Author: David Folami

This is the season of raunchy photos for celebrities as former Big Brother Naija reality show contestant, Gifty, goes topless in a new photo shoot. She didn’t just go topless but the photo came out really good with the reality star looking like a goddess. The beautiful and sometimes controversial Gifty took to her Instagram page on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, where she shared the photo with a caption “Shhh….Welcome To My World. I Am Who I Am.” Gifty loves her over 200 thousand followers so much and loves to keep them updated on how she continues to glow. This…

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Kiss Daniel is searching for the fan who returned his jewelry that fell off his neck during the just concluded BBK home coming. He said he has something to give back to the awesome guy. “I really wanna appreciate the fan that gave back my chain when it fell off last night. Thanks a lot. Tag him pls, I have something for him,” he tweeted. We pray he locates the fan who saved him the stress of buying another jewelry. Well, let’s just say one good turn deserves another and that is what exactly happened to Kiss Daniel as we…

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Banky W has done it again as he has been named Uber’s 1st ambassador in Nigeria. “One of my favourite quotes is the one that says: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a meal. Teach a man to fish and you’ve fed him for life.” I believe very strongly in putting the people around me in a position to be more successful. My driver @lado212 is an awesome guy.. and I wanted him to be able to earn more than just his salary & tips, so I got a small car and we put it on…

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The Enugu state police command has called on victims who were allegedly assaulted at Flavour’s concert to come out to testify. Ebere Amaraizu released a statement explaining that the force had not received any reports of rape and would appreciate if the victims would come forward and testify. “The newspaper report (of the mass rape), which is based on a Twitter message in the social media, is unfounded and we cannot operate on speculations as a law enforcement agency. Till now, nobody has come forward to report any case of sexual assault or molestation and rape to the Command. However,…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of using the fight against Boko Haram to siphoning funds for the 2019 general elections. The party urged Nigerians to reject and resist the renewed attempt by the Presidency to “help itself with the huge sums of money”, adding that the $1 billion is meant to finance President Buhari’s interests in the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention and 2019 Presidential campaign. “It has since come to light that the Buhari administration is using the fight against insurgency as a conduit to siphon funds, as evidenced in the…

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Kaduna State Government has said it will require up to 65.5 billion dollars to address the state’s infrastructure challenges over the next 30 years. El Rufai stressed that the long term infrastructure master plan summarised the infrastructure target of the state aimed at providing job opportunities and making lives better for the people. “The breakdown of the future infrastructural developments between now to 2050, include, the transportation sector which would require N8 trillion while N5.1 billion would be required annually in the education sector to build about 9,006 schools including tertiary institutions. “Other sectors include, the health system which would…

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The Presidency has begged Nigerians to count the blessings that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had brought to the country’s economy rather than listening to voices of critics with selfish ambitions. According to him, the Federal Government is still working hard to ensure that every citizen can feel the change for which they massively voted in 2015. “We are only saying that we must learn to pause and count our blessings. “The loud voices of critics with selfish ambitions and ulterior motives should not be a veil that keeps Nigerians blind to the many ways God has blessed us…

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Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State has inaugurated Blue Camel Renewable Solar Power Assembly Plant and Renewable Energy Training Academy in Kaduna. The governor said at the launch in Kaduna that the plant was important to the Kaduna State Government “because we believe that renewable energy and solar energy were the future of the developing world. “The world today has become mobile, personal, decentralised and aggregated with the rapid drop in components required to make solar energy.” He explained that “today, we laid the foundation for the democratisation of electric energy to every home and every school in Kaduna State.” According…

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The Presidency has asked Nigerians to pause and count the many blessings of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to the country’s economy. “The presidency wants Nigerians to count the blessings that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has brought to the country’s economy, irrespective of the other areas where the government is still working hard to ensure that every citizen can feel the change for which they massively voted in 2015,” Shehu said. “We wish, however, to caution that these comments should not be misconstrued as denying that there is more that needs to be done, as the current administration is…

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The operators of the Private Sector Participation (PSP) have been reinstated to commence waste collection on the streets of Lagos alongside Visionscape, we can report. This resolution arrives on the heels of months of dispute between the operators of PSP, the government and the managers of Visionscape. Visionscape was tasked with bringing the State’s Cleaner Lagos Initiative to fruition. At the meeting which held at the Ministry of Environment, Ikeja and chaired by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment, Mr David Hunpe, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode asked all PSP operators on the Lagos mainland and across the State, to…

