If these photos are anything to go by, Orezi might be having a white wedding very soon. The singer shared photos of alleged engagement on his Instagram page and fans c*m followers have been congratulating and reacting to the pictures. The engagement, which Orezi said took place on Friday, July 17, 2015, had close aides and friends of the singer in attendance. It was recently reported that Orezi was chased out of Redeemers university where he was invited to perform at a Redeemer’s University Student’s Association for the 2014 Fresher’s ‘The Debut Night.’ Stick to this page for more…
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The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr. Kola Oluwawole, has assured the people of the state that the legislative arm of the government would not lack in its responsibilities. Oluwawole, in a statement on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, said “Ekiti people voted for us on April 11 in expectation of new things, and by the grace of God, the current 26 lawmakers have resolved to do their jobs well. “We will not cheat the people, we will not cheat Governor Ayodele Fayose; we will not wage war against Ekiti, we will not disappoint the people who voted for us”.…
Adamawa State governor, Mohammadu Bindow, has said the country’s constitution is unfair to traditional institution for not assigning constitutional responsibilities to it. Bindow made the remark on Saturday in Yola when the Lamido Emirate Council paid him Sallah homage. According to the governor, constitutional recognition of the role of traditional institution will have prevented some of the security challenges and other social vices currently confronting the country. He pledged that his administration would give due recognition to traditional institution in the state. He said, “The neglect of traditional institution has caused us what we are passing through today. “The institution…
The Sokoto State Police Command on Saturday dispelled rumours of a botched bomb attack in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the police anti bomb squad were alerted at about 1.30pm on Saturday of a suspiscious box near a major hotel in the city. NAN gathered that the box was reportedly brought to the area by four boys, who attempted to open it. However, the security guards attached to the hotel were said to have instantly alerted a police patrol vehicle stationed at the Dandima round about, very close to the sokoto meat and vegetable market. The Spokesman…
A former Police Commissioner, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, to intervene to end the spate of killings in Benue state. Tsav told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Makurdi that their intervention was imperative to prevent the state from plunging into anarchy. NAN recalls that Mr Atoza Ihindan, a chieftain of the PDP in Katsina-Ala local government area, was recently gunned down by unknown assassins in broad day light near Jato Aka in the LGA. Tsav, who bemoaned the incessant killings, noted that they occurred…
Davido’s manager has disclosed to Saturday Beats that the singer has not been invited by the officials of NDLEA and neither has any police station contacted them. Kamal Ajiboye said a lot of people misinterpreted the video and it was because they did not watch it to the end. He urged people to watch it to the end then they would understand what the singer promoted was an African culture, he said. Read his exact statement on the alleged drug issue after the cut. “The NDLEA has not got in touch with us. We heard about the news on the…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has condemned the invasion and sealing-off of the Abuja and Sokoto residences of the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) by men of the Department of State Services (DSS). According to the governor, “persecution of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts and others perceived as opposed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government is an ominous sign of imminent return of dictatorship and draconian rule in Nigeria.” Fayose, however, gave President Muhammadu Buhari the benefit of doubt, saying the action may not have the president’s backing. “If this is being done by some people to please the…
The United States on Friday reiterated its continued support for Nigeria in its efforts to bring those responsible for recent terrorist attacks to justice. According to a statement by John Kirby, Spokesman of the States Department in New York, the U.S. strongly condemn the attacks. “The United States offered her deepest sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the attacks of Thursday and Friday at a market in Gombe and a prayer ground in Damaturu, Yobe, Northeast Nigeria,” Kirby said. He added that the US would help Nigeria and its neighbours counter Boko Haram, through…
Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has reaffirmed his confidence that the new leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari will eradicate the rising insurgency caused by the Boko Haram sect. He, however, urged the sponsors of terrorism in the country to have a change of heart. The governor, who stated this in his Sallah message on Friday, urged Muslim faithful in the country to use the opportunity of the Eid-el Fitr celebration to pray that Almighty Allah would intervene in the Boko Haram insurgency and make those behind the deadly act know that they have not only blackmailed the nation,…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Atoza Hidan was shot dead yesterday in Katsina Ala, Benue State. Also shot dead around Yoyo District in the town were 12 other people after an attack the gunmen launched on the settlement. According to an eyewitness, Chief Hindan was shot while inspecting a work done at his building near the Federal Low Cost Housing estate in Katsina Ala. He was said to have been shot dead in the presence of his police orderly and his assistant, who were with him at the site of the building project. The gunmen were said to…
