President Muhammadu Buhari has called for peaceful and orderly conduct during the rerun legislative elections in Rivers on Saturday. The elections are to be held in 21 constituencies, made up of three senatorial districts, eight Federal constituencies and 10 state constituencies. The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, conveyed his message in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Buhari urged the political parties, candidates and other stakeholders to ensure the polls were conducted without rigging, violence and intimidation of opponents and electoral officials. He reminded politicians and their supporters in Rivers to put “the higher interest…
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A former APC governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside says electoral material meant for one ward in Opobo/Nkoro LG Area in the ongoing legislative rerun election has been hijacked. Peterside, who is the present Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASSA) said thugs eloped with the materials. He, however, later claimed that the materials have been recovered from the thugs due to the timely intervention of security agents. Peterside disclosed this after visiting that Local Government area. He said: “Opobo/Nkoro is peace generally now. We observed that they imported some people from outside the LGA.…
The Rivers Commissioner for Information, Dr Austin Tam-George, has described as untrue comments in some quarters that the state government plans to deploy drones to monitor the rerun elections in the state. He told Newsmen in Okrika on Saturday that the Nyesom Wike-led government was deeply interested in ensuring free, peaceful and credible legislative rerun elections. “That is a lie, we never contemplate using drones to monitor the elections, we are interested in following, casting our votes and ensuring they count,” he said. He said that the People Democratic Party had directed its members to be peaceful but vigilante. “We…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released an interim report on the Rivers state rerun elections. In a statement issued on Saturday, December 10, the Commission said the election was relatively peaceful and recorded massive turn out of voters. The statement reads: “Following the release of the timetable for the conclusion of the National and State Assembly re-run elections in Rivers state on 3rd November 2016, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) proceeded to conduct the elections in the state as scheduled today, Saturday, 10th December 2016. “The elections were generally peaceful and the turn-out was impressive except in…
Controversial media personality, Kemi Olunloyo, lives for controversies and has stirred up new drama with her latest post on social media. The 52-year-old shared a photo of a 21-year-old man identified as Hakeem, on her Facebook page on Friday, December 9, 2016, whom she has referred to as her fiance, amongst other disgusting things. Olunloyo known for snitching on and trolling celebrities, shared the photo with the caption: “This is my FIANCE@hakeemceo. The defender of my trolls, the black seeds in my pawpaw, the grey hair in my pussy, the CNN in my DSTV, the engine oil in my car…
Jaywon drops a Christmas highlife laced jingle titled ‘Another Christmas is here’. The singer earlier in the year released his third studio album titled “Oba Orin” follow-up to his previous albums “Meet with Jaywon” (2011) and This year’’(Odun Yi ) (2014). The song and the accompanying visuals are beautiful and colourful.
Johnny Depp is the most overpaid Hollywood actor for the second year running. Forbes compiles the list by comparing the estimated pay for a lead actor in his or her last three movies with the estimated production costs and box-office gross of those movies. 1. Depp’s last three movies returned just $2.80 at the box office for every $1 he was paid on them. 2. Taking the second spot is Will Smith who returned $5 at the ticket booth for every $1 he earned from his recent films. 3. Channing Tatum returned $6 for every $1 he earned. 4. Will…
Nollywood actress Bimbo Akintola is clearly multitalented. The 93 Days actress strut the runway for popular designer, Ade Bakare on December 4, 2016. And for the thousandth time in our lives, Akintola has us in awe of her. The actress, who recently won best actress at the recently concluded Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), took to her Instagram after the show to post clips and photos. See photos of Bimbo Akintola at the private fashion show below, wearing the boubou inspired by late designer, Remi Lagos and designed by Ade Bakare. Earlier, the actress attended a screening of her movie,…
Wizkid fans were left devastated after the singer announced the cancellation of his homecoming concert over health issues. The concert was scheduled to take place on Friday, December 30 at Eko Convention Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. @wizkidayo not bad,it’s for your health,we cannot afford to allow anything happen to you, industry go get earthquake,quick recovery don! — Chillzdrey (@Iam_chillz) December 8, 2016 @wizkidayo get strong n better African king of music — LC_14 (@iamprincelc) December 8, 2016 @wizkidayo stay bless even if you no drop any song self we still ride on your side…team wizkid, Wang one lol live…
Toke Makinwa has shattered a few records with her tell-all book, On Becoming. Within just a week of the book release, she became a best-selling author on Amazon, Okada Books and more. With the whole hype surrounding the book, it’s hard to believe the media personality didn’t get something right with the book.
