The general overseer of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, TB Joshua, has reportedly deleted a Facebook post in which he predicted that Hillary Clinton would be elected president of the United States. According to a report by SaharaReporters, Joshua had posted his prophecy two days before the election saying he “saw” a woman winning the US presidential election. It was further gathered that after Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday, November 9, 2016, TB Joshua had removed his “prophesy” from his official Facebook page. Shortly after Trump was announced the President-elect, Reno Omokri, an aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan…
Author: David Folami
A caucus of Senators from the South East have met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the challenges facing the region. According to Punch Newspapers, the Senators led by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and, met with Buhari on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. Other senators on the delegation were Sam Egwu, Hope Uzodinma, Andy Uba and Chukwuka Utazi. After the meeting, Ekeremadu said that issues raised during the meeting included the issue of the Indigenous People of Biafra, lopsided appointments and general infrastructure in the zone. He said, “For us from the South East, we believe that dialogue is better than…
The Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that Governor Adams Oshiomhole wants to spend N5b before he leaves office. The PDP said Oshiomhole wants to spend the money under the guise of a supplementary budget which he sent to the Edo House of Assembly. According to the Edo PDP Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, “We have observed with displeasure the despicable financial actions of the governor. They range from the approval of inflated contracts to proposed presentation of a supplementary budget of N5 billion that he wants to spend in less than eight days to his…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, over his victory at the Supreme Court. The apex court on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, upheld the election of Dickson as Governor of Bayelsa state. The PDP spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye said the ruling of the Supreme Court has shown that the people of Bayelsa freely gave their mandate to the Governor. Adeyeye also said it has “confirmed the mandate freely given to the PDP and its candidate in Bayelsa State, and also show that the State of Bayelsa is totally for the PDP. “We also appreciate the Judiciary…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the tenure of the former boss of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibim Semenitari, as a misfortune This is coming a day after the expiration of Semenitari’s tenure as the head of NDDC. According to Daily Post, the Rivers PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah, also said her tenure brought no development to the state. In a swift reaction, the Semenitari dismissed the PDP’s claims, through her spokesman, Bekee Anyalewechi. Anyalewechi said “If a man of Obuah’s character and personality can open his mouth to access my stewardship in NDDC, then, Rivers State is…
President Buhari, while commissioning the the Edo State University, Iyahmo, has promised to leave Nigeria better than he found it. The President also called on all ethnic groups in the country to live in peace and harmony. Buhari also described the country’s over dependence on crude oil, as a grievous mistake, adding that we are paying for it today He said “I am not deterred over such criticisms because I am focused and I am happy that many Nigerians have started realizing what we are doing and trying to do, to fix this country for the better. Our problem as…
Nigerians have called on Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka to tear his US green card following the emergence of Donald Trump as America’s 45th president. Trump defeated former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton in the polls which officially commenced on Tuesday, November 8. Soyinka had earlier said that he would cut up the green card and leave the US if Trump emerged winner of the polls. “If in the unlikely event he does win, the first thing he’ll do is to say [that] all green-card holders must reapply to come back into the US. Well, I’m not waiting for that,” Soyinka…
About one hour ago, organisers of The Headies award released its 2016 list of nominees and one couldn’t help but notice that Tekno was ‘BIGLY’ missing in the list. All he got instead is a ‘measly’ ‘Next Rated’ category. For starters, this writer is not the biggest fan of Tekno, but he also believes hard work, hustle and consistency should not be overlooked for industry politics or beef. As a journalist, the first thought was to find out if indeed Tekno and his team honoured the organisers call for entries about a month ago, and sources at Hip TV said…
One can say Adedimeji Lateef, a thriving actor, is the male version of Nkiru Sylvanus, the Nollywood actress popular for her relative ease at crying in movies, and not be too far off. Widely described as an Odunlade Adekola lookalike, Adedimeji is one of the thriving actors in the Yoruba section of the movie industry, and his seeming ease at shedding tears in his movie roles leaves his fans wondering if he aids the process with any form of enhancer. In a bid to show that his tears come naturally, Adedimeji Lateef recorded a short clip of himself crying, with…
