Breaking: US embassy in Nigeria shuts down indefinitely

The United States embassy in Abuja and its consulate in Lagos have shutdown indefinitely. The embassy in Nigeria said in a Facebook post that the development was caused by the government shutdown in the US.

The statement read, “Due to the current US government shutdown, the American centres located in the embassy, Abuja and Consulate-General, Lagos are unfortunately closed. They will re-open once the US government shutdown is resolved. Sorry for any inconvenience to our valued patrons.”

This implies that persons who have applied for tourist, study, business visas, immigrant visas or any other travel document will have to cancel their plans.

''Stop dancing on the graves of Offa robbery victims'' Lai Mohammed warns Saraki

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has warned the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to stop dancing on the graves of the innocent souls who died in the April 5, 2018 armed robbery attack in Offa.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister repeated his earlier warning against playing politics with the unfortunate incident, after Dr. Saraki said in a radio interview that he donated 10 million Naira when he visited Offa to commiserate with the people in the aftermath of the robbery, even when (he said) the amount that was stolen from the robbed banks' vaults was 7 million Naira.

Petrol tanker crushes 5 cars on New Year's eve in Lagos (Photos)

A truck carrying diesel just ran into vehicles along the Gbagada - Iyana Oworo bridge crushing five cars.

According to an eyewitness, no one died but several people were injured.

LASTMA officials who are now on ground confirmed the accident saying, 'there's a multiple accident involving a loaded tanker and 5 vehicles at the descend of Gbagada bridge and recovery work is on-going at the moment'.

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Ghanaian footballer Asamoah Gyan is reportedly broke, he has just '£600 in his bank account.'

Flamboyant footballer, Asamoah Gyan, who plays as a striker for Turkey's Kayserispor and captains the Ghanaian national team, is reportedly broke and has just £600 in his bank account.

Asamoah who left Sunderland in 2012, spent three years at UAE club Al Ain where he earned almost £200k a week and scored an impressive 123 goals in 120 appearances. He later made a big money move to the Chinese Super League, spending the 2015 and 2016 seasons at Shanghai SIPG where he earned £227,000-a-week before returning to the UAE with Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai.

Here is Lionel Messi's response to Cristiano Ronaldo's challenge of joining him in Italy

Barcelona and Argentine superstar, Lionel Messi, 31, has responded to his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo's challenge.

Ronaldo, 33, who made a £100m move from Real Madrid to Italy's Juventus last summer, ending their rivalry in Spain, said in a previous interview: 'I played in England, Spain, Italy, Portugal, in the national team, while he is still in Spain. Maybe he (Lionel Messi) needs me more.

'For me, life is a challenge, I like it and I like to make people happy. I would like him to come to Italy one day. Like me, accept the challenge.'

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Man City Boss Pep Guardiola Warns Liverpool On Title Race

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has issued out warning to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool over this season’s Premier League title.

Guardiola warned Liverpool that City can still retain the Premier League title this campaign, adding that his players were “absolute heroes”.

Guardiola’s side won the English topflight league title last season with a record 100 points from 38 games.

I Relocated To US Because Acting Didn’t Work For Me – Wale Adebayo

Nollywood Actor, Wale Adebayo, popularly known as Sango, has opened up on the reason why he left Nigeria for the United States of America and it was simply because he wasn’t getting enough out of acting.

In a chat with Sunday Scoop, the actor stated that he didn’t wish to relocate to the United States of America at the time he did, but his living condition and that of his family was already deteriorating and so he didn’t have any option but to seek greener pasture.
He said:

“For me, relocating to America wasn’t by choice; the situation of Nigeria played a huge factor in it. At some point, I told myself that I had a family to feed and the industry wasn’t as favorable as it should be. I stopped thinking about myself alone and the need to save my acting career. I wanted to do something for my kids.”

DREAMS DO COME TRUE!! 95% Of You Can’t Tell Who This Popular Artiste Is With This Photo (See)

 

WTF!
Just in case you are thinking of Quitting, this should motivate you.⁣
Above is a photo of Zlatan Ibile as a young boy aspiring to be a Musician (Spot the Mic on his right hand)

Dreams do come true.. Init? Keep doing your thing, keep giving it your all – You are closer than you think.⁣
He wouldn’t have thought he would perform with the Shakers of the Nigerian Music industry so soon!
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#ThenewgistblogMotivation

Zlatan Ibile Zanku Concert holds on the 2nd of Jan (Buy Ticket Here)

Let’s Discuss!!! SOCO or YE! – Which Is Your Song Of The Year?

 

The battle for the song of the Year has been going on for sometimes now. While sections of the media are split in their decision to choose which song banged hard this year.

The fans too. Opinions are divided, everyone argues one song is better than the other and everyone does not come to a consensus and agree on a unified decision which song did well.
There were several hit songs this year though. We had Fake Love, Nowo, Baba, Assurance, Mind, Soco, Ye, Nwa Baby and several others.

However, the two biggest songs this year happen to be Wizkid’s Soco and Burna Boy’s Ye.
It’s a sharp contrast when we had Davido’s If as 2017’s song of the Year. We all agreed on that and he deserved that.