Frank Edoho has replied reports that he was ‘dropped’ as the host of TV game show, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” A representative of the TV show had revealed that Edoho will no longer partake as host when the show returns for a new season. “We are not dropping him because we had any issue with him. I think he feels it is time to go and find other endeavours,” the representative said. Edoho aired his mind on Twitter and share the real reason why he will not continue as the host, after 13 years. According to him, he…
Author: David Folami
The much-anticipated finale episode of “Power’s fourth season is expected to air on Sunday, September 3, 2017. During the most recent episode of the season titled “That Ain’t Me,” to the amazement of viewers, they saw the death of Raina, the youngest member of the St. Patrick family. Naturi Naughton, who plays Tasha recently talked about what viewers should expect from Sunday’s finale. “People’s minds are going to be blown,” she says. “There’s a lot more violence, death, the same old things that Power does. Everyone is trying to redeem themselves and get their power back; all the repercussions are…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says some of its officials are currently being investigated for corruption in various courts across Nigeria. Mr Ibrahim Magu, disclosed this at an interactive session recently. “Recently, we had to discharge about nine cadet officers because they have problem with their certificates from various institutions. “We are also prosecuting a lot of officers. Some of them are already in court. “There is a way you can help us. Just like you can help us with information regarding corrupt practices outside the EFCC, and proceeds of corruption, you can also assist in giving us…
Muhammadu Buhari says he is always happy to see the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) achieving the main purpose of national unity that enabled its creation in 1973. He said that diversity of cultures remained Nigeria’s greatest strength. “I am always pleased to see corps members in Daura and other parts of the country. “From the postings, we get to learn more about other cultures,’’ he said. The president said the huge number of corps members in Daura, mostly from the southern part of the country, was a clear sign that the dream of a unified Nigeria is coming true.
Youths For Change NG, an umbrella group of Nigerian youths, has told the government to jail former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode if he continues along the path of cruel and insultive language. Mr Seun Bobade, a leader in the group made the statement on Thursday in Ilorin, noting that sometime the abusive language by the former minister bothered on hate speech. Bobade blasted the former minister “for his ranting and increasingly unsubstantiated allegations’’ which he said were becoming an embarrassment, particularly to youths who look up to him. “The media must hold Fani-Kayode to a higher standard. They should not…
Reports have it that The Nigerian Police currently has the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu under close surveillance. News going round is the move is to disable Kanu from fleeing the country should the court decide to now refute his bail. Jimoh Moshood, however, did not state emphatically if Kanu is under surveillance to prevent him from fleeing the country. He said: “We have made additional deployments, particularly in Anambra state because of the upcoming governorship election and also to other south-east and south-south states to ensure that IPOB did not actualise its threat of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blasted the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC), saying they destroyed the opposition party’s great work with anti-corruption by polluting with the country’s anti-graft agencies. The statement read, “The PDP formally came into being on the 31st of August, 1998, and has since then, remained the only viable, prosperous, strongest and most visionary political party in Nigeria,” the statement read. “The PDP administration established two major anti-corruption agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to curb the menace of corruption in the country.…
Kemi Adeosun, broadcasted a live Facebook session on her Facebook page recently. The broadcast is a fulfillment of the Federal Government’s Tax Thursday initiative under the new Voluntary Assets Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). According to Adeosun, “Oil economies tend to have a lot of oil and very few people. Saudi Arabia has 30 million people and they pump 10 million barrels of oil a day; so, if they wanted to share their oil, 3 people share one barrel. “Nigeria, with 190 million people, only pumps two million barrels of oil a day; so, if you wanted to share the oil,…
More than 8,500 members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have left the party for the All Progressive Congress in Rivers State. Reports have it that the members of the political party, owned by a former pro-PDP group called I see You, defected to APC at a rally organised in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Chizi Nyeomasila, the National Leader of the political group, came out to say the rally was a forum for local government executives of the group to defect to the national ruling party. In his words: “We had to leave PDP when we realised that APC had a…
The All Progressive Congress, APC, has given what they consider the perfect comeback to the Peoples Democratic Party on the allegation that the ruling party has destroyed EFCC and other anti-graft agencies. In a telephone interview, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi of APC, said: “Instead of saying our party has destroyed EFCC’s independence, they should contradict the billions of naira, dollars and pounds recovered from its members who held positions of authority in the past. It is when they provide evidence that this is not true that we can talk.” “If they want to lay any claim to moral superiority, they should…
