Falz has come a very long way from his funny skits to becoming a highly respected singer with endorsement deals. Himself and Praiz have gracefully made the cover of Allure Magazine latest edition. They feature in the magazine as ‘Game Changers’ due to their continuous growth in the entertainment industry. They were styled by Rhoda Ebun, while photography was handled by Bamiyo Emina.
Author: Wale Adebayo
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, has described as a ‘huge joke’ claims by Senator-elect Buruji Kashamu that he (George) was behind the siege laid on his Lagos residence by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Kashamu, who was involved in a stand-off with NDLEA operatives on Saturday morning for several hours, had accused George and his wife, Roli, who is the Director-General of the anti-narcotics agency, of being behind his ordeal “in a bid to score cheap political points”. Speaking through his media aide, Austin Oniyokor, the senator-elect urged “well-meaning…
The All Progressives Congress has said President Goodluck Jonathan is handing over a nation in deep crisis, even as his administration continues to contrive more crises without making any effort to provide solutions to any of them. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC, however, appealed to Nigerians not to lose hope, despite the daunting challenges they were currently facing in “this atmosphere of contrived chaos”, saying help was on the way. APC said, “In a few days’ time, President Jonathan will hand over to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. Never in the history of our country has any government handed…
In order to make the country normal again to make for a smooth rebuilding process, president-elect Muhammadu Buhari will need N4.1 trillion, equivalent of a year’s budget. According to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun, the money will enable Buhari to offset outstanding salaries of workers at the federal and state levels, service debts incurred by the outgoing administration and also offset petrol subsidy payments already imported. Oyegun said this during a two-day retreat for APC senators-elect in Abuja on Saturday. He lamented the state of the economy and urged Nigerians to show understanding…
A former Minister of Defence, General Theophilous Danjuma has tasked the President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari to probe President Goodluck Jonathan and his administration’s alleged gross mismanagement of resources. Speaking in Takum, Taraba State during the official commissioning of two set of bridges he constructed along Takum-Katsina highway, yesterday, Danjuma said if the menace of corruption would be curbed in the country, it has become imperative for Buhari to probe the outgoing administration. “It is disheartening to know that the incoming government of Buhari will have to contend with a debt of over $60 billion and there is nothing to show…
Controlling Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Saturday absolved the federal government of any blames in the current fuel crisis in the country. Speaking during an interactive session with finance correspondents in Abuja on Saturday, Okonjo-Iweala said most of the marketers were blackmailing the government and by extension, Nigerians. She urged Nigerians to rise up and ask questions on why the marketers reneged on their promise a fortnight ago after they openly told the entire country that they had sorted out their differences with the government and that they were going to end the…
The Ekiti State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the violence across the state smacks of government’s grand design. A statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, on Friday, said, “Governor Ayodele Fayose should be held responsible for various acts of violence in the state”. According to the APC spokesman, the current wave of violence in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital had all the trappings of the usual government-orchestrated violent acts to achieve a premeditated end. Mr. Olatunbosun regretted that Ekiti people were used to the government-inspired violent acts, which they experienced between 2003 and 2006 during…
The Senate Minority Leader, George Akume, on Friday said that he was the most qualified candidate for the position of the Senate presidency. Mr. Akume, who represents Benue North-West Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Abuja. The ex-governor said that going by the presidential system of government which Nigeria practices, the minority leader should automatically takeover the leadership if his party man emerges as leader of the central government. “We are practicing the presidential system of government and in that system, the path of succession to leadership in…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has dismissed the statement credited to him on the current travails of Ogun-East Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, in the hands of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, saying his (Kashamu) issue is not political. Fayose, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Saturday, said the comment attributed to him must have been concocted by desperate political spin doctors to link him with something he knew nothing about. The statement read, “Kindly disregard any press statement being circulated that I made on Prince Buruji Kashamu today. “I have not made any press statement…
Ahead of the May 29 hand over date, the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said on Saturday that the Buhari administration would require about N4.1 Trillion for sundry expenses, including oil subsidy payment, arrears of salaries at federal and state levels and debt servicing. Oyegun, who made this known at a two-day retreat for APC Senators-elect in Abuja, also informed the lawmakers that in the course of their duty, they may be called upon at short notice to pass important bills in the interest of the nation. According to him, there is no shying away from…
