The first female winner of Big Brother Africa Karen Igho-Rakosturns a year older today. Karen Igho-Rakos who is also a former on air personality was born on April 6, 1894. Karen Igho was born in Jos, Plateau State and she met her dad for the first time when she was 14 years old but sadly he died not long after. Karen had her primary school education at Star Tribe Primary School, and Township Primary School, Delta State and she later moved back to the place of her birth for her high school education at Federal Government College Hopeshe, Jos, Nigeria.…
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The controversial actress has been in the spotlight more than once of recent. Cossy in a recent interview with Punch, said she doesn’t run after politicians because she wants the best for herself and her community. According to Cossy: – “I don’t go after politicians. I just want the best for myself and the community I live in. That’s all I want. Where I live, we the residents wrote a letter to an aspirant in our area, complaining about our drainage. And the head of our community said we should vote for him and that the man would fix the…
He might be one of the pioneers of rap music in Nigeria, but is he still relevant??? Last night, Sunday April 5, 2015 at AY Live held at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island; popular comedian, Gordons cracked a joke about popular Nigerian rapper Modenine’s rap career. According to the source, Gordons joked that the award winning lyricist’s career was dead. “For you to be a successful rapper in this world, you have to die. 2pac was a good rapper; he died and became great. Biggie rap so tey, he rap till he die. Mode 9 is still alive but…
Ahead of the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly, the North East chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has made a case for the offices of Senate President or the Speaker of the House of Representatives to be zoned to the region. The North East APC made the demand against the backdrop of its contribution to the party, even as it said it had eminently qualified candidates for the aforementioned positions. A statement signed yesterday in Abuja by APC National Vice Chairman, North East, Engr. Babachir David Lawal, also urged voters in the region to massively vote for the APC at…
Ebube Nwagbo rocked this to AY live show..Hot right?
Toyin Lawani’s has rocked all colours of braids from Pink to white. Last night, she stepped out in blue. Feeling it?
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, said the peaceful conduct of March 28 Presidential poll won by Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has shamed doomsayers that Nigeria would break up in 2015. “No one will ever repeat that wild and arrogant prediction that Nigeria will go under; those doomsayers have been shamed and Nigeria will grow from strength to strength”, Gowon said in Jos. While recalling the prediction that the country would disintegrate in 2015, Gowon declared that those that made the prediction did not reckon with Nigeria’s ability to solve its problems. “The nation has always had the mechanism to…
As the plot by All Progressives Congress lawmakers of the Ekiti State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose thickens, the governor has said that his mandate, which was “freely and wholeheartedly” given to him by the electorate, will be defended by Ekiti People. “Ekiti people, who are the owners of my mandate, will defend it against political usurpers, whom they had rejected twice in the last nine months”, Mr. Fayose said. Nineteen lawmakers of the opposition APC had on Friday served Mr. Fayose and his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, an impeachment notice. The lawmakers gave them seven days to…
A pressure group, the Value and Integrity Group, has demanded that Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State and Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director, Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, tender “immediate and unconditional apologies” to Nigerians. In a statement Sunday, the group accused the duo of engaging in highly divisive and reprehensible roles in the run-up to and during the presidential campaigns. “Their approach and strategy of divisive and hate speech generated tension and heated up the polity remarkably”, the group said in a statement signed by Sina Odugbemi and Popoola Ajayi, Coordinator and Secretary General respectively. “While we appreciate…
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State says the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has urged APC supporters nationwide to shun violence and provocation while celebrating his victory. Wamakko passed down the message in Sokoto on Saturday at the monthly stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress. “I was with Buhari two days ago in Abuja and this was his main message to the members and supporters of the party in the country. “While celebrating we should be cautious so as not to endanger the lives of others, cause violence or destruction of property, and or cause the killing or maiming of…
The Ortom/Abounu Governorship Campaign Organisation at the weekend in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its leaders in the state to rig the forthcoming governorship and state assembly elections. A statement from the organisation reads in part: “The Ortom/Abounu Governorship Campaign Organization at the weekend received reliable information that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had concluded plans to massively rig the April 11 governorship and state asssembly polls in Benue State. “Impeccable sources disclosed to us that the leader of the party in the state held a meeting with a militia group called the…
