Nigerians have been assured by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari that their trust in him would not be betrayed as he assumes office on May 29. The president-elect gave this assurance while receiving a delegation of supporters of the All Progressives Congress from Taraba State at the APC presidential campaign headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. The delegation, which was led by the APC flag bearer in the last governorship election, Senator Aisha Alhassan, was in Abuja to congratulate Buhari on his electoral victory. Gen. Buhari said he was overwhelmed by the sacrifices made by Nigerians, whom he said risked everything not…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Although fuel scarcity is biting harder across Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its downstream subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), said they had 1.2 billion litres of petrol in stock. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Mr Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Department, NNPC. The figure, according to the statement, translated to 31 days sufficiency, as it is on record that daily consumption of the commodity is 40 million litres. “21 additional vessels laden with petroleum products are in offshore Lagos waiting to berth,” the statement…
Twenty-two days to the end of his tenure as Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan has inspected the ongoing construction of the National Railway Terminal at Idu and the Abuja light rail transit system. He has therefore urged his successor to continue the ongoing railway projects across the country, noting that rail transportation remains the cheapest and most effective. The federal government had taken a $1.1 billion facility from China Exim Bank in 2012, $500 million of which was earmarked for the Abuja Light Rail project which was at 25 percent completion at the time. The facility was obtained on a 2.5…
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday asked those he might have offended in the course of duty in his 2,900 days in office to forgive him. He made the request in Ikeja at a programme to commemorate his 2,900 days in office and showcase his achievements in the period. The government, since inception, has always reviewed its activities every 100 days and the 29th edition, which held on Thursday, is the last of such under Fashola, whose tenure will end in the next 21 days. Fashola said that he was called upon to take decisions in the morning,…
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed Commissioners of Police to immediately establish Judges Protection Units for the protection of judges and courts in their respective areas of jurisdiction. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Thursday in Abuja. The statement said the units were to ensure the judiciary had adequate security to carry out their duties. It also said that the I-G had directed the commissioners to assign assistant commissioners of police in charge of training and development to conduct training and orientation for personnel designated for the…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja said the Musa Yar’Adua (Airport Road) and Murtala Mohammed (Kubwa Road) Expresswaysin Abuja, have improved the face of federal capital. Mr. Jonathan said this when he inspected the roads which had been put to use although at about 98 per cent completion. He said the roads would ease road transportation into the Federal capital City and thanked the contractors and the FCT minister for supervising the project. “Thank you for handling this project for government. “I also thank the FCT minister for the effective supervision. These projects have improved the face of Abuja…
Controversial OAP, Freeze, is enjoying endorsement deals that some big shot singers never get. The outspoken On-air personality has been chosen as brand ambassador for the luxury automobile manufacturer, GAC Motors in Nigeria. He signed the deal yesterday, the 6th of May, which also happens to be his birthday. The choice of him as their brand ambassador, according to GAC’s spokesperson, was due to his enthusiasm for automobile luxury brands.
He is arguably the most successful comedian of our time in Nigeria. The stand-up comic, actor and businessman, AY just flaunted photos of his office on social media. He also praised his wife who’s behind the design and settings. See photos below: –
Five Star Music singer, KCee, has continued in his manner of thrilling his fans with gifts and good music. He recently surprised one of his fans in Calabar as he rewarded him with a sum of N50,000 after emerging winner at a dance competition. The event occurred at the Calabar Municipal Garden, venue of the kick off leg of The Trek concert that held on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Performing his popular tunes that include Limpopo, Turn By Turn and Pull Over, to the admiration of fans that attended the concert, Kcee further left the crowd asking for more after parting…
Nigerian socialite, Uti Uwanchukwu has gone on his Instagram page to issue an apology to Jim Iyke. Yesterday’s taping of Uti Nwachukwu and Helen Paul’s popular TV show, JARA, the pair poked fun at Jim Iyke’s failed relationship with ex-girlfriend, Nadia Buari. Sources close to Jim Iyke said Iyke was furious over the ‘defamatory comments’ made by Uti on JARA. Uti has however apologized for his comment which he described as ‘insensitive joke’ Read his comment: – My sincere apologies to one of the greatest Nollywood icons of our time. @jim.iyke .. I’m sincerely and deeply sorry for the insensitive joke/post made…
Controversial singer and businesswoman, Dencia, has fired back at Kola Boof after she told American rapper, Azealia Banks not to use any of her Whitenicious product. Using her Twitter account, Dencia shot back at Kola Boof on May 5. “Great grand ma kola buffoon still mad huh? Critics get paid, haters don’t. 1yr ago she was mad & we still made millions. ✌ ️ #AfricanEnergy” she tweeted. “Different tax brackets,different zip codes lol we can’t be in the same room so keep dreaming abt it grandma” she further tweeted. Last year, Lupita Nyong’o criticised Whitenicious cream in a speech she made…
