The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, who flagged off the distribution of the grains at NEMA Central Stores in Yola on Wednesday, June 15 2016, said President Muhammadu Buhari directed him to allocate 70 trucks of grains to Adamawa State from the National Reserve to reduce the hardship its farming population may have being going through as a result of insurgency. Babachir who was represented by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Policy Development and Analysis, Ibrahim Bapatel said that the presidency is concerned over the plights of the residents of the states…
Author: David Folami
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, has petitioned the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, accusing some members of the lower chamber of improper conduct, attempted rape and soliciting for prostitutes while on official trip to the U.S The Ambassador, in a letter dated June 9, 2016, addressed to Speaker Dogara, Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC, Bauchi), Samuel Ikon (PDP, Akwa Ibom) and Mark Gbillah (APC, Benue) had, on a recent visit to the United States for the International Visitor Leadership Programme, brought disrepute to the parliament by soliciting for sex from prostitutes and attempting to rape…
A few days ago, former Choc City rapper, Milli released a lengthy piece explaining why and how he left the record label. In the piece, he blamed the president of the label, M.I Abaga for frustrating him out of the label. In his words, ‘M.I. really went deep, calling me disloyal for leaving the family and so on. People in the label office stopped talking to me. It became difficult for me to work with Reinhard, my producer that I introduced to M.I’. After reading his piece, I flashed back to MI Abaga’s track ‘Everything‘ that was released in April…
Nigerian music stars are billed to perform at the ‘Bloodlines’ movie release party alongside celebrity host Ali Baba and SkooBoi on Thursday June 16, 2016 at Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The film features lots of American movie stars such as Lynn Whitfield, Billy Dee Williams, Brian Hooks, Chico Benymon, Tangi Miller, Doug Williams and many more. The star-studded party will also have Richard Mofe Damijo and Ben Murray Bruce as special guests.
As part of a noble initiative to celebrate industry veterans, actresses Joke Silva, Kate Henshaw, Rita Dominic, with a couple of other younger acts like Seun Ajayi, Uzor Osimpka paid a visit to veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi at her home yesterday, June 15. Bukky Ajayi who turned 82 on February 2, 2016 reveled in the company of her younger colleagues during the visit. The actress has been in a wheel chair and away from the screens for a while due to health complications, and the visit was made in a bid to show love to the her. ‘TAA with…
Rihanna has got another fragrance for you. This time, the award winning singer is debuting ‘Crush’. The second fragrance in her RiRi collection (following last year’s RiRi) is said to be ‘empowering, strong, confident, and unapologetic,’ with a ‘mysteriously sexy and provocative scent’. The clear bottle, which Rihanna also reportedly designed, has a golden, elegant look while the box matches that aesthetic, adding a touch of pink to set things off. Crush is scheduled to be in stores in August at a retail price of $20-$60 (N7k – N22k).
Taylor Swift is in the news again. Not for topping charts, her networth or winning awards. Her love life is in the public space again, just two weeks after ending her on/off relationship with DJ Calvin Harris. She was spotted earlier today, June 15, 2016, having a romantic day out with ‘The Avengers’ actor Tom Hiddleston on a beach in the US state of Rhode Island, which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. The pair are reported to be having a secret romance. An onlooker told The Sun: ‘They were all over each other – hugging and kissing – even though there…
Terry G has dropped another spiritual number titled ‘Oba ogo’ following his recent release of ‘Olorun tobi’ another awesome sober song. The singer has apologised to DJ Jimmy Jatt and to all the DJs in Nigeria over his poor conduct about a week ago, face slapping one of Jatt’s proteges.
