FG bans distribution of T shirts, bags and other souvenirs at FG funded events

The Federal Government has banned the procurement and distribution of bags, T-shirts and other souvenirs at events such as Conferences and Seminars funded by Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

JAMB withdraws admission list sent to universities, other tertiary institutions

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the list of recommended candidates for admission earlier sent to the tertiary institutions, the Board said in a statement on Sunday.

After 50 years of first visit, football legend, Pele, to visit Nigeria again

Football legend Pele took to his Twitter account on Saturday to announce he will be visiting Nigeria this August, saying it's been nearly 50 years since he last visited the country .

Avengers 3 Gets An Official Title

 

When Marvel Studios announced their Phase 3 slate some time ago, the main event was quite clearly Avengers: Infinity War – Part I and Avengers: Infinity War – Part II. Since then, directors Joe and Anthony Russo have made it clear that the epic sounding movies aren’t actually going to be one big story which will play out over two separate installments.

Tom Cruise In Namibia As Shooting For The Mummy Continues

There’s a surprising amount riding on Universal’s reboot of The Mummy, a consequence of the potentially never-ending shared-universe craze Hollywood has locked itself into. A reintroduction to the iconic movie villain, the blockbuster will also set up a world that can comfortably fit all manner of other famed monsters, from the Creature from the Black Lagoon to the Invisible Man.

Constance Wu Slams Matt Damon's Latest Role The Great Wall

 

In response to The Great Wall, an upcoming Matt Damon-starring film that follows the actor as a warrior traversing the historic Chinese fortification, the actress penned an emotional statement on Twitter regarding her discontent over character stereotypes. 

Scream Queens Season 2 Teaser

 

Fox is prepping audiences to go under the knife with a snappy 30-second teaser for Scream Queens season 2. The brief promo shows off the trio of leads, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin and Billie Lourd, confident and dressed to the nines as they saunter down a hallway. It’s a revealing teaser for the simple reason that The Chanels were last seen carted off to the slammer.

Coco and Her Baby Came To Support Ice-T

 

While kicking off a brand-new weekend, Coco and her daughter decided to support Ice-T at the Art of Rap festival in Brooklyn. What came next was some quality mother-daughter time that may just be too cute to ignore.

Game Of Thrones Will End After Season 8

 

HBO’s Casey Bloys confirmed that Game of Thrones will end after its planned eighth season – though there’s, as one might expect given the size of the show, a lingering possibility of spinoffs. It had previously been announced that the upcoming seventh season of the series would only comprise seven episodes, which fueled rumours that HBO was plotting a Breaking Bad-esque conclusion to the highly acclaimed fantasy, splitting one final fight to the finish over two shorter seasons. Turns out, there was truth to that – though Bloys also noted that he’s not certain of the episode count for the eighth season.

Miss Honduras Stripped of Crown

 

Miss Universe Honduras Sirey Morán was stripped of her crown and title, and she will not be able to participate in this year's Miss Universe pageant. The announcement came later this week as the organization claims that she had not complied with her contract.

You Don’t Have To Criticise Guardiola

 

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has criticised Franck Ribery for recent jibes aimed at former coach Pep Guardiola. The France international spoke highly of Bayern's new coach Carlo Ancelotti and suggested he represents an improvement on Guardiola in a series of recent interviews.

You Must Deliver

 

Daniel Sturridge has told his new team-mates at Liverpool there will be no bedding-in period and they must deliver right from the get-go. Liverpool have made seven new signings this summer including Premier League stars Sadio Mane, who joined from Southampton, and Georginio Wijnaldum, who transferred from newly-relegated Newcastle.

Something Big Happening At Man Utd

 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes something big is happening at Manchester United. The Sweden striker has spoken of his anticipation at the imminent arrival of Paul Pogba, who is understood to be finalising a move to Old Trafford for a fee in excess of £100m.

Wenger Defends Transfer Policy

 

Arsene Wenger has defended his transfer policy and insists Arsenal will not just buy to buy. The Frenchman has confirmed the club are in the market for a new striker and centre-back, but he also echoed the sentiments of chief executive Ivan Gazidis, who this week insisted they will only spend a significant transfer fee on the right player.

