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Even Wizkid gan open mouth when him see the Picture of the Money wey them recover for Ikoyi,
42million dollar which equals billions of naira was recovered from a houses abadoned for so money years.
Wizkid say this pics and he concluded that Politicians are not GOD Fearing being. He indirectly shades Davido but it’s all love sha 😜😜😜 42 million for the akkant ooooo! Jesuuuu
We hope Davido won’t take it Far cos baba no like play, Only Hush Puppi can relate better ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
The 89th Academy Awards (Oscars) took place on Sunday, honoring the best in film. “La La Land,” tied the all-time record with 14 nominations. Viola Davis won her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. With her Oscar win, Davis puts herself one step closer to a possibility of an EGOT (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony). With the win for her work in the 2016 film “Fences,” Davis already has an Emmy, two Tonys, five Screen Actors Guild awards, a Golden Globe and now an Oscar. Congratulations to her and other winners. Full list of winners after the picture.
Best picture:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Hidden Figures”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight” (WINNER)
Lead actor:
Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”(WINNER)
Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling, “La La Land,”
Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington, “Fences”
Lead actress:
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Ruth Negga, “Loving”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land” (WINNER)
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Supporting actor:
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight” (WINNER)
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel, “Lion”
Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”
Supporting actress:
Viola Davis, “Fences” (WINNER)
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
Best director:
“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle (WINNER)
“Hacksaw Ridge,” Mel Gibson
“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins
“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan
“Arrival,” Denis Villeneuve
Animated feature:
“Kubo and the Two Strings,” Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
“Moana,” John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
“My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras and Max Karli
“The Red Turtle,” Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
“Zootopia,” Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer (WINNER)
Animated short:
“Blind Vaysha,” Theodore Ushev
“Borrowed Time,” Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes,” Robert Valley and Cara Speller
“Pearl,” Patrick Osborne
“Piper,” Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer(WINNER)
Adapted screenplay:
“Arrival,” Eric Heisserer
“Fences,” August Wilson
“Hidden Figures,” Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
“Lion,” Luke Davies
“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney (WINNER)
Original screenplay:
“20th Century Women,” Mike Mills
“Hell or High Water,” Taylor Sheridan
“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle
“The Lobster,” Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan(WINNER)
Cinematography:
“Arrival,” Bradford Young
“La La Land,” Linus Sandgren (WINNER)
“Lion,” Greig Fraser
“Moonlight,” James Laxton
“Silence,” Rodrigo Prieto
Best documentary feature:
“13th,” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish
“Fire at Sea,” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
“I Am Not Your Negro,” Raoul Peck, Remi Grellety and Hebert Peck
“Life, Animated,” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
“O.J.: Made in America,” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow (WINNER)
Best documentary short subject:
“4.1 Miles,” Daphne Matziaraki
“Extremis,” Dan Krauss
“Joe’s Violin,” Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
“Watani: My Homeland,” Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
“The White Helmets,” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara (WINNER)
Best live action short film:
“Ennemis Interieurs,” Selim Azzazi
“La Femme et le TGV,” Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
“Silent Nights,” Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
“Sing,” Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy (WINNER)
“Timecode,” Juanjo Gimenez
Best foreign language film:
“A Man Called Ove,” Sweden
“Land of Mine,” Denmark
“Tanna,” Australia
“The Salesman,” Iran (WINNER)
“Toni Erdmann,” Germany
Film editing:
“Arrival,” Joe Walker
“Hacksaw Ridge,” John Gilbert (WINNER)
“Hell or High Water,” Jake Roberts
“La La Land,” Tom Cross
“Moonlight,” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
Sound editing:
“Arrival,” Sylvain Bellemare (WINNER)
“Deep Water Horizon,” Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli
“Hacksaw Ridge,” Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
“La La Land,” Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
“Sully,” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Sound mixing:
“Arrival,” Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye
“Hacksaw Ridge,” Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace (WINNER)
“La La Land,” Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Production design:
“Arrival,” Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
“Hail, Caesar!,” Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
“La La Land,” David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (WINNER)
“Passengers,” Guy Hendrix Dyas, Gene Serdena
Original score:
“Jackie,” Mica Levi
“La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz (WINNER)
“Lion,” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
“Moonlight,” Nicholas Britell
“Passengers,” Thomas Newman
Original song:
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” “La La Land” — Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” “Trolls” — Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
“City of Stars,” “La La Land” — Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul(WINNER)
“The Empty Chair,” “Jim: The James Foley Story” — Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
“How Far I’ll Go,” “Moana” — Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Makeup and hair:
“A Man Called Ove,” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
“Star Trek Beyond,” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
“Suicide Squad,” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson (WINNER)
Costume design:
“Allied,” Joanna Johnston
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Colleen Atwood (WINNER)
“Florence Foster Jenkins,” Consolata Boyle
“Jackie,” Madeline Fontaine
“La La Land,” Mary Zophres
Visual effects:
“Deepwater Horizon,” Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
“Doctor Strange,” Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
“The Jungle Book,” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (WINNER)
“Kubo and the Two Strings,” Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould.
