Author: Wale Adebayo

With the recent emergence of various photos of different women with very thick and curvy bodies, on the internet. Famous Nigerian OAP feels her position is being threatened. Toolz decided to shared a picture on her Instagram page showing her lovely lady curves even more accentuated with the help of a waist trainer as well. She captioned it: – ‘Has anyone tried working out with these waist-cincher things? My friend swears that it gives you a smaller tummy, but problem is I’m feeling so light-headed….don’t wanna pass out in the gym! #Earlier #TryinaJoinFitFam’

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e The reports hit the net a couple of days ago and since then it has been a trending topic on all social networks. Femi Kuti’s management team Chocolate City has released an official statement to further address the rumors about him carrying out a recent DNA test on his children. Read the statement below: – News published about Afro Beat Legend Femi Kuti that surfaced on the internet on Friday about two of his five children not belonging to him after taking a paternity test was not a recent occurrence but actually happened over 8 years ago. Encomium Magazine…

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This might not be your idea of the perfect honeymoon but I guess it’s not the location that matters but the time spent together. We all know by now that Solange Knowles is one of the few socialites who tries to keep her personal life away from the public; however, she has given her fans a glimpse into how she spent her honeymoon after getting married to her 51-year-old longtime boyfriend Alan Ferguson a few weeks ago. The 28-year-old music star took to her Instagram page today to share pictures of her lovely honeymoon in Brazil. She commented, ‘Thank you…

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This car is worth millions in the market but people were shocked to see the luxurious vehicle being used as a commercial car. The G-Wagon was spotted in Lagos been used for public transportation, to convey passengers from Lagos to Ibadan and also plies Ile-Ife and Akure. Do you think they would charge regular fees???

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Mr Dakuku Peterside The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Mr Dakuku Peterside believes that Governor Rotimi Amaechi has laid a formidable foundation of service delivery in the state. He therefore said there was no reason for him not to perform well if he emerges governor in the 2015 general elections, with such foundations in place. Addressing supporters at Kono Waterfront shortly after he collected his Permanent Voter Card in Opobo Town Ward 3, at the weekend, Peterside thanked Amaechi for his efforts in making Rivers State great. “He is a visionary leader who came and transformed…

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The feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan might have been caused by vice-president Nnmadi Sambo, Nigerian Tribune has learnt. Citing sources in Abuja, the Ibadan-based newspaper said Obasanjo had sent emissaries to Jonathan that he would back his 2015 ambition if he (Jonathan) agreed to drop Vice-President Namadi Sambo as his running mate, in favour of Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido. This was said to have emerged as some common friends of the former president and Jonathan attempted to talk Obasanjo into dropping his opposition against the president. The sources also told Nigerian Tribune that the…

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the Department of State Security (DSS) to tell Nigerians the outcome of its investigations into the alleged Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC) cloning centre raided by the service last month. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement in Abuja on Monday that the DSS should tell Nigerians what they found and if nothing relating to PVC cloning as alleged was found, the security outfit should apologize to Nigerians. “Without carrying out any investigation and with no shred of evidence, the DSS gleefully announced to the world that they stormed…

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A socio-cultural group for Igbo people residing in Borno State, Igbo Welfare Association (IWA), weekend, said more than 200 members of the Igbo community have been killed and their property worth millions of naira destroyed since insurgency began in the state. President general of the association in the state, Chief Maclaw Nwaogu, said this during the inauguration of the new executives and award ceremony at Barwee International Hotel in Maiduguri, the state capital. He therefore appealed to Governor Kashim Shettima to assist the Ndigbo who have become widows and orphans as a result of the attacks, as well as other…

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I listened to Olamide’s entire album just a few days ago and I have to admit that the indigenous rapper still has the game on lock. Mondays are days most people dread but not Olamide. While most of us are looking for change to hold, Olamide is busy showing off his bundle of cash on Instagram. Olamide, who was one of the stars to perform at the 2014 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards, shared this picture on his Instagram page and has had his fans buzzing ever since He is seen holding bundles of 1000 naira notes to his…

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The Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has praised the initiative of Governor Abiola Ajimobi and the leadership of the 33 local government councils to collaborate and embark on construction of intra-city roads in their respective domains in fulfillment of the promise made to the people by the state government. Some residents of the state had in the past few days lauded the APC-led government in the state for either carrying out repairs or construction projects on many roads the party claimed had been abandoned for long. “Virtually all the caretaker chairmen in the 33 local government areas…

