The Ekiti State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked Governor Ayodele Fayose to stop deceiving the state workers over failed promises to pay their salaries. The party said the endless workers verification exercise designed to keep faith with the government was a wicked tactic to secure workers’ cooperation. The State APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, in a statement on Sunday, accused Fayose of deliberate falsehood on the state’s financial status, saying the governor had no excuse to owe workers’ salaries. “We have heard the governor say that the state was broke and we can’t find merit in that…
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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State, Alhaji Uba Nana, has said that the North East must unite in order to give all necessary support to the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, so that his achievements will be a reality. The new Speaker represents Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa federal constituency of Bauchi State in the National Assembly. Mr. Nana, who spoke Sunday when the North-East Concerned Citizens group, which campaigned for Dogara, paid him a courtesy visit, expressed dismay with the attitude of some lawmakers from the North East zone, who he accused of abandoning…
A pro-democracy group, Open Democracy Network, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, and other officials of the commission of their appointments “to pave the way for the reorganisation of the anti-graft body”. The group made the call in response to the decision of the anti-graft commission to press new fraud charges against a former Bayelsa Governor and chieftain of APC, Timipre Sylva. The group in a statement by its spokesperson, Mahmood Mahmood, on Sunday, accused the EFCC of reactivating a “frivolous litigation that merely embarrassed the country…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has stated that if not for divine intervention, he would not have been elected speaker last week. Mr. Dogara emerged House Speaker, Tuesday, in a keenly contested election where he defeated his party – All Progressives Congress – consensus candidate and former House Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila. Speaking during a Thanksgiving service at the Living Faith Church Goshen City, Karu Nasarawa State, on Sunday, Mr. Dogara said the teachings he has been receiving in the Church in the last 27 years, aided his victory. “I have been a member of…
The Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2014 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has asked Governor Rauf Aregbesola to resign from office because of the financial mess he allegedly plunged the state into, which led to his inability to pay workers’ salaries in the past seven months. Omisore said this while speaking with journalists at the Secretariat of the PDP in Osogbo, the state capital on Sunday. According to Omisore, who was also a former deputy governor of the state, Osun is now on a life support and requires an urgent financial aid to keep it alive.…
Donjazzy and D’prince’s parents are so happy with the new addition to their family .D’prince’s girlfriend welcomed a son yesterday..His dad,Collins Enebeli took to facebook to share this adorable pic with caption Thank you lord for blessing us with another grandson,Uriel The cutie is already smiling..
Pregnant sensational singer, Omawumi has been thrown another baby shower in Atlanta. Friends of the singer who is in the US to give birth to her second child threw her a baby shower in Atlanta. Her mother and mother in-law were present at the baby-shower. See photos below: It has been a season of babies for Nigerian entertainers. On May 14, Dr Sid’s wife, Simi Osomo, had the couple’s first baby in London. Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo, also had the couple’s first baby, on Thursday, May 28, after having a miscarriage last year. The sensational singer Omawumi, who had her baby…
Many have been speculatingKim and Kanye would name their second child, South West.In an interview with NPR, this is what Kim had to say about the name.. “I don’t like South West, though, because that’s like, you know, North will always, you know, be better and be more…she has a better direction,”So I wouldn’t do that. I don’t think we’ll go with another direction.” The group will perform in North America starting in mid-July. “I mean, everyone keeps on saying South and I think it’s so stupid,” “Stupidest thing ever and just ridiculous.”
Chocolate City Vice President for Music and arguably Nigeria’s best rapper, Jude Abaga aka M.I, says he recently bumped into Mavin’s acts, Korede Bello and Di’Ja. MI revealed how much he admires the pair being a part of the popular Mavin 2.0. Behind the excitement of meeting the two, the rapper took to Instagram to post a photo with the duo and also revealed how proud and happy he was for the young Mavin acts.
