Tag: Produce

19Jan By dthataNo Comments

Entertainment

Nigerian Poet, Godspower Oshodin & Music Producer, Vstix Make History In Africa To Produce ‘A Poet Who Died by His Poem’

History was made at Media City, Dubai on Friday, January 20, when a deal to produce a first-of-its-kind in Africa Poetry Album 'A Poet Who Died by His Poem' deal was inked by Award Winning Dubai based Nigerian journalist, Author and Poet Godspower Oshodin and Music Producer Vstix for London Based Label Evision Music Group, conveniently called EMG. A Poet Who Died by His Poem is a complication of sensational poems written by Oshodin and it is due for release on Amazon and other global platforms this January. This acclaimed body of work contains themes that span several topical issues that affect the author's country home, Nigeria, and by extension Africa, as well as ingots on global governance. Other themes touched by this work are Love, Romance, Betrayal, Death and Love for Co...

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14Jan By dthataNo Comments

Entertainment

David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey To Produce Yvonne Orji’s Comedy Series

Nigerian-British actor David Oyelowo and American media personality Oprah Winfrey will be producing Nigerian-American actress Yvonne Orji’s autobiographical comedy series First Gen. Yvonne revealed this by sharing post from Deadline magazine in an Instagram post on Wednesday. She said five years after been told ‘No’ her series will finally be brought to life with Disney Plus. “Well… when one door closes. God still got a blessin witchyo name on it! The trailer I shot in 2015 for this family sitcom I desperately wanted to create, is what helped me get an audition for @insecurehbo. “FIVE YEARS LATER (after being told “NO” SEV. ER. AL. Times), my lil engine that could, finally has a home with the @disneyplus family. Thank you @davidoyelowo for believing in the dream FROM JUMP, an...

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14Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

We Need To Produce Largest Oil Volumes Possible At Cheaper Costs – Osinbajo

WE NEED TO PRODUCE LARGEST OIL VOLUMES POSSIBLE AT CHEAPER COSTS, OSINBAJO TELLS OIL & GAS STAKEHOLDERS *VP adds: “Gas should be an enabler for quick development” Stakeholders in the oil industry need to find and agree on cheaper means of producing oil while also ensuring a more competitive environment that meets the needs and purposes of the Nigerian nation including the largest production volumes possible. This was the view of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at a virtual meeting on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) with stakeholders in the industry under the auspices of the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) in Nigeria, and Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG). According to Prof. Osinbajo “we need to agree on terms that will give us a more competitive envir...

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12Jan By dthataNo Comments

Health

Why Nigeria Cannot Produce COVID-19 Vaccines – Faisal Shuaib, NPHCDA DG

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, has explained why Nigeria cannot produce COVID-19 vaccines or other vaccines. Mr Shuaib, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday, said the process of producing a vaccine requires massive investment that has not been done for many decades. “There are questions around why Nigeria is not producing COVID-19 vaccines. I want to put on record that the process of producing a vaccine is very complex and complicated. It requires massive investment that has not been done for many decades,” he said. Mr Faisal noted that Nigeria used to produce vaccines in its first few decades after independence in 1960, a process which, he said, suffered a set...

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6Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

2023: “It’s Time For Southeast To Produce President”, Igbo Leaders Insist

Political leaders of the South East geopolitical zone across all political parties, have insisted that it was turn of the region to produce president in the 2023 general elections. The resolution was reached at the South East bipartisan meeting held at Igbere, Abia State country home of Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Tuesday. Igbere TV had earlier reported about the meeting which held to discuss the political future of the South East region ahead of the 2023 presidential election. At the meeting, the leaders argued that Nigerians across political, ethnic, and religious divides fought hard, long, and collectively to enthrone the current democratic dispensation as the surest way to engender national development and guarantee a just and equitable society “where eve...

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3Dec By dthataNo Comments

Politics

2023: Shekarau Says The South Should Produce Nigeria’s Next President

Senator Ibrahim Shekarau is of the opinion that Nigeria’s next president should come from the Southern part of the country if the nation is to attain a political balance. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, Shekarau noted that by 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari who is from the northern part of the country, would have been in power for eight years, and “common sense tells one that we should look at the other side, to the Southern part of Nigeria”. When asked about his position on the growing call for a South East presidency in 2023, he said, “I don’t call it zoning, I would rather call it some balancing. There has to be some sense of belonging. There is what I call the constitution of common sense. “The Constitution of Nigeria or the constitution of an...

