Having mesmerized his fans with a successful performance, Reekado got into a bit of trouble with the crowd believed to be students of the institution and other music lovers who demanded him to give out some cash. It was gathered that the ‘Chop Am’ singer did throw some money into the hailing crowd that got attention of even bigger crowd. The situation became so pulsating that he almost lost his cherished gold chain thanks to his manager. As his team managed to escape him from the scene, the windscreen of his car was smashed by an unknown member of the…
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Rangers defeated fellow Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side El-Kanemi Warriors 3-0 in Abuja on Wednesday to set up a last-4 clash with Lobi Stars. The Flying Antelopes claimed lead courtesy of Osas Okoro’s well-taken free-kick on the nick of halftime. Marshal Odah Onoriode tapped home a cross to double Rangers’ lead and completed his brace with a solo effort which sealed a convincing win for his side. Lobi accounted for non-league side BJ Foundation 2-1 in Lokoja to advance into the semi-finals. Mohammed Farouk Umar opened scoring for the Makurdi-based outfit; his second goal in this year’s Federation Cup.…
Sunderland’s Adam Johnson will be sidelined for at least two months, manager DickAdvocaat has said. Johnson sustained a shoulder injury during Saturday’s 4-2 defeat at Leicester City. The English defender will undergo further tests on Wednesday evening, but manager Advocaat expects to be without him for at least eight weeks. The manager also revealed that central midfielder Jordi Gomez is still sidelined with injury. “We have Jordi Gomez and Adam Johnson injured and Danny Graham also has some minor problems,” said Advocaat in his pre-game press duties ahead of the weekend games. “Adam will go to the hospital for a scan…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has declared that the party will not interfere in the cabinet selection process and assured that President Muhammadu Buhari is working independently to assemble the “best hands” as ministers. Oyegun, who made this know when a group of Nigerian students visited him at his office in Abuja on Wednesday, said Buhari has spent the last two months having a grasp of the situation he inherited from the People Democratic Party (PDP) led government. He said, “What some of us in the progressives’ movement that had now transformed into governance…
Ahead of the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson has called on all political parties in the state to engage on issue-based and peaceful campaigns rather than incite people against the government of the day. Speaking in a live television and radio interview programme Wednesday, the governor urged the parties to play the game according to the rules, as only one candidate would emerge at the end of the contest. Touching on a wide range of issues, Mr. Dickson said he was aware of all the political meetings taking place in the state, yet there had…
Do you remember Nollywood actor, Gideon Okeke who slammed Tonto Dikeh on social media recently over her relationship with Mr X? Tonto’s stylist, Swanky Jerry took to social media to put the actor on a blast. Read what Jerry wrote: – “A Man Trying To Bring A woman Down My Goodness What is the world Turning into? An Actor who should be busy going for auditions and trying to get jobs,but he’s busy checking other people’s life and making silly comments about them being married.A man who could not accept his responsibilities the female you are trying to bring down is…
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has decried delay in the graduation of students 10 years after the State University (PLASU) was established. The governor who made this known when he visited the National Universities Commission in Abuja on Tuesday said the lack of lecturers, incessant interference, lack of facilities and inability to get accreditation of its courses have been the major causes of delayed graduation of two sets of students since its inception in April 2005. He sought the support of the Commission in the areas of accreditation, recruitment of more lecturers as well as diaspora professors to ensure that…
Prince Adetokunbo Sijuwade, son of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, on Wednesday officially announced the death of his father, saying he would be buried on Friday, 14th August 2015. Addressing journalists at the Government Office in Osogbo, the younger Sijuwade said the body of the late monarch would be flown in from London on Thursday and buried on Friday at 10 a.m. Also speaking, Governor Rauf Aregbesola said the “late Ooni represented the Yoruba nation and has done a lot in uplifting the traditional institution in the state”. Mr. Aregbesola, who read the last text message he received…
Barcelona duo of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez will contend with Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2014-15 Best Player in Europe Award, UEFA has announced. Journalists from each of UEFA’s 54 member nations provided a list of their five best-ranked players, with the first receiving five points; the second four, third; three, and so on in that order. The ten players with most points advanced to the second vote, where from the aforementioned three candidates in the final shortlist have emerged. The winner will be determined by votes during the 2015-16 Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 27…
An helicopter has crash into the Lagos lagoon around Oworonshoki, reports have said. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Spokesman (South West), Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the incident to newsmen. He said that emergency workers are already moving to the area. “We don’t know exactly what happened but we have called the Nigerian Mission Control Centre (NIMCC) to confirm the distress signal,” Thisday quoted him to have said. “The centre will ascertain this through the COSPAS-SARSAT, also known as the beacon, which is a hi-tech satellite based equipment made by Russia, USA and Canada for search and rescue purposes.” Mr. Farinloye, however,…
Blood-thirsty terrorist group, Boko Haram, is no longer led by the “invincible” Abubakar Shekau, Chad’s President Idriss Deby, declared Tuesday. Deby also revealed that efforts to combat the insurgents had succeeded in “decapitating” the group and would be wrapped up “by the end of the year”, in confirmation of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari’s assurance that Boko Haram will finally be crushed by end of 2015. Addressing reporters in the capital N’Djamena, on the occasion of the country’s 55th independence anniversary, Deby said: “Boko Haram is decapitated. There are little groups (of Boko Haram members) scattered throughout east Nigeria, on the…
Oritsefemi (a.k.a ‘Musical Taliban’) seems to be very proud of his two grown up daughters. The Double Wahala crooner shared a photo of him with his two daughters through his Instagram page, whom he had from different women. Oritsefemi wrote in the caption “Feel the pain b4 the gain… i knw it’s not easy but we have to…Happiness must visit u some day….so be strong nd be ready.”
