I think we've achieved, I won't resign- NFF boss Amaju Pinnick says

Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick has come out to defend his term in office after critics called on him to resign following Super Eagles failure to qualify for AFCON 2017.

Amaju highlighted his achievements with other national football teams during his tenure as enough proof his stewardship has been a success and categorically stated he won't resign as he had a four year tenure to complete.

"I was elected by the Congress of the Nigeria Football Federation for a four-year team and I don't see why I should be asked to resign with over two years to serve," said Pinnick. With all due respect, I don't think we have done badly in these past one and half years that we have been in office and I have a four-year mandate which I intend to see through. When we came in we had a case running for nine months and this affected us. "In between we won Fifa Under 17 World Cup, we won the Africa Women's Championship and we also qualified for the women' s Under17 and U20 World Cups coming up this year. “I think we have achieved. Again we have very young Super Eagles players that should be the future of the game in the country. On the choice of Kaduna as venue of the Afcon match against Egypt, we picked Kaduna because of the passion the people have for the game and the fact that the venue boasts of the best pitch in the country presently and they stood behind the team all through. Aside from that, the Super Eagles have never lost a match there so it was all these that we considered on picking the Ahmadu Bello Stadium to host Egypt,” he said.

Photos: NBA player Emeka Okafor & daughter with Barack Obama at the White House Easter Egg Roll, Beyonce, Blue Ivy among guests

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcomed thousands of children to the South Lawn of the White House on Monday morning, March 28 for the final Easter Egg Roll of his presidency.


There were over 35,00 attendees on the South Lawn. Among the lucky guests were Nigerian NBA player, Emeka Okafor, his wife and beautiful daughter, Adaeze, Beyonce and Jay-Z and their 4-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, other celebrities, staff of the White House, and others

The egg rolling began in 1878. Now the event includes storytelling, musical performances and tips from professional athletes on how to play basketball, tennis and other sports. There are even cooking demonstrations and yoga. This year, the first lady added a fun run to the mix.

"I'm going to be running around the White House with a bunch of kids and any adults who feel like they can hang," the first lady told the crowd as the president jokingly signaled in the background that the run wasn't for him.

The Obamas spoke from a balcony that overlooks the lawn with dogs Bo and Sunny and the Easter Bunny at their side. They then went out into the crowd for some hands-on play.

The president read the children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are," a classic from 1963, and the Obamas acted some of the story out, marching enthusiastically with the kids as he read the line "let the wild rumpus start!"

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Source: AP,The Hill, TMZ

Photos: Tanker loaded with PMS catches fire at filling station in Kumbotso, Kano State

A fire incident occured at RUQEE Petrol station in Chiranchi, Kumbotso local government area of Kano State in the early hours of Thursday, March 31 after a tanker fully loaded with fuel caught fire. The whole station would have been razed down but for the prompt response from firefighters.
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Source: Zuma Times Hausa

Lagos socialite, MC Oluomo dissociates himself from ‘bra-less’ birthday party

MC released a statement yesterday to correct the impression that he organised the said party. Photo: Filed

Popular NURTW official and socialite, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, better known as MC Oluomo has dissociated himself from the purported ‘bra-less’ party allegedly organised to mark his birthday a couple of weeks ago.

The party, which held at The Place, Isaac John Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, generated a lot of reactions and created a buzz in the media.

MC released a statement yesterday to correct the impression that he organised the said party. The statement reads thus:

‘I, Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya MC Oluomo, did not grant any interview with any press based on the controversial story about organising a ‘Bra-less or Pant-less party’. My birthday was earlier celebrated in my house with my family and friends. The birthday bash at D Place Club was just a party organised by my friends in collaboration with some of my boys to celebrate me and it was not tagged any names because I saw the invitation before party. Moreover, I know nothing about the organisation of the party. I just had to honour it by going there.

I am using this opportunity to plead with the gentlemen of the press to get their facts before posting or tagging such stories and also using this medium to appreciate the gentlemen of the press and the general public for the concerns shown, it really means a lot . You are all wonderful and I still remain loyal. You can check the birthday pictures and video on my Facebook and Instagram handles. Thanks, Masallam.’

Below are photos from the purported ‘bra-less’ party…

Kemi Afolabi, You Are Coward! A Disgrace To Nollywood! Please Return My Clothes

Popular Nollywood actresses based in Yoruba part of the industry have been washing their dirty linen in public.
Screen diva Kemi Afolabi and controversial singer and actress, Seyi Ariyo popularly known as She Baby have been going at each other for over a week over another Actor, Odunlade Adekola who is happily married with four kids.
The fight started after Kemi Afolabi borrowed clothes from She Baby which she refused to return. She baby then sent a broadcast message on BBM where she revealed her issue with Kemi to her colleagues, in another message on her PM, she said;

“Kemi Afolabi, you are coward! Pic up snitch! Oloriburuku, you are a disgrace to Nollywood! Please return my clothes; your case is so pitiful. Get a life!”

