Author: Kelvin Funkeye

Veteran Actors, Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva’s daughter-in-law has revealed how much her traditional wedding cost. According to Blessing who graced the cover of KOKO rides, her wedding cost more than N10million. Read excerpts from her interview below: How did you meet Soji and how long have you guys been dating? I met Soji in Lagos. I have known his mother for like 5 years because I have worked with her in quite a few…

Controversial Senator, Dino Melaye is in the news again as the Kogi State Police Command has summoned him to report at the State Criminal and Investigation Department after his armed guards allegedly fired on a team of policemen on patrol duties in the state. A police sergeant was the victim of the shooting, the police said and is recuperating in the hospital.   According to the police statement signed by  DSP William Ovye Aya, the PRO, partly refuting…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,a  former Minister of Finance in Nigeria, has been appointed to Twitter Board of Directors (the “Board”) as a new Independent Director, effective immediately. “Ngozi and Bob are distinguished leaders with unparalleled global perspective and policy expertise. “We are confident they will be incredible assets to Twitter as we continue to focus on driving transparency and making Twitter a safer, healthier place for everyone who uses our service.” “On behalf of the Twitter Board,…

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The Zambian government has banned Congolese rumba singer, Koffi Olomide from performing in the country due to several allegations levelled against him. Olomide’s charges include sexually assaulting his dancers, kidnapping them and employing them without valid permits in France.   Koffi who regularly performs in Zambia, was due to hold two shows in Lusaka and Kitwe this month. The ban follows an appeal by the French embassy in Zambia, which requested local authorities to arrest…

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim (APC, Kwara-South), has vowed not to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s request of N228,854,008,215 to fund the 2019 general elections. President Buhari had asked the National Assembly to vire N228,854,008,215 from the N9.12trillion 2018 budget, to fund the 2019 general election and other critical projects. But reacting to the request, the Senator told Punch, “I will not support it. I don’t…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday returned to Abuja after a three-day official Visit to the Netherlands. He was received at the Nnamdi Azikwe International airport by dignitaries including Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong, Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. President Buhari while in the Netherlands held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The leaders discussed issues relating to the fight against insurgency in the North-East, climate change,…

1. The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced that the name of the proposed new National Carrier is ‘Nigeria Air’. Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while unveiling the airline to investors at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in UK. 2. Nigeria police on Wednesday arrested eight persons suspected to have taken part in the abduction of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls in Borno State in 2014. The eight Boko…