Nollywood legend, Baba Suwe was recently discharged from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. According to his colleague, Yomi Fabiyi, effort are being made to treat him completely, which includes flying him out of the country for an operation. His words, “Veteran Actor and Comedian Babatunde Omidina a.k.a Baba Suwe has been discharged from LUTH after intense medical treatment. I can confirm to you that efforts to quickly stabilize and/or completely treat him to full wellness by medical experts at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) at the instance of Minister…
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Just after INEC resumed collation of results in the Rivers state governorship election that took place recently, PDP in Rivers State has said they are set for a remarkable victory after the exercise. PDP recently warned the electoral officer in charge of the state to not tamper with results of Rivers State because the people had already exercised their franchise in favor of Nyesom Wike. Speaking recently, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, said from the result that had been counted, Nyesom Wike has already emerge victorious. His words, “We are waiting for INEC to announce winner of…
The only team that can defeat Manchester City in this year’s Champions League is Barcelona, according to ex EPL star, Jimmy Bullard. The English side have been in outstanding form in Europe this season, finishing top of their Champions League group before dismantling Schalke 10-2 on aggregate in the last-16 stage. On Friday, The defending Premier League champions were drawn to battle domestic rivals Tottenham in the quarter-finals. Jimmy said, ‘Man City will be happy [with the quarter-final draw]. I can’t see past them right now. ‘The only team City will be worried about is Barcelona. If you play Barca…
Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede has moved on from her broken marriage with industry colleague, Olakunle Fawole. According to the beautiful moviestar, she has since put it all behind her and is now storming movie sets in a bid to ‘double her hustle’ for her son’s sake. Her words, “Certainly, my new status would impact on the type of roles I would accept. Now, I would only do big jobs that can fetch more money, because school fees is coming and the bank account has to look nice to be able to afford the expenses. I would be a lot busier…
First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari recently paid the victims of the Ita-Faji building collapse a visit. Ms Buhari offered her condolences to the victims of the incident, which claimed the lives of no fewer than 20 people, including school children. Mrs Buhari, who visited women and children wards of the hospital, prayed that God would grant the families that lost loved ones the fortitude to bear the loss. One of the victims and teacher in the school located in the collapsed building, Easter Samuel, expressed her shock over the incident. The 19-year-old teacher, who was…
Zinedine Zidane has proven his faith in his current Real Madrid team by saying he believes in all his players. He spoke about his faith in the players that delivered three UCL titles to him after Isco and Gareth Bale netted in Saturday afternoon’s 2-0 La Liga win over Celta Vigo. After his recent appointment, the Frenchman instantly altered previous decisions by Julen Lopetegui and and Santiago Solari by calling back the sidelined Keylor Navas, Marcelo, Isco, Marco Asensio and Gareth Bale in his XI. After the game, he warned everyone to not write off his players. His words, “Nobody…
Nollywood actress, Linda Osifo is pinning the blame for Etinosa‘s viral video on no one else but MC Galaxy. She is of the opinion that the singer had the right to end the video call to save Etinosa from the embarrassment she brought on herself since it looked like she did not know what she was doing. Her words, “People are going through deep things we don’t know about! Emotionally, spiritually, and in many ways and find easy comfort in substances and other stuff! Can’t say much, but no one has anyone’s back from what it seems! No one! We…
Cross Rivers state governor, Ben Ayade has reminded everyone of his commitment to making sure that the southern Senatorial District of the state produces the next governor in four years time. The governorship slot in the state has previously been rotated within the three Senatorial Districts in the state. Ex governor Donald Duke from the South served for eight years between 1999 and 2007. After his tenure, former governor Liyel Imoke from the Central also served for eight years between 2007 and 2015 while Gov. Ayade from the North was elected into office in 2015 and has won his re-election…
Manchester United midfielder, Nemanja Matic has said finishing with silverware by May would ensure it is a good season for Manchester United. Jose Mourinho got sacked with the club 11 points behind in the top four race but, 10 wins from 13 matches in the Premier League under replacement Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw them back in the running. His words, “Man City are a great team and they are fighting for the title and, like us, in the Champions League and the FA Cup. For sure they will try to win everything but we are ready to compete with them.…
MC Galaxy has revealed that he did not end the video that displayed a naked Etinosa Idemudia because she asked him not to. He shared a comment referencing this in a post by blogger Linda Ikeji hours ago. Recently, Nollywood actress, Etinosa Idemudia partook in the weekly interaction Galaxy often has with his fans and took off her clothes. MC Galaxy said, “If you watched that video, I was blocking my eyes. I couldn’t even watch it. “I even told her bye and she said if I cut the call, I will kill you, so at a point I didn’t…
