Famous Ghanaian comedian, Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng aka Funny Face was unfortunately involved in a serious car accident. According to Funny Face, an articulator truck skipped three cars to hit his Range Rover. On the good side, the comedian survived the accident but the car has been badly damaged. The accident happened at Nsawam just before the toll booth. The popular comedian and actor, Funny Face gave account of the incident on social media. He shared an image of his car and wrote: – “TO GOD BE THE GLORY … ! am still alive !! How can articulator skip 3…
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Father of all comedians in the country, Ali Baba, has opened up on an encounter he had with a groundnut seller in Lagos. Ali wrote posted the photo on Instagram and wrote: – “That’s the babe that sells me “granorth”. Very witty too. She said, “OGA ali make me sef popular NAaaa!” I hope this does it for her. A handsome former governor in the south south, who also goes through my Instagram, with a very filthy mind just asked me if the “2 nuts she is holding are mine” I said yes before I realized what he meant. Never…
Abia State Commissioner of Police, Habila Joshak, said, yesterday, that armed robbers and child traffickers have relocated from the state as the police have made their businesses, unprofitable. Speaking with members of the Aba Federated Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, who called on him, at his office, Joshak noted that the Police in collaboration with other security agencies in the state have reduced crime. “If we look at the crime situation in the state, you can see that the police in collaboration with other security agencies have run robbers, kidnappers and child traffickers out of business. It…
A 32-year-old man has taken his own life in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State after drinking an insecticide known as Sniper. This happened when he learned that his wife was having an extra-marital affair at Ikolo in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The deceased, identified as Amatari Christmas, was married to Tombara, an indigene of Ayama in the same local government area. They have two children. According to Vanguard, the incident has provoked anger among indigenes of the community, with some kinsmen of the deceased threatening to invoke their ancestors to deal with the unfaithful woman and her…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has picked up the immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi, about two weeks after he was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. The former NIMASA boss was reportedly picked up by the commission’s operatives in Lagos Thursday morning and taken to the EFCC office in the Ikoyi area of the city. According to an official of NIMASA, who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES, “He was taken in this morning around 10 a.m. Some of our other officials have also been summoned while EFCC operatives have been…
The reallocation of candidates by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been described by the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) as “unacceptable”. The University of Ibadan (UI) Chairman of SSANU, Wale Akinremi, in a statement Thursday, said: “We are not happy with the JAMB policy. It is unfair to parents and children. JAMB has tormented Nigerians financially and psychologically. “Where was the Ministry of Education when Prof Ojerinde led JAMB to implement this unsuitable policy initially? Now the ministry has overruled it, which is not acceptable to us. “We suggest that the Federal Government find someone…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, appears to be closing in on the immediate past Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, with the invitation of his former Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo on Thursday. The invitation of Mrs. Nwobodo was said to be the beginning of a comprehensive probe into the administration of the former governor. According to an EFCC source, the former Chief of Staff arrived the anti-graft agency’s headquarters in Abuja at about 9.30am yesterday to respond to issues against her and her former boss. The source added: “The former Chief of Staff was immediately ushered…
It seems the revelations on mind-boggling corruption that took place under the Goodluck Jonathan administration is only just starting with a prominent citizen from the Niger Delta region, where the ex-president hails from, providing further insight. The Akasoba of Kalabari land in the Niger Delta, Queen Zainab Duke-Abiola, who is the latest to make startling revelations of fraud that took place in the oil sector under the former president, says she has evidence from the White House that a former Petroleum Minister stole $9.3 billion. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Nation, Mrs. Duke-Abiola, who is one of the…
Nigeria’s power transmission from the national grid has increased to 4662 megawatts, the Federal Government on Wednesday said. Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which disclosed this in a statement signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs, Seun Olagunju, noted that the new peak was attained at 08.00pm on Tuesday, 28th July, 2015. Power generation and transmission have been recording new peaks above 4500MW following improvements in gas supply to the generating stations as well as equipment/infra-structure upgrade and enhanced human capacity of system operators. TCN assured that it would continue to work at enhancing the capacity to transmit more quality…
