Former BBNaija star, Leo Babarinde Dasilva has said he regrets alienating his late dad, Sir Leo Babarinde Dasilva Snr, during his last months alive.
Leo Dasilva lost his dad in the year 2015, and he took to social media today to remember him. He wrote;
I always avoided speaking about my father while growing up. This wasn’t because I didn’t know who he was, in fact he never hesitated to tell me exactly who I am and who he was each and every time. One major reason I avoided it was because who he was didn’t match my reality and kids would label me a liar. My reality was never what he told me or my name, my reality at the time was my struggling single mother who gave me more than she had to make me a great man.
My father taught me two important things in life on this day
1. Do not trust or rely on anyone asides yourself.
2. Don’t ever get carried away or plan your life around promises from people. One of my greatest regrets is still alienating him during his last months alive. But it won’t have been the first time. We had loads of arguments from 2009 – 2015 because I became too aware too quick. I believed all the family I needed was my mother so my dad and I could go an entire year without speaking.
I will give him credit for one thing which was I still believe was a huge gamble, telling me to start making my own money at 16 while I was living in another man’s country. Without him cutting me off, I would not have become a serial entrepreneur.
Long and short of this, I loved my Father very much and people close to him would know he loved me just as much. We had our differences but it was mostly because we were the same people. Continue to rest in peace Sir Leo Babarinde Dasilva Snr(1949-2015).
Surgery addict, Human Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves was recently arrested and handcuffed for failing to provide police with a valid passport in Germany.
The 35-year-old who was in Germany to film for a TV show for the PRO7 German TV network was arrested for carrying his old expired passport and taken to the station in handcuffs.
He was later released after a scan of his new passport was brought to the station.
Speaking after his arrest, he told MailOnline:
‘I was filming for a TV show for the PRO7 German TV network and during filming, the crew were stopped by police who asked to check our ID’s.
‘They wanted to know that we had permission from the local consul in Berlin to film in the streets.
All the paperwork for filming was fine, but I was arrested because I was accidentally carrying my old expired passport and not my new one.
‘It was not possible for the police to Face ID me because I now look so different to the photo. Someone had to bring a scan of my new passport for me to be released.’
Lil Kesh‘s former manager, Wale Applause, has just released a ‘tell all’ article where he revealed shocking details of how artist managers suffer and how Olamide sacked him for going on a twitter rant.
In his words, ‘talent management entails giving up your life for someone else. For the first time, let me say this, I gave over 2 years of my life to Lil Kesh, God used me and Olamide to make him a star’.
Why Olamide sacked me;
‘Here is the reason why i got sacked the first time. I cannot be very specific about the time, but it was when Shoki and Dorobucci were blowing at the same time. My sources said to me that Don Jazzy had gone to lobby the MTV base award for Dorobucci and Reekado Banks was going to come on stage to get the award. I was told that what that translated to was that Reekado Banks was going to win Next Rated at the Headies. I had worked so hard than to make that happen.
Now we had Shoki, Gbese, Efejoku. I tried my best but i was just one person. Alas Dorobucci won the award and just as told, Reekado banks was on stage to get it. I went bonkers. Abfresh who was to later manage Lil Kesh just got back from Uk at the time and was staying at my place. I was so sad, i went on twitter and rant. I did rant and mention Don Jazzy well.
Then i called Olamide’s attention to my tweets, told him i was sorry it was just a moment of madness, i had rights to be angry. I got a shocker the next day when Olamide told me i wouldn’t manage Lil Kesh again because of a twitter rant from someone like me, only for him to go on the stage at the headies to declare Lil Kesh Winner himself. I am sure we all remember how that went.
I remember watching the Headies in my father’s house in Ibadan as i was jobless, i cried when Lil Kesh wasn’t given the Award, i wanted him to win it for me. I thought my night was bad enough, not until Olamide came on stage to rant and i started wailing.
My parents could not console me. I was wailing because all i did was rant on twitter and i became jobless for several months, Olamide goes on stage to disorganize a well organized award and he is tagged a hero even by himself. This pot of beans life.
He also called out Beat FM OAPs Olisa Adibua and Osi;
As a rookie manager back in the days, Osi was a rookie OAP too, i like to work with people like that because in my head we trying to help each other grow, i thought wrong. Back when Osi used to be the errand boy in Beat fm before the advent of twitter which made him a pseudo celebrity. He was on the midnight show and back then i paid him good money.
I cannot specifically remember the amount, but i am sure it was good money because YES i used to throw money around, ask about me. I would always have to stay awake at midnight to listen in to his show,he would not play my music.
I would call, he picks when he likes then i will beg him to play my music, at least i paid for it. Sometimes he played, but at a time when we both know most human beings are sleeping, i wonder who he was playing for. This was a time Beat Fm was the Alpha and Omega of radio. Another person you do not need in your corner is Olisa of Beat fm, he most likely will charge you in dollars.
In short as an artiste manager, throw Beat Fm and all the OAPs away, you do not need them. Forget what you been told. They never played lil Kesh’s shoki and Oritshefemi’s Double wahala until they became monster hits.
On how musicians doctor Youtube numbers, he said;
Do not be fooled, we all doctor numbers, Youtube, Soundcloud. The way we do it is the difference. While some buy virtual views, some of us buy real view which wouldn’t amount to fans, but we need the numbers, viewers will not watch a video with 18 views.
