Davido Celebrates Wizkid On His Birthday

Nigerian musician David Adeleke aka Davido posted a heartfelt message to celebrate the birthday of Afropop star Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid.

Davido, who is currently in Paris ahead of the Afro Punk concert, shared the message on his Twitter handle @iam_davido, as Wizkid turned 28, on Monday,.

He wrote, “Happy birthday brother!! @wizkidayo keep soaring! God keep you safe! Your children go see you live long. Amen Gbefun!”

The ‘Assurance’ crooner also took to his Instagram page @davidooficial to share a video of himself dancing to Wizkid’s hit song ‘Soco’.

He captioned it, “Happy birthday @wizkidayo!!! Keep soaring my G.”

INEC dares Olusola To Head for court Over Ekiti Election

Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in last Saturday’s election got yesterday a reply to his threat to challenge the result in court.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the supervisor of the poll, told Prof. Kolapo Olusola –Eleka to head for the election tribunal. All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Kayode Fayemi won the election, which was widely adjudged to be free and fair.

Also yesterday, Ekit State Governor Ayodele Fayose faulted the outcome of the poll.

‘Killer’ of Ondo ex-deputy governor’s girl remanded

An Akure Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State has remanded in prison Seidu Adeyemi, the suspected killer of Khadijat Oluboyo, daughter of ex-Ondo State Deputy Governor Lasisi Oluboyo.

The deceased was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) Akugba-Akoko.

Seidu was remanded by Chief Magistrate BobManuel Victoria after he was arraigned by the police on a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.

London rail station renamed after Southgate

 London’s transport bosses temporarily renamed an underground station in honour of England football team manager Gareth Southgate after the team flew home following their run to the last four of the World Cup.

England enjoyed their best World Cup performance in 28 years under Southgate’s leadership, reaching the semi-finals and narrowly missing a spot in the final, losing to Croatia after extra-time.
Southgate proved popular with England’s fans for helping create a renewed sense of optimism.

France set for heroes’ welcome after thrilling World Cup win

Victorious France were set to return to a heroes’ welcome on Monday after winning the World Cup for the second time with a rollercoaster 4-2 victory over Croatia which set off chaotic celebrations at home.

Teenager Kylian Mbappe applied the coup de grace in Moscow as France, aided by an own goal and the video assistant referee, overcame determined opponents in one of the most compelling finals of the modern era.

Mbappe, just 19, scored France’s sizzling fourth goal and was voted the best young player of a tournament in which he has shown he is a superstar in the making.

The triumph also put Didier Deschamps, who captained the national side to victory on home soil in 1998, alongside Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer as only the third man to win the World Cup both as a player and coach.

Novak Djokovic clinches Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6/2; 6/2; 7/6 (3) in a match that was one-sided until the third set which the runner-up had five opportunities to win.

Anderson won the toss and elected to serve. He won the first point and led 30-15 but conceded the next three points to lose the opening game. Djokovic dropped only one point to consolidate to 2-0. Serving better, Anderson won the third game with a 137mph ace. Djokovic held easily and broke his opponent’s serve to lead 4-1. Another love game gave Djokovic a 5-1 lead. Although Anderson held to reduce the gap, Djokovic won the eighth game for the set 6-2, in 29 minutes.

EFCC Mocks Fayose, Says We're Expecting You Soon

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has lampooned Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State after the failure of his preferred candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, at the polls.

The EFCC said in a tweet that with Fayose’s tenure ending in less than three months coupled with the loss of his immunity, he should begin to prepare to visit the commission.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has lampooned Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State after the failure of his preferred candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, at the polls.

Kunle Afolayan Acquires 1965 Ford Thunderbird

Ace movie maker Kunle Afolayan has added a vintage 1965 Ford Thunderbird to his collection of cars.

Sharing the image of the maroon-coloured car which bears ‘IRE OO’ as the license plate on Instagram, Afolayan wrote, “Be different. I am! #standout #value #classic #vintage @adekunlegold @vintagecarsnigeria @vintagecarscollector Thunderbird Ford 1965.”