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Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his commitment towards keeping Nigerian youths busy with jobs by protecting the economy and securing the future of the country. Femi Adesina noted that the signing of the agreement will expose the industries and small businesses to external pressures and competitions, which could lead to closures and job losses. He said, “We are not enthusiastic about signing the EPA because of our largely youthful population. We are still struggling to provide jobs for them, and we want our youths to be kept busy. “Presently, our industries cannot compete with the more efficient and highly technologically driven…

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Goodluck Jonathan has said he knows nothing about any operation by a foreign data company called Cambridge Analytica to influence the results of the 2015 presidential election in his favour. According to a report by AFP, the former president’s spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze, said he had nothing to do with the firm’s operation in Nigeria. While answering questions on Thursday, April 5, 2018, Eze said, “He (Jonathan) wasn’t aware of it. The best thing to do is to wait for the conclusion of the investigation.” Despite the firm’s operation that included a video that displayed graphic violence and portrayed Buhari as…

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Nigeria would soon establish a consulate in northern part of Benin Republic to provide diplomatic services to its citizens in the area, Nigeria’s Ambassador in Cotonou, Kayode Oguntuase, has said. “We are in the process of establishing consulate office in other parts of Benin Republic, especially the northern side, because of the distance that our people have to cover when coming to Cotonou. “For the time being, our consulate officials always go to these places every week to ensure that the needs of our people are provided for them, especially in terms of documentation. “We are committed to ensuring that…

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Muhammadu Buhari may be paying a visit to United States president, Donald Trump, in the North American country on April 19, 2018. According to reports, the president will travel from the United Kingdom (UK) where he’s scheduled to commence his annual leave on Monday, April 9. It’s unclear when the president’s leave will be over as he’s also scheduled to attend the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting holding at the Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace and Windsor Castle between April 16 and April 20. Buhari’s meeting with Trump will be the second between the two world leaders after they…

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Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco complained Barcelona received help from the referee on Wednesday as the La Liga leaders “unfairly” inflicted a 4-1 defeat on the Italians in the Champions League. The Dutch referee ruled Nelson Semedo’s challenge on Dzeko in the ninth minute was legal and determined that Samuel Umtiti’s first-half foul on Lorenzo Pellegrini was outside the box. “It’s going to be very difficult to qualify from here but it would be less difficult if the referee hadn’t helped them, especially with the big decisions,” Di Francesco said in his postgame news conference. “But we made mistakes and…

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Jurgen Klopp has said “no one was in the dressing room dancing” after Liverpool’s Champions League quarterfinal with Manchester City after Wednesday’s night 3-0 win, insisting it was only “half-time” and that Pep Guardiola’s side still have the ability to turn to the tie around. Klopp said: “I am too long in the business. Being against us 3-0 down, [City] need to open up a little, maybe we can use it. I don’t know. “But it is not decided. It is better than 1-0, it’s better than 3-1, it’s much better than 3-2. But it’s only half-time. No one was…

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said there should be no comparisons between his first goal for LA Galaxy and the bicycle kick Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Real Madrid in the Champions League win over Juventus on Tuesday. “I think it’s a big difference, because he scored in the Champions League, I scored in MLS,” Ibrahimovic said. “It’s a big difference. “A goal is a goal. If you can help your team to score a goal, it’s important, however you score. But when you score beautiful, of course, it’s more … nice, let’s say, that it’s beautiful. It feels really good.” Later, when…

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Samuel Umtiti has said his goal celebration during Wednesday’s 4-1 Champions League quarterfinal first-leg win over Roma was not connected to his current contract situation. “It was not a [special message], I [just] wanted to say that I love this club,” Umtiti said. “I have nothing much else to say. I just stick to playing and doing well on the pitch. That is the most important for me. That is what I will keep trying to do. The rest are things that come out in the press — some true, some false — but I focus on football.” Umtiti, under…

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Wissam Ben Yedder has said that Sevilla can still reach the Champions League semifinals despite losing at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarterfinal. France forward Ben Yedder, whose two goals beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in the previous round, refused to rule out another famous away win in the second leg in Munich. “It’s going to be difficult, but anything is possible,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. “We’ll go for it and try to get a good result at their place. They did that at ours, so why not do it there and…

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Arsene Wenger is viewing a sharper Alexandre Lacazette in training these days, and says it’s clear the France striker “was not himself” in the weeks before his knee surgery. “I realise now when I see him in training that he was not himself for a while, that explains why his goals dried up,” Wenger said ahead of Thursday’s Europa League game against CSKA Moscow. “He always was adamant that he was OK, but players are like that. He was a good player before, but I think in the last seven or eight games he played he was not completely free…

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