Thursday, 1 October 2015
Olamide, Wizkid, Others Lead At This Year's Headies Awards Nominations (See Full List)
The Headies are here again and the organisers have unveiled the nominees of the 10th Headies Awards, 2015.
The list comprises 21 categories where the Nigeria's finest compete for the prestigious award.
See full list below:
1. BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
A non-voting category for the best single recording by an artiste or group in the year under review.
1. Ojuelegba – Wizkid
2. Eyo – Asa
This Man Died Three Times, and Woke Up Three Times (PHOTO)
Photo credit: The Sun |
As he came down with severe stroke, HE had rivers of blood inside his brain and was already out with little breath. He needed an emergency operation, which they could not afford. Fortunately, a doctor at the Garki Hospital, Dr. Biodun, was touched and signed an undertaking for the family.
After the emergency brain scan, he was rushed into the theatre where two drains channels were put in his head to
Brazilian Referee Pulls Gun On Players During Red Card Dispute (PHOTOS)
A Brazilian referee is facing disciplinary action after he reacted to a dispute with players by pulling a GUN.
Gabriel Murta was kicked and slapped by players from lower-league Amantes de Bola, while the manager invaded the pitch demanding a
Woman Shows Unconditional Love To LION, Washes Her, Feeds Her….(PHOTOS)
A South African woman named Miekie van Tonder has showed
unconditional love to a lion she met 5 days after the cub separated from her
mother. Miekie took Elsa home, raised
her with her hands and took care of her till she grew a little older.
Elsa later moved to an enclosure which she shared with two,
slightly bigger, male lion cubs. Elsa who was 8 months then and had never
Nigeria at 55: Read full text of President Buhari’s Independencve Day speech
"October 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians, whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years ago; we liberated ourselves from the shackles of colonialism and began our long march to nationhood and to greatness.
“No temporary problems or passing challenges should stop us from honouring this day. Let us remind ourselves of the gifts God has given us. Our Creator has
Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu others make Buhari’s ministerial list
Vanguard gathered that a former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and his counterpart in Lagos, Babatunde Fashola were among the names forwarded to the senate.
Others in the list are, former
El Rufai ‘insults’ Osinbajo – déjà vu
ALL is not well between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the man widely referred to as the “unofficial vice president”, Mallam Nasir el Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. Proof: after a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) held on 17th September, 2015, el Rufai showed up in Osinbajo’s office and both took a photograph, all smiles; and splashed them all over the internet. Purpose: to debunk the “rumours” making the rounds that they had exchanged insults. To confirm the
Sunday, 23 August 2015
Women Register to Vote for the First Time in History in Saudi Arabia
Women are registering to vote for the very first time in Saudi Arabia today in a long overdue move towards equality for the nation.
Voting registration for the December elections starts today and on August 30, they will even be allowed to register as candidates.
This is happening four years after the
FG Reverts The Decision To Upgrade Colleges Of Education To Universities
The Federal Government has reverted its decision to upgrade some colleges of education to universities of education.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government had earlier approved the upgrade of Federal College of Education, Kano; Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo; Federal College of
Photo: Guiness World Records recognizes 112yr old Japanese as the world's oldest man
Yasutaro Koide, a 112-year-old resident of Nagoya, Japan, who recommends
not smoking, drinking and avoiding stress as his secret to a long life,
was on Friday August 21 officially recognized by Guinness World Records
as the world’s oldest man. Koide was
Stop Insulting Onyeka Onwenu By Calling Her "Elegant Stallion" - Ekenyerengozi Writes
I don’t know what brought about this now. But Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima wants the press and Nigerians to start referring to Onyeka Onwenu as an Elegant Diva or Songstress and not Elegant Stallion, saying a stallion means a male horse. Here’s what he wrote;
For decades since our days at the Nigeria Television
Authority (NTA) to date, I have been hearing and reading members of the
Nigerian press and entertainment industry calling Nigerian music diva Onyeka
Onwenu, the "Elegant Stallion" and she
Radio Biafra Is Back On Air
After struggling to jam the transmission signals of Radio
Biafra, the Federal Government seems to have lost the battle as the station is
back on air. The Federal Government had on July 14 announced that it jammed the
transmission signals of the
"Close Your Legs, Pre-Marital Sex Is A Dirty Thing" – Toke Makinwa
Popular on-air-personality, Toke Makinwa, has come out to blast those having sex before marriage as dirty people.
