YUL EDOCHIE FLOATS FILM ACADEMY

WITH the aim of inspiring young people to go into movies, Nollywood hunk, Yul Edochie has branched into movie production. This is coming a few weeks after floating his pet project; Yul Edochie Academy.

Shedding light on his original intention, the father of three and scion of actor, Pete Edocie said; “I love directing and I love teaching. As a director you have the power to teach others and bring them up to the required level. As an actor, you can only play your part and hope the movie comes out well, but as a director you have the power to make the movie come out well.

“The passion is and will always be my drive. I’m madly in love with my job. Not to worry guys, I am not leaving the screen. I just love to teach others what I know. Making our films come out better and doing what I love doing.”

He also revealed that that the first movie he directed was 10 years ago, but that he is back into it full time

“The first film I directed in Nollywood was titled Secret Pain. It was shot in 2006. However, I will be combining both acting and directing and it’s a great feeling. Though it is very stressful, it is also a rewarding experience,” he said.

The actor also debunked rumours that he was involved in a ghastly car accident in Udi, Enugu.

“I wasn’t involved in any accident. I’m fine. Facebook scammers are using it to make money. Online media platforms should learn to confirm such stories before publishing,” he added.

I spend N50,000 monthly on my dreadlock –Orits Wiliki

ORITS Willik needs little or no introduction. He is a household name in Nigerian music.

He is also a Rastaman. But one thing that distin­guishes him from most Rastas is his clean dreadlock and disdain for Indian hemp. In this interview with AYODELE LAWAL, he reveals the secrets behind his looks. Enjoy.

How long have you been keeping your dreadlock?

It’s been a long time, let’s say about 16 years now.

Why did you throw away the comb?

It’s just to set a good example, because before now, most Rastas wore their dreadlocks virtually unkempt, and because of this, a lot of people do not want to associate with them; and that put a lot of discrimination between Rastas and the message they preach. And knowing fully well what the society is all about, you are like the eagle’s eye. For your information, we Rastas see the future and we talk about it. We see the oppression, the brutality, and the corruption. I sang about corruption long time ago and see what’s happening today. But because we are Rastas people never took us serious. And in order to correct that impression, I refused to smoke hemp and I decided to keep my dreadlock clean. With my dreadlock, I have wined and dined with the kings and those that matter in the society. And I’m proud to say that it’s what a lot of people admire in me, most especially the women folk. But if it has been dirty, I wouldn’t have been accepted today and I won’t be talking to people in the society.

How have you been taken care of the dreadlock?

Hmm… it costs a lot of money to maintain the dreadlock.

How?

I do it once in a month and the stylist comes to my house. It takes almost a whole day off me. It involves a lot of stuffs. Well, if you want to be a dread man, you can come and I will tell you how I do it (laughter). Obviously, it’s very expensive to maintain. We have special shampoo, cream etc. In fact, everything is special; things like mango shampoo, olive oil and lots of stuffs. I must con­fess, it’s very stressful but it’s worth the stress.

Have you ever measured it?

Yes, I did a year ago and it was 1.4 metres, and it’s still growing.

Do you use any cream or drug for the hair to grow?

It grew by itself because if you feed the hair very well, it will definitely grow. And it doesn’t fall off; it’s a very healthy hair.

What are the benefits of keeping dreadlock?

That goes a long way to show to you that Rastas are well to do people and we are clean too. If we spend so much to keep our hairs that means we are comfortable. It is in this part of the country that people look down on Rastas. In Jamaica and other parts of the world, we have Rastas that are judges, doctors and other professions, and they are doing well.

But some Rastas look dirty?

Yes, but we are like role models to most of them now. And they have been keeping it clean also. It’s very spiritual because if you wear the dreadlock, you’ll see things that others don’t see.

What about the disadvantages of wear­ing dreadlock?

The disadvantage could be the stress you pass through in making it look good, and your purse too, because it’s expensive keeping the dreadlock. I spend close to N50,000 buying the stuffs I use on my hair to look good, which may not last for two months. In addition, I will still pay the stylist for home treatment and other things.

Who has the longest dreadlock in Ni­geria?

I’m not competing with anybody because Rastas don’t do that.