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has caused a storm with his reported threat to Igbo residents to vote his anointed candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the next governor of the state. The Oba, who reportedly made the threat on Sunday when he met with Igbo leaders in his palace, said failure on the part of Igbo citizens in the state to vote Ambode will translate to a non-prosperous stay for them in the nation’s commercial capital. The paramount ruler urged them to swing their votes to the APC because he personally chose…
The Ogun State Government has denied obtaining any foreign loan and accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party of peddling the rumour. The Commissioner for Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said this at a press conference, which held in Abeokuta on Sunday. She said the performance of the Ibikunle Amosun administration has continued to give the opposition in the state sleepless nights. “We restate again that we have not taken any foreign loans. Indeed if they were conversant with financial regulations they would or should know that foreign loans can only be taken with the express approval of the Federal Ministry of Finance and is subject to legislative…
The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Front, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has been urged to accept the reality that General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is now the President-elect of Nigeria just as President Goodluck Jonathan and others have accepted it. An Ex-agitator, “Gen” Augustine Ogedegbe, who made the call in a statement in Warri, Delta State at the weekend, said the threat by Asari Dokubo to return to the creeks, would be going against the wish of Mr. Jonathan, who has asked Nigerians to forget about the outcome of the March 28 presidential elections and join hands with the…
Dear People of Lagos, you’ve probably heard the new rhetoric that the APCs spin-masters have been spewing out in the last couple of days stating that if Lagos is in the opposition, the Federal Government will deny Lagos a lot of benefits. Just yesterday, a few well meaning Lagosians had sent us Facebook and SMS messages asking for my take on this issue so I’ve decided to speak up. First, I wonder about the soundness of this argument especially after listening to President-elect General Buhari’s acceptance speech where he clearly stated ” There shall no longer be a ruling party…
The people of Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers State have pleaded with the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to help them recover their Soku oil wells, which were ceded to Bayelsa State by the administration of the out-going President Goodluck Jonathan. Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the local government, Chief Fenibo Jack, in a statement issued in Abonnema, headquarters of the council, expressed the hope that the oil wells, which pitched Governor Rotimi Amaechi against President Jonathan, would be returned to Rivers, if the matter is judiciously looked into. Jack said, “We appeal to you to look into…
The Director, Media and Publicity of Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied reports on social media that he had turned against the president just few days after PDP lost the presidential election. Mr. Fani-Kayode said he continued to hold Mr. Jonathan in high esteem and that the statement being circulated represented his views when he was still in the All Progressives Congress. Read full statement below: FEMI FANI-KAYODE STILL HOLDS PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN IN VERY HIGH ESTEEM Our attention has been drawn to a report titled “Fani-Kayode blasts Jonathan; says President is leaving legacy of…
The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday assured Nigerians that his administration would be fair to all irrespective of religious and political inclinations, and ensure there is justice in the land. Speaking when a delegation of party members from his home state of Katsina paid him a congratulatory visit at the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) headquarters in Abuja, Buhari said his administration would not condone injustice of any kind. “I will never be part of any injustice in the country. There shall be justice in the land. We would strive to rescue our people who are suffering from injustice…
Nigerians have placed high demands on the president-elect Muhammadu Buhari following his pre-election promises. The enormous task ahead of him now requires him to take some drastic measures, according to a former Chaplain of Aso Villa during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Reverend William Okoye. Okoye said this during his Easter sermon on Sunday entitled: “God is in charge and in control – Nigerians should thank God for a peaceful election. He urged Buhari to revisit the Stephen Oronsaye-led Committee’s report on civil service reforms which recommended scrapping of some agencies for guidance as he advises that the…
The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe has congratulated the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the victory of the APC at the March 28 Presidential election. “Let me congratulate Gen. Mohammed Buhari on his success at the 2015 Presidential Polls. I equally congratulate my friend and brother Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the APC National Leader, and the leaders and members of the APC for this historic success,” he said in a statement. “On our part, we have ran a good race…