The Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to President Muhammadu Buhari has formally informed the Department of State Services (DSS) that its personnel would no longer provide close body protection for the President as they are being replaced with men of the Nigerian Army and Police personnel “who were trained as Presidential Bodyguards”, reports Vanguard. Following earlier reports about the development, the presidency had through the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina said Buhari gave no such order. “While it is true that a reorganization of security at the Presidential Villa which involves the realignment of personnel from various…
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Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has visited major traffic points in the Apapa area of the state to get a first hand experience of the traffic snarl. He appealed to the Federal Government to mobilise the contractor awarded the construction of Apapa road networks to immediately return to site. Ambode, who was accompanied on the tour by top officials of the state government and security agencies, said he was particularly disturbed about the traffic congestion commuters and motorists are condemned to on a daily basis. “What we have done in the last three hours is trying to find out what…
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo says no decent nation can tolerate the level of poverty Nigeria currently faces. He noted that unless there was a functional social system where the highly vulnerable are assisted to survive, vast majority of the population would suffer untimely deaths. Speaking in Calabar, yesterday, while delivering a keynote address on the 10th anniversary of the Late High Court Judge, Peter Bassey Foundation lecture, Osibanjo said those against the Federal Government’s policy of Conditional cash Transfer where those without jobs would be given the sum of N5,000 each to assist them are only being callous and…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, is set to vacate office Tuesday when his five-year tenure ends. According to a statement issued by the Public Affairs Department of INEC, Jega, who hails from Kebbi State, is to bow out of office with six National Commissioners who were appointed the same day with him by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010. Four other National Commissioners will also leave the commission in July and August this year. They include: Dr. Abdulkadir Oniyangi, Kwara State and Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari, Jigawa State, whose tenure will expire on July…
Waje has revealed in a recent interview that she felt defeated when P-square didn’t feature her on their music video after helping them with the chorus. Waje said “Honestly, I felt defeated. I felt very sad. I was yet go get my big break then; maybe appearing in the video would have helped me become popular at that time. The song was huge and the video was topping charts, I believed featuring in the video would have given me my big break at that time. But in all, I thank God I was able to do it on my own…
Controversial Nollywood actress, Cossy Orjiakor has opened up in a recent interview with Encomium, she said she would stop flaunting her assets when she gets old. On when she would stop exposing her boobies, she said “Change from exposing her bo.obs? Cossy is a brand. And physically a cute sexy girl with big b.oobs who is still young and wants to enjoy life. She will get old, say when she is 70 and the body is wrinkled and there is nothing the doctors can do about it. Then she will retire and stop exposing her bo.obs.” On Why she wear…
Award winning singer, Davido has shared photos of himself relaxing in his Atlanta Crib which he newly acquired of recent. The new daddy shared a picture of himself and his cousin, Sina Rambo relaxing in one of one of the furnished rooms in the new home. Remember Davido said he has a big room specially for his daughter. He shared the photo with the caption: “ATL Waddup! 1st day at my new crib. Prayed for days like this, now it’s here” It should be noted that the singer acquired the property barely a month ago while he was in the…
Superstar comedian, Alibaba turned 50 yesterday, June 24, 2015. The comedian who got a Mercedes from his wife, celebrated his birthday party with close friends at his home in Nicon town estate, Lekki, Lagos. Big shot celebrities were spotted at the party include Okey Bakassi, Kate Henshaw, Capital Femi, Seyilaw, Omoni Oboli, MC Abbey and more. See more photos below: – The post Alibaba Marks Birthday With Fellow Celebrities At His Home appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
Superstar American singer, Beyonce, 33, and her millionaire husband, Jay Z, 45; might be on the road to giving their 3-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy another sibling. According to In Touch magazine, the music couple have enlisted the help of a surrogate for their second child after a three-year struggling. An insider told the outlet that Bey & Jay ”are in the process of having a baby through a surrogate.” Adding that, ”they were trying for several months, but Beyoncé was having trouble. She was scared about another high-risk pregnancy, so surrogacy became the best decision for them. ”They didn’t want to…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described as a show of shame and national embarrassment, Thursday’s fracas by disgruntled All Progressives Congress, APC, members in the House of Representatives. The party condemned the ugly development, saying it brings to question President Muhammadu Buhari and his party – APC’s commitment to democracy, unity and the stability of the country. According to the opposition party, the “disgraceful” act is a direct consequence of President Buhari’s lack of democratic credentials to rein in his party to respect the independence and sanctity of the legislative arm of government, the very citadel of democracy, as…
