Month: January 2022
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AFCON: Burkina Faso Coach, Four Other Players Test Positive For COVID-19
Burkina Faso captain Bertrand Traore has deplored as “a scandal” coronavirus testing procedures at the Africa Cup of Nations after up to five players and coach Kamou Malo tested positive in the run-up to Sunday’s opener against hosts Cameroon. The Aston Villa forward told a press conference in Yaounde on Saturday, “It’s a scandal, we…
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Appointment Of New Olubadan: Kingmakers Begin Fresh Exercise
Nigerian Tribune CONTRARY to last Wednesday’s announcement that a new candidate for the vacant stool of the Olubadan of Ibadanland had been chosen, kingmakers statutorily empowered to take the decision will be meeting on Tuesday to pick the next Olubadan, Saturday Tribune can authoritatively report. On Wednesday, some members of the Olubadan-in-Council converged on Mapo…
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Why Men and Women Are Not Equal, Popular Nigerian Comic Actress
Popular Nigerian comic actress , Adeyela Adebola, better known as Lizzy Jay and Omo Ibadan, has revealed why men are women are not equal adding that, the latter should not be expected to be regarded as being equal to men. Lazy Jay stated this after she made a social media post during the week, where…
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Father of 12-year-old year-old Dowen College Pupil Gives Condition To Bury Late Child
Father of the late 12-year-old pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni, Snr, has vowed not to go ahead with the burial arrangement of his late child, Sylvester Oromoni, Jnr, until the family get justice, adding that, he wouldn’t mind to tarry his burial even if it takes 30 years to get justice. The…
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Son of Controversial Evangelist, ‘Mummy GO’ Speaks on Circulating Memes on Social Media
Samuel, the son of Funmilayo Adebayo, an Evangelist also known as ‘Mummy GO’ , and now trending on social media, has said that his mother is not bothered about the hellfire memes circulating online. He, however, said many of the texts attributed to her mum in the memes about hellfire were fabricated and untrue imaginations.…
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Kogi Governor Receives Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, Others, Sets To Host World Maulid Celebration
The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday in Lokoja received His Spiritual Eminence, Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, Grand Khalifa, Jamiyyatu Ansarideen (Attijaniya) Worldwide, as the state hosts the fourth Nigerian World Maulid celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the event, with the theme “The prophetic solutions to questions of humanity”, holds in…
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FIFA Shortlists Lewandowski, Two Others For 2021 Player of The Year Award
Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski has been named on the final three-man shortlist for the FIFA Best men’s player of the year award for 2021. But the Pole faces competition from Egyptian star Mohamed Salah and Argentine great Lionel Messi. The trio were named by the world football governing body on Friday in a presentation…
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INEC Speaks On February, 2023 Presidential Poll
The Nation The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that nothing has changed about the February 18, 2023 presidential election date. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in an exclusive inteeview with The Nation. “The Commission will as soon as practicable meet to consider issues that…
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Sylvester Oromoni Jnr: Lagos Police Boss Gives Update On Investigation
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has insisted that there is no evidence to establish that 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), a pupil of the Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, was forced to join cult or bullied to death. The CP stated this at a press conference on Friday while giving update on the investigation into…
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Singer Portable Settles Rift With Manager, Kogbagidi After Calling Him ‘Ripper’ (Video)
Zazoo Zeh crooner, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has settled the rift between him and his manager, Kogbagidi, after their fallout regarding money and contracts. The street sensation is currently making waves with his ‘Zazoo Zeh’ hit in which he featured award-winning singer, Olamide, and Poco Lee. In a video that went viral on…