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28Apr By dthataNo Comments

Health

India To Produce Coronavirus Vaccine That Works On Monkeys

The Serum Institute of India said it is going to start making a still-experimental coronavirus vaccine while it is still on trial. The Serum Institute of India which produces 1.5 billion vaccine doses each year for an array of diseases said it will start production before the autumn target date of the Oxford trial. The Oxford Vaccine Group says it hopes to complete human trials on the hAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in September. But Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India told the Times of India on Monday that he would not wait that long. He said the institute would produce five million units of the vaccine a month, for six months, to get ahead of demand. "We are not waiting for the trials to get over in September in UK, and then start production here. The decision at o...

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10Apr By dthataNo Comments

News

FG, Local Vehicle Manufacturing Companies Partner To Produce Ventilators

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, said the federal government had opened discussions with Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company and other key indigenous vehicle manufacturing companies with a view to producing ventilators in the country. This is even as the President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Engineer Mansur Ahmed, disclosed that manufacturers had increased Nigeria’s domestic production capacity for face masks from two million masks in February to 27 million now. The minister, who updated journalists on #COVIDー19 pandemic and its implications for the manufacturing sector in Abuja, said the government received a proposal from Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company to produce ventilators and similar proposals had been subm...

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24Mar By dthataNo Comments

Health

COVID-19: Innoson Ready To Produce Ventilators & Medical Equipment

Nigerian auto manufacturer Innoson said on Monday that it was ready to convert its assembly lines to start producing critical medical equipment that may be in short supply as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic. A shortage of ventilators and other critical equipment has become a growing concern amidst rising cases of COVID-19 across the world. “Innoson Motors is ready to assist the government in any way we can, including the likability of converting out lines to produce ventilators and other equipment,” Cornel Osigwe, the company’s spokesperson, told PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, citing his discussion with Innocent Chukwuma, the group’s chairman, on the matter. “But we need the government or other health institutions to place orders the quantity that may be required before...

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10Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

We’ll Position Universities To Produce Quality Graduates – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said Federal Government will give more attention to improving personnel and infrastructure of universities to produce quality graduates, assuring that education will, henceforth, be a top priority in development goals of the country. President Buhari, who received leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) led by Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi at the State House, said effective and efficient operations of universities will go a long way in improving the economy, especially with focus on science and technology. The President urged members of ASUU to assist the Federal Government in realising the target of improved education and credible certificates by complying with ongoing verification and validation of human resources in the un...

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18Jun By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Atiku Vs Buhari: INEC Must Produce Presidential Election Server – Peter Obi

Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi has expressed confidence over his party’s victory at the tribunal. Obi spoke at a victory thanksgiving service in Atani, Anambra state in honour of Sen. Princess Stella Odua; Hon. Chukwuka Onyema and winners of Anambra state House of Assembly, Hon. Noble Igwe and Hon. Somto Udeze, Ogbaru 1 and Ogbaru 11 constituencies, respectively. Obi reassured that all hope was not lost, insisting that his party would not give up as the court case was still in progress. He, however, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide the server used for the election. “INEC must provide the server they used for the election because they know they used the server for the e...

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13May By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Politics

No Peace Until Igbo Produce President – Nwobodo

Peace may continue to elude Nigeria unless injustices being meted on Ndigbo are reversed; former governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, declared, yesterday. Nwobodo, who identified the continued denial of the people of the South East the position of president of the country as one of the major injustices against Ndigbo, said peace will only return to the country when an Igbo assumes leadership of the country. He spoke in Enugu, yesterday, during his 79th birthday celebration, organised for him by Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The elder statesman also said he would continue to fight for the unity of all Igbo, even as he wished he would be Igbo in his next life. Senator Nwobodo attributed formation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and some other similar groups, to high ...

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6May By dthataNo Comments

Politics

2023: Tinubu Has Hijacked The Country, North Must Produce Next President – AYCF

The Arewa Consultative Youth Forum (AYCF) says that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his cabals have hijacked over the country. AYCF President, Yerima Shettima stated this in an interview on Monday, while lamenting that the South-West was allegedly ruling the country by proxy. Reacting to clamours that the South-East should produce Nigeria’s President in 2023, Shettima insisted that power must remain in the North because Tinubu and his cabals have allegedly taken over the country. He stated that North will hold unto power in 2023 after which it may decide to handover to the South-East. Shettima told Daily Post: “To be very honest with you, the question of power moving back to the South does not even arise; a case where one of ou...