Ibrahimovic Scores In First United Match

 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened his Manchester United account with a stunning bicycle kick as his new club beat Turkish side Galatasaray 5-2 in Gothenburg on Saturday. A club debut for Ibrahimovic in his home country was already the headline story of the day, but Zlatan delivered for his watching fans with an acrobatic opening goal after just four minutes at the Ullevi Stadium.

We Learned From Barcelona

 

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers believes his team learned from their pre-season clash with Barcelona, despite losing 3-1 in Dublin.

Geoff Hurst Reunited With 1966 World Cup Final Ball

 

Geoff Hurst was reunited with the 1966 World Cup final ball as England celebrated the 50th anniversary of its finest glory on Saturday. Hurst scored three goals to help England secure its only World Cup trophy and former West Ham striker Hurst remains the only man to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final.

Davido set to release new album, 4 years after his debut album

Davidois now set to release his much awaited album. It can be said that the has postponed the album's release date more times than we can remember.

Meet Amina Yahaya, newly elected female SUG president in Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto

Amina Yahaya has achieved the feat of becoming the first female student union leader in northern Nigeria — for the first time in more than three decades. Asides breaking the norm of male leadership, Yahaya, a 400 level student of English, is also the first woman to lead the students of Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto state. 

The Fajuyi Spirit, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Fifty years ago today, on July 29th 1966, a man by the name of Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi gave his life in defence of our country and the then Head of State, General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi. His killers were a group of northern army officers who participated in the so-called northern "revenge coup" of July 29th 1966. No less than 300 Igbo army officers were slaughtered that night together with a handful of yoruba soldiers, including Fajuyi.

President Buhari makes new appointments in Nigeria's health sector

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new heads to five institutions in Nigeria’s health sector.

The appointments were announced via a statement issued on Friday by the director, press, in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi.

Photo of Superman in Supergirl series

The CW and DC Entertainment have released the first official look at Tyler Hoechlin as Superman in the upcoming second season of Supergirl!

Stephen Keshi's son claims FG failed to fulfill its promises to honour his father

Stephen Keshi Junior, son of former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, took to his IG page yesterday to express his disappointment at the Federal government's unfulfilled promises to honor his father at his father's funeral rites which kicked off in Benin city Edo state yesterday July 28th. He wrote:

Mikel denies $30,000 donation to Olympic teammates

Captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics, John Mikel Obi, has denied media reports that he donated 30,000 dollars to his teammates in the U23 team presently camping in Atlanta, USA.

What We Can Expect From 'Preacher' Season 2

 

The season 1 finale of AMC’s Preacher airs this Sunday on AMC, and to borrow the title of one of the collected volumes of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s comic series, all Hell’s a-coming. Though this last episode will most likely begin to converge with the comics, the show has been criticized for only very loosely adapting the source material. That said, one character seems to have won over even the hardcore Ennis faithful: Cassidy the vampire.

Black Mirror Season 3 Premieres In October

 

After assembling a roster of enviable talent on both sides of the lens, Netflix has confirmed today that Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s jet-black anthology series, will make its return on October 21.

New Trailer For The Accountant

 

We’re going to see Ben Affleck once again in The Accountant and the film will have him playing a very different type of hero. Directed by Gavin O’Connor, the movie features the Justice League star as a mild mannered accountant who freelances as an assassin. Here’s the official synopsis: “Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department’s Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of- the- art robotics company where an accounting clerk (Anna Kendrick) has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.”

#AHMusicReview: Absolute Hearts Music Review

 

Welcome to another fresh episode of #AHMusicReview Absolute Hearts Music Review and like we normally do we serve you with the best of not just new music but also we criticize, analyse and rate those particular sets of new songs.

Remember you can also listen to the live broadcast of this program BCP Radio every Friday 2-3pm via www.blackcarpetproduction.com  Without any further ado here are the songs we have for this week;

Photos from Stephen Keshi's burial

The late former Super Eagles Coach who died on 8th of June 2016 has finally been laid to rest. More photos below 

The Flash Season 3 Set Photos

 

It was revealed at Comic-Con that The Flash‘s third season will kick off in an alternate “Flashpoint” reality created by Barry Allen after he decided to travel back in time to save his mother from the Reverse-Flash. How long that will be the status quo for remains to be seen, but we do know that Wally West is going to be The Flash in this timeline.