The Supreme Court, on Friday, ordered a member of the House of Representatives representing Akure South/North Federal Constituency of Ondo State, Ifedayo Abegunde, to vacate his seat at the lower chamber of the National Assembly due to his defection from the Labour Party (LP), which sponsored his election to the House of Representatives. Abegunde defected from the LP to the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011. A panel of seven justices of the apex court headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, held that a legislator’s defection to another party could only be…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Justice Fati Abubakar Niger State governor–elect, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will, on May 29, be sworn in by his mother-in-law who is the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Fati Abubakar. Bello, a son of a former military governor of old Kano State and businessman, Colonel Sani Bello (rtd) is married to Dr (Mrs) Aminat Sani Bello, who is a daughter of Justice Abubakar and her husband, a former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar. According to Section 185. (1) of the 1999 Constitution, the chief judge of a state is first in the order…
Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu says that the recent loss of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at both the national and state polls did not come to him and many other Nigerians as a surprise. Aliyu said this on Friday when he appeared as a special guest of honour at the 24th convocation lecture of the Federal University of Technology, Minna. According to him, the failure of the PDP to honour the single term agreement led to the defeat suffered by the party in the hands of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the presidential and National Assembly polls.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has called the attention of the security agencies and Nigerians to the spate of security breaches in the state. It fingered Governor Ayodele Fayose as being responsible for the condition of the state. Publicity Secretary of the party, Taiwo Olatubosun, in a statement in reaction to Friday morning blockade of entry points to Ado-Ekiti by the supporters of the governor, said that the governor ordered the blockade of the entry points to prevent the 19 APC lawmakers from accessing the House of Assembly to carry out their legislative duties. “In this latest…
Being among the first to start a new line of business, almost always guarantees business success. Local examples to point to include: Jumia, Konga, Jobberman, Swift, etc. they jumped on the train of new business opportunities and have made huge success. So would you dare to start out on new track? Last month, Microsoft Nigeria, Mara Mentor and Fate Foundation launched the Cloudpreneurs Project, an initiative which will provide training, support and mentorship for entrepreneurs looking to use cloud technology to provide IT solutions to customers. So if you own a cloud-based business or are interested in starting one, apply…
Aisha Alhassan Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), Agape Sisters, has threatened to protest unclad on April 25 if the female governorship candidate in the Taraba governorship election, Aisha Alhassan, is intimidated. Coordinator of Agape Sisters, Mrs Jean Onuh, issued the threat in Abuja on Friday when briefing newsmen on the Taraba run-off election. Onuh said Alhassan represented the interest of Nigerian women in the Taraba governorship poll holding on April 25. But sadly, she is being intimidated by her opponents and officials of the Independent Electoral commission (INEC). “We would have remained quiet and very neutral but for our disadvantaged background and…
file photo Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Friday commissioned the Warri-Effurun flyover constructed over the busy Effurun roundabout in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. The four-lane flyover, with both sides of the dual-carriageway measuring approximately one kilometre, was constructed at a cost of about N4.1 billion. Uduaghan, who unveiled the bridge during an impressive ceremony on the bridge on Friday, noted that the promise of his administration to finish strong was not a fluke as the people had witnessed numerous projects commissioned across the state especially in the last few weeks. The Effurun Roundabout flyover bridge is the…
*Nebo Although Nigeria needs 160,000 megawatts of power to be able to satisfy its needs, the federal government on Friday boasted that it now generates 5,500 megawatts of power. This was made known at a joint press briefing by the Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo and Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam at the end of the last meeting of the Board of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd, held at the vice presidential wing of the presidential villa. The meeting was chaired by Vice-President Namadi Sambo. Nebo said Jonathan’s administration had achieved minimum electricity generation capacity of 5,500 megawatts…
Gunmen suspected to be assassins, Thursday, killed the Ughelli branch chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Barrister Austin Icheghe. The incident, Vanguard learnt, happened around 9pm at the 14 Ekredjebor residence of the victim in the presence of his immediate family. The Icheghe residence on Friday was filled with sympathisers, with Vanguard reporters sighting the pool of blood of the victim which was still on the ground. A niece of the deceased, Egunor Uviesa told reporters that her uncle was shot in front of his apartment while alighting from his vehicle at the close of work. “As soon as…
The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday said it had released former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s autobiography titled, My Watch. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the NCS Comptroller-General, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi, made the disclosure to newsmen when he inaugurated two new patrol boats of the service in Lagos. Abdullahi said the container was released following the vacation of an FCT High Court order restraining the former President from publishing, printing or offering for sale, his autobiography titled, ‘My Watch’, on Tuesday. “Customs got the initial order of the court to stop the container and now that the court asks us…
Following the upsurge in reported cases of kidnappings in the country, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Friday, counseled parents and guardians against entrusting their children and wards to strangers, as such practice could expose them to different forms of rights abuses. The commission, which expressed worries over the recent occurrence in Lagos State where three siblings were abducted by a nanny, who was supposed to take care of them, said it would intensify effort towards enforcing the rights of victims and ensure that the culprits are punished in accordance with the law. You may recall that three kids, Aderomola…
I guess she has a crush on Kim K and her lifestyle. On the 17th of April 2015 in Abuja, singer Seyi Shay, will be aiming to take a hundred selfies with her fans at Play lounge nightclub. Seyi Shay plans to get close and personal with her fans who have supported her over the years, and made her one of the top female acts in Nigeria. The singer without an album should prepare to have a very long and flashy night. Seyi Shay recently featured in the remix of Mr. 2kay’s ‘Bad Girl Special‘ remix also featuring Cynthia Morgan.