Truth is it wouldn’t be a surprise, after all every other male celebrity has one. There are new reports suggesting that Made Men Music Group star, Iyanya night have welcomed a child from a woman discretely. In an Instagram post in the wee hours of Sunday morning, June 14, 2015, Iyanya shared a picture of himself with the caption, ‘All will come truuu….#NaGod#Natime#babydaddy#applaudise #NaBelieve’ Meanwhile, two days ago, Iyanya had shared a picture of himself with the same #babdaddy that has got fans insinuating. ‘Thank you lord…#gidi#obioefik #thanxaustralia#applaudise #babydaddy#blessup’ he wrote. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Nigerian showbiz world was…
Immediate past Presidential Adviser on Inter-party Affairs, Senator Ben Obi, has expressed optimism that the new Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, would make Nigeria proud, as his antecedents in politics and public life suggest. “It is important for me to underscore the dept of the political sagacity of the new senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki. I think his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, underrated his political skills,” Obi told Vanguard in an interview. “The young man is truly a chip of the old block and he understands the game very well. I have a very good reason to say…
Ekiti State government has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State over claims that the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose was deceiving workers with a verification exercise organised by the government. In a reaction by the Special Assistant to the governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, over 1,000 fake workers have already been discovered on the payroll that ought not to be receiving salary. “over 250 workers that are already dead have been receiving salary through the e-payment system introduced and contracted to a Lagos based company by the immediate past APC government,” the statement read. “We commenced workers verification exercise last…
The Peoples Democratic Party in has called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to publicly declare his assets. The Lagos chapter of the PDP gave him from now till June 29 to make his assets public. In a statement issued on Sunday by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Taofik Gani, the PDP also charged Ambode to “personally make public in the media, his assets as at when sworn in as the present governor of the state”. The major opposition party in the state also asked Gov. Ambode “to make public in the media, the details of the handover notes and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate release of $21 million (N4.2 billion) to the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF. The money is to be released within the next one week to enable the MNJTF prosecute the war against Boko Haram effectively. Nigeria made a pledge of $100 million as part of funds needed by the MNJTF, comprising of troops from Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Speaking while chairing the Peace Security Council meeting at the ongoing 25th African Union summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, President Buhari said it is time to put an end to the crisis in the…
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Katsina, has called on the people of the state to report any suspected criminal activities to the command. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Sunday. He assured that the safety of such informants was guaranteed. “Police alone can not do this job; we need people to give us information; these criminals are not ghosts, they live among us. “I want to assure everyone that the identity of anyone that gives us information will be adequately protected. “I am aware that people are afraid to report suspected criminals to…
Chairman, North East chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Shuiabu Byal, has congratulated Yakubu Dogara (APC) on his election as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Byal gave the congratulatory message on Sunday in Bauchi on behalf of the Christians from the region immediately after an interdenominational service organised by ECWA II Church, Railway, Bauchi. Dogara is a member of the House representing Bogoro/Tafawa Balewa/Dass Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. The lawmaker said that the region needed a higher position than that of a speaker but that, “the region can still do with the election of…
Babbangida, in Tarmuwa local council of Yobe State was, Sunday morning, attacked by members of the Boko Haram sect, razing many of the houses in the process. Babbangida is the headquarters of Tarmuwa Local Government Area of the state and shares borders with Damaturu, the Yobe state capital which is 50 km away. It has experienced several cases of Boko Haram invasion in the past. “The Boko Haram militants in the early hours of today invaded the town,” a resident Sule Ibrahim, who fled to Damaturu as a result of the attack, said. “Yesterday (Saturday) being the market day, there…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has announced the appointment of Mrs Alisabatu Dada-Onazi as the new Head of Service of the state. El-Rufa’i made the announcement on Sunday at a civic reception organised in honour of his Deputy, Mr Barnabas Bala-Bantex, in Kafanchan. NAN reports that before her appointment, the new head of service was the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry for Culture and Tourism.
Rev Shuiabu Byal, Chairman, North East chapter of the Christian Association of Niagara (CAN) has congratulated Mr Yakubu Dogara, (APC), on his election as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Dogara is a member of the House representing Bogoro/Tafawa Balewa/Dass Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Byal gave the congratulatory message on Sunday in Bauchi on behalf of the Christians from the region immediately after an interdenominational service organised by ECWA II Church, Railway, Bauchi, NAN reports. Dogara was the third person to occupy such an exalted position in the country from the region. This was after the late Sir…
Bishop John Namaza of Saint Loius Catholic church, Kano has called on Christians in the country to have the courage to join politics for the betterment of the citizens. Speaking in an interview on Sunday, shortly after inaugurating sixteen brothers and sisters at the church premises in Bompai Kano, Bishop Namaza said Christians should be people who have faith and trust in God in order to accomplish their mission in life. “My advice is that let them be the people of courage, people of faith who trust in God and they should also remember that we are Nigerians who should…