Davido delivers surprise performance at Idris Elba’s wedding

Nigerian music superstar, Davido made a surprise and thrilling performance at Hollywood actor, Idris Elba’s secret wedding to Sabrina Dhowre.

The wedding took place in Morroco with Elba and Sabrina exchanging vows and partying with close friends in a three-day celebration that begun on Friday.

They exchanged their wedding vows at the Ksar Char Bagh hotel in Marrakesh as reported by British Vogue who broke the news and covered the event.

They posted photos from the secret wedding on their Instagram page and captioned it, “Congratulations to newly-weds #IdrisElba and #SabrinaDhowre who exchanged vows in Morocco on April 26 2019. Celebrations were spread over three days in Marrakech.”

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Davido’s performance was arranged by Elba to surprise his wife, Sabrina who loves the songs of the Nigerian superstar.

Industry mogul, Efe Ogbeni of Stealth Management revealed this in an Instagram post @efe_one. He wrote, “@idriselba Efe l want kid bro @davidoofficial to come surprise my wife, this CANNOT leak, and we can’t have anyone know.

“My goodness, @missamadi myself @ronawigs2.0 @oronde had to do major operation. Missing luggages, wrong suits, 16 hour flights, PJ.

“OBO did his thing, and boy was @sabrinadhowre surprised; powered by @stealthmgmt “always for fam, we take that seriously.” 

This iconic performance comes on the heels of Davido’s latest music collaborations with American rapper, Russ on ‘All I Want’; and Sean Kingston and Tory Lanez on ‘Peace of Mind’.

NAN reports that the singer is also billed to appear on popular American music show, ‘Wild n Out’ hosted by Nick Cannon on May 14 in Atlanta.

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Landlord Sues Female Tenant For Alleged Seduction

A man apparently pulled a shocker when he sued his tenant for allegedly seducing him by walking around the house naked.

According to reports, the man identified as Oscar Sibanda from New Lobengula suburb in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe claimed his tenant named Theresa Kumbota – was sexually provoking him with her impromptu striptease in the house.

In his suit for a peace order against Kumbota, Sibanda passionately prayed to the court to stop Kumbota from sexually abusing him with her eye-popping strip shows.

“For the past few months our tenant Theresa Kumbota who is residing at our family house has been emotionally and sexually abusing me. Many times she walks around the house naked or half naked saying if I want to be her Ben 10 or sleep with her I should say it. 

“Her behaviour of walking around the house naked sexually provokes me. She is also physically abusing my sister and loudly shouts vulgar words aimed at provoking me. 

“She has also threatened to make false rape allegations against me. This was after I served her with court papers for a peace order. As a result of her uncouth behaviour I am kindly appealing for a peace order to be granted against her so that I may live in peace at our house,” complained Sibanda.

He said Kumbota usually got abusive after she got drunk.

In response Kumbota refuted her landlord’s accusations saying he was the one who was in the habit of “spying” on her whenever she was in the bathroom.

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Nigerian Police Force visit ODU on the proposed Police Secondary School

The O.D.U National leadership received a high profile delegation from the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in Offa on Saturday 27th April, 2019 on the Proposed Police Secondary School in Offa.

The O.D.U. National President, Dr. Funsho R. Oladipo, ably represented by the Vice President II, Alhaji Abdulmajeed Balogun, pointed out that the visit of the high profile delegation from the NPF to the proposed site for the school along Igosun road is a major boost to the actualization of the school in Offa.

The NPF delegation also paid a courtesy visit to Olofa's Palace where they were received by the High Chief, the Ojomu of Offa, Chief Bayo Akinola as HRM, the Olofa of Offa, Oba Muftau Gbadamosi Okikiola, Esuwoye II, was out of town. 

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Offa Professors Forum Urges Kwara To Redress Lopsided Appointments

OFFA born academics in Kwara State under the auspices of Offa Professors Forum have appealed to the state government to be fair in appointment in the state-owned tertiary institutions and government establishments.

They made the appeals at the inaugural meeting of the forum and charged the Kwara State Government to take deliberate steps to redress the lopsided nature of its appointments into Principal Officers position in the government establishments in the state, particularly the tertiary institutions.

The meeting, which was co-chaired by Prof. Bayo Lawal and Prof. Sam Niyi Ojo observed that Offa is presently blessed with no fewer than 100 professors in virtually all areas of knowledge and serving in institutions in Nigeria and abroad.

In their separate presentations, Lawal; the convener, Prof. Hussein Bukoye Oloyede; and Prof. Bashir Raji, former Vice-Chancellor of Fountain University, Osogbo, highlighted the significant role of Offa to human capital development, especially in the area of western education.

The forum said Offa placed a lot of premium on education as far back as 20th century and that this was stimulated by the establishment of St Mark’s (Anglican) Primary School in 1909 by the Church Missionary Society.

The academics also noted that the establishment of Offa Grammar School, which was the first community-owned Secondary School in the then Northern Nigeria in 1943 by the Offa Descendant Union, that resulted in production of a vast number of Offa indigenes, who are well educated remained a milestone.

The forum frowned that Kwara State Government is not equitable in its appointment to Principal Officers position in the state-owned tertiary institutions

The professors observed that there is a noticeable decline in quest for education amongst the youth, especially the girl-child.

The forum appointed Oloyede, VC Summit University, Offa; Prof. Musibau Akanji, immediate past VC of FUTMinna; Prof. Raufu Dunmoye, former Dean Social Sciences ABU, Zaria; and Prof Taibat Mojo Bakare-Odunola as pro-tem executive.

