The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, and one of the leading governorship aspirants of the party, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, on Thursday, publicly set aside their political differences as they joined forces in their bid to ensure that PDP sends the incumbent Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) packing in the June 21 election. Fayose, who described Adeyeye as “a formidable figure in the PDP, who cannot be ignored” while speaking at the reconciliatory meeting, appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to nominate Adeyeye as a…
Author: Wale Adebayo
DR. HAKEEM BABA-AHMED The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State on Friday urged its supporters to ignore rumours making the rounds that it had already selected officials for the various wards in the state. The state Interim Chairman of APC, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed made the call at a news briefing in Kaduna. He said there was no iota of truth in the rumour that the 17-member congress committee set up to conduct the ward congress had since anointed those to be presented to members for ratification on Saturday. “Party members should ignore the rumours that the committee or any…
Delegates at the on-going National Conference have been taken to the cleaners for complaining about the feeding arrangement provided by the leadership of the conference. A group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) described the delegates’ action as selfish, saying rather than focus on burning national issues that brought about the conference in the first place, they were busy dwelling on trivial issues. Information Nigeria reports that some of the delegates on Thursday expressed disappointment about the poor quality of food, saying they wanted the food to be monetised to enable them to provide for their own feeding outside the…
A group of hoodlums terrorizing residents of Dugbe area in Ibadan, Oyo State, were on Friday dislodged by the convoy of the state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and his Imo state counterpart, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. This was contained in a press statement by the Special Adviser to the Oyo State Governor, Dr. Festus Adedayo. According to the statement, the hoodlums had been operating unchallenged in the area shooting guns and wielding machetes before the arrival of the governors. The governors, who had just left the burial ceremony of the mother of Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), were on their way to…
FILE PHOTO An alleged attempt was made to break free inmates being conveyed to Oko Medium prison from court in Benin, Edo State on Thursday evening, this is according to the Controller of Prisons in the state, Mr. Effiom Etowa. Etowa, who was speaking at a press briefing in Benin City on Friday, disclosed that three suspects involved in the alleged rescue attempt were arrested, while one of the two vehicles used by the suspects was impounded. The other escaped with the occupants. The Controller said the suspects had trailed the two Green Maria conveying the inmates from court along…
It is not yet uhuru for suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Department of State Services (DSS), which seized his international passport on suspicions of financing terrorism in the country, has vowed to appeal against Thursday’s ruling of the Federal High Court Lagos, directing it to release Sanusi’s travel documents. A statement by Marilyn Ogar, the Deputy Director, Public Relations, DSS, on Friday in Abuja, expressed “disappointment and dissatisfaction with the judgment”. Justice Ibrahim Buba, who gave the ruling in Lagos, also awarded the sum of N50 million as exemplary damages in…
The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Abdulwahed Omar, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to create more job opportunities in the country. The NLC president, who was speaking with journalists in Abuja, noted that there was no country in the world with with zero level of unemployment. According to him, “There are certain policies of government that are really detrimental to employment creation; we can pretend about it. “For example, we have literally transferred all our textile (production) from Nigeria to China and that means you are creating jobs there and we are denying our people (of jobs) here.…
Daughter of actor Eddie Murphy Bria looks amazing, just like her mother — former model Nicole Mitchell. She posed in a teeny floral gold bikini on the beach in Hawaii. Bria, 24, had some fun in the sun with friends on Tuesday, April 1. The aspiring Victoria’s Secret angel played some volleyball and enjoyed an orange snow cone.
Women from all walks of life gathered last week for the National Women’s Prayer Summit with theme “The Supplication” hosted by Jumoke Adenowo and Awesome Treasures Foundation to pray against violence in Nigeria. Celebrities like Funke Akindele, Stella Damasus, Ufuoma Ejenobor and others were in attendance. From known celebrities to students, market women, corporate giants and clergy women from different denominations gathered to pray against violence in Nigeria. Ufuoma praying Before the prayers began, a woman would mount the podium and narrate her personal story in the violence. Tears started flowing after one woman from Jos came up and graphically…
Nollywood actress, Chika Ike is set to marry again. The actress/brand Ambassador of energy drink, ‘Bullet’ got married to her ex husband, Tony Eberiri in 2006 but officially got divorced in 2013. Chika Ike who revealed that she was a victim of domestic violence when she married and also lost her life in the process in a quick chat with E-punch revealed that she is set to marry again “I don’t want to talk about the divorce because it is already in the past and I have since moved on. I am still open to marriage and I might give…