Ireti Doyle, Uti Nwachukwu set to dazzle as Duplicity hits TV

A new TV series, Duplicity, is set to hit TV screens. Created by Delmwa Deshi Kura and directed by George Sunom Kura, it stars Ufuoma McDermot, Ireti Doyle, Sadiq Daba, Uti Nwachukwu, Bucci Franklin, Uru Eke, Tony Monjaro, Aisha Shaba, Jide Kosoko, Femi Branch and Stanly Chibunna among a host of others, with guest appearances from Ali­Baba, Nike Davies-Okundaye, Manny Essien and Chef Eros of Cookie Jar.

According to statement from the producers, Duplicity is a tale of love and sibling rivalry gone wrong. The story revolves around a set of twin girls who are raised in a loving and close-knit family but drift apart years later. Raised by a politically driven, powerful father and an overindulged rich wife, the table’s turn for the twins when tragedy hits and their loyalty to their parents and to one another is tested.

Shot in the Centre of Excellence, Lagos, Duplicity will premiere on Saturday, June 4, on Africa Magic Showcase Channel 151 on DSTV and will air every Saturday by 8pm on the same channel.

As race for Rio Olympics over-age players rages: Siasia meets Mikel, Ighalo

As the waiting game over the identity of the over-age players Nigeria will be parading in the men’s football tournament of the 2016 Olympics goes on, Samson Siasia has met with John Obi Mikel and Odion Ighalo, two Eagles stars holding out for the chance to be on the flight to Rio.

Mikel-Ighalo

Though the competition is primarily for players below 23 years, a provision has been made by FIFA for each participating team to register three players above the stipulated age limit, sparking a battle for these slots by the likes of Chelsea midfielder, Mikel, Watford’s forward, Ighalo, Lille goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, who only last weekend made the French Ligue I team of the season and CSKA forward, Ahmed Musa.

Speculation over the identity of the Dream Team’s fantastic trio for Brazil seems unending despite Siasia’s statement that he knows the three over-age players who will make the flight to Rio as Nigeria seek a second gold medal some 20 years after their first at the Atlanta Games.

And Siasia seems to have stoked up the heated debate after meeting Mikel and Ighalo recently.

The two Nigerian Premier League exports are currently vacating after a gruelling European football season ended last weekend In England and in a post on his official handle, Ighalo shared a picture of himself alongside Siasia and Mikel at what seems an exquisite restaurant

The picture shows Siasia smiling as he warps his hands around the two Eagles stars, suggesting that they have made the flight to Rio, smiling in turn as they united with their former coach at the junior level and recently with Eagles during the last two AFCON 2017 qualifying games with Egypt in Kaduna and Alexandria.

Speaking recently on his Olympics plans, Siasia “my target in Rio is to pick the gold medal having won the silver medal in Beijing in 2008.”

Brazil, parading captain Neymar go into the August tournaments as firm favourites, but the the Nigerian challenge will be a very real one, as long as Siasia selects the right over age players to bolster their chances of a second gold.

Fuel price increase: Tinubu appeals to NLC to call off strike

Bola Tinubu

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called on the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to call off the ongoing strike it declared to protest the current fuel price hike from N86 and N86.50k to N145 per litre.

The former Lagos State Governor pleaded with the President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, and other leaders of the congress to return to the negotiation table to resolve the current industrial dispute.

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, had said on Thursday that the government could only resume talks with the NLC if the ongoing strike was called off.

Tinubu was accompanied on the visit to the Labour House venue of the meeting by the Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, Senators Kabiru  Marafa from Zamfara, Humkunyi Suleiman from Kaduna North and others.

He was received by the President of the NLC, Wabba; the Deputy Presidents of the Congress, Peters Adeyemi and Nojeem Yasin; the Chairman of the Labour and Civil Society Coalition, and a former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Dipo Fashina; and a former Vice-President of the Congress, Isah Aremu, who is the Secretary General of the National Union of Textile Garments and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria.

The Labour leaders and their civil society allies took a break from their street protests to attend the meeting before returning to continue with the protests.

Tinubu urged the workers to continue to give the expected level of support to President Muhammadu Buhari, who according to him, would utilise available funds in the interest of the citizenry and not divert any funds for private use.