Late OJB’s signee, Adasounds speaks on their unfinished works and plans. Ofor Stephanie Adaeze popularly known as Adasounds is a female artiste that worked with OJB. She was signed to OJB’s Amazing Works Records in late 2015. Adasounds and OJB were tidying up plans to release their duet titled ‘Chinedu’ before the ace music producer’s sudden death on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. According to Adasounds, the reality of his death did not hit her until the morning of Wednesday, June 15, 2016 when she woke up among mourners in OJB’s house. “D reality of ur death just hit me dis…
Lil Wayne has pulled through and bounced back to business as usual, after suffering a fatal epileptic seizure attack. TMZ reports, on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Lil Wayne left the Omaha hospital where he was admitted for treatment after he lost consciousness from his seizure attack inside his private jet which was air bound at the time. The Cash Money rapper was said to have instantly left town after checking out of the hospital, he is getting ready to perform at a gig holding on Saturday in Kansas City, Missouri. Hopefully, Wayne will take his eyes off ‘lean’ and stay…
Following the death of legendary producer and singer, OJB Jezreel on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, popular music star Wizkid mourns the late singer. The ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner took to Instagram yesterday, June 15, 2016 sharing a photo of the late producer with the words “Rip legend, mentor and hero.” Recall that OJB has been credited with discovering Wizkid way before Banky W signed him. In 2015, he said this about Wiz “To set the records, I discovered Wizkid’s talent. We basically started his career and I remember when we had to push Wizkid around and take him for shows but nobody…
Music star Peter Okoye has nabbed a new endorsement deal and this time, it’s with KIA Motors. This new deal comes after he renewed his contract with Olympic Milk, adding to his bunch of endorsements which currently include telecommunication giant Globacom. He took to his Instagram yesterday, June 16, 2016 to announce the deal. Congratulations, to the label owner! The pop star has also taken to video directing of late. Peter Okoye ventured into video directing, learning and working closely with ace video director Clarence Peters. Weeks after his directional debut as a label CEO of Rudeboy records for Muna’s…
World football legends, Marcel Desailly and George Weah have indicated interests in attending the funeral of former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi Keshi who won two African Cup of Nations twice with Nigeria- one as a player and the other as a coach- passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Benin City, Edo State. Speaking at the NFF headquarter on Tuesday June 14, General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi revealed that a host of world football legends have called to signified their interest in coming to honour Keshi including France World Cup winning defender Desailly and Liberian…
Wayne Rooney believes England should concentrate on Wales’ greater threat, rather than solely the danger posed by Gareth Bale in their Euro 2016 meeting in Lens on Thursday. Real Madrid star Bale is Wales’ most high-profile player and scored the opener in the 2-1 defeat of Slovakia on Saturday. And while Rooney is an admirer of the former Tottenham winger, he is wary of focusing all his attention on one man. “He’s a fantastic player, but Wales have a lot of good players in the team,” he said. “It’s not England versus Gareth Bale, it’s England versus Wales and we…
If only Cristiano Ronaldo had been so cutting on the actual pitch. After the Real Madrid star failed to score in Portugal’s frustrating 1-1 draw with Iceland, a match in which he put forward a very quiet and underwhelming individual performance, he at least succeeded in taking some attention away from the Nordic heroes with the following comments in the mixed zone. “Iceland didn’t try anything,” Ronaldo said after Iceland had actually pulled off the greatest result in their history in their first-ever tournament match. “It was a lucky night for them. We should have three points, but we are…
Borussia Dortmund have been fending off bids from a host of European giants attempting to prize away some of their best players like vultures, and Manchester United are the latest club to make an enquiry. The Red Devils have tabled a £19 million bid for Henrikh Mkhitaryan, according to the Mirror. The Germans have reportedly rejected the bid and will continue to turn down offers for their star players after already sanctioning the sales of Mats Hummels and Ilkay Gundogan this summer. The 27-year-old has just one year left on his current deal, and Dortmund risk losing the player for…
As far as opening statements go, Everton’s new majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri has delivered an emphatic one in acquiring Ronald Koeman as manager from Southampton on a three-year deal. Moshiri’s March unveiling generated a mix of excitement and scepticism as almost two decades of boardroom missteps and failure to advance beyond occasional European football and mere top-flight existence had supporters fearing the status quo might never alter. Promising additional funds for transfers and the retention of key players, the Iranian-born billionaire spoke of energising the club, stating a desire to give Everton “whatever I have.” Words would not be enough…
You know it’s officially silly season when a player’s sister’s LinkedIn activity is cited as evidence that said player might be on the move. But such is the frenzy around the transfer market, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan is a popular name on the merry-go-round at the moment: the Borussia Dortmund man has been linked to both Manchester United and Arsenal. It can be hard to wade through the tide of supposition and innuendo at this time of year, so it was pleasingly surprising when Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made his feelings about another reported Arsenal target, N’Golo Kante, very clear indeed…
Germany will continue to use Bastian Schweinsteiger in his role as a substitute in their second group match against Poland on Thursday, according to head coach Joachim Low. “He does not have the strength to play 90 minutes,” Low said at his prematch news conference on Wednesday, although goalkeeper Manuel Neuer believes the Germany captain can play a full match match in a certain role Schweinsteiger, 31, made an impressive return from injury on Sunday, when it took the Manchester United midfielder only minutes to score in his first competitive match since a 21-minute appearance in the Red Devil’s 1-0…
Corinthians president Roberto de Andrade has announced Tite has agreed to succeed Dunga as Brazil national team manager, but the Brazilian federation says no accord has been struck with any coach. Dunga and national team coordinator Gilmar Rinaldi were relieved of their duties on Tuesday in the wake of a disappointing Copa America Centenario campaign. Brazil crashed out at the group stage after a controversial 1-0 loss to Peru in their final match. The 55-year-old Tite, who Andrade says will not coach Brazil’s Olympics squad this summer, led Corinthians to two Brazilian league titles, a Copa Libertadores and a Club…