President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari has asked governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to poke their noses into his choice of ministers to work with him after his swearing in on May 29. Vanguard learnt that Buhari may bring back a system used by the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) during the second republic, where appointment of ministers was done by the national secretariat of the party and not by the governors. The news platform also reported a source at the National Headquarters of the APC to have said that Buhari had directed the leadership…
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Nigerian dancer and pop singer, May D who made the news last week because of his new relationship with a Swedish woman, has been seen hanging out with troubled Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor. May D who is now rocking braids took a selfie with Emmanuel Adebayor who has been sent on a compassionate leave by Tottenham. The Togolese striker has gone through a rough month after exposing the dirty secrets of his family. In the picture Adebayor looks at ease despite his recent troubles. May D also shared an Instagram video of Adebayor driving him in his car.
With the crazy fuel scarcity, a lot of Nigerians are presently frustrated and apprehensive. BasketMouth took to his Twitter account to express his frustration. He asked if President Goodluck could not handover to the President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari today instead of Friday, May 29, 2015. “Can’t GEJ handover to Buhari this morning? I don tire I swear down” tweeted the frustrated BasketMouth. His tweet echoes the opinion of several Nigerians who are tired of Jonathan Goodluck’s inability to deal with the fuel scarcity and low power situation in the country. President Goodluck will handover to President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari on Democracy Day, May…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus was glad to run into a fellow Nigerian movie star in the US. The pretty actress shared a photo of herself and Jim Iyke and revealed they met in Atlanta.
Chris Brown seems to have developed a habit of losing his women to other men. The superstar R&b star felt jealous about Karrueche hanging out with Tyson Beckford and took to social media to let his feelings (and threats) be known. How its all started… Beckford and Karrueche shared a photo(above) together while they were both down at the Palms Casino Resort partying in Las Vegas. The caption seemed innocent right? “Saturday with @Karrueche #vegas #palms #blasian,”Beckford wrote. Apparently, the picture rubbed Brown the wrong way and one of his friends, Kid Red, posted on Instagram a very threatening message…
The love is blossoming between May D and his new Swedish girlfriend. She went on Instagram to praise her boyfriend. She wrote on Instagram, “It’s not Monday, but I wanna shout out my # 1. The man who makes me work harder. Who makes me wanna do better in everything. You’ve taught me a lot, and I’m proud of you and your hustle. Sleriously. DT baby, Älskling tinz, Älskar dig!!! #WeLookGoodAsAUnit #MCE #Flaunting” May D’s ex and baby mama accused the singer of domestic violence but that didn’t stop the ‘Ibadi’ crooner from finding another boo.
A former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, has called on the members of its National Working Committee to resign voluntarily from the committee. Speaking in Umuahia on Sunday, Ogbulafor said the members should take the path of honour by bowing out of the committee. He added that the members should resign in the interest of the party and pave the way for fresh hands to pull the party out of the woods and reposition it ahead of the 2019 general elections. He described the resignation of the National Chairman and the Chairman of the Board of…
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday said Nigerians should not expect any miracles from the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, because he will not be able to repair eight years of bad governance overnight. Mr. Obasanjo, however, warned the president-elect against cover up, urging him not to take Nigerians for granted too when he assumes office as the President from May 29. The ex-president said this while addressing a delegation of South West women leaders under the leadership of the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, who paid him a courtesy visit at his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The South-West women…
As the race for who becomes the next Speaker of the House of Representatives gathers momentum, some federal lawmakers from Kano State have condemned the attack on Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over his reported backing of the Chairman, House Services and Welfare Committee, Yakubu Dogara, as his successor. Speaking to journalists yesterday, a returning member of the House, Aliyu Sani Madaki (Kano/APC) accused Tambuwal of backing Dogara for “selfish interests”. Madaki, who is a vocal supporter of Minority Leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila’s bid to be Speaker, accused Tambuwal of “instigating” House members to snub the yet-to-be announced All Progressive Congress…
Men of the Kano State Police Command have arrested six suspects in connection with the stabbing of two pupils of Fagge Special Primary school in the capital on Wednesday. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya made this known in Kano on Monday while briefing newsmen on the State Command’s activities. According to him, the suspects were apprehended last week following a tip-off. He said that they were now assisting the police in its investigation. Majiya also disclosed that the police had arrested a staff of the state Fire Service for allegedly conniving with a colleague to kidnap and…
