Omotola Jalade Ekeinde believes she is winning an Oscar Award soon. Her comments are triggered by the turn out of events at the 91st Academy awards that held at the Dolby Theatre, yesterday. Omosexy, who is currently a voting member of the Academy, disclosed her dream after realizing lots of the nominees she voted for won in their categories. She voted Mahershala Ali, who won the Best Actor in a Supporting role; Hannah Beachler, who won Production design for ‘Black Panther’ and Lady Gaga for Shallow in the Original Song category. 6 years ago, Omotola got recognized as one of…
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Popular woman of God, Rev. (Mrs.) Esther Ajayi has donated N10million to rescue Baba Suwe’s from his chronic diabetes and for his treatment abroad. Yomi Fabiyi shared this info recently. He wrote, “BREAKING NEWS: BABA SUWE TREATMENT ABROAD: Yesterday Sunday, 24th Feb, 2019 Mayor Gbenga Adewusi @bayowagbengaadewusiswagatv visited Baba Suwe on his hospital bed and having been briefed of the current situation, he initiated a SOS to Rev. (Mrs.) Esther Ajayi @love_of_christ_generation through Bro Biodun Paseda @abbeyway27 to see where the philantrophist can help Baba Suwe. Immediately she offered to support with TEN MILLION NAIRA(10million naira) and his flight ticket…
Spike Lee finally earned himself the right to own an Oscar Award but the twist in his acceptance speech was when he talked about how Americans should “do the right thing” in 2020. He won the remarkable “Best Adapted Screenplay.” award for his movie “BlacKkKlansman,” and it was a night to remember because the Hollywood legend has been shunned by the organisers for a very long time. His speech was passionate and it revisited the history of African-American that dates back to 1619, when slavery was the in thing. Lee’s thoughts went far and wide a he moved from one…
Reports have said Jordyn Woods claims to have been under the influence during her now popular hook up with Tristan Thompson. TMZ says that Jordyn Woods who is still apologizing to her now ex-bestie, Kylie Jenner, said she had n idea how she got to the party in the first place. According to Woods, she was drunk before storming the venue. TMZ further said that Jordyn began to weep when she was told everything she did, same way Kylie was flabbergastd about the news. Reports also say Jordyn Woods hardly drinks, but when she finally succumbs, it is always bad…
David Luiz has said Maurizio Sarri is respected by the Chelsea dressing room despite yesterday’s incident. Chelsea GK, Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to get off the pitch in a substitution that would’ve seen Chelsea’s second goalkeeper be between the sticks for the penalty shoot-out, clearly disregarding Sarri’s decision to sub him. He said, “The coach has the power over the group,” “He has our respect. People can think in a negative way or a positive way. It is about our lives, it is always like that. People are negative, people are positive, people are happy, they are sad. For me there…
Kepa Arrizabalaga has said sorry for failing to heed to Maurizio Sarri’s order for him to get subbed off for Willy Caballero during their final clash vs Manchester City. Kepa eventually saved Leroy Sane’s kick in the penalty shootout, but Jorginho and David Luiz missed from 12 yards for The Blues to seal the victory for Manchester City. Kepa has remained firm that he never tried to disrespect his manager. His words, “I have to say it was misunderstood,” “In no moment was it my intention to disobey, or anything like that with the boss. Just that it was misunderstood,…
Real Madrid manager, Santi Solari has said that Gareth Bale can “celebrate however he wants” after the Wales international looked like he ignored his teammates when netting the crucial penalty in Sunday evening’s 2-1 La Liga win at Levante. A Real Madrid team who looked distracted ahead of EL Clasico against Barcelona next week got the victory via goals from two penalties assisted by VAR. Solari said, “Gareth has been celebrating the victory in the dressing-room, with the rest of them,” “I’m sorry, I did not see [his celebration], what I saw was how hard he worked to help the…
Pep Guardiola was very pleased to win the Carabao Cup again but he has also said the hard-fought victory against Chelsea came at a price. Manchester City hd to play 120 minutes to clinch the cup and also lost Aymeric Laporte and Fernandinho to injuries, which he things will see them absent from football for “weeks.” His words, “Winning this game is important for the next games but this competition demands a lot and we are going to suffer for the next competitions — for the FA Cup and the Champions League and the Premier League,” “But of course winning…
Maurizio Sarri has come out to say that his goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga did the right thing, but in a wrong way after refusing to leave the pitch in a substitution that would’ve seen Chelsea’s second goalkeeper be between the sticks for the penalty shoot-out. A visibly annoyed Kepa ignored Sarri’s attempts to get him subbed off for Willy Caballero in the final seconds of Sunday’s clash, making Sarri angry as well till he resorted to letting him be. His words, “It was a big misunderstanding,” “I understood he had cramp, so I didn’t want the goalkeeper to go to the…
Civil society groups keeping tabs on Nigeria’s presidential election said today that 39 people have lost their lives in violence linked to election activities. The Situation Room, an umbrella group of over 70 organisations, said “election-related violence… led to the death of at least 39 Nigerians” since Saturday. The body, which said recently that death toll stood at 16, had more than 8,000 observers present on the ground for Saturday’s vote. Their statement read, “Situation Room reiterates that no election in Nigeria should cost the life of any citizen and condemns in the strongest terms the lack of empathy, concern…
