Author: David Folami

Temi Otedola is not a happy woman right now. The beautiful daughter of billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola took to her Twitter page on Tuesday, where she dropped the news. According to her someone else was using her credit card to shop online while she was asleep. “Damn. Woke up to find out someone had been online shopping with my card whilst I slept. Card fraud is savage. Now I’m away from home till Thursday with a cancelled card,” she tweeted. She however doesn’t want this sad event to spoil her mood as she went to tweet about having just…

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This new year, it’s simply out with the old for Selena Gomez. The actress and producer cleaned house on social media, unfollowing nearly 300 people on Instagram. The move comes about a month after Gomez, 25, made her Instagram account private following a “hurtful” Billboard magazine profile. She changed it back to public shortly thereafter. So who got cut from the most-followed person on Instagram’s list? Gigi Hadid, Camila Cabello, Gomez’s former Wizards of Waverly Place co-stars, and the cast of the Netflix show she produces, 13 Reasons Why. Even Demi Lovato got unfollowed, despite the longtime friends making up…

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The jet-setting, continent-hopping rapper Ludacris and wife Eudoxie Bridges make it look easy. Feel free to be jealous of rap royalty Ludacris and wife Eudoxie, as the pair celebrate their third weeding anniversary in grand style by traveling and turning the world’s exclusive beach-front paradises into their personal playground. Luda’s wife Eudoxiee shared adorable photos of she and her life partner Ludacris.

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Farruko’s remix of his Latin trap hit “Krippy Kush” with Bad Bunny and Rvssian, featuring Nicki Minaj and 21 Savage, isn’t just the Puerto Rican artist’s first charting track on the Billboard Hot 100 — the super-collab also marks his first time working with a major English-speaking artist. As a fiery new music video pushes the track to No. 88 on the chart dated Jan. 6, Farruko explains how his biggest foray into the U.S. market to date came together. “Krippy Kush” is your first venture into Latin trap music rather than reggaetón. What inspired the shift? I really wanted…

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Snoop Dogg has offered former boxing champ Mike Tyson expert advice on what marijuana strains to grow on on his new cannabis farm. Tyson broke ground last month on a facility in the California desert that will grow high-quality weed on 40 acres of land in California City, just 60 miles southwest of Death Valley. And Snoop – who already has his own line of cannabis products – is going to be there for the former boxing heavyweight champion to give tips on the trade. ‘Snoop has reached out to Tyson with tips on what strains to grow,’ an insider…

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Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has praised President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies for killing the alleged mastermind of the January 1 massacre in the state. In a broadcast to residents of the state on Monday, January 8, 2018, Wike also criticised his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi. STATE BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY, NYESOM EZENWO WIKE CON, GSSRS ON THE KILLING OF THE NOTORIOUS CULTIST, MURDERER AND KIDNAPPER, JOHNSON IGWEDIBIA (ALIAS DON WANNY) My dear people of Rivers State On the first of January 2018, the entire State and the country at large was traumatized by the callous murder of 23 innocent…

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Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has said the choice of Chief Gani Adams as Aare Ona Kakanfo is divine, pledging to give him all the needed support. Ambode expressed the belief of Lagos State in the candidature of Adams and assured him of massive support and prayers. “This visit is not ordinary; it is significant and it also shows that we are the embodiment of the Yoruba heritage. “We support fully your ascension to the title of Aare Ona Kakanfo. “This title is one of the most significant titles that bind the Yoruba culture and heritage,” he said. “We…

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Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that the country’s security agencies are committed to bringing the perpetrators of the attacks that have led to the death of 71 people in Benue State to justice. President Buhari tweeted on his official Twitter account (@MBuhari), “I just met with the Governor of Benue State. I assured Governor Ortom of our total commitment to the security of lives & property in Benue and elsewhere. We have deployed additional security resources to fish out the attackers, bring them to justice, and prevent further attacks.” Since the attacks were revealed on January 2, Governor Ortom has publicly…

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Sen. Walid Jibrin, the Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) recently said that the party was working to present the best presidential candidate from the North in 2019. “All of us as a party have agreed that the President of Nigeria should come from the North in 2019. “I enjoin you to support the North to bring and give us capable presidential candidate. “We are all doing what we can in the North with all the leaders to identify who is the best candidate to rule this country. “The best person that will take power from the…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to proceed with the proposed Jan. 13 rerun election for Anambra Central Senatorial District. Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu revealed this recently. “PDP was declared the winner in the election and certificate of return was issued to Sen. Uche Ekwunife, and she was there for more than a year. “Her victory was contested by Chief Victor Umeh of APGA that he should have been declared winner having won the highest number of votes. “The votes were recounted and Ekwunife’s victory was upheld before Umeh proceeded to the Court…