THE GUARDIAN
•Shallow seaports worsen nation’s economic woes
•New AIDS vaccine ‘cures’ five patients, report claims
•All eyes on Trump for landmark address to Congress
•'Policy inconsistencies, parlous infrastructure threaten FDI’
•CBN boosts financial market, sells $230 million to 16 banks
•4,000 Osun varsity students risk expulsion over non-payment of fees
•Mandela, Tutu encouraged me to contest presidential election, says Obasanjo
•Katsina holds prayer sessions for President’s health
•Reps probe Budget Office over alleged double payment of N46.5b
•Makarfi blasts APC over alleged intolerance, unpreparedness for governance
•South East governors mull uniform economic, security polices
BUSINESS DAY
•Udo Udoma, Fashola, Enelamah make case for Nigeria’s economic recovery
‘Regulation reduced Nigeria’s local airlines from 150 to 9 in 17 years’
•Akwa Ibom to get Naval War College soon-Minister of Defence
•DSS impounds vehicles, weapons allegedly belonging to Suswam
•Taraba LG elections: PDP wins 13 LGs so far declared
THE PUNCH
•Assemblies of God Church moves against sacked general superintendent
•Business registration now 60 days — CAC
•Most senior Supreme Court judge should be CJN –Afe Babalola
•DSS holds ex-gov Suswam over SMG, AK-47, pistol
•South East govs meet, unfold plan for regional integration
•Soldier killed by Boko Haram identified by friends
•Contempt: Sheriff asks court to jail Makarfi, Obi, others
S’African minister’s comments on xenophobic attacks reprehensible —FG
•SON arrests two Chinese for importing N5bn fake tyres
•God has been partial to me, says Obasanjo
•Osinbajo hails Shagari at 92
•Buhari mourns Katsina Emir’s mum
•A’Ibom to get war college soon –FG
THE NATION
•UK okays Diezani’s trial for ‘money laundering’
•DSS detains ex-governor
•Bishop to Akeredolu: don’t waste time probing Mimiko, others
•16 banks fund $220m with N72b at Forex forwards
•SON seals N5b sub-standard tyres warehouse in Lagos
Following the club brawl at Quilox night club on Friday November 11, 2016, at exactly 2am between Oritsefemi and bouncers of the nightclub, which saw the singer hospitalised and lost jewelries costing N8.5M, the singer and the club owner finally make peace.
The feud which has been on between the Singer and Shina peller, the club owner after the singer fired shots at the club owner saying “The one Shina we know is … Sir Shina Peter” in an Instagram post after the brawl has finally ended as Oritsefemi was seen was seen chilling witg Shina Peller at the monthly Quilox Pool Party on Sunday night.
Cristiano Ronaldo was tonight crowned the 2016 FIFA Best Male player of the year while Carli Lyod of USA won the FIFA Best Women's player of the year award. It was also a good night for Leicester City coach Claudio Ranieri who won the coach of the year award for his phenomenal success last season.
Congrats to them...
Below are the list of winners for tonight's award:
1. The Best FIFA Men's Player Award (Nominees: Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi)
*Winner- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/ Real Madrid)
2. The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award (Nominees: Melanie Behringer, Carli Lloyd and Marta)
*Winner- Carli Llyod (USA)
3.The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award (Nominees: Claudio Ranieri, Fernando Santos and Zinedine Zidane)
*Winner- Claudio Ranieri (Leicester City)
4. The Best FIFA Women’s Coach Award (Nominees: Jill Ellis, Silvia Neid and Pia Sundhage)
*Winner- Silvia Neid
5. The FIFA Puskás Award 2016 (Nominees: Marlone, Daniuska Rodriguez and Mohd Faiz Subri)
*Winner- Mohd Faiz Subri
6. The FIFA Fair Play Award
*Winner- Atletico Nacional
7. The FIFA Fan Award (Nominees: ADO Den Haag supporters, Borussia Dortmund-Liverpool supporters and Iceland supporters)
*Winner- Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool supporters
8. Outstanding Career Award
*Winner - Falcao
Congrats to all of them!
The Nigerian Naira on Thursday, January 5, weakened against the American Dollar at the parallel market for the first time in 2017.