The 1964 to 1966 model is the fourth generation of the Ford Thunderbird has a V8 engine which pushes the car to 60 mph (96 km/h) in nearly 11 seconds.

Afolayan also has a vintage Mercedes Benz with the licence plate, ‘OCTOBER 1’ after the name of one of his movie by the same name.

Davido Wants To Spend The Rest Of His Life With Chioma

After singing ‘Assurance’ for and presenting a sports car to his girlfriend Chioma to mark her birthday, hip hop superstar Davido has revealed he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.

Taking to Instagram over the weekend, Davido posted a picture of Chioma, who goes by the name ChefChi, on Instagram.

“The Love of my life,” Davido who has been blazing on the global music scene captioned the picture.

“Can’t wait to spend forever with you.”

PDP Rejects Ekiti's Government Poll Results

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the results of last Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State.

The election was won by Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who defeated the PDP candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola and other candidates.

But the PDP, at a media briefing in Abuja yesterday, said the election results were falsified by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in favour of the APC.

The party described APC’s victory at the poll as “daylight robbery, brazen subversion of the will of the people and direct assault on our democracy”.

PDP spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan said the “authentic results” from the polling centres indicated that the PDP candidate won the election.

Ologbondiyan said: “It is clear that the PDP candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, incontrovertibly won the election, with very comfortable margin over the APC candidate, only for INEC to allow the alteration of results at the collation centres.

Fayemi: God Has Liberated Ekiti From Slavery

Staging a victory rally in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, Governor-elect Kayode fayemi said God had liberated the state from slavery with his victory.

Fayemi was accompanied by his wife, Bisi, the deputy governor-elect, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi;

Senator Fatima Raji Rasaki (Ekiti Central) and state APC Chairman Olajide Awe.

A huge party was held in Fayemi’s Isan-Ekiti hometown on Saturday when it became clear that he was coasting home to victory.

Fayemi’s arrival at the party secretariat created a huge lockdown on Ikere Road along Ajilosun area of the city.

Addressing a news conference at the party secretariat, Fayemi urged Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Kolapo Olusola and Governor Ayo Fayose, to emulate him (Fayemi) by conceding defeat the way he did after losing the 2014 election.

“Let them behave the way we behaved in 2014; we should all know that in an election of this nature, you can only have one governor at a time.

“We conceded in 2014 and our counterparts on the other side should accept defeat for peace to reign in Ekiti State and they should refrain from violence for Ekiti to enjoy peace,” he said.

ASUU boycotts meeting with FG

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday, were absent at a meeting called at the instance of the Federal Government over the lingering industrial action in universities.

Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment had called for a meeting in Abuja with ASUU leaders, Minister of Education, among others on the effort at revolving the lingering strike embarked by the union.

It would be recalled that members of ASUU embarked on an indefinite strike on August 13, following government’s failure to implement the agreement reached in Nov. 2016.

ASUU, on Aug. 17, had met with the officials of the Ministry of Education and Labour and Employment where it was agreed that the union should consult and revert back to government within a week.

Man City to Offer Sterling Plus Cash for Sanchez

Transfer deadline arrives at 11pm on Thursday and the Premier League’s biggest clubs are still looking to flex some serious financial muscle.

Even though they have spent close to £700million between them already, it is not a case of business done for any of the traditional top six sides.

Manchester City as gathered are ready to offer Raheem Sterling to Arsenal in an attempt to secure a deal for Alexis Sanchez.

The Chile international has been linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium all summer though the Gunners have insisted that he is not for sale despite him having just one year remaining on his deal.

Election’ll hold in Anambra, MASSOB tells IPOB

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has said the governorship election slated for November 18 in Anambra State must hold.

MASSOB stated that contrary to the statement credited to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, that the election would not hold in the state, the people of Anambra should be prepared to exercise their voting rights on that day.

