Real Madrid player, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been announced as the 2013 winner of the prestigious FIFA Ballon D’or award. The former Manchester United footballer was named as the world’s best player at a ceremony held on Monday. Ronaldo could not hold back tears as he gave his acceptance speech. He thanked his teams (Real Madrid…
The abductors of the mother of a Bayelsa State monarch, Walter Agiri, Ikhiogha Walter, and his daughter, Yellow Joseph, have regained freedom after spending some days in the den of the kidnappers. It’s not certain if any ransom was paid to the hoodlums to secure the release of the 74-year-old woman and the 24-year-old lady.…
President Goodluck Jonathan may have now had enough of the crisis rocking his ruling party, Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, which has practically left it in shreds. It is believed that the continued stay in office of Bamanga Tukur as the National Chairman of the PDP will further spell doom to the party if urgent steps…
Ibidun and Pastor Ituah The wife of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of Trinity House, Lagos, Ibidun Ajayi, is currently battling a strange illness, which has defiled orthodox medications. This has put some friends of the former Miss Lux into a state of confusion. They are now wondering where the ‘attack’ might be coming from. And as…
Veteran Nigerian actor, Kayode Odumosu, otherwise known as Pa Kasumu, recently got a kidney donor for the sum of N100 (one hundred naira). This was disclosed last week Friday on a Classic FM breakfast show with Jimi Disu and others. It was revealed that the said donor was one of the persons earlier helped by…
Controversial lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume, narrowly escaped death when his convoy was almost hit by a military airstrike in Borno. The legislator, alleged to have been one of the sponsors of Boko Haram terrorists’ group, was on his way to his hometown when the incident occurred. Below is the story as reported by Leadership newspaper;…
A member of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has pronounced that President Goodluck Jonathan cannot remove the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido, from office. He stated further that the President does not have the constitutional power to do so even though he has a right to do so. There have…
In August 2012, one of the sons of billionaire businesswoman, Folorunso Alakija, Ladi, married his wife, Lolade, in a glamorous ceremony, which was well attended by friends and family members of the young couple. News now reaching us reveals that the husband and wife have welcomed the arrival of their first child into their budding…
The General Overseer of Faith Alive Christian Centre, Lagos, Pastor Obi Ofoedu, may have bitten off more than he can chew as one of his church members, Mrs Favour Okafor, recently informed the police that the prophet threatened to strike her with stroke because she refused to accept his ‘calamity’ prophecy. Pastor Ofoedu’s church is…
Barely three months after she was released from prison for an alleged robbery, budding Yoruba actress, Yetunde Akilapa, has reportedly been detained again by the police for an alleged house burglary in Lagos. Gist flying revealed that Yetunde was once more caught in possession of a bunch of master keys, which she allegedly used to…