Famous South African rapper, AKA is billed to perform at One Mic Naija on Sunday, April 26, 2015 is eagerly awaiting the arrival of his baby. AKA moved into a bigger house a few months ago to accommodate his new family. In a recent picture on Instagram, the award winning AKA can be seen kissing the baby bump of his pregnant girlfriend DJ Zinhle. The photo was posted by Zinhle on her Instagram account a week ago. AKA announced he was having a baby in February, 2015.
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Wow……….LMAO!!! This is some real funny stuff oooh. Nigerian singer, Oritsefemi is the latest victim of social media hacking after a certain ‘someone’ gained access into his Instagram account and leaked his DMs in the early hours of Monday. The hacker leaked Private convos between Oritsefemi and the many girls he tried to hook up with on Instagram. See screen grabs below: –
It’s another sad day for the movie industry in Nigeria. The entertainment scene in the country has witnessed a lot of deaths in the past year and the sad trend continues. Famous Nollywood comic actor, John Okafor, aka Mr. Ibu has lost his mother after a protracted illness. The actor announced her death on his Facebook page, shortly after her death on Saturday morning.
So……….a lot of people have been asking me for the interview where Emma Nyra denied ever dating Ubi Franklin. She made this revelation during an interview with Golden Icons, where she also spoke about dating and her crushes. Excerpts from the interview below: – On the label focusing on Iyanya: I don’t feel like they put more energy on him but he was the start of what we are doing so he became successful after the hardwork that everyone put into him and he himself worked so hard. On dating Iyanya: They ask me that all the time…maybe in the…
President Goodluck Jonathan has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of late Senator Uche Chukwumerije, the government and people of Abia state on the death of the former minister. He also commiserated with the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “The President joins them in mourning the late patriot and nationalist who has left behind an impressive legacy of discipline, honesty, integrity and hard work in public service,” a statement by the Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity, Reuben Abati, said. “President Jonathan believes that the late Senator Chukwumerije, who had a distinguished career as a…
The death of 18 people alleged to have been due to the desecration of a shrine in Ondo State has now been linked to a local gin that was contaminated with methanol. When ethanol is denatured, it turns to methanol, which is highly toxic in humans. “At this stage, the particular poisonous substance is being ascertained. The results of these detailed investigations currently being conducted by Government and partners are still being awaited and will be made public as soon as possible,” said Minister of State for Health, Fidelis Nwankwo, at a media briefing in Abuja, on Monday. “Epidemiological findings…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen today killed no fewer than seven persons when they attacked some villages in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State. Scores remain missing. According to local residents, the attackers first attacked and burnt Ayiase village in Takum Local Government before heading for Tse-Gbaun and Gaza villages in Donga Local Government. “The attack happened in the early hours of today (Monday), and the area is not safe as I talk to you, as such we cannot search for the other missing relations. But we have so far, recovered seven dead bodies,” an eyewitness told Vanguard.…
President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, said his administration will focus on re-activating the Lake Chad and deploy enormous resources to resume vigorous search for oil along the Chad Basin in parts of Borno State after the war against insurgency in the region would have been won. Speaking at his residence in Kaduna while responding to requests made by Governor Kashim Shettima, the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Elkanemi and some elders from Borno State during a congratulatory visit, Buhari said he was very much aware of the problems of the northeast and will not waste time…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Publicity Directorate has rejected the offer of a crash course on speaking for an opposition party made by the spokesperson of the APC, Lai Mohammed, on Friday. The PDP said the offer was arrogant and self-serving. The PDP’s response was contained a statement signed by an aide to its spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, Richard Ihediwa, on Sunday in Abuja. “Alhaji Mohammed in his usual ill-mannered and condemnable approach left the issues and dwelt on insults, disdainful comments and personal attacks”, the statement said. It also said Mr. Metuh stands by the party’s statement that the APC…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged Nigerians to disregard media speculations concerning the appointment of ministers and the zoning of political offices under the incoming Buhari Administration. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said there was no truth to anything that had been dished out by the “hyperactive rumour mill” concerning the issue of appointment, especially the zoning of the National Assembly’s principal positions and other offices. The statement pointed out that “in the true tradition” of the APC, all issues of public interest would be handled…
President Allassane Quattara of Cote D’voire on Monday said the peaceful manner in which Nigeria’s 2015 general elections were conducted and the way President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat would forever remain a legacy for Africa. According to the Ivoirian president, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) owed Jonathan a lot for taking the bold step of conceding defeat to forestall a civil war in the country. Quattara spoke with State House correspondents shortly after a private meeting he had with President Jonathan inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said he appreciated Mr. Jonathan’s gesture because of the nasty…
