Ten more people have been killed in a cholera outbreak has claimed 10 more lives in five communities of Ezza North Local Government Area and Ozibo village in Ebonyi L.G.A of Ebonyi state. About 30 people have now been killed in the outbreak which started in February this year when the first outbreak was recorded in Edomia village in Ebonyi L.G.A of the state. Other victims of the disease are currently receiving treatment in hospitals in the area. Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhoea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused…
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has condemned Sunday’s bomb attack on worshippers in a church in Potiskum, Yobe state. He described the attack as barbaric, inhuman and wicked. According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Adamu Hassan, the Speaker urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the Nigerian state and in the ability of its security apparatus to end the activities of Boko Haram. He added that while the motive of the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, is to instil fear in Nigerians with the relentless attacks, the…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has directed the accountant general of the state to pay pensioners their three months’ arrears of salaries owed them by the past administration. Wike, while giving the directive on Thursday, said it was callous and insensitive to owe pensioners who had served the state creditably. According to a statement by Wike’s Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Sir Opunabo Inko-Taria, pensioners in the state were owed for months by Amaechi. “Not even the strike they embarked on to get Amaechi to pay them worked. Some of them even died in penury out of frustration,” he said.…
Although Boko Haram terrorists have killed over 300 people in the last one month, the Nigerian military says over 600 of the militants might have been killed in the last one month while others are finding life extremely difficult to navigate around in groups due to renewed onslaught by the army on the terrorists. The latest of the militants’ attack was the killing of 15 worshippers on Sunday at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Potiskum, Yobe state. “While the terrorists have engaged in guerrilla tactics of using vulnerable girls and young men for suicide attacks on soft targets,…
Immediate past governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan, said on Sunday that he was not arrested in London for beating his wife, as widely reported across several media. According to his lawyer, P.H. Ogbole, who spoke in Abuja, friends and family members of the former governor should disregard the reports as Suswam was not arrested. The former governor also threatened to take legal action against those behind the falsehood, saying publications alleging that he beat his wife were trying to smear his good image. Reports in the past week have claimed that the former governor was arrested in London by…
Upcoming Nollywood actress, Dior Chidera Adiele has proudly posed unclad for new photos, flaunting her baby bump. The video vixen and actress, whose major prominence to acting was in ‘The Blur’, released two photos of her standing completely unclad while other pictures have her with one clothing or the other. She’s still trying to gain recognition in the industry, but I guess this will help her cause slightly. The post Video Vixen, Chidera Adiele Poses unclad With Baby-bump [Photos] appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
The famous Shina Peller, CEO of Quilox night club and son to late legendary magician, Professor Peller, has revealed that he also knows a few magic tricks, like all his father’s children. Shina Peller said magic requires a lot of time and resources which he doesn’t possess, thus, he’s not willing to go into magic full time. ‘Magic requires a lot of time and resources. I’m an entrepreneur and I personally believe I do not have the time that it requires to actually do magic full time. I’m a magician myself and every child of my father does magic. I…
It’s about 3 weeks since social media was filled with news that the 18 month old marriage between Toke Makinwa and Maje Ayida was in crisis. In this period, Toke Makinwa has repeatedly spoken on how she’s moved on and how the grace of God is helping her hold forth. Her separated partner, Maje on the other hand has kept mum (apart from rapidly deleting nasty IG comments) focusing on his fitness and health training routines. Maje has now made his first public appearance ‘Alone’ on Saturday, July 4, 2015 in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event was the Project Smile 3.0…
Ok, after seeing this, I’ve developed a new level of respect for KCee. The 5-Music star, who thinks of himself as a fashionista has shown that he can compete with any woman when it comes to shoes. The Limpopo crooner flaunted his impressive shoe collection with his fans on Instagram and asked them to help him make a decision. From sneakers to formal shoes, KCee has a whole collection. The post KCee Flaunts His Massive Shoe Collection On Instagram appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
Tinsel love-birds Gbenro Ajibade and Osas Ighodaro have officially become husband and wife, as they said their wedding vows. The newly wedded couples who met on set of the MNet award winning TV Series, Tinsel, had their highly anticipated white wedding yesterday, 4th of July, 2015 in the beautiful city of New York. The event saw a huge number celebrities turn out for the historic day, among them were Praiz, Ubi Franklin, Kenneth Okolie and Dr. Sid on best man duty. More photos below: – The post See Classic Photos From Gbenro Ajibade And Osas Ighodaro’s White Wedding appeared first…