He stressed that the NLC played a major role in the emergence of the Buhari’s administration, noting that any action that would culminate in wealth dislocation was not in the interest of the citizenry.

Tinubu said that the price of the product would come down when the market was opened to competition as marketers would rather sell their products rather than hoard them in order not to owe their creditors.

He said, “My mission here is peace; my mission here is for us to return to the negotiation table. In war, like we have in Syria, what would end it after destruction? It will still end up in discussion, to have an understanding to rebuild the country.

“Let us build Nigeria, let us make Nigeria the centerpiece of Africa; let us look at the analysis and the bye products of the new refineries in this country and see. Why can’t we be the plastic centre of the continent and the world? Why is iron ore not being exploited?

“Additional investment gives you more power, gives you more influence, gives you more membership. And any dislocation of wealth in this situation will not help Nigeria. Please let us bear that in mind. It will not help Nigerians.

“Let the price be competitive. You will see, initially, it is a problem, difficult, but when the market is opened up to competition, marketers will depend on volume.

“They want to turn over their products very quickly; they don’t want them to remain in the tank farm because they owe their creditors.”

The APC chieftain appealed to the NLC, saying the party would not have won the last presidential election without its support.

He said, “You brought this government about, without your support, without your participation, we couldn’t have won the election.

“Now we have won the election, we now look at ourselves, can we manage the victory? Can we use this success to make those changes- positive and progressive change- that can work, cooperating and collaborating to make those changes to the benefit of all Nigerians?”

Tinubu added that the genuine activists in the Labour and civil society movement would agree that the issue was not about cheap oil but about the progress of the society, and the existence of disposable income that would alleviate the suffering of the people.

He said that the time had come for Nigeria to try fresh ideas as the obsolete ideas of the past had not resulted in the desired progress.

He noted that marketers had always exploited the subsidy through lack of foreign exchange, irregular supply, subsidy variation, interest and others.

Tinubu said that the population of the country and the vehicular density had moved beyond the population of the 1970s and 1980s when the four refineries were established.

He said, “We are trying to educate our children not to suffer the same problem. We want to correct their future. We want to guarantee their future.

“The same population that accommodated the early 70s and 80s is not the same population we have now. The vehicular density is not the same. And it is a sign of progress. Is our population a sign of asset or a liability? Our population is an asset to us; we are the largest economy on the continent. Why not take advantage of that? Why is diversification not being actualised? Why is it just on paper?”

Aregbesola said that they were at the Labour House ‘to appeal to the NLC under Wabba to suspend the strike and go into dialogue with government.’

He said that it was the desire of all Nigerians to have a society that would be rid of poverty and corruption.

In his response, Wabba, who said that the NLC was open to discussions, added that the congress had taken note of what Tinubu said and would take the appeal to the organs of the congress for deliberation.

Buhari sacks christian pilgrims commission boss

John Kennedy Opara and Speaker Yakubu Dogara PHOTO: NAN

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Mr. John Kennedy Opara.

A statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal, said the decision took effect from Thursday, May 19, this year.

It read: “His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari has, in the exercise of his powers, approved the disengagement of Mr. John Kennedy Opara as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) with effect from Thursday, May 19, 2016.”

“Mr. President, however, thanked him for his invaluable services to the nation and wishes him well in his future endeavours.”

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African China dumps music for hair dressing business

New reports say that Chinagorom Onuoha aka African China, has started a new business.
The ghetto singer has delved into hair dressing business.

Apparently, music isn’t paying the bills anymore.

According to Vanguard, China is now the proprietor of a hair salon known as Chyna Town Unisex Beauty Salon, which is located at Festac, Lagos.

1 Million Nigerians To Receive N5,000 Monthly

To assuage the anger of Nigerians over the increase in fuel price to N145 a litre, the Muhammadu Buhari administration has rolled out palliative measures running into half a trillion naira. 

Over eight million Nigerians will benefit from the programmes scheduled to begin in a matter of weeks.

Highlights of the palliatives are:

*5.5 million school children to be fed for 200 school days in first phase of homegrown school feeding programme

*Over 1.6 million Nigerian traders, market women, men, artisans to receive loans.

