Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has cried out over Nigeria losing more than N400 billion every year to medical tourism and begged stakeholders to unite and come up with a solution. Buhari urged the course participants of the Senior Executive Course, SEC 41 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, to offer answers to problems that can reduce the gap in the institutional, legal and policy frameworks for funding nationwide healthcare delivery or the development of Nigeria. He also beseeched them to ensure researches are conducted to know how other African, Asians, European nationsprovide funds to guarantee their…
Author: David Folami
Early this morning, rumors spread that funny Nollywood actor, John Okafor, a.k.a Mr Ibu as been hit by stroke and is presently receiving treatment from an herbalist. The 57 year old actor, according to a source in his family, was said to have been battling the deadly sickness after he returned from his journey to Owerri. Even the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN President Emeka Rollas confirmed the rumor, saying, “I am aware that Mr Ibu is truly down with stroke, but he is fast recovering and need more of our prayers right now.” But reacting, Mr Ibu shared a…
Ex Barcelona star, Andres Iniesta has said he would like to go back to Barcelona and pass on what he learnt during his stay to the younger ones. Presently playing for Vissel Kobe in Japan, Iniesta signed for Barcelona as a youngster in 1996 and only exited the club last year. His words to Club del Deportista, “If it were up to me, I would go back, but we don’t know what the future will bring. “Making long-term plans is difficult today and I wish I had the opportunity to come back as something for which I am qualified. “That…
APC has said reports claiming Kwara governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq forged his SSCE certificate is a joke. The ruling party revealed that the people behind the rumor are only wasting their time spreading such. Mr Abdulrahman has been accused of forging the SSCE he presented to INEC for the state’s gubernatorial election. APC responded by saying, “Our attention has been drawn to the politically sponsored allegation against the APC Kwara governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, that he forged the SSCE he presented for election. “We understand the desperation of the sponsors of this campaign of calumny to get power through the…
Popular singer, Victoria Kimani is currently on a shade-throwing mode, even if she has directed it to no one in particular yet, except Ycee and Tiwa Savage. In a recent post on Instagram, she revealed, “Having material things will never make me envy you. Especially knowing what you had to do to get it gurlll wrinkly married balls slapping on your chin #ImGoodLuvEnjoy #GodGotme#YoSugarDaddyPoppinTho #TheyCelebrateEvil#CantBlockMyBlessingsTho#youAndYourYESMEN #FakeAccountscomment below ? ( will delete this soon but just want you to know how I feel since were being honest now).” Who could this be referring to? We might never know. Victoria Kimani (born…
Romelu Lukaku’s agent has come out to say that the Belgian will consider his future at Manchester United at the end of the season as he also spoke about Romelu’s desire to play in Italy. Lukaku left Everton to join Manchester United for £75 million 2 years ago and has netted 42 goals in 90 appearances across all competitions. And his agent, Federico Pastorello has voiced about about his client’s aim to try out other football leagues. His words to SkySports, “At the moment, he’s focused on finishing the season,” “The competition for third and fourth place in England is…
INEC has decided on Saturday April 13, 2019 as the date for the supplementary elections in some constituencies in River State. This decision is coming after INEC recently organised a committee to investigate the lmo North Senatorial District election that took place on February 23 and March 9 2019. This was revealed yesterday by INEC National Commissioner and chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye. His words, “The commission met on Thursday April 4, 2019 and reviewed the conduct of the just-concluded Rivers State collation exercise. The commission expressed satisfaction with the outcome and commended the security…
South African presenter, Trevor Noah has shared his reaction to Audu Ogbeh’s comments about pizza and its hilarious. Trevor shared a clip of the statement by the Minister of Agriculture, who said some Nigerian citizens do order pizza from London, words many tagged as incredible and disgraceful. Mr Noah did not let it slide as well as he made fun of it on his show, “The Daily Show,” which got his audience cracked up. According to Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, Nigerians have been ordering Pizza from abroad through British Airways. His words, “Do you know, Sir, that there are…
Real Madrid boss, Zinedine Zidane has described Chelsea winger, Eden Hazard as “a fantastic player” while revealing that he has been monitoring the dazzling forward’s career since he was a youngster. Hazard himself has never failed to hide his admiration for the club Zidane manages, Real Madrid. Since Zidane resigned for Real Madrid, he has been commenting on several targets including Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba. On Hazard, he said, “I cannot give you my personal opinion. “But Hazard is a player who I have always rated, and who I saw a lot of and knew personally when he…
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who recently got re-elected, has said anyone who does not pass a drug test will not work with him. According to Guardian, he revealed that he is looking to employ people to fill in the roles of special assistants, heads of agencies and commissioners in his government, as long as they do not fail a drug test. Guardian also reports that Mr Abdullahi said he is insisting on the test because of the high rate of drug abuse in Kano State even though his government recently wrapped up plans to set up a state-owned…
Nollywood youngster, Regina Daniels has revealed that reports linking her to any marriage to Billionaire, Ned Nwoko is untrue. TheCapital news recently reported that Regina Daniels and Ned Nwoko’s wedding ceremony happened last Saturday with guests ordered not to snap pictures because Mr Nwoko is a private man. Reports further said, Miss Regina is presently his 6th wife. But the Nollywood star has come out to say it is all false, by simply saying on Instagram, “Rumors plsssssss, not anymore.”
Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince is ready to quit bachelorhood. The rapper recently shared in an interview with Beat FM that he is prepared to get married as he is no longer interested in being a player. He also revealed that he is in a relationship right now and he has always been surrounded by beautiful women. His words, “I’m looking for a wife now; I’m not trying to play games anymore. You know I’ve always had pretty women and I’m actually dating someone now”
Nigerian Billionaire, Aliko Dangote recently tasked Northern leaders to snap out of their sleep and offer quality leadership that will improve the North from extreme poverty to what it should be. He shared that the investment it would take to provide employment will only be made available by private investors but he urged the government to ensure there is a good environment to entice these investors to the North. He disclosed that if 19 northern states had ten governors that worked like Nasir El Rufai, the region would be a better place. His words, “Nigeria is bedivelled with many developmental…
Barcelona is not the club for Antoine Griezmann, according to Radomir Antic, who feels the Spanish giants are a wrong choice for the French forward. Antic revealed that it will only be another Coutinho type of transfer as he has the exact skill set as the Brazilian. He even said Griezmann will only be a benchwarmer at Barca and he would be a better fit at Real Madrid. His words, “Griezmann is a playmaker and Barcelona play without midfielders,” “It seems absurd to me that none of the three greats of Spanish football have ever considered signing the best passer…
Nigerian lawyer and rapper, Folarin Falana also known as Falz was recently on social media answering questions from fans with the hashtag, #RhythmasFalz. Several fans were afforded to opportunity to ask the rapstar whatever they wanted, and get a response. One particular fan though, decided to ask the “La Fete.” crooner about newly-wed, Simi. For sometime, there has been suggestions that they were dating due to their numerous songs together. He was asked a direct question about Simi, and it was centered on whether he loves the petite singer or not. Falz simply re-directed the question to Simi, and asked…
The Presidency recently revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has not put pen to paper on the National Minimum Wage Bill recently passed by the National Assembly into law, a opposed to rumors circulating that he has. The Senate had on March 19 passed the bill, approving N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. By so doing, the Senate accepted the decision of the House of Representatives which first passed the bill before going on break for the 2019 elections. Days back, rumors began to circulate that Buhari had signed it but Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly…
Spurs boss, Mauricio Pochettino has vowed that Tottenham would finish in the top four and feature in the UCL next season, after his team’s victory over Crystal Palace last night. He described the win as one of the best moments of his life and revealed that it was a wise move for Spurs to relocate into their 62,062-capacity ground immediately it was ready. His words, “We were right to move here now,” “There were risks, of course, but in football, if you want to achieve, you need to be brave. We were brave to move and play here this season.…
Nigerian weirdo, Bobrisky has contacted Tonto Dikeh to ignore her ex husband, Olakunle Churchill. There has been a massive battle from the former couple ever since their split, and it is not looking like things will get resolved anytime soon. Reacting to a recent Tonto Dikeh’s rant, Bobrisky who is her close friend advised her not to care about what Churchill says in interviews because he will be fed up soon. See what Bobrisky wrote,
Defeated Presidential candidate of the Youth Progressive Party, YPP, Professor Kingsley Moghalu has come out to say that his party’s votes were “stolen, suppressed and diverted” during the Presidential polls. Speaking recently, he shared that his political party had “many credible indications” that fraud took place during the elections. He said he was a target for the people that felt threatened by what he had to say, which was why news broke that he had gone back on his interest to contest against Buhari and Atiku. His words, “I was the only presidential candidate targeted with such fake news campaign…
Atletico Madrid player, Rodri wants teammate and forward, Antoine Griezmann to remain with Atletico for a long time. Antoine Griezmann scored again after a run of seven consecutive matches with zero goals to close the gap on Barca to 8 points. Grizu has been linked to a move to Barcelona for a while now and his release clause is still €120m. Rodri said, “I hope he stays for as long as possible,” “He has scored after several games without scoring. Let him stay as long as he can.” Recently, Atletico Madrid president, Enrique Cerezo said the Frenchman was surely going…