Joshua Samuel, Author at Wakenews Nigeria

September 20, 2024

IPAC calls for Postponement of election in Jigawa due to economic hardship

March 26, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Jigawa State’s Inter-Party Advisory Council, or IPAC, has proposed a revision to the state’s electoral law that would provide political parties 360 days’ notice to effectively prepare for elections. This request was made during an emergency meeting convened in Dutse, the state capital, on Monday. In a statement issued by […]

Zack Orji is not dead, AGN President insists

March 26, 2024 Joshua Samuel

The President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Emeka Rollas has insisted that Nollywood actor, Zack Orji, is still alive. This follows rumors that have been making rounds on social media on Tuesday morning. In an Instagram post less than an hour ago, Rollas wrote: “Mr Zack Orji is […]

AMVCA 2024: Full list of nominees for the tenth edition revealed

March 25, 2024 Joshua Samuel

The nominations for this year’s Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA) were announced on Sunday. This will be the tenth iteration of the event. Films such as Jagun Jagun, Mami Water, A Tribe Called Judah, and Breath of Life have received the most nominations. Here is the full list: Best […]

Our brilliant performance killed opposition- Cross River APC Chairman

March 25, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Alphonsus Eba, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, has stated that his party offered good administration, which resulted in the absence of opposition parties in the state. In an interview in Calabar, the state capital, he claimed that the opposition was unnecessary. “There is nothing […]

Search for a new chairman begins in Labour Party

March 25, 2024 Joshua Samuel

The Labour Party’s (LP) issue took a grave turn last week when members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) picketed the party’s national secretariat and certain state offices. There are also reports that the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Peter Obi, and his supporters, known as Obidients, have […]

Sharon Ooja is ties the knot with mystery man

March 24, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Famous Nollywood actress, Sharon Ooja Egwurube has legally tied the nuptial knot with her mystery heartthrob. The ‘Skinny Girl In Transit’ star announced this via her Instagram account on Saturday. She wrote on her Instagram story, “I said yes my lovers… actually scratch the civil ceremony done and dusted. It’s […]

Toke Makinwa recounts her ordeal with Fibroids

March 23, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Famous Nigerian media personality, Toke Makinwa has revealed that she underwent surgery to remove 13 fibroids from her body. Toke Makinwa made this known following the release of Stephanie Coker’s documentary titled “Where the Heck is My Period.” She narrated that fibroids affected the majority of women in her family […]

Tinubu is worse than Buhari- Kenneth Okonkwo

March 22, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Nollywood actor and lawyer, Kenneth Okonkwo, has hit out at the administration of President Bola Tinubu again. Speaking with Channels Television’s host Seun Okinbaloye in a recent interview, Okonkwo claimed that anarchy is looming in the country. He warned Tinubu that Nigeria is not Lagos and criticized the president’s decision […]

I composed Shape of you for Rihanna- Ed Sheeran

March 22, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Ed Sheeran, a Grammy-winning British artist, has admitted that Barbadian superstar Rihanna was the inspiration for his smash song ‘Shape Of You.’ He revealed this during a recent interview with Hits Radio. Ed Sheeran, a Grammy-winning British artist, has admitted that Barbadian superstar Rihanna was the inspiration for his smash […]

Davido set to pay Pinnick 30 million naira over breach of contract

March 22, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Popular Nigerian singer David Adedeji Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, has consented to resolve the breach of contract lawsuit that Brownhill Investment Company Limited, led by Amaju Pinnick, the immediate past president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), filed against him in the High Court of Delta […]