Well, I guess this is one of the perks of being signed as an ambassador to a multi-billion dollar company. Veteran Nollywood goddess, Genevieve Nnaji, who recently celebrated her birthday got a gift from Etisalat Nigeria. The telecoms company apparently got her an Apple laptop with her name inscribed on it. Niceeeee!!!!!!!!! The post See The Adorable Birthday Gift Genevieve Nnaji Got From Etisalat [PHOTO] appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
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It looks like Wizkid might not get to see all his congratulatory messages, thanks to hackers. The singer’s management released a statement about the issue. It reads: – The twitter account of Africa’s reigning artiste Ayo Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has been taking over by Fraudsters. Who are currently displacing fake numbers and claiming to be wizkid’s manager Sunday Are and taking money from individuals. Please this happened some few minutes ago today (15-07-2015),, pls be advised not to interact with anybody or number from that account. Wizkid’s manager is Sunday Are CEO of List Entertainment. The post…
Soon to be wedded OAP, Ebuka, seems to be gathering some fitness and muscle before he gets married. The media personality yesterday, July 15 shared a photo of himself that got his female fans drooling on Instagram. Ebuka flaunted his huge tattooed biceps, but also declared that his body belongs to his fiancée, Cynthia Obianodo. “#CynthiasProperty #Thankful ” wrote Ebuka. On June 12, the couple had an engagement dinner; the guests were Banky W., Lamide Adedeji, Tunde Demuren amongst others. The post OAP Ebuka flaunts His Biceps, Tags It ‘Cynthia’s Property’ appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
It’s still Wizkid’s birthday and the good wishes have continued to pour in on social media. Star-Boy CEO added a year to his age today, July 16, 2015 and both former rivals and friends have sent him congratulatory messages. Even Skales took to Twitter to send a lovely birthday message to his former label mate. Skales wrote “happy birthday @wizkidayo …. More blessings king ….I am super proud of you #love” Wizkid is not on good terms with the ‘Shake Body’ crooner after efforts to settle their failed to yield positive result. I guess this birthday message would do the…
A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Thursday denied that he was looking forward to holding a political appointment under the present dispensation. The former army chief, who was apparently reacting to news reports that he was set to be named the new National Security Adviser by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday until the last minute when the name of Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.) was announced, said he was not in the race for the position. “What race? There was no race for the office of National Security Adviser (NSA). And if there was one, I was…
The All Progressives Congress has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of telling barefaced lies in its allegation that the security agencies are interfering in the cases before election petition tribunals. The APC called the allegation a futile attempt by the opposition party to pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians. The spokesperson of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, had on Wednesday stated that the National Working Committee of the party had discovered that the governing APC is trying to manipulate election petition tribunal in Rivers, Delta and Akwa Ibom states. Metuh, who addressed a press conference at the PDP secretariat…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sought the support of members of the diplomatic corps towards ending the scourge of terrorism in Nigeria and the African continent as a whole. The president made the call when he broke the Ramadan fast with them at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, which was the first time they were meeting after the May 29 inauguration. Buhari noted that the annual breaking of fast during Ramadan with members of the diplomatic corps has become customary in the presidency. According to him, Nigeria was prepared to play any leadership role in Africa and beyond towards bringing about…
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi, has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, announced the sacking in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday. Adesina, however, did not give reason for the decision, which he said took immediate effect. Akpobolokemi, he said, has been directed to hand over the management of NIMASA and all government property in his possession to the most senior officer in the agency, who will remain in charge until a new Director-General is appointed. The post…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has responded to the petition written against him by a serving judge in the state, Justice Folahanmi Oloyede. The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salaam, said this in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Goke Butika, in Osogbo, the state capital. Oloyede, in a petition to the state House of Assembly, had accused Aregbesola of financial recklessness and asked the lawmakers to commence impeachment proceedings against him. The Speaker, who had earlier confirmed that the Assembly had forwarded the petition to the governor for his…
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has faulted the call by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State for the scrapping of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saying political interference is the bane of the corporation. In a reaction to the governor’s comment in a paper he delivered during the 7th Professor Wole Soyinka’s birthday lecture on Monday, PENGASSAN’s Acting General Secretary, Mr. Lumumba Okugbawa, said instead of “kill the NNPC,” the governor should have called for the insulation of the corporation from undue political interference that had distracted the organisation. According to PENGASSAN, the issue…
