Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will not sign the 2016 budget bill passed by parliament last week unless lawmakers provide more details of the legislation, a government official said on Tuesday. Parliament had earlier sent the bill, which calls for record spending, to Buhari’s office but it had contained only highlights of the budget, no details, the official told Reuters, asking not to be named. “As a result, the president has been unable to sign the bill because he does not know what is contained in the details and what adjustments the National Assembly must have made to the proposal sent…
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi of being desperate to control the state. Wike also accused Amaechi of being behind the constant redeployment of security officers from the state. “It is difficult for anybody to defeat us in Rivers State because of the projects I have done in my short stay in office, and the fact that Rivers is a PDP state. The civil servants are happy with us. Nobody would be happy when, at the end of the month, they cannot take their wages home,” he said on Monday, March 28, 2016, while appearing…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT) has urged the party’s National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, not to stay in office beyond his tenure – May 21. The acting BOT Chairman, Walid Jubrin, said this in Abuja on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, while addressing newsmen. Jubrin said that the advice becomes necessary “following calls by praise singers who were calling on Sheriff to extend his tenure.” According to him, following the unanimous approval of Sheriff by PDP Governor’s Forum, the National Caucus, BOT and the National Executive Committee, the tenure, as well as that of the National Working…
The minister of transportation and former Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has warned the current Governor, Nyesom Wike not to play politics with the lives of Rivers state people. This is coming on the heels of comments attributed to Wike where he said he would not continue with the monorail project which the minister started. Amaechi ‘s media aide who spoke to Vanguard said “We watched with disbelief the recent television interview of Governor Wike, excerpts of which had also been used in some newspapers. It was the typical Wike, twisting, butchering and turning the truth upside down and in…
The Senate is yet to send the approved budget to President Buhari for assent, reports say. According to Cable News, a source in the presidency said “The president has been handicapped because he does not know what is contained in the details and what adjustments the national assembly must have made to the proposal sent to them. “Although he is anxious to sign the document so that implementation of the provisions could start immediately and ease the tension in the economy and polity, he is afraid he may later discover, when the details are sent, that what is contained therein…
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has said that his wife, Remi is making politics sexy. Tinubu made the comment on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, during the 8th Bola Tinubu colloquium, which held in Abuja in commemoration of his birthday. “My wife, as you have (seen) from the documentary, was one of the youths who were criticising us, the politicians. She said ‘make politics sexy so that youths can participate,” he said according to The Cable. “I got to the podium and said look at my wife, if politics is not sexy, what is she…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would not have won the 2015 general elections without the contribution of the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Buhari made the remark in a recorded tribute which was presented at the 8th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Abuja on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. “If Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not participate, there wouldn’t have been a merger and there wouldn’t have been an APC government at the centre. That is absolutely clear,” the president said according to Punch. “He should thank God that he has gone through so much and…
Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe in an interview with Encomium magazine has set the record straight regarding her outburst at Thisday Style after she failed to make their Nollywood’s Best Dressed cover. According to the actress who recently revealed she can never act nude, it had nothing to do with being best dressed, but everything to do with the fact that Yoruba actors are not regarded as part of Nollywood. She told Encomium magazine, “Why will I be fighting because I was not on the list of the best dressed actresses of any paper or magazine? After all, I don’t dress…
Nollywood actress, Clarion Chukwura has just been honoured with the Danny Glover Humanitarian Award in New York. The actress who is currently in the United States where she recently got married for the third time, took to her Twitter and Instagram accounts to share the news. Dressed in a flowing yellow maxi dress, Clarion glowingly posed with her award and her husband, Anthony Boyd full of smiles. Clarion recently got married in a third attempt to U.S. based Anthony Boyd, and she seems so excited about it. She has been quite unfortunate in her marriages, her last break-up being her…
Popular rapper, Lil Wayne is suing Universal Music Group (Cash Money’s distributor) for withholding his royalties and that of the artistes that his label, Young Money helped build up. Wayne claims that Universal gave an advance of $100 million to Cash Money and had been using his (Young Money) profits to repay the loan to itself. According to the law suit, Wayne is seeking $40 million in damages . The lawsuit reads: “With Universal’s knowledge of Lil Wayne’s rights to partial ownership and profits from those artists, Universal and Cash Money entered into a series of agreements which, among other…