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2May By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Buhari Can Order Army To Produce His Certificates If They Exist – Atiku

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential candidate in 2019 election who reacted to claims by President Muhammadu Buhari that his academic certificates are with the Nigerian Army, has stated that he can order the army to produce them if they exist. Atiku who countered the response Buhari gave to their petition filed before the Election Petitions Tribunal, said if it was true that the certificates existed, Buhari as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces could order the army to produce them. The PDP Presidential candidate who said he attached his academic certificates to the Form CF001 he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, had urged the tribunal to declare them the authentic winner of the February 23 presidential election, insisting Buhari did not posse...

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22Apr By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Yoruba’ll Produce Next President In 2023 — Afenifere

THE Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, in Ekiti State, yesterday, expressed confidence that the Yoruba nation would produce the country’s next president in 2023. Speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, State Coordinator of ARG, Mr. Bunmi Awotiku noted that the body would play significant role in rallying the Yoruba nation for the realisation of the 2023 agenda. He said: “The South West has been supportive of the policies and programmes of the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and we shall continue to do so. We want him to succeed and he shall succeed by God’s grace. “We would come to the round table and I can assure you that Yoruba would forge a common front this time around. We have learned our lessons as a people and we won’t allow internal fight or acrimony to dep...

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4Mar By dthataNo Comments

Politics

“APC Will Produce Kwara’s Next Governor” – Bukola Saraki’s Sister Gbemisola

A sister to Senator Bukola Saraki – Nigeria’s Senate President – Senator Gbemisola Saraki has said she would work hard to ensure that the All Progressives Congress(APC) produces the next governor of her home state, Kwara. Gbemisola is a member of APC while her brother is a member of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP). Gbemisola disclosed her position in a statement on Saturday saying, “We can’t stop until progressives lead all states to the next level of our collective prosperity.So for each and every one of us, we must not relent, we have the elections of next Saturday, March 9 to go.In my state, Kwara, we are all out to ensure that AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq of our party, the APC, emerges the next governor of Kwara State, Insha Allah.” On President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election for a...

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11Nov By BobbyNo Comments

Sport

Wolves Boss Nuno Confident Of Keeping His Stars

  Wolves boss Nuno is confident of keeping his squad together. The likes of Ruben Neves, Diogo Jota and Helder Costa are all aged 24 or younger. Nuno said he doesn't lose any sleep over the fear of losing his star men. "Not at all, Because I ask the player and if he tells me he wants to stay here, that's more important," Nuno said "The first thing you have to know is tell the player that this will come naturally in your life, don't try to rush it. If you rush it, it will be a mistake for you. If you want to achieve that, it is normal. "The ownership, as a club, has to make profit. That's another part of the game. You are preparing and working, building and making them things to sell. It's normal, but you also have to tell them 'don't do it now'. ...

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13Oct By BobbyNo Comments

Celebs

I Am Not Really Searching For a Wife – Falz

Nigerian singer, Falz who is known as an all round entertainer (singer, comedian and media personality), has disclosed that he is still singer and not searching for a wife yet. Falz who revealed the two features he wants in a woman, told Saturday Beats; “I am still looking for the right woman, even though I am not really searching for a wife but when the time comes, I would know. When it comes to my ideal lady, I am more concerned about intellect. I want someone that is smart and ambitious; those are my two most important features in a woman.” On one of his trademarks which is his glasses without the lens, the singer said; “As for my ‘lensless’ glasses, it is the way it was recommended to me without the lens, also, I am very comfortable with my grey beard because it is a symbol of wi...

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20Sep By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Sport

Ryan Coogler To Produce LeBron James ‘Space Jam 2’

More than two decades after the film's release, Hollywood has announced its official "Space Jam 2" team. Basketball icon LeBron James's production company SpringHill Entertainment Wednesday announced new details about the upcoming sequel to the 1996 movie "Space Jam" that featured NBA legend Michael Jordan alongside Warner Bros.' animated characters. SpringHill Entertainment shared an image of a locker room to announce the key players in the film. "Space Jam 2" will star LeBron as "small forward," with Bugs Bunny co-starring as "point guard". "Random Acts of Flyness" creator Terence Nance will direct the film and "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler will produce. According to The Hollywood Reporter which first reported the news, production is tentatively slated to being in 201...

