Wizkid has begun to show a lot of love for his fellow acts of recent. He has admitted he is proud of his colleagues Olamide and Davido after both stars got mentions from American rapper, Meek Mill. In Davido’s case, remember I revealed that Meek Mill tweeted to confirm his collaboration with him and he also went further to mention YBNL rapper Olamide in another tweet where he wrote, ‘”Me and @wale step out the rolls wit the #gunmanpose like Olamide’. Acknowledging the fact that these stars are doing well enough to get the recognition from the American act, thereby…
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D’banj has some news for you, he wants you to know he has officially joined NYPD; calm down, it isn’t the New York Police Department. The NYPD movement is a youth oriented movement of visible hope for the Nigerian youth and the grand launch and official exhibition of NYPD will hold in Lagos on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Haven Event Centre, Oba Akinjobi Street, G.R.A Ikeja, Lagos. D’banj announced his involvement with NYPD a few hours ago via Instagram with the photograph above accompanied by the caption: ‘I live for positive vibes and energy. I am proud to…
Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Change (APC), Mallam Nasir el Rufai, yesterday accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state of allegedly engaging the Nigeria Army to scare away APC voters from the polls and create room for rigging of the governorship election in the state. El-Rufai made the accusation in a statement signed by the Chairman, El Rufai and Kaduna State APC Campaign Organisation, Ben Kure, in Kaduna yesterday. “The APC Kaduna State Campaign Council has been informed that soldiers have received orders to engage in massive and sustained intimidation of voters in the state.…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday congratulated Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his victory in Tuesday’s general elections in his country. President Jonathan in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said he looked forward to continuing to work with the re-elected prime minister to further strengthen the existing cordial and mutually-beneficial relations between Nigeria and Israel. He added that he and his government would also continue to count on the cooperation and support of the Israeli government under Netanyahu’s leadership as Nigeria strives to overcome the challenges of terrorism, violent extremism and…
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said the reported silent moves by President Goodluck Jonathan to woo former Vice President Atiku Abubakar back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is a failed mission. Fayemi said the ploy is to cause division in the camp of the All Progressives Congress and dim the chances of its presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) ahead of the March 28 presidential election. The ex-governor also said the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, could only be done in accordance with the…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Adamu Mu’azu, has ruled out a landslide victory for the party in the forthcoming general elections. President Goodluck Jonathan is the PDP candidate in the March 28 presidential election and for the first time since it assumed leadership of the country in 1999, the ruling party is facing its toughest competition yet from a formidable opposition – the All Progressives Congress, APC, which has a former head of state and veteran contestant, Muhammadu Buhari, as its candidate. In a statement on Thursday, Mr. Mu’azu said while he was confident of the party…
With less than a month to the governorship elections in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in Adamawa State, Nuhu Ribadu, has received the endorsement of four of his challengers, who stepped down for him. The candidates declared their support for the former EFCC chairman at a press conference held Thursday in Yola, the state capital. Those who have endorsed Mr. Ribadu were the candidates of KOWA party, Mega Progressive Peoples Party, MPPP; National Conscience Party, NCP; and All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. A spokesperson for the group, Abdulnasir Hamman, and candidate of MPPP said “our decision was compelled by…
The Minister of State for Defence, Augustine Akobundu, a retired colonel, on Thursday in Abuja pledged to do his best to ensure that success recorded by the military against insurgents is sustained. Mr. Akobundu made the pledge while assuming office at the Ministry of Defence. He promised to add value to positive things happening in the ministry and support the leadership of the ministry to build on successes, especially in the area of security. “We are all expected to do our best and I want to congratulate you all for your efforts in making sure that the President’s efforts in…
Wife of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Aishat Buhari, has advised the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, to jettison any fear of being jailed if her husband, Muhammadu Buhari wins the March 28 presidential election, saying Nigerians are more concerned with changing the way the country is administered. Mrs. Jonathan, during a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women presidential campaign rally in Ekiti and Edo States, repeatedly expressed the fear that Buhari, if elected, will jail her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the PDP flag bearer and other leaders of the present administration. The first lady particularly said she…