The National Director of Information of MASSOB, Sunday Okereafor, who spoke in a telephone interview with SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday, said it was wrong for anybody to say election would not hold in the state.
Okereafor explained that MASSOB would storm Awka, the Anambra State capital, on September 13, 2017 to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the movement, adding that the group was planning to establish a Biafra radio station in Germany.

Police: Gunman kills eight church worshippers, injures 18 In Anambra

The police in Anambra on Sunday confirmed that a gunman killed eight worshippers and injured 18 others in an early morning attack on St. Philip Catholic Church, Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr Garba Umar, said in Awka that the remains of the dead had been deposited at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi.

Umar also said that the injured were taken to the hospital.

He said that preliminary investigations by the police revealed that the attack was carried out by a native of the area.
From our findings, it is very clear that the person who carried the attack must be an indigene of the area.

“We gathered that worshippers for 6 o’clock Sunday mass at St. Philip Ozobulu were in the service when a gunman dressed in black attire covering his face with a cap entered the church and moved straight to a particular direction and opened fire.

Sneijder Set To Join Nice In Ligue 1

Champions League winner Wesley Sneijder is on the brink of becoming the latest star name to sign for ambitious Ligue 1 outfit Nice after arriving at the city’s airport on Sunday.

Unfashionable Nice have made a habit of signing top class talent over the last few seasons, with France international Hatem Ben Arfa, Italian striker Mario Balotelli, Brazilian centre-back Dante and Morocco playmaker Younes Belhanda all joining over the past two years.

Now, 33-year-old Dutch international Sneijder, who won the Champions League with Inter Milan in 2010, is set to sign a one-year deal with an option for another year, according to a club source.

Senate orders arrest of CEOs of Glo, Indomie, CCECC, 27 others

The Senate Friday made good its threat to get the chief executive officers of 30 companies arrested for allegedly failing to appear before it.

The arrest order was issued by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport Hope Uzodinma, at the committee’s meeting in Abuja yesterday.

The committee accuses the companies including mobile giant Globacom, Crown Flour Mills, British American Tobacco, CCECC, Dana Group, Olam Int. Ltd., Hong Xing Steel Co. Ltd., Visafone, African Wire, Star Comments and Allied Ltd. and

Archbishop of Canterbury visits Buhari In London

Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, yesterday, paid a personal visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at  Abuja House, London.

 According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the Archbishop and President Buhari are friends who share deep respect for each other.

 Archbishop Welby said he was delighted to see the rapid recovery President Buhari had made from his health challenges, noting that it was a testimony to the healing powers of God and answer to prayers of millions of people around the world.

Fans Queue Up for PSG Neymar's number 10 shirts

Dozens of fans queued up outside Paris Saint-Germain’s club shops yesterday in order to be among the first to own a Neymar jersey.A limited number of shirts adorned with Neymar and the number 10 were pre-prepared for sale after his world-record €222 million move from Barcelona was finalised on Thursday.

Supporters lined up on the Champs-Elysees outside the club’s official megastore ahead of its opening at 1000 local time (0900BST), with security on hand to keep matters in check.

Building collapsed kills three persons in Anambra

Three persons on Tuesday were killed following the collapse of a four-storey building still under construction in Okeani, Oko community in Anambra state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the building located close to the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, is owned by an indigene based in Europe.

A source who spoke on condition of anonymity told NAN that the incident occurred at about 2a.m Tuesday after heavy rainfall recorded in the area.

Suspected kidnap kingpin Evans breaks down in custody

Suspected kidnap kingpin Chukwudemeje George Onwuamadike alias Evans is not finding it funny in police custody. He is weeping that he is being held among “common poor criminals”, The Nation learnt yesterday.

The kingpin, who was arrested on Saturday at his 3, Fred Shoboyede Street, Magodo, Lagos home, is being kept in a maximum security cell.

It was gathered that Evans broke down yesterday, lamenting the state of the police cell.

