On January 30, 2017, TBoss nominated her cuddle buddy Miyonse, who was evicted that weekend on February 5, 2017. During an interesting chat with Pulse Nigeria, the Big Brother Naija second runner-up, TBoss, spoke about nominating Miyonse, who had seemed like her only friend in the house. According to her, Miyonse became a distraction to her. “Miyonse is really cool. He was from Abuja, and I just kind of leaned into him easily. But, at a point, I did feel like he was messing up my chi, and I was there to win the money,” TBoss said. “He was distracting…
Author: David Folami
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff has accused Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose of being behind the crisis in the party. Sheriff also said that Fayose is free to leave the PDP if he wants to adding that the governor’s exit would bring peace to the party. The PDP Chairman made the comments while speaking with journalists after a visit to the party secretariat in Calabar, Cross River state. “He (Fayose) cannot speak for the southwest PDP. The southwest PDP that I know cannot allow the likes of Fayose to be speaking for them,” Sheriff said according to…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Thursday in Port Harcourt assented to five bills. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bills were: Rivers State Education (Return of Schools) Amendment Law of 2017 and Rivers State Honours Law of 2017. Others were: Rivers State Reserve Fund (Repeal) law of 2017, Rivers State University Law of 2017 and Rivers State University Teaching Hospital Law of 2017. Wike commended the legislature for its commitment toward the rapid development of the state after assenting to the bills. The governor noted that the Return of School law was important because it allowed…
Comrade Timi Frank says if given the opportunity, he can manage the All Progressives Congress (APC) better than the party’s current national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun. In a statement made available to us on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, Frank described as shameful postponement of APC’s mini national convention under Oyegun’s watch. “I have said it in the past that if I am given opportunity I can run APC better than Oyegun,” Frank announced. “Oyegun’s leadership has failed. How can the National Working Committee (NWC) under him fixed a date for national convention when they knew they didn’t have money? Who did…
During an interview, TBoss spoke about her controversial National Anthem moment in the Big Brother Naija house. She also spoke about her outburst after she felt Debie-Rise had put her on the spot by asking her to recite the anthem. “Like she [Debie-Rise] has said, that house isn’t a normal house. At a point, you could go [crazy]. And this was the one person I could confide in, I drew energy from her own energy.” “I was upset, I’m not going to lie. Because, I had history with being told off like, ‘what makes you think you’re good enough for…
Recently, there were reports that Efe unfollowed over 2000 people on Instagram after he won the Big Brother Naija reality show. In a recent chat, Efe stated that he wasn’t following anyone before he left for the show. He also said that the screenshots of an account following 2000 accounts is fake. “The thing is just funny to me. Na so people dey lie? It’s crazy o for me,” Efe said. “The thing is that, before going for Big Brother Naija, I had barely 600 to 800 followers on Instagram, and I wasn’t really following anybody. It was zero. “So,…
In an interview, Big Brother Naija winner and first runner-up, Efe and Bisola, spoke about reports that the housemates victimized TBoss. According to Bisola, TBoss played the victim in everything. Efe added that the housemate got Nigerians to believe that she was being victimized by the other housemates, and it worked for her. “Victimizing TBoss? I don’t think so. TBoss always played the victim in everything,” Bisola said. “Efe is my guy. There are times we’ve had tackles and I’m like ‘Baba, which kind nonsense you dey do?” We could just say ‘oya, no vex,’ and it’s gone.” “But, with…
Big Brother Naija ex housemates, Bisola and Efe have shared some moral values which they learnt on the just concluded reality television show. The pair during an interview with Pulse TV responded to a question regarding the negativity that has surrounded the programme. Former Presidential Adviser, Reuben Abati in an article titled “Television As Madness” criticized #BBNaija, referring to it as a platform that promotes obscenity. Second runner-up, Bisola who had a large amount of fans rooting for her to win the show apparently disagrees. In her response, she talked about how being a housemate in the programme helped her…
Dancehall artiste, Blackface who is a member of pop group, Plantashun Boiz has bashed R&B star, 2Face Idibia whom he accused of causing the inactivity of the band. According to the ‘Hardlife’ songster in a long Instagram reaction he posted today, Idibia owes his success to him as he is responsible for writing most of his hit songs. An allegation that has constantly surrounded the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards winner. Blackface described his former close music associate as untrustworthy, a reason why he named him 2face. He also alleged that the planned protest which the singer abandoned earlier in…
A Nigerian Disc Jockey, DJ Cypha in a hilarious video has just unlocked Tonto Dikeh and her husband’s love padlock. The disc jockey is currently in Paris where he took to the Paris Love Lock Bridge to break the padlock Tonto Dikeh and her husband used to seal their love. Cypha stormed the bridge in an all-black ensemble for the daunting task. According to him, he’s unchaining them from love so fans can be free from their drama. Tonto Dikeh and Oladunni Churchill took to Paris sometime in 2016 to seal their love. DJ Cypha’s viral video comes after Tonto…