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State yesterday drew the battle line with his political opponents within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as he took the battle for his re-election to their door step. In an unmistakable step that gave a hint of what to expect in the coming days, Dickson at the transparency briefing in Banquet Hall, Yenagoa, revoked contracts awarded by his government to firms owned by a Presidential Assistant on Domestic Matters, Mr. Waripamowei Dudafa. He also terminated the job awarded to the Board Chairman, Federal Polytechnic Ekowe, Bekes Etifa. Justifying his action, the governor said the duo,…
Gov. Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has said he will be leaving at least N3.7 billion in the state’s treasury by May 29. Mr. Shema disclosed this on Saturday at the inauguration of 151 housing units named “Katsina Estate”, constructed by his administration at the Kafe District of the Federal Capital Territory. The governor recalled that on assumption of office in 2007, he had promised not to leave an empty treasury at the end of his tenure, adding that he had kept to his promise in spite of the Federal dwindling allocation to the state. “Let me equally assure all…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the call for the withdrawal of the Doctorate Degree conferred on the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, by Yale University in the United States. A statement from NANS President, Tijani Usman, in Abuja on Saturday urged Yale University authorities to ignore the petition by one Sunday Iwalaiye requesting it to withdraw the award. The statement said the request was politically motivated and ill-conceived. It said Ms. Okonjo-Iweala was well-deserving of the award, adding that the basis cited for the award perfectly described its understanding of what she had done for Nigeria.…
The Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu, has expressed concern over the increase in immoral activities in Bauchi. In a message to the people of the state, delivered through various Imams of Friday Congregational Prayers, the Royal Father said reports reaching him indicated that some people, mostly youth, had taken to unwholesome practices. He said such practices as r*pe, allegations of witchcraft, fornication and adultery, among others, had become common, to the extent of creating disharmony among house-holds. “Indeed, such unwholesome practices might be partly responsible for some of the calamities befalling our society, such as the outbreak of diseases…
NDLEA AGENTS OUTSIDE SENATOR-ELECT BURUJI KASHAMU’S RESIDENCE IN LAGOS. CREDIT: SAHARA REPORTERS MEDIA After hours of laying siege on his Lekki Phase 1 Lagos home, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said it has placed Senator-elect for Ogun East, Prince Buruji Kashamu, under house arrest. He will be arraigned in court on Monday. The NDLEA also announced that it had commenced the process required for the extradition of the embattled multi-millionaire hotelier and sole financier of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West. In a statement by the Head, Public Affairs of the NDLEA, Ofoyeju Mitchell, the…
Coordinating Minister for the Economy (CME) and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Saturday put the nation’s total debt stock at $63.7 billion. This include multilateral as well as domestic loans by successive federal and state governments since 1960. According to her, $21.8 billion was incurred under the outgoing government of President Goodluck Jonathan. This came in reaction to remarks by Vice President-elect Yemi Osinbajo that the outgoing administration of President Jonathan will be leaving a huge debt of $60 billion for the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking during an interactive session with finance correspondents in Abuja on…
Oyo State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a robbery gang at a marriage registry in Ibadan, the state capital. The suspect, Olumide Asiyanbi, is allegedly a member of a six-man-robbery gang who had terrorised residents of Challenge area of Ibadan, the state capital, Police said. According to the state commissioner of police, Muhammed Katsina, the suspected members of the gang included a 62-year-old Ghanaian. Asiyanbi, 42, confessed that he had been involved in 10 different robbery attacks before he was arrested. “I was arrested on my wedding day,” he said. “I met the gang leader, James Agba,…
The Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has slammed the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) for blaming the loss of the party at the March 28 presidential election on hate speeches from some party officials, particularly members of the PCO. According to him, such leaders are the enemy within. “Those in the leadership are simply incapable of defending the President and his legacies after he has left office. Instead of focusing on their numerous inadequacies and trying to fix them, these same people are hurling bricks at others,” Fani-Kayode…
Nigerian rapper, Reminisce has opened up on his relationship with his wife of 13 years saying they fight a lot but she remains his friend and only love. Speaking with The Punch, Reminisce said, ‘My wife and I fight a lot, we argue every time but she is my friend and I love her a lot. She acts like a man and she is my best friend. We don’t see ourselves as husband and wife. I believe she is the only person I can live with and she is the only one that can look out for me.’ Speaking further,…
He’s back again………this one is titled how to please a Nigerian man. Read below: – Is something wrong with the Nigerian woman? Has she lost her beauty and power of seduction? How come Nigerian billionaires and politicians are all of a sudden having preference for foreign women? Or has the money syndrome finally caught up with them?…… Oops! Did you say it’s about time? Hmmm maybe Nigerian men are difficult to satisfy like some of our ladies have claimed. But is that the appropriate excuse? Well, for any woman who truly knows her onions, pleasing a man (whether a Nigerian…