Author: David Folami

Banky W has said that the rumoured reality TV show allegedly being put together by himself and his actress wife, Adesua Etomi, is a scam He instantly refuting the claims that the rumoured show titled, “Mansions of Madness,” for which five thousand Naira is being demanded for auditions, is a 419 scam. He shared a photo of the alleged poster with 419 scam scrawled across it in red. Posters of the show, titled “Mansions of Madness” has, according to him, been circulating on Facebook.

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Adekunle Gold has shared his two cents on those who have been shaming Dorcas Shola-Fapson since revealed her alleged attempted rape by a Taxify driver. The music star who said he was surprised at the way people were blasting Shola-Fapson over the sad incident stating that comments like this cause people not to speak out when they are in trouble. Adekunle Gold made this known via his Twitter page. “When someone narrates their ordeal these days, they get bashed and judged and you wonder why people don’t speak up when they are in trouble? I am reading comments on a…

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Dele Momodu has revisited the Davido beef. He recently said that his clash with the popular singer was bigger than his battle with the ex-military Head of State, the late General Sani Abacha. He shared, “The Davido issue was my biggest battle ever. It was bigger than fighting Abacha because of the blistering popularity of David; he is an extremely popular guy and it was very unfortunate because a baby was involved; very beautiful girl, Imade. When it happened, I tried to avoid a collision with the family because I am very close to the family especially because of Ademola…

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Daddy Freeze is 100% against an abusive marriage. In a recent clip, he discussed the dangers of remaining in a bad marriage, explaining that not wanting to leave because you’re afraid of starting over is not reason enough. According to him, it is better to leave a bad marriage rather than dying in it. Daddy Freeze who split from ex-wife, Opeyemi Olarinde, over domestic violence allegations amongst other things, is currently engaged to Benedicta Elechi.

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Abdulrahman Dambazau, has blamed the increase of violence in the country on the influx of firearms as well as drug trafficking and abuse. He said, “One of the issues that came up in the communiqué was the issue of the proliferation of small arms and drug trafficking and abuse. “We also found out that these two issues are triggers to the violence taking place in this country. “Without the fire arms and drugs, those who partake in violence would not have the courage to carry out the kind of violence taking place in this country. “As a follow-up I called…

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Lai Mohammed has described the letter by former president Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election as a distraction. He said “We believe that Chief Obasanjo, because of his very busy schedule, may not have been fully availed of developments in the government’s efforts to revamp the economy, which was battered by the consequences of over-dependence on a commodity as well as unprecedented pillaging of the treasury,” the minister said. “Today, most of the indices by which an economy is measured are looking up. Permit me to say, however, that Nigeria would not have exited recession through…

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Bashir El-Rufai appeared to sub former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, in a social media post over his public criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Bashir took to his Twitter account (@BashirElRufai) to direct a sarcastic remark at the former president. He posted, “Once again, Obasanjo’s Messiah Complex manifests itself. The only Saint in Nigeria.” The post led into a war of words between him and Reno Omokri, aide to former president, Goodluck Jonathan. Omokri responded to Bashir’s tweet by noting that Obasanjo aided his father’s political career to which Bashir said was none of his business. Omokri later called Bashir out…

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Ayodele Fayose, has told former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, to use his own advise and stop meddling in Nigeria’s politics after his public criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He said, “President Buhari should heed ex-President Obasanjo’s advice and go home and rest. President Buhari has overstayed his welcome. “Obasanjo himself should heed his own advice to Buhari by also going home to rest. Both Obasanjo and Buhari are analogue in this digital age and have expired. “Damning as the Obasanjo letter was and although it makes some sense, the writer is not deserving of the letter. “He was the leader…

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Tunde Giwa-Daramola has urged the youth to participate in the ongoing voter registration to be able to vote in the 2019 General Elections. “This is the right time for Akoko youths to vote for reliable candidates who will protect their interest at the state and federal levels. “The first step is to ensure that you all register in the ongoing exercise in order to cast your votes come 2019. “If we want to improve the situation of our roads, power and security in Akoko land, our youths must be actively involved in the electoral process,’’ he said. Giwa-Daramola urged the…