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Federal Government will ensure that no town or village will be taken by terrorist group, Boko Haram, ever again, in Nigeria. The president stated this at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital. He assured of the government’s commitment to ending insurgency in the country. “As I speak, I am so happy to announce that Yobe has been freed of Boko Haram as all territories earlier under the control of the sect members have been recaptured by our able troops and we will henceforth resist any attempt by the…
With 9 in 10 tooth decay untreated in Nigeria, dental experts at Pepsodent community dental outreach advised Nigerians to brush day and night using fluoridated toothpaste in order to prevent tooth problems. The oral awareness outreach, carried out in partnership with the Nigerian Dental Association, is part of activities to mark the World Oral Health Day on Friday, March 20th. Pepsodent, leading family toothpaste, seeks to reach ten million children in Nigeria with a view to imbibing good oral hygiene & dental care to guarantee that their teeth lasts a lifetime, and enhance their overall health in their old age. The…
Suspected Fulani herdsmen, Thursday, killed a member of the traditional rulers’ cabinet at Eke community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, Tamgbo Ogueji. The 85-year-old was allegedly shot in his house in the early hours of the day. According to the President-General, Eke Town Union, Anthony Enu, the community was irked and the youths restive. “Last year, the same Fulani herdsmen killed two of our brothers, Matthew Aniugo and Chiagha Chigbo, in their farms. The town is boiling with anger now. “We have reported the matter to the Police. We are calling on all relevant authorities to prevail…
FC Barcelona beat Manchester city to advance to the Champions league quarter final yesterday and it was celebration time for their fans. One fan especially as a photo of a die-hard FC Barcelona fan who calls himself “Igwe Barca” hit the Internet a few hours ago and has gone viral. Several online sources say he was spotted at Ishaga bus stop in Lagos yesterday. Here he is dressed in his FC Barcelona “agbada”-style outfit More photos below: –
Nigerian music heavyweight, Davido, will be outside the country during the 2015 presidential elections. Davido, who is currently in New York, has been announced as the headliner of the Afrobeat concert in Kenya at the Carnivore Grounds on Saturday, March 28, 2015 alongside Fena, Muthoni DQ, DJ Kafi, and DJ Protege.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for the 50 percent reduction in electricity tariff in the country. The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission had on Tuesday a 50 per cent reduction in electricity tariff beginning from April 1. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Wednesday said the reduction, which came two months after the cut in the pump price of petrol shows the President “as a listening and compassionate leader who has the interest and wellbeing of his citizens at heart”. The party said the development has shown that President Jonathan is always…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said he will complete the Zaria Water Project that has been abandoned for years. The spokesperson for the Kaduna APC Campaign Council, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists. The Zaria water Expansion project, is a regional water supply project by Kaduna State government in collaboration with African Development Bank, AfDB. It was conceived under the administration of Governor Ahmed Makarfi in 1999, now a senator, to be a fifty million litres daily Zaria Water Works Plant but was abandoned some years…
The nation’s airspace will remain opened during the forthcoming general elections, the Federal Government has said. However, if there is need for extra security measures, the airspace will be closed. The FG also said it would ensure tight security at the nation’s borders before and after the polls, adding that it had intelligence reports that some foreign nationals were in possession of the Permanent Voter Cards being issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who addressed made government’s position known during an interactive session with the diplomatic community in Abuja on Wednesday, appealed to Chad, Cameroon,…
First, let’s talk about the importance of goal setting. Goal setting involves thinking about where you want to be in future and motivating yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality. Before you can achieve any goals, you must determine what those goals are in the first place. Goals should be specific, measurable and time-targeted. Without goals, it’s easy to coast through life from day to day without achieving anything meaningful. Once you have goals however, this means that you have desired end results in mind, and can then take day-to-day actions to help you get to where…
Borno elders on Wednesday advised that the internally displaced persons, who were forced out of their communities by the Boko Haram insurgents, be allowed to cast their votes in the camps and not in the recently reclaimed territories. Speaking through their forum, Borno Elders’ Forum, the elders warned that forcing the IDP back into the reclaimed territories that were once under the control of Boko Haram terrorists may mean more harm to them, even as they worried that most of the dislodged terrorists are still lurking around in bushes around the reclaimed communities. In a statement issued by their spokesperson,…