What we do is advertise the link, it gets published on Asian sites, you know the population in Asia,YES that’s what we all do, forget about the congratulatory artworks about millions of views. Yes they are real views but they do not amount to your fan base, indeed you need the numbers.
Think i am lyinh check www.pushpowerpromo.com. That is where most of your music distributors go, there are others though but this is very effective, cheap, real views and accept Nigerian cards.
You don’t need DJ Spinall;
If you work with him, you would hate yourself. Forget the hype, when you blow, he will come kissing your as$. He is usually like that. only a good person on social media also if and when you are a celebrity/ As an artiste manager and new artiste, avoid Dj Spinall like a plague.
Dj Consequence, Dj Ruud, Dj Debby, Dj Factor, Dj Prince, Dj Spicy there are a few of the uptown djs you need, but you would not go empty handed. Anything less than 100k and you will be wasting your time and money.
You can do 100k and above, you are in good hands. One Uptown Dj that will always stand out for me is Dj Neptune. Look for him, become his friend, make him like you and you good.
According to an update by The Cable, Davido allegedly impregnated another lady, this apparently, is the reason for their alleged breakup.
Read full report below:
The much-celebrated relationship of David ‘Davido’ Adeleke and Chioma Avril Rowland is in troubled waters, TheCable Lifestyle understands.
The lovers are said to be having incessant disagreements over alleged infidelity on the part of the superstar.
“Chioma has been complaining and they are having problems,” according to an insider in the loop of things.
TheCable Lifestyle understands that their disagreement recently reached a head when Chioma confronted the singer over allegations of impregnating yet another woman.
Before their relationship entered a rough patch, the pair was inseparable, often sharing pictures of their trips around the world.
Chioma was also known for accompanying Davido on his foreign performance engagements.
On Chioma’s 23rd birthday, Davido caused a stir on social media when he released a song titled ‘Assurance’ in homage to her.
He also generated a torrent of reactions by presenting her with a N45 million Porshe as a birthday gift. The car came with a plate number which reads ‘Assurance’.
Chioma, an economics undergraduate at Lead City University, is the latest high profile woman Davido will be involved with.
The singer has two children from his former relationships.
Imade Adeleke is the product of his romance with Sophie Momodu while he had Hailey Veronica Adeleke with an Atlanta-based lady popularly known as Amanda ‘Mandy Play’ on Instagram.
Except in the case of examination malpractices, The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examinations for candidates seeking admission into the university has never had students excel without putting their studies in good shape.
JAMB has gradually become more dreaded than any other name or acronym represented in the education sector of Nigeria. And preparing for the examination is something that no student will do without judiciously investing time, commitment, discipline, and hard work.
This means that whatever you do before sitting for JAMB will in turn, determine what JAMB will do to you after the examination.
If you fail JAMB, this means admission for you for that year has been lost. This is because, your Jamb score is a major factor in gaining admission. If you think you will be admitted with connection, change that thought now and start focusing on how to pass JAMB in the coming examinations.
In case you do not know, JAMB now has new method deployed for admitting candidates into the university. Read below:
ADMISSION POLICIES ADOPTED BY JAMB
1. Candidates should Beware of Change of Institution. Prof Oloyede warns.
2. We are introducing a process to ensure that there is no delay in admission of students – Jamb
3. No University is permitted to hold on to a candidate for a long period. Once a candidate cannot be admitted into certain University, such should be released to other Universities.
4. All Universities are henceforth expected to obey and comply with the timeline of the admission with the new system
5. With the new system, it would be no longer possible for candidates to upload a fake O level result as done before now.
6. Candidates should be careful of information submitted while registering. Even your date of birth can cost you a lot when you are to be mobilized for NYSC – Prof Oloyede
7. All Universities have their Quota by Jamb already. We might not be able to release some information now. Meanwhile, Universities can request for more Quota
8. All Universities still have the flexibility to create their cut off marks.
9. Jamb will no longer release any further results. Meanwhile, more stiffer measures are being taken to avoid fraudsters during Jamb. – Prof Oloyede
10. Jamb will keep suggesting qualified candidates to Universities.
Step 1: Know the JAMB score you need for your choices
Know the JAMB score you need for you choices and set a higher target. This is a principle in line with the saying that says “you should shoot for the stars, for you never know, you may land on the moon”. When you set a high and reasonable target, you’ll most likely get something very close to it, if not exactly.
Setting a target above 300 can spur you to action. Once you have done this, then it is time to distribute it to your four subjects according to your strengths.
An Example is:
My target score for JAMB: 315
Use of English: 75
Mathematics: 80
Physics: 85
Chemistry: 75
2. Set your timetable and follow it squarely
Make for yourself a scheme of study or a reading pattern. Your time-table will help you to remain consistent with reading. Make sure you don’t miss your daily reading pattern. This is a great technique to prepare for Jamb 2019 and pass.
Here are three steps to help create a study plan:
i. Create a time chart of your current activities – Creating a time chart allows you to see how you spend your time day-in-day-out. Take notes of your daily activities. Take notes of your waking time, sleeping, regular chores, work, leisure and how much time you spend in school daily.
