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The minority caucus has backed out of the 10th Assembly Speakership after failing to get a candidate to join the race. It would be recalled that all the members-elect from minority parties formed a coalition to produce a speakership candidate to challenge the ruling party. A committee was set up to shop for a suitable candidate to cause an upset against the APC. However, during a meeting on Monday, the secretary of the special committee, Victor Afam, informed the members-elect that no aspirant from the minority coalition showed up. He said: “I wish to report on behalf of the chairman…
Osun state governor and singer Davido’s uncle, Ademola Adeleke, has gotten people talking on social media with his unexpected culinary skills. The governor was cooking in the comfort of his home when someone, believed to be his relative, recorded a video of him and asked what he was cooking. Governor Adeleke, popularly called the ‘dancing politician’, excitedly revealed that he was cooking curry rice and grilled chicken, as he stirred the rice on the stove. The video of the governor has gone viral across various social media platforms, sparking mixed reactions from netizens, who were astounded by his culinary prowess.…
Lata Tondon, the chef who held the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual before Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, took on the challenge, has appealed to Nigerians to maintain peace. The Indian chef, who cooked non-stop for 87 hours and 45 minutes in 2019, currently holds the title until the Guinness World Record validates Chef Hilda’s marathon cooking time of over 100 hours, which ended last night. Chef Tondon had earlier taken to her official Instagram page to send her best wishes to Hilda Baci while she was in the midst of her cooking session. “All…
Nigerian veteran filmmaker and journalist, Zik Zulu Okafor, has narrated how actor Saint Obi’s marriage distanced him from his friends and acting career.Zik Zulu Okafor, a close friend of the actor who sadly passed away on Saturday, May 13 after a prolonged illness, in an article shared a detailed account of the tragic events leading up to Obi’s death. According to Okafor, Saint Obi’s marriage to a financially successful woman significantly altered the course of his life.He revealed that the woman was a high-ranking executive in a telecommunications company, and her siblings always viewed Obi as a “gold digger.”He said…
A video showing the emotional moment Nollywood actor Murphy Afolabi’s son broke down in tears, begging the late actor for forgiveness during his funeral, has been shared online. The 49-year-old thespian, who passed away on Sunday, May 14, was laid to rest in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Monday evening. One of the videos from the funeral, which has been shared online, shows a young man, who is said to be the actor’s first son, crying profusely as he pays tribute to his late father. Amidst tears, he revealed that Murphy had done so much for him as a father before…
Nollywood actor, Adekola Tijani has recounted his last encounter with his colleague and friend, Murphy Afolabi, before his tragic passing. Murphy Afolabi died on Sunday, May 14, after falling in the bathroom of his house in Lagos. He was laid to rest on Monday evening, May 16. Speaking with Goldmynetv at Murphy’s funeral, which was held in Ikorodu yesterday, Adekola Tijani recounted how the late actor lived a very simple life and was loved by many. He revealed that they had a conversation just thirty minutes before his sudden death, and some of his words during the conversation suggested that…
Popular media personality, Nedu, has taken a swipe a ladies who parade themselves as independent but depend on men to foot their bills. Speaking in the latest episode of his Honest Bunch podcast, Nedu stated that many of these self-proclaimed “independent ladies” are actually mistresses of married men who finance their lavish lifestyles. He further mentioned that some women receive money from multiple men, which they then use to start their businesses. However, he acknowledged that there are women who genuinely work hard to achieve success without help from any man. “Forget all this one that ladies are saying, ‘I’m…
Nigerian media personality, Daddy Freeze, has opined that any Nigerian who has less than N500,000 in all of their bank accounts combined is living in poverty. Freeze made this submission during a recent Instagram live session he hosted. He said only those residing in a remote village are exempted from his stats. According to him, anyone living in the major cities in Nigeria, particularly Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt, with a total balance of N500k across all of their bank accounts is living below the poverty line in Nigeria. The controversial on-air personality explained that they are poor because 500k cannot…
Nollywood actress, Esther Nwachukwu has opined that the 27-year-old Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, who broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual, was being overhyped. Hilda, from Akwa Ibom State, broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual on Monday, May 15, after she smashed the previous record of 87 hours and 45 minutes set by Indian chef Lata Tondon in 2019. After four days of cooking non-stop, Hilda set a new Guinness World Record of 100 hours for the longest cooking time by an individual as she ended the…
Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has shared his excitement at achieving his goal of headlining a concert in India. The Mavin singer, who is currently on his much-anticipated Indian Tour, took to social media to share a video of an old interview where he spoke about his dream to shut down India. In the interview he granted in 2020, Rema had questioned why Nigerian artistes are not breaking into the music scene in India, like they are doing in Europe and America. He added that he wants to take Afrobeats to the next level and expressed his…