It’s the Koko Master D’Banj’s birthday today. The DB Records boss is a force to reckon with when it comes to music in Nigeria. With lovely hits after hits and several awards to show for his laudable contributions, we take a look at the 10Things you didn’t know about D’Banj D’banj was born in Zaria, Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria, but his parents are Yorubas from Ogun State. D’banj wanted to study Mechanical Engineering when he got to London in 2001, but he suspended it to pursue a career in music. D’banj once worked as a security guard in London. In 2001,…
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Beautiful crossover actress, Fathia Balogun, is surprisingly one of the very few actresses who have never kissed in a movie. But she said it is not intentional. Fathia in a chat us says she is yet to kiss in a movie because no producer has given her a script that warrants her to do so. She is of the opinion that filmmakers can explain better why such roles have eluded her. The estranged wife of actor Saheed Balogun therefore said she would be willing to play a kissing role if given the role. According to her, “they don’t give me script for…
Senate President Bukola Saraki has paid chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abubakar Atiku a courtesy visit following his emergence as the president of the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Saraki had boycotted a mock election to choose the Senator that would represent the APC at the election that held today in the Senate but had gone ahead to seek support from his former co-members in the Peole’s Democratic Party (PDP) from where he defected to the PDP. Their support ensured he won the Senate presidency and in return, his supporters were on hand to ensure Ike Ekweremadu…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he had observed the outcome of the elections of principal officers of the National Assembly and stood by his earlier position that he would work with whoever the lawmakers elected to preside over their affairs. While acknowledging that he would have preferred that the process of electing the leaders as initiated and concluded by the governing All Progressives Congress was followed, he was of the view that constitutional process “has somewhat occurred”. President Buhari’s position was contained in a statement issued to journalists in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr.…
The Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the emergence of Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker respectively. The party had earlier elected Senator Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila to run for election to the National Assembly seats at a mock election which Saraki and Dogara rejected. The APC had urged them to support the candidates it chose to represent the party but they declined. In a reaction to the victories of Saraki and Dogara, the APC has released a statement which may be the beginning of the party’s fall.…
One lucky winner will be dancing all the way home with a whooping N250,000.00 as is the custom at the end of every Rosabon Win-Big Monthly (RWIN) draw. You wish that lucky person could be you don’t you? I bet you are thinking about all the amazing stuff you could do with that amount! Not to worry, you can also participate in the next RWIN monthly draw and stand a chance to win big. All you need to do is open a Rosabon Win-big monthly note (RWIN) account with Rosabon Financial Services, and place funds in for a 30 day…
The continuous improvement in technology, particularly Information Technology, over the decades has meant that a number of professionals embrace technology not just as an innovation but as part of their socio-economic activities. Businesses around the world have been helped by advanced technology which in the overall has reduced cost of doing business while also turning out high scale productivity that redefines economies over the world. With information technology, business transactions have become seamless globally, reducing physical presence and creating breath-taking pace of information exchange. Growing globally, many businesses in Nigeria now recognize these intrinsic potentials of Information Technology and have…
The immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Barr. Ibrahim Shema, has hailed the taxation system of Lagos State just as he pointed out that no state in the country could match Lagos in terms of revenue and capital projects. The former governor stated this during a programme on Channels Television on Monday. Shema, who holds the record as the only former governor in the last dispensation that did not approach the bond market for a loan, said he refused joining the bandwagon because Katsina State was not self-sufficient. While the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, left…
Chris Brown claims he got burned by friends who told him his ex, Karrueche Tran was dying to get back with – which led to the nightclub blowup that made Chris look like an obsessed ex. TMZ reports Sources close to the former couple tell TMZ … Chris got a table at Playhouse, right next to Karrueche because their mutual friends told him to do it. The friend network was pumping Chris up … telling him KT was ready to work things out. So, as you can imagine … Chris was shocked that night when Karrueche stormed out of the…
The Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate for Nasarawa-West during the in the last general elections, Mr Ahmed Wadada, has withdrawn his case against Sen. Abdullahi Adamu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the National and State Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal. NAN reports that the petitioner announced his decision through his counsel, Mr John Mathieu, during a pre-hearing on Monday at the tribunal in Lafia. The counsel announced the decision through an oral application. Mathieu said the decision of his client on the case was best known to him. “I have a written instruction from my client to withdraw the…