Sexy screen goddess, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and her husband, Captain Matthew Ekeinde, are back from their vacation at Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, where they jetted off to in celebration of their 20th wedding anniversary. “We are back!” The actress wrote alongside a loved up picture of the duo. The couple left Nigerian for Hawaii three days to their wedding anniversary. On the much-anticipated day, she wrote him a short message, telling fans how she is the “luckiest girl in the world.” “Happy anniversary to us,” the mother of four wrote him. “It’s a pleasure experiencing life with you. I might just…
Uche Jombo Rodriguez who recently called out people for calling her fat, took to Twitter to shut down people focusing on political parties rather than Nigeria. The actress took to Twitter today, Tuesday, March 29, 2016 calling out people to focus on Nigeria and leave political parties alone for now. She tweeted, “People should ‘focus’ on Nigeria and leave political parties alone for now. We are in serious trouble as a nation please.” Back in March 15, 2016, the actress took to her Instagram page to react to members of the Nigerian Senate voting against the Gender and Equal Opportunity…
Mo’ Cheddah has shared a new photo of herself and boyfriend, Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi, looking seriously loved up as they loaded on the PDA at an event last week. The singer shared the photo of herself and Bukunyi at an event they had attended last week, today, March 29, 2016. Mo’ Cheddah was pictured rocking a flowing gold sequined dress, as she leaned against her man, giving him a peck on the cheek. She shared the cute snap, commenting: “I’ll ask no questions I’ll ride for you.” Mo’ Cheddah has been dating Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi, who is the brother of popular BEAT…
R & B singer, Banky W received showers of love from both current and old EME record label musicians, when he became a year older on March 27, 2016. The likes of Wizkid, Skales, Niyola and Shaydee poured out their hearts on their social media handles in the most touching birthday message ever. Nigerian rapper, Skales gave the first shout out when he wrote, “Thanks @bankywellington for being the big brother I never had.” “You’ve been a great influence in my life. God bless you for the continuous support & advice. Happy birthday!” Apart from being the owner of the…
An Instagram user, with username ‘tessy53’ has alleged that Rhythm 93.7 FM on-air personality, Toke Makinwa has a child out of wedlock, which she seems to be hiding from the public. Makinwa was challenged by the user for keeping the child’s identity away from people, raising the subject in an attack form. The user who appears to be a young woman wrote on Makinwa’s comment box saying, “You AV Neva post any of ur child picture on Instagram” “All u do is post ur ugly picture with ur wild and ugly mouth on Instagram….” Other Instagram users joined in the…
Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, was in a recent interview where she talked about how she gained prominence as an actress. She credited this to her Yoruba movies appearances, and also due to the support she has received from her husband. According to Aigbe, her husband takes interest in going through her script and offers professional criticism of her work. Her husband exemplifies his support for her career often. Whenever he thought she under-whelmed in a kissing scene, he made this known to her. Concerning the support she gets from him, Aigbe said, “Sometimes, he chastises for not kissing well in…
Popular Nigerian rapper, Olamide is probably having a mental breakdown or ‘mid-life crisis’. The singer took to Snapchat to pour out his emotions in depressing pictures. He wrote, “Don’t frustrate another person pikin. Bug ur parent at least de brought u to dis world.” “And some bugging ass dude ruining my day too”, he continued. He further went on to tell whoever it was that provoked such outburst to ‘stop bugging him as he’s also hungry’. “I’m chasing my dreams chase urs. Don’t bug me i’m hungry too,” he wrote. All this comes after that infamous interview Kemi Olunloyo had…
Former Nigerian manager Adegboye Onigbinde says the Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon is ‘unfortunate’. Eagles lost 0-1 to the Pharaohs of Egypt in the double header reverse fixture clash on Tuesday at the Borg El-Arab Stadium in Alexandria. Ramadan Sobhi pounced on a loose ball inside the area with a right-footed shot that deceived the Nigeria’s goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi, to roll into the net in the 64th minute. The defeat means that Nigeria now trail five points behind the seven-time African champions with an inconsequential match to spare against the Taifa…
Fernando Santos believes it is important Portugal’s friendly against Belgium is going ahead as it shows football is not afraid following the Brussels attacks. Portugal will host Belgium in Leiria on Tuesday, after the international fixture was moved from Brussels in the wake of last week’s attacks, which claimed 35 lives in the Belgian capital. The match had initially been cancelled before the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) offered to stage the Euro 2016 warm-up and Portugal coach Santos is happy the game is taking place. “This game is important. And it gives us an important signal, that there is no…
While he is on national team duties with the Super Eagles of Nigeria, wife and children of Odion Ighalo were in Paris for vacation. Ighalo is with the Super Eagles for their 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt. They drew the first game at home in Kaduna 1-1 and will be playing the return leg today, Tuesday, March 29. Ighalo is however missing his kids as he took to Instagram to share photos of their Paris getaway. ‘From Paris’ he captioned a phot of his two sons and daughter while he used a love sign for a post…