After doing this, check for free time available for studying and it should be up to at least three hours especially as JAMB is fast approaching. If you do not have that much time left for studying, then, re-organize your daily activities and create more time for studying.
ii. Develop a schedule and reading time table
Do you know the subjects that will require more time to study? What if they are your weak points? Your schedule and reading time table will highly depend on the amount of time you have left. You will need about 5 hours of daily study if your examination is being prepared for within 3 months
iii. Stick to your study plan
A study plan works best if it is followed on a consistent basis. So, stick to your plan. You may also need to deprive yourself of some sleep at night because you can easily regain lost sleep after JAMB.
Lastly, finding a study partner would help a great deal.
3. Read, Read, Read!!!
Reading vigorously is a very important habit you must cultivate to succeed in JAMB examinations.
Infact, reading for JAMB success should have began since your SS 1 or 2! Even if you’d have to do like 30 minutes to an hour study plan everyday. If you do, you will be smiling when others are breaking their heads trying to prepare just few months to the exam.
And if you are months away from the exam, it does not matter much. You still have a great chance; but you must begin now to study with a working plan as I have described in step two. And if just a few weeks left, then what you need to do is to focus a lot on credible past questions can, you still have a good chance too!
4. Work more on your Weakness/es
If there’s any subject you think is difficult for you to understand, you would be on a safer side spending more time on it. With very good focus, your weakness can become your strength. Change your mindset, tell yourself, “I want to know this subject!”.
5. Test yourself periodically
Test yourself periodically. You may do this every week to help in covering certain important topics and in order to prepare you for the actual exams. This part is very crucial in your study.
6. Use exam focus textbooks to study according to the syllabus.
Do not just study,but study using the given syllabus. Every examination has its own focus. There are always things the examiners expect and assume that if you know, then you must know some other things related to it.
Using exam focus textbooks – there are a lot of good ones – study with your results from the research on the patterns they have used in past questions according to their syllabus.
7. Do not neglect your Strengths!
There are high tendencies of neglecting of your most favourable subjects, while focusing on your weaknesses. Don’t!
Your goal should be to bring balance to your study. So, while committing 2 hours a day to your weaknesses, give like an hour to your strengths. This is because, your strengths are the best places to bag cool marks in Jamb.
8. Attend a good UTME coaching
What you read by yourself, when backed by what you learn at a good Jamb lessons around, this is what makes you loaded for the Jamb 2019/2020 examination. You also learn from others when you attend a good UTME coaching class.
9. Seek Timely Help
If there is anything that you do not know or you find confusing about your studies or JAMB 2019, ensure to ask questions from those that have the knowledge. Seeking for help is smart not stupid.
A school principal in excitement knelt down before the governor of Ekiti state, Governor Ayo Fayose as he presented her with the keys to the brand new car.
The governor who will be handing over to the governor- elect, Kayode Fayemi in a few days time said the school is called Gifted International Academy.
The Governor made the revelation via his Twitter handle on Wednesday evening. He stated that the school has modern facilities such as laboratories, Closed- Circuit Television (CCTV) for surveillance and internet.
In his words:
Today, I inaugurated a new Secondary School in Afao Ekiti named Gifted Academy International.The school has modern learning equipment like laboratories, internet facility and Closed-Circuit Television for surveillance. A brand new car was also presented to the school principal.
A touching photo of mother and her one-month-old baby, who are currently held behind bars at a Nigerian prison, is being shared online.
The photos were shared by Evangelist Christian Chukwuka, the founder of Abounding Grace Foundation, who paid a visit recently to some women in a prison in the eastern part of the country.
The baby identified as Onyedika was reportedly thrown in jail along with the mother after her sentencing for a crime which wasn’t revealed.
In his Facebook post, the evangelist asked, “are babies supposed to serve prison sentence with their mother or be kept in motherless babies’ home or with their relatives outside until mother is released”.
The evangelist also revealed that there are over fifty babies who are under silent pain with their mothers in prison.
Photos of a keke driver has gone viral after one of his passengers shared his experience while riding in his tricycle.
Chena took to Twitter to share photos of Samuela Ogundare, a keke driver, at work in Lagos.
Samuel is no ordinary keke driver. He has distinguished himself by calling himself a “corporate keke driver” and he isn’t that in name alone.
Samuel dresses in corporate attire, not minding the nature of his job, and drives with consideration for his passengers and other road users. He has a jar of sweets attached to a makeshift holder for his passengers. He also has business cards in his tricycle for passengers who might want his service in the future.
Actress Regina Daniels was born on the 10th of October 2000…. and she turned 18 yesterday.. But the actress is still insisting she is 16. Lol.
Sharing some shots from her birthday photoshoot, Regina urged her fans not to focus on her age, but to rather wish her a happy birthday.
The pictures were shared with the caption: “Happy birthday to me. God I thank you for another years #happysweet16. No one should focus on d age just wish me happy birthday. B n W other version. Happy happy birthday to me.”
A graduate of Bowen University was exposed on Twitter after he battered his girlfriend, leaving her with horrific injuries, and he took to Twitter to apologize.
Toluwalase oyebanji Joel is accused of having anger management problem. Twitter users claim he put his hands on his former girlfriend and on his current one named Amaka.
Photos of his girlfriend after he beat her, leaving her with cuts and bruises, were shared online. His name and photo were also shared by a friend of the victim who accused, Toluwase of domestic violence.
Soon after, Toluwalase took to Twitter to apologise, writing.