The war of attrition between the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose and National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu continued on Thursday as the latter took to Twitter to debunk allegations that he (Mu’azu) worked for the opposition All Progressives Congress in the last general elections. The PDP chair was reacting to a claim by Mr. Fayose on Tuesday that he was in possession of evidence to prove that Mr. Mu’azu worked for the APC. “…He sold the party to the opposition. I have cogent evidence of his unholy alliance with the opposition before the…
Former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Wednesday told president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) that the expectations of Nigerians from his administration, which would come into effect from May 29, were high, urging him not to fail the people. The expectations, Anyaoku said, were hinged on the campaign promises of Gen. Buhari. Speaking to Journalists during his congratulatory visit to the president-elect at the Defence House in Abuja, Anyaoku, who a day earlier had led members of the Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations to bid President Goodluck Jonathan farewell, extolled the virtues of Buhari, saying he was a disciplined…
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari will be “ill-advised” to reverse the privatization of PHCN, Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said on Wednesday. Addressing journalists in Abuja after the weekly FEC Meeting, the minister said the gains of the privatization were very obvious and any attempt to reverse it will take Nigeria many decades back. “I think the incoming government will be ill-advised to reverse privatization and liberalization of power generation, transmission and distribution because any attempt to do that would be to set Nigeria back many many many decades”, Nebo said. “The gains of privatization are very obvious. If we can…
The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday said it has overcome the trauma of its loss to the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 presidential election. National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh, who stated this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, also commended the party’s national leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, for the mature and timely intervention in ending the bickering among leaders of the party as a result of the outcome of the general elections. He said the National Working Committee would absolutely abide by Jonathan’s counsel, adding that the party had instructed all the executive…
The Presidency on Thursday morning broke its unusual silence on the whereabouts of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. The media aide to the first lady, Ayo Adewusi, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, said the President’s wife is currently in Congo. According to Adewusi, Mrs. Jonathan is in the country to join her colleagues from Africa for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Congo Assistance Foundation, established by the Congolese First Lady, Madam Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso. The statement, however, did not indicate when she arrived in Congo or when she is expected back…
FRIDAY ITULAH, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER SPEAKERS OF STATES’ HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY Former speakers of states’ Houses of Assembly in the country on Wednesday called for the inclusion of retirement benefits for them in the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The National Association of Former Speakers of States’ Houses of Assembly made the call at its meeting in Abuja. The Chairman of the association, Friday Itulah, said the demand was necessary so that the members would enjoy same benefits as heads of executive and judiciary arms of government. Mr. Itulah, who is a member of the House of…
Nigeria’s Military said seven additional terrorists’ camps were destroyed on Tuesday as more insurgents died in the ongoing onslaught to dislodge them from their stronghold in Sambisa Forest. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the Defence Headquarters spokesperson, Chris Olukolade. Olukolade also said that additional 25 women and children were rescued during the operations. He said the troops captured the camps having maneuvered series of land mines in continuation of the assault on the forest bases of the terrorists. Olukolade, a Major-General in the Nigerian Army, listed the camps to include the four notorious…
Following the denial by Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka that he never made the disparaging comment about the Igbo as widely reported, the originator of the news, online news portal – TheCable, has tendered an unreserved apology. Soyinka was quoted by the news platform while delivering a lecture titled ‘Predicting Nigeria, Electoral Ironies’ at Harvard University Hutchins Centre for African and African American Research in the United States last week, as describing Igbos as people who vote based on their stomach and suffer from incurable money mindedness. The report also claimed he described the voting pattern in the South East…
Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) has confirmed the rescue of about 1000 women and children by the military in the North East. Ndume disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the women and children were rescued from villages occupied by the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East, particularly in Borno State. “Its not stage managed. See, what happened actually, we have so many villages scattered around Sambisa and the villages that are in Gworza. “So, most of these villages, they ran and left behind their wives and little children thinking that the activity of…