*1 million extremely poor and vulnerable Nigerians to receive N60,000 this year in 12 months payments of N5000 each.

All together the federal government would be directly impacting the lives of more than 8 million Nigerians in different social investment 2016 budget spending that would provide succor and be a ready-made palliative to ordinary Nigerians.

"Every Woman Wishes For Marriage, But It Is Not Something You Die For" - Mary Urantha Bares At All

Vivacious actress, Mary Urantha, who has remained a stunner on screen has maintained that 'love can not stand in a way in her career'.

In a recent interview she granted Telegraph, the Rivers State born movie star said; "Love and marriage is a good thing. Everybody wishes for love. Every woman wishes for marriage, but it is not something you die for.

When it comes, it comes. I can’t force myself into anything. When you force yourself into marriage, you find yourself coming out.

Love cannot stand in my way of career because first of all, I cannot date a man who doesn’t support my career. A man who loves me will love my passion, my career, everything around me. When you find a man who doesn’t love or support you, it is very simple, it just shows that the man is not for you. My first priority for a man is you must love my family. Career is even secondary. A man that loves you will love everything about you."

Flavour Opens Up On Kissing & Allege Relationship With Chidinma!

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, (THEWILL) – Flavour was the latest to be featured on Soundcity's 'My Music & I' and boy are we excited about some of his revelations.

The hunky highlife singer who loves to show off his tight abs to the delight of female fans, opened up on a subject that has generated a lot of buzz in recent times – his relationship with songstress Chidinma.

In his words, “Chidinma is just my friend, our strong vibe comes from how deeply we feel about music.”

FIFA unveils 2026 World Cup bidding process

FIFA unveiled the timetable of its delayed bidding process for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, with president Gianni Infantino's plans for a 40-team tournament to be decided upon by October and a final decision on the hosts to be made in May 2020.

Soccer's world governing body said it would consider giving the green light to joint bids and review a rule which currently allows a continent to stage the tournament every eight years.

A FIFA source said they had considered increasing this wait period to 12 years or more and that there had been no discussions about allowing a continent to host successive World Cups.

This could mean that with Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup, Europe would have to wait until at least 2030 before staging the tournament again, Reuters reported.

The decisions were among the first passed by the new-look FIFA Council, which was holding its maiden meeting since it replaced the old executive committee under reforms passed in February.


The Council, which has a strategic role, ruled that bidding nations would have to meet requirements on human rights, sustainable event management and environmental protection. Bidders who did not meet 'technical requirements' would be excluded, it said.

Infantino was elected as FIFA president in February when one of his main promises was to increase the number of teams in the finals from 32 to 40, a proposal which is strongly opposed by Europe's biggest clubs.

Oshiomhole, Odubu Feud Must Not Bring Edo State To Its Knees

BEVERLY HILLS, May 10, (THEWILL) – The rumoured mutual suspicion between the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his deputy, Mr. Pius Odubu, has snowballed into an open confrontation. The feud is linked to Odubu's avowed determination to succeed his boss in the governorship election due to hold in September this year. 

While Oshiomhole is reportedly opposed to the candidacy of his deputy, he is giving tacit support to another aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC ticket, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Of late, the simmering hostility between the first two Edo citizens degenerated into mudslinging, peaking with allegations and counter-allegations. The Governor had fired the first salvo, accusing his deputy of attempting to kill him with fetish powers. The deputy denied it, pledging loyalty to his boss.

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Jose Mourinho signs pre- contract deal with Man U...will be paid £15m if he isn't appointed by June 1

Former Chelsea and Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has signed a pre-contract deal with Manchester United to replace Louis Van Gal as the new coach of the club. The Portuguese coach has been linked with Manchester United ever since he was sacked by former club Chelsea in December, but has now signed a pre- contract agreement with Manchester United according to an exclusive report by top Spanish newspaper El País.

According to the report Mourinho will be paid up to £15m if by June 1, 2016 the club refuses to employ him.

“If United do not sign the final contract [with Mourinho] before 1 May, they must pay £5m; if by 1 June he’s still not signed, they shall pay another £10m. May is the key, because it’s the month in which the vast majority of the signings of players are closed and the plans formed.” Read the report.