I am sorry to say this out here but this isn’t my wish. I hated that I wasn’t a little bit more patient, I hate that with all I was the one carrying the hatred among all men and women seeing this. What more can I say than I am sorry amaka please
But Twitter users were not so forgiving and they have been calling him out for his act.
Kemi who started the news had written: “#HNNGossip Sad month for Davido. Remembering his late friends especially the murdered DJ and his pal Chime, his uncle losing that crazy #OsunDecides, his NYSC camp so shitty and Chioma breaking up with him. Never put your lover in a music video. #Pray4Davido sha:”
Read Below a trending Whatsapp conversation between a Man and His wife, after the latter proposed family planning.
Apparently, the couple have two kids together, and the wife thought it was a wise decision if her man takes on family planning.
She suggested IUD, asking her husband to go for the minor surgery where, the device will be inserted into his balls and cause him to produce infertile sperms.
With response to former Vice Presidents Atiku Abubakar‘s dare (#BuhariChallenge), The presidency has listed President Muhammadu Buhari top 64 achievements.
Buharis media aide, Lauretta Onochie, released the achievements in a statement on Facebook titled ‘Sixty Four Achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in Agricultural Sector’.
See list of the achievements below;
1) The anti-corruption drive of Mr. President put to a halt the exogenous leakages in the Agricultural sector to encourage, empower, and enhance the locally made farm produce thereby increasing our internally generated revenue (IGR) index and foreign exchange capacity and reserve to over $45 Billion in cash and bonds.
2) President Buhari initiated the Home Grown Feeding Programme which is designed to put an end to importation and market monopoly of farm produce that can be grown here in our country which is a pilot vehicle to sustainable economic, agricultural, academic and job creation across the length and breadth of our nation.
3) Under President Buhari, the Standing Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on Zero-Reject of Agricultural Commodities and Produce / Non-oil Exports in Nigeria was inaugurated.
4) Under the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria has benefitted from 13.1billion Euros honeybee project.
5) The Buhari administration has commenced steps improving the standards of Nigeria’s agricultural exports to align with global standards due to the rejection of our produce at the EU Border Controls.
6) Under President Buhari, Standards and Quality Control measures have been developed in.
7) Under President Buhari administration at the end of 2016, agricultural goods as a share of total trade got N212.73bn and 4.02 percent and Agricultural goods exports were 2.7 percent higher in Q4 2016 than Q3 2016.
8.) Under the Buhari-led administration, Sesame seeds contributed N6.46billion to Agricultural product exports in the fourth quarter of 2016.
9) In the fourth quarter of 2016, Frozen shrimps and prawns chipped in N4.4billion to Agricultural product exports under PMB’s administration.
10) Under President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016, Flour and meals of soya beans contributed N2.59billion to agricultural product exports
11) Under President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016, cashew nuts in shell contributed N0.95billion to Agricultural product exports with the Buhari-led administration.
12) Crude palm kernel accounted for N0.62 billion of the total Agricultural exports under the President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016.
13) Under the President Buhari administration, the agricultural universities coordinating agency is being revitalized as stipulated in the enabling Act which will work closely with the Nigerian University Commission and development partners to re-focus the universities of agriculture in the country.
14) The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme was initiated by the Buhari Administration and it is aimed at bringing life back to rural communities through the empowerment of youth, women and other vulnerable groups across the country.
15) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) Programme initiated by the President Buhari administration is geared towards promoting community-based on-farm and off-farm business activities as a model for job and wealth creation amongst unemployed youth and women in rural and suburban households.
16) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) Programmes under President Buhari are expected to establish 150,000 cooperatives nationwide under commodity value chain groups.
17) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme under President Buhari will establish and operate up to 1,000 cottage industries in the country, and ultimately engage about 1,995,500 youth and 997,500 women for enhanced productivity.
18) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme under President Buhari would add about 5,965,000 metric tons of foods to the national food store.
19) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme is an intervention of the Buhari administration aimed at fast-tracking access of rural farmers to finance productivity.
20) The Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the Buhari-led administration has made available N82billion in funding to 350,000 farmers of rice, wheat, maize, cotton, cassava, poultry, soybeans and groundnut; who have cultivated about 400,000 hectares of land.
21) The Buhari-led administration has made provision of agricultural credit for financing the production of rice, wheat, ginger, maize and soybeans in Kebbi, Niger, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Benue, Zamfara, Anambra and Kwara States.
22) The Anchor Borrower’s Programme (ABP) under Buhari’s administration has provided a quantum of money for dry season farming in 2015, wet season rice and wheat farming in 2016 and is currently supporting the 2016 dry season farming in many states.
23) The President Buhari administration has commenced the use of National Soil Map Data, with the promotion of the use of soil-specific fertilizer formulations and application in prescribed dosages based on soil types following the conduct of soil mapping/test to enhance agricultural production and productivity.
24) Under President Buhari administration a resurrected interest in agriculture has awakened among smallholder farmers.
25) Under the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria’s fertilizer market is growing.
26) The President Buhari administration has signed an agreement with the Government of Morocco for the supply of fertilizer raw materials on concessionary terms to boost local blending to facilitate making soil and crop-specific fertilizer blends available and accessible to smallholder Nigeria farmers.
27) The Ministry of Agriculture under President Buhari is facilitating the timely access of farmers to appropriate quality seeds.
