Rivers Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has that his administration will remain committed toward providing the enabling environment for massive production of food. Wike said this at the 2016 World Food Day celebration in Port-Harcourt on Monday. Represented by Dr Ipalibo Banigo, his Deputy, Wike said that his administration was implementing an agricultural programme that would encourage massive food production. He said that the state government had embarked on vigorous rural infrastructural development in order to attract investors in agriculture. According to him, the state government is already working on policies that will ensure productive agricultural use of the arable land…
Author: David Folami
Segun Arinze has criticized the new set of Nollywood actors, terming them as pretentious and lacking discipline. The veteran actor commented about this in an interview with Hip TV News, where he added that the new entries only show proficiency in phonetics. “Today’s set of Nollywood actors are not grounded. What they know how to do is to speak phonetics. “Most of these guys are pretentious. They are only interested in who has the highest number of likes or followers on their social media platforms. “Most of them are not even disciplined and they lack the knowledge; they only want…
One of Nollywood’s finest actresses, Idowu Phillips, popularly known as Iya Rainbow, has added a year to her age and she is waxing stronger, with no signs of slowing down. Born in 1942, she clocked 74 on Sunday, October 16. Iya Rainbow trained and worked as a certified nurse for several years before she fully ventured into acting. She became a prominent figure in the Yoruba section of Nollywood after the death of her husband, Hubert Ogunde in late ’80s, and the Ijebu-Ode native remains one of the most respected actresses whose motherly roles in movies are close to perfection.…
Davido graced the cover of ThisDay magazine’s October 16 issue. On who he looked up to in terms of artists while growing up and why, Davido had this to say: ‘I looked up to the likes of Usher Raymond, D’banj and Chris Brown. Their music is beyond amazing and they have impeccable talent that intrigues me to want to be like them as an artiste.’ Davido recently dropped his Son Of Mercy EP on October 14, a week ahead of the scheduled date of October 21, 2016. The five-track EP came just hours after the release of the ‘How Long’…
Nigeria’s president, Muhammad Buhari is not in the good books of a lot Nigerians for very obvious reasons. His recent ‘The Other Room‘ comment is still trending on social media among many other blunders and the prevailing economic woes. Davido however still believes in Buhari and thinks he needs a little more time. In his recent interview with Thisday Style, Davido was asked how he thinks Buhari is getting on in his second year as president. Davido replied saying, ‘I believe the country is going through a lot of reforms at the moment. I certainly don’t believe that two years…
Kim Kardashian is back in the public eye – well, sort of. E! brings us news that Kim was spotted for the first time since her harrowing robbery in Paris. The reality TV star stepped out late Friday night in Los Angeles to get a bite to eat, wearing a black hoodie covering her face, shorts, and Keds. It’s understandably a long way from her last glamorous sightings in Paris. An anonymous source told E! that Kim is ‘doing better’ but is still a long way from recovery. ‘She has been receiving some professional counseling. Her friends and family have…
Bow Wow’s daughter, Shai is cute and fierce in this latest video. Bow Wow’s baby mama, Joie Chavis, posted a video on October 15, 2016, of their 5-year-old miming the words to Rihanna’s hit single ‘Bitch better have my money’. And she is a lip sync queen already! In the short video little Shai does everything from fierce hand movements to hair flips and a sass-filled performance, Shai might be getting a record deal soon. Meanwhile, on August 7, 2016 rapper Bow Wow announced that he was done with rap and will be retiring after the release of his last…
Following fans fat shaming Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo, her “Wives On Strike” co-star Chioma Akpotha is lending her support to Uche. Jombo has constantly come under fire from fans over her weight which she has several times replied and now her close pal and colleague, Akpotha is having none of it. She took to Instagram yesterday, April 10, 2016 to share an emotional letter supporting the mother of one and also calling out those who came to her page to continue the fat-shaming. “Who died and made you Uche’s watchman?”, she asked. Clearly pissed with the body shamers she wrote,…
Months after calling fans out for calling her fat, Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo has never looked this good! The talented mother-of-one then revealed she was working on her weight, and shouldn’t be made to feel bad for it, has shared new photos of herself and she looks fit for days. In these new photos Uche Jombo looks super toned and hot! Apparently, Uche has been hitting the gym hard and her hard work seems to be paying off. The 32-year-old actress showed off her slinky new curves for the gram on Instagram, October 16, 2016. Recall that several months ago,…
Six months after having baby Lulu, John Legend’s model wife, Chrissy Teigen is back! The model posed in her birthday suit for a racy selfie with her husband, John Legend, on October 16, 2016, and social media is abuzz. Chrissy knowing people can be mean deactivated the comment session, so people can take their comments elsewhere. But that didn’t stop fans and trolls who want to know the underlying meaning behind the racy shot. Recall John Legend was once quoted saying he doesn’t mind his wife posing naked for magazines. “We don’t mind showing off our bodies,” he told ET,…
Today is the birthday of Nollywood actor and comedian John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu. The comic character was born in Enugu on October 17, 1961. He rose to fame when he acted in the 2004 comic movie “Mr Ibu” which earned him his acclaimed stage name. His humorous acting is often characterised by stupidity, hilarious imbecility and a sharp disconnection from reality.