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams has revealed his sadness over the deaths that occurred after the collapsed building disaster at Ita Faaji, in Lagos Island Lagos state Government had earlier said 20 people died as a result of the accident. He said he feels the many young Nigerians that died could’ve been future leaders in the country before he urged the government to ensure that such incidents don’t repeat itself. His words, “I feel sad that the lives of many of those promising adults and young pupils could be cut short in such manner. It is sad. My…
Arsenal captain, Laurent Koscielny recently subbed former boss, Arsene Wenger by implying that the London side is more intelligent under Unai Emery. Under Wenger, Arsenal FC often struggled in meetings with fellow members of the so-called ‘big six’ and the falterings were one of the reasons why they found it difficult to make the top four. But right now, the Gunners are back in the hunt for Champions League qualification this season and have moved in front of the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea in that race. A 2-0 win over the Red Devils in their last Premier League…
Days back, a video of a cute little girl expressing her utter disgust at being sent home for school fees instead of being flogged went viral. While several Nigerians praised the girl for being bold in expressing her displeasure and being prepared to learn by all means, Rhythm FM OAP, Toke Makinwa used the opportunity to blast school authorities that indulge in humiliating kids over their parent’s inability to pay their school fees. Her words, “I am so sick to my stomach watching this. No child should be put under pressure, no child should be humiliated and made to suffer…
Germany boss, Joachim Low has said Germany’s academies are slowly falling behind other European nations in producing modern footballers. Low revealed this after naming his Germany squad for this month’s friendly and European Championship qualifier matches, which included three uncapped players. His words, “The game has become more intense and even faster,” “There is less time to make decisions and fewer pockets of space you can go into. The future is to put more focus on the cognitive part of a player’s development.” In the upcoming friendly against Serbia and Euro 2020 qualifier against the Netherlands, Low wants an improved…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has said that the biggest misfortune Nigeria has ever faced is the discovery of oil and gas. He said this late on Friday during a courtesy visit by the National Executive of Nigeria Tour Operators (NATOP) to the Oonis palace in Ile-Ife. Oba Enitan said Nigerians have not succeeded in the development of the tourism potential in the country due to the discovery of crude oil. His words, “As a nation, our biggest problem has been discovering oil; we have different tourism products rich in content which are nature based, tourism is not…
Shade Ladipo has come for those who come for Davido’s girl and popular chef, Chioma. She warned all critics to leave the poor girl alone as she has been the subject of cyber bullying for quite sometime now. According to Shade, critics should stop troubling her and face Davido squarely everytime an issue with the singer is brought up. Her words in reference to Chioma and women in general, “#MyFellowHumans Unto International Women’s Day Let’s not forget to focus on who you’re insulting today But why do we do this? Pls someone help me explain #ThankYou #ShadeLadipo” The last time…
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has said he has to lift the UCL at his current club else he will be tagged a failure. He lifted the trophy twice during his time at Barcelona and has led City to the quarterfinals this year where they will face Premier League rivals Tottenham following Friday’s draw. His words, “I was judged in Munich like that, and I will be judged here,” “My standards are high, but the players, the club, the fans, if we are consistent, and humble doing what we do. I have to accept we won a lot in the…
APC’s governorship candidate in Imo State, Hope Uzodinma just blasted Governor Rochas Okorocha. Vanguard reports that Hope Uzodinma feels Rochas Okorocha should be ashamed that his plan to force his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu on the people of Imo State did not pan out as he expected. Rochas Okorocha had said that the ruling party did not succeed in Imo state because they picked Uzodinma as their candidate. Responding, Hope said, “I thought by now Okorocha should be hiding his face in shame after he lost his bid to install his son in-law and win his senatorial election. Despite all the…
chairman of the Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Musiliu Akinsanya a.k.a Mc Oluomo celebrated his birthday recently. To mark the special day, MC Oluomo shared some amazing pictures on social media and thanked his heavenly father for keeping him alive to add one more year. His words, “ALHAMDULLIA Today, I just want to thank almighty Allah for adding another year to my life. “I will put a smile on my face and won’t let the troubles of life get me down because it’s my birthday today. A very happy birthday to me!”
French forward, Olivier Giroud is still keeping the faith alive that he could regain his spot in Chelsea’s Premier League team after his amazing form in the Europa League. Giroud netted three goals in Thursday’s 5-0 thrashing of Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine making him the top scorer in he competition as at now, with nine goals in as many games. But the former Arsenal striker has only played 56 minutes of top-flight football in 2019 and has not started a game since late December. Asked if he intends to accept his bench role in the league, he said, “No chance.…