The Senior Pastor of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to adopt him as their consensus presidential candidate in 2019. He said “In sincere humility and deference to our democratic institutions, I appeal to the APC and PDP to subscribe to this ideal by adopting me as a consensus presidential candidate at the next elections. “I ask the APC and PDP, respectfully, within the confines of conventional propriety, to temporise and observe a peaceful hiatus in the commonality of the Nigerian brotherhood, and embrace me…
Author: David Folami
Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday congratulated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi for his victory in the polls. He also advised Fayemi to forge ahead with the quest to unite the Yoruba nation, especially, through regional integration and economic transformation of the Southwest geo-political zone. He also urged him to justify the confidence the Ekiti electorate had reposed in him by voting for him during the governorship election. Ambode alaso commended President Muhammadu Buhari, the leadership and members of APC and its supporters for the hard-fought victory.…
Falz recently narrated an incident where he almost lost his life as he was shot at by armed robbers on his way to a show. ”This was in November 2013, after I had just gotten my first 1M Naira cheque for a performance, we had travelled to Abuja for a wedding where we performed and that was the first time I was being paid an amount that huge, then we had to go to Benin for Industry Nite. There was no plane on ground, so me and my guys had to do a road trip all the way to Benin…
Falz has unveiled the first signing of his Bahd Guy record label in the person of talented singer, Sir Dauda. At the Trace Live ‘Becoming Falz The Bahd Guy’ event, which held on Friday, July 13, Falz had brought out Sir Dauda on stage during his set, where he officially welcomed the singer to the Bahd Guy family and presented him with a gold chain to the delight of the crowd. ”This guy here is the future”, Falz boldly declared during the welcoming process. The duo then proceeded to perform the hit single, Boogie from Falz’s third studio album, 27,…
The final season of “Game of Thrones” is going to be bloodier and more emotionally torturous than preceding seasons, Sophie Turner reveals. In a recent interview with Gold Derby, the actress who plays Sansa Stark on the show destroys any hope fans had for a diplomatic and less violent finale “I can tell you that there’s definitely a coming together of people,” Turner told Gold Derby. “Everyone is coming together to fight the impending doom. There’s a lot of tension between these little groups, battling for what they think is right. It’s Game of Thrones, so it’s going to be…
Sweet Revenge, a Nigerian movie shot by a Canadian/Nigeria film director, Pascal Atuma has made Kevin hart’s Just for Laugh Festival top 10 final shortlisted films in North America. The movie – short film – will contest for the top five most popular comedy films which would be selected by fans to be screened at the Just For Laughs Festival on Thursday, July 26, 7 pm at the Phi Centre, Montreal. Produced By Ola George & Pascal Atuma for Diamond Pictures Inc, Toronto, Canada, the movie stars Naomi Sundiata Nelson Morris, Lou Daniels, Bebe Obi- Okoye, Wendy German and Razie…
Chimamanda Adichie has said that women are the same as men and not special. In her address, Adichie said that women should not be treated as special but as human beings. “Women are not special, they are just human. Women are as human as men. women are not little gods that have to be worshipped. The danger of this thinking that women are somehow special, are somehow morally better is that if this is true there is a certain level of autonomy they can never truly have” she said. She also broke down how the world treats women differently from…
Ramsey Nouah has revealed how a female fan once slipped her pant in his pocket while saying he looked so cute. Speaking with Punch, the actor said the incident which was the most embarrassing in her career happened during a journey to the United States of America. He said: “There was a cocktail event many years ago in the United States and I was talking to some dignitaries about business, work and other things when a lady came and whispered in my ear, “You’re so cute” while slipping her hand in my pocket. As she left, I reached for my…
Reality star Kylie Jenner is on her way to becoming the first billionaire model in history. Jenner, who turns 21 on August 10, 2018 currently worth $900 million according to Forbes Magazine. It also says that Jenner, in part, built her company by leveraging her huge social media platforms, which has been the key to its rapid growth. The young Jenner outsources her production to an Oxnard, California-based manufacturer and sells it all through the online platform Shopify. In the interview with Forbes, Jenner said: “Social media is an amazing platform. I have such easy access to my fans and…
Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi made the list of ex-president of U.S., Barack Obama’s recommended books to read for 2018 summer. Obama, America’s first black president made the announcement when he took to his Twitter and Facebook handles to announce that he would be visiting Africa for the first time since he left office. For Obama, Africa had always remained a source of inspiration for him especially through the continent’s literary tradition. “Over the years since, I’ve often drawn inspiration from Africa’s extraordinary literary tradition. As I prepare for this trip, I wanted to share a list of books that…