Further stamping it’s authority as the biggest and most talked about award ceremony in Nigerian pop culture, organisers of The Headies released its 2016 list of nominees last night and fans can’t stop talking about it. The list which comprises 21 categories covers different genre of Nigerian pop music culture and examines July 2015 to June 2016 as it’s year in review. Falz and adekunle gold should be nominated for next rates not tekno..headies is full of shit — KOLE ADETOYINBO (@kolejboy) November 9, 2016 If Brymo don’t win a Headies this year, i’ll finally accept that the Award is…
Music fans in Owerri, the Imo State capital are set for an exciting weekend as a number of Nigeria’s popular artistes will perform there during Star Music The Trek. Scheduled for the Dan Anyiam Stadium, the latest leg of the concert will see Flavour perform alongside other top artistes like M.I Abaga, Olamide, Kcee, Runtown, Humblesmith, Mr. Raw and more. DJ Neptune and DJ Big N of Chocolate City are also expected to be at the show which will be hosted by Gbenga Adeyinka. Star Music The Trek tour has visited Makurdi, Abuja and Calabar as thousands of fans thronged…
The IRS is coming for Rick Ross. TMZ reports that the Internal Revenue Service looked into three years of Rozay’s taxes and concluded that the MMG boss owes about $5.7m (almost N2b) from 2012 to 2014. Rozay reportedly owes $4.6m for 2012 and $570,000 apiece for 2013 and 2014, according to the report. If Ross doesn’t pay the amount of the tax lien, the IRS could seize and sell his property. He isn’t the only rapper in trouble with the IRS this year. Iggy Azalea was hit with a $391,000 lien and Nelly reportedly owes more than $2m. Rozay was…
Hours ago, TMZ reported a law suit between Nigerian show promoter, Paul Okoye and American rapper, Wale. Wale was scheduled to headline the July 22nd event at the Barclays Center alongside other stars including Wizkid, Davido, Sound Sultan, and was duly paid to show up. As it turns out, the rapper took to social media at the time to share the sweet news of the arrival of his baby and consequently didn’t show up for the event. We reached out to Paul Okoye who spoke to our correspondent briefly, saying, ‘Please let’s talk on Monday, I’m out of the country…
Lil Kesh will be competing against his mentor Olamide for The Headies 2016 ‘Best Rap Album’ award. The duo’s albums, Yagi and Eyan Mayweather will face off against Falz‘s Stories That Touch and Illbliss‘ Powerful released in 2015, in the non-voting category. In what was Olamide’s fifth album in five years, Eyan Mayweather was released in November last year and had ID Cabasa, Young John, B Banks and Pheels as producers. Y.A.G.I dropped in March 2016 and is Lil Kesh’s debut project since he left YBNL to float his record label. The album was however believed to have been overshadowed…
Agharese Emokpae is on “Tinsel.” The talented 28-year-old actress who won the first season of “The Voice Nigeria,” has joined the hit TV series as Bisola Beko-Williams. Bisola Beko-Williams is Kayode’s sister. Bisola plays surprise visit to her brother’s love interest, Telema Duke. AMVCA award winner Falz recently joined the show as Kayode, a young socialite with a heart of gold. During her The Voice Nigeria blind audition, A’rese got three turns with her rendition of Adele’s ‘Skyfall.’ The actress, dancer and singer beat other finalists including Nonso, Viveeyan, Patrick, Dewe, Chike, Brenda and Cornel to win the grand prize.…
For two years now, there has been no Big Brother show in Nigeria. The first season of Big Brother Africa (BBA), featuring 12 housemates from 12 different African countries, premiered to audiences in 42 African countries on Sunday, May 25, 2003. In 2015, M-Net put the reality show on hold for financial reasons. M-Net CEO, Yolisa Phahle, revealed in May 2016, that there were no plans for the popular Big Brother Africa show this year (2016). Most TV lovers have been anticipating the return of the TV series. While they won’t be getting “Big Brother Africa,” they are getting “Big…
Kenneth Okonkwo turned 48 on Monday, November 7, and he chose to celebrate it with orphans as well as his family. Nollywood actor and lawyer threw his birthday party at a motherless babies home in Lagos. Okonkwo invited friends and family to celebrate with him. His son, whom he welcomed in May this year with his second wife, Ifeoma, was also present at the birthday celebrations and is growing up fast! Photos from the bash show that the kids had the time of their life at the party.
Popular music stars, Psquare, their brother, Jude Okoye and their wives viewed the US presidential elections at the election viewing party at the US consul in Lagos. The election saw Republican candidate Donald Trump emerge winner with 56,918,173 votes. Peter, Paul and Jude Okoye viewed the electoral results at the US consul yesterday, November 8, 2016. Donald Trump won the US presidential election early this morning in a stunning victory that sent shockwaves around the world. The Republican took the states of Florida, North Carolina and Ohio early this morning, as he marched towards the White House. Mrs Clinton however…
Today is also the birthday of Nigerian actor Joseph Benjamin. Joseph Benjamin got a diploma in Computer Literacy from University of Nigeria, Nsukka. In 1991, he appeared in his first movie ‘Crossroads’. However, when he featured in an episode of Tales By Moonlight. One of the popular TV series he appeared in was ‘Edge of Paradise’. He is currently the co-host of Project Fame. Happy birthday Bryan Okwara and Joseph Benjamin!
Today is the birthday of Nollywood actor and former Mr. Nigeria, Bryan Okwara. Bryan Okwara took part in the Mr. Nigeria pageant in 2007 and won. He reached the semi-finals of the Mr. World competition the same year. Before winning the pageant he worked as a TV presenter in Nigezie for a couple of years. After Mr. Nigeria, Bryan became an actor and is popular for movies such as ‘Finding Love’, ‘True Citizens’, ‘I Will Take My Chances’, ‘Weekend Gateaway’, ‘In the Music’, ‘Awakening and others.