The famous Dailymail.co.uk has reported that some Africans – especially from Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Congo, Gabon and Senegal – are wealthy enough to spend almost £4 Million on London Property every week. According to their website, the recent outbreak of the Ebola Virus as well as the continuous attacks from insurgent group Boko Haram has led to an increase in the property sales to a lot of wealthy Africans. Nigerians are especially examined in the review with Dailymail stating “Nigerians are the biggest spenders, with wealthy nationals forking out £250million on London homes in the last three years. The new…
Author: Wale Adebayo
People seem to make mad money off the weirdest things these days. As terrible as Ebola virus disease might be, somebody has profited from it in a big way. An unnamed internet real estate entrepreneur, who held on to Ebola.com for six years, has reportedly sold it for a whopping $200,000. The domain, which was originally owned by two Las Vegas entrepreneurs, Chris Hood and Jon Schultz has been sold toWeed Growth Fund, a company registered in Russia. As part of the agreement, Schultz and Hood received 19,192 shares in Cannabis Sativa, Inc., a marijuana company owned by former New Mexico…
Just a few months ago, Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo, walked out of her engagement to Ato Ubby, barely 10 months after the lovebirds got engaged traditionally. The controversial actress, who has come out to address what is as good as a marriage crash, said there is no possibility of reconciling with her ex husband and although she gave birth to a baby girl a few months back, she said she is still very open to the idea of getting married again sometime in the future. Speaking in a new interview with Encomium magazine, Uche said: ‘Bygone is Bygone. I am open to anything. I…
His one of the brightest and most successful entertainers in Africa. According to his reps, 2face is about to releas the remix of Nfana Ibaga to celebrate his 10th year anniversary in the music industry. Also in commemoration of the landmark 10th Anniversary of Face 2 Face, Hypertek Digital/960 Music Group are releasing a new album titled “Rewind, Select and Update” as well as “Face 2 Face 10.0″, a Kennis Music re-issue album, which contains ‘new’ bonus tracks.
A governorship aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party in Kebbi State, Gen. Bello Sarkin-Yaki (retd), on Monday said his aspiration for the office was not a “do-or-die-affair”. Sarkin-Yaki made the statement while addressing supporters who visited him from Kalgo and Suru Local Government areas in Birnin Kebbi. He urged them to shun rumour mongering. He said the decision to contest was sequel to the persistent calls by stakeholders, friends and family members, adding that “at the end of the day, the elected candidate would receive my full support. “My quest for election as governor was not for personal and selfish reasons…
Fifty four percent of Nigerians are illiterates, Prof. Oladipo Fashina, a former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Monday. Speaking at the opening of the National Education Summit with theme “Toward a System of Education for Liberation in Nigeria,” held in Abuja, Fashina noted that only 15 percent of Nigerians have magaed a higher education in the last 54 years. “The present crisis in education is an offshoot of the neo-liberal misdirection which Nigerian people did not choose,” Fashina said. “Our rulers still insist in the main that the solution to the crisis in education…
Nigeria has raised alarm over decline in global crude oil prices, but said measures have been put in place to cushion the effect of the dip on the country’s economy. “Nigeria has two to three months of rainy day savings to cushion it while contingencies are put in place should world oil prices continue to fall,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the country’s Finance Minister told Financial Times. According to her, should the oil price fall below the current $78 benchmark used in planning the 2015 budget, Nigeria will have to fall back on the Excess Crude Account. She however explained that the…
The Ondo State chapter of Buhari Campaign Organisation, has begun its campaign for the emergence of Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) as the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 presidential election. The group says it is committed to the realisation of Buhari’s presidential ambition and his bid to ensure change in Nigeria’s political future for the betterment of Nigerians. State Coordinator, Mr. Ifeoluwa Oyedele, who was speaking with journalists in Akure, noted that there was a need for all progressive minds to work together to save the country from what he described as “misrule of the ruling…
The Niger Government on Monday called for attitudinal change towards disaster management in the state. The General Manager of state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Malam Mohammed Shaba, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. Shaba said that positive attitudinal change would help reduce the damages that occur during raining seasons in coastal areas. He said that the agency had embarked on education of the public through the mass media and rallies across the state to bring about change on how people tackle disaster challenges. He disclosed that NSEMA has built a one…
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect has killed five people in an attack on market in Miringa, a village in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The attack which occurred around 2pm on Sunday also left several people injured. A ward councillor in Biu town of the local government, who chose to remain anonymous confirmed the incident. According to him, the gunmen came in two Hilux vans carrying flags with Islamic inscriptions. The councillor said the gunmen started shooting sporadically as they stormed the market, saying five people have been confirmed dead, while others were…