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Lai Mohammed has said President Olusegun Obasanjo’s busy schedule might have prevented him from noticing President Muhammadu Buhari’s government effort in revamping the economy. “We believe that Chief Obasanjo, because of his very busy schedule, may not have been fully availed of developments in the government’s efforts to revamp the economy, which was battered by the consequences of over-dependence on a commodity as well as unprecedented pillaging of the treasury,” a statement from Mohammed read. “Chief Obasanjo is a patriot, and he has proven this time and time again. We appreciate what he said concerning the administration’s performance in two…

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Oby Ezekwesili, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of paying more attention to the search for crude oil than the life of an average Nigerian. “The fight for the Chibok girls is the fight for the soul of Nigeria,” BBOG members declared as they marched under the scorching sun of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. “You have been sent out to stop us?” Ezekwesili queried the Police officers. “But let remind you that we are also standing for the policewomen, your colleagues, who were taken into captivity by Boko Haram on their way to bury their colleague. Has your government acknowledged that…

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Nasiru El-Rufa’i has warned the youths against migrating illegally out of the country, saying rather, they should remain, work hard and build bright future for themselves. “Illegal migration is an unusual type of brain drain with several devastating effects synonymous with modern day slavery. “The youth population in Nigeria nurture the wrong impression that Europe and the West are greener, whereas, unknown to them. the condition of living there is hard, unsympathetic and devoid of community life that accommodates the interest of one another.” He pledged to partner with the NYSC and PAIGAS in this respect. El-Rufa’i also assured that…

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Gov. Rochas Okorocha has said three persons had died of Lassa fever while seven others were hospitalised. He expressed regret over the disease and the cautioned citizens against unhygienic habits and body contact. “This morning, we woke up to hear from relevant agencies that Lassa fever has killed three people while seven others are hospitalised. “This number is too large for a state and we are very concerned over the speed of spread of the disease in Orlu and other parts of the state. “You are aware that the major cause of this disease is a particular kind of rat…

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Yahaya Bello has urged his friends, associates and well wishers who are planning to rejoice with him for his second anniversary as governor in media advertorials to donate the money to a government-run charity instead. He begged those considering placing goodwill messages as advertorial in the media, as his administration clocks two years on January 27, to donate to the Kogi State Poor and Vulnerable fund. The governor set up the fund to give the poor and vulnerable in the state a new lease of life as it was utilised mainly to offset medical bills of people who otherwise would…

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Manchester United should battle it out with Manchester City for Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte, according to Gary Neville. Laporte could move to the Etihad Stadium before next week’s transfer deadline. He tweeted: “In my very short time in Spain we played them three times. This lad can play. Get in United. “It’s really hard to get players out of Bilbao and costly but this lad is a very good player.” Valencia met Athletic Club in La Liga and the Europa League during Neville’s time in Spain, winning once and losing twice.

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Granit Xhaka has supported Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan to be a success at Arsenal if he joins in exchange for Alexis Sanchez. “I read that in 2009 he said that he likes Arsenal. “I’m sure the style of play here would suit him. Every player has their own qualities. He is a great footballer, so let’s just see what happens. “It was tough to play against him. To be honest, I would rather have played alongside him. He is a player who is obviously very good and has lots of good qualities as well.” “We played many times against…

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Jurgen Klopp has expressed regret after reacting angrily to a Swansea supporter during Liverpool’s shock 1-0 defeat at the Liberty Stadium. “He was shouting at me all the time and I reacted once,” Klopp said. “I must remind myself I’m a human being and not just a professional manager who takes that all the time. “They can say whatever they want, at one point I turned to him and said, ‘Please!’ “It was only one moment when I had enough, it wasn’t to do with the fact we were 1-0 down. I’m sure I am not the first manager who…

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Manchester City may have had some of the pressure lifted from them by no longer trying to go through the season unbeaten, according to defender John Stones. “We obviously wanted that and I’m sure every team does but it’s such a difficult thing to do,” he said. “The four competitions we’re still in, the amount of games compared to some other teams, you know it takes a toll, no matter how much you rotate the squad. “I think sometimes you’ve got to hold your hands up and say “we gave it our best shot ” which we did. We didn’t…

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