The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Governor Nyesom Wike is the brain behind the rigging of the recent governorship election in the state. The ruling party said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) is working directly with the governor to alter the results of the election at the Government House. As per a report from Daily Post, the APC also praised the Nigerian Army for maintaining peace in the state. The party’s spokesman, Chris Finebone, revealed all this in a recent statement. The statement read, “With regard to the governorship election in Rivers State, we…
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said he is not concerned about INEC’s declaration of Saturday’s governorship election in the state as inconclusive. He said it did not faze him because he knew he would be in front after the supplementary election. His words, “I am comfortable because my party has the majority in the state. I am not contemplating of winning because I know I will surely win. “APC cannot come overnight and get more votes than me. “My party won all the three senatorial seats, six out of 11 House of Representatives seats and 18 House of…
APC member and senator representing Akwa Ibom North West senatorial district, Godswill Akpabio, has said Governor Udom Emmanuel’s win in Saturday’s governorship election is a bought victory that has to be reclaimed. PDP candidate, Udom Emmanuel was announced as the winner with a total 519,712 votes to defeat his competition from APC, Nsima Ekere who came behind with 171,978 votes. But speaking recently, Godswill said it was too soon for Governor Emmanuel to jubilate over his victory, adding that APC would do all it can to strip him off his office. He said the results differed from the ones announced…
President Muhammadu Buhari is presently meeting behind closed doors with six governors from the north and the Ekiti State Governor at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The re-elected President went back to Abuja around 1pm today after staying in his hometown, Daura for five days where he went to exercise his franchise for the governorship and state assembly elections. The Governors involved are Yahaya Bello of Kogi state, Nasir el-Rufai, of Kaduna state, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state, Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara state, Abubakar Badaru, Jigawa state, Kassim Shetima of Borno state and Fayemi Kayode of Ekiti state. We await the outcome.
Manchester United’s future stars are very hungry for success after tasting life at the big stage against Paris Saint-Germain, according to 18-year-old midfielder Angel Gomes. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer risked it all by bringing on 17-year-old striker Mason Greenwood as the game against the French giants neared its closing stages. Tahith Chong, 19, also got subbed on for his chance to shine with Angel Gomes also on the bench. Angel said, “I think there were eight players who have come through the academy that came on the trip and it just shows how much the club has an interest in the…
Wales winger, Gareth Bale is holding on to see the plans Zidane has for him at the Bernabeu before he decides on what his next step would be, Jonathan Barnett has said. The relationship between Bale and Zidane got weak towards the end of last season before Zidane’s initial exit. After Bale’s wondergoal in the UCL final, he said after the game that he would “seriously consider” his future at the club because of the limited opportunities he was getting on the pitch. Former Spanish manager, who was employed at the time, Julen Lopetegui then convinced the former Spurs attacker…
Real Madrid new manager, Zinedine Zidane recently spoke about a “2nd project” and continuously mentioned “changes” to a squad he felt needed renewing in a recent interview. He said, “I am looking forward to this second project, with the president, the club and the fans,” “It is a great challenge, I know that, but I am really looking forward to it, to returning to coach. I want to work again and put this club back where it should be. The only thing for me is to start work tomorrow.” The changes statement instantly began speculations that Gareth Bale his reached…
Bayern Munich goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer has said “it’s about time” for the German giants to defeat a European giant as they get ready to battle Liverpool in their own stadium on Wednesday. After the first match ended in a stalemate, Bayern Munich will hope their recent dazzling form can come to play to secure an important UCL victory that will seal qualification into the quarterfinals of the competition. His words, “It’s a final tomorrow. Two top teams. It was close in the reverse fixture and both sides were keen to avoid mistakes,” “But our stadium will be on fire tomorrow.…
Manchester United captain, Ashley Young has come out to seek for improved protection from football chiefs after a pitch invader had a face off with Chris Smalling during the EPL clash against Arsenal. The cops recently confirmed that the culprit had been arrested on suspicion of common assault and pitch invasion that took place during the celebrations that trailed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s penalty to seal the victory for the London side. This incident came hours after a fan was charged for assaulting Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish during their victory against Birmingham at St Andrew’s. Young said, “What message can you put…
Chronic feminist, Chimamanda Adichie has advised women to wear whatever pleases them. She revealed this in a recent interview with CNN’s special program on Africa, “African Voices.” She shared that it is vital for women to not do anything to make others happy. Her words, “Wear what you want to wear. I say that as kind of a joke. But in a larger sense, I think it would be, don’t think you have to do what people want you to do. Increasingly, in part of growing older for me, I’m 41, and when I was 30, when I was 27,…
Nollywood legend, Genevieve Nnaji is presently touring the world with her movie, “Lionheart.” It was recently screened for a select audience at Bonhams African Art gallery in London to celebrate the 2019 International Women’s day. Genevieve also replied questions from CNN’s Tom Bouchier Hayes after the movie screening. “Lionheart” discusses the story of Adaeze, played by Genevieve Nnaji, who went through a lot to make her father proud. To rescue her dad’s ailing bus company, qualified but always overlooked Adaeze must find a way to work with feckless uncle Godswill, in the beautiful and comically observed movie.