28) The President Buhari administration has facilitated seed trading locally and internationally through the application of regionally agreed principles and rules.
29) The enabling environment for private investment in the seed industry has been created by the Buhari-led administration.
30) Under President Buhari, the National Irrigation Policy and Strategy has been developed and focuses on the need to overcome the irrigation challenges and put available irrigation facilities in the country into effective use.
31) The PMB Administration has assessed the status of infrastructure in all the 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) hence, commenced immediate and effective use of the facilities for commercial farming.
32) Under President Buhari, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has been strengthened for improved delivery of services through consolidation and recapitalization in collaboration with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to ensure loan disbursement at a single digit interest regime in the agricultural sector as obtainable in developed and emerging economies.
33) The President Buhari administration has approved the restructuring, re-capitalizing, and repositioning of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA).
34) The Buhari administration has secured the approval of a grant of $1.1 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the restructuring of the Bank of Agriculture, aimed at staff training to strengthen service delivery.
35) The President Buhari administration has embarked on the re-validation of the claims of agro-dealers and input suppliers under 2014 wet and 2014/2015 dry seasons to ensure that genuine claims are paid by the government.
36) The President Buhari administration has facilitated the payment of the sum of N20 billion, as part of the debts owed agro-dealers while efforts are on to fully settle the outstanding liabilities.
37) The President Buhari administration has established a N50 billion mechanization fund to facilitate the second phase of Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprise (AEHE) to roll-out 6,000 tractors and 13,000 harvest and post-harvest equipment units across the country.
38) With the Buhari-led administration, Tractors and Implements were rolled out in Ilorin and Abuja on January 12, 2016, to support targeted commodity value chains.
39) The rising spate of hostilities and attendant insecurity arising from clashes between crop farmers and nomadic herdsmen has raised serious concern within the government. Accordingly, the PMB administration has commenced efforts towards the resolution of pastoralists-farmers conflicts through the provision of 55,000 hectares of land by 11 states as part of the 5,000 hectares each expected from the 19 northern states for the development of pasture/paddocks grazing reserves.
40) The Buhari administration has established 40 large-scale rice processing plants and 18 High-Quality Cassava Flour (HQCGF) plants with a stake commitment of China EXIM (85 percent) and Nigeria Bank of Industry (BoI) (15 percent) through concessional credit facilities of US$383,140,375.60 for the rice mills and US$143,722,202.40 for the HQCF Plants.
41) The President Buhari administration through the Ministry of Agriculture is embarking on a programme of distribution of rice mills, of ten tons per day capacity, 20 tons a day, 40 tons a day, 50 tons and a few 100 tons. Collectively between them, the capacity for rice milling will be close to 3,000 tons a day nationwide. That is expected to close the gap between paddy availability and mills to process it.
42) The President Buhari administration has established 10 large-scale rice processing plants and 6 High-Quality Cassava Flour plants to be owned and operated by the private sector and would be funded by the Special Rice Processing Intervention Fund and the WB Assisted Agricultural Development Policy Operation [AgDPO] Funds.
43) Through President Buhari administration, Real GDP in agriculture grew by 4.11 percent in the year 2016, and this growth rate was higher than that recorded in 2015 of 3.72 percent.
44) Under Buhari’s administration as captured by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), there was a continuing strong growth in Agriculture (especially Crop Production) in the Q4 of 2016.
45) Agriculture contributed 21.26 percent to nominal GDP in the Q4 of 2016 and the sector grew by 6.45 percent year-on-year under President Buhari administration.
46) In the Buhari-led administration, the contribution of Agriculture to overall GDP in real terms was 25.49 percent in the quarter under review, higher than its share of 24.18 percent in the corresponding quarter of 2015.
47) The Ministry of Agriculture under President Buhari administration also provided 2283 bags of industrial salt to hides and skin dealers in 12 targeted states.
48) The President Buhari administration placed a ban on rice importation and that has saved Nigeria an average of $5 Million daily.
49) The growing success story on agriculture in Buhari’s Administration has prompted more youths to commence full production in agriculture.
50) More than 7 million Nigerians are actively employed in agriculture under the Buhari Government’s diversification agenda and the Ministry of Agriculture is working to ensure that Agriculture will offer 20 million jobs in the nearest future.
51) Nigeria’s milled rice production has increased by about 60 percent, from 2.5 million MT in 2015, to 4 million MT in 2017 under the President Buhari administration.
52) The Buhari-led administration set up the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) to deliver commercially significant quantities of affordable and high-quality fertilizer to the Nigerian farmer at the right time
53) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) under the President Buhari administration has resulted in the revitalization of 14 blending plants across the country, with a total installed capacity in excess of 2 million MT.
54) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) under the President Buhari administration has resulted in benefits which will include annual savings of US$200 million in foreign exchange, and N60 billion annually in budgetary provisions for Fertilizer subsidies.
55) Under President Buhari administration, the current cumulative in terms of IGR generated through Agriculture since the fall in the price of crude globally has placed agriculture as the best alternative for creating wealth and increasing our National Foreign Reserve to an all-time high.
56) Nigeria’s economy has since bounced back after the recession of 2015/2016 and has continued to grow back as the strongest stabilizing economy in Africa under Buhari-led administration.
57) Through the Buhari-led administration, agriculture is already ripe to be the next green oil and global gold the world has ever seen and the green-rush will lead all roads to Nigeria.
