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Author: Faaji
As of early this morning (March 31, 2015), INEC has reported that Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is currently leading Nigeria’s Presidential Elections, by 2 million votes. At the time of the report, only 18 states and Abuja had conclusive results. More on the click.
Congratulations are in order! South African comedian, Trevor Noah, has been named the new host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, replacing late night veteran, Jon Stewart. More after the click.
Mavin Music is about to have two new additions – the label’s leading female talent, Tiwa Savage, and Simi Esiri, the wife of Mavin vet, Dr. Sid, are both preggers. Check out photos of the two glowing at Simi’s baby shower this past weekend, after the click.
Badass. That’s probably the best way to describe Rihanna’s performance at last night’s 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards. What else do you call someone getting a room full of people – both young and old, black and white – screaming, ‘BITCH, BETTA HAVE MY MONEY!’ lol the performance after the click.
Although Nigeria’s presidential election was extended to Sunday in some parts of the country, INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, assured the public that the results of the presidential poll will be declared today (Monday, March 30). More on the click.
‘Scandal’ leading lady Kerry Washington lights up the latest issue of Net-a-porterās ‘The Edit’ Magazine. Photos and highlights after the click.
Check out photos of prominent Nigerian politicians – current President Goodluck Jonathan, opposition candidate Buhari, former Pres. Obasanjo and others – getting accredited at various polling booths across the country, after click.
Kicking off what will likely be a very eventful election day, a team of techies hacked the Nigerian elections commission, INEC (Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission) website with warnings against election rigging, and greetings of peace to the voters. Read their message after the click.
CNN compiled a great gallery of NigerianĀ elections fashion; check out some of the photos, after the click.
Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has sought to strengthen the weakened Naira with a 2 billion dollar loan from the African Development Bank. But is it enough? Johnson Chukwu, CEO of Cowry Assets Management weighs in.
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