Ebuka met his darling wife, Cynthia on social media – Twitter to be specific – before they got married two years ago and we have proof. During her Instagram story for the day, Cynthia was asked on how she met her husband, and she simply replied with the word, Twitter. When queried further on who made the first move, Cynthia disclosed that Ebuka sent the first text. In 2017, Ebuka’s friend and singer, Banky W had revealed that he slid into his wife, Adesua Etomi‘s DM (Direct Message) and asked if they could be friends. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu got married to…
With 20 Primetime Emmy Awards in its kitty, HBO’s “Game of Thrones” leads the nominations of the 70th edition of the annual Primetime Emmy Awards. On Thursday, July 12, the nominees for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards – the 70th edition – was announced by actress, Samira Wiley and actor Ryan Eggold. On the nomination list, Game of Thrones and Westworld, emerged the most-nominated dramas with 22 nominations each – including the awards’ technical categories. Newly returning to the Emmys race, Game of Thrones after a brief hiatus in 2017, the HBO power drama has Lena Headey nominated for Supporting…
Professor Jerry Gana, an ex-Minister of Information, has said Nigeria may collapse if the political party he belongs to, Social Democratic Party, SDP, is not given the opportunity to rescue the country. Gana said that he is concerned at the real prospect of Nigeria imploding unless the SDP comes to the rescue. “Being a patriotic and committed democrat who has carried a burden for the rapid, effective and even development of the country for decades, I am deeply concerned at the very real prospect of Nigeria imploding unless our great party comes to together. The professor said he has what…
A civil society group, the Nigerian Youth Impact Movement, has condemned recent comments credited to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state. Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives had blamed the killings in some parts of Nigeria on the failure of leadership. “The growing spate of mindless shedding of innocent blood has brought a new dimension to the reprehensible state of insecurity in the country. That is not what Nigerians voted for in 2015″ Tambuwal announced. In a reaction, the youth group however described Tambuwal’s comments as “disheartening” adding that the Governor had “no moral right to cast…
Despite being accused of forging her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate, Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, has been elected to head the board of African Export-Import Bank. Adeosun was elected during the annual general meeting and 25th anniversary of AFREXIMBANK in Abuja. The embattled minister will be succeeding the outgoing chairman of the Bank and Minister of Finance of the Republic of Rwanda, Ndagijimana Uzziel. Adeosun will be holding this position on a one-year period. She had been accused of parading a fake NYSC certificate after failing to serve upon her graduation from the University of East London…
The emergence of Adams Oshiomhole as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress has been faulted by the chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Buba Galadima. In Galadima’s letter dated July 4, 2018, the R-APC leader told the electoral body that the Congresses leading up to the National Convention of the party were marred with serious irregularities and manipulations. “I write as a foundation member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a member of its Board of Trustees, National Caucus and an automatic delegate at its National Convention, to bring to your notice that on 23rd June,…
Uche Secondus, led other leaders of the party to the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Thursday, July 12, 2018, to submit a petition about police brutality in Ekiti State. The party’s petition comes just a day after it raised alarm over alleged inhumane treatment of Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, in the hands of security operatives, claiming that he was ‘teargassed’ and attacked on Wednesday, July 11. The party took to its official Twitter account (@OfficialPDPNig) to notify the public of the petition, posting, “The @OfficialPDPNig leaders are in front of the @nassnigeria to submit petition on the brutality…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is to meet with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Saturday ahead of 2019 polls. Uche Secondus made this known in Abeokuta while addressing journalists after a meeting between the executive members of the party in Ogun and the PDP NWC. The Chairman who described Obasanjo as a “warrior” who had fought many battles, explained that the consultation had become necessary to get direction from the former president and tap from his wealth of experience. Secondus insisted that : “Mother of all corruption is happening under Buhari’s government. “This…
Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has accused security agents deployed to monitor the governorship election in the state of bias. Fayose also said that the police frustrated the good intentions of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said “I want to state expressly that police have hijacked the whole process, INEC might mean well but the process was tampered with by the police “As I speak, thugs are having a field day snatching ballot boxes under police watch, this is a national disgrace “There were cases of not only ballot snatching, but ballot cleansing and clearing, as the police…
Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna under the All Progressives Congress party says he is yet to defect from APC to any other party. He said that consultations were still ongoing with regard to his future in the party. “I am yet to defect or decamp or migrate from the APC to any other party. “However, discussions and consultations are ongoing as regard to our future in the Party. “Decision will be taken in a matter of week or two whether to remain in the party or migrate. “When the time comes, I will make a formal announcement on the floor…