El País claim that the clause has been included because senior figures at Old Trafford, including Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton, are not entirely convinced that Mourinho is the right man to succeed Louis van Gaal.

Senior officials at Manchester United like Ed Woodward have refused to deny the report.

POWER ISSUE: See what President Buhari has to say

Abuja — President Mohammadu Buhari on Monday woke up to the realities of epileptic power supply in Nigeria, saying that the situation was no longer funny.

 

Should the situation persisits, the president said it would seriously affect the change agenda of the present administration.

 

The president said his administration must do everything necessary to increase power generation and distribution from its present status of about 1,500 to 3,500 megawatts with additional 2000 before the end of the year as a way of halting the ripple effect effects on the economy.

 

But giving high hopes on the power sector, the president stated that before his government winds up in 2019, he would achieve a historic 10,000 megawatts of electricity.

 

The promise was contained in a keynote address which he presented at the opening ceremony of a two day summit of the National Economic Council, NEC, in Abuja.

 

The president who noted the theme of the summit: Nigerian States: Multiple Centers of Prosperity was apt, had identified five key areas such agriculture, power, manufacturing, housing and healthcare as challenges the Council must prioritize.

 

President Buhari also expressed misgivings over the privatization of the power sector in the country, saying that the process was more profit oriented than a thing of public interest.

 

He stated that the sector was yet to show the gains of the privatization Programme as quality of service was still in a sorry state.

Faze Finally Weighs In On Blackface’s Song Theft Allegations

Chibuzor Oji aka Faze of the defunct Plantashun Boys group, has finally weighed in on the song theft allegations between former band mates, Blackface and 2face.

While speaking with Channels TV, Faze said despite all the issues, they all still remain family, adding that the rift between Blackface and 2face will soon be sorted out.



He said:

Very soon everything will be okay. We are all family notwithstanding….Every family has issues. We all have differences, even friends have differences.
Very soon, it is going to be sorted out

Recall, Blackface, had slammed 2face early this year accusing him of stealing his songs saying:

All said and done with! You did not ask that you want to record my song? Since you decided to hide, you know I still will let you know a piece of my mind, Official 2baba and we’ll meet in court about the publishing

The Plantashun Boys group, serenaded Nigerian with their numerous hits back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. They all decided to pursue solo careers after splitting in 2004.

Source: tooxclusive.com

BREAKING NEWS: Porpular Nigerian Singer 'NOMORELOSS' is dead

Popular Nigerian singer, songwriter and comedian Muyiwa Osinuga also known as NOMORELOSS has passed on after a brief illness.

Sources close to the veteran singer confirmed the news this morning, nonetheless the actual cause of death remains unknown.

Nomoreloss who is non for his hit singles ‘Iyawo Asiko and Ololufe’ was reported dead this morning in an undisclosed hospital.

He is said to have been ill since January hence his absent in the entertainment industry.

The singer recently collaborated with Yemi Alade on “Oro Re”.

May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen

Photos: EFCC Raid Raymond Dokpesi's Home In Abuja

Photos of Daar Communications founder, Raymond Dokpesi leading officials of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to his house for a search have hit the internet.

Recall that the media mogul was arrested by the anti-graft commission for being a party of the arms purchase scandal involving the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and the theft of N2.1billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

EFCC officials yesterday, December 2, raided the Abuja home of Dokpesi who is being interrogated for his alleged connection in the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal. The search lasted over an hour. Speaking to newsmen after the search, Dokpesi said:

“Its a change of Environment. Its quite peaceful, quite okay. I was granted bail yesterday (Tuesday December 1st) where they asked me to get two directors of the Federal government arm to also deposit my passport but my lawyer was not available and I said that I was not going to sign but then I think what they said was the allegation was alleged conspiracy, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds. But I am a loyal Nigerian citizen, a patriotic Nigerian citizen. I have no problem like I said. I am strong in spirit. I am toughened”.

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Julius Agwu Takes Philantrop To America

Seasoned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu has explained the reason behind his recent donation to American families during Thanksgiving.

The entertainer had earlier shared photos via Instagram of him giving out turkeys to families in Riverdale, Atlanta under the aegis of his Julius Agwu Foundation.

Speaking exclusively to NET, the comedian’s publicist said the act was in line with the philosophy of serving God and humanity.

