The sun shone again on the career of Nigeria’s globally acclaimed actor Chiwetel Ejiofor as he won the best actor award at the 2014 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards yesterday in London. Ejiofor, who won the big honour on account of his superlative acting in ‘12 Years a Slave’, the film that captured 19th-century American slavery, ... Read More »
Four persons including a UNION BANK Manager, Danasabe Ibrahim are now singing like birds with the EFCC on a forex deal totaling about #2.05 billion. Recently they were arraigned at a Lagos High Court in Ikeja before justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo. Ibrahim and 3 others are facing a 3-count charge of conspiracy to defraud, unauthorized modification of computer data. The accused ... Read More »
Chinedu, son of Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, at the weekend escaped a gun attack that claimed the life of one of his aides, John Ndubuka. However, the state government has attributed the attack, which happened in Umuahia as Chinedu was said to be on his way out of the venue of a grand civic reception held for his ... Read More »
The GE Africa-USADF Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge is beginning to yield dividends as one of the winners of the inaugural contest; Green Village Electricity Project (GVE-P) recently completed the pilot phase of its off-grid community electrification project in Egbeke community in Rivers State. The project currently produces about 6 KW of solar powered electricity, which it distributes to over ... Read More »
he precarious state of the country’s security was yet again underscored when, last Sunday, February 9, one of our country’s sports icons, ex-international football star, my friend ‘the Mathematical’ Segun Odegbami, was shot at by suspected armed robbers on the Abeokuta-Lagos dual carriageway. That he escaped the barrage of shots from close range is a ‘miracle’. It was a deadly ... Read More »
Mavin Records artiste, Tiwa Savage, has been quizzed by the police for allegedly humiliating a policeman who apprehended her for violating some provisions of the Lagos state traffic laws. Savage often referred to as Mavin First Lady, was said to have engaged a policeman who flagged her down for flouting traffic rules in front of Eko Hotels and Suites Victoria ... Read More »
Ese Walter who exposed her affair with COZA Pastor sometime last year is married. She got married yesterday, 15th of February, 2014 to Benny Ark a Cool Fm on air personality and inspirational speaker. The court wedding took place in Abuja. Big congrats to the couple. See more photos after the cut Read More »
.. Damn not again! Why couldn’t I simply one day, experience all I had read about in novels and what my friends kept talking about? Another one has come and gone and I had to fake it again! It was frustrating. ‘Are you okay baby?’ Niyi asked me. ‘I’m fine,’ I said with a fake smile. Oh sorry! You were probably ... Read More »
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has said the door to the World Cup is open for Osaze Odemwingie, but insisted on a talk with the striker. Keshi and Odemwingie were involved in a highly publicised row during which the Stoke City striker took to social media Twitter to blast the Eagles handler after he was sensationally left out of a 2013 ... Read More »
Few day ago the news broke out on how Gov. Amosun wanted a N19B loan request approved for him to complete the ongoing road projects in the state. It was in the cause of this that the house of assembly sent for two commissioners; Finance and Works. To disclose the debt profile of the state and how much has been ... Read More »
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