Ex-Governor of Bauchi state, Mohammed Adamu Mu’azu has reportedly spoken on the Ikoyi property where the EFCC recovered $50million in one of the apartments. According to a tweet by SaharaReporters, Mu’azu reportedly admitted ownership of the Osborne Towers many hours after he allegedly denied the ownership. It was further reported that Mu’azu, an ex-chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, said some apartments have been sold while others are rented out. On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, operatives of the EFCC in Lagos found an outrageous sum of $50million in an apartment in the Osborne Towers in Ikoyi during a sting operation.…
Members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect have reportedly killed a soldier in a suicide and gun attack on a military checkpoint outside the city of Maiduguri. This was reportedly confirmed by a military officer and vigilante, according to a report published by Punch. Two male suicide bombers reportedly detonated their explosives at a checkpoint in Dalori, near a camp for internally displaced people on Wednesday evening, April 12, 2017. It was further reported that while the suicide attack took place, other militants opened fire on the checkpoint, killing a soldier and injuring a policeman. “We lost a soldier in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism on the safe return of the remaining 195 abducted Chibok schoolgirls from their Boko Haram captors. In a statement to commemorate the three-year abduction of the Chibok girls on Thursday, April 13, 2017, President noted that the federal government would do everything necessary to ensure their rescue. Buhari maintained that his administration has successfully degraded the Boko Haram terrorist sect. The president noted that his administration would ‘bend over backwards’ to ensure the safe return of the remaining Chibok girls. We were determined to secure the release of the Chibok girls and others forcefully…
The Ogun and Ondo State Governments on Thursday met to resolve the boundary issues between the people of Atijere in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo and Makun-Omi in Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun. The meeting, which took place at the Government House in Abeokuta, had in attendance the deputy governor of Ondo State, Chief Agboola Ajayi, and his counterpart in Ogun, Mrs Yetunde Onanuga. Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Ajayi gave an assurance that people living in both communities would soon realise that they had no reason to fight each other. Ajayi said that the informal meeting was…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said some of its staff accused of benefitting from a N3.4 billion bribe money in the 2015 general elections have refunded their share. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this when he visited the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, in Abuja. A statement by spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, quoted the INEC chairman as saying that 70 of the affected staff in three states were still in denial. Yakubu, according to Uwujaren, said they would be referred to the EFCC for…
Comptroller Yusuf Bashir, the Customs Area Controller of Tin-Can Island Customs Command, has told Mr Abba Aliyu, who was promoted from Grade Level 4 to Grade Level 8 to see his elevation as a result of additional education. Bashar said this while decorating newly-promoted officers of the command on Thursday in Lagos. He said that it took Aliyu three years to earn a degree, adding that this had elevated him to a higher level. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aliyu was promoted from the rank of Customs Assistant 1 to Assistant Superintendent of Customs 2. Bashar said…
Romelu Lukaku will not sign a new contract with Everton, according to manager Ronald Koeman. Lukaku’s future at Everton is in doubt following an interview he gave last month in which he said he has already decided his plans for the end of the season. Speaking ahead of Everton’s Premier League game against Burnley at the weekend, Koeman said the Belgium international, who is contracted until 2019, will not sign a new deal making a transfer a strong possibility. “He is doing really well. He’s a great finisher,” Koeman said. When asked if he was aware of the striker’s plans…
Mesut Ozil has said that Arsenal’s priority is securing a top-four finish and that his future, along with that of manager Arsene Wenger and teammate Alexis Sanchez, must be put on hold for the good of the club. There has been speculation that Ozil and Sanchez, who will both enter the final year of their contracts in the summer, could depart, while fans have protested for Wenger to leave following the club’s poor form. Arsenal are sixth in the Premier League following a run of two wins in eight games, and Ozil told Sky Sports that improving their standing must…
Antoine Griezmann has no need to leave Atletico Madrid and “has the world in his hands” at the club, strike partner Fernando Torres has told the BBC’s Football Focus. Griezmann’s adviser claimed last week that Real Madrid — along with Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Barcelona — had asked about his availability. And at the weekend, L’Equipe reported that a “secret plan” would see Griezmann remain at Atletico for one more year before joining Real next summer. But Torres said the France international should stay where he is because Atletico have everything he needs. After watching Griezmann score the…
Jose Mourinho faulted Manchester United’s forwards for Thursday’s Europa League quarterfinal first-leg draw with Anderlecht, saying they must develop a killer instinct. United looked likely to go into the second leg at Old Trafford with a 1-0 lead thanks to Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s first-half strike before Leander Dendoncker scored late to frustrate the Premier League side. Dendoncker’s header was the only shot on target of the game for the hosts, and while Mourinho called his back line “very solid,” he was less complimentary of his forwards for not providing a larger cushion. “We have to kill matches,” Mourinho told BT Sport.…