He’s definitely the most common face on Hausa movie flicks and has even made a couple appearances in the normal Nollywood movies. Ali Nuhu‘s 41st birthday was yesterday and the ‘King of Kannywood’ (the Hausa movie industry) celebrated with his wife, Maimuna Garba Ja Abdulkadir and kids, Ahmed and Fatima, in a close knit gathering. The Glo ambassador captioned the above photo, ‘Family is God’s gift to you, as you are to them….. Masha Allah’. More photos below: –
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to summon the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega to a meeting that was not attended by other political parties in Abuja on Tuesday was part of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s moves to compromise the integrity of the commission. Jega was present at a closed door meeting of the Security Council presided over by President Jonathan on Tuesday. “Without the representatives of other political parties attending such meetings, irrespective of whether or not it is aimed at briefing security chiefs on…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation has cried out over threats to the life of one of its members, Rotimi Fashakin, by persons it said are linked to the President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation. The APCPCO in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Tuesday said the threats on Mr. Fashakin were sent via SMS messages from the same phone line – 08173716604 – on Sunday, March 15 at 6:09pm and 6.17pm. The organisation said the first SMS at 6:09pm reads: “Mr. ICT expert, your plan on our man Kayode may cost your…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of carrying his re-election desperation to a new height on Monday when he unleashed thugs on Lagos residents during a sponsored Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) protest against Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said just as it (APC) had alerted the nation in its press statement on Sunday, the President’s supporters, led by the OPC, took to major roads in the city during rush hour traffic to unleash…
Members of the Ex-service men Welfare Association on Tuesday took to the streets of Abuja to protest the non-payment of their pension since 2003. The ex-service men, who carried placards, started their protest from the Defence Headquarters, where they blocked the entrance, preventing incoming and outgoing vehicles into the building. Speaking during the protest, coordinator of the group, Col. Ahmed Zubair (retd.), stated that the protest was planned to draw public attention to the plight of the ex-service men, who he pointed out had served the nation judiciously and were owed for it. He added that it was not fair…
The Senate has approved the request of President Goodluck Jonathan to raise additional $200 million Diaspora Bond from the international capital market in addition to an initial $100 million approved by the upper chamber of the national assembly in the 2012-2014 borrowing plan. In a letter dated February 4, 2015 addressed to Senate President, David Mark, the president explained that the increment being sought was to enable him to address critical infrastructure in the country, while also giving Nigeria’s diaspora citizens the opportunity to invest in the development of the country. Presenting the report, Senator Ehigie Uzamere, who chaired the…
A Nigerian, Dotun Oyetunde has donated the sum of N1 million to support the military’s fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the North Eastern part of Nigeria. President Goodluck Jonathan, who received the donation on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ahead of a closed door meeting of the Security Council commended the gesture and advised that the nation’s security forces should be appreciated. He described the attitude of politicians who politicize the ongoing war against terror as as reckless. “We must continue to commend men of the Nigerian armed forces. A nation must honour men of its armed forces.…
The Kano state police, Tuesday explained why it stopped the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari’s 1 million man march by Youth group in Kano. Speaking, Tuesday, the spokesman of the Command police in the state, Assistant Superintendent of police (ASP) Musa Magaji Majia said that the Sani Abacha stadium venue proposed by the group for the rally was already allocated for National league encounter between Kano Pillars and Bayelsa United. “Nigerian football federation, Muslims Group whose Quran recitation was scheduled for Saturday at the stadium were among the group that applied for usage of the facility,…
The Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari has explained his reason for refusing to engage in a presidential debate with President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at an interactive session with the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) in Abuja, Buhari argued that there was no basis for debate since the record of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Jonathan in government is public knowledge. At the event also attended by a former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Buhari, however, promised to ensure strict adherence to the constitution if he wins the March 28 presidential election. The former head of state who has…
I bet my male readers and even a couple female would love this one. Just days ago, I was saying how eastern African countries have the sexiest women. Let’s see if this is really true. Richestlifestyle.com last week released their list of the 20 Most Curvy African celebs & 7 Nigerians, including Omotola, Mercy Johnson, Daniella Okeke, Toolz, Anita Joseph, Evia Simone, and Didi Ekanem made the list. See the remaining below: –