The Ekiti State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed the statement issued by members-elect of the House of Representatives from the state on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, saying they should stop branding Governor Ayodele Fayose as God-anointed. The Ekiti State APC said the Reps-elect were shying away from the issues raised by the party. In a statement by its publicity secretary, Mr Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party argued that “It is surprising that PDP in its reaction did not fault any of our claims on the quality of the membership of the House of Assembly as presently…
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has congratulated the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on his emergence as Senate President and Chairman of the 8th National Assembly. In a statement, which he personally signed, Gov. Ahmed said: “On behalf of the government and people of Kwara State, I congratulate my leader, Distinguished Senator Bukola Saraki, the new Senate President and Chairman of the National Assembly. “His emergence not only reaffirms the supremacy of popular will, it also underlines our collective preference for a credible legislature and our confidence in Senator Bukola Saraki’s capacity and competence to…
As expected, an election is underway to choose a Speaker for the 8th House of Representatives. The election is between the member-elect representing Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State, Femi Gbajabiamila, and member-elect representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, Dogara Yakubu. Hon. Gbajabiamila, who was Minority Leader in the 7th House, is the All Progressives Congress, APC, consensus candidate for the position of Speaker while his main challenger, Hon. Yakubu, is banking on a handful of supporters from his party, the APC, as well as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which has directed all its members…
Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has described the plan by his predecessor, Timipre Sylva, to return to office as an “illusion”. The governor stated this in a statement by his media aide, Daniel Iworiso-Markson on Monday, in reaction to comments credited to Mr. Sylva, accusing him of governance by intimidation and fear. Mr. Sylva, who was governor between 2007 and 2012 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, had while speaking with select journalists in Yenagoa at the weekend, said he was eminently qualified to contest the 2016 governorship election in the South-South State. The former governor, who…
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has directed that the 11 leaders of suspected cult groups arrested in Edo in May, be arraigned on Tuesday, having completed investigations into their matter. Arase’s directive is contained in a statement issued by CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Force Public Relations Officer, on Monday in Abuja. The statement recalled that the suspects had played ignoble roles in acts of terror, vicious inter and intra cult conflicts that led to destruction of lives and property in the state. It appealed to the public to continue to collaborate with the police in ensuring that…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has solicited the understanding of residents of Jos and Bukuru metropolis as the government grapples with the problem of clearing the heaps of refuse in most parts of the major towns. The governor assured that contractors will soon be mobilised to continue work on road projects, which have been abandoned as citizens have been finding it difficult to move around freely. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Press and Public Affairs, Mr. Emmanuel Nanle, on Monday. According to the statement, the government was disturbed by the rising heaps of refuse, which had been…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday set up a committee to determine the immediate and remote causes of the frequent tanker crashes in the state after a meeting with petrol tanker drivers and other stakeholders in the transport sector. The governor, who spoke at the Conference Room of the Lagos House, Ikeja, said the committee, which would be chaired by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, would also prepare guidelines for ethical conduct for tanker drivers over the next two weeks. Ambode, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, said the committee would also…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dissolved the State Independent Electoral Commission and the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission. The dissolution came on the heels of the State House of Assembly’s earlier directive to the governor to dissolve the two commissions. The House had summoned the chairmen and members of the commissions to give account of their activities within the last two years. Apparently dissatisfied with their explanations, the state lawmakers on Monday empowered the governor to sack the commissioners and dissolve the commissions. In a terse statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Sir Opunabo…
Following the election unopposed, of Senator-elect Bukola Saraki as President of the 8th Senate, an election is presently ongoing in the Senate Chambers for the Deputy President of the Senate. The nominees for the position are immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party and Mohammed Ali Ndume of the All Progressives Congress. The motion for Ekweremadu’s nomination was moved by Senator-elect Abiye Sekibo and seconded by Senator-elect Olaka Nwogu while the motion for Ndume’s nomination was moved by a yet-to-be identified senator-elect and seconded by Senator-elect Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim. Following reading of the rules and…
A wild jubilation broke out in the Senate Chambers on Tuesday morning as Senator-elect for Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr. Bukola Saraki, was elected President of the 8th Senate, unopposed. The motion for his nomination was moved by Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima and seconded by Senator Dino Melaye. After accepting the nomination of his colleagues, Mr. Saraki was immediately called to the seat of the President of the Senate where the oath of office was administered on him by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Abubakar Salisu Mai-Kasuwa. More details later…