Growing up in a family that loves football has shown me a lot about the great footballers we have ever had in Nigeria. I recall the likes of Samuel Okwaraji, Jay Jay Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo, Christian Chukwu, Emeka Ezeugo, Mikel Obi, Onyekachi Apam, Uche Okechukwu, etc. All the above named great footballers are Igbo men, as...
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Pastor Tunde Bakare, of the Latter Rain Assembly, Dr. Tunde Bakare, says the government of President Muhammadu Buhari can only be described as ‘helpless’ not ‘clueless’. Speaking on Channels Television on Sunday, Bakare also weighed-in on the ministerial appointment of the President. The cleric defended Buhari’s selection, insinuating that they were based on competence and...
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Aisha Alhassan, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Taraba, visited former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, after her victory at the election tribunal. The Taraba Governorship Election Tribunal, on Saturday, nullified the election of Governor Darius Ishaku, and ordered that Alhassan should be sworn-in as governor-elect. One of the first significant visits of Alhassan after...
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Enyimba Football Club of Aba has won the Nigeria Premier League for a record seventh time. The title-deciding match with Warri Wolves, played at the Aba International stadium, ended in a stalemate as Enyimba lost a player to red card. Enyimba needed a draw or a win to lift the trophy with 67 points, and they fought hard to...
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Former Governor of Delta state, James Ibori says he has no affiliation with the Biafran cause and its proponents. Ibori, who’s in a London jail for money laundering, distanced himself from the Biafra supporters who have been using his image and name to push their agenda. Speaking through his media assistant, Tony Eluemunor, the former governor...
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Virgin Atlantic Airways says it disengaged its Lagos cabin crew because they were no longer a requirement on the Lagos route. The airline said on Sunday, that the primary purpose of its locally based cabin crew has been to provide cultural expertise, but that is no longer sustainable, moving forward. It had been widely reported that...
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A group has threatened to drag President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress (APC) to court over the refusal of the Federal Government to commence the payment of the monthly N5,000 allowance to unemployed Nigerian youths. During the last presidential campaign, Buhari and the APC had promised to give every unemployed Nigerian youth 5, 000 monthly...
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In what is great news for fans of D’banj, the famous Koko Concert is set to hold in December after a 2-year absence. In an interview with Hip TV, Dbanj revealed that the concert would be hosted in 5 cities across the country between the 5th and 29th of December, with the final stop being Lagos. The maiden...
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Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, wearing a beautiful light blue Cinderella styled gown and an up-bun, recently attended the premiere of the new James Bond movie, Spectre. The actress – who was a special guest of the British high Commissioner, Paul Thomas Arkwright – was the belle of the ball, at the Heineken-sponsored event. Also in attendance were acting U.S....
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Senate Majority leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume says the Peoples Democratic Party is in a comatose state and its date of recovery is unforeseeable. Ndume boasted on Sunday, that many PDP Senators will soon defect to the ruling party All Progressive Congress (APC). The Majority Leader said the mass defection is inevitable because of the ambition of the...
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The 2015 Miss Nigeria Pageant took place last night at Oriental Hotel and Cross River’s representative, Pamela Peter-Vigboro Leesi, emerged the winner. The event was hosted by Osas Ajibade while the judges of the night included Audu Maikori, Helen Prest Ajayi, Ruth Osime, Jumoke Adenowo, Lanre Da Silva, Mai Atafo, Isoken Ogiemwoniyi, and Chima Ude. See photos below. ...
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He really is ambitious. One moment you’re marrying the woman of your dreams, the next you want to be Governor. Soon-to-be ‘His Excellency, governor of Cross Rivers state’, made the official social media announcement that he will be running for seat in the nearest future. Ubi Franklin’s first agenda is the economy of the state...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the architect of its misfortune in the Taraba Governorship Election Tribunal. Governor Darius Ishaku was on Saturday, sacked by the tribunal over the lack of ‘acceptable primary election’ by his party, the PDP. Hence, his mandate was transferred to Senator Aisha Alhassan of the APC,...
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The contentious drama displayed at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on the 5th of November is yet another expensive embarrassment to the Nigerian judicial edifice. Seeing a set of lawyers led by three Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) walk out on a presiding judge is completely strange to us, as citizens. Although court sessions...