He said: “This gesture is in line with the vision and mission of Julius Agwu Foundation Inc. worldwide with our motto being For God & Humanity.

Jonathan, PDP Stalwarts To Lead Dickson's Re-Election Bid

The immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan will be leading stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party, governors elected on the party’s platform and members of the National Assembly for the grand finale of the Governor Seriake Dickson’s of Bayelsa state gubernatorial election campaign.

Ayo Fayose, GEJ and Dickson

According to the director of Dickson’s campaign organization, Jonathan Obuebite the rally which is tagged ‘Mother of All Rallies’ will hold in Yenagoa to garner support for the incumbent governor, The Sun reports

Obuebite noted that mega rally is coming after Dickson had toured communities in the last one month to spread the message of restoration,  consolidation of peace and security.

Dickson’s campaign director stated that the governor will be handed the PDP flag during the rally as well as solidarity speeches by PDP leaders in the country.

500 Nigerian Deportees Arrive Lagos From UK

About 500 Nigerian deportees will arrive in Nigeria from the United Kingdom this morning aboard a chartered flight.

The chartered flight, according to Leadership, was expected to take off from London Stansted airport via a private charter company, Titan Airways.

Titan Airways to bring the deportees today.

It was confirmed that the flight was scheduled to depart from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 24, at about 10.30pm Nigerian time to land in Lagos on Wednesday, November 25 at about 6.00am.

This move is a monthly exercise by the UK government, in which about 100 detainees from the UK are deported to their respective countries via charter flights commonly run by Titan Airways.

UPDATE:
Latest reports monitored on the BBC inform that the plane carrying about 500 Nigerians deported from the UK has landed in Lagos.

According to the report, most of the deportees expressed their sadness to return to the country.
One of the deportees stated that he was arrested by British police and was not allowed to even take his belongings before being deported.

It was gathered that some of the deportees who claimed not to have relatives in Nigeria are stranded in the airport.

Authorities in Nigeria had expressed their concern over UK’s plan to deport 29,000 Nigerians, and has insisted that due process be followed before Nigerians are removed from the UK.

PHOTOS: MI Abaga Hangs Out With Kaduna State Governor

Rapper MI Abaga was seen eating lunch with Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state on Tuesday, November 24.

MI Abaga

The rapper and record label executive shared pictures from the hangout on Instagram.
He was obviously elated about meeting the governor going by his captions on one of the pictures.

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LIVE: Late HID Funeral Ceremony On-going

Exactly 28 years after the passage of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, late matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo will today, November 25, be buried beside her husband in the family compound in Ikenne, Ogun state.


HID Awolowo died on Saturday, September 19 shortly after a meeting with her family members, at the age of 99.

If death hadn’t come knocking, late HID Awolowo would have been celebrating her 100 years birthday today.

However, going by the legacy she has left behind, the exit of the Yeye Oodua, as she also popularly known, is one that calls for celebration.

Until her death, Mama was a successful businesswoman and astute politician. She played an active role in the politics of Western Nigeria and was famously referred to her as his “jewel of inestimable value” by her late husband.

She became the first Nigerian distributor for the Nigerian Tobacco Company (NTC) in 1957 and was the first to import lace materials and other textiles into Nigeria.

She was also the Chairman of African Newspapers of Nigeria Limited, publishers of the Nigerian Tribune established in November, 1949 by her husband.

Photo: Tonto Dikeh Finally Shows Her Baby Bump

After much denial of being pregnant, Nollywood star actress, Tonto Dikeh is pregnant and this is authoritative.

The actress who got married traditionally in August to her boo Oladunni Churchhill popularly known as Mr X.

For some time now, Tonto has been rumoured to be pregnant and that she has always denied. This time around, there is no denying as her baby bump is showing.

Tonto laid pregnancy rumours to rest in this new photo with her husband.
Photo they say speaks volumes, Tonto shared the picture on her Instagram page with no caption.

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Police Arrest Kastina Mousque Explosion Suspect

Following a suspected bomb blast at Yartabki village mosque said to be near Funtua local government headquarters in Katsina state on Tuesday, November 24, officers of the Nigerian police force have arrested one person in connection with it.