58) Buhari-led Administration has revived 11 moribund plants with a combined capacity of over two million metric tonnes.
59) In 2017 under the President Buhari administration, Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) delivered 10 million 50kg bags(500,000MT) of NPK 20:10:10 fertilizer at a price of N5,500 in time for the wet season which is down from the price of N9,000 per 50kg bag in 2016, a 40% reduction in price.
60) Under President Buhari administration there is a higher patronage for the country’s rail network due to movement of raw materials and finished goods.
61) Under President Buhari administration, the bag-making sector of the economy was boosted, with over 10million packaging bags produced exclusively for Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI).
62) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) has been able to create 60,000 direct jobs and even a higher number of indirect jobs under the Buhari-led administration.
63) The Buhari-led administration has cut down on imports of agricultural products in order to enable self-sufficiency in food production and consumption.
64) Under President Buhari administration, The Green Alternative (TGA) was initiated, a major policy thrust to build an agri-business economy capable of delivering sustained prosperity by meeting domestic food security goals, generate exports, support sustainable income and job.
Youngest billionaire in Africa, Mohammed Dewji, 40, has been kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday morning in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam.
Dewji who heads the MeTL Group which operates in about 10 countries with interests in agriculture to insurance, transport, logistics and the food industry, was snatched as he entered the gym of a hotel in the city.
“Initial information indicates he was kidnapped by whites travelling in two vehicles,” regional governor Paul Makonda told journalists, adding that “this kind of of incident is new here”.
Dar es Salaam police chief Lazaro Mambosasa also implicated foreigners in the crime during a press conference, adding they had “shot into the air” before bustling Dewji into their car.
He said police were hunting for suspects and had already made arrests.
Dewji was born in Tanzania and studied at Georgetown University in the United States. He also served as a member of parliament from 2005 to 2015.
In 2013 he became the first Tanzanian to grace the cover of Forbes magazine, and was in 2015 named Forbes Africa Person of the Year.
Dewji is also the main shareholder in Tanzania’s Simba FC football club.
A Peruvian man has divorced his ‘cheating’ wife after he spotted her cheating with another man on the street while he was using Google street map for directions.
According to the man, he was trying to plan the best way to complete his journey to get a popular bridge in Lima, when he spotted someone who looked familiar, sitting on a bench and a man with his head in her lap.
And although Google Street View blurred her face, he was able to recognize her as his wife. Despite the photo dating back to 2013, he confronted his wife over her past infidelity and they later divorced after she admitted.
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has launched the #BuhariChallenge, with 14 questions to President Muhammadu Buhari on the achievements of his administration.
The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, released a statement in which it accused the Buhari administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being “very idle of late, which explains their abandonment of the vital duties of running the government in order to focus on hurling insults and false accusations on the Presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar”.
He urged the Buhari Campaign Organisation to take the #BuhariChallenge and answer the following questions;
· Name one project initiated, started and completed in the last three years by the Buhari administration.
· Name one youth in President Buhari’s cabinet.
· Name one campaign promise President Buhari has kept.
· Name one Southerner heading a National Intelligence Agency under Buhari.
· Name one terrorist arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned by the Buhari administration.
· Name one Buhari government official arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned by the Buhari administration over
their many budget padding scandals.
· Name one member of the Buhari administration fingered in corruption that was fired, arrested and currently facing
trial.
· Name one former President or Head of State that has not been blamed by President Buhari for the precarious state
of the economy he led us into.
· Name one year that Nigeria’s GDP grew faster than her population under Buhari (for 16 years of PDP
administrations, Nigeria’s GDP always grew faster than population growth).
· Name the initiatives the Buhari government has put in place to address Nigeria being named the world headquarters
for extreme poverty under Buhari.
· Name one initiative the Buhari government has put in place to address Nigeria having the world’s highest number
of out of school children (13.2 million according to the United Nations Children Fund).
· Name the date the Ogoni cleanup will begin.
· Name what President Buhari has done with the ₦13 trillion loans he has taken in 3 years (compared to the ₦6
trillion borrowed by the PDP in 16 years).
· Name the real owners of the Ikoyi Apartment billions.
Seventy-six Boko Haram terrorists, among others, trying to overrun Nigeria’s military formation in Metele, near Kangarwa in Borno, have been killed.
In what was a double blow to the terrorists, Chadian troops also killed another 48 terrorists on the same day.
According to the Nigerian Army Twitter posts, the gallant troops of the 157 Battalion overwhelmed the terrorists, with superior firepower, as they attempted to attack Nigerian positions on 8 October.
“The sustained superior firepower of the troops led to the neutralisation of 76 BHT. Unfortunately, the Nigerian Army lost seven soldiers while 16 were wounded in action.
The Chief of army staff, Lt. General Buratai has commiserated with the families of the deceased and directed that the wounded be given adequate medical attention”.
In Chad, eight soldiers and 48 Boko Haram militants were killed in clashes on Wednesday, officials said. The early morning attack took place in Kaiga Kindji in the Lake Chad region, army spokesman Azem Agouna said, adding that 11 other soldiers were wounded.
The Boko Haram terrorists also regularly launch offensives in Niger and Cameroon. Since 2009, tens of thousands of people in the region have died at the hands of the Sunni fundamentalists and an estimated 2.5 million people fled their homes. The group’s goal is to enforce a strict interpretation of Islamic law, or sharia.
