Do you still remember Presh? KCee’s former singing partner who together won the MTN project fame show. Together, they were KC Presh before they split up. Anyways, Presh has said that, being in a music group wasn’t the best idea. He says although he does not regret collaborating with KCee for years, but it was best for any artiste to be on his or her own and that he is back for good. “I am not against people doing collabos, but it will not give you the opportunity to explore your talents unlike when you are on your own. I am…
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9,498 pupils in Lagos public primary schools have visual impairment or partial blindness, Lagos The Lagos State Government has said after tests were carried out on 74,000 of them. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris disclosed this today at a Ministerial Press Briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos. “The School Eye Programme was scaled up to include training of two teachers in each of the 1,001 public primary schools in the state and installation of vision corridors in 180 primary school complexes and 501 schools were equipped with vision screening kits. “The total number…
Nigerian protesters marched on the National Assembly Wednesday to demand the government and military do more to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram gunmen at Government Girls Secondary School, in Chibok,Borno State, more than two weeks ago. Dubbed “a million woman march” and promoted on Twitter under #BringBackOurGirls, the protest was not expected to draw a massive crowd and turn-out was hindered by heavy rain in the capital Abuja. But several hundred women and men, mostly dressed in red, marched through the rain towards the National Assembly carrying placards that read “Find Our Daughters.” Protest organiser Hadiza Bala…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) to stop N750 monthly fixed charge consumers of electricity pay monthly – in any area without power supply for 15 days in the month. The fixed charge is an element of an electricity customer’s monthly bill to enable the “Discos” to maintain and recover costs on permanent investments, such as transformers, cables and poles. The NERC Chairman, Dr Sam Amadi announced the commission’s decision, yesterday, at a news conference, saying the order would be effective from May 1. According to him, the commission took the decision based on…
I know they are a lot so sometimes you get confused about which of the children of superstar singer — Tuface i’m talking about. Tuface’s son with Sunmbo Adeoye — Zion Idibia turned 6 and his mum planned a little celebration in school while his step mom, Annie celebrated hers in his absence. Apparently, Zion and his brother Nino spent the weekend at their father’s home (as seen in the second picture above), and Annie posted his pictures today on her Instagram page with a song which says ‘I miss you’.
Superstar singer — Rihanna is gradually becoming superstar stripper. The world famous singer decided to strip down for the cover of French adult entertainment magazine Lui. Wearing a bucket hat and braids, she kicks back in a chair with her br**sts completely exposed for the provocative shoot, which was modeled after a 1972 cover of the magazine. The rest of the photos, shot in the Hollywood Hills by famed photographer Mario Sorrenti, are even more racy. A panty-less Rihanna pokes her booty in the air and lies by the pool wearing only a pair of mint heels, with her tan…
The Jukun, Tiv and Fulani communities in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba on Wednesday in Wukari signed a peace agreement to end ongoing clashes in the area. The agreement was signed at a meeting presided over by the state acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, and the Paramount Ruler of Wukari and Chairman, Taraba Traditional Council, Dr Shekarau Angyu. Umar said at the occasion that the government would pay compensation for property destroyed and also continue to provide relief materials for the internally displaced persons. “We thank God that the major tribes involved in the crisis have decided to give…
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing in an application filed by the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Services Ltd., Wale Babalakin, till May 12. Babalakin, in the application filed before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo, had asked the court to dismiss the N4.7 billion fraud charge preferred against him and four others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court had earlier fixed Wednesday, April 30 for hearing of the application but could not sit due to Lawal-Akapo’s absence. The judge was said to be attending a workshop on Continuous Legal Education organised by the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, Chief Bayo Awosanya, who made news headlines for allegedly battering his wife – Victoria – at their Sagamu residence on Easter Sunday, has finally turned himself in at the Ogun Police Command. Mr. Awosanya was alleged to have hit his wife’s head against a window pane in addition to yanking off the hair extensions on her head for refusing to attend an outing as instructed by her husband. As a result of the injuries she sustained, Victoria was reportedly hospitalised for four days at a hospital in the Sabo…
The Federal Government has declared tomorrow, Thursday, as public holiday in commemoration of the 2014 Workers’ Day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who disclosed this in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Fatima Bamidele, on Tuesday in Abuja, congratulated Nigerian workers on their resilience and commitment in the face of obvious challenges of daily living. He urged them to continue to support the government in its efforts to improve the work environment and their living conditions. The minister further called on Nigerian workers to give President Goodluck Jonathan all the support “in his desire to transform…
