Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad has urged Nigerian Muslim women to support the current fight against corruption by discouraging their husbands from engaging in corruption. The Sultan said this on Friday while speaking at the 30th Anniversary of the Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in Ilorin. The anniversary was celebrated at the Banquet Hall of the University of Ilorin where various Muslim organisations from Ghana, Ivory Coast and the United Kingdom came to felicitate with the Nigerian branch of FOMWAN. The monarch pointed out that the change needed in Nigeria should start from home for…
Author: Wale Adebayo
President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) has appealed to Nigerians for calm and has assured he will not marginalize any section of the country in subsequent appointments, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Saturday. Mr. Shehu said the appointments made so far were a “tip of an iceberg”, as more were coming. “Our brothers and sisters and fellow countrymen should bear with the new administration as it takes its measured steps towards an effective take off”, he said in a statement. The plea for understanding came amid the widespread backlash the administration suffered for its recent appointments,…
Former Director, Department of Development Control, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Malam Yahaya Yusuf, has said that the international best practice is that no building should remain vacant for more than six months. Yusuf said this at a send-forth party held in his honour by the staff of the department. According to him, the number of completed but unoccupied structures in the territory had become a matter of serious concern in the FCT. He, therefore, urged the department to sanction such developers. “The international best practice is that no completed structure is expected to remain unoccupied for more than six…
South African OAP, Bonang Matheba has slammed reports that she’s responsible for breaking up AKA’s relationship with his baby mama DJ Zinhle. Times Live, a South African online newspaper published a story alleging that Bonang and AKA had a secret affair that eventually broke the rapper’s relationship with DJ Zinhle. Today Bonang Matheba dismissed the rumors on her Twitter account. On August 26, 2015 AKA and DJ Zinhle announced their split. The pair who started dating circa 2013 released a joint statement confirming their split. “After a great deal of thought, reflection and discussion we have decided to end our…
The MTV awards is just around the corner and we get to find out who is sitting next to who at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The name cards revealed on Friday ahead of the VMAs shows list of celebs taking the front row at the 32nd MTV VMAs event, which is expected to be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on August 30, 2015. Miley Cyrus is the host of the show. The red-carpet show will begin at 6:30 p.m and we got you covered for all the scoops and gist. Justin Bieber: the rappers will be…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Empress Njama, went on her Instagram page today to share photos of herself eating Eba and other heavy meals. Fans slammed the actress for eating the food with her long artificial nails. The actress also fired back at her food critics. Read their exchange of words below: –
Popular indigenous rapper, Olamide, has opened up on his relationship with his baby mama and long time girlfriend, Adebukunmi Suleiman. The rapper stated that although they are still together, he has no plans for marriage now. Here’s what the rapper had to say: “We’ve been cool from way back and we’ve been together for almost 5 years now. It’s not just some random chic that came around from nowhere. That’s just it. But the question of marrying her, that one is very hard to answer because Olamide is not God. Only God knows tomorrow.”
The Grammy Award winning singer Chris Brown, who’s currently on his One Hell of a Nite Tour through Sept. 19, shared 25 surprising and some admirable facts about himself with Us Weekly. 1. I am a neat freak. 2. I listen to Sango and Hippie Sabotage on Pandora. 3. I’m the only singer who has been incarcerated and had a No. 1 record at the same time. 4. I’ve trained in martial arts and boxing. 5. I own 14 Burger Kings. 6. I paint monsters that are mirror images of people’s negative views of me. 7. I was 13 when…
Man Utd defender Jonny Evans has joined West Bromwich Albion on a four-year contract. The centre-half made 198 appearances (19 as a substitute) for United and scored seven goals. A product of the Red Devils’ academy, Evans made his debut for the Manchester club in a League Cip clash with Coventry City in September 2007. “Everybody at Manchester United would like to wish Jonny the very best of luck for the future,” the club said in a statement posted on their website. The Northern Ireland international had not featured for United this season with his last appearance coming in a…
Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball national team, D’Tigers, are through to the championship match of the AfroBasket 2015 after an 88-79 win over Senegal.