Although oil marketers say they will resume the lifting of petroleum products, it came a little too late for authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI), as the school, on Monday asked its students to vacate the premises, pending the time the problem of shortage of water and power caused by scarcity, would be addressed. The Director of Communication of the institution, Muhammed Oladejo confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the management only asked the students to proceed on a two-week mid-semester break. According to NAN, students residing at the university’s Independence Hall…
A non-governmental organisation, One Child One Teacher Africa (OCOTA), has expressed concern about Saturday’s attempted arrest of Senator-elect Buruji Kashamu by operatives of the National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by its Media Consultant, Mr Richards Jude, the organisation said that it detested the manner in which the agency approached the attempted arrest. It called for due process and rule of law in the matter by the NDLEA, insisting that fundamental rights of the senator-elect must be respected. “The rights of every Nigerian regardless of his or her status…
After months of enduring non-payment of salaries, workers in Osun State are going on an indefinite strike. Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Adekomi Jacob made this known today at a press briefing in Osogbo, the state capital. He disclosed that workers in the state have not been paid for six months, hence the decision to down tools starting tomorrow. “The strike will commence from May 26 until when the demands of the unions and workers are met,” he said. “All workers in the state are advised to stay at home until further directive by the…
The Federal Government last night released details of how it shared N6.21tn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) with the 36 state governments between 2011 and 2014. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, released the breakdown in response to a demand by the Nigeria Governors Forum that she should explain how the over $20bn in the ECA between June 2013 and April 2015 was managed. The minister, in a statement by her Special Adviser on Communications, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, said she needed to make public the details in order to “to clarify issues thrown up by recent claims made…
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd.) Monday expressed worry over the current state of the nation. He expressed concern particularly on the worsening fuel scarcity and epileptic power supply. Babangida expressed these concerns when he paid a farewell visit to the out-going Niger state governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, at the latter’s residence in Minna. He was accompanied on the visit by former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.) “I am as concerned as you are. I urged Nigerians to support the incoming government on whatever measure it takes to provide solution. Government is doing all it can…
PIC.1. FROM LEFT: MEMBERS, TRANSITION COMMITTEE, OGBONNAYA ONU; APC CHAIRMAN,CHIEF JOHN OYEGUN; DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, TRANSITION COMMITTEE, DOYIN SALAMI;CHAIRMAN, AHMED JODA AND VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO, DURING THE COMMITTEE’SMEETING AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA Vice President Namadi Sambo on Monday assured members of the Transition Committee set up by the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), that he and ministers that served under President Goodluck Jonathan are open to questioning. The VP said members of the Federal Executive Council were ready to respond to queries and questions that might arise as to how they ran the affairs of the country between…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke, has denied speculations in some quarters that he defected to the APC to be able to get an appointment from the incoming administration, saying his priority for joining the party was to help build the party in the state. Oke, who was a former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party and the party’s candidate in the 2012 governorship election in the state, defected to APC on April 8, 2015 following internal wrangling in the state chapter of the PDP between his group and that of…
Two bills – Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) bill 2015 and the Immigration bill 2015 – earlier passed by the National Assembly, have been signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan. With the presidential assent, the two bills have now become Acts. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, confirmed Mr. Jonathan had appended his signature to the bills to State House correspondents, on Monday. The Senate passed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) bill 2015 on May 4. The Act seeks to prohibit female circumcision or private part mutilation, forceful ejection from home and harmful widowhood…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticized the Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), for failing to be bold and honest enough to inform Nigerians that the bulk of the $63.7 billion debt he accused the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan administration of leaving behind was incurred by All Progressives Congress states. In a statement on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, PDP expressed disappointment that the vice president-elect, who it claimed has details of the debt stock, chose to be economical with the truth and mislead Nigerians just to discredit the current PDP-led administration and rationalize APC’s unpreparedness…
The Niger State Police Command on Sunday said that it has deployed 7,000 personnel in Minna to ensure a hitch-free inauguration of the state Governor-elect, Sani Bello, on May 29. This is contained in a statement in Minna by Olusola Amore, the Commissioner of Police. “We have deployed no fewer than 7,000 personnel in strategic areas of the venue of the ceremony and Minna to ensure adequate security coverage of the event,” Mr. Amore said. He enjoined the people of the state to continue to be law-abiding and to support the Police in protecting lives and property. Mr. Amore commended…