Author: Wale Adebayo

He is now one of the biggest music names in Nigeria, but things were never this rosy for him way back then. The Limpopo master — KCee shared the photo above of himself when he was much younger and still running the streets trying to make a name for himself. This truly shows how far KCee has come and proves the undeniable point that dreams do come true!!! See how he caption the photo below: –

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Governor of the State of Osun, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has called on Nigerians to vote out President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party in 2015. The governor spoke through his Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Bola Ilori in Osogbo, the state capital, on the sidelines of a forum with workers of the Ministry of Environment. According to Aregbesola, the nation had almost been grounded by the PDP, which had occupied the Presidency since May 29, 1999 when the country returned to democratic governance. Ilori assured workers in the state that the governor would not sack any of them on…

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Ahead of the October 11 gubernatorial election in Adamawa State, Strong indications yesterday emerged yesterday that the presidency may have bowed to criticisms trailing its support for former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, just as it has made a U-turn on him, reports Vanguard. Ribadu had declared for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after he was said to have had due consultations with the president and had been assured of flying the flag of the PDP in the October 11 bye-election in Adamawa State. It was however gathered yesterday that for fear of any gang…

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Parents of the kidnapped Chibok school girls have lost hope of reuniting with the missing girls, as they said they want the matter closed, since the government has been unable to rescue the girls for the past four months. More than 200 girls were on April 14 abducted at the Government Secondary School, Chibok by the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram, but the concerted efforts of the military has not yielded any fruit. Since the girls have been missing for more than four months, the parents said they presumed the students to have died for which their funeral rites have…

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended the efforts of the Federal and Lagos State Governments in curbing the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country. The ex-president noted that if the same measure of quick response had been applied to rescuing the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, perhaps the story could have been different now. Obasanjo made this view known during the opening of the 11th Biennial International Conference on “Drugs, Alcohol and Society in Africa”, organised by the African Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse in Lagos. He, however, called for more synergy among West African countries…

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Like I said days ago, we always get new titles for beauty queens emerging from all angles. This one features a certain crown known as Miss F.C.T.. Miss F.C.T. Nigeria is one pageant that may be new to a lot of people, but has been quite well to do for a few years. The 2014 crown holder Bertha Eke has released photos from her shoot. See photos below: –

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Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has declared that President Goodluck Jonathan will seek re-election for second term in 2015, saying that nobody can stop him from doing so because he is qualified and has performed credibly well. “Four years more of Jonathan will not bring the nation to an end,” said Chief Clark on Friday, in Abuja, while receiving a delegation of Northern Women Mass Movement for President Jonathan 2015 Ambition, an umbrella body of Northern Women in Politics. “Mr. President will definitely contest the 2015 presidential election because he is qualified and nobody has the right…

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Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has decamped from the Labour Party (LP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), reports Vanguard, citing leaders of the LP and Chieftains of both parties confirmed to newsmen in Akure. Commissioner for Information Kayode Akinmade however said that due to “serious Pressure” from the Leadership of the PDP before and after the Osun governorship election, the governor is still consulting with stakeholders across the Country on this” “For now the governor is still in Labour Party even if he will eventually move he cannot take a unilateral decision on this matter,” Akinmade added. Another…

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The Lagos State Government will start repair works on the expansion joints on Eko Bridge expected to be on Saturday. The state government had earlier announced plans to commence repair on the expansion joint replacement from Saturday 23rd August, 2014 to Monday 27th October 2014 (71 days). The government added that would not necessitate its total closure but rather a phased partial restriction. Commissioner for Transportation Mr, Kayode Opeifa, who announced this, said the first phase of the bridge expansion joint replacement being carried out by a leading construction firm would witness a partial restriction from two lanes to one…

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The Lagos State Government yesterday assured that the death of Dr. Stella Ameyo-Adadevoh of the First Consultant Hospital Obalende, Lagos, the fourth Nigerian to die of the Ebola Virus Disease, after attending to the late Patrick Sawyer, who imported the deadly virus disease from Liberia, would not be in vain. The late doctor, who many have described as a heroine and deserving of a post-humous national recognition, died on Tuesday at the Ebola Isolation Centre located within the IDH hospital, Yaba, Lagos. Speaking after observing a minute’s silence in her memory at an economic empowerment programme for the unemployed in…