Sean Diddy Combs Is The Richest entertainer In The World

Rapper and music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs was named the world’s highest-paid entertainer on Monday, ousting pop singer Taylor Swift who fell to 49th place on the Forbes annual list.
Beyonce moved into the second spot with $105 million, courtesy of her best-selling “Lemonade” album and world tour, while British author J.K. Rowling ($95 million) moved back into the top three thanks largely to her “Harry Potter” spinoff movie franchise “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

ReadCombs, 47, earned an estimated $130 million in the 12 months ended June 1, 2017, Forbes said. It attributed the big payout to his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, earnings from his Sean John clothing line, and his partnership with Ciroc vodka. Last year, Combs came in 22nd on the list in a year when Swift bested all-comers with $170 million after her best-selling “1989” album and world tour. This year, the 27-year-old country singer-turned-pop star, with no new album or tour, saw her paycheck dip to $44 million, Forbes estimated. Newcomers in 2017 include model Kylie Jenner, the 19-year-old half-sister of reality TV star Kim Kardashian,

Katy Perry Ends Bad blood With Taylor Swift

American singer and songwriter, Katy Perry is ready to bury the hatchet on her long-running feud with pop rival Taylor Swift.

Perry, described Swift, as a “fantastic songwriter” and expressed the hope that they can be examples of strong women in the music industry.

However, Swift, 27, had yet to respond to the olive branch on Sunday and end the bad blood between two of pop music’s biggest female singers. “I am ready to let it go,” Perry said in a global podcast on Saturday to promote her new album “Witness.” “I forgive her (Swift) and I’m sorry for anything I ever did, and I hope the same from her. I love her, and I want the best for her. And I think she’s a fantastic songwriter,” Perry, 32, added. 

Dammy Krane: I don’t do fraud

Oyindamola Johnson Emmanuel, the Nigerian artiste known as Dammy Krane, who was reportedly arrested for credit cards fraud in the US on June 2, and released on bail has come to give his own angle of what really happened.

According to the artiste and as corroborated by his mother, he is not a fraudulent person. In a video statement, he thanked his fans and family for their support and denied being involved with fraud. He put the blame on the agent who booked the private jet for him “First of all, I want to thank God and I want to use this medium to apologize to my family, my team and my fans. I was arrested by the man who

Photos: Davido builds house for Utibe who sang ‘If’

The self-acclaimed Omo Baba Olowo and Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has embarked on building a decent house for the mother of Utibe.

Utibe was the young boy who arrested Davido’s attention when he was featured singing the musician’s hit song, ‘If.’

Utibe had been out of school and only passed the time miming songs.
A concerned neighbour had taken a liking to the boy, and uploaded him singing the musician’s song on the Instagram.

Davido became interested, and upon learning that the young boy was unable to enrol in school for lack of money, he offered to sponsor him to the highest level of education the boy might wish to attain.

Photos: Billionaire Alakija’s son marries model heart throb in $6m dream wedding

Folarin, one of the sons of Nigeria’s richest women, Folorunsho Alakija, tied the knot with his beautiful Iranian bride, Nazanin Jafarian Ghaissarifar on Saturday.

The wedding comes a year after a traditional engagement in Lagos in November 2016.

Folarin proposed to Naza in 2016 in the ancient nation of Greece.
The white wedding was held at the historic Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.

Wonder Woman buries The Mummy at box office

Superhero movie “Wonder Woman” maintained its lead at the North American box office over the weekend pulling in $58.5 million and burying newcomer “The Mummy,” industry figures showed.

The action film starring Gal Gadot has grossed an impressive $206.3 million in domestic ticket sales in two weeks, placing it in the top tier of movies that have managed to maintain such a lead at the box office.
Gadot, of the “Fast and Furious” series, plays an Amazonian goddess-princess-superhero whose lasso, bracelet and tiara have magical powers.
Universal’s “The Mummy,” starring Tom Cruise, placed second, falling well below industry expectations.

Industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said the movie, the latest revival of the original “Mummy” made in 1932, took in a disappointing $31.7 million in its first weekend.
The film, which cost $125 million, has been widely panned by critics.