According to report by the News Agency of Nigeria, the public relations officer of the state police command, Aminu Sadiq, made this known to the in Funtua.

Speaking on the incident, Sadiq said that the suspect was arrested at the scene where the blast occurred, adding that he was arrested with two mobile cell phones and remnants of the suspected explosives also recovered.

The spokesman said the explosion did not hurt any person or caused severe damage to the mosque, adding that recovered items were taken to experts to ascertain what it was.

NAN further reports that worshippers at Dariqa mosque in Yartabki village, about 15 kilometres from Funtua were scared when they spotted a black polythene bag inside the mosque in the morning.
They quickly informed the police about the suspicious items. It was also reported that the suspected explosives detonated before the police arrived.

U-17 Captain Kelechi Nwakali Begins Transfer Talk With Chelsea And Other European Clubs

2015 FIFA world-cup-winning U-17 squad member has started transfer talks with European teams.

Kelechi Nwakali

After being crowned the Most Valuable Player at the recently concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, it seems Kelechi Nwakali is proving his worth. The player’s agent, Klay Ekeocha has confirmed recently that there has been talks with English Premier League giants, Chelsea FC of London to sign the young lad.

Nwakali, who is 17, reached an agreement on Monday to be represented by the same agency that looks after Real Madrid’s Welsh star Gareth Bale. The Golden Eagles captain recently admitted that he would favour a move to Arsenal over any “big English club,” due to the Gunners’ style of play.
Despite his desire to play for Arsenal, his agent says the club is yet to follow up their interest in the player and that Chelsea has already tabled an offer for the player.

According to Ekeocha, clubs from Italy and Greece are also interested in securing the service of the player.

“We are in contact with Chelsea, Udinese and Olympiacos. Udinese made a ridiculous offer of €800,000 for the Most Valuable Player of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup. We are working hard for the player, his family and academy. Manchester City and West Ham are no longer involved because of the work permit issues. We got in touch with Arsenal and there’s no feed-back yet,” Ekeocha said.

Mr. Ibu Responds To Amber Rose's Meme

Nollywood actor John Okafor (Mr. Ibu) has responded to a meme about him posted by American celebrity and Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend, Amber Rose.

The American TV personality had earlier posted a meme of Mr. Ibu and another man which she captioned:“The sugar daddy I like Vs. The sugar daddy that likes me.”
Going by the placement of the pictures on the meme, it appeared as if Amber was dissing Mr. Ibu as he happened to be the “the sugar daddy that likes me.”

DPR Gives Out FREE Fuel To Motorists

A petrol station, Alkad and Sons Nigeria Limited, situated along Olorunsogo, Ilorin, Kwara state capital suffered heavy loss yesterday, November 23 as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) gave out their fuel to motorists and motorcyclists free of charge.

Daily Trust reports that the surveillance team of the DPR caught the station hoarding a total of 2300 litres of petrol, following a tip off.

The station had allegedly told buyers that it had exhausted its stock but when the team led by Salvation Philip, the operation controller of DPR got there, they discovered the station had 2300 litres of fuel.

Another station, Nasmut Nigeria Limited, located in Otte, Asa local government area of the state was found hoarding a large volume of petrol also.

Philip ordered that the commodity be given to members of the public free, saying he was acting in accordance with the directive of Minister of State for Petroleum.

He said: “We are out for surveillance because of the situation on ground and we want to make sure that the fuel that comes in is distributed to commuters. When we got to this place (Alkad), we dug and discovered that they (management of the station) were hoarding 2300 litres of fuel. So, we are simply enforcing the ministerial directive. We are giving the fuel free to fellow Nigerians that need it. It is a critical time we have to utilize what is available. This is the second station so far we caught hoarding.”

Nigerian Army Arrest Officers For Sabotage

The Nigerian army has arrested and is investigating some officials for planning to soil the name of the force and the name of the chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai.

In what is considered an act of sabotage, the officers were accused of planning to use the social media as from December to publish lies and false stories capable of thwarting the on-going fight against Boko Haram.

This was contained in a statement released by Colonel Sani Usman who is the spokesperson of the army on Tuesday, November 24 titled: Alert On Impending Smear Campaign By Some Disgruntled Elements.