A 57-year-old Vice-Principal of St. Mary Girls College, Ikole Ekiti, in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Ajayi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old pupil of the school inside his office. The bubble burst for the vice-principal on Tuesday, March 18, when the pupil had gone into his office but did not come out as quickly as expected, thereby, fuelling suspicion among the teachers that all was not well. One of the teachers, who reported the case to the police, was said to have moved closer to the door leading to Mr. Ajayi’s office to open it…
Today, i bring you a classic; rather than the usual gist and gossip, i present to you……..40 things you probably didn’t know about Ghollywood queen — Yvonne Nelson. You will get all the facts, happening in her career, relationships, finance and achievements. Enjoy: – Her rise to Stardom is a story filled with Promises, Disappointments, Hopes, Failures, Many Ups and Downs and eventually Success! Enjoy! 1. Yvonne Nelson was born, November 12 1985, 2. She was delivered to Miss Margaret Gads and Mr. O. Nelson in Accra Ghana. 3. She’s the last out of four. 4. She started her career…
The truth is that, this is something we all know but we urge our celebrities to hide their vices from us as much as possible. A new photo has surfaced which clearly shows Wizkid holding a lit wrap of marijuana, weed, igbo, cannabis…… Not a good one for the superstar singer.
If you really follow soccer, you would have heard that Barcelona defender Dani Alves ate the banana that was thrown at him during a soccer match and that has started a revolution; it’s taken over the social media. The racist incident happened during Barcelona’s match against Villarreal on Sunday, when a banana was thrown onto the pitch towards Dani Alves as he went to take a corner. Everyone was amazed as Dani picked it up, peeled it back and ate it. And since then, he has been receiving massive support against racism. Speaking after the match Alves said: “We have suffered…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the authorities of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, to release the names and pictures of the female students abducted by Boko Haram gunmen from their dormitories on April 14, 2014. Former Aviation Minister and PDP National Women Leader, Dr. Kema Chikwe, made the call while leading a PDP Women’s prayer session for the unity of the country in Abuja on Monday. The ex-minister pointed out that the issue of the kidnapped girls had raised a number of questions which nobody has been able to provide answers. According to…
Lagos lawyer and prominent human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore a call by former federal commissioner for information and Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, to suspend democratic structures in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, preparatory to a full declaration of emergency rule in the affected states. Falana said in a statement on Tuesday described the call by Clark as diversionary and the act of removing elected governors or suspending democratic institutions during emergency rule in a state as illegal. According to the lawyer, such a call should not be dismissed with…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party in the state of attempting to hack into the data base of the Independent National Electoral Commission so as to corrupt the data of thousands of voters in order to disenfranchise them in the August 9 governorship polls. The Director of Publicity Research and Strategy of the APC in Osun State, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, made the allegation in a statement in Osogbo, the state capital, on Tuesday. Mr Oyatomi also alleged that the PDP aimed to use the same strategy to rig the June…
TUC PRESIDENT, BOBOI KAIGAMA The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has recommended death penalty for public officials who steal above N1 million in order to stem the tide of corruption in the country. TUC President, Comrade Boboi Kaigama, made this known during the fourth lecture series of the Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State on Tuesday. While speaking on the theme, ‘Corruption and challenges in nation-building’, Kaigama stressed the need for Nigeria to stop treating the issue of corruption with kid gloves, adding that leaders had no reason not to declare their assets. He said, “If…
Former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar on Tuesday cautioned against politicizing the country’s security challenges, saying it could worsen the already bad situation. The former military ruler pleaded with politicians to always put national interest ahead of personal or party interest. Gen Abubakar, who made this known in Lagos at the launch of The Cable online newspaper, published by a former ThisDay Editor Simon Kolawole, recognized the fact that ‘politicians will always be politicians’ but underscored the need not to engage in destructive politics. “I appeal to politicians and all Nigerians to always put Nigeria first. I appeal to…
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State yesterday denied the allegation that he called for the suspension of all democratic structures in the three North-East states currently under state of emergency. Akpabio was reacting to a joint statement issued by the spokespersons of Governors Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State and Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State, in which the lampooned their Akwa Ibom State counterpart and frontline Ijaw leader, Chie Edwin Clark, for purportedly calling for the declaration of a total state of emergency in view of recent happenings in the affected states. But Akapbio, in a statement by issued by…