The All Progressives Congress (APC) Publicity Secretary for Sagbama local government, Bayelsa State, Prince Vincent Dakoru has defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was joined by his teeming supporters. Dakoru said he decided to leave the APC because the state chapter of the party lacks ideology and discipline, especially in their conduct. “The APC as a party is made up of characters with questionable behaviour. The change they claim to portray is full of falsehood, all they know is their stomach without the people they want to govern at their heart. “The exco both at the state and…
Author: Wale Adebayo
On Thursday, February 26, 2015 former Plantashun Boiz member, Chibuzor Orji, popularly known as Faze, was a year older and guess who hosted him to a birthday party? 2face Idibia hosted Faze his friend and former member at his Rumours Night Club in Festac, Lagos and quite a party it was. With DJ Strange and Dj Preppy on the wheels of steel, 2Face hosted Faze to a lavish night of fun with other stars like Terry G, Patoranking all turned up to celebrate with Faze as he clocked 38.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization that its national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is planning to assume the position of vice president through the back door, saying the allegation was designed to divert attention from the successful outing of the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, at the Chatham House in London, Thursday. The Director, Media and Publicity of the PDP presidential campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode, had at a press briefing on Friday, alleged that the vice presidential candidate of the APC, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), had been asked to…
One of the most visible female political figures in Kwara State and first daughter of the late strongman of Kwara politics, Dr Olusola Saraki, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, has denied plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The rumours were rife of recent that Gbemisola was planning to dump the PDP over alleged irreconcilable differences between her and leaders of the party in the state. The rumour was further strengthened when Gbemisola failed to make a showing at President Godluck Jonathan’s re-election campaign rally in the state recently. She was also visibly absent at the launch of the party’s state-wide…
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has said it would invite the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to appear before it when it is set to probe the allegations by All Progressives Congress that he was staging attacks on members of the opposition in the state. Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Bem Angwe, made this known while receiving the response of Mr. Fayose to the allegations from a delegation of the Peoples Democratic Party, at his office in Abuja on Friday. It would be recalled that the APC, in its petition submitted to the commission exactly one week…
No fewer than 34,000 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, who recently passed out, would be deployed to participate in the forthcoming general elections scheduled for March 28 and April 11, the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, has said. He also stated that the NYSC had put in place a foolproof strategy to guarantee the safety of corps members taking part in the elections. Olawumi spoke on Friday in Abuja during a press conference ahead of NYSC Presidential Honours Award ceremony slated for Monday, March 2 which has been approved by President Goodluck Jonathan. At the briefing, the…
Igbo residents across the North have vowed not to relocate to their states of origin due to election violence fears but to exercise their franchise while being law abiding citizens. This position was contained in the communiqué issued after the maiden three-day National Summit of Ndigbo in Northern Nigeria organised by the South East Peoples Assembly (SEPA) and the Council of Igbo Traditional Rulers in the Diaspora yesterday in Abuja. The summit, which was themed ‘Ndigbo: Security of lives and property and the 2015 General Elections’, however, called on the federal government to provide adequate security across the country to…
A mild drama played out at the Sharia Court, Samaru, Gusau, Zamfara State, during the week, when a housewife, Aisha Dannupawa, asked the court to dissolve her one-week old marriage to her husband, Ali Maizinari, because she could not bear the size of his manhood. When the case was called up for hearing, the woman told the court that married Maizinari after her first marriage hit the rocks. According to the mother of three, before she moved into her new husband’s home, as tradition demanded, she was invited into his parent’s house, which marked the beginning of her nightmare. She…
The Director of Finance, Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign Committee, Senator Nenadi Usman, Friday expressed concern that many voters would be disenfranchised if the card reader is used during the forthcoming general elections. According to Usman, the card reader could take up to 60 seconds to be done with one voter thereby causing delay in accrediting other voters. She voiced her concerns shortly after an outreach programme organised by the campaign organisation where materials were distributed to over 300 support groups in Kaduna. According to the senator, the card reader does not work fast enough to accredit many eligible voters. She said:…
