Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, February 14, paid a visit to former Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) in Niger State. The meeting between the two is holding at Babangida’s Hilltop residence in Minna, the state capital. Atiku and Babangida are reportedly holding talks but the subject of their discussions is not yet known. The former Vice President, in August 2016, said that Babangida deserves to be praised for his contributions to the development of Nigeria. “The virtues of forgiveness and the magnanimous spirit of the former president is one of the magnetic and endearing features of…
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Governor Ambode has approved a 20% to 50 % increase of the fares for BRT and LAGBUS, reports say. According to punch, the increase is expected to take effect from March 1, 2017. This was announced to newsmen the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abiodun Dabiri. Dabiri said the increase is as a result of the current economic situation in the country. He also added that the government is committed to protecting commuters from arbitrary increase. The LAMATA boss also said that the government considered the plight of Lagosians while deliberating on the…
The NURTW, Lagos Chapter, on Tuesday advised its members not to panic over the proposed ban on operations of yellow commercial buses. The state Chairman of the union, Mr Tajudeen Agbede, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Lagos State Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode had on Feb. 6 announced a plan to stop operations of yellow commercial buses popularly known as ‘danfo’ for a more efficient, well-structured and world-class mass transport system. Ambode said that the well-structured transport system would ease movement within the state and make Lagos cleaner without burdening the people…
Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Mifa community, a village in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, reports say. The attack, said to have occurred on Monday, February 13, was carried out by 30 terrorists, according to The Nation. “You know this is getting too much, Chibok is surrounded by bush and the borders are not well patrolled,” a resident of the area said. “We cannot sleep well in Chibok because of fear and that is why we want the soldiers to resume their mobile patrol,” he added. The terrorists are said to have killed an Islamic scholar during…
The Speaker House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said the National Assembly was committed to alleviating the sufferings of Nigerians. The speaker made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when he was inaugurating a 20-member Tactical Committee on Economic Recession. Dogara urged the ad hoc committee to interface with relevant stakeholders to ensure that the committee identified and implemented solutions that would put an end to the recession. He advised the committee to create a strong platform that would restore the country economy to the path of growth and stability. “Going by the report of the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics,…
Hausa top actress, Rahama Sadau has just shared some mesmerizing photos of herself. Sadau who was expelled for featuring in a romantic music video by Jos born singer, ClassiQ, shared photos of herself in an all black ensemble with a red head scarf. Shot by Dip photos and styled by Ummul Khair, Rahma wrote alongside a photo, “We have come a long way. power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.” Sadau was recently expelled from Kannywood by the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria for featuring in a romantic music video by Jos born…
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise has lost his mum, Mary Lee. Mary Lee passed away in her sleep at age 80 and was remembered with a Scientology service. TMZ reports Lee was battling a long illness before her death. Cruise and his three sisters were at her service held this weekend at her local Church of Scientology, according to People. Also at the service were several close friends and family members. Mary Lee was last seen in Clearwater, Florida in May 2016 using a walker. She also appeared to have oxygen tubes attached to her. Before that, she had not been…
Ice Prince in a recent interview talks about his relationship status, growing up as an orphan and others. The rapper in a chat with Linda Ikeji’s blog talked about his label (Super Cool Catz) and relationship with Chocolate City Label. Speaking of his relationships, Ice Prince described himself as the one who always messes up his relationships due to his tendency to cheat. He also admitted that his relationship with his French-Ghanaian girlfriend, Maima has ended. “I don’t know, I wouldn’t say I know of any. I haven’t caught any of my girlfriends cheating on me. Actually, I always mess…
Eccentric media personality Charly Boy does not give a hoot about Valentine’s day. The angry veteran took to Instagram this morning, February 14, 2017, to vent. According to him the only people smiling their way through this recession, are prostitutes. We couldn’t miss the rings on his fingers though. An unashamed activist, this isn’t Charly Boy’s first public outcry. Just last week, the media personality led a protest against the Federal government. The TV host took to the streets of Lagos today February 9, 2017, with members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) joined by members of the Trade Union…
Nollywood screen diva, Omotola Jalade shared this photo of herself and husband topless! The couple are celebrating Valentine’s day together topless and decided to let fans in on their shindig. “To all Osexynationals, Happy valentine from us. We love you, love someone, anyone today. #happyvalentinesday,” she wrote alongside it. Omotola recently turned 39 on February 7, 2017, and celebrated it the best way possible! The actress started the night with a quiet dinner with her husband Captain Ekeinde. The duo then decided to take things up a notch as they met up with some friends including Peter Okoye, Kaylah Oniwo…
It’s Valentine’s day today! Guess who’s in a celebratory mood? ! Yup! The actress in the spirit of Valentine shared an adorable video of a large rainbow to fans. “Happy St.Valentine’s day!” she wrote alongside the shot shared on Instagram today, February 14, 2017. She also showed off her glowing makeup free face in the video. Genevieve who has gone quiet on social media for some time now surprised fans with this new video!