Top Nollywood Actress, Ronke Oshodi-Oke in a recent interview with Vanguard reveals that her big b**bs brought to limelight. The busty actress, Ronke Ojo-Anthony who is well endowed speaking on if her asset has brought her any embarrassment and how it is her selling point said: “Before now, I get ashamed of them. But I later began to see the beautiful side and stopped hiding them because they fit me. People appreciate my b**bs and I also love it. My b**bs are one of the things that brought me to limelight in the movie industry”. Meanwhile with the increase in premarital s*x among…
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has finally bowed to pressure from members of the former Labour Party, who recently defected to the party in Ondo State by sacking executives of the party in the state. The move was meant to accommodate the erstwhile members of the Labour Party, led by the State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko in the party. A statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh in Abuja on Sunday, said the decision to sack the Ondo State exco was taken by members of the National Working Committee of…
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has described the purported removal of wages from the exclusive to the concurrent list by the National Assembly in the ongoing amendment of the 1999 constitution as an attempt to postpone the 2015 elections. NUT National Treasurer, Comrade Nasiru Idris, who made this known while addressing reporters at the weekend in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital, described the act as a ploy by politicians to create an avenue where elections would be postponed. “Both the federal government and National Assembly members should find ways of averting it if not, we will embark on an…
Director of the The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Governor Aliyu Wamakko and the State House of Assembly to pass a law giving the Sultan of Sokoto immunity against deposition. Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, who made the call yesterday in Sokoto, said it was necessary in order to avoid a reoccurrence of what happened in 1996 when Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki was deposed based on the instruction of the then military Head of State, General Sani Abacha. Speaking on Hijrah and its implications to the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria at the 1436 grand Hijrah celebration, Professor Akintola…
Justice Mohammed Mahmud, The most senior justice of the Supreme Court is set to succeed the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, who retires November 20, when she would hit the constitutional retirement age of 70 years. The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) had last Thursday, nominated Mahmud to the National Judicial Council (NJC), as required by the Constitution. NJC will now meet on Thursday to ratify his nomination and recommend him to President Goodluck Jonathan. The president will then forward his name to the senate for confirmation, after which he will be sworn in by the…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has said the defection of Martin Agbaso to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo would not affect its electoral fortunes in 2015. The National Chairman of the party, Victor Umeh, stated this in Awka, Anambra, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. Mr. Umeh accused the decampee of leaving APGA for selfish reasons and said his defection would not lead to a collapse of the party in Imo. “Rather”, he said, “APGA is more determined to win back Imo”. He added that the defection was “an act borne out…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has urged politicians in the country to change their attitude and work for the good of the country ahead of the 2015 general elections. Addressing All Progressive Congress, APC, supporters at a rally in Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government of the state on Sunday, Mr. Oshiomhole said that it was imperative for the political class to adopt better attitude in their activities. “We must change the face of our politics and we must rebuild the future by laying good foundation”, he said. The governor assured aspirants to various elective positions of a level-playing field during…
The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has asked a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, to stop pitting adherents of the two major religions in the country against each other. The council was reacting to an open letter written by Sheik Gumi to President Goodluck Jonathan urging him not to contest the 2015 general elections. The cleric, who wrote a similar letter to former Head of State and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), had explained that Jonathan’s victory in 2015 would set the country on another round of turmoil. He wrote: “My fellow country…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) will on Thursday meet in Abuja to deliberate on who among the serving Justices of the Supreme Court, should be recommended to President Goodluck Jonathan as successor to the retiring Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar. This is line with the provision in Section 21(a)(i) of the Constitution. The section states: “The National Judicial Council shall have power to recommend to the President, from among the list of persons submitted to it by the Federal Judicial Service Commission, persons for appointment to the offices of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Justices of…
Popular Nigerian singer, photographer and entrepreneur, TY Bello who recently welcomed a set of twin boys has shared photos of her adorable kids. She captioned the photos: “A smile and a hiccup …. My heart… #chrisandchris” ‘The land is green’ crooner, TY Bello’s delivered her twin boys, Christian and Christopher in the United States of America after nine years of her marriage to her husband, Kashetu Bello.