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Bilkisu Abdullahi, Kannywood Beauty is Plus 1 on May 5th

Beautiful, Bilkisu Abdullahi of Kannywood is Plus 1 Kannywood beauty, diva and actress Bilkisu Abdullahi is today this 5th May, 2020 Celebrating her birthday. Bilkisu who is from Kano State, was born in May 5th 1993 in Lagos State Nigeria. She was born and brought in Lagos where she did both her Primary and Secondary Schools. Her late father is from Kano State married to a Fulani woman from Yola, Adamawa State. The beauty, who began her acting career through her brother who introduced her to Sani Abdullahi Sani a.k.a Baba Karami. Baba Karami gave Bilkisu her first debut of Kannywood in his movie titled " Aiki Duhu".  Bilkisu was a sister to the lead actress in Aikin Duhu since then she has appeared in a lot movies and music videos in Kannywood. The actress who has a large numbers of follows received congratulatery messages from both fans and colleagues on Instagram See screenshot below: Happy Birthday 🎂

Tribute to Late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

  Late Yar'adua This day, May 5th, 2010  President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (Matawalle)  died in Aso Rock Presidential Villa after battling with acute pericarditis. He died at the age of fifty-eight (58). Yar'Adua was the first elected Nigerian President to die in office and the second Head-of-State to die in Aso Rock after General Sani Abacha in 1998.  Late Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, who was the younger brother of late General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua the then Vice President of Nigeria during the General Olusegun Obasanjo's Military Government was a former Governor of his state, Katsina State for eight years from 1999 to 2007. He was elected as the Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2007 with Goodluck Johnathan as his running mate. Image source: Getty Images Late Umaru would always be remembered by Nigerians both home and abroad as a honest, selfless, and a humble leader who had his people at heart. Yar'Adua died fighting f

Reasons Why Gen. Sani Abacha is one of the Best Nigerian President

General Sani Abacha Nigerians both home and diaspora most times remember  Gen. Abacha  as a dictator, Human Right Abuser, Looter and the killer of activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa of Ogoni people. A man known for ruling the country with an iron fist. However, it would be a great disservice to remember him for just that, as he also did some other significant things in his time as the Heads-of-State of Nigeria and below are his contributions to Nigeria and Nigerians. As Nigeria's Head-of-States,  Sani Abacha never travelled outside Africa, perhaps to give effect to Nigeria’s Africa-centred foreign policy.⠀ Nigeria was also president of the  United Nations Security Council making sure the obnoxious apartheid policy  of the minority white regime in South Africa was dismantled. Fuel Price : Under Gen. Abacha's rigeme fuel was N11 per litre in 1994. Abacha successfully partook in 2 coups In 1983, Abacha assisted Ibrahim Babangida in overthrowing Shehu Shagari, after just being ele

Activist, Mubarak Bala's Arrest: Why the Meddling?

Activist, Mubarak Bala's Arrest: Why the Meddling ? On the early hours of Monday, 29th of April, 2020 Nigerians woke up with the news of Activist , Mubarak Bala, the Humanist being arrested in his residence in Kaduna by the Nigeran Police Force for blasphemy and had been moved to Kano State, his state of origin where he would be tried in an Islamic Court. According to report by various mass communication platforms he would be charged to Islamic Law (Shari'ah). This development had drawn a lot of reactions and backash from the public; with some tagging Islam with all sort of names which I wouldn't mention here for personal reasons. However, what attracted me most are these statements that; " That Nigeria is Secular State", "there is freedom of speech or expression and there's freedom of association" Yes, Nigeria is Secular State; according to my understanding of Secular, this means Nigeria is country with many faiths and relegious believ

Kanu, Martins, Moses,Taribo: Who is the Greatest Nigerian to Play for Inter Milan?

Kanu, Martins, Moses,Taribo: Who is the Greatest Nigerian to Play for Inter Milan? Nigeria has been blessed with great and successful players from generation to generations. Some of these players had gone ahead to make names for themselves and making the country proud on the footballing map, while some of them are on the verge of doing the same. However, we are exploring some Nigerians who had played and are still playing for one of the greatest Italian clubs, Inter Milan to be precise. Number one on the list is none but; 1. Obafemi Martins (Getty Images) Obafemi Martins, a former Nigeria's National Team Striker who is referred to as Obagoal by fans due to his prowess in front of goal. Martins was signed by Inter Milan in 2001 for a €750,000 transfer fee and in his first season he scored 23 goals for the youth team, helping them to win the Campionato Nazionale Primavera in 2001–02 season. (Getty Images) His form for the youth side led to his firs

Meet The Three Shareef Brothers of Kannywood: Umar M Shareef, Abdul and Mustapha

It is amazing and exciting when you see siblings or members of thesame family sharing a profession. An example are the Williams sisters in Tennis, the Hazard brothers in football, Jude, Peter and Paul Okoye in music etc. The Shareef brothers in Kannywood are no exception. The three Shareef brothers are popular Kannywood actors and music stars who are indegines of Kaduna State, Nigeria, Rigasa to be precise. They lost their father about two months ago, may Allah Grant him Jannatul Firdaus. There is no doubt that these guys are household names with Umar being the most popular and prominent amongst the three brothers as he began his Kannywood career through Hausa Music and debuted in a movie titled "Mansoor". See their profiles and pictures below: Abdul M Shareef Abdul just like his brother started as a singer but worked his way into Kannywood Movies in 2012. He has been working as an actor, screenwriter and a producer before venturing into acting. One of Abdul's

Actor, Ubale Ibrahim of Kannywood is Dead

Kannywood Film Industry which is based in Kannywood Nigeria just lost one of its actors to some few hours back. Kannywood Actor, Ubale Ibrahim popularly known as 'Ubale Wanke Wanke' died last night Thursday, 30th of April 2020. The death of Ubale Ibrahim was announced by his friends and fellow actors Sani Danja and Yakubu Muhammed on their Instagram handle and he's been receiving prayers from his colleagues, fans and associates. Ubale came into prominence when he acted in in movie titled "Daham" alongside Sani Danja, Ainau Ade and many more actors and actresses in year 2005, where he earned the name 'Ubale Wanke Wanke'. According to report, Ubale Ibrahim would be buried today, Friday the 1st of May 2020 by 8:00am at Rangaza behind Challawa Petrol Station, Kano. Below are condolences and prayers from some of colleagues in Kannywood but there condolences and prayers for the eternal rest of their colleague is in Hausa: “ Allah ya jikan Ubale Ibrah