Akwa Ibom State governor Godswill Akpabio has declared that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress Muhammadu Buhari is not too old to lead the country if he is healthy enough to do so. However, he noted that Nigerians will not allow Buhari to use an old trick to deceive them. Speaking at a strategy meeting of the PDP governors in Lagos, Akpabio said: “We are aware that some people have complained about the age of General Buhari. But we do not see anything wrong with his age if he thinks he can withstand the rigours of the job.…
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The spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has dismissed concerns raised by the governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) about alleged plan by the APC presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari to use only a term as president if he wins the March 28 election. He wondered when the ruling party would stop its “one-day, one-lie nonsense.” “The APC will not abridge the right of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to spend the constitutionally-guaranteed two terms as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria if elected in the March 28 poll,” Mohammed said. “No conditionality, whatsoever, was attached to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, yesterday warned that the plan of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) to serve only one term will derail rotation between North and South. The PDP governors who met in Lagos for a brainstorming meeting on the party’s strategies for the forthcoming elections, dismissed Buhari’s reputation as an anti-corruption crusader. They rather described him as a willing collaborator in the human rights and financial abuses that characterised the Sani Abacha era. “Buhari promised us that he is going to do one term. The implication of that…
Controversial Nigerian gospel singer, Maheeda, needs no introduction because despite not having hit tracks to show for, she has been able to register her brand on the minds of the people. She has been able to do this via some compromising photographs she has put online. The singer, who is based in Holland with her husband, recently released pictures of her 14 year old daughter, noting that whenever she looks at the young lady, she feels like an old woman. She has now expressed her fears over the consequence of her action, stating that her daughter may be poached by…
Ok, this is a bit different from what we know Ebube Nwagbo to be popular for. The popular Nollywood actress, Ebube Nwagbo shared photos of herself and two of the greatest footballers of our time — Lionel Messi and Cesc Fabregas. Ebube captioned the photo: – “Don’t be Jealous….hehehehehe…With D World;s Greatest @leomessi” More photos below: –
Truth is we are getting a little bit tired of this constant show of their money stacks and all that. Anyway, the Omo Baba Olowo of Nigerian music, Davido just made this Tuesday afternoon interesting with a picture of him putting a stack of dollar bills. The Nigerian artiste, C.E.O at HKN Music, shared the picture on his Instagram page and has had his fans buzzing ever since. He captioned the picture: – “I WOKE UP FEELING LIKE I WAS ON THE MOON!! LOOK AT THE FLICK OF DAT WRIST!!
Ok, this is a bit confusing for us. We all know that Majid Michel is married, so I’m guessing this is just some ‘Joking stuffs’ *In Falz voice*. Anyways, it’s actress, Lilian Esoro’s Birthday and Ghanaian actor, Majid Michael decided to surprise her. See the interesting screen shots below: –
The ever controversial Charles Novia has written a reveiw on the AMVCA awards 2015. As usual, he spoke his mind on what should be done and how the organizers failed. Read his post below: – At 21:52 pm CAT, when IK Osakioduwa and Vimbai, hosts of the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, had signed off from the show and brought in P Square, I was left scratching my head a bit as I walked out slowly out of the hall with some of the invited guests. I was puzzled. There was something about this year’s AMVCA which lacked the punch the…
Governor Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State, has denied that there was an attack on the senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Southern Kaduna Zone, Ishaku Shekarau. APC had accused supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party of attacking Mr. Shekarau on Saturday in Fadan Kagoma, Jema’a Local Government area of the state. Mr. Shekarau, who was in company APC stalwarts, said he was in the town to attend the annual Gwong Day celebration when he was “attacked by the thugs who were wielding dangerous weapons as they chanted PDP slogans in the venue”. Denying the attack in his reaction…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum on Monday said that the party will win elections in all the states in the south of the country including Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio said this at a meeting of the forum in Lagos. Speaking to newsmen before the commencement of the meeting, Mr. Akpabio said the PDP will win on first ballot because it was a national party. “Forget the propaganda you see. We are on ground and we believe PDP will win. “PDP is the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over plans by one of the security agencies, apparently acting on the orders of the Jonathan Administration, to harass and intimidate supposed sponsors of the party, as part of ongoing efforts to cripple its activities in the build-up to the March 28th polls. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the opposition party, however, said the agency can only target phantom financiers, since the APC is, in reality, being financed by Nigerians, not some money bags. “We made it clear early on that…
The apex northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Monday lampooned the Coordinator of the Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, over his call for the sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega. The OPC leader, according to the ACF, had called for the sack of the INEC boss on the basis of the distribution of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC), introduction of card readers and the creation of 30,000 polling units, which he claimed was to the advantage of the north. The ACF, through its National Publicity Secretary, Muhammadu Ibrahim,…
Wife of the presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajiya Aisha Buhari, Monday, donated assorted drugs and other relief materials to victims of the multiple suicide bomb attacks last weekend in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, which left over 50 persons dead and scores injured. Mrs. Buhari presented the items through the Borno State Governor’s wife, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima, at the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri. Mrs. Shettima extended the condolences and sympathies of Mrs. Buhari to the people of Borno state and government over the bomb attacks in the metropolis, while calling for prayers for peace in the land. The APC…
The Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen, said the ministry’s N100bn proposed budget for 2015 was drastically slashed by the Ministry of Finance to N11bn, representing an 89 per cent reduction. Onolememen, who was in the Senate to defend his ministry’s estimates for the fiscal year on Monday, added that funds were not approved for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency’s capital projects and the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation. He said the Finance Ministry predicated its action on the economic realities on ground. The minister expressed concern that funds were provided for only 33 out of the 210 ongoing road…
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A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, says a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will never be like the late Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, no matter how hard he tries. Tinubu, who is a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, has been credited with playing a leading role in the creation of the largest opposition party in the country since the return to democratic rule in 1999, due to his influence across the South-West and parts of the South-South. However, George, while addressing journalists during…
The All Progressives Congress has called on the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan, to accept responsibility for the recent attack on its campaign rally in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Rivers APC said on Monday that recent utterances credited to Mrs. Jonathan had not put anybody in doubt as the unseen hand behind the attack on its rally. Though, Okrika is the home town of the first lady, her kinsmen have maintained that she knew nothing about the shooting in Okrika that led to the death of a police corporal. But the Chairman of the…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, on Monday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure there are enough card readers as back-up per polling unit in case of failure. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, George said there was the need for a good contingency and back-up plan in case of failure of the card readers on election days. He said, “It is brilliant to come up with the card reader. But INEC must come up with two, three or four systems per polling unit as back up instead of saying people will vote…
Almost one year after over 200 secondary schoolgirls were abducted from their hostel in Chibok, Borno state by Boko Haram gunmen and their school set ablaze, members of the community and some of the distraught parents yesterday rejected attempts by the Federal Government to rebuild the burnt school insisting that all they wanted was to have their children back home. Federal Government officials led by the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had last Thursday visited Chibok community, during which she laid the foundation stone of one of the schools being built by the government.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), yesterday held a closed-door meeting with former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, and former Nigerian military head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.). The meeting, which lasted for one hour, was held at Buhari’s office along Jabi Road in Kaduna metropolis. Though neither Buhari nor his visitors disclosed the purpose or details of their closed door meeting with journalists, sources said the parley was not unconnected with the March 28 and April 11 general elections. A similar meeting was held with President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday at his official…