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FIFA to pay Super Eagles N5.6bn for World Cup qualification
Nigeria’s football national team, Super Eagles will receive €12.2m (N5.6bn) from FIFA if they qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup later this year. The competition which will feature teams from 32 countries, will be taking place from November 21 to December 18. If the Super Eagles team defeats the Blacks Stars of Ghana, this would be their seventh World Cup appearance. The first leg is billed for the Baba Yara Stadium on Friday (today)…
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Opposition Parties disunited because they lack Father figure like Buhari – Lawan
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a father figure for the ruling all Progressives Congress APC. The senate president described Buhari as a father that ensures disagreements are settled among party members, and that everybody remains united. He said opposition parties are probably disunited because they lack a father figure like the President. He said this on Thursday after the leadership of the national assembly met with the president ahead of…
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South Africans share ‘African DNA test’ used by members of their community to determine if a newborn belongs to a family
South Africans have taken to Twitter to share a certain DNA test type practiced in their community. A father was photographed taking two babies to a farm and leaving them on the floor surrounded by cows. South African Twitter users immediately understood the picture as they termed it African DNA test. According to them, if the newborn does not belong to the family, the cows could trample on the child but if otherwise, the cows…
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I’m unbothered by court ruling on my sack. I’ve even added weight – Governor Umahi
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state has said that he is not worried about the recent court judgment removing him from office. On March 8, a Federal High court sitting in Abuja ordered the removal of Umahi and his deputy, Eric Igwe, over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Wednesday March 23, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the Ebonyi governor said it…
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Wizkid reportedly becomes a Case study in US University
Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has reportedly being chosen as a case study in a University in the United States. In the clip that surfaced online, Some undergraduate communication studies students of a university in Ohio could be seen watching his Essence music video featuring Tems As part of the project, the students presented a paper on the lyrics deconstruction of WIzkid’s hit single ‘Essence’ off his recent album ‘Made in Lagos’.…
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Second Niger Bridge is 91% complete – Fashola
Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola has said that the Second Niger Bridge is 91% complete. The minister made this known on Thursday March 24, during the Special Weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja. He revealed that the project has directly employed 1,486 people, with 8,110 indirect jobs equally created. Fashola pegged major projects under the Presidential Infrastructure Development fund including the 375km Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway estimated (797 billion naira); the 11.59km Second Niger…
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Twitter user laments high price of accommodation in Mushin area of Lagos
A Twitter user, Monye Morris has lamented the high cost of accommodation in the Mushin area of Lagos state. In a Twitter thread, Morris said that he recently got a call from someone to help her pay for a single bedroom with a parlor apartment she saw in Mushin. He said he was shocked when the lady informed him that the rent for such a small apartment is N500, 000 a year and even worst…
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Why southeast should forget 2023 elections – Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Ejimakor
Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, has asked politicians in the southeast to cancel their ambition to run for political offices in the 2023 general elections. Ejimakor, in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle, urged citizens of the region to rather focus on restoring peace in the South East.He explained that if the security situation fails to gain appropriate attention from the leaders, there would be…
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2023: Peter Obi confirms intention to run for President.
Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has announced his intention to run for President in 2023.Obi made this known when he paid a visit to Anambra State Traditional rulers on Thursday to seek their blessing and inform them of his intention to pursue his Presidential ambition in the 2023 general election. “My job here is simple. It’s to inform you as my own fathers that I will be contesting, aspiring for the post of…
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It would be disastrous for PDP to return to Power in 2023 – Buhari tells APC Governors
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that it would be disastrous for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to return to power in 2023.The President said this in a meeting with APC Governors. He said the party has done considerably well in the last seven years despite the challenges. He assured that unity was the surest path to victory “It will be a very sad and regrettable development if these manifest gains are frittered away as a…
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Get a man to Impregnate you instead of calling your pet Dogs your Kids – Man tells DJ Cuppy
A Twitter user @ urboyitua has advised billionaire DJ, Florence Otedola popularly known as DJ Cuppy to find herself a man that will impregnate her He said this reacting to a photo Cuppy shared which she took with her pet dogs Fufun and Dudun. The twitter user opined that becoming a baby mama would be better than referring to her dogs as kid He wrote; ”@cuppymusic why don’t you just find a guy that’ll impregnate…
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Osun Guber: Adeleke will do better as an entertainer in Nollywood, knows nothing about Governance – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at Senator Ademola Adeleke ahead of the July 16 Osun gubernatorial election. This was according to a statement by the Osun APC Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, Barrister Kunle Oyatomi.Oyatomi. He said Ademola with his dancing skill will do better as an entertainer and therefore should shelve his political ambition. The statement said: “For God’s sake, we don’t know who is pushing Ademola to be…
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