President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday paid condolence visit to the family of late Inspector General of Police, Alhaji MD Yusuf. Buhari described the late elder statesman as a good man with a wealth of experience and whom the nation would dearly miss. Obasanjo described the late police boss as a good friend, who helped to make the nation great and prayed for the repose of his soul. Other dignitaries who visited the late Yusuf’s residence yesterday were former IGP Musiliu Smith, former House Speaker Aminu Masari, Umar Mutallab and some Islamic scholars from Morocco.…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has accused an unnamed governor from the North-Central geo-political zone of working against the use of card readers for tomorrow’s governorship and state house of assembly elections. A statement issued by Mr. Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega in Abuja on Thursday, asked the governor to stop the misleading act. Idowu said the action of the governor could amount to electoral offence. Apart from the governor, the commission accused some political leaders of being in the habit of telling voters that card reader would not be used for Saturday’s…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, has ruled out the possibility of a military takeover as Nigeria transits from the current administration to another, saying the era of military rule in the country is gone forever. The CDS reiterated the Nigerian military’s commitment to continue to respect democratic institutions in the country. Badeh made this known yesterday when the military high command played host to a high powered delegation of the National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections, led by its chairman and former head of state, General Abulsalami Abubakar (retd). “The era of military…
A driver with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Delta State got more than he bargained for on Thursday as he was beaten to a pulp for allegedly trying to divert sensitive materials meant for tomorrow’s governorship and house of assembly elections in the state. The angry mob descended on the driver and gave him the beating of his life in Asaba, the state capital, for allegedly taking a different route from other INEC drivers. After loading election materials for Ethiope East and West from the Central Bank premises in the INEC pick-up van, the driver was said to…
He’s a hot 21 year old pop star and she’s a hot 19 year old model. Usually, people like these are never ‘just friends’. Oh please! She’s spending nights at his home in LA, she attended his roast on Comedy Central and he’s touching her intimately and sharing the photos on Instagram. Source: LIB
All these celebs coming for each other. Y’all are free to use my platform anytime..hahaha. Shade Ladipo is an On-Air-Personality and TV producer. Read what she wrote about Burna Boy below.. If you had asked me 6 weeks ago which Artiste I was going to write on, it would have been about how bad a performer Naeto C is and why he should give up being a performing artiste but somehow, I think Burna Boy has trumped all this with what I call an Epic Failure at being an artiste. I watched Burna Boy perform for a smallish crowd at…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 39-year-old South African woman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with $373,725 (N74.4million) and €2,120 (N450,000) concealed inside packs of oats. In a statement Thursday, the agency said the money was detected during an inward screening of passengers on a South African airline flight from Johannesburg. The agency also said two Nigerians are being investigated in connection with the case. Hamza Umar, the NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport, identified the lady as Nosisi Nqgula. “The mode of concealment presents reasonable grounds for money laundering”, Mr. Umar said. “Five…
AIG BALA HASSAN Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 10, on Thursday said four gunmen on Wednesday night kidnapped Salihu Barada, the District Head of Wamakko, Sokoto State, and brother to the state governor, Aliyu Wamakko. Mr. Hassan said in Sokoto that the police and other security agencies had been placed on alert to rescue the traditional ruler. He said the gunmen, using a gold coloured vehicle, kidnapped Mr. Barada and one other person at his farm around 8:00 p.m. Thursday. He said the kidnappers, however, released the second person at Bege village, Kebbi, adding that effective operation…
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered a restriction of movement during Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections. The directive was contained in a statement issued Thursday by the Force spokesman, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu. According to the statement, the restriction of movement will begin from 8am to 5pm on Saturday, April 11, 2015 only. The Force spokesman, however, disclosed that the restriction excludes the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as well as vehicles on essential duties such as Fire Service, ambulances and vehicles used by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and law enforcement/security agencies. “In a bid to…
Gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members, on Thursday, stormed a remote village near Askira Uba, Borno State, killing at least 20 people. Narrating their tale of survival, some lucky escapees said the insurgents invaded Dile village at 2 a.m. in several vehicles, burning houses and killing anybody in sight. Ibrahim Usman, a resident, who fled to Mubi in Adamawa State, said 20 persons were feared killed in the village and many others sustained injuries during the attack. “Dozens of Boko Haram fighters attacked our village at about 2 a.m. and killed 20 people”, Mr. Usman said. “Many of us…