The immediate past Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has condemned the recent killings of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Benue State and advised the Federal Government to bring the culprits to book. The former minister was reacting to the recent assassination of a high profile member of the PDP, Chief Atoza Hindan in Katsina-Ala. Mr. Moro said that in Benue State, there has been an increasing level of killings of high profile PDP Politicians, which he believed to be politically motivated. “Elder Atoza Hindan was assassinated on a motor cycle (and we believe it is) politically motivated.…
Strong indications emerged on Friday that the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, has received marching orders from President Muhammadu Buhari to trace and recover billions of dollars of Nigeria’s oil money looted and stashed in foreign bank accounts by top officials of the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The NIA is a Nigerian government secret security agency tasked with over¬seeing foreign intelligence and counterintelligence op¬erations, with operatives seconded to the country’s foreign missions across the world. According to Saturday Sun, which quoted impeccable source close to the president, the amount of money being traced now is far above the…
The Okun Progressive Union in Kogi State has lauded the ambition of the former Director General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Chief Lanre Ipinmisho, to be the next governor of the state. Expressing their desire for in an interview the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja, Chairman of the union, Mr Yomi Omonale, said that Ipinmisho had the capacity to fight corruption. According to Omonale, the group has waited for a long time for people of Ipinmisho’s calibre to come into governance. “Everyone contesting now in all the political parties is still in the same set of embezzlers;…
The Bayelsa State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party suffered a major blow on Friday as some of its heavyweights defected to the All Progressives Congress. Prominent among the defectors were a two-time member of the House of Representatives, Chief Warman Ogoriba and some former aides of Governor Seriake Dickson. Those who also dumped the PDP were former commissioners in the state: Charles Opuola, Nelson Belief, Sylvanus Abila, and Ayiba Nelson. Others are Adolphus Ofongo, Lucky Yeboah, Romeo Ebizimor, Williams Ofoni, John Ebikake and Moses Tariebe, among others. The defectors were received by prominent APC chieftains at the party’s secretariat in…
The crisis rocking the National Assembly especially among Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress is far from over if threats by the Senate Unity Forum on Friday to disrupt plenary is anything to go by. The Senate is presently on recess till July 28. The SUF, which comprises of Senators loyal to Senator Ahmad Lawan, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, however, promised to let peace reign in the Red Chamber only if the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, reverses the appointments of the principal officers. The statement issued by their spokesperson, Senator Kabir…
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday said the Nigerian Government was committed to stamping out the activities of insurgents in the country. Mr. Osinbajo said this in Gombe when he paid a condolence visit to families that lost their loved ones in the Gombe central market twin blasts on Thursday. “The incident is unfortunate; we are convinced we are going to stamp out insurgency in the country”, he said. Mr. Osinbajo said he was directed by President Mohammadu Buhari to commiserate with the people of Gombe over the incident. “This morning when we paid the president Sallah homage, he…
Civil servants and others experiencing lack in Osun State will soon have reason to smile as truckloads of food stuff provided by the Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Dr. David Oyedepo, have arrived in the state for distribution. The State Pastor of Living Faith, Olumuyiwa Emmanuel, announced the arrival of the food aid on Wednesday during the mid-week service of the church in Osogbo, the state capital. According to Pastor Emmanuel, Bishop Oyedepo donated the food items which included rice, vegetable oil, tomato pastes and others for distribution to church members and other residents of the state who…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Friday said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan can only blame himself for his perceived failure in office. According to him, the way Nigerians view Jonathan’s administration will haunt the south-south zone of the country for a long time. Speaking in Benin at the eleventh convocation ceremony of Benson Idahosa University, Obasanjo said even though he assisted Jonathan in becoming president, he is not responsible for his actions. “I have also said that you can help anybody to get a job, but you cannot help him to do it. Let us get it clear, there is nobody who has…
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Olisa Metuh has condemned the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for witch-hunting those who served under former President Goodluck Jonathan. Metuh said this this after he was denied entry into the residence of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki by operatives of the Department of State Services. Metuh was angry, but could not do anything to get inside to see Dasuki, who he described as a ‘personal friend’. He said it was unfortunate that a high ranking official of that administration like Dasuki could be treated like a common…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), on Friday said it has “neutralised” illegal broadcasts from Biafra Radio which it said has been spreading hate and seditious messages in the southeast. It added that it had equally arrested its operators and confiscated many of their transmitters in various locations. “The national Broadcasting Commission, has effectively neutralised the illegal broadcasts from the seditious private radio station that has recently shattered the peace in parts of the south east of Nigeria with unsavoury hate messages,” a release by the Director-General of the Commission, Emeka Mba, stated. “Working with security operatives, the Commission has also…