This message caught the attention of the President of The Golden Movie Ambassadors of Nigeria(TMAN), Saidi Balogun, who appealed to She Baby to retract the message.
Reports however emanated from Kemi’s camp that claimed, She Baby was dating Odunlade Adekola and was just jealous cause of the closeness between them.
She Baby however slammed Kemi’s report calling her a blatant liar that wanted to cover the whole truth. She even went ahead of accusing Kemi who is also married of having a relationship with Odunlade.
Narrating her side of the story,the Oloso singer, as She Baby is also known said,”I had a movie shoot recently,and Kemi Afolabi happened to be one of the actors I used.
She ought to come 10 am,but she got to the location 5 pm. She had just three scenes with us,and I paid her fully already for her role. I was angry she already disrupted part of what we intended using her for because she didn’t come as scheduled. But was persuaded by my director to change her role which she finished around 10 pm.

“I lent her my clothes in the course of shooting. She now held on to the clothes as a bait,insisting I must pay for her accommodation which wasn’t in our budget. If she had come earlier as agreed,she would have been released in time because it’s just three scenes.
“Kemi now held on to my clothes for two about months. All efforts to get her on phone proved abortive. She wouldn’t reply all my messages neither would she pick my calls. After what seems like eternity,because we ain’t that close,I was feeling uncomfortable leaving the clothes with her.I decided to call her friend,Sikiratu Sindodo and reported Kemi to her. And Sindodo persuaded me that it will be settled.
“Until I called Kemi,and she yelled at me. Andshe was angry that I reported her. She now insisted she won’t give me the clothes until I pay for the said hotel room which wasn’t in our contract. All further efforts to get the clothes proved difficult,and I was angry.I later wrote on my PM about the clothes and Saidi Balogun intervened. And I pulled it down immediately. Later,Saidi went to get the clothes from her. But the truth of the matter is that I can’t put the clothes on again. That’s all. And she went on her Instagram page,writing all sorts of things to attract public pity. Kemi Afolabi is a blatant liar”.

Talking about her alleged romance with Odunlade, she said;
”Dating Odun?That’s rubbish. What’s my business with Odun?Everybody knows it’s Kemi who is dating Odun. So,why can we be fighting over Odunlade?I am happily married to cry it aloud”.
Kemi was also cornered by the media and in a brief chat with Encomium, she said;

“I don’t want to make any further comment on the issue.I am too busy for that. I have a lot things I am doing now. So,I can’t be talking on any trivial issue of such. She Baby is the one looking for cheap publicity.
“She is a producer,I am an actor. I was on her location and she refused to pay for my hotel accommodation. And it’s true I had her clothes with me in my car,but I told her to pay for my hotel which she refused. Anyway,I have responded on my Instagram page. You can check details about the whole thing.”

When questioned about her romance with Odunlade, she said;
”That’s not true. I am a married woman,how can I be fighting over a married man?Odunlade Adekola is also married. You should know it’s just a fiction. I am not dating Odunlade Adekola.”
All efforts to contact Odunlade Adekola for comments have failed.

Breaking News!! No More Condoms? Scientists Finally Find a Cure for HIV!

For years, people were wondering when can they stop wearing condoms while having s*x with their partners, well it looks like the time is right around the corner.

It seems the long awaited cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – a lentivirus that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS, has been invented by scientists.

Below is how popular U.S gossip website, MediaTakeOut reported the story;

For years, people were wondering WHEN CAN THEY REMOVE THEIR CONDOMS . . . well it looks like it’s right around the corner.

Scientists have for the FIRST TIME EVER – proved that they can CURE HIV. Yesterday scientists CONFIRMED that they were able to edit out HIV-1 DNA from the genome of human immune cells, preventing virus replication and reinfection of the cleared cells.

In layman’s language, they used GENE THERAPY to cure HIV in HUMAN cells.

Dr. Kamel Khalili, director of the Comprehensive NeuroAIDS Center at Temple University claims that they are ready to put his new gene therapy into a new drug that will cure HIV in patients even after they stop taking the drugs.

“The findings are important on multiple levels. They demonstrate the effectiveness of our gene editing system in eliminating HIV from the DNA of CD4 T-cells and, by introducing mutations into the viral genome, permanently inactivating its replication. Further, they show that the system can protect cells from reinfection and that the technology is safe for the cells, with no toxic effects,” Khalili said in a press release.