Governor of Oyo State and Oyo South Senatorial District candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abiola Ajimobi has been defeated in his plans to return to the senate after his tenure as governor ends. In the results of the National Assembly elections for the Senatorial seat as announced by INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Wole Akinsola, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dr Kola Balogun won with an overall total votes of 105,720, while Ajimobi got 92,218 votes. Senator Adesoji Akanbi got 49,437 in the same election. Oyo South Senatorial District, has areas like Ibarapa East, Ibarapa North, Ibarapa Central,…
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress has asked for the instant detention of a Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain, Alhaji Buba Galadima, over reported plan to release fake presidential results. The Spokesperson for the council, Festus Keyamo, (SAN), in a statement recently, said the PDP was not pleased with how the authentic results being released were favoring Buhari at polling units nationwide. His words, “Our usual sources within the camp of the PDP have informed us that an emergency meeting of the main opposition party has been summoned for today somewhere in Abuja. “Top on the agenda of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has dashed off from his hometown of Daura to Katsina on his way to Abuja after exercising his franchise in the presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday. He exited Daura at 10:am this morning in a presidential helicopter marked NA-541. Reports have it that Buhari was expected to return to Daura by next week so he can also partake in the Governorship and State Assembly elections set to take place on March 9. Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar saw the Presidnt off when he was leaving.
The Local Government Collation Officer taking care of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, Dr. Joseph Folorunso, has come out to state that some member of the National Youth Service Corps that took part in elections in the state found it difficult to operate the card readers during the voting exercise. He said elections in some polling units did not go according to plan as some of them failed to operate the smart card reader despite the massive training they were subjected to before the rescheduled election date. His words, “Some of them messed up the elections because they could not…
Atiku Abubakar has spoken against the violence that happened during the Presidential and National Assembly elections days ago, reminding everyone that his ambition to be President is worth no one’s blood. According to Atiku Abubakar, no politician should be pleased when blood is shed for his gain, and that no citizen of the country should lose his or her life for anything that has to do with politics. In a statement released by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, the PDP Presidential candidate said the Nigerians that died will forever be remembered for their sacrifices, noting that the violence we see…
Atiku Abubakar has emerged winner of the presidential election in Ondo State. Ondo State is governed by an APC man, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. In the final results disclosed this morning, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP clinched 275,901 votes to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC who got 241,769 votes. Total accredited voters in the state were 598,586, total votes cast: 586,827, while rejected votes were 30,833 The results can be seen below, Below are the results: Akoko North East AAC 105 AA 407 APC 15,598 PDP 11,641 Akoko North West AAC 113 AA 412 APC 14,158 PDP 13, 950…
A popular observer group, YIAGA AFRICA Watching The Vote, WTV, has come out to say that the Presidential and National Assembly elections that took place two days ago was not better than the one Nigerians experienced in 2015. Revealing its findings on the conduct of the election at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday, the organisation insisted that the elections fell short of their hopes as it was filled with negative events hat was not even experienced in 2015. “Nigeria missed an opportunity to improve the quality of its elections. These were not the elections Nigerians wanted; they were not…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, is still clinging onto a slim victory in the ongoing announcement of results in Adamawa State. Results so far collated from 16 of the state’s 21 local government areas tells us that Mr Abubakar is in front with 22,000 votes. The PDP is currently leading with 317,088 from results so far summed up in Jimeta, close to Yola. President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress has gotten 295,088 votes thus far. Collation was still ongoing as at 9:56 am this morning, This is how the candidates have fared so far: Mubi North…
Everyone that cares about the country stormed the Lagos State Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, collation centre, Yaba, to demand for the announcement of results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in Lagos state. As at 10am on Sunday, the collation centre, was all set for announcement of results as Nigerians waited patiently for the key moment. As at 6pm in the evening, the commission still hadn’t received results from collation officers from several LGAs. Some collations were also seen at the venue, also awaiting the beginning of the exercise. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Sam Olumekun stepped up to…
APC has described calls from PDP members for INEC to declare Atiku Abubakar as the winner of the Presidential election as “provocative and reckless.” They also accused the opposition party of several atrocities planned before election including trying to hack into INEC’s software. They did this in a recently released press statement. The statement read, “The PDP in that press statement, recklessly calls on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to arbitrarily name its candidate, Alh. Atiku Abubakar the winner of the presidential election. “This call is shameful and alarming. Unwilling to wait for INEC the constituted legal authority to…