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Falae’s Kidnap: Fulani Group Sends Final Warning To Fani-Kayode

A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore yesterday sent a final warning to former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-kayode over insult on the Fulani race. National president of the association, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo gave the warning after consultation with the South-West organisations’ leaders in Abuja. According to Bodejo, Fani-Kayode have earlier described all the Fulani herdsmen as ‘tse-tse fly, locust, leeches’ and also called for the ban of herdsmen from Southern Nigeria. The Fulani leader said further that if he did not apologise to the Fulani race, they would be forced to take legal action against him. “We want Femi Fani-Kayode to publicly withdraw his hate speech and wrongful criminal allegation against the entire Fulani race. and in particular, immediately to avoid legal action by us.” Bodejo called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that peace and tranquility prevails in Nigeria and that public utterances by some Nigerian are str...

Drake Billboard Appears in Toronto

With  What a Time to Be Alive , "Hotline Bling","Back to Back", Coachella, and  If You're Reading This  dominating the Drake narrative in 2015, you may have forgotten that he's still got another album in the works called  Views From the 6 . And now, a billboard has appeared in Toronto with his 6 God logo and the words "The 6 is watching,"Complex points out. Drake posted the above image with the message, "Be home soon." This isn't the first time Drake has used Toronto billboards as a promotional tactic—he beefed with city officials over his oversized 2013  Take Care  ad.

36 Ministerial appointees storm Abuja for two day retreat

ABUJA-The two day retreat for 36 ministerial nominees who were recently screened and confirmed by the Senate recently would kick off today. Already, the ministers-designate, it was gathered, arrived Abuja last night. Venue of the retreat is the International Conference Center, ICC, Abuja. The event which would commence by 9:am is expected to be declared open President Mohammadu Buhari. It will be recalled that the last batch of the confirmed nominees names was submitted to the president at the presidential villa in Abuja by the president of the senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Tuesday which made the retreat possible. It is also expected that the inauguration of the appointees would take place soon after the retreat. Vanguard

Serena Willliams chase down a street criminal, who tried to snatch her bag.

Thinking about messing with Serena Williams any time soon? Allow us to go ahead and recommend you don’t. On Wednesday, the tennis star posted a long, entertaining story on Facebook about a man who snatched her phone when she was out to dinner. Maybe he didn’t realize she was a world-class athlete and international icon of badassery, because he apparently didn’t think she’d be able to catch him as he ran out of the restaurant. After recounting the tale, Williams called herself a superhero and encouraged her followers to listen to their own “superhero inner voice.” She called the whole incident a “win for the ladies” and said, “Just because you are a lady don’t be afraid to step up to any challenge and not be a victim but a hero

Former Choc City artists releases international album

Former Chocolate City vocalist, Brymo, has released an international album in the USA. Former Choc City artist,  Olawale Ashimi , better known as  Brymo , has released a new international album and he's calling it  Trance . The much anticipated album which will be distributed exclusively in the US was released by his American record label  Tate Music Group , QED reports. Born singer of the hit song  Ara  signed a territorial recording and distribution deal with the America based record label in March 2015. Trance is an eight-track compilation of songs that feature various genres of music from African folk to soul and afro beat. Brymo’s previous albums include  Son of a Kapenta  (2012),  Merchants, Dealers & Slaves (2013) and  Tabula Rasa  (2014).
The millionaire family doing what they know how to do best. Davido's older brother and chairman of HKN Music, Adewale Adeleke bought himself an early birthday present, a brand new 2015 Range Rover Supercharged Vogue worth a whopping N30million. Congrats to him. See more exclusive photos after the cut...    

Court permits FRM NSA, Dasuki to travel for medical treatment.

 The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, gave the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), the nod to travel abroad for medical treatment. In a ruling yesterday, trial Justice Ademola Adeniyi hinged his decision to give Dasuki  three weeks medical leave abroad on his “deteriorating health condition.” Former national security adviser of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki Justice Adeniyi dismissed fears by the Federal Government that the former NSA, who is facing a five-count charge bordering on alleged illegal possession of firearms and money laundering,  could go into hiding once allowed outside the shores of Nigeria. The Federal Government  had,  through the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Mr. Mohammed Diri,  opposed Dasuki’s application to be allowed to go for medical checkup abroad. The DPP told the court that the government had already commenced a fresh investigation on another money l...