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13Sep By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Court Orders WAEC To Produce Ledger Of Sen Adeleke’s Result

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given an order mandating the West African Examination Council (WAEC), through its Director General or any other designated officer of the council to depose to an affidavit confirming or denying that the Flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke with candidate number 19645/149, sat for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination conducted by the council at Ede Muslim High School, Osun state in May/June 1981, within five days of being served the order. The court also gave an order compelling WAEC through any of its any designated officers, to produce the ledger containing the results of all candidates that sat for the Senior Secondary School Certificate E...

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9Sep By dthataNo Comments

Politics

North West Must Produce Our Presidential Candidate – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has counselled the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to pick its presidential candidate from the North West. He spoke on Friday at the Government House, Ado Ekiti, when he received presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN. Turaki had earlier consulted with PDP delegates and elders from the state. Fayose said: “When we look at the assignments you have carried out, you are not a small man. You have capacity for the job of the president, but power belongs to God.” Fayose emphasized that it is, “safer and better for PDP to pick its presidential candidate from the North West zone to compete for votes effectively with President Buhari”. He also appealed that the primary must be transparent and credible Fayose, however, insisted tha...

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7Aug By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Sport

LeBron James To Produce Three-Part Showtime Docu-Series Titled “Shut Up And Dribble”

LeBron James will be producing a docu-series for Showtime that focuses on how athletes have transitioned into political and social leaders. On Monday, Showtime CEO & President, David Nevins announced the big news while attending a summer press tour. The three-part docu-series titled “Shut Up and Dribble” was named after the conservative #LauraIngraham’s remarks to James back in February when Golden State Warriors players declined Trump’s invitation to the White House after the 2018 NBA Finals. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The docu-series will touch on the 1976 merger of the ABA and NBA, and how the league eventually became a platform where athletes could stretch outside of the court to influence other fields including fashion, politics and other forms of media. The project will be prese...

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16Jun By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Lifestyle

Apple Signs Deal With Oprah To Make New Shows

Apple has announced a deal with media mogul Oprah Winfrey that’ll see the two produce new shows together. The shows created with Oprah will be part of an original lineup of content from Apple, the company said in their statement. The deal has been described as a “multiyear” one, although the exact number of years is unknown. Apple had previously signed deals with Reese Witherspoon and Steven Spielberg.

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21May By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Entertainment

Barack & Michelle Obama Sign Deal To Produce Films & Series For Netflix

Netflix on Monday announced that it has signed a deal with Barack and Michelle Obama to produce TV shows and films for the streaming service. It had previously been reported that the deal was in the works, although it was never confirmed until now. Netflix, in their statement, wrote: President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have entered into a multi-year agreement to produce films and series for Netflix, potentially including scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries, and features. The New York Times reports that Obama has told associates he has no intention to use the new platform to campaign against his successor in the White House. Speaking about the deal, Barack said: One of the simple joys of our time in public service was getting to meet so many fascinatin...

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22Feb By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Entertainment

Lupita Nyongo’o Set To Star And Produce Trevor Noah’s “Born A Crime” Movie Adaptation

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o is set to star in the movie adaptation of South African comedian Trevor Noah‘s book “Born A Crime“. The book which is a memoir of Trevor’s life was released in 2016 and has spent 26 weeks on the bestseller list. Born A Crime also won the James Thurber Prize for American Humor and two NAACP Image Awards. Lupita made the revelation via her Instagram page. She wrote: When I read @TrevorNoah‘s “Born A Crime,” I could not put the book down. Excited to announce that I will be starring in and producing its feature film adaptation! #BornACrime

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24Aug By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Entertainment

Callywood Studios “The Father” To Be Premiered Next Month

Callywood Studios new movie "The Father" to be premiered in Calabar, Los Angeles and Las Vegas respectively this September. Produced by Egor Efiok and directed by Charlz Archibong.

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12Jul By Czar Owolabi Marcus2 Comments

News

Dangote To Own 50,000 Cows, Produce 500m Litres Of Milk By 2019

Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group, will own 50,000 cows by 2019, and produce 500 million litres of milk per year. The group, principally owned by Africa’s richest man, plans to invest $3.8 billion in sugar and rice and $800 million in dairy production in the next three years. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates, Nigeria needs about 1.5 billion litres of milk annually. US department of agriculture also puts Nigeria’s “insufficient” milk import at $225 million per year, stating that the country’s dairy market has a potential in excess of $3 billion. With Dangote’s drive, the group will produce a third of the country’s ideal demand and nearly all of its current import. According to Bloomberg, the company seeks to expand and deal with a shortage of dol...