President Barak Obama will host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House on Monday, July 20. According to a statement from the White House on Wednesday, the visit will underscore the United States’ “longstanding friendship with Nigeria, our commitment to strengthening and expanding our partnership with Nigeria’s new government, and our support for the Nigerian people following their historic democratic elections and peaceful transfer of power”. It also said President Obama looks forward to discussing with President Buhari the two countries’ many shared priorities including U.S-Nigeria cooperation to advance a holistic, regional approach to combating Boko Haram, as well…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Emmanuel Udom, has called on the All Progressives Congress to cooperate and support his administration to build a solid economy for the state. The governor’s appeal is contained in a statement issued in Uyo, the state capital on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ekerete Udoh, while reacting to APC’s call for assets declaration. APC, which is challenging Emmanuel’s victory on PDP platform at the April 11 governorship election at the tribunal, is also demanding for public announcement of the debt profile of the state. But the statement said: “Governor Udom Emmanuel, in accordance with…
The candidate of the Labour Party in Delta State during the last governorship election, Chief Great Ogboru, has said though he is still a member of the LP, he is having discussions on the possibility of his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The LP chieftain, who made the disclosure at Ughelli yesterday during the commissioning of a fuel station belonging to the Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency House of Representative candidate of the Labour Party, Julius Akpovoka, said: “I am still in the Labour Party but we are discussing with the APC”. Applauding the people of the area…
The Bayelsa State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it is preparing to send the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, packing out of the Government House come 2016. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Panebi Fortune, said the PDP was dead in the state. He added that the ruling party had also accepted defeat, following the exodus of prominent politicians ahead of the governorship election. The APC spokesman, who spoke yesterday in Yenagoa, the state capital, dismissed insinuations of internal crisis in the party because of the suspension of some stalwarts accused of anti-party activities. He said: “What happened was that…
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has urged the Federal Government to ensure speedy completion of trailer parks, adjoining roads and Link Bridge at the Apapa Tin-Can port. Ambode spoke on Thursday during a tour of Apapa area of the state as part of efforts to find a lasting solution to the gridlock in the axis. “The roads that lead to Apapa, Wharf and Tin-can Island actually belong to the Federal Government and the link bridge has been under construction in the last six years. “I appeal to the Federal government to make sure that the contractor comes back to…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday reiterated his position that regional and international cooperation was needed to ensure victory over terrorism in Nigeria and other countries. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the President made this known during a meeting he had with President of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, Mr. Kadre Ouedraogo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The statement further quoted Mr. Buhari as welcoming efforts aimed at strengthening cooperation between ECOWAS and the Economic Community of Central African States on the war against terrorism. President Buhari also assured…
An inmate in Nigerian prisons is fed on a paltry N3.50k per day, the Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has said. Speaking at a round table for media and civil society organizations in Lagos, Thursday, National Coordinator of the group, Chino Obiagwu, said that the figure used to be lower at N2.10k per prisoner until the present Comptroller-General of Prisons increased it. The round table was themed ‘Moving Nigeria Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty’. “The truth is that many prisoners supplement their meals because all kinds of businesses and activities go on inside the prisons,” said Mr.…
The Nigerian Senate today inaugurated two committees, following the election of principal officers of the upper legislative house. The Bukola Saraki-led Senate had nominated Ali Ndume as the Majority Leader of the Senate, against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)’s directive that Ahmed Lawan be given the role. The Senate also nominated Bala Ibn Na’alla from Kebbi State, as deputy leader, Senator Olusola Adeyeye from Osun State as Chief Whip and Francis Alimikhena from Edo State as deputy whip. With that done, the 8th Senate moved to address the very important issues before it. The two committees inaugurated were Adhoc committee on finance to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Thursday’s fracas by disgruntled APC members in the House of Representatives. The party said that the ugly incident, which it termed a national embarrassment, brings to fore questions regarding President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC’s commitment to democracy, unity and the stability of the country. In a statement on Thursday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh said “the barbaric attempt to physically assault a duly elected Speaker, seize the mace, the authority of the House, is a direct attack on the Nigerian parliament which embodies the supremacy of the people and our freedom…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has blamed the precarious financial health of the state on the alleged fraudulent activities of political appointees, senior staff of ministries and parastatals, as well as local government workers. The governor’s position was made known via a Government House press statement signed by the his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, as fear of serious labour crisis looms in the state. “The internally generated revenue of the state government is about the least in Nigeria, as a result of fraudulent activities of the political appointees, senior staff of ministries, parastatals and local government workers.…