Newly married singer, Simi has shared that she is set to drop her new album on her birthday, precisely a month from today, March 19, 2019. She dropped her first album 2 years ago and it was very successful and even went on to be the first album to hit the 1 million mark on streaming platform, Boomplay. The new album will be titled, ”Omo Charlie Champagne”, and it will be her third studio project after her debut effort, ”Ogaju” released in 2008, which went under the radar and the ground breaking ”Simisola.” On Instagram, she wrote, ”On the day…
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As 2019 UTME exams are set to be written, JAMB’s Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede has come out to say that the names of individuals that have impersonated anyone in the exam in the last decade would be published. Blasting the repeated impersonation in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) every year even after several measures put in place to curb it, Prof Ishaq said JAMB will work on the list and release it for all to see. His words, ”We are making arrangements to compile and publish names of all the people that have impersonated in out examinations in the…
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has apologized to Swansea after his team’s controversial victory against them in the FA Cup quarter-final at the Liberty Stadium. City benefited from two contentious decisions as they fought back from 2-0 down to reach the semifinals of the FA Cup. The Premier League champions got a pen 12 minutes from time when Cameron Carter-Vickers appeared to touch the ball as he slid in on Raheem Sterling. Sergio Aguero then scored an offside goal but the Video Assistant Referee could not be used because the game was not being played on an EPL pitch. Pep…
Ruggedman is currently embroiled in a fraud allegation but he has come out to claim he knows nothing about it. In a recent chat with Linda Ikeji, Ruggedybaba revealed that an American woman is presently accusing him of duping her of her money. He said a 419er used his pic to defraud the woman off her cash and now she is holding him responsible for it. The “Baraje.” crooner also shared screenshots of the conversation he had with the lady. His words, “I really don’t know what she’s about though, its possible people using my photos and fake accounts on…
Former Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Akin Orebiyi has backed electronic voting in future elections claiming it presents loads of advantages that tackle electoral issues. The ex INEC boss revealed this while assessing the just-concluded 2019 general elections in the country. His words, We should be devising programmes, putting in place technologies, applying them to overcome our electoral problems. “If we can be using mobile phone today, which reach anybody in the world to conduct businesses, to do banking, to call people, transmit photographs and other information, why are we not ready for what…
Chelsea loanee, Tammy Abraham is of the opinion that he has what it takes to play for Chelsea. He has netted 21 goals for his current club, Aston Villa in the English Championship. The English youngster has had loan spells at Bristol City and Swansea but now feels he is ready to step up for Chelsea if he is called upon. His words, “That’s the aim going into next season,” “As a young kid, I’ve always believed I will play for Chelsea. I always believe that. “I think I have the ability to. I just have to, when I get…
Comedy legend, Ali Baba has had his say on online begging on social media in Nigeria. The hilarious man shared screenshot of an online beggar who begged for help so she could feed her kid sister and said he believed this kind of format can be from scammers who are always looking for whom to pounce on. His words, “This is something we must not encourage anymore. People using emotional blackmail to get people to fund their laziness. OOtoooo ge!!!!! I have shared on my page young nigerians who decided to go into small businesses like selling groundnuts, working in…
Lawyer to the defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has revealed that his client has filed a petition to challenge President Buhari’s win at the recent elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Buhari the winner of the presidential election which held on February 23, 2019. Atiku has however refused to accept the results and promised to contest it in court. Uche shared that the process has begun, but refused to shed more light. On March 6, 2019, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal ordered INEC to allow Atiku inspect the materials used in the…
Jamie Redknapp has said Manchester United passed on their “perfect opportunity” to appoint Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the permanent of the club. Ole has been in charge temporarily since December, with the Man United legend inspiring a remarkable improvement that has led the club to the Champions League quarter-finals. But Jamie is of the opinion that Manchester United had the best chance to confirm him as the permanent boss immediately after the amazing comeback against PSG. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer recently lost 2 games back to back and fans and pundits now believe his chances are shaky. His words, “Timing is…
Former BBNaija housemate, Alex has spoken up about her experience with a waist trainer. Alex shared how it almost snuffed her out of her life and she had to take it off in the presence of strangers when the pain became unbearable. She therefore concluded that waist trainers are nothing but another form of bondage. Her words, First time,I had to stop at an eatery close to my house and ran to their rest room to take it off. Second time I sat for 10 minutes and took it out in front of people. Trust me, I tried to endure…
APC in Cross River State just came out to state that they want an immediate scrapping and re-run of the Feb. 23 and March 9, Governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly elections in the state. APC South-South National Vice Chairman, Mr Hilliard Eta revealed this today in Abuja. He described the election conducted by INEC as a sham and one that cannot stand the test of time. His words, The National Assembly, Governorship and State Assembly elections organised by INEC in Cross River on Feb. 23 and March 9, are a sham. “The elections cannot stand the test…
Barcelona recently informed fans that striker, Luis Suarez will be out of football for two weeks after spraining an ankle in Sunday’s victory at Real Betis. The former Liverpool star netted as Barca thrashed Betis 4-1 to move 10 points clear at the top of La Liga. The man from Uruguay did not finish the game though, taking a knock to his ankle in the closing stages. After undergoing tests at the training ground on Monday, he has pulled out of the Uruguay squad for this week’s China Cup. Uruguay is set to face Uzbekistan in the semifinal of the…
Former BBNaija housemate, Anto Lecky has shown she cares for others just like she cares for herself. She recently jumped on Instagram to reveal a picture of her donating blood in Lagos Island. See what she wrote, Thank you Anto.