He said the army was committed to defeating the insurgency as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari and would therefore not tolerate any act of insubordination.

Read the statement below:

The Nigerian Army has received report of some elements both within the Nigerian Army and outside, especially through the use of the social media circle to ridicule the Nigerian Army and the person of the Chief of Army Staff for reasons best known to them. They intend to execute this plan as from next month, December 2015, using all means possible; lies, fabricating baseless stories, falsehood, publishing and broadcasting them through some designated print and electronic media, most especially the Social Media.

Edo 2015: APC and the prospects of continuity

With a little over a year to the end of the governorship of Comrade Oshiomhole in Edo State, there are overt and covert signs that the race to succeed him on November 12, 2016, has begun in earnest.

Political discourses and engagements have tended to be focused on that quintessential candidate who will fly the flag of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, among the motley crowd of emerging aspirants who have shown subtle interest in succeeding Oshiomhole next year.

A common line of thought among the contending camps in the jostle for the state’s governorship in 2016, is the desire to present the primus inter pares within the ranks of those who have expressed such interest. Aside the myriad projections that will aggregate those defining factors of good governance, prompt and equitable delivery of democracy dividends and acceptability across the various social, political, ethnic, professional, religious and other divides within the state, the right choice of the APC governorship candidate, who has no ethnic or any other primordial cleavages, will undoubtedly enhance the success index of the party in next year’s governorship election.

There is this conventional wisdom among the people of Edo State that the momentum of the extent, quality and spread of infrastructure development, human capital development, sustainable security of life and property, etc, by the Oshiomhole administration, should be maintained and even surpassed after November 12, 2016.

It is also the view of these people that only a core player with varied experience in the governance and power matrix and who has imbibed the pristine values of sustainable development with the will to impact it positively on the larger mass of Edo people, should be entrusted with the governorship of the state after the record-setting Oshiomhole administration.

Real Madrid President Speaks About Ronaldo Move

Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid, during the press conference gave his full backing to under-fire coach Rafa Benitez and commented the rumours that the club are looking to sell Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is being linked with a move to PSG and a return to the Premier League at the end of the season.

However, Perez said: “Those who say I want to sell Cristiano do so in an attempt to destabilise [my position]. It annoys me that journalists said I have been attending any lunch meetings to discuss Ronaldo’s sale. I have never dined with Paris Saint-Germain’s president or [Ronaldo’s agent] Jorge Mendes to sell Ronaldo. Those who think I would meet with the president of PSG on the same day as a crucial match to talk about selling Ronaldo are naive.”

We need to change the way we do things in Nigeria – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need for Nigerians to positively change their attitudes in order to achieve a paradigm shift in the way they do things, in line with the change mantra of the Buhari Administration.

The Minister made the call in his speech at the opening session of a meeting on the impending launch of a nationwide reorientation campaign by the ministry in Abuja on Tuesday.

”The impending campaign must take on the indiscipline, the lack of respect for time, loss of our time-tested values and generally lead to attitudinal change in such a way that there will be a paradigm shift in the way we do things. This is also in line with my vision as Minister of Information and Culture

”Make no mistake about it, we need to change the way we do things in Nigeria. It is important to let our people know that we cannot continue to do things the same way and expect a different result,” he said.

The Minister reiterated his earlier statement that the National Orientation Agency (NOA) will be in the forefront of the campaign, because it is in line with its mandate to positively change attitudes, values and behaviours.

He said those invited to the technical session have been painstakingly selected ”because I believe they have the necessary expertise to help drive the campaign”, adding, however, that everyone in the Ministry of Information and Culture as well as its parastatals is key to the campaign.

”This is because as the lead ministry, we must first buy into the campaign and own it before we can propagate it,” he Minister said

Aisha Buhari In Her Official Office

The wife of the president Muhammadu Buhari Aisha has released lovely photos in her formal office.

Aisha Buhari uses official office of the first lady.

Aisha denounced herself as the First Lady but she’s using the official office.

After Buhari’s victory at the presidential election, the wife of the president made a significant remark about her status saying that she will prefer to be called the wife of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria than the first lady of Nigeria.

However, the formal portrait of the president’s wife was issued several hours after the inauguration on May 29.