Toke explained that since God does not like dirty things, people having such affairs are dirty people because they are having it with the
Sokoto Residents Storm Streets With Brooms, Shovels To Collect N1m Prize money
Following the announcement of an incentive to give a combined sum of almost three million Naira to the cleanest neighbourhoods in Sokoto by the state government, residents of towns and villages trooped to the streets brandishing their brooms and using their shovels and other sanitation equipment to keep their surroundings clean.
Last Saturday at the flag-off of the state’s special environmental sanitation exercise, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal announced that the top
Anita Oyakhilome Speaks, I Went Through ‘Hell’
Below is the intro she wrote about herself on her official
website encouraging ladies that no matter what they go through or the
situation they find themselves, their life is never wasted. She
also encouraged those who are down to get up and get it, saying they are
their own destiny drivers. Her words below:
I am Anita. It is my desire to reach out and inspire you
especially if you feel vulnerable and in need of a change. I hope to inspire
you to believe in yourself no matter the circumstances. I want to help you
recreate your life going forward, so you can
''Late Ooni of Ife's Wives Can't Re-marry''
The wives of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, the Olubuse II, by tradition cannot re-marry after the demise of their husband, according to a palace chief.
The chief, who preferred not to be named, said the order was prescribed by the Ife tradition since the Ooni is not considered dead but to have transited to a higher realm.
Maintaining that the Ooni still lives, he said it is
Virgin whose Penis was Ripped Off in Accident Gets 8inch Replacement Made from His Arm (Photos)
Mohammed Abad only has to squeeze his testes when he is looking to inflate his makeshift manhood.
The 43-year-old virgin - who had his penis sliced off in a horror road accident when he
Bride Abandons Wedding For NYSC Head Count Yesterday (photos)
Saturday and sunday was headcount for all Corpers in
Nigeria. A corp member came in her wedding dress to sign. I guess to
her the wedding can wait...
wish her happy married life. See more photos below...
wish her happy married life. See more photos below...
Water Scarcity Hits Jonathan’s Hometown of Otuoke
Mr Elijah Ateki, the Chairman, Community Development Committee (CDC), Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa, has bemoaned the scarcity of potable water in the area.
Ateki said in Otuoke on Sunday that lack of drinking water was the major problem in the community.
According to him, the situation is due to the pollution of rivers in the area by oil spilage.
He said the community had suffered inadequate potable water over
Sunday, 16 August 2015
The Body Cream We Use Only Costs N550 + We Are Not In A Relationship At The Moment - Aneke Twins
The Aneke twins who are always attacked when they publish
their photos online with fans asking them to stop bleaching, hence they become Michael
Jackson in no time, have said they do not bleach and as a matter of fact, the
cream they used before they became famous is the same cream they use till date.
The only difference is that the cream was
Meet The Man Who Now Lives His Life Like A Goat (Photos)
Sometimes these oyibo people just baffle me. Which kind of experiment is this one doing now?
Thomas Thwaites, a man who was curious to know how it feels to live like a goat has now given up his human life to join his goat friends in
The Lady Who Vomited Blood At Ikorodu: The Untold Story (Warning: Graphic Photo)
Tongues are wagging in Lagos State especially Ikorodu, over how a young lady who was said to have been so expressive of her womanhood and was full of life falls victim of ritualists.
The incident that happened on Thursday 13th of August, 2015 according to reports has it that the lady was said to be one of the
Meet the Identical Twins now different after one became a transgender (PHOTOS)
As children Robert and William Haddock would regularly be pictured together with their matching outfits and identical smiles.But today that picture is very different.The boys may have grown up as identical twins but Robert always knew he was in the wrong body.
At the age of 18 he made the brave decision to change his name to Mary and she has not looked back since.
'I knew from a young age that something wasn't right. I knew that I was going to be different,' Ms Haddock-Staniland told Daily Mail Australia.'It was
How Tyga made his millions from Porn, Sneakers and tours
Since Tyga gifted girlfriend Kylie Jenner with a $320,000 brand new white Ferrari for her 18th birthday this week, his finances have come under question as many wonder when he got so rich.
