Over 72 new births have been recorded in the last two weeks, in camps established in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, for persons displaced by the recent invasion of some Benue communities by suspected Fulani mercenaries. Despite being delivered without proper medical attention, most of the babies were in good condition but the nursing mothers were in dire need of good food and proper medical attention when Vanguard visited the camps at the LGEA Primary School, Wurukum, Saint Mary’s Primary School North Bank, and LGEA Primary School, Ichwua, yesterday. One of the nursing mothers at the LGEA Primary School, Wurukum,…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) unit in Oshodi motor parks and its environs, yesterday arrested at least 118 suspected hoodlums. The hoodlums, who were reportedly unleashing mayhem, were arrested by the team which stormed the area at 1:00am. Sources said that the hoodlums robbed commuters of their valuables at the early hours of yesterday. It was reported that over 160 hoodlums were initially arrested by the taskforce. A screening at the taskforce office in Alausa, Ikeja, however trimmed the number down to 118. The detained hoodlums include 106 males and 12 females. Chairman of…
Gospel Singer Kefee Obareki and Star FM’s Teddy ‘Don Momoh’ Esosa got married a bit more than 2 years ago, in March 2012. The family life of Branama singer and MTN family game show and radio personality seems absolutely fine. Kefee, whose marriage to producer, Alec Godwin, collapsed several years ago, has shared wonderful, unseen wedding photos. See the images below:
Newest Nollywood wifey, Nuella Njubigbo has made her first official tweet as a married woman. She took to twitter minutes ago to acknowledge congratulatory messages from her fans. The actress and her movie director husband Tchidi Chikere are currently spending time in his hometown Mbaise, Imo State. TChidi in a recent interview with Encomium Magazine gushed about his new marriage and how his family has accepted Nuelle. “I have the support of my family, who have fully accepted Nuella. Having concluded all the traditional rites, she is now with me in Mbaise. My people have given her wrappers and…
A Covenant University student, simply identified as Bisi had a video of her twerking unclad released online recently. In the video, Bisi is in her university dorm room strutting around unclad. There are two other ladies (though fully clothed) and they are all playing songs from what seems to be a laptop with the webcam on. One of the other ladies even pulled off a few dance moves but obviously Bisi was the star of the video dancing the most plus being in the unclad. One of the girl in the videos MhiZ Jacklyn (@_Jackine) on Twitter is allegedly the owner…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday described as false reports in some quarters that Ebola fever had been detected in Nigeria. Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who spoke to State House correspondents after the weekly FEC meeting, said Ministry of Health during the week undertook quick checks to verify these reports, adding that so far all the tests showed clearly that there was no Ebola fever in the country. “Nigeria is prepared right now to curtail any outbreak particularly given reports that few counties on the West Coast like Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have reported cases of Ebola…
Two youths have allegedly been killed in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jama’a local government area of Kaduna state, leading to a 24-hour curfew being imposed on the town. The incident reportedly happened when hundreds of youths trooped out, insisting on jungle justice to be meted out on about 20 fulanis who were arrested with weapons by soldiers at a check point in Kafanchan town. The vehicle, a Mitsubishi Canter was said to have been conveying the Fulani men to an unknown destination, a source told Thisday, adding that the weapons were hidden underneath the truck and were covered with mats and…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its downstream subsidiary, Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), have said that normalcy is being restored in the distribution of petrol across the country. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Dr Omar Ibrahim, the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of NNPC. The statement said the Managing Director of PPMC, Prince Haruna Momoh, said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream to brief it on the fuel situation in the country. “With respect to fuel situation in the country today, the NNPC/PPMC and…
The Radio, Television and Theatre Workers of Nigeria (RATTAWU) and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) have expressed opposition to Federal Government’s plan to commercialise its media houses. This is contained in a statement jointly signed and issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Henry Odugala, General Secretary, RATTAWU, and Mr Shuaibu Leman, National Secretary, NUJ. According to the organisations, the planned commercialisation of government media houses was revealed to them by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The statement said the unions were mindful of the need to commercialise certain government-owned media organisations to ensure optimal productivity. It, however, noted…
Former Governor of Bayelsa, Timipre Sylva, has commended Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State for investing in infrastructure and manpower development. Sylva made the commendation on Wednesday in Sokoto after inspecting various development projects executed by the Wamakko Administration. The projects covered the areas of health, education, agriculture and roads, among others. He also lauded the governor for transforming the state by providing dividends of democracy to the people irrespective of political differences. The former governor had visited the 30-megawatts State Independent Power Project in Arkilla, the new Sokoto State University and the 20-million gallon per day Asare water project.…