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The Attorney General of Ekiti state, Owoseni Ajayi, has been implicated in the murder of the former Chairman of National Union Of Road Transport Workers, Omolade Aderiye. Gbolahan Owoeye, the personal assistant to the late Aderiye, says he was manipulated by the Attorney General to falsely accuse some innocent persons on trial for the murder. Owoeye said Ajayi coerced...
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If I don’t see the word ‘Biafra’ again on social media till the end of the year, I won’t even be sad. It’s stupid to think that Biafra is feasible. What is feasible is the death of millions of people in a second Biafran war. The sad thing is that the bulk of the casualties...
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I have read most of the screaming literature churned out plentifully in scathing criticism of what has come to be known as Buhari’s lopsided appointments. I have always had a strong impulse to bare my mind. But being an Igbo man and having a strong communal identity within my hometown therein, often made my opinion a...
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Governors of Kaduna and Sokoto, Nasir el-Rufai and Aminu Tambuwal, respectively, have been adjudged the best performing governors for the month of October. The evaluation was conducted by the Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) The Governors of Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom, according to the monthly performance review, are Nigeria’s...
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The lawyers of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who walked out on the Code of Conduct Tribunal, have been cleared by the Nigerian Bar Association. Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Saka Issau, Ahmed Raji and Mahmud Magaji, led 23 lawyers out of the courtroom in protest against the ruling of the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal. Justice Umar had...
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Alhaji Bashir Tofa, businessman and politician, says he doesn’t believe that the South-East region is marginalized by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Tofa, it is only irresponsible fanatics that will be making such claims, and agitating for secession. In an interview with Vanguard, Tofa said it’s a shame that after all these years, there’s still...
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The Taraba Governorship Election Tribunal, on Saturday, nullified the election of Governor Darius Ishaku. The tribunal ruled that all the votes Ishaku secured at the election was invalid, and ordered that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Aisha Alhassan, who scored the second highest votes at the poll, should be sworn-in as the winner of the governorship election...
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Five months after the presidential inauguration, 36 ministers-designate, having been confirmed by the senate would be sworn into office by President Muhammadu Buhari, next week Wednesday. The President is expected to formally inaugurate the Federal Executive Council inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. During the inauguration, Buhari will also announce the portfolios...
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Chris Folayan has among many dreams, to build MallForAfrica into the largest global e-commerce solution platform. Armed with dogged determination, Chris and Tope Folayan dared to link Nigeria directly to the world at a time when cyber-crime was at an all time-high. They aspired to become trusted and reliable e-commerce middlemen between Africa and the...
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Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, says the Peoples Democratic Party, will take its grudge- over the election tribunal judgement in Taraba state- to the court of men and court of God. Fayose said in a statement released on Saturday, that he finds it perplexing that the tribunal chose to base its ruling on an internal matter of the...
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“If you give me a space, I occupy it. If you expand the space, I expand myself.” – Reuben Abati. The first car Dr. Reuben Abati bought was a Datsun or some Nissan product. Back then, when a popular actor or musician or, especially a journalist bought a car, it was news and I am...
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Expending a wide array of vocabulary, the Peoples Democratic Party, dug deep to describe the Taraba Election Petition Tribunal ruling. The tribunal had nullified the election of Governor Darius Ishaku, thereby giving victory to Senator Aisha Alhassan. Consequently, the opposition party says the All Progressives Congress has further exhibited proof that it’s in the business of manipulating election...
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While many Nigerians are busy ridiculing Donald Trump’s rather unorthodox bid for the Republican Party’s Presidential ticket, he’s busy surging in the polls. Since his surprise declaration on June 6, 2015, he’s established himself as the candidate to beat. Au fond, the eyes of the whole world are on him, and that’s exactly what he wants. I am not...
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Before we are misunderstood, let us make ourselves clear. We support Hillary Rodham Clinton not because we believe she is faultless (we know of no one who is), but because we need to change the way some people, chauvinists if you will like to call them that, look at and use the word “Impossible”. To...
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After rounding up the United states of America leg of his WhaYaSay tour, Patoranking is set to thrill fans at his Born 2 win concert in South Africa. The dance hall act revealed in an Instagram post, a snapshot from the ticket platform for the show, which read Sold Out. The concert is set to hold tonight...
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Popular OAP, Toke Makinwa took to Instagram a few hours ago, to post a birthday-tribute to her late dad. In the emotion-laden birthday message, Toke highlighted the fond memories she has of him and how much she misses him. Although she hardly talks about it, the media personality lost both parents in a car crash...
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