General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has warned the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to be careful in choosing members of his cabinet. Speaking at the 26th anniversary of his church, tagged, ‘Democracy audit: chances, choices and consequences,’ Bakare stressed that the wasted years in Nigeria can only be restored if Buhari surrounds himself with men and women of goodwill, great intellectual capacity, competence and character. “I pray sincerely that not all those who facilitated his winning the election will be among those who run the government. I did say before the election that I trust the person…
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Governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has promised to restore free treatment for members of the state chapter of the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) in all the state general hospitals if elected the next governor of the state. Speaking in Ibadan on Saturday, Ladoja who fielded questions from newsmen on his preparedness for the April 11 governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state described the current N12,000 being charged each of NEPWHAN’s 40,000 members in the state for treatment in government hospitals as insensitive. “My government, which…
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Men of the Ekiti State Police Command have beefed up security in Ado Ekiti, the capital, and various parts of the state following the impeachment threat by the 19 All Progressive Congress (APC) lawmakers against the state governor, Ayo Fayose. State police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu told newsmen, yesterday, that the command has put up a 24-hour surveillance around Ado Ekiti, the state capital particularly the state House of Assembly. “Security personnel have been placed on alert while high visibility patrol is being conducted around Ado Ekiti. We know the tension generated must have caused some apprehension, but we are being…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Saturday’s governorship election in Adamawa State, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has urged Christians and Muslims in the state to always preach peace as it was the only prerequisite for any meaningful development. Speaking on the occasion of Easter Sunday, in a statement issued in Yola by the Head of Media Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organization, Mallam Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, Mallam Ribadu noted that without peace, no meaningful development could be achieved. He therefore asked that people exhibit a peaceful conduct during Saturday’s governorship polls. Nigerians go to the polls on April 11 to elect the country’s…
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to be ready to make sacrifices for the president-elect Muhammadu Buhari as he would not only need their support but also their sacrifice. “As a people, what I always believe we should ask is what sacrifice are we making? It is not about supporting Jonathan or government. Now, Buhari is coming on board, it is not about supporting Burhari or his government but what sacrifice are you willing to make for government and for the nation as an individual?” Jonathan asked, when speaking to the Christian community in Abuja who paid him the traditional…
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Nollywood couple, Doris Simeon and Daniel Ademinokan rushed to their individual Instagram accounts to celebrate their son, David’s 7th birthday, Saturday, April 4, 2015. While Daniel poured words of encomium on the young lad with prayers, Doris Simeon noted that her breath will always be her baby. In the words of Simeon: – “You changed the world, my world as soon as u entered in. Time flies so fast u have become a lot stronger and bigger but u my love, my world., my breath will always be my baby. Bcos no child is big for his or her mother. Happy…
Nollywood plus-size actress, Eniola Badmus doesn’t care what anybody thinks about her weight as she’s always quick to flaunt her figure. The ‘Gbogbo Biggs girls’ actress is currently in New York for an Easter concert along side Olamide Baddo. She shared these photos on her Instagram page for her fans. Another one below: –
I try to picture her in a gutter and it’s hard not to laugh. Famous Beat FM OAP, Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi found herself in a hospital ‘Emergency Room’ while on her way to attend her best friend, Lola’s wedding in Lagos on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Gbemi took to her Instagram account to narrate how she fell inside the gutter and injured her leg on her way to her friend’s wedding. While the bride has been extending comforting words to her, Gbemi is determined to attend the wedding anyways- though she bitterly complained about the injury on her leg.
Don Jazzy and his first lady, Tiwa Savage almost look like a couple in this photo. The Mavin records boss and Tiwa Savage posed together for a selfie on their way home to Nigeria after a very successful Concert she pulled out recently in London. You would recall that a scan reveals Tiwa is set to have a baby boy, I bet this news excites Tee Billz. By the way, where is Tee Billz anywyas?!?
The Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called on Nigerians to use the lessons of Easter in bringing about socio-political resurrection for the country. The chairman, Senate committee on environment and ecology made the call in an Easter message signed by his media aide, Bamikole Omishore. He noted that, by historic effect, Easter corroborates quite well with the present situation of the country. According to him, “Nigeria needs socio political resurrection in order to return hope to her people. For this to come to life, we all need to make huge sacrifice and place this nation on a…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, has charged members of the party nationwide to ensure that it wins 24 states in the April 11 governorship elections. In a statement on Saturday signed by his media aide, Tony Amadi, Mr. Mu’azu listed the states the party must win to include Lagos, Rivers and Imo, whose governorship candidates he described as “first class materials”, The PDP currently controls 21 of the 36 states in the country. They are Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Gombe, Benue, Plateau, Niger and Kogi. Others…
Following the statement credited to a former militant leader, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dikubo, that the North conspired with the South West to deny President Goodluck Jonathan a second term in office and that he was contemplating returning to the creeks, a group in the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Peoples Confederation, yesterday faulted the comment, explaining that Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence as President-elect reflects the wishes of majority of Nigerians and not a conspiracy. The Co-ordinator, NDPC, Mr Iyamu Osaro Culture, in a press statement in Benin City, the Edo State capital, reminded Asari Dokubo that the majority of Nigerians voted…
President Barack Obama of the United States of America has commended the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, for conducting credible presidential and national assembly elections on March 28. Obama, who awarded the INEC boss with a “Certificate of Commendation” for his outstanding and sterling performance, said what Jega had done deserves to be emulated by all. Represented by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, President Obama also congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, for their roles in the election and the prevailing peace all over the country.
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has congratulated Christians in the country as they join their counterparts all over the world to celebrate Easter. The NSCIA Secretary-General, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede at a news conference in Ilorin, Kwara State on Saturday, described Easter as a religious festival commemorating a significant landmark in Christianity. He said Easter serves as a springboard for spiritual renewal, religious re-awakening and general rebirth. He expressed the hope that “this spirit of re-awakening and rebirth would be allowed to define our national course.…
The Rivers State Governor and Director-General of All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organization, APCPCO, Chibuike Amaechi, has disclosed plans by the state to set up a Judicial Commission of Enquiry to look into violent deaths of some Rivers citizens in the March 28 Presidential Election. The governor, who made the disclosure on Saturday while addressing APC supporters during a victory rally in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, vowed that their deaths would be avenged by the law in line with his administration’s resolve to protect lives and property. “This morning, I got approval from the Executive Council to…
The Yobe State Government has disclosed its plans to lift the ban on motorcycles, which came into effect at the height of Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The plan to lift the ban was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser on Press Affairs and Information to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, Mallam Abdullahi Bego. According to the statement on Saturday, Gaidam was considering lifting the ban on the use of motorcycles in Potiskum town and some other major towns in state to allow single individuals to ride motorcycles again. “A statement will be issued to this effect very soon…
Despite suffering defeat at the polls last Saturday, the Ondo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is poised to return to winning ways ahead of the April 11 State House of Assembly election in the state. The party, on Saturday, began its first outing after the March 28 elections at the southern senatorial district where it won all the seats into the federal House of Representatives. Publicity secretary of the party, Banji Okunomo, said the party had put behind the presidential defeat, saying the House of Assembly election had become very crucial to the people of Ondo State. He…
Amid unconfirmed reports that Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State is contemplating defecting from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency on the platform of APC, Victor Ogene, has vowed to stop the governor from joining the APC. In a statement in Awka, the state capital at the weekend, the federal lawmaker argued that Gov. Obiano’s entry into the APC would only stunt the expected resurgence of the party in the state and the entire South East geo-political zone. Ogene, who is the deputy chairman, House Committee on Media…