The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has commiserated with President Goodluck Jonathan over the demise of his Special Adviser on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Oronto Douglas. Mr. Douglas passed on early hours of Thursday at the State House Clinic, Abuja, after a protracted battle with an undisclosed ailment. In a condolence message to the President and made available to journalists by the Directorate of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign in Abuja, Mr. Buhari said: “I received the news of the death of your long-standing and key Aide, Oronto Douglas with sadness. “I appreciate how close he had worked with…
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed disappointment over the party’s loss of five House of Representatives seats to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, in the March 28th National Assembly elections. Speaking in Lagos, at an emergency stakeholders meeting to review last election and strategize for Saturday’s governorship and state house of assembly elections, the former Governor of Lagos State said “You, the party leaders have disappointed us. For the first time, we lost five House of Representatives seats to the opposition party, this is unacceptable, a huge disappointment. “Though in politics…
The Special Election Team of Zone 6 Command, Calabar of the Nigeria Police has arrested a man with 813 permanent voters’ card at Izzi, Ebonyi State. The suspect, identified as Madueke Sunday, 31, He reportedly concealed the PVCs in a ‘Ghana must go’ bag. Commenting on the arrest, head of the Special Election Team, DSP Obere Friday, said it took place last Monday, after the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the zone, Tunde Ogunsakin received a phone call about the activities of the suspect. “The team was immediately put into action by the AIG and they moved…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of plotting to rig tomorrow’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. “The APC has been using Rivers State resources to defeat the will of the people of the state. They have been hiring and arming hardened criminals to be used against the will of Rivers people during the elections. They have also been recruiting misguided youths in the state to cause aggravated havoc in different parts of the state so that elections will not hold in Rivers State until…
Top Nigerian stand up comedian, Gordons has disclosed that veteran comedians in the country are currently working on establishing a body or union for comedians in the country. The veteran comedian spoke to Hip TV about the organization.“We would try to come up with a body that should be able to regulate the activities of comedians, we are working on it and soon it will take effect” he said. Gordons was recently in the news for his joke about Modenine’s career at AY Live.
After a fan attacked Don Jazzy for not condemning the controversial statement made by the Oba of Lagos, the Mavin Records boss Don Jazzy has opened another angle on the situation. Don Jazzy has brought about a new twist to the whole saga with a conspiracy theory. According to him, maybe the Oba of Lagos made the statement purpose so that Igbos in Lagos state will vote for his cousin and PDP aspirant Jimi Agbaje. Don Jazzy tweeted his thoughts about this on the 7th of April. “#WhatIf Oba actually codedly wants PDP to win? And is counting on us…
I talked about this when it was just a rumor days ago, but the rumor has become reality. After a long 3 years after he left record label, Chocolate City, Jesse Jagz is back. M.I and Ice Prince made the surprise announcement on Instagram this evening. Jesse signed to the label, run by his brother MI and Audu Maikori, in 2007 and left officially on March 30th, 2012.
Na wa oooh, celebrity pass celebrity ooooh. The new dance-hall sensation, Patoranking in a birthday shout out to Segun Emden asked Amber Rose to please repost his photo and as expected, his fans attacked him. While giving a birthday shout-out to Beat FM, OAP Segun Emden, Patoranking asked Amber Rose to please repost his shout-out. Amber Rose stopped by Beat FM during her trip to Nigeria to ‘host’ D’Banj’s 10th Anniversary party and she and Segun Emden took a picture. Anyways, Patoranking’s fans flooded the comments section pleading with him to stop belittling himself by asking Amber Rose for a…
Soon to be dad and superstar singer, Dr. Sid has revealed his experience as a married man. Sidney Esiri who got married to Simi Osomo in 2014 spoke about the joy of being married, and the perks of being in a marriage. “It has been beautiful. I feel great. I am focused. There is something calming and settling about being married. It’s a very sweet experience” said the ‘Surulere’ singer. He also mentioned in the interview that being married will not change his genre of music. Dr. Sid and his wife Simi are currently expecting a baby girl.
The United Nations, Thursday, launched an appeal for $174 million (N35 billion) for almost 200,000 Nigerians who have fled the country due to brutal attacks by Boko Haram jihadists. “Displaced people in north-eastern Nigeria and across borders are in a very dramatic situation,” Liz Ahua, west Africa representative for the UNHCR, the organisation’s refugee agency, said. “They continue to fear for their lives, and are at this point unable to return to their homes.” According to UNHCR, some 192,000 people have fled Nigeria to Cameroon, Chad and Niger seeking refuge from relentless violence in the Nigeria’s north east, hence the…