Yup! That headline beats me just as it beats you too! Hard to believe right?! Female celebrities who are virgins… Hmph! It sparks every iota of skepticism and you cannot but wonder who these celebrities are!
Well, we wouldn’t say we know them personally and can tell if they really are.., but thanks to past interviews and previous reports, we’ve been able to come up with a list of female celebrities who have at some point in their career claimed not to have ever been with a man before. (This is according to them, not us!)
See them below:
ADOKIYE
Nigerian pop singer, Adokiye in an interview spoke about not being in a relationship and when she was asked about getting intimate with the opposite sex, she said: “Haba, what is a young girl getting laid for, I’m still a virgin”
She had at the time also caused a social media storm by offering her virginity to Islamic militants Boko Haram in exchange for the return of hundreds of kidknapped schoolgirls.
However, the musician and actress from the country’s Imo State, who is also a UN Ambassador of Peace, took the protest to the next extreme.
“It is just unfair. They are too young. I wish I could offer myself in exchange,” she told Nigerian publication Vanguard.
“They are between 12 and 15 year old girls for Christ sake. I am older and more experienced. Even if 10 to 12 men have to take me every night, I don’t care. Just release these girls and let them go back to their parents.”
CHIDINMA
The decency and moderateness of this beautiful short and sweet singer can make us believe that she really is – I personally would refer to her as the “Virgin Queen” Elizabeth I, that is if of course she is a virgin!
Like the Virgin Queen, this beauty sure knows how to keep every man drooling over her, yet committing to none… stirring up mysteries of love affairs around her!
During an interview, some years back, she declared she has never been intimate with a man before.
She had reacted to her alleged compromising video scandal in 2013 by maintaining that it wasn’t her that people saw in the video that went viral and that as a matter of fact, she’s still a virgin.
She said:
“I didn’t make any compromising video o, I have no idea where that tape is from and I am still a v*rgin o!” she said
SEYI HUNTER
Many had thought that Afro-pop singer, Adokiye, could possibly be the last of the virgins in the Nigerian entertainment industry after she declared it in a chat with Vanguard’s Potpourri.
But there were obviously others, at least one other, as Seyi Hunter also came out to declare she is a virgin as well.
When asked in a Vanguard interview about s-ex and money, which was more important to her in a relationship, the actress said:
I know nothing about s-ex, I’m a virgin. Money is more important to me in a relationship.
TOOLZ
Yes, yes! You’re clamouring that she married now! We know she is too! Durrhh… But the gorgeous media personality deserves an honorary mention as according to her, she kept herself until after her marriage.
The OAP once revealed she’s never been intimate with a man before while answering questions via her Twitter page. She also confessed that one of her hips is artificial.
ANNABELLA ZWNYNDILA
Fast rising actress and product of AMBO reality TV show – Adamawa State-born actress, Annabella Zwyndila told whom it may concern that her virginity is still intact despite massive s*xual harassment in the movie industry.
The Adamawa State-born actress even boasts that nothing would make her lose her virginity to another man except her husband.
She revealed this in an interview she granted which was published by the Sun, where she acknowledges the challenges are enormous, but there is no going back on her decision to remain a virgin.
She said:
“A role that is supposed to be yours is taken from you because of one or two requests that you can’t meet. So, s*xual harrassment is not only in the movie industry. It is everywhere… That side of me is dead until I get married. Aside avoiding pre-marital s*x, I am also a born again Christian and I fear God a lot. I can remember while we were growing up we had that lesson about s*xually transmitted diseases and the fear of all those things really kept me away from s*x. So, if I must have a relationship we must enter into agreement of no s*x.”
Popular Nigerian On Air Personality, Tolu “Toolz” Oniru has said that being married is not the ultimate goal of life, stating that happiness and peace is the goal.
The OAP warned single people about letting people’s opinions make them rush into marriage.
She shared a picture with the text;
Being married is not the ultimate goal of life. Being happy and at peace is
She then captioned the image text,
Imagine letting people rush you into marriage…only to end up miserable with the wrong person….and then the people that pressured/rushed you leave you to deal with your mess?? Don’t let anyone rush you….
Controversial Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has claimed that Chioma has broken up with her boyfriend, top notch singer, Davido.
Kemi Olunloyo made this known in a post via her Twitter handle where she said this month has been a bad one for Davido.
She wrote;
#HNNGossip Sad month for Davido. Remembering his late friends especially the murdered DJ and his pal Chime, his uncle losing that crazy #OsunDecides, his NYSC camp so shitty and Chioma breaking up with him. Never put your lover in a music video. #Pray4Davido sha???
#HNNGossip Sad month for Davido. Remembering his late friends especially the murdered DJ and his pal Chime, his uncle losing that crazy #OsunDecides, his NYSC camp so shitty and Chioma breaking up with him. Never put your lover in a music video. #Pray4Davido sha???
#HNNGossip Davido’s ex girlfriend Chioma has never cooked for us to see on her TV deal nor has she driven that Porsche. Davido it’s gonna be hard to patch this up. U were too possessive. Whatever you do, never make the mistake of going back to Sophia Momodu. My advice to u??
Months after appointing its first minister for loneliness, Britain named a minister for suicide prevention as part of a new push to tackle mental health issues.