From being linked to one Ghanaian babe to another. Reports now claim that popular Nollywood comic actor, Osita Iheme also known as pawpaw may be getting married soon. According to reliable sources, wedding plans are already happening as I write this. The source claims that Osita says he is getting married to a Ghanaian, and they are opting for a secret wedding.
Top Nigerian rapper Reminisce dropped his track-list for his third album ‘Baba Hafusa‘ on April 16, 2015. He has now gone on to share photos of his two adorable daughters. The Yoruba rapper who just released a new single titled ‘Skilashii’ can be seen with his two girls. The title of his new album name references the name of his older daughter Hafusa Safaru. His second girl was born last year and her names are Fatimah Safaru.
Well, this relationship like play like play has turned into something serious. Reports of Nicki Minaj’s engagement to Mill broke out on Wednesday after the rapper shared a photo showing a massive heart-shaped diamond ring on her left hand. This was swiftly followed by another snap of the couple posing in front of their car with Minaj showing off the same bling on her left ring finger. Minaj, 32, and Mill, 27, have yet to publicly confirm their engagement but the rapper might be planning on making the announcement soon as she captioned her ring photo with a cryptic message, “I’ll…
He can’t stop talking and he won’t stop. Ali Baba is back again and this time, he talks about the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Using his Twitter account, the famous comedian said the Nigerian government should kick out South African owned businesses in Nigerians, if the South African government cannot protect the lives of Nigerians. “SERIOUSLY, OUR GOVT SHLD GIVE THE S/AFRICAN GOVT 48HRS & IF THE GOVT MAKES NO AMENDS, LET US ASK, MTN, DSTV, BANKS, SHOPRITE TO CLOSE SHOP” tweeted the comedian. He further said “THE WAY SOME PPLE RATIONALIZE THINGS AMAZE ME. BECOS SOME NIGERIANS…
The All Progressives Congress has denied allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party that it was planning to destabilise the soon-to-be opposition party. A statement by APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Abuja on Friday, said that it was impossible for the party to be making such moves especially in light of the APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari’s separate condemnation of the recent wave of defection of politicians from the PDP to APC. Mohammed described the claim by the PDP as ludicrous, adding that its spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, who made the allegation, needed…
The Senator representing Kwara Central and former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has denied collecting any money from the Minister of Petroleum, Deizani Alison-Madueke, to fund the campaign of the president-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buahri (retd). Mrs. Alison-Madueke, an influential member of the Peoples Democratic Party, sits atop the most ‘juicy’ ministry in the country while Saraki, is a member of the All Progressives Congress. Bamikole Omishore, the Special Assistant on Media and Advocacy to Sen. Saraki made this known in a post on the social media following allegation contained in an online article that the minister contributed to…
The national leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, has requested the Independent National Electoral Commission to set aside its declaration that the governorship election in Taraba State was inconclusive. According to the party, what the electoral umpire ought to have done was to cancel the results of 11 local government areas, where it claimed large scale electoral fraud was perpetrated, after which, a fresh collation should be done and a winner declared. National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun, made the demand in Abuja on Thursday. Oyegun spoke during a press briefing by the party’s governorship candidate in the…
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has said it has finalized plans to challenge the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Nyesom Wike, at the State Election Tribunal. The chairman of the party, Dr. Davies Ikanya, who stated this in a statement on Friday, insisted that the party’s mandate was stolen by the PDP in active connivance with the Independent National Electoral Commission and the police. Mr. Wike polled 1, 029, 102 votes to defeat the APC candidate, Dakuku Peterside, who scored 124,896. Mr. Ikanya assured the people of Rivers State that the mandate which they gave to…