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Friday said that the Senate is committed to enacting appropriate legislation to create attractive business environment in the country. He said this when he received the Chairman of Black Rhino Group and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who led the Chairman and Co-founder of Blackstone Group, Stephen Schwarzman and his delegation on a courtesy call on the Senate President in Abuja. The delegation also included President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. The Senate President said that the 8th Senate would concentrate on commercial aspects of the nation’s laws having successfully reviewed the criminal aspect…
The Kokomaster, D’Banj has revealed why he is still single and without a child at 35-years old. The energetic singer, businessman and ONE ambassador in Africa, has disclosed that his career as a musician and his brand as an entertainer has been responsible for his single status at the age of 35. ‘I had always thought I would have a child before the age of 30. That fantasy did not become a reality because I wanted to strengthen my brand,’ he said during a recent chat with The Punch. Sadly accepting his status at 35-years old, D’Banj further said, ‘While growing…
In a recent chat with Vanguard, popular Nollywood actress, Rukky Sanda, opened up on her career and other personal things. Rukky says she has multiple personalities that take care of all her businesses. She said: ‘I’m an interior designer, scriptwriter, actress, director and producer, and I’ve been doing this for about 10 years now. I think I’m just different at different times. It’s a blessing actually. I love writing and listening to stories. I also love being involved in every aspect of my movies; I can edit and do a couple of other things. I don’t like being ignorant about…
Manchester City retained their 100% start to the Premier League season with a confident 2-0 win at home to Watford. Raheem Sterling opened his league account for the hosts and Fernadinho took his tally to two this season after another sublime finish at the Etihad stadium. City named an unchanged side from the 2-0 win at Everton last time out. Watford tweaked their starting lineup by introducing Almen Abdi for Scotland international Ikechi Anya. Watford asked early questions of the Premier League leaders’ defensive capabilities which ended in some scrappy corner kicks at the home team’s end – all but…
Striker Jarmy Verdy scored to help Leicester City share the spoils at Bournemouth on Sunday. Callum Wilson’s opened scoring for the Vitality Stadium hosts via a superb overhead kick but every effort for a first home Premier League win for the newcomers fizzled out few minutes to the referee’s whistle. Lee Tomlin made his first Premier League start for Bournemouth, coming in for Josh King as Leicester brought in N’Golo Kante for fellow new signing Shinji Okazaki. Four-goal Riyad Mahrez was an early scare for coach Claudio Ranieri when he appeared to have picked up an injury with just 20…
A good start by West Ham United at Liverpool culminated in a stunning 3 – 0 victory on the road for Slaven Bilic’s men. Philipe Coutinho and Mark Noble saw red for hosts Liverpool and West Ham respectively as both sides ended the game with ten men. The home side named an unchanged 11 from Monday night’s goalless draw at Arsenal, but James Tomkins and Manuel Lanzini started for the Hammers in place of Carl Jenkinson and Kevin Nolan. Argentine midfielder Lanzini, who was introduced in the closing 15 minutes in the home defeat to Leicester City a fortnight ago, needed…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as alarming, the damage so far done on the nation’s economy by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government since it assumed leadership of the country, three months ago. The opposition party said the shambolic state of the nation’s economy within the period, which represents the worst in the nation’s contemporary history, is a direct fallout of uncertainty created by the inability of the Buhari-led government to chart a clear-cut economic policy, worsened by abuse of regulations, and flagrant violation of constitutional provisions. In a statement on Saturday by its National…
Bakary Sakho scored and provided an assist for Joel Ward as Crystal Palace recorded their first win at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League era on Sunday. Falcao scored for Chelsea but his celebration lasted for less than two minutes as every dream of a Chelsea resurgence were sniffed off with a quickfire second for the Eagles Garry Cahill replaced the suspended John Terry, while Glenn Murray made way for Connor Wickham in Palace’s starting XI. Both enjoyed an entertaining start beefed up with chances on either sides, and Pedro came closest to opening scores on 20 minutes but bent…
The Rivers Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed an application by the All Progressives Congress to scan and crop all the materials used for 2015 governorship election in the State. The APC and its candidate in the April 11 governorship election, Dakuku Peterside, are seeking the nullification of the election of Governor Nyesom Wike. APC and Mr. Peterside allege that the election was characterised by irregularities and fraudulent practices. They sought to inspect all the materials used for the election to prove allegations of falsification and allotment of votes for Mr. Wike. The Chairman of the…
Six players from the Glo Premier League have been selected to join forces with 18 of their oversees-based colleagues for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Tanzania. Both selected players from the domestic league and other invited foreign-based professionals are expected to be back for resumption of training in Abuja on Tuesday after their respective club commitments this weekend. The Super Eagles will train till Thursday, when they will fly out of the country to Dar es Salam for next weekend’s encounter. The home-based players in coach Sunday Oliseh’s squad are Usman Mohammed of FC Taraba,…