season six, Jon Snow fought Ramsay Bolton to reclaim Winterfell, alongside his sister, Sansa Stark. In the episode titled “Battle of the Bastards,” Snow finally faced off with Bolton in a battle. After Bolton was beaten, pounded and grounded by Snow, he was left for Sansa to get her revenge, which she did by releasing his own starved hounds on him. His dogs ate him up, starting with his face. Imagine Engine, the company that created the gory scene, revealed that it was intended to be gorier. “They shot the scene with…
It appears the last hasn’t been heard of American rapper, Future‘s animosity towards his ex-fiancé and baby mama, Ciara. Future, in a newly released song titled ‘How It Feel’, didn’t mince words as he directed verbal tirades at the newly married singer. ‘Ask me how it feel to smash an R&B shit,’ he rapped on the song. He would later go on with more expletives, firing off with ‘I made you bitch.’ ‘Bitch, you was nothing before me, I gave you fame on the ‘Gram. I put you back on the charts, I gave you number 1 spot,’ he further…
Nigerian comedian, Koffi has a lot to get off his chest concerning a number of names in the entertainment scene. Read his hard hitting take on them below. First artiste to ever have a number one and number two video on the MTV Base countdown for weeks. First new artiste to ever drop an album without any major industry collabo. First artiste to blow up within a short period of time yet, like Burna Boy, hardly headlines any major shows, why? Let it be known that Mr ‘Jombo’ truly did not come into the music scene to ‘Woju’, he proved…
In 2014, Tidal’s parent company, Aspiro lost just $10.4m. Norwegian business daily Dagens Naeringsliv recently reported that Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal lost $28m (about N8.8b) on payments in 2015. His lawyers have allegedly accused the former owners, including Norwegian media group Schibsted, of making a fuss on the number of paying customers it had ahead of last year’s sale. According to DN, Tidal received about 100 defaulting records since Jay Z bought the company through his holding group, Project Panther Bidco, for $56m in March 2015. As at July 2016, Tidal, which currently operates in 31 countries, claimed to…
Today is the birthday of one of Nigeria’s biggest comedians Basketmouth (Bright Okpocha). He turns 38 years old. Basketmouth had his primary and secondary school education in Apapa, in Lagos State. He obtained a degree in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Benin. His wife Elsie Okpocha has posted a birthday message to her husband on her Instagram page. “I celebrate you today my lover….the one whose wahala is out of this world,the one who keeps my light shining,the one whose love is so amazing…I love you today and forever baby” she wrote. Basketmouth who recently was involved in…
Cool FM on-air-personality Freeze has commented about the rising prices of food in the country, and the hardship Nigerians are facing. In his latest Instagram write-up, Freeze praises the government for tackling corruption but is also worried about the poor state of the economy. He further wrote “I know the government is trying to fix Nigeria, and I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but what about those that will die of hunger and lack, inside the tunnel, never to reach the light? Everything is going up and salaries are coming down, companies are shutting…
During an interview with Hip TV last year, comedian Basketmouth opened up on why he was not on good terms with pop singer Sean Tizzle. Sean Tizzle would later react to Basketmouth’s statement on September 19, 2016, via Twitter. Almost a year after both celebrities have made up. Sean Tizzle sent a birthday shout out to Basketmouth today, September 14, 2016, on Instagram and Twitter. “Birthday shoutout goes out to my brah @basketmouth … God bless your New age champ” he wrote on Instagram. Also, according to reports, a prominent industry insider brought both parties to ensure the hatchet was…
Selena Gomez is done being hung up on Justin Bieber and she has taken major steps to make sure he stays out of her life. A source close to the 24-year-old singer disclosed to Us weekly that she “changed her phone number. She told everyone not to give it to him.” Many think its high time she finally moved on fro the on and off relationship she has courted with the “Sorry” singer since 2011. The issues between the pair reached its peak in August when Bieber posted photos of his new girlfriend, Sofia Richie, which quickly spiralled into a…
Young as Marcus Rashford is, it’s arguable that he has just taught Jose Mourinho something new — that this Manchester United team can, in fact, impose itself from the very beginning. The teenager’s introduction at half-time in the Manchester derby galvanised his team, who despite being only one goal down at the break looked like they were about to be thoroughly dismantled. His entrance also represented the type of fearlessness that will unsettle the very best teams. One major consolation for United, aside from their much-improved performance in the second half, is that they will not face many challenges nearly…
In the immediate aftermath of Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat vs. Manchester City on Saturday, Jose Mourinho was quick to criticise his players. He complained that some of them were “below the level” required, a surprisingly bold statement at such an early stage of his reign. Although he inevitably avoided naming individuals, we can be sure that the performances of Jesse Lingard and Henrikh Mkhitaryan — both sacrificed at half-time — did not impress. The pair struggled in different ways. Mkhitaryan was unable to get involved from the right flank while Lingard desperately struggled on the left, twice mishandling simple short…
Jose Mourinho has admitted that the Europa League is “not the big dream for every big player” but they have to find motivation and Manchester United want to win the competition. United manager Mourinho is preparing his team for the opening Europa League game of the season on Thursday, away against Feyenoord, and is disappointed that the stadium will be at reduced capacity due to crowd trouble. Speaking at his news conference on Wednesday, Mourinho said: “This is not a competition that Man United wants. It’s not the big dream of every big player, but we are not in the…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola called Sergio Aguero a “special player” after the striker scored a hat trick in his side’s 4-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach in their delayed Champions League Group C opener. Aguero opened the scoring in the eighth minute before adding his second from the spot 20 minutes later after debutant Ilkay Gundogan had been brought down. The Argentinian made it 3-0 midway through the second half before Kelechi Iheanacho completed the rout in added time. When asked where the 28-year-old ranks among the other strikers Guardiola has worked with, the City manager told BT Sport: “One…
Marc Albrighton described scoring Leicester’s first ever Champions League goal as a dream come true. The Foxes marked their entry into the competition with an emphatic 3-0 win away to Club Brugge, leaving them top of Group G after Porto and Copenhagen drew 1-1. Albrighton opened the scoring when Luis Hernandez’s long throw was poorly defended and he told BT Sport 2: “It’s some feeling. It’s something I never thought I’d achieve, but it’s here and it feels just as good as I dreamt it.” Riyad Mahrez then scored the other two goals, the first a superb free kick and…
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has revealed that the club took advantage of uncertainty at Manchester United when agreeing to sign Renato Sanches with a “handshake.” Bayern confirmed the signing of Sanches, 19, from Benfica for an initial €35 million in May, before he went on to impress as Portugal won Euro 2016. And Rummenigge told Sport Bild that the Bavarians “reacted quickly” after United had failed to follow up their initial interest in the midfielder. “We knew very well that Renato had a firm offer from Manchester United,” he said. The Bayern deal started to take shape on the…
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino rued a missed opportunity as his side lost 2-1 to Monaco in the Champions League on Wednesday. Spurs suffered a disappointing defeat in front of a record crowd as they started their campaign at their temporary European home of Wembley. Monaco went ahead after just 15 minutes through Bernardo Silva and they doubled that on 31 when Thomas Lemar found the back of the net. Toby Alderweireld pulled one back on the stroke of half-time but the home side could not draw level in the second half. Speaking after the game, Pochettino said: “I think that…