Veteran musician, Charly Boy, has just penned his opinion on the current state of the nation. Following President Buhari’s statement after Aisha Buhari’s interview, Charly Boy has his own opinion and he wants you to read it. Read his statement below: “My people, how many of una hear or read Aisha Buharis BBC interview. In that interview I could see a woman who has considered all her options and all consequences and is simply crying out for help because domestically things are perhaps not peaceful or that her husband’s power and authority has been hijacked by the treacherous cabals who…
US trained journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has blasted former Imo State governor, Ikedi Ohakim, calling him a certified moron. The media personality said this in response to Ohakim’s comment which likened Nigeria’s economy to the HIV disease. Olunloyo posted her reaction to this comment via her Twitter handle on Sunday, October 16, 2016 in her usual frank and blunt style. She said, “I want to let Fmr #Imo Gov Ikedi Ohakim know that he is a certified #MORON 4 calling Nigeria’s economy diagnosed as HIV positive. “Gov Ohakim, u are a disgrace and an insensitive leader. #HIV is a disease that…
Paul Pogba has compared Zlatan Ibrahimovic to a “big brother”, saying the Swede is key to Manchester United returning to their former glories. France star Pogba has made eight appearances for United since re-joining the club in a world-record deal from Juventus, scoring one goal. Ibrahimovic, on the other hand, has netted six times in 11 games for Jose Mourinho’s side, and Pogba has praised the striker’s mentality. “Ibrahimovic is like a big brother,” Pogba told French television station TF1. “He has a winning mentality, a great player. “He’s very important in Manchester, with him we can reach our objectives.”…
Watford manager Walter Mazzarri still has confidence in Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo despite his poor form. Ighalo who finished Watford’s highest goalscorer last season has scored just once in the current campaign. The 27-year-old striker was on Sunday, October 16 dropped for his compatriot Isaac Success in Watford’s 1-0 win at Middlesbrough. Mazzarri has however, backed Ighalo to find his form soon. “He still has confidence because we as a team have confidence in him,” Mazzarri told Daily Star. “They are periods where players are more in form than others. But we believe in him and it is just a…
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri says he is not worried about the English champions’ poor domestic run and is confident they will rediscover their winning ways. The 64-year-old Italian added the manner in which the team were showing fighting qualities satisfied him they would turn the corner sooner or later. The Foxes have won just twice in eight Premier League games and slumped to a 3-0 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday, leaving them just two points above the relegation places. It was not the ideal preparation for Tuesday’s Champions League Group G game with second-placed FC Copenhagen even if the English…
Manchester City return to Champions League action on Wednesday in a highly anticipated clash between the club that made Pep Guardiola’s reputation and the one that hopes he can produce similar success for them. After a fruitless slog against a tightly organised Everton team at the weekend, City will be eager to meet a side that offers them space to breathe. Given that we are talking about Barcelona in the Camp Nou, there are few other obvious elements of the upcoming match that they will be looking forward to. With sections of the domestic press rubbing their hands together at…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane says he is upset with comments by France president Francois Hollande which say the France centre-forward Karim Benzema is not a good “example of morality.” Madrid centre-forward Benzema is embroiled in an investigation into alleged extortion of France teammate Mathieu Valbuena, and was also previously involved in a probe into underage prostitution, a case in which he was acquitted, in 2014. In a new book entitled, Un president ne devrait pas dire ca… [“A President shouldn’t say that…”], Hollande talks about French footballers being transformed overnight from “badly brought-up kids to rich stars” who need…
Tottenham forward Son Heung-Min says former Premier League stars Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rafael van der Vaart helped him to become a success in European football. Son, 24, moved to Hamburg from Seoul as a 16-year-old and spent seven years in Germany, joining Bayer Leverkusen in 2013. Within six months of leaving home, he had learned German but he was homesick and without his parents, who now live with him in North London. In January 2010, when Son was 17, Van Nistelrooy arrived at Hamburg from Real Madrid and recognised the South Korean’s potential in his first training session. Eighteen…
Three points from Anfield as Liverpool and Man United served up a tense, but unsatisfying, 0-0 draw. After all the hype, anticipation and intrigue, they served up this. Liverpool against Manchester United was billed as one of the games of the season, and it was: it was one of the worst games of the campaign so far. There were moments to epitomise the match, such as when Sadio Mane tried a back-heel and tripped himself up, or when Zlatan Ibrahimovic, scorer of 398 goals in his club career, got a header woefully wrong when he had the chance to make…