Make Nigeria Proud In Rio – Saraki Urges Team Nigeria

Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki, yesterday, tasked the Nigerian delegation to the 2016 Rio Olympics to make the country proud by winning medals in their various events in the course of the game.
Saraki, who stated this when he received the executive and members of the Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria in the National Assembly, also advised the nation’s contingent to the games to eschew any conduct capable of denting the image of the country.

I Never Promised Better Power Supply – Fashola Denies

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has denied making promises of better power supply. 

 

He said this in an interview with Channels TV. Fashola said that his plans did not consider vandalization of pipelines because he was always focused on power generation.

“Let us be careful when you claim that I made promises because I am ever so conscious of the things that I say and I believe that if I recollect correctly, it was when I was unveiling my ministries, probably sometime late December last year, and it is unlike me to make promises on things I don’t control,” he said.

New Leader Of Boko Haram Sect Orders Members To Attack Strictly Christians

Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the new leader of the Boko Haram sect that has ravaged Nigeria with terror in the last 7 years is set to focus on islamizing Nigeria by attacking the Christian population.

 

Al-Barnawi in a recent interview published on Wednesday by the Islamic State Group and reported by the Associated Press, is threatening to bomb churches and kill Christians while the mosques will be excluded from the target list.

 

Boko Haram in recent times has deviated from one of its major aims of islamizing Nigeria by banning Christianity which is a dominant religion in the secular state of Nigeria.

He also says there is a Western plot to Christianize the region and has accused charities of using their aid for that, according to a SITE Intelligence Group translation of an interview published Wednesday in the Islamic State newspaper al-Nabaa.
The newspaper identified Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new “Wali,” or governor, of its so-called West Africa Province. The “Wali” title was previously used to describe long-time Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau.
The report did not say what Shekau’s current status was, although there have been rumors for weeks that he had been replaced.

 

Meanwhile Shekau has spoken about the installation of al-Barnawi which he described as a coup.
The interview with al-Barnawi indicates a major shift in strategy for the Nigerian extremists, who have killed many more Muslims than Christians in attacks in mosques with suicide bombers and gunmen.

“They strongly seek to Christianize the society. … They exploit the condition of those who are displaced under the raging war, providing them with food and shelter and then Christianizing their children,” SITE Intelligence quotes the new leader as saying.
Al-Barnawi says the militants will respond to that threat by “booby-trapping and blowing up every church that we are able to reach, and killing all of those (Christians) who we find from the citizens of the cross.”
Wednesday’s announcement indicates a coup by Boko Haram breakaway group Ansaru against Shekau, and follows a trend of extremist Islamic groups moving away from al-Qaida to the Islamic State, analyst Jacob Zenn said.
Ansaru broke away from Boko Haram because it disagrees with the indiscriminate killing of civilians, especially Muslims.

National Disaster: 26 Eaglets Fail MRI Test

There were tears and gnashing of teeth recently at the Nigeria’s U17 camp following the exit of 26 players out of 60 after the failure of the mandatory, Magnetic Resonance Imaging screening popularly known as MRI.

 

The will cause a huge depletion to Nigeria’s squad for Saturday’s U17 AFCON qualifier at home against Niger, according to the Vanguard.

‘It Is A Shame For The Ooni Of Ife To Claim Jesus Is His Father After All The Rituals He Has Done’ – Seun Kuti

Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has come for the Ooni of Ife, saying its a shame the monarch said Jesus Christ is his father. At a church service in June in the US, the Ooni said he has a father and that Jesus is his father. Seun in the interview with Sahara TV, said the Ooni’s statement is shameful after all the rituals he did before his ascension to the throne. He said the Ooni’s statement is an insult to the throne that is older than him, his lineage and anything that he thinks he knows. Read it after the cut…

The Press Got Me Married – Steph-Nora Okere Talks About Her Failed Relationships

The beautiful Imo State-born actress and former Vice President, Screenwriters Guild of Nigeria and star actor, Jim Iyke once had a relationship.
They were one of the hottest “lovebirds” in Nollywood then but they later broke up.
 She later got involved with her Yoruba Heartrob – Lanre Falana but her marriage with him did not last.

Read excerpts below:

Nigerian Celebrities And Their Multimillion Naira Jewellery (Photos)

1.) WIZKID
It’s no doubt that the Star Boy and former EME soldier has come a long way to solidify his stance in the Nigerian music scene with his international music presence also getting the required attention it needs

“When You’re Fit & Complete, And Beg For Money, It Irritates Me” – Ali Baba

The comedian shared this very inspiring message of how he started hustling, plus the different skills he had to acquire before he finally made it to where he is today

See below:

“Believe it or not, I learnt how to make shoes in 1983, in Agbarha-Otor, while I was waiting for Almighty Jamb to smile on me. God will bless my teacher, the Deeper Life Pastor, an Igbo man, who had lost half of his left thumb during the Biafran civil war. He was my dad’s tenant. 

After observing me for days, he called me to come join him to design and cut patterns. Because he saw me graph drawing the picture of DELE GIWA. And taught me all the processes of shoe making. From preparing the leather and maximizing same, to design, sizing, cutting and sewing.

D’banj Dumps GLO For MTN In Surprise New Deal

Nigerian music star makes yet another surprise career move, switching from one telcom to another – just like that

Remember we are the first to tell you that bangerlee, D’banj has parted ways with Michael Adenuga’s Globacom and pitched tent with rival, MTN.

A highly placed source says that ‘the deal happened a few weeks ago and Dbanj is very happy about it’.

D’banj is currently in South Africa and was yet to respond to our enquiries at the time of this report.

This will be the 2nd time Dbanj will fail to renew a deal with Globacom.

Michael Douglas’ Son Cameron Douglas Has Been Released From Prison After Almost 7 Years

The son of actor Michael and his ex-wife Diandra, Cameron Douglas who spent nearly seven years in jail after being sentenced to five years for possessing heroin and selling drugs including meth in 2010 has been released.

His initial five year prison term was extended because he smuggled drugs into prison, and he was placed in solitary confinement from 2012 to 2014 at Maryland’s Cumberland Federal Corrections Institute.