Former Deputy Chairmen of Local Government Areas in Anambra State have threatened to draw back their support for the state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano’s re-election bid. They have ordered the governor to not count on their votes if their deficits totalling about N80 million are not refunded before the November 18 governorship election in the state. The chiefs, under the aegis of Deputy Chairmen’s Forum, alleged that former local government chairmen and councillors who served with them had long been paid such entitlements. “We are 20 in number across Anambra north, central and south senatorial districts of the state; and…
Enugu State Executive Council has agreed to the distribution of additional N310.23 million for the conduct of the Nov. 4 local government election in the state. Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, made the announcement on Friday. He said said the approval was done according to a request made by Prof. Mike Ajogwu, the Chairman, Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC). He also said that the money would be used to buy sensitive election materials, ballot papers and election forms. He added that it would also aid the cost of transportation, security, publicity and payment of honoraria and allowances to full time and…
Eden Hazard was more than happy to have returned to competitive football with a goal as Belgium thrashed Gibraltar 9-0 in Thursday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier. Hazard had not played a competitive football since breaking an ankle while on international duty in June but was captain of his national team and played all but the last 13 minutes of his nation’s huge win in Liege before being replaced by his younger brother, Thorgan. Coach Roberto Martinez now faces a selection dilemma whether or not to include the Chelsea star in his lineup for Sunday’s game in Greece. “I’m happy to…
Manchester United trio Romelu Lukaku, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Phil Jones are among the nominees for the Premier League Player of the Month while Jose Mourinho is up for the manager’s award for August. Current EPL leaders United have made an incredible start to the season with three victories from three — including wins over West Ham, Swansea and Leicester — keeping three clean sheets and scoring 10 goals. Chelsea’s Alvaro Morata is also up for the award after becoming the first Premier League player in history to bag a goal and assist in his opening two games. Liverpool duo Mohamed…
Jurgen Klopp says he has been seeing Liverpool’s new signing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on TV for nearly three years. Oxlade-Chamberlain completed a move to Liverpool worth up to £40 million on transfer deadline day after rejecting a move to Chelsea. “I am really, really happy we have got Alex signed,” the Reds boss told the club’s official website. “Since the last game I have been waiting and hoping we could make this transfer — and when I got the news he was ours it was fantastic. “I remember the first time I saw him play live — it was at Dortmund…
Cesar Azpilicueta has come out to say he hopes Diego Costa’s dispute with Chelsea will be resolved. Despite the controversy, Azpilicueta hopes his international teammate remains in London. “I can’t say a great deal [about Costa] other than that he is my teammate at club and international level and at the moment he is not with us in either of the two squads,” he told Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport. “I hope the situation can be resolved. “It’s an issue between the club and the player and, no, I’ve not acted as intermediary. It’s something they need to sort out…
Who knows what is happening with Jack Wilshere theese days? So desperate is he to come back to action that he looks to have resorted to asking just about anyone for a game of football. Wilshere, who has been out of football with his latest injury since April, does not appear to be in Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger’s first-team plans any time soon and he failed to secure a deadline day move away from the Emirates this week. The Englishman is, however, hoping that his old Bournemouth teammate Tyrone Mings can assist him, having asked if he can enrol for…
Barcelona director Albert Soler says Neymar leaving was the cause of the club’s difficulties this summer, as they closed the transfer window with a disgraeful inability to sign Philippe Coutinho and Angel Di Maria. The director was forced to explain why so many things have gone wrong for the club since the end of last season. “On July 19 I received a WhatsApp [message] saying that PSG wanted Neymar,” he said. “Once we had knowledge that PSG were in talks with Neymar, we got to work. Neymar is difficult to replace. The problem is not just the €222m, the problem…
Harry Kane has said he and his teammates are proud in the England dressing room after his brace helped the team to a flattering 4-0 scoreline in Malta. Kane’s 53rd-minute goal looked like it would be the only difference between the two sides, but three more followed in the final five minutes — a second for Kane and one apiece for Ryan Bertrand and Danny Welbeck. “I think that’s a thoroughly unfair statement,” he said. “Every player here is very proud to represent their country. “There’s a lot of hard work and effort to get where we are. It didn’t…
It’s quite scarce to see Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho put on his boots and flaunthis skills. But he did just that for the Game4Grenfell charity match at Loftus Road on Saturday to raise cash for victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster. And, although he will be playing in goal, the Portuguese showed off his passing range in the warm-up. Mourinho was a midfielder in his playing career and he looked like he’s still got it.