According to an article by UK Mirror , the 25 year-old might not be as famous as his 18 year-old girlfriend, but when it comes to money the Rack City star is definitely seeing the dollar signs rolling in.
His latest record - The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty - might have bombed, selling just 2,200 copies in it's first week, but don't let that
REPORT: Goodluck Jonathan’s Life After Aso Rock
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has maintained a low profile since he handed over Aso Rock Villa to President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, 2015. But he is at present working hard on his memoir, which will be a tell-all book, a close confidant of the ex-president revealed to Daily Trust on Sunday last week.
“The former President, for those who know him closely, is not given to much talks,” the former aide told our reporter. “He’s kept himself from too much on publicity, but I can tell you that he’s busy writing a book, in which he will recount his experience over
Buhari never promised to declare his assets, APC did - Presidency
The Presidency has denied that President Muhammadu Buhari ever
promised the nation to make his assets public if elected .
According to the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina in an interview with Kayode Ogundamisi ,Adesina said the All Progressives Congress not the President promised to declare his
According to the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina in an interview with Kayode Ogundamisi ,Adesina said the All Progressives Congress not the President promised to declare his
Burial Of Ooni Allegedly Stalled As Man To Be Buried Alive With King Absconds
OONI of Ife Oba Okunade Sijuwade’s burial has allegedly been put on
hold after a man elected to be buried alive with the monarch absconded
unwilling to be the one to keep the king company in the afterlife. Unconfirmed
reports from Ile-Ife indicate that the designated person to be buried alive
alongside the monarch, known traditionally as the Abobaku, took to his heels
for dear life.
This Wedding Of These Young Stars, 17 & 18 Will Make You Jealous (Photos)
You have to read first to understand what I mean. This was
one big flash gypsy wedding, where guests gave the happy couple GOLD BARS as
gifts. It is understood the lavish ceremony in Romania was bankrolled by Grado
Carpaci, the grandfather of the groom dubbed The Finance Minister.
Guests from Britain, US, France, Italy, Spain and Germany
turned up to see the nuptials of Iasmina, 17, and Samuel, 18. The bride is also
the
Not Again!!! Indonesia plane carrying 54 people goes missing
An
Indonesian domestic flight carrying 54 passengers and crew has gone
missing. The plane, said to be about 27 years old, lost contact with
air traffic control in Papua province around 2.55pm local time
The Trigana Air Service flight carrying 44 adult passengers, five
children and five crew members, left Sentani Airport at 2:22
p.m. and
Nigerian man, Freeman Osonuga, shortlisted to fly Outer Space
A Nigerian man Freeman Osonuga has been shortlisted as one of the lucky
human beings to travel to space!
Osonuga, a Medicine and Surgery graduate from Olabisi Onabanjo
University, was selected through the Rising Star programme, which
launched at the
REPORT: Naira Rain At National Assembly As Senators Collect N23.4m Each!
The Nation(Nigeria) may have spent about N12, 967, 600,000 in two months to maintain National Assembly members, who were inaugurated on June 9, it has been learnt.
The 109 senators got N36.4 million each; the 360 members of the House of Representatives received N25 million each. The Senators and the representatives were first paid N10milion each in June to ‘cushion’ the difficulty of settling down in Abuja.
The amount, which was to
Shekau Calls Chadian President A Hypocrite In New Audio Released By Boko Haram
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, has broken his five months silence, refuting the report of his death in an audio posted on social media on Sunday.
Describing President Idris Deby of Chad as a “hypocrite”, the notorious militant said infidels were behind reports of his death.
“It is indeed all over the global media of
'I Will Sleep With Ronaldo, Wizkid Before I Retire' - President Of Prostitutes
She was sitting inside her expansive palour, located on a swampy street in Ikotun area of Lagos when this reporter caught her.
Jessica Elvis, the president-elect of the National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, just finished having her lunch when the reporter arrived. ‘You are not a farmer. I don wash your back o,” she said jokingly with a warm handshake amid cheerful smile.
In the red light zone, Elvis, whose real name is Oluchi needs no introduction. She was until her
This Popular Nigerian Actor Made Love To His Girlfriend In A Hospital Bed (PHOTO)
We all have some ever green moments in our lives, some happy, sad or fun times we can’t forget in a hurry.