Subpar Bayern Munich again left it late as last-ditch goals from Arturo Vidal and Arjen Robben sealed a dramatic 2-0 win at Ingolstadt in the Bavarian derby on Saturday. Forwards Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller both had shots shoveled from the goal line as minnows Ingolstadt defended resolutely. Just when the game looked to be drifting to a goalless stalemate, up popped Vidal to fire Bayern ahead in the final minute from close range. Substitute Robben doubled the lead moments later with a trademark left-footed finish to seal the Bavarians’ third straight away success of the year. Bayern’s fifth Bundesliga…
A barnstorming last five minutes helped Atletico Madrid secure a memorable 3-2 victory over Celta Vigo at a sodden Vicente Calderon on Sunday night. A rare mistake by Miguel Moya gifted the visitors an early lead, but Fernando Torres’ stunner levelled things up shortly after. El Nino should have doubled the advantage but slammed his penalty against the bar and it almost cost his side dearly when John Guidetti put Celta ahead with a little over 10 minutes to play. However, a sublime volley from Yannick Carrasco drew Los Rojiblancos level once again with four minutes to play, before Antoine…
Juju music icon, Ebenezer Obey was a proud grandfather on Saturday as he watched his granddaughter, Temitope, get married in Lagos. Temitope, a make-up artist, tied the knot with professional photographer Soji Oni and they both looked lovely. Popular Instagram comedian, Arole was also on hand to spice up their wedding too. Earlier this afternoon, Temitope said in an Instagram post, ‘Thank you all for your congratulatory wishes.. May the blessings of God gosh out in your favour in Jesus name.’ Here’s wishing the couple a happy married life!
British singer Adele kicked off the show with a performance of Hello but not before the song was awarded the Best Solo Performance and the album 25 named as the Best Pop Album.
2face Idibia has made his first public appearance a week after calling off the planned February 6 nationwide protest. At exactly 2:35am this morning, February 12, the singer made his way to the stage at the Eargasm concert that took place in Eko Hotels, Lagos. He was welcomed with cheers from the guests and then moved on to perform ‘Hate What You Do To Me’ and a couple of his other hit songs. Going by the recent bashing he received after cancelling the protest march, it was expected that many individuals would divorce themselves from his show. Other performers at…
Drake may be absent from the 2017 Grammys but it matters little: he has just been announced aFRs the winner of the Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance categories. His massive hit Hotline Bling was responsible for this feat. Drake is currently on tour in Manchester, England and is conspicuously missing at the Grammy Awards.
Olamide received applause with the performance of ‘Durosoke’, ‘Goons Mi’ and more at 2017 Lagos Marathon. The rapper later joined Davido on stage for the performance of ‘The Money’ Tekno entertained spectators with his hits including ‘Where’, ‘Wash’, ‘Pana’ and newly released song ‘Rara’. Other performers are Kiss Daniel, Seyi Shay, Koker and Terry Apala.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho claims his side’s attacking efforts would be hailed more if someone else was in charge at Old Trafford. United completely outplayed Watford in Saturday’s 2-0 Premier League win as goals from Juan Mata and Anthony Martial took Mourinho’s men to within a point of the Champions League places. Their display belied Mourinho’s reputation as a defence-minded manager and he said United would get more credit for the quality of their football if he was not sitting in the dug-out. “It was a very good (performance),” he said. “It was the kind of football that if…
Some unidentified hoodlums in the early hours of Saturday attacked a corps member, Miss Gbenimachor Chinezendu-Ezinne, in her residence at Obubra Local Ggovernment Area of Cross River. Chinezendu-Ezinne, a 2016 Batch B `Stream 1’ corps member, is currently doing her primary assignment at the General Hospital in Obubra. The hoodlums attacked her in her residence and gave her a cut in her right thumb. Reacting to her attack, the state Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Ambekemo Eniola, told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) in a phone interview that Chinezendu-Ezinne had reported the matter to the NYSC authority. “We are aware of…