The Governor-elect of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu met the President-elect of Lagos state today in Abuja. Vanguard says he revealed that he intends to work to end some of the challenges facing Lagos State immediately he is elected as Governor of the state. He also shared that his programmes will concentrate on the quality of lives of Lagosians. His words, “We are very excited that we have seen all the challenges and we will certainly be bringing about solutions that will very quickly solve all of our various challenges in Lagos. “We know that with a mega city of our…
Former Roma boss, Monchi has said he rejected an offer from Arsenal to join Sevilla. After exiting his role as Roma boss earlier this month, Monchi had been linked with a move to the Gunners as a replacement for departed head of recruitment Sven Mislintat. But Sevilla recently named him their sporting director, after which Monchi said this in a press conference, “I thank Arsenal for their interest. “It has been the club that has shown the most interest in me but, in the end, I evaluated all of the offers I had on the table and I chose the…
Tottenham coach, Mauricio Pochettino has said he believes Barcelona are favorites to win the Champions League because they have the best player in the world, Lionel Messi. Messi has been in amazing form, scoring two goals and two assists in Barca’s 5-1 victory over Lyon in Europe before bagging a sublime hat-trick in a recent La Liga game vs Real Betis. His words, “If there’s a favourite to win the Champions League, it’s Barcelona,” “They have players at a very high level, like Leo Messi, who is a genius and the best in the world. “Barcelona have excellent, extraordinary footballers,…
An APC chieftain, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has said INEC is working on plans to rig the governorship election in favor of Governor Nyesom Wike. INEC suspended the governorship and state assembly elections which held on Saturday, March 9, 2019 due to violence that threatened the peace of the polls. The commission has also fixed Saturday, March 23, 2019 for a supplementary election in the state. Chukwuemeka revealed that the democracy of the country will be jeopardized if INEC go on with such plans. His words, “The world is watching with breathtaking attention the funny game currently being played by…
Olakunle Churchill, Tonto Dikeh’s ex husband has revealed how he met the Nollywood actress in a night club, before they got talking from sometime and decided to get married. In a recent interview with Azuka Ogujiuba, he also revealed that he did not squat in Tonto’s house at any point in time and reports circulating are lies. Asked about what he feels about the bad press his marriage to Tonto has caused, he said, “At first l was bothered but later the whole scenario became a movie script, where the executive director, is the producer, script writer and actor all…
Chelsea do not have a choice but to keep Maurizio Sarri because no other manager will accept the job, according to Mario Melchiot. A good start to the 2018-19 campaign has been trailed by a string of terrible performances from Sarri’s team and he is now tipped for the sack but Mario is of the opinion that he will remain at the club because there are no logical replacements right now. The former Blues defender also spoke about how he could not understand how a good start from the former Napoli manager could end up badly. His words, “They might…
Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, has vowed that he plans to go to court over the decision of INEC to resume the collation of the results of March 9 governorship polls in the state. The governor described INEC’s action as illegal. INEC had gone back on its decision to suspend the collation of results in Rivers and Bauchi states. His words, “I came to brief Mr. President about the situation in my state. I briefed him on the issues surrounding the inconclusive elections. “The Returning Officer for Bauchi State, at the end of the collation, rejected the result of Tafawa…