Bosnia-Hercegovina international and Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko has joined Italian side AS Roma on a season-long loan. The 29-year-old has won two Premier League titles in four years with City, scoring 50 league goals in 130 appearances for the Manchester club. Džeko told Roma TV: “I came here to win titles with Roma. Hopefully we will win many, many trophies but first we have to work hard on the pitch and at the end, hopefully we will get where we want to be. I can only promise one thing and that is that I will give my best for…
Kim Kardashian’s younger sister, Kylie Jenner, turned 18 days ago and has already begun to receive adult site job offers. The world’s leading premium P0*nstar adult entertainment site -Brazzers – tweeted on Monday, ”Hey @KylieJenner now that you’re finally 18, how about putting those lips to good use?’‘ While Jenner hasn’t replied, the message has been retweeted and favorited more than 30,000 times each. One P0*n star, exclaimed, “Wouldn’t that be awesome!” Someone else even cracked, “why not that’s how the rest of her fam got famous.” At least one person, however, was disturbed by the message, writing, “you know the tweet…
Benue House of Assembly on Wednesday gave approval to the state government to obtain a loan of over 5 billion naira to settle accumulated counterpart fund contributions. The request, contained in a letter by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Targema Takema, on behalf of Governor Samuel Ortom, was read on the floor of the assembly by the Speaker, Mr Terkimbi Ikyange. In the letter, the government explained that it would use the money to settle its funding contributions for some major programmes. It stated that the programmes included the Millennium Development Goals, FADAMA III, Water and Sanitation Programmes,…
Swansea City have signed Arsenal youth goalkeeper Josh Vickers on a two-year deal. The 19-year-old has been on trial at the Liberty Stadium since the start of July and made case for his stake to a permanent deal with an impressive second-half performance in a pre-season win against 1860 Munich in Germany. Vickers was released by Arsenal in June and joins the Swans on a free transfer- subject to international clearance. He reunites with former Gunners team-mate Lukasz Fabianski and will alongside Kristoffer Nordfeldt become understudies to the Pole at the Welsh club. “I have been here five or six…
The 25-year old Aston Villa midfielder, Ashley Westwood has signed a new five-year contract at the Premier League club. Westwood arrived at Villa Park from Crewe Alexandra for a fee believed to be around £2m in the summer of 2012. His previous contract was due to end next year, but will now remain with the side until at least 2020. “I am extremely pleased to sign a new contract and commit my future to Aston Villa,” the Englishman told the club’s official website. “I was made to feel very welcome from the moment I first walked through the door and…
President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) on Wednesday commended Nigerian youths for their contributions towards making change possible in the country. The president, who gave the commendation while delivering his speech at the State House in Abuja during the commemoration of the International Youth Day 2015, stressed that Youths are architects of change. He said: “As part of the commemoration of Int’l Youth Day, I’d like to throw this challenge to Nigerians at home and abroad. “I can assure you, my young compatriots that you have written your names in history and you will be remembered as true heroes of our democracy…
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has debunked insinuations that the state government may not sustain the overseas scholarships given to several Kano students by the immediate past administration of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in the state.The governor, who was speaking during the launching of the state’s free eye care programme at Sir Sunusi Hospital in Kano yesterday, said that the government was keen on ensuring that the beneficiaries complete their studies so that they could fill the vacuum in certain critical areas of the economy, especially the health sector.He, therefore, maintained that despite financial challenges facing the country presently…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG Pastor E.A Adeboye raced to the headlines of most news publications in Nigeria over the weekend following his comment at the church’s 63rd Annual Convention held on Saturday that he is richer than the world’s richest man Bill Gates. The influential man of God gave his reason for saying this. But Nigerians still reacted to the statement anyways. INFORMATION NIGERIA has gathered some of these comments from Nigerians and we’ve put them all together here; Inufin Gbenga David said ‘yes Daddy G O is richer than Bill Gates in terms…