According to reports, the Naira lost three points to the dollar as it closed at N493 to a dollar, against N490 it traded on Wednesday, January 4.
Also, the Pound Sterling and the Euro exchanged for N595 and N506, respectively.
At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the Naira traded at N399 to a dollar, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) controlled rate, while Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N598 and N510 respectively.
The Naira, however, remained stable at the interbank window as it exchanged for N305.00 to a dollar.
However, traders at the market said that liquidity challenge was far from being resolved, NAN reports.
On his part, Aminu Gwadabe, the president, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), while decrying the spike in the exchange rate, commended the CBN for keeping it below N500 to a dollar.
Gwadabe said the task of keeping the dollar below N500 and controlling the inflation rate was enormous.
He added that the apex bank was doing its best.
But according to currency traders, the Naira is set to witness another round of decline against the dollar in the coming days ahead.
This is because the expected increase in dollar flows from Nigerians living abroad coming home for holidays fell short of expectations.
“We see the naira depreciating against the dollar by the time more businesses resume operations next week after the festive season as dollar liquidity remains thin in the market,” one currency dealer said.
Chelsea's John Obi Mikel has signed for Chinese Super League side, Tianjin TEDA.
Mikel, 29, has been offered a package worth around £140,000 per week to become the latest player to swap Europe for the riches of Asia’s emerging football market.
Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez has won the 2016 Glo/ CAF Player of the Year award– preventing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from scooping the gong for a second time.
It was the first time the Algeria international was nominated, and turned the tables against the Gabonese at Thursday’s CAF gala in the Nigeria capital of Abuja thanks to a sparkling run of form for his English Premier League side.
Aside scoring 17 goals, Mahrez also contributed 11 assists for the Foxes, are in danger of getting relegated to the English Championship.
The 25-year-old, thus, becomes thefirst Algeria to win the prize since legendary Rabah Madjer in 1987.
The recipient of the award is decided by national team coaches and technical directors in Africa – with Yaya and Samuel Eto’o the most-honoured individuals with four titles each.
Nigeria’s trio of Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Super Falcons, all emerged winners at the 2016 GLO/CAF Awards, which held in Abuja on Thursday night.
Iwobi, who broke into the Arsenal first team last year, clinched the Youth Player Award.
Iheanacho has also been influential for the Super Eagles, scoring several goals during their 2018 World Cup qualifiers and also for his Premier League club, Manchester City.
The Super Falcons defeated Cameroon 1-0 last month, to win the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.
They were named the Women National Team of the Year.
We’re expecting the sale of JAMB forms for the 2017 UTME to begin in a few days. This deduction is inevitable, since any further delay could cause a serious upset in the Academic Calendar for 2017.
It should be noted that JAMB forms for previous years usually go on sale as from November. The delay in the Sale of 2017 JAMB Form is attributed to the change in JAMB leadership and determination by JAMB to limit middle men (cybercafes & business centres), and push down the cost of JAMB services, by introducing new payment methods.
According to earlier reports released by JAMB, the cost of the 2017 JAMB Registration Form are as follows;
1. JAMB Form – N5,000
2. CBT Centre Registration Fee – N700
3. JAMB Mandatory Textbook – N500 (The Last Days at Forcados High School, A. H. Mohammed)
Total of N6,200 Only.
Once details of the 2017 JAMB forms are released, you can be rest assured that we will provide you with proper guidelines for a successful registration.
Meanwhile, ensure you already know the Course you Intend to study, or register for, and the proper subject combinations to gain admission.
One day, you will lock your door but you will not be the one that will open it.
One day, you will wash that your best clothes and you will not be able to wear it.
One day, your best food will be prepared and you will be unable to eat it.
One day, you will eat and drink what you will never excrete.
One day, your curriculum vitae will get an expiry.
One day, the person that seems to love you most will never dare to move closer to you.
One day, you will think of what you can never accomplish.
One day, you will be regarded as “That thing”
One day, you will be isolated in a place called “grave”
One day, that thing you love most will come your way but you will not be able to give any attention to it.
One day, you will hold your breath and forget to release it.
One day, you will become a defendant before GOD.
One day, housefly/ termites will come your way and you will be unable to chase it.
One day, you will receive a call that can never be declined.
One day, your name will be called, but no one will answer
One day, the assets you cherished most will be taken by another person.
One day, your deed on earth will be presented like a CD.
One day, a title will be added to your name “Late”
One day, The Great Allocator will allocate you to an appropriate place.
One day that your beautiful skin will turn to its original nature-sand.
One day, your entire body will cease operation.
One day, you will be given an infinite apartment, either palace or hell.
In Summary, take life easy and remember that “Life is just an episode, but it can determine your eternity”