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has raised the alarm over a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to assassinate the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside. Amaechi, who raised the alarm while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Monday, also said he had lost confidence in the Nigerian Police, lamenting that the police was working for the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor specifically said that the 2015 election in the state was between the APC and the police, adding that the state police command had arrested…
The Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari has explained his reason for refusing to engage in a presidential debate with President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at an interactive session with the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) in Abuja, Buhari argued that there was no basis for debate since the record of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Jonathan in government is public knowledge. At the event also attended by a former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Buhari, however, promised to ensure strict adherence to the constitution if he wins the March 28 presidential election. The former head of state who has…
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the National Electricity Commission (NEC) to review electricity tariff downwards with immediately effect following complaint by Nigerians over the astronomical increase in the tariff. This was disclosed, Tuesday, by the Minister of power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, while fielding questions on CNBC cable network on the programme, Power Lunch West Africa. According to Nebo, Jonathan expressed discomfort on hearing the news about the suffering Nigerians are passing through with the new electricity tariff and directed NEC to ensure that it reduces service charges without delay, irrespective of the reasons for the increase. “The President was not…
Switzerland will return to Nigeria some $380 million (about N76 billion) linked to ex-dictator Sani Abacha to Nigeria, Geneva’s public prosecutor said Tuesday, adding that it was closing a 16-year case on the funds. Abacha was Nigeria’s head of state from 1993 until he died in 1998. While the economy grew under his rule, he looted government funds and was criticised over his human rights abuses. The decision to return the funds came after a July 2014 deal between Nigeria and the Abacha family. Under the agreement, the funds would be confiscated and returned to Nigeria, while Abuja would drop…
Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, today assured the Nigerian media of press freedom if he wins the 2015 presidential election. Speaking at an Interactive Session with the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) in Abuja, Buhari said the infamous Decree 4 of 1984 which was used to clamp down on the media when he was head of state was one of the things that come with military rule. “Dictatorship goes with military rule as do edicts such as Decree 4,” he said, adding, however, that he is “now a converted democrat, who is ready to operate under…
Reports online says that veteran Nigerian rapper, Ruggedman, had one of his shows interrupted by Chinese policemen while on tour. Ruggedman was performing at ABCD club in Guangzhou when policeman came to interrupt his music show. Sources contacted Ruggedman’s management to confirm the incident. “Ruggedman’s show was going smoothly and the turn up was loud. As a matter of fact, Super Eagles player. Aaron Samuel and B2Ks Demarion were there with Ruggedman, and all of a sudden the police just came in to stop the show” said the management. “We later found out that it was a competing show promoter in…
A former Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Planning in Cross Rivers State, Mr. Fidelis Ugbo, has alleged that Governor Liyel Imoke encouraged him to resign his appointment as secretary to the National Planning Commission to contest the 2015 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party but later dumped him. He, however, promised to correct many wrongs if elected governor under the platform of the Labour Party. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, Ugbo, who was a secretary to the state government, said he informed the governor of his plan to resign from the NPC before submitting…
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, has accused the All Progressives Congress of “coming up with a different lie every day of the week”. The Director of Media and Publicity of the Campaign Organization, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who reacted to the opposition party’s allegation that the Federal Government and the PDP were planning to render the smart card readers ineffective on Election Day, said the allegation was wild and baseless. We had earlier reported that the APC spokesman, Lai Mohammed, on Monday raised the alarm over the plan by the Goodluck Jonathan Administration and the PDP to render…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that he and other members of the House, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for All Progressives Congress, would have been richer politicians today had they remained in the ruling party. He noted that remaining in the PDP would have been a far easier choice as all the lawmakers would have enjoyed the financial benefits of being in the same party as the Federal Government. However, the speaker stated that for the love of Nigeria and the need to turn the country around for good, they opted to dump…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, now confronted with the reality of failure in the 2015 general elections, has intensified its frenzied deployment of false alarms aimed at throwing the polity into chaos and wreck the electoral process. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Monday said, “Having been exposed in its hypocrisy, lies and empty promises, the APC in obvious frustration is now engaged in dangerous mind game using wild allegations in a bid to cause panic, balkanize the nation and create the way for a reign of…