IDYL, TVN2 WINNER GETS NEW CAR, THANKS AIRTEL FOR SUPPORT

Winner of The Voice Nigeria Season 2, Idyl has expressed appreciation to Airtel Nigeria, headline sponsor of the show, Airtel Nigeria during a prize presentation Ceremony, which held at the Wheatbaker Hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Saturday.

The talented 22-year-old singer, who was mentored by award winning musician, Timi Dakolo said “I want to express my profound gratitude to Airtel Nigeria, without their support and sponsorship I wouldn’t have gotten a platform to be heard or emerged winner of a show. I was able to utilize the tools provided and that is why I am here today. Airtel has given me an opportunity to grow and fulfill my life- long dream of being a musician”.

Special Announcement Flag-Off Of Chief Osita Chidoka's Governorship Campaign

The Osita Chidoka Campaign Organization and leadership of the United Progressive Party (UPP) heartily invite all Ndi-Anambra and all lovers of democracy nationwide to the official campaign flag-off of our candidate for Anambra governorship election, Chief Osita Chidoka.

Keyamo denies releasing video of Psquar fighting in his chamber

Lagos based legal practitioner, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, on Tuesday, said his law firm was not involved in the leakage of a video that showed ace twin musicians, Peter and Paul Okoye, otherwise know as Psquare, fighting in his chambers.

However, Keyamo, in a press statement he made available to Vanguard, admitted that the feuding brothers had in some occasions in the past, had squabbles in his chambers as late as 12 midnight and 2am, one of which he said was captured in the video circulating online.

While appealing to Nigerians to grant the Okoye family the privacy, prayers and support they need “at these trying times”, Keyamo, SAN, who is their lawyer, said effort was underway to reconcile the duo.
Noting that the Okoye brothers had in the past, overcame their differences and reunited, Keyamo, stressed that their wives had nothing to do with their current problem.

Dangote says kidnappers scaring investors away

The Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has raised the alarm that the activities kidnappers was scaring away investors from the country, which has crippling effects particularly on the agricultural sector.
Dangote made this known at the ongoing Agric Expo and Conference, organised by Nigeria Agribusiness Group in collaboration with other private and public sector agencies.
He was represented by Executive Director, Public Sector, Dangote Group, Engr. Mosul Ahmed, spoke on ‘Challenges Facing Agribusiness Investors in Nigeria’, where he lamented the spate of kidnapping along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, which has made investors owning commercial farms to practically abandon them for fear of being attacked and kidnapped.

Buhari’s health ‘private’ even if state paying – Lai Mohammed

Nigeria’s president is under no obligation to disclose his medical condition even though he has spent most of the year being treated abroad, one of his ministers said on Tuesday.
Muhammadu Buhari has spent lengthy periods in London since January, sparking speculation about his fitness to govern — and also questions about who was footing the bill.
The 74-year-old former army general has said only that he required blood transfusions and had never been as sick in his life.

VIDEO: Tonto Dikeh blasts fans, says boil not spiritual attack

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has reacted to fans alleging she was spiritually attacked following the video she shared on Instagram showing her swollen eye.
Mama King as she fondly calls herself posted a video of a red and swollen eye. She said she woke up in that state and added that her daily activities were stalled because of the pains the swollen eye inflicted on her.
The video which went viral on the Internet attracted several comments including one that suggested she was under a spiritual attack.

Olamide changed my life after funding ‘Shake Body’ video – Sales

Nigerian rap artist, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, known as Skales has revealed that Olamide Adedeji alias ‘Badoo’ was the one who sponsored his ‘Shake body’ music video and since then his life has not been the same.
The 26-year-old made this known via his Twitter handle on Monday.
Skales  said this in appreciation of Olamide’s funding of his video.
In response to his tweet, Olamide playfully chastised the shake body crooner over revealing what was supposed to be a secret between them.

US imposes sanctions on North Korean banks, executives

The US imposed sanctions on eight North Korean banks and 26 executives on Tuesday, ratcheting up pressure on the country amid increasingly bellicose exchanges with Pyongyang over its nuclear program.
“This further advances our strategy to fully isolate North Korea in order to achieve our broader objectives of a peaceful and denuclearized Korean peninsula,” US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
Tuesday’s announcement compounded economic sanctions which the United Nations unanimously imposed on North Korea after it carried out its latest nuclear weapons test early this month.
The new sanctions target North Koreans working as representatives of North Korean banks in China, Russia, Libya and the United Arab Emirates.
All property and interest of the designated companies and individuals in the US are blocked by the sanctions, effectively freezing them out of much of the global financial system.

PHOTOS: Ambode unveils 20-feet Awo statue

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday unveiled the new 20-feet statue of the late sage and nationalist, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in Ikeja.

Single for two years, I miss male company, rude British Airways stewardess confesses

The British Airways stewardess behind the racist Snapchat rant against “Nigerian passengers demanding f***ing upgrades” has confessed that having been single for two years long, she misses male company.
She has been revealed to be Ms Joanne Wickenden, who is 23 years old.
She seems to peg her rude remarks against Nigerian customers of the British airlines on what appears to be her sexual frustration, with particular references to Nigerian men and their sex organs.
She had portrayed herself as a sex-starved woman who is in desperate need of male companion, having used plenty expletives such as ” f***ing,” “b***s,” and “Big d****” all of which are sexual innuendos that refer to the male sex organ.
Ms Wickenden was also outed as an aspiring actress who hunted for male company on the dating website, Plenty of Fish.