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The Katsina State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Rabiu Gambo Bakori, has stated that Governor Ibrahim Shema is subjecting the manifesto of the party to full practice. Speaking at the PDP secretariat shortly before the distribution of election materials for the state House of Assembly primaries on Saturday, Bakori said the governor has been dutiful in implementing programmes and policies in tune with the manifesto of the ruling PDP. He stated that the laudable programmes and policies of the Shema administration has endeared the party to voters in the state noting that the state remained the home of the…

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Visafone Communications Limited has won the Code division multiple access (CDMA) Operator of the Year award at the just-concluded AfriICTA 2014 awards ceremony. “Visafone was adjudged the CDMA Operator of the Year because of its resilience in the market in the face of stiff competition and a very harsh economic climate,” said Mkpe Abang, Chairman of AfriICTA, who presented the award. According to him, the company has remained a dominant player in the deployment of high speed internet and high quality voice services in the intervening years since roll-out. He described the growth of the company has phenomenal. Chief Executive…

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A Nigerian man has been jailed in Ghana for 10 months with hard labour. Kelvin Ogodogu who is based in Ghana was arrested for defrauding a fan of actor Majid Michel. Mr Ogodogu was nabbed on the 15th of November, 2014 when he told a woman on Facebook that he’s Majid Michel. He later solicited for funds from the US-based Nigerian woman identified as Ikay to bury his late mother. Unfortunately for him, when the real Majid met the lady in US during his last visit, she asked him why he was requesting for money from her. They played along…

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned, in the strongest terms possible, Friday’s senseless attack on innocent worshippers at the central mosque in Kano, saying terrorism will never prevail no matter how long it takes. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said the attack has again confirmed what it (APC) has always believed: that terrorism is an attack on our nationhood and the way we live. “Every attack against innocent people, including women and children, or those who are performing or pursuing their commitment to their God or faith,…

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A protest broke out on Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja (NAIA), Abuja, on one of Arik Air’s flights scheduled for Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state. According to the Protesting passengers, Arik was in the habit of canceling flights schedule to Ilorin airport at will. Sources at the airport told Thisday that the travellers became infuriated when the airline announced that its second flight to Ilorin had been canceled. “The only way to make our position known is through this mild demonstration and mild protest to send the right signal to the airline management and government,” a…

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Men of the Nigerian Navy have arrested nine suspected oil thieves in Bayelsa state over crude oil theft. The nine suspects were arrested aboard a vessel laden with 66,000 barrels of suspected stolen crude oil, after a tip-off at Ekremor field in Brass River area of Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state. The vessel, MT Dera 1, belonging to an oil exploration and production company, was said to have gone to the Ekremor field for product testing but was later discovered to have illegally loaded 66,000 barrels (11 million) litres of substance suspected to be crude oil. Commodore Salisu…

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Dozens have been feared dead in a fresh attack on Shani, a town in the southern part of Borno State, during a by members of the Boko Haram sect on Saturday night. Shani is about 260 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. According to Thisday, some fleeing residents spoke to journalists on phone, saying over 30 armed Boko Haram fighters on motorcycles stormed Shani on Saturday night. They were said to have thrown bombs at houses. “The terrorists came at about 8pm and started shooting at everything in sight. The gunshots were deafening and kept approaching my house that…

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The federal government signed a $3.7 million (N660,634,999) deal with offshore sports equipment manufacturers at the weekend, to equip about 1,000 primary schools across the country with sport facilities. Nine primary schools in each senatorial district across the six-geo-political zones of the country will benefit from the project. Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Government Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, while speaking at the signing ceremony, said that the project was to increase the nation’s talent base. He called it the first of its kind in the history of Nigeria. It will also put to rest the impression that government had failed to…

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Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Sunday said Friday’s bombing in Kano is an indication that Nigeria is in grave danger, as attacks from Islamist sect Boko Haram intensify. Scores have been killed and 270 others wounded when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during Friday prayers at the mosque, a week after the emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, of one of Nigeria’s top Islamic leaders called on northerners to defend themselves against Boko Haram Islamists that have been carrying out deadly attacks and seizure of territory in the northeast. “The Friday bombing of…

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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Saturday condemned the bomb attack on a mosque in Kano where about 200 people were reported killed on Friday. CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, while condemning the attack in a statement, stressed the need for the country to unite on the fight against insurgency.He also called on Nigerians to be vigilant at all times. “Recently, an interfaith meeting that had representations from the hierarchy of both faith in attendance emphasised the need for dialogue, mutual relations, cooperation and unity in the renewed fight against insurgency in the country. “The meeting made far reaching…

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