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7Jul By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Entertainment

‘Forgive And Forget, Let Me Produce A Track For You’ -Tekno Begs Wizkid, Fans React

It seems Tekno has thrown in the towel in his fight with Starboy Record Boss, Wizkid, as the artiste who replied Wizkid’s tweet where he called him a duck, is now begging the ‘international’ star to forgive and forget. Tekno who was slammed by Nigerian music lovers after his social media brawl with Wizkid was made public, further offered to produce a song for Wizkid.

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30Jun By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

Minister Tasks Agricultural Produce Exporters On Highest World Standards

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, on Thursday urged exporters to ensure that all agricultural produce for export met the highest global standards. Ogbeh gave the advice at the Flag-0ff of the Nigeria Yam Export organised by the Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Lagos. According to him, the Federal Government will not condone the embarrassment if yams exported to the UK and US are rejected. “To ensure quality control at every point of the yam production is, therefore, essential. “As a farmer, l will implore my colleagues to check the infidelity among trusted staff and ensure that a bad yam is not added to the consignments for export. “The Federal Government is set to achie...

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30Aug By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Entertainment

Actress Blessing Patrick Produces Her First Movie ‘Shadow of Death’

Nollywood actress, Blessing Patrick has upped the ante with her first self-produced flick titled Shadow of death. Shadow of death tells the story of Pearl, a young spoilt brat born into a rich family. She was living and enjoying life to the full until she decided to celebrate her birthday in a bush. While celebrating her birthday with her friends, they ran into some hunters armed with human parts. She survived by a stroke of luck, Pearl found her way home and discovered that her father was the man behind the killing .She could have lost her life just like her friends. She left home and found help in the hands of her former house help. The movie is filled with intrigues, suspense and excellent dialogue. It features talented acts like Eve Esin, Daniel K Daniel, Obi Okoli, Blessing P...

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20Jun By Czar Owolabi Marcus1 Comment

Sport

I Hope Puma Don’t Produce Condoms – Xherdan Shaqiri

The shortage of action in France and Switzerland’s dull 0-0 draw in Lille on Sunday night prompted increased attention on deficient equipment, with Swiss kits tearing easier than paper and the winger Xherdan Shaqiri telling Blick: “I hope Puma does not produce condoms.” Granit Xhaka, the new Arsenal midfielder, had to change his jersey twice during the Group A game, while Admir Mehmedi and the striker Breel Embolo also required replacements following tugs that did not appear especially vicious. “We have had a few problems with the jersey,” Embolo said. “The kit manager is not fully ready yet, but we are.” Yann Sommer the goalkeeper added: “It can happen. It means it was a fight on pitch.” A Puma spokesperson told the Guardian: “Five Puma teams have played 10 games in this t...

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10Jun By Czar Owolabi Marcus2 Comments

News

Benue State Declares Fridays Work Free Day For Farming

Due to the current Economic downturn, Benue State has declared every Friday a work free day to enable workers in the state work on their farms so as to be able to produce food for their families to eat. The work free friday begins today, June 10 and will last till end of July, 2016. The Benue State Executive Council approved this yesterday. Governor Samuel Ortom, who chaired the session of the meeting at which the decision was taken, explained that the objective was to enable as many workers as possible to produce food to feed their families in the current economic downturn which has made the regular payment of salaries a major challenge.

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23May By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Entertainment

Seyi Sodimu Release New Pictures in Traditional Outfit Ahead of “Love Me Jeje Remix” feat. K. Michelle

Afrosoul Singer & Songwriter Seyi Sodimu has released new pictures in anticipation of the remix of his evergreen song ‘Love Me Jeje’ The Remix features American R&B singer K. Michelle and was produced by Shizzi the Magicfingers and the video was directed by Sesan Ogunro and A &R by Bankulli. The single will be released on May 30th, 2016 via MTN Music Plus, iTunes and other music streaming websites worldwide. Photography: August Udoh (Orbit imagery) You can also follow Seyi Sodimu across all social media platforms: Instagram – @seyisodimu  |  Facebook- seyisodimu  | Twitter- @seyimusic

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