Pep Guardiola says he will not compromise his principles despite his Manchester City side being well beaten by Leicester City. The Premier League Champions led at one stage by four goals thanks to a Jamie Vardy hat trick and Andy King strike before two late goals from Aleksander Kolarov and Nolito made the final scoreline look a more respectable 4-2. But Guardiola insisted his side didn’t play badly, though he admitted he must quickly find a way of stopping the opposition from scoring so easily. “I have to improve to solve that, yes, that’s true,” he told a news conference.…
Barcelona ended a run of three straight draws as they beat La Liga’s bottom side Osasuna 3-0 on Saturday. Luis Suarez opened the scoring at El Sadar in the second half before Lionel Messi added two more to become the league’s outright top goal scorer with 11. Luis Enrique’s side are now three points behind Real Madrid, although they’ve played a game more. 7 — Luis Enrique made two big calls: Samuel Umtiti over Javier Mascherano and Andre Gomes over Ivan Rakitic. It will be interesting to see if they’re decisions which will be replicated when there is more on…
“You don’t give yourself a chance when you go 2-0 down after four minutes.” Not the words of Pep Guardiola but Stuart Pearce, Manchester City manager in 2006, after a memorably inept display at Wigan Athletic in 2006. Guardiola’s leaky line-up reminded the onlooker of those tactically barren days ten years ago, as City’s defence was once again trampled to pieces in the rush to score. With the away side racking up in excess of 600 passes, it must have been particularly galling to be 4-0 down to a Leicester side using less than a total of 10 passes for…
Real Madrid set a club record of 35 games unbeaten in all competitions with a late rally for a 3-2 win against Deportivo on Saturday. They needed a remarkable comeback to extend the run. Substitute Mariano Diaz equalised with six minutes left and Sergio Ramos sent the Bernabeu into delirium when he powered in a header from a corner during stoppage-time — just a week after his late equaliser against Barcelona. Madrid had equalled the record with a 2-2 draw against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday that saw the holders only qualify for the knockout stages of…
With Real Madrid’s top three attackers out of the lineup, Sergio Ramos delivered a stoppage-time goal to complete a late comeback for a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga on Saturday. The result set Real Madrid’s club record of 35 games unbeaten in all competitions, though the run looked to be in jeopardy until Mariano Diaz’s 84th-minute equaliser. Madrid were playing without any of their front-line stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzama for the first time in the league since May 2014, and had to wait until the second half to take the lead from…
Luis Enrique says Barcelona will have to continue improving if they want to catch La Liga leaders Real Madrid. Barca took advantage of playing before their title rivals this weekend by beating Osasuna 3-0, moving within three points of Zinedine Zidane’s side. Lionel Messi scored twice after Luis Suarez had opened the scoring in the second half, but Luis Enrique felt the match should have been wrapped up before half-time. “We were aware of the difficulty of this game,” the Barca coach said after his side ended a run of three consecutive draws in the league. “It was key to…
Jamie Vardy scored a hat trick as Leicester City put their recent poor form behind them with a 4-2 win over Manchester City at the King Power Stadium. The Foxes tore into their visitors from the start and were two goals to the good after only five minutes. After three minutes, Riyad Mahrez laid the ball off to Islam Slimani, who slipped a pass between two defenders for Vardy to run on and bury an emphatic finish for his first Leicester goal in two months. Manchester City looked uncertain in teeming rain in the Midlands, with Premier League champions Leicester…
While speaking yesterday at the Music Week Africa conference yesterday, Nigerian music star D’banj was reported to have said that Nigeria has no piracy issues and he has never had any piracy issues. In his words, ‘Nigeria is the only country in the world that does not have piracy. As far as I’m concerned, I’ve never been pirated because it’s the same place they are selling original that they are selling the fake CDs.’ Wait. Let’s see if he means the same piracy that the whole Nigerian music industry has been railing against since forever. Simply put, music piracy is…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria must prove to Africa and the world that it is not a big-for-nothing country. Buhari made the comment on Friday, December 9, while meeting with members of the National Planning and Implementation Committee of the first National Youth Open Water Swimming Competition at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “Our size as Nigeria, our natural resources and our population have put us in a very difficult position, not only in Africa but throughout the world. Everybody expects Nigeria to perform because of our quality human and material resources. So this is putting a lot…
Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, will be back into the waiting arms of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) soon enough, according to sources at the anti-graft agency. Obanikoro was only just granted administrative bail for allegedly partaking in the $2.1B looted from the treasury by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. Investigators say N4.7B was paid into the account of Sylvan McNamara (a company which has Obanikoro’s sons as Directors) by Dasuki. Obanikoro was set free by EFCC personnel after returning N134M with a promise to refund more. He had turned himself into the…