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I was discussing new ideas with a friend today when he brought this to my attention. Remember all those dull moments when you need to listen to your favorite Nigerian songs and don’t want to start downloading one after the other; this is the solution. Vuga Online Radio was recently launched and what it does is bring an extensive and updated music library to match its audience’s moods. I checked it out and as a great lover of music, I discovered that it actually works; by offering enjoyment, peace and comfort as well as other psychological emotions to lovers of African music,…
Both actresses have been at each others neck for some time now and I won’t be surprise if this is some sort of competition again. Nollywood Actresses, Toyin Aimakhu and Stella Damasus both gave loving shout-out to their partners on Instagram this morning. Toyin Aimakhu wished her husband Adeniyi Johnson a happy birthday and posted ‘Hbd to my husband,my smallgod,my love,my blood,my best friend,my heartbeat,daddy seun my daddy,my flesh,naija finest,myfirst born,oko mi,olowo ori mi ale nobody,omo mi totalenu,ife mi,iyimi,ayo mi,enibiokanmi,my joy,my ladder,my everything @adeniyijohnson love u endlessly and i pray by nxt year na 5 of us go celebrate…wish you long…
He is one of the most controversial Pastors in the continent but also one of the most influential. In a newly published article, the man of God was called “one of the most influential personalities in Africa”, beginning his journey from a poverty-stricken background to the head of an internationally acclaimed Christian ministry The popular televangelist was listed by the ‘Society For The Recognition Of Famous People’ on their websitefamouspeople.com which collates and archives the lives of very influential people over the years. Almost 6000 famous individuals have so far been documented by the website, pooled from an impressive array…
They have collabo-ed and made enough money to buy their selves all the good things they need. Paul and Peter Okoye just recently bought two new homes in Atlanta, Georgia. Peter of P-square being the more vocal one, shared photos of their new houses and captioned it: – “Bought ourselves two new homes in Atlanta GA. Thank u Lord. #Hardwork” See photos below:-
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has debunked claims by the Special Adviser, Media, to the Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze that over 30 members of his party had been killed in the state and that the killings were masterminded by the PDP. The Rivers PDP chairman, Bro Felix Obuah, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media, Jerry Needam, described the allegation as the height of falsehood and deliberate attempt to denigrate the PDP. Obuah described the allegation as spurious, mischievous, malicious and a fragmentation of Eze’s evil imaginations, adding that it is part of…
The Maku Campaign Organisation has denied a report that the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku, was planning to return to his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party. A statement by spokesman of the campaign organization, Zakari Edego, said the report was “the manifestation of the desperation in the PDP in Nasarawa state having realized that the party has become an empty shell since Mr. Maku left to pursue his governorship ambition in APGA. “In just two months of Mr. Maku’s defection to APGA, almost 65 percent of the electorate have turned to…
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Thursday, stated that her husband and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming election, President Goodluck Jonathan, deserved the support of women in the country because he had delivered on the campaign promises he made to them in 2011. She spoke during the PDP Women Campaign Rally held in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. According to the first lady, “today pregnant women enjoy free antenatal care, we have realized our 35 percent affirmative action and more women are beginning to realize their potentials under this administration”. Mrs. Jonathan urged Nigerian women…
The Asagba of Asaba, in Delta State, Prof. Chike Edozien, on Friday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid. Speaking when the president paid him a courtesy visit at his palace in Asaba, the monarch said the endorsement would ensure Jonathan continues his transformation agenda, as well as implement the recommendations of the National Conference with a view to moving the nation forward. H said, “We are particularly delighted that you had the courage to set up the National Conference to look into the problems that were setting this country backward. We are convinced that if the recommendations of the conference…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Kwara State chapter, has raised the alarm over the Peoples Democratic Party’s plan in the state to institutionalize bloodshed and violence in the state with the constitution of a “War Council” ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The APC, therefore, called on the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, to brace up for the task of protecting Kwarans and their properties. The opposition PDP had recently set up the 21-man council, headed by a retired army colonel, Iyiola Oyedepo, to prosecute the elections. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Sulyman Buhari, Friday, the ruling APC…
Chairman, Governing Board of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Anselem Odinkalu, on Friday, charged President Goodluck Jonathan and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, to stop their supporters from the killing of innocent Nigerians and policemen ahead of the general elections in the country. According to Odinkalu, more than 28 policemen were killed by suspected political thugs in February alone. He said this in Abuja when the Ekiti State government and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state were at that NHRC to drop their response to the allegations by the Ekiti…