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The Osun Osogbo Festival 2014 Advisory Committee yesterday insisted that the Ebola virus does not pose any threat to the celebration of the annual festival. The Chief Festival Consultant, Mr Ayo Olumoko, said the federal government did not at any time contact organizers of the festival to discuss possible cancellation, hence, it would go on as planned. Mr. Olumoko noted that only the state government had sought the understanding of Osun devotees and the organizers on the need to put crowd-control measures in place to curtail an outbreak of the Ebola virus. “The federal government cannot cancel or put Osun Osogbo…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has said that it will not be part of the proposed rally in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election organized by the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) in Ibadan, Oyo State. The party in a statement in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, said the organisers of the event lacked the mandate to hold such a rally. The statement which was issued by the state Publicity Secretary, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, said the planned rally/meeting did not have the blessing of the leadership of the party in the South-West geo-political zone. The statement added:…

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Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, said yesterday that he would not be the one to choose and anoint his successor as he could only trust and look up to God to pick a suitable person to take succeed him. Governor Jang, who made this statement while receiving officials of the state chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) during a courtesy visit at the Government Lodge, Jishe, said, “It’s God that will anoint a man after His own heart, a man who can stand for His name, a man who will be bold to do the right things…

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Lagos lawyer and a delegate to the just concluded National Conference, Femi Falana (SAN), has kicked against President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to refer the recommendations of the conference to the Council of State and National Assembly. According to the rights lawyer, the Council of State had nothing to do with the conference’s recommendations as it was merely an advisory body to the president. The council consists of governors, former presidents or heads of state, former Chief Justices of Nigeria, Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Jonathan had while declaring the conference closed yesterday and receiving the report…

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) will commence the process of picking its candidates for various elective offices in next year’s general elections by October, using modified direct primaries, the party revealed yesterday. This formed one of the major decisions taken at the inaugural meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja. The party also called on President Goodluck Jonathan to lift the state of emergency in Adamawa State to enable residents to exercise their civic rights in the October 11 governorship by-election. National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who briefed reporters on the outcome of the…

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Gwoza town has been lost to the Boko Haram insurgents, who invaded a well-known Nigerian Police training college in the Borno town Gwoza town is located 183 kilometres south of Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno State, North-East Nigeria. A security source revealed to journalists in Maiduguri that the training camp was finally overrun by the insurgents on Wednesday after running battle a day earlier. The militants, who numbered several hundred, stormed the police college with five armoured tanks they had earlier seized from Nigerian soldiers who had had made several unsuccessful attempts to dislodge the sect from Gwoza over…

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American rap star Ja Rule, and R&B singer Ashanti,will be coming to Nigeria for a show on October 1, an event to mark this year’s Independence celebration. The ‘Always On Time‘ crooners will be will be performing live at the show tagged, ‘Warri Again: The Flagship’, which will be holding in Warri, Delta State on Independence day. Other Nigerian acts who will be performing alongside the American stars are Davido, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Iyanya, Seyi Shay, Yemi Alade, Dr Sid, Daddy Showkey, Flavour, Pantoranking and Oritsefemi. There will be comedy from top Nigerian comedians like, AY, Bovi, IGoDye, Okey Bakasi,…

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American rapper Ja Rule, and R&B singer Ashanti, would thrill their Nigerian fans as part of an event to mark this year’s Independence celebration. The show, tagged: ‘Warri Again: The Flagship’, is scheduled for October 1 in Warri, according to Nigeriafilms.com. It will be recalled that a duet entitled ‘Always On Time’, by both artistes set the music scene on fire years ago; they may rekindle the energy that song oozed years back. They will be supported by some Nigerian music stars, including Davido, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Iyanya, Seyi Shay, Yemi Alade, Dr Sid, Daddy Showkey, Flavour and Oritsefemi. `Warri…

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Imagine you are standing by the mystical wishing well and asked to visualize your dream high-end smart phone, how wild can your imagination go? Can your imagination capture a smart phone with an ultra-thin dimension only 7.8mm thick? Can it accommodate extreme detail in imaging that only a dual flash, dual 16MP Auto-focus back and 8.0MP Auto-focus front cameras will capture? Open your creative mind to the wonders of crisp, clear display from a 5.2” Full-HD AMOLED screen covered in anti-scratch corning gorilla glass. With this device my friend, every pixel counts; we’re talking about 1920×1080 resolutions-every selfie taken is…

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I just saw a report online that suggests that Toyin Lawani and her much younger lover have parted ways. The source says that although it was manageable shielded from the eyes of media for the few weeks, the relationship between the Nigerian celebrity stylist and her rapper boy toy has been in the glaring eyes of all due to how they both showcased it on their various social media accounts when the going was good, especially during the pregnancy days of their baby. Although Toyin had a grown girl from a previous relationship, this however did not debar the duo…

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