Various individuals who are believed to be loyalists and fans of the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, held a prayer service to commemorate the administration’s 300 days in office. The event, which held on Friday, April1, 2016, at the area 11 Juma’at Mosque in Abuja, had hundreds of Nigerians from across the states in attendance. Reportedly sponsored by Ahmed Shuaibu-Gara Gombe, the session had Shiek Muhammadu Kabiru Gombe as a guest speaker and other dignitaries in attendance. The session was the third prayer in the series for president Buhari, which is being marked after each 100 days of the administration’s lifespan.
Author: David Folami
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has again slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over his incessant foreign trips. Fayose says Buhari’s trip to the United States on Wednesday, March 30, for the 4th Nuclear Security Summit at a time Nigerians are groaning in pain is laughable. The Governor who spoke through his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, said the President should stop “junketing around the world, wasting the country’s scarce foreign exchange.” “It remains a mystery what President Buhari that met power generation at 6,000MW and could not manage it such that power generation crumbled to Zero Megawatt yesterday, will contribute to the Nuclear…
Alhaji Bashir Rimi-Zaya, Publicity Secretary of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi state, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for measures taken to curb insurgency in the country. Rimi-Zayam made the commendation on Saturday in Bauchi while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that he was impressed with the measures taken by Buhari towards curbing terrorism in the North-East, and in combating other vices, including corruption, in the country. He said that though it was too early to assess the achievements of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in its nine months in government, “one has to praise…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has suspended the state’s Commissioner for Works, Mr Kevin Wachukwu, The Nation reports. The Governor’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, April, 2016. With no reason given for the Commissioner’s suspension, the statement said it is with immediate effect. Wike’s Special Adviser on Special Projects has been directed to temporarily assume the Commissioner’s responsibility of supervising projects in the ministry.
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the appointment of Sole Administrators in 11 out of the 13 local government areas in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Aliyu Tijani-Ahmed, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and made available to journalists on Saturday in Lafia. According to the statement, the appointment followed the expiration of the tenure of office of the 11 local government chairmen on March 24, 2016. “By virtue of the expiration of their tenure on March 24, the eleven LGA chairmen stand dissolved hence the need to appoint sole administrators…
Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo releases his new single ‘The Vow’ to celebrate his 5th weddingaAnniversary today March 31, 2016. For the third single off his forthcoming album ‘Love And Consequences’, Timi Dakolo teamed up again with Cobhams Asuquo to produce another record that oozes love, promises and deep emotions as his wife Busola, once again plays the lead role in the music video. In his words, ‘It’s been 5 years of learning and loving with my wife. I believe there is no better time to release this single and video than now. I call it my gift to her and…
Naomi Campbell loves Idris Elba ‘dearly’ but insists they are no more than just friends. The 45-year-old supermodel has laughed off reports she is dating the ‘Luther’ actor who recently split from girlfriend Naiyana Garth because they have been friends for so long and she would never think of him in that way. She said: ‘I don’t know why people thought we were dating. Because I’ve known Idris for like for 10 to 15 years, 15 years. And when he takes a picture of me on my fashion events for my charity, no problem there. ‘All of a sudden, bing-bam-boom,…
Snoop Dogg is keen to date Brandi Glanville but she won’t embark on a romance while he is still legally wed to estranged wife Shante. The ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ hitmaker hit it off with the 43-year-old reality star when they appeared on Khloé Kardashian’s show, ‘Kocktails With Khloé’, in January and the pair have been ‘talking’ ever since. However, sources told the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column the ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ star – whose marriage to Eddie Cibrian broke down when he had an affair with now-wife LeAnn Rimes – won’t date the 44-year-old…
Remember the trending #KeepDebbieAlive campaign that was launched early this year to help raise funds for 31-year-old Deborah Osarere Idiagbonya to battle cancer? Sadly, Debbie has just lost the battle to cancer a few hours ago. Her close friend and blogger, ‘Gossipgirlie‘ who was with her a few hours before her death shared the sad news on Twitter some moments ago. Debbie has been living with stage 4 invasive ductal carcinoma since 2012. She’s been in the US, where she was receiving treatments at Howard University Teaching Hospital. She went on remission between April-September 2014 before the cancer resurfaced and…
With a sexy voice, hit songs and buzzing collabo with Falz on the song ‘Soldier‘, female singer, Simi has successfully placed herself in the consciousness of many music lovers in the country. In a recent interview, Simi who is signed on to X3M music says ‘If I am going to have a collaboration with anyone in Nigeria, for Fuji, it will definitely be Pasuma Wonder while for Juju, it will be Ebenezer Obey because I actually fantasise about doing a song with him because he is a living legend as well as King Sunny Ade’. Asked if her new found…