Minister of State, Foreign Affairs II, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has expressed optimism that citizens affected by the xenophobic attacks in South Africa will receive compensation. Since the renewed attacks started last week, several Nigerians have lost their sources of livelihood and other belongings to fire set by locals on buildings where their businesses were located. Senator Obanikoro, who spoke in an interview with Channels TV on Monday, said that the Nigerian High Commissioner, Martin Cobham, and other delegations, were taking stock of damages done to Nigerians to ensure that adequate compensation would be given to them. “We have situations where…
A House of Representatives member-elect from Jigawa State, Sani Zoro, has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission to look into recent comment by the State Governor, Sule Lamido, that he is leaving behind an N11billion debt for the incoming administration. The governor had while reviewing his achievements in office, lamented the fact that the incoming All Progressives Congress administration in the state would be inheriting a debt of N11 billion, which he said was supposed to be refunded to the state by the Federal Government for building the International Airport in Dutse, the state capital. Reacting to the…
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has assured Nigerians that the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will not fail them. “The APC-led Federal Government under Buhari will strive to meet the expectations and yearnings of Nigerians, irrespective of religious, ethnic or cultural differences”, he said. Wamakko, who gave the assurance on Monday in Sokoto when members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state paid him a courtesy visit, said “Buhari will ensure social justice, adherence to the rule of law, youths and women empowerment, improvement of security and the power sector. “All Nigerians…
Konga has teamed up with Mavin Superstars Don Jazzy and Tiwa Savage to launch an exciting new campaign tagged; #FoundOnKonga. According to Konga’s Marketing VP, Gabriel Gab-Umoden, the #FoundOnKonga campaign recognizes the empowerment that Konga gives to its customers and other stakeholders. It’s a collection and celebration of the unique stories that follow Konga’s customers as their purchases from Konga ultimately helps connects them to their personal happiness and success. Gab-Umoden remarked that, “With the #FoundOnKonga campaign, we are joining Konga’s customers on a journey of happiness that only begins when they receive their dream item from konga.com. We are…
APC LAWMAKERS OF EKITI HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have described Governor Ayodele Fayose’s white flag to them as a farce. The lawmakers, who were reacting to yesterday’s broadcast by Fayose, in which he called on people of the state to rise up in defense of their mandate, said the governor was never committed to peace in the first place. It would be recalled that the embattled governor, on Friday, asked for forgiveness from his opponents even as he welcomed the idea of a political solution to the intractable…
Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Chief Dele Momodu, has made a case for former Kwara State Governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, to emerge as Nigeria’s next Senate President. He stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today (Sunday) during a conversation on the structure of the incoming government in Nigeria and setting its agenda. While admitting that former Benue State Governor, Senator George Akume, is another top contender for the number three position, Momodu said that Saraki is a much younger and vibrant politician, who hails from one of the All Progressives Congress’ strongest holds, Kwara State. The national leadership of APC has…
The Director, Media and Communication of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Malam Garba Shehu, has described the transition committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan, as “trickish”. The committee set up by Jonathan, who lost the March 28 presidential election, is headed by Vice President Namadi Sambo. The committee is expected to meet with the one to be set up by the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), ahead of the May 29 inauguration of the new administration. But Shehu, in an op-ed, which was published on Sunday, said Jonathan’s committee was constituted by “the worst of our…
A former National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Ray Nnaji, on Sunday faulted calls for the sack of the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, following the party’s poor performance in the just concluded 2015 general elections. X-raying the party’s performance, Nnaji said “Lack of internal democracy in PDP was the cause of the woeful outing in the general elections”. The former national auditor, who spoke with a PUNCH correspondent in Enugu, Enugu State, stressed that PDP “elders”, who contributed to the defection of five governors to the All Progressives Congress, APC, should be held responsible for the…
Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said plea for forgiveness should not be mistaken as an act of cowardice by his opponents, saying his tenure in office would be determined only by God. He said he took the step to seek a genuine reconciliation with the aggrieved 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the state House of Assembly, who were plotting his impeachment. The governor spoke on Sunday at the thanksgiving service organised for him at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel, Anglican Communion, Ado Ekiti, to celebrate the Supreme Court judgment, which affirmed his victory as the duly…