For Nollywood’s popular actor, Mike Godson, who has always been romantically linked with Ini Edo, he cant seem to forget the fun memories of making love to his girlfriend right on top of her hospital bed.
In a recent, Nigeriafilms.com, asked the Imo State born actor of
NAFDAC Arraigns Businessman Producing Fake Alomo Bitters
A businessman, Magnus Onyenkwu, who allegedly produced a fake alcoholic beverage, Alomo Bitters, was on Friday arraigned in Lagos by officials of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
Onyenkwu, who resides at No. 27, Toyin St., Oke, Ibadan, Oyo State, is standing trial in Federal High Court, Lagos, on a six-count charge bordering on
Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Comedian Akpororo Proposes To Fiancee Again On The Football Pitch (PHOTOS)
What happens when you love your woman so much? You organise another engagement. Comedian Akpororos who got engaged to his fiancee Josephine held an
Drama As ‘Dead’ Man Gives Witness At Delta State Tribunal
There was drama on Wednesday at the Delta State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal when a witness presumed to be dead showed up in court.
Christopher Anirah was subpoenaed by the tribunal to give evidence an election petition matter between Hon. Gibson Ighofose Akporehe of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Hon. Evelyn Omavowan Oboro of the
Obasanjo Is My Father-In-Law - Tonto Dikeh
Tonto Dikeh has eyes for big fish... Tonto Dikeh announced it on her instagram page that her new husband Oladunni Churchill Obasanjo is one of the sons of Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo:
She wrote:
A big Congratulations to us and thanks to
PHOTOS: Rita Ora teases with a Net Top outfit
What do you think of the outfit generally also? Let us know your thoughts.
See more photos below...
Monday, 10 August 2015
Mother Commits Suicide after Being Shunned by Daughter
Ajilekege Street | credits: Afeez Hanafi |
Residents of Ajilekege Street, Pipeline bus stop, Idimu, Lagos State, on
Friday were thrown into confusion after a 55-year-old woman, Amoke
Adeko, jumped into a well in front of her residence.
It was learnt that the mother of five children had been traumatised after her husband died eight months ago.
Officials of Lagos State Fire Service, led by Firefighter Tosin Ologun,
responded to a distress call from a resident of the area and the
Wow! Serena Williams Sizzles & Splits in Sexy New York Magazine Shoot [Photos]
Check out the abs on this wonderful woman. World champion Serena Williams is on the latest issue of New York magazine and the tennis titan is giving her haters one more reason to hate. Wearing a black one piece, bae showed off her strength and flexibility in provocative shots. Pictures were captured by Norman Jean Roy.
The issue, which will hit stands this week, finds Williams in new territory as she talks about transitioning from sports to fashion. See more pics below...
UNILAG Disowns Lecturer who Raped Admission Seeker
Authorities of the University of Lagos on Sunday have disowned the randy lecturer, Dr. Akin Baruwa, who allegedly raped an 18-year-old admission seeker.
Baruwa allegedly raped the young girl (name withheld), who is seeking admission to the university, in his office on July 23, 2015.
The lecturer, currently in
No Man Turns Me On Except My Husband- Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
Ex-model and award-winning actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde in a new interview with NewTelegraph said she has never been attracted to any man other than her husband. She also made known her wish to have Buhari scrap NYSC. Excerpts:
No! I’ve never been attracted to any man other than my husband. My husband is sweet; he’s very cute, handsome and
One Stabbed As Nigerian Prostitutes Election Turns Bloody In Lagos
The 2015 election of National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, has been marred with violence.
DAILY POST gathered that violence broke out Sunday after former secretary of the association, Jessica Elvis was declared winner of the keenly contested election, which took place at
We Spent N78m To Upgrade Fashola’s Website – LASG Insists
The Lagos State Government spent N78.3m to upgrade the personal website of former Governor Babatunde Fashola between 2014 and 2015, according to a report by the Lagos Public Procurement Agency.
The report, which was published on Lagos State’s official website in May, stated that N78.3m was paid to a firm, Info Access Plus Limited, for the “upgrade of www.tundefashola.com website post May 29, 2015 handover”.
Our correspondent who visited Fashola’s website observed that the website displays the
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)