The 28-year-old mixed high fashion with casual day wear in a slouchy plaid shirt, white shorts, and a long, elaborate fur coat, while her jet black hair was slicked and pinned back with the help of gold floral barrettes. She also wore a glittering cross necklace, a gold choker, and a pair of stiletto heels with a pearl design at the toe. Rihanna looked amazing as always for the star-studded night that saw the likes black female stars Tatyana Ali, Kelly Rowland and Andra Day in attendance. The event, hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross, 43, was a partnership between BET…
Kourtney Kardashian, 36, got the shock of her life when she ‘caught’ her baby daddy Scott Disick, in bed with her sister Kendall Jenner non Friday. The first video clip she shared was of her asking sister Kylie Jenner if she knew where Kendall was. Kylie nonchalantly told her she thought Kendall was upsatairs, so she went upstairs and into a bedroom where she saw her baby Daddy Scott cuddled in bed with Kendall. Then the clip cuts to her following Scott and telling him how inappropriate and sick he was. Scott answered by saying, Yeah everyone knows how inappropriate…
News reports have revealed that Khloe Kardashian has reportedly been footing the bills on estranged husband, Lamar Odom’s brand new, albeit rented bachelor pad in Calabasas. X17 reports that Odom is presently living in the $3 million rented Calabasas mansion which is within the same community as Khloe’s home. The reports further reveal that the reality star took the course of action in a bid to keep a close watch on him, while caring for him outside of the prying eyes of the public. The gated community also has other members of the Kardashian family, including, Kris, Kylie Jenner and…
Nollywood actor, Odunlade Adekola has threatened to sue his female colleagues or any individual that uses his name for any form of ‘publicity stunt.’ The AAA star made this threat in a recent chat with Punch Newspapers after his name was dropped as a lover to Kemi Afolabi, a married actress. Reacting to the romance allegations, he said “I was shocked and enraged when I read in the news that two married actresses were fighting dirty over me. I don’t know why they would drag my name which I have spent years of hard work to build in the mud…
Kylie had been with her sister, Kendall, as they both headed for the restaurant before being mobbed by several young fans eager for selfies. The famous sisters however handled the star-struck youngsters in very different ways. In a video obtained by DailyMail.com, Kylie can be heard telling the three tweens in a stern voice, ‘Don’t touch me’ as a large security man helps the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star inside Craig’s in West Hollywood. One particular young girl had been pulling on her arm. Kendall, however, was more accommodating as she stopped to take photos with the same three…
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric would be a perfect fit at Barcelona, former Camp Nou playmaker Deco has claimed. Modric, who moved to the Santiago Bernabeu from Tottenham in 2012, will line up for Madrid against Barca in Saturday’s Clasico. Deco believes Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic would be boosted by the addition of Modric, but the former Portugal international was less complimentary about Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale. “I would sign Modric for Barcelona,” Deco told Diario Ara. “His style of play would be a perfect fit for Barcelona. He is a player like Xavi…
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink has played down suggestions that his captain John Terry could be set for a shock England recall. England conceded four goals during last week’s friendly outings against Germany and Netherlands and boss Roy Hodgson conceded his prospective Euro 2016 squad has a lack of quality in the left-sided centre-back position, before revealing he recently had a “long chat” with Terry. The 35-year-old is out of contract at Chelsea at the end of the season, and retired from international football in 2012 – a factor that Hiddink joined Hodgson in playing up at his Friday news conference.…
Manchester United defender, Marcos Rojo was caught smoking outside a nightclub in Argentina during the international break. The left-back was on international duty with Argentina and started both games at left back as Argentina beat Chile and Bolivia in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. A video footage has emerged of him smoking a cigarette during a night out. In the video, the 26-year-old is seen laughing and joking with friends. At a point during the night out, he is seen biting the dress of a blonde woman standing beside him. He will certainly be questioned by United coach Louis van…
Bayern Munich midfielder Sebastian Rode says Pep Guardiola’s side can ill afford any slip-ups in the Bundesliga title race against his former club Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Bayern host relegation-threatened Frankfurt and Rode insists the Bavarians have not given a second’s thought to playing Benfica at home four days later in the Champions League quarterfinal, first leg. Bayern are five points ahead of Borussia Dortmund with seven games left, but second-from-bottom Frankfurt are desperate for points. “We have Dortmund breathing down our necks and there has not been one second to think about Benfica,” said Rode, who joined Bayern from…
Uruguayan star Luis Suarez believes his success in turning around Barcelona’s fortunes in the past two seasons has been thanks to adapting his game to strike partners Lionel Messi and Neymar. Heading into Saturday’s Clasico game against Real Madrid, Suarez is Barca’s top scorer with 43 goals in as many games this season. The Catalan giants remain on course to repeat the La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey triumph they won in Suarez’s debut campaign last season. “La Liga is very different to the Premier League,” said the former Liverpool star who moved to Spain in 2014 in…