You would recall that veteran Nollywood actress and producer, Rita Dominic celebrated her birthday days ago. New reports now suggest that she might have lied about her age. Rita celebrated 40th birthday on July 12, 2015. A source close to the actress named Chika, revealed that Rita Dominic is lying and they both went to the same school together. In Chika’s words, “But Rita you are 43 not 40. We all grew up at Aba and we were in d same class in Santa Maria Primary school, Aba. This should have been celebrated 3yrs ago not this year my dear Rita”…
It’s no longer news that today is Wizkid’s 25th birthday. The ‘Ojuelegba‘ superstar was thankful for the gift of life as he got up and tweeted about reaching the age of twenty-five. Wizkid says he is “handsome and wealthy“, and feels “so blessed” on his birthday. Wizkid is surely blessed as luxury designer Malivelihood has given the Star-Boy boss a customized Gold Sennheiser microphone with a customised diamond sleeve. Wizzy has been getting tons of birthday messages from friends far and wide. “Happy birthday boy!!!! Love you beyond words!!! We’ve really been through 18-25 sha” simply wrote Wizkid’s on/off girlfriend,…
What better way to show that there’s no beef between the 2 superstars. I guess, this proves beyond all doubt that the beef from last year between Davido and Wizkid, is over!!! The Omo Baba Olowo, Davido took to Twitter to wish Wizkid happy birthday. He wrote. “Happy birthday @wizkidayo enjoy ur day and be safe !!”. The post Davido Gives Wizkid Birthday Shout-out On Twitter appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
There has been a lot of talk recently about veteran singer, Majek Fashek. For the past several months, people have spoken about his frayed looks, to his use of drugs, his paranoia for the media and friends attempting to raise funds for him to go to rehab. However, here are a couple of things most Nigerians don’t know about the Nigerian reggae legend whose real name is Majekodunmi Fasheke. 1. The guitarist started his professional music career in a band called Ja’stix. His band mates included Ras Kimono, Amos McRoy, Gregg, Sammy Sammama, Geogre Orwells and Black O’Rice. 2. He was…
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Wednesday that he chose the late former President Umaru Yar’ Adua as his successor because the others who wanted to succeed him were tainted by corruption. He said one of the people who wanted to succeed him in 2007 was “stinkingly corrupt” and that the only way he (Obasanjo) could justify himself before man and God was to go for Yar’Adua, who, he said, was the only one among the contenders then who was not corrupt. Yar’Adua was serving his final term of eight years as governor of Katsina State when he was drafted into…
The Ekiti State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has again described the desecration of the tomb of the late Deputy Governor, Mrs. Funmi Olayinka, as “politics of bitterness taken too far”. The opposition party said Governor Ayo Fayose’s action was a deliberate move to distort his master plan for the Heroes’ Park originally meant to be a library, instead of a Women Development Centre. A statement by the Ekiti APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, challenged the governor to produce the master plan of the new building and show where it was designed as a Women Development Centre. He said:…
The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the Director-General of Department of State Service, Mr. Lawal Daura, is interfering with electoral matters currently before some election petitions tribunals. It further alleged that Daura had even invited some security chiefs and some members of election petitions tribunals with the aim of interrogating them. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Metuh, members of the National Working Committee arrived at this decision after their meeting in Abuja. He said, “The National Working Committee of the PDP has uncovered a…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that a new Nigeria is emerging under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated this during an interactive session he had with Nigerians resident in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, on Wednesday, also quoted Osinbajo as using the occasion of the interactive session to give advice to state governments on how they can avoid the mistakes that led to their requiring financial assistance from the Federal Government. The vice president said the state governments must do more to increase internally generated…
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied expressing anti-Igbo sentiments as alleged by the pro-secessionist channel, Radio Biafra. The claim by the radio that Mr. Buhari disparaged the Igbo ethnic group in a BBC Hausa interview, is completely false, malicious and slanderous, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Medi and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Wednesday. Mr. Shehu said the voice being ascribed to President Buhari in the recording, repeatedly played back by the pirate station, is definitely not the president’s. “No one should be deceived by the pirate radio station’s hate propaganda against the president”, Mr. Shehu said in a statement on…
The five week old strike by doctors at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti (FETHI) is not targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari, the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), have said. The association said the strike action was for the payment of its members entitlements. A statement yesterday by ARD President, Otutoaja Uzoma and Secretary-General, Ekundayo Oladeji, urged the FETHI Chief Medical Director, Dr. Majekodunmi Ayodele, to pay all their outstanding entitlements and see to the welfare of other health workers. They said: “For clarity sake, our association is neither against the populace, nor the Federal Government, which has done the needful…