Umahi bars APC from using Abakaliki Stadium for rally

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has barred members of the All Progressives Congress, Ebonyi State Chapter, from using the Abakaliki Township Stadium as venue of its rally scheduled to hold on Saturday.
Umahi, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Uzor, made the assertion on Thursday while addressing members of the State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria during a courtesy visit.

FG spends N49bn to feed pupils in two years -Presidency

The Presidency on Thursday said the Federal Government has spent N49bn on the feeding of primary school pupils under the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, a component of the government’s Social Investment Programme, in the last two years.
The Special Adviser to the President on NSIP, Mrs. Mariam Uwais, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja.

Uwais said 8, 596,340 pupils were currently being fed in 46,247 public primary schools in 24 states.
The 24 states, according to her, include Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, and Zamfara.

From stardom to oblivion, cases of Nigerian struggling musicians

No matter how the story of the Nigerian music industry is told, singer, Bisade Ologunde, aka Lagbaja, will surely be given a honourable mention. While most artistes are eager to stamp their face in the consciousness of the public, Lagbaja entered the scene determined to shield his identity.
Fondly called the ‘masked one’, Lagbaja enthralled the populace with his anonymousness and thought-provoking music. He called his brand of music Africano which is a combination of afro jazz, afrobeat, afropop and highlife. Some of his hit songs included Ikira, Lagbaja, Konko Below, Feyin e, Nothing for You, Never Far Away, among others.

Eko Theatre Carnival takes centre stage

The Eko Theatre Carnival commenced on Sunday at the Nike Art Gallery in Lekki, Lagos, with a political performance by Segun Adefila’s Crown Troupe.
During the opening ceremony, Adefila, who donned a masquerader’s outfit alongside his troupe, delivered a spoken word performance infused with dance to depict the state of the nation. It was well received by both the international and indigenous audiences present.
The performance told the tale of insecurity, oppression, economic meltdown in the country, drawing the attention of the elite to the pending situations.

Many ladies move around with ‘packaged beauty’ – Mike Bamiloye

Veteran film-maker, Mike Bamiloye, has warned men to look beyond physical beauty when searching for a potential bride.
In a telephone interview with our correspondent, the evangelist gave the advice to people desirous of a successful marriage.
He said, “Men who want to get married, who desire to have the right lady, must not depend upon beauty because there are a lot of packaged beauties these days among ladies. You can’t trust the hair they have on, nor how beautiful they appear because it may have been packaged with makeup. Men should rather be patient and seek a woman that fears God.”

D’Banj returns to social media, says ‘past few weeks have been incredibly difficult’

 Singer, Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’Banj has returned to social media, after several weeks of absence, following the death of his son, 13-month-old son Daniel Jr.
On his Instagram page, D’Banj on Thursday shared a sombre photo of himself, revealing that the past few weeks have been a difficult one for his family.
He went on to thank his team and fans for their love.

Hot water challenge: 10-year-old boy lands in hospital from injuries

 

A 10-year-old boy, Ashton Taylor, has landed in the hospital after he got injured in a viral challenge, called the Hot Water Challenge.
Ashton suffered second-degree burns on his stomach, legs, arm and fingers,  reports WSAV3.
He had been on the receiving end of the challenge at a sleepover when he woke up screaming after he said a 9-year-old boy poured boiling water on his chest and legs.
 “I was screaming and they put me in another bed and I tried to calm down but I couldn’t because the pain was just on fire,” Ashton recalled.

Asaba 2018 AAC: Nigerians count medal potentials with one finger

 In another 48 hours, the best of African athletes will lace up their running shoes and hit the track for the 21st African Athletics Championships billed for August 1-5 at the newly commissioned Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State.Being an IAAF World Cup in Athletics year, elite African athletes who have never had the penchant of shying away from the championships, are expected in Asaba to earn the right to represent Africa  at the inter-continental event scheduled to hold September in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Sydney Olympic Gold Medal Apart from the hustle for the African team spot; top athletics nations in the continent are eager to reaffirm their dominance in their respective

 strong holds. Nigeria being the host country, is also holding on to hope and believe that they cannot be ruled out of reckoning, even as officials are counting the country’s medal potentials on one finger. Gone are the days, when Nigeria sent shivers down the spines of other African countries, as the

Don’t give up on us — Coach Saheed

 As Nigerian athletes put up a last minute effort to shape up for the African Championships, coach Akinpelu Saheed  has urged Nigerians not to give up on the team as they can still spring surprises. The athletes only went into camp last Sunday, after the botched national trials and according to coach Saheed, it has been quite a great effort to put the athletes in competition mood. “We are trying our best. Despite the short time we have to prepare. “I know that Nigerians are ever hungry for success. We will try to win something for the country no matter what. “Here at Ozoro we have been well taken care of and the food is good. So we don’t have any reason not to fight.” He said the major

Kizz Daniel is too big to banter words with Harrysong —Kizz Daniel’s Mgt.

 Kizz Daniel, has finally cleared the air on why  Harrysong recorded another version of his latest song, ‘Selense’, with Iyanya and Dice Ailes, and stopped promoting the original version which featured himself and Reekado Banks. Recall that Harrysong claimed he recorded another version of the song because Kizz Daniel had refused to work with Reekado Banks over an unsettled beef

between both artistes. Speaking through a member of his management team who wouldn’t want his name in print, Kizz Daniel said contrary to Harrysong’s claim he has no beef with Reekado Banks. He explained the reason behind his refusal to shoot the video of the song with Harrysong. “Kizz