Toyin Aimakhu has stepped forward to refute every report saying she is pregnant. The Nollywood beauty revealed this when she was faced with the pregnancy question on her Instagram page, she replied immediately that she is not expecting and has actually been sick for a while. The fan asked, ’mamatriplet33_official Sis you are pregnant….congratulations ❤️❤️❤️,” Her words, “@jasminesarah803 fake news, I am just getting better I was very strong.” She is no stranger to rumors about her though as she blasted rumor-mongers recently for saying she was about to get married to another colleague in the industry. Her words, “It…
Beef is in the air right now after Duncan Mighty blasted Magnito on Instagram over the visuals to his new tune “Genevieve.” that they both featured in. Duncan Mighty took the Instagram today to call out the rapper for the editing job on the video. He said, after assisting Magnito by featuring on the record and boarding a plane from PH into Lasgidi for the video shoot, the editing of the video was something he was not pleased with. His words, “This big fool @magnetofreshout u brought a beat with no vibe no hook no chorus and said I should…
In a recent interview with Vice News, Davido has said music is behind Africa’s greatness. He also revealed the names of Nigerian musicians that have played their own part in the development of Afrobeat globally. He then shared that the songs he is feeling right now are Offset’s ‘Father of 4’ and ‘Championships’ by Meek Mill. Recently, Davido was a guest at Channels 4 News studios where he discussed his success, politics and coping with the police barging into his home incident in the US.
Mega Billionaire, Femi Otedola recently shared an old family photo that included him and his daughters to celebrate International Women’s Day. He shared the pic that displayed DJ Cuppy, Temi and Christy Otedola on Instagram with these words, “Happy International Women’s Day to my three Angels …” The obvious family recently visited his mum, admitting that he is a mummy’s boy. Femi is worth about US$550 million.
Beautiful Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede just shared photos from her maternity shoot in 2018. Her son is already delivered and is named Xavier Jegede Fawole. See photos, Her marriage ended recently after the birth of Xavier and Yvonne spoke to Pulse days back to speak about it. Her words, “We started having issues before the birth of Xavier. I think I was about two to three months pregnant when the issues came. Immediately the issues came, there was never a dull moment, it just kept going up and up and it got worse and it got bad and today here…
Davido has revealed that he just bought his personal assistant, Lati Biola a brand new car. Sharing a video and pic of the automobile, he wrote, “Uve been looking after me since I was 13 !!! Your probably the only one that I know would do the same if we switched positions !! LOVE YOU MY BROTHER ! MY BACK BONE!! ENJOY THIS SMALL GIFT! @lt_ddon …… NAH ME PICK LATI CALL LAS LAS 🤗😫” Lati was very grateful. He shared, “I have known you since you were 10years old , that was when I lost both my parents .…
Tonto Dikeh and Oladunni Churchill are not done with their battle. Sometime last week, Oladunni shared court documents claiming that Tonto had complete custody of their son. Responding, the Nollywood actress revealed that she was the sole bread winner in the union and she was responsible for Oladunni’s feeding and clothing. See what she shared,
Endowed actress, Nkechi Blessing has revealed that she engages in sexual intercourse everyday. She made the statement as she warned other actresses to stop gossiping about her person or they should be ready for war. She even called the most colleagues “stupid.” She said that she is prepared to put a stop to the gossiping among professionals in the industry. Her words, “Quick question,Have you Ever seen a 30 year old Virgin?..Not sure have seen one🤣🤣🤣…I don’t even remember telling anyone I was one🤷🏻♀️…Why bother ur head carrying gist of who I choose to F**K when I obviously do that…
Rhythm FM OAP, Toke Makinwa has shared a post on Instagram revealing how she has gone through a lot, face too many craziness and now deserve any happiness that comes her way. She shared on the gram, ‘I’ve had so much crazy shit happen to me that being happy and in a place of peace almost scares me. I’ve had too many “almost” moments but then I heard the spirit whisper to me. Don’t judge my happy, I spent so long being sad, it’s my turn now.” When advised by a concerned fan to get herself a guy, she said,…