Renowned Asian actor and stunt artist, Chan Kong-sang aka Jackie Chan, is set to visit Nigeria on September 4, 2015. Jackie Chan who is also a martial artist, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer, will be performing his mesmerizing skills while telling stories across cinemas in Nigeria. He will be performing one of his finest works,”Dragon Blade” in which the likes of Golden Globe Winner (John Cusack), Academy Award Winner (Adrien Brody) featured. The movie “Dragon Blade” is worth $65million dollar. Side attraction for those who will get to watch the movie is an authentic Dragon Blade poster autographed by…
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It is now glaring why Toyin Aimakhu proclaimed herself ‘single’ and ‘Miss’. Today, Adeniyi Johnson made his estranged wife, Toyin Aimakhu his Woman Crush Wednesday. Three hours later he shared another of picture of her and begged his fans to help him apologize to her. In the caption he also confessed to flirting and having a dirty chat with an unidentified woman. “To clear the air of the recent happenings… I ADENIYI JOHNSON is at fault and not my wife… she reacted according to her pains and we all have different ways of reactions… I beg everyone to pls stop…
2face and his darling better-half, Annie Idibia, have made the cover of Hello Magazine’s latest issue. In this issue, the celebrity couple talk about their life, career and more. Explore more cover photos below: –
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday affirmed the verdict of the Lagos State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which upheld the declaration of Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship election in in the state. The appellate court upheld the July 1, 2015 decision of the Justice Muhammad Sijaro-led tribunal, which declared as incompetent and therefore struck out the petition by the runner-up in the said election, Jimi Agbaje, of the Peoples Democratic Party. The five-man appeal panel, after dismissing Agbaje’s appeal on the grounds of incompetence, ordered him…
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has launched a scathing attack on former Minister of the Niger Delta, Mr Godsday Orubebe, saying he is afraid of President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned probe of several billions of naira squandered on the East-West road and on the Amnesty programme under his watch as Minister. The governor was reacting to a statement credited to Mr. Orubebe that he (Oshiomhole) is an ingrate and sycophant. While speaking with selected journalists in Abuja yesterday in response to the series of startling revelations of corruption made by the Edo governor against the immediate past Goodluck Jonathan administration, the…
We received a reports that that Tonto Dikeh’s husband Churchill Olakunle Oladunni’s home was robbed recently. Ghana site Ghkwaku published a story of the robbery happening last week in Churchill’s house in Trassacco Estates. The robbery allegedly occurred when the actress’ husband was not in Accra. According to the source, a truck was parked in front of his house which was used to carry the stolen items from the house; after the robbery, Tonto Dikeh and Churchill flew in to Accra to spend sometime in his home only to find out that his home had been burgled. The couple stayed in…
President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) on Tuesday said that Nigerians in Diaspora would still have to exercise patience over their request to participate in future elections in the country from their bases abroad. Stressing that a lot of logistics need to be put in place first, the president said that absentee voting was in Nigeria’s future. He spoke at the 2015 Diaspora Day held at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, themed: “Diaspora and Nigeria Change Agenda”. Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the president said that legislation, huge finance, and confidence in the electoral system were required…
A coalition of civil society groups have accused former president Goodluck Jonathan of launching a campaign designed to frustrate the anti-corruption drive of President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB). At an interactive session in Lagos, Tuesday, the groups alleged that the former president had started a campaign pushing for the current government to begin its anti-corruption war from Nigeria’s independence and encompass all former federal, regional, and state governments. “Our response to this demand and opinion, unfortunately being led by former president Jonathan, is that it is a recipe for a do-nothing agenda against corruption”, the groups said in a joint statement…
Eminent leaders from the southern part of the country under the auspices of Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly (SNPA) yesterday faulted appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari, describing them as lopsided. They also lamented the rising activities of Boko Haram terrorists. The leaders, who complained about what they called politicization of the ongoing anti-corruption drive of the federal government, said the campaign should not be targeted at the opposition or one sided. The leaders including Bishop Emmanuel Bolanle Gbonigi, Chief Edwin Clark, Chief Alex Ekwueme, Gen. Akin Aduwo (retd.), Senator Ngod Denton-West, Ndogesit Ekanga, Senator Femi Okunronmu and Dr…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna state chapter, on Tuesday called on the state government not to spare any public official found culpable in stealing government money through use of “ghost workers”. CAN Secretary, Rev. Sunday Ibrahim, was speaking against the backdrop of the ongoing verification of workers by the state government. The CAN scribe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that the exercise was necessary and timely as it would rid the state of corrupt officials who enriched themselves at the expense of the government and people of the state. “The issue of verification is…
Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Tuesday, pledged to pay backlog of deductions owed the state’s workers soon. Amosun said this while receiving the President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Comrade Bobbai Kaigama, in his office in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Amosun, who noted that he was not unmindful of the fact that the success or otherwise of any government largely depends on its relationship with its workers, stressed that he would continue to create enabling environment that would foster harmonious relationship between the government and its workforce. He said: “We are determined to continue to do…
The Police in Taraba on Wednesday said some fraudsters have started online police recruitment in the social media and have advised people not to become victims of the scam. The Police Public Relations Officer, in the State, DSP Joseph Kwaji, issued this warning in a statement released in Jalingo on Wednesday. The statement said the 10,000 police officers recruitment approved by President Muhammadu Buhari was yet to commence. “The command wishes to inform the public that the 10,000 police officers recruitment approved by President Buhari is yet to commence. “Modalities for the recruitment are being worked out by the Police…
Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has joined the call for financial autonomy for the judiciary, saying it will entrench good governance in the country. Speaking at the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday in Abuja, Akpabio, who is now the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West, said the legislature was working hard to ensure that the judiciary gets its funding on first line charge “so that they don’t go cap-in-hand begging from the executive”. He also called for recruitment of the right people as judges to instil public confidence in the system,…
The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Rangaian Ghanashyam, on Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing effort at fighting corruption would attract more foreign investments. Ghanashyam made the assertion in Lagos at a three-day seminar on “Enhancing Trade and Investment between India and Nigeria” being attended by 100 Indian companies. The envoy said Buhari’s commitment to fighting corruption would not only attract more foreign investments but would also make Nigeria ‘stand on itself’. Ghanashyam said, “Let me say that this country, Nigeria, is now in safe hands because what President Buhari is doing would make more investors to come…
The Rivers State caucus in the National Assembly has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged interference by security agencies in the processes of the election petitions tribunal in the state. The lawmakers, in the petition dated August 25, said that with the way things were going on in the state’s election petitions tribunal, the people’s wish may be ‘subverted’ if care was not taken. The petition, which was endorsed by 16 senators and members of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, including Senator George Sekibo and Mrs. Betty Apiafi, both of the Peoples Democratic Party, singled out the “State…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says it will harmonise its data base with that of the National Population Commission (NPC). Mr Chris Onyemenam, Director-General of NIMC, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja on Wednesday. Onyemenam said the management of both agencies had met to map out plans for harmonising biometric data of all Nigerians. The director-general said although both agencies performed different roles, they also had areas of convergence. He said plans were underway to set up an inter-agency committee to facilitate the harmonisation. “Senior management staff of NIMC, led by the Director…
Nigeria and Benin Republic on Tuesday in Abuja agreed to contribute toward strengthening security in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram. President Muhammadu Buhari said at a joint press briefing after a closed door meeting with President Boni Yayi of Benin Republic that they discussed economic cooperation between the two countries in a bid to promote regional integration. Buhari said he was happy that Benin Republic, under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, had identified with Nigeria in its ongoing war against terror. His words: “We are happy to inform you that we have identified our problems; the…
The Akwa Ibom State government has admitted its indebtedness to commercial banks to the tune of N64.5bn. The Commissioner of Finance, Mr. Akan Okon, who disclosed this in Uyo, the state capital on Tuesday, spoke on the desirability of converting the state’s debt to Federal Government bonds. The disclosure by the government came on the backdrop of criticisms by civil rights groups and the All Progressives Congress, which asked Governor Udom Emmanuel to make public the state’s debt profile. The commissioner explained that Akwa Ibom was only taking advantage of the window of opportunity the Federal Government has offered to…
The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday charged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to address all the problems associated with the use of card readers during the last general elections before the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the charge while speaking on “The Role of Political Parties in Sustaining the Gains of the 2015 General Elections: The APC Perspective”, at the ongoing 55th Annual Bar Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Abuja. A former Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dafe Akpedeye (SAN), who…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has commenced an investigation into the operations of Arik Airlines after a member of its staff was arrested with cocaine in London. In a statement Tuesday, the NDLEA said a “full scale” investigation would unmask those behind the criminal act. Chika Egwu Udensi, an air steward with Arik Airline, on Monday night, was found with 20 kilogrammes of substances that tested positive to cocaine at Heathrow Airport. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Mr. Ahmadu Giade, who ordered the investigation, said the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom has been notified of the…