The forum would be providing informed advice to relevant authorities on emerging issues as might be required from time to time.

According to a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the forum said: “Kwara State Government should be impressed upon to take deliberate steps to redress the lop- sided nature of its appointment to Principal Officers position in its tertiary institutions and other government establishments.”

The forum congratulated Prof. M. O. Oyawoye, the beacon of academic endeavour in Offa, for attaining the age of 91 years and launching of his autobiography.

It prayed for more years of service to his motherland for Oyawoye.

The forum also congratulated the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Oloyede, Esuwoye II, the Offa Descendant Union and all sons and daughters of Offa for the construction and handing over of a N700 million Mobile Police barrack to the Nigerian Police.

The OPF noted that it was the reminiscent of the community self-help spirit that gave birth to Offa Grammar School and other community projects.

The forum expressed its gratitude to Olofa of Offa for receiving members on courtesy call in spite of his busy schedule at the period.

The meeting also expressed its appreciation to Oyawoye for granting audience to its members on courtesy call.

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Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season

Real Madrid's Keylor Navas has been voted UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season.

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Keylor Navas has been named UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season for 2017/18.

The Real Madrid keeper picked up the award on stage in Monaco during the 2018/19 group stage draw. The accolade capped a memorable campaign for the 31-year-old, who played all but two games of Madrid's third straight UEFA Champions League triumph. He had started the season with wins in the UEFA Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup, and ended it between the posts with Costa Rica at the FIFA World Cup.

Goalkeeper of the Season top ten

1 Keylor Navas (Real Madrid) – 222 points

2 Alisson Becker (Liverpool/Roma) – 197 points
3 Gianluigi Buffon (Paris/Juventus) – 92 points
4 Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) – 47 points
5 Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea, now Real Madrid) – 28 points
6 Ederson (Manchester City) – 26 points
7 Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) – 18 points
8 Jan Oblak (Atlético) – 16 points
9 David de Gea (Manchester United) – 7 points
10 Sven Ulreich (Bayern) – 5 points

Navas' season in numbers

Honours: UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup

Individual accolades: UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season, UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season

Navas is entering his fifth season at Madrid©AFP/Getty Images

Champions League
Appearances: 11
Minutes: 990
Clean sheets: 2
Goals conceded: 13

Navas testimonials

"Keepers stand up to be counted in big games like these. It was a difficult second leg and he gave us so much; he gave us life."
Former coach Zinédine Zidane after Madrid beat Bayern in last season's semi-finals

"He's a keeper that I love. He's won three consecutive Champions League titles, earned us lots of points and ensured we win games – but above all I'd praise him as a person."
Team-mate Dani Carvajal

How Navas was chosen

Navas lifts the trophy in Kyiv in May©AFP/Getty Images

These awards were introduced last year to recognise the season's best player in each position in Europe's premier club competition. The jury comprised the coaches of the 32 clubs in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, representing each of UEFA's member associations. Coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own teams.

Jury members chose their top three players per position, with the first receiving five points, the second three and the third one. The three players who got the most points in each category made up the final shortlist. Buffon was named Goalkeeper of the Season for 2016/17.

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Lagos-Ibadan rail: Amaechi gives update, confirms 90 percent completion

Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transport, has said construction work at the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge has reached about 90 per cent completion.

Amaechi disclosed this while inspecting the project at Ewekoro-Papalanto axis of the project on Monday.

“We are progressing but there is no way they can fast-track the project during the raining season, but 90 per cent of the construction works has been done”, NAN quoted him as saying.

“I have told them to work day and night, to ensure the project keeps moving as expected, especially on the bridges and construction of modern station at Ebuta-Meta Lagos.

“I also told them that two weeks after the rain mush have stopped, they have to complete the remaining 10 per cent to allow them focus on laying of tracks”.

According to him, by the end of October they, should have finished all the bridges from Iju to Abeokuta.

The minister said that laying of tracks would be an easy task after all the earthworks must have been completed.

Amaechi called on the contractor – China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) – to expedite action on the pace of work to ensure timely delivery of the project.

The minister said that the major challenge facing the project now was where to site the railway stations at various towns and communities along the corridor.

“Where to locate the railway stations has posed a great challenge as many communities find it difficult to release their land for such.

“We have such challenges in Abeokuta, Agege and other vital areas, where we needed to site the stations.

“It won’t be ideal after finishing the construction work and there is no rail station for people to board their train, but we are talking to the communities.

“Let them know the benefit of the stations to their communities,” he said.

According to him, the challenges of pipelines and cables in Lagos state have been resolved by casing the underground pipes for more protections against the vibrations of the train.

He said that shifting the pipelines from the present locations to other places would cost more and prolong the project more than the slated delivery time.

Amaechi said that efforts had been put in place by the contractor to safeguard the pipelines by fixing casing on it to ensure proper protection from the rail vibrations.

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EPL: Manchester United vs Tottenham: Mourinho’s men thrashed 3-0

Jose Mourinho’s position as Manchester United manager, will come under more scrutiny, after they were defeated 3-0 by Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night.

United came into the game, having won 2-1 at home against Leicester City and lost 3-2 to Brighton last weekend.

Mourinho demanded a reaction from his players and in the first half, they overpowered Spurs, but failed to score.

However, after the break, the visitors took over.

Harry Kane opened the scoring with a deft header, before Lucas Moura added a fine brace.

The result takes Spurs to nine points, six more than United.

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