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The Presidency has said it is determined to bring up short and long term solutions to frequent conflicts between farmers and herdsmen across the country, a presidential spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, has said. Garba Shehu disclosed this recently. “The President is conscious of his duty to Nigerians, not least because he is held accountable for everything that goes wrong. “He deeply sympathises with the families and all the other direct and indirect victims of this violence. He is determined to bring it to a permanent end’’. “While there are many Nigerians who see the conflict between the nomadic herdsmen and…

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Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State recently said that he once washed corpses abroad just to pay his way through school. “I left Nigeria in 1963 to study abroad, but throughout my stay there, I was washing dead bodies to support myself to go to school,” TheCable quotes Ajimobi as saying. “Whenever I got home from work, I will be weeping, remembering the number of dead bodies I washed. “My boss at work then said I should not be afraid or fear, adding that such feeling is normal for first comers. “He encouraged me to always see those dead bodies…

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Maikanti Baru has said the country has seen the last of fuel scarcity. “I want to assure Nigerians that the fuel shortage has been dealt with,” Baru started. “The fuel shortage was as a result of the activities of some bad eggs in the industry. They caused many Nigerians to celebrate last year Christmas in pain. “But we have tackled the issue of noncompliance. I’ll like to also say that we’ve seen the last days of fuel scarcity in Nigeria,” he announced. “Last year, we had 244 submission while 254 companies are Crude bidding for the sale of NNPC Equity…

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Samuel Ortom has revealed that he knows the hideout of the Fulani herdsmen that carried out a series of deadly attacks in the state that has led to the death of 71 people. According to the governor, the attacks were masterminded by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore who have resisted the state’s implementation of the anti-open grazing law since last year. He said he had made several requests that the leadership of the group be arrested for their open threats to the security of the state but that he was ignored. He said, “I believe that my request that the…

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The Kwara State government has assured that no part of the State will be neglected in terms of infrastructure provision; even in trying times with the resources. Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed gave the assurance during an interactive session with indigenous youth development associations and youth assemblies from Asa Local Government in Ilorin. The governor said their demands in terms of road, water, employment and electricity have been noted and will be critically examined. He also announced that 46km of roads in Asa local government will be constructed under Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) which commences later in the year.…

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Romelu Lukaku has joined NBA star LeBron James in condemning a H&M advertisement showing a black child wearing clothing, carrying a slogan reading “coolest monkey in the jungle.” H&M issued an apology on Monday after complaints that the image was racist, and Lukaku was one of a number of high-profile athletes who criticised the retailer. He shared a picture on Instagram showing the same black model but with the slogan on his hoodie replaced with the words “black is beautiful.” It was posted alongside the caption: “You’re a prince, soon to be a king. Don’t let anybody tell you different.”…

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Jordi Mestre has said Barcelona were able to sign Philippe Coutinho this month because Liverpool finally lowered their demands. “The interest of the club has always been to take Coutinho to Barcelona,” Mestre said. “The difference is that there has been a substantial reduction in the cost of this transfer. “There has been a very important reduction, even though we cannot publicly give the figures. We are not going to discuss the numbers. The important thing is we have the player here. If I reveal numbers I will be breaking our agreement with Liverpool.” “Philippe, welcome. We know that you…

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Paris Saint-Germain’s Lucas Moura and Javier Pastore have attracted the interest of clubs such as Manchester United and Inter Milan so far in January but the French capital outfit are not keen to loan the South American pair, a source close to the Ligue 1 leaders has said. The Brazilian, who has been out of favour under Unai Emery since the arrivals of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe last summer, has been told to find a new club. However, out of all of the sides to have shown interest, United are the only one he has serious interest in. Unfortunately for…

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed he has not had the honour he deserves from the Swedish media because his name “is not Andersson or Svensson.” He said: “What does the Swedish media do? They defend me or do they jump on and attack me? They still attack me, because they cannot accept that I am Ibrahimovic. “If another player would do same mistake I do, they would defend him. But when it comes to me, they don’t defend me. “This is about racism. This is about racism. I don’t say there is racism but I say there is undercover racism. “This…

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Ernesto Valverde has said Philippe Coutinho can make Barcelona even better after seeing his side extend their unbeaten streak to 27 games in all competitions with a 3-0 win over Levante on Sunday. “I think he’s a player that can add a lot of things to the team,” Valverde said in his postgame news conference. “He scores goals, creates goals […] offensively he’s a player that can improve us. It’s a big signing for us. We hope that he will help us and that he has a lot of luck because his luck will be our luck, too.” “I have…

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