Prime Minister Theresa May, on Wednesday, announced the appointment of the health minister Jackie Doyle-Price to the new role.
She will lead government efforts to cut the number of suicides and overcome the stigma that prevents people with mental health problems from seeking help.
While suicide rates have dropped in recent years, about 4,500 people take their own lives each year in England. It remains the leading cause of death for men under age 45, according to government research.
“We can end the stigma that has forced too many to suffer in silence,” Mrs. May said on Wednesday at a Downing Street reception to commemorate World Mental Health Day.
“We can prevent the tragedy of suicide taking too many lives. And we can give the mental well-being of our children the priority it so profoundly deserves.”
Indigenous rapper Zoro is out with a new release titled ‘Halleluyah‘. This is coming after successful singles like ‘Stainless’, ‘One On One’, ‘Upandan’ etc.
As we approach the end of year festivities Zoro puts out this tune to get us dancing towards the end of the year.
Nigerian Afropop singer, Burna Boy achieved quite a major feat recently after he performed at a sold-out concert at the O2 Arena, Brixton. Read and see photos here ICYMI
Not too long after, the singer was recorded in a video where he was asked to give words of encouragement to his fans or just say something at all…
After a while, he then looked up to the person recording and then puffed a joint before uttering the words ‘smoke weed everyday’.
The person recording then asks if that’s it (as in the words of encouragement he has) and he said ‘yeah, that’s it’.
Nollywood actress, Lilian Esoro took to the comment section on Instagram to call out her ex husband, Ubi Franklin for ‘stealing’ their son.
Contrary to what you might be insinuating, it was just a friendly banter between two parents – the triple MG boss shared a photo with their son Jayden, writing,
That’s My Best Friend ♥️?♥️???? @jaydenfranklinofem
Lilian then jokingly called him ‘best friend thief’ to which the music exec responded with laughing emojis.
Lilian who primarily has custody of their son, Jayden, is currently on vacation in Europe. The couple split less than one year after their wedding in 2016.
A Nigerian lady identified as ‘Ho Lar Sugar’ was last week drugged and gang raped by guys who she’d met on Facebook.
The rape video was then shared on social media, and her photo went viral – this embarrassing situation of the lady prompted a Nigerian man identified as Bright Sylvanus to invest in her.
Bright Sylvanus located Ho Lar Sugar and got her a everything she needs to learn fashion design, also paying for her training fee.
Sharing photos of himself with the young lady, he wrote;
‘(HO LAR SUGAR IS NOW A FASHION DESIGNER) Who else remember the young lady that was raped ,you guys remember I promised her Dubai trip or another choice but she said she don’t want to go to Dubia now so she made this choice which I have fulfilled my promise am not supposed to make this post but I made the promise openly that’s why am posting this openly.
I told you all that she must change and I believe with God I serve she must change. Our sister is not a fashion designer. We got her everything she needs for the work we paid her learning fee and we still blessed other two widows which I can’t post about them here.
And thanks to my brother who supported me in a big way. May God bless you bro. We did this together and I believe her dreams have come to pass. Thanks all for York love( her parents was so happy and they said that God will bless us all. Andasyn God will bless you bloood’
A Lagos-based pastor, Igwe Ogbonnaya has faced heavy criticism on social media after he shared a Facebook post questioning the absence of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s ex-wife at her daughter, Carissa’s wedding.
The pastor had written,
“My challenge here is not the dressing, for I respect peoples decision so far as you are an adult. My concerns is the absence of the wife or mother in this life time event. Charlie boy the unbeliever is still living with his wife after so many years, but some pastors are separating from their wives. What are we teaching then? Odikwa egwoooo……..” he wrote.
He was supported by some of his followers but other people slammed him for writing the post with intent to ridicule acclaimed Man of God, Pastor Chris.
Today, eleven people suffered varying degrees of burns from a gas explosion that occurred at Rosy Restaurant Area 11, Abuja.
The victims who were immediately taken to Asokoro general hospital suffered some 40 to 50 degree of burns. A pregnant woman, who simply identified herself as Ajayi who works at the restaurant, said that they were all going about their normal businesses when the gas suddenly exploded. Ajayi, who is three month pregnant, said that she needed to go for scanning to ascertain the condition of her baby.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the explosion affected her face, legs and hands. She was, however, attended to by the hospital management to know if she would be transferred to where she would be given a better treatment.
Dr Aminu Mile, the Acting Managing Director, Health and Human Services Secretary (HHSS), Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) while on a visit to the victim, said the circumstances surrounding the explosion would be unravelled.
Dr Nnabuchi Chidi, Acting managing Director, Asokoro Hospital said that the hospital would refer some of the victims to the National Hospital. He said that 11 of them were brought to the hospital and the hospital would do everything to ensure they are stabilised.
Winner of Big Brother Naija: See Gobbe, Efe Ejeba, has been a subject of ridicule for quite some time, as he seems to be off the buzzing radar more than a year after his Big Brother win.
On social media, a lot of trolls have been trolling the singer since he’s not necessarily been buzzing – a fan even suggested that his money that he won has finished and asked if it were true.
The troll wrote,
I hear say u don spend ur money finish @efemoney …. nah true?
And then Efe replied,
@officialdollarsbug i hear say SARS dey find you and you dey owe landlord nah true?
?♥️???? @jaydenfranklinofem
