Nollywood and US-based actress, Sonia Ogiri has bagged a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, USA She announced this on Friday via her verified Instagram page. The actress shared a picture of herself sitting by her star and holding the award plaque. In the caption she wrote, “No rush, a day at a time. Life na turn by turn. Let them go, you go meet them later and your later will be the latest”. Hollywood Walk of Fame stars are permanent public monuments to achievements in the entertainment industry. Fans or anyone can nominate anyone…
Author: Victor Fola
The Nigerian Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command has disclosed it has impounded no fewer than 23 trailers conveying bags of foreign parboiled rice during its operations in the third quarter of the year. This is in addition to the seizure of 1, 550 units of disused tyres, as well as 180 bales of secondhand clothing evacuated from a warehouse situated along the Lagos – Ibadan expressway in Ogun State by the command’s anti-smuggling operatives who acted on intelligence for the operation within the period under review. The command’s Area Controller, Comptroller Bamidele Makinde disclosed this while briefing newsmen in…
The Lagos State Police Command has summoned six policemen to its headquarters in Ikeja over alleged extortion of N100,000 from a member of the public. Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesman, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday. “Six policemen are involved in the matter. They have been summoned to the headquarters in Ikeja for interrogation. The money involved has been collected back for the owner,” he said. On Thursday, a member of the public, simply identified as Oluwagbadura, on his verified Twitter handle, alleged that some policemen extorted him. He claimed that around 2:45 p.m., some police…
The Director of Special Media Projects and Operations and New Media, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode has attacked the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing him as a charlatan and a walking disaster. Fani-Kayode called out Obi for snubbing comments from presidential spokespersons, stressing that such act shows the former Anambra state governor is a mannerless dunce with a low self-esteem. The Former Aviation Minister, who took to his Twitter account to slam the LP candidate, noted that Obi is not in the league of other presidential candidates, stressing that he would not even last five minutes in…
In a bid to drum support for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in South-East and South-South regions on Thursday kicked-off jogging from Yenagoa to Lagos. The youths, under the auspices of South-East/South-South Jogging for Tinubu Campaign Initiative, constituted a team of fitness enthusiasts to embark on the 6-day exercise. The jogging was flagged off by the state party chairman, Dr. Dennis Otioton at the party’s secretariat. While addressing the team before the take-off, Otiotio lauded the youths for volunteering to drum support for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential bid. He noted that the gesture was…
Ahead of the 2023 elections, Northern Youths have commenced mobilization for All Progressive Congress Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. The group known as the 100 Per Cent Focus Northern Movement consists of youths from 19 states in the country including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The National Coordinator, Labib Mahmood said the mobilization will be used to sensitise northerners on the need to vote for APC. He added that the group has partnered with three other organisations for effective mobilization. He said: “While the challenges facing my people are enormous, a social…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said, upon his return to the country, that Nigerians should be assured that their hope is back. Tinub who arrived the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja on Thursday after two weeks in the United Kingdom was received warmly by his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, Plateau State Governor and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Simon Lalong, his deputy, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, one-time Lagos State Finance Commissioner, Wale Edun, and other party chieftains. Tinubu expressed his happiness to be back in the country, noting he enjoyed his…
The Federal Government has announced Monday as Public Holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid Celebration. The celebration is in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, congratulated all Muslims both at home and outside the shores of the country for witnessing this year’s occasion. “He admonishes all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience, tolerance and perseverance which are deep spiritual virtues and which the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has assured Nigerians that there is enough petrol to supply. Assuring Nigerians, the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Garba Muhammad said that the current queue situation in some parts of the country was because of the delays in arrival of fuel tucks. According to Muhammad, this was happening as a result of heavy flooding that had submerged parts of the highway passing through Lokoja, Kogi. Muhammad urged the general public to remain calm and not to be panic He said, “Consequently, vehicles, especially fuel tankers, are finding alternative roads to…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles dropped one place in the latest men’s ranking released by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) on Thursday. The latest ranking was published on FIFA’s official website. The West Africans slipped from 31st to being ranked 32nd in the world. The ranking comes after Super Eagles fell to a 2-1 defeat to the Desert Foxes of Algeria and also their 1-1 draw against the Algeria home-based team in the dual friendlies in Algeria in September. Jose Peseiro’s side, however, maintained the number four position in Africa. The Super Eagles’ next game is a friendly against Portugal…