Ooni of Ife is alive and well, confirms Ife Traditional Council. Members of the Ife Royal Traditional Council, yesterday met with Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the Government House behind closed doors following Tuesday’s rumoured death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade. The RTC, which had since dismissed the rumour, was led to the meeting that lasted about 10 minutes by Lowa of Ife, Oba Joseph Ijaodola, with the secretary of the body, Chief Adetoye Odewole, also in attendance, among others. At the first meeting held in the presence of newsmen, Oba Ijaodola, who is next in…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s call to President Muhammadu Buhari played a huge role in making the President change his decision not to intervene in the leadership crisis that rocked the House of Representatives. The crisis ended on Tuesday with the emergence of Femi Gbajabiamila as the House Leader, a development that ended the strive. According to a member of the House of Representatives, who was privy to the decision, a group of concerned members of the House of Representatives decided that since President Buhari was adamant on his position about not intervening in the National Assembly leadership crisis, it was…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria would abide by the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Bakassi Peninsula. The president who is in Cameroon on special request from President Paul Biya, Wednesday, in Yaoundé, said in an interactive session with Nigerians living in Cameroon during his two-day working visit, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. The President said his administration would ensure the faithful implementation of the Green Tree Agreement, which regulates the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon. “Since Nigeria allowed the case to go to…
If best daddies are measured in how much a father spends on his child, Davido sure will make the top ten daddies list in the entertainment world. Ever since the birth of Davido’s daughter, Imade Adeleke, he has not stopped buying her expensive gifts fit for a princess that she is. So dear is Davido holding Imade that he devoted the biggest room in his Atlanta home as her nursery. It should be recalled that Davido secured his Atlanta home just after the birth of Imade. The Nigerian pop artist also takes to bond well with his beloved daughter.He assist…
Toke Makinwa’s decision to remain silent even though her estranged husband apologized for cheating, has left the fitness trainer, Maje Ayida confused. On July 22, 2015 Maje Ayida apologized to Toke publicly on Instagram, but the famous OAP did not respond to her husband’s apology. Probably frustrated by Toke’s silence, Ayida shared a subtle message obviously aimed at his wife. “Holding Grudges. Judging Others. Hating. Wanting To Cause Harm. Witholding Forgiveness. Gossiping. Ridiculing. Ignoring Others. Witholding Mercy. Throwing Stones. Stop It” read the poster shared by Maje Ayida. In her latest vlog Toke Makinwa spoke about ‘Invest In You’ and said “A lot…
Since Meek Mill’s attack on Drake on Twitter, everyone seems to be accusing another of not writing their own lyrics. Sexy female rapper, Nicki Minaj has fired back at her ex-lover, Safaree Samuels after he claimed he wrote lyrics for Nicki dating back to her first album on his diss track, Lifeline. So she took a moment during her July 28 concert to clear the air. “Til this day, I never stopped. You see, a b*tch a*s n**** can’t write my raps. You know why? You don’t have the heart, or the mindframe, or the motherfing intellect, bitch n****. You don’t even…
Former Young Money rapper, Tyga, has decided to try his hands on something different from music. The rapper whose album release was a massive failure has just launched a new app where the aim is to run away from the paparazzi. The app is called Kingin’ World Tour, and Tyga himself features in it as an avatar. The aim is pretty simple – run away from the paps. Players can pick up extra points along the way by collecting things and not getting photographed. Tyga says he’s hoping for a million downloads in one week, as he’s reportedly behind on…
Veteran Nigerian music procuder, Samklef recently hooked up with Nigerian-American singer Jidenna in Atlanta. Samklef who also doubles as a singer shared a picture of him with the ‘Classic Man‘ singer today (July 30). In the picture was Kelvin BOJ (formerly known as Laylow), and Nana Kwabena, Jidenna’s DJ who is from Ghana. After creating a storm with his comments about light skin people being more prone to kidnappers in an interview, Jidenna wrote a long post apologizing to Nigerians, and explaining his Nigerian experience. The post Photos: Samklef Hanging Out With Controversial Jidenna appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
Most Nigerians never thought this day would come, at least not this soon. PDP had during the presidential election campaign launched tirades of attacks on Buhari calling him all sorts of name; corrupt liar inclusive. However, PDP made a U-turn on one of their major notes of attack on Buhari yesterday when the spokesperson of the party, Olisa Metuh said “Apart from Mr. President, who for now, is not associated with any sleaze or corrupt activity”. This is an absolute turn around on what PDP claimed during the election. PDP would have never admitted to this if they had not…
The Nigerian Army has redeployed 334 senior officers. The redeployment of the senior officers was contained in a statement by acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, on Wednesday. The postings and appointments, which were approved by the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai, affected 37 Major Generals, 57 Brig. Generals, 128 Colonels, several lieutenant colonels and others. The appointments are also to take effect on various dates. According to the army spokesman, the exercise affected the General Officers Commanding the 1, 2, 3, 81 and 82 Divisions of the Nigerian Army. He said, “The Chief of…
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna-Ahmed, on Wednesday alleged that between 2009 and 2012, about 160 million barrels of oil valued at $13.7bn was diverted under the watch of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. She also said that subsidy payment from 2005 to 2012 indicated that $11.63bn had been paid to the NNPC but that “there is no evidence of the money being remitted to the federation account”. Mrs. Shamsuna-Ahmed, who called on the Federal Government to privatize the refineries, stated this during a courtesy call on Governor Nasir el-Rufai, at the…