The Presidency has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari is implementing a northern agenda as reflected in his political appointments so far. Since assuming office on May 29, 2015 President Buahri has made at least 9 different appointments, the latest being the Director-General of the State Services, DSS, Lawal Daura, from Katsina State. The other appointments are as follows: Acting Chairman, the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari (Jigawa State); acting Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan; and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris (Kano State). Others…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised alarm over plans by the governing All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government to arrest the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The PDP said to this effect, the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has invited Mr. Ekweremadu to report at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Monday after which he would be detained. Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the APC leadership is not happy with the emergence of Mr. Ekweremadu, a PDP member, as the Deputy Senate President and that…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for wading into the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly among the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers. He also praised the president for insisting that all members of the APC align themselves with the doctrine of party supremacy. Bamidele, who was the Labour Party candidate in the 2014 Ekiti governorship election, said by placing himself under the authority of the APC, President Buhari has automatically resolved the leadership crisis rocking the two chambers of the National Assembly. In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, the…
A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Barr. Kenneth Imasuagbon, on Saturday led thousands of his supporters to defect to the All Progressive Congress at Ewohinmi, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo. Popularly known as “Rice Man”, due to his annual rice sharing ritual to the poor in the state, Imasuagbon resuscitated the PDP in the state in 2009 when he reconciled warring factions in the party. He was also a founding member and major financier of the defunct Action Congress. Speaking at the event, Imasuagbon said he was returning to his base…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara yesterday dismissed allegations that he was planning to dump the All Progressives Congress and return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Dogara was reacting to claims by the Femi Gbajabiamila faction of the House, who told President Muhammadu Buhari during a meeting on Wednesday that the Speaker and his supporters were mulling a defection to PDP. The Speaker and members of the Gbajabiamila faction loyal to the leadership of APC have been at daggers drawn over the election of principal officers of the House with both sides refusing to yield grounds in…
FILE PHOTO A bomb explosion suspected to be from a male suicide bomber has left six people dead and several others injured. The blast reportedly occurred at a local branch of Redeemed Christian Church of God along Bauchi road in Potiskum Town, Yobe State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Yobe, Toyin Gbadegesin, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Damaturu that the dead included the suicide bomber. “A male suicide bomber detonated a bomb at Redeemed Church at Jigawa area of Potiskum, killing five on the spot”, Mr. Gbadegesin said. “A female member of the church who sustained injuries…
The Tinsel actress rocked a Mai Atafo wedding dress for her big day in New York.. Her husband Gbenro Ajibade also cut off his dreads for her.. Beautiful dress! The post Osas Ighodaro’s Magnificient Wedding Gown | Photos appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
Karen Igho welcomed a baby boy today. Big congrats to her… Source: Talkofnaija The post Karen Igho Gives Birth To Baby Boy | Photo appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
When Gospel artistes sing in church and at church concerts, are they evangelising or plying their trade? Should they demand to be paid or render their services for free as ministering for God? SAMUEL ABULUDE seeks answers to the raging issue, in this piece. Music is the soul of life, they say, so anyone armed with a good voice and has gone ahead to hone it stands a good chance to make money from it. This is talent and an industry awaits such a person. The Gospel genre of music brims with talents, potentials and opportunities but many of them…
The newly appointed Acting Director General of the Department of State Security, SSS, Lawal Daura, has directed that all promotions approved by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan at the twilight of his administration be reversed. Those who benefited from the skewed promotion exercise seen then as gratification for services rendered to the Jonathan administration include the controversial spokesperson of the service, Marilyn Ogar, who was promoted to Director. In a circular dated July 3 and signed by one Tma Minti, the Mr. Daura said, “In view of the observed lapses in the promotion exercise release from March 31, 2015 to date, the…