The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has confirmed that he will honour his speaking engagement at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, on Thursday, February 26. According to a press statement from the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO), Chatham House will post the event and send out invites on Monday, February 23. The statement, signed by the APC campaign spokesperson Garba Shehu, disclosed that as part of his ongoing engagement in the United Kingdom, Mr. Buhari had an interview Friday with a local medium,…
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Boko Haram fighters, in their hundreds, have drowned in Lake Chad, as they fled for their lives, following heavy air bombardments from Nigerian Air Force fighter jets. This happened during air strikes, heralding the advance of troops, in its bid to flush out Boko Haram from Nigeria’s northeast. The military wrote A large number of terrorists have drowned in the Lake Chad as they fled the heavy bombardment by Nigerian Air force heralding the advance of Nigerian troops on mission to flush them out of Baga. Not even the strategy of mining over 1500 spots with land mines on the…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, held a closed-door meeting with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, as he continues soliciting support for his reelection bid. Jonathan was reported to have asked the monarch to support him so that he could consolidate on his present achievements. In his response, Oba Adeyemi cautioned Nigerians against any form of violence before, during and after the general elections, adding that there could be no development without peace. However, there was no statement reported to have committed the monarch to Jonathan’s re-election bid. Meanwhile, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Oyo State,…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah has urged the Federal Government to proceed with caution in his plans to involve the military in the forthcoming general elections. He spoke while fielding questions from journalists at the Catholic Secretariat Forum, tagged: “Democracy In Nigeria, So Near So Far”, in Abuja. Kukah did not condemn the use of the military for elections, but he warned the government against using it to intimidate the opposition or the electorate. “About the deployment of the military, frankly, I am not competent to make this comment, but I think we also need to be…
The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has restated its commitment to ensuring council areas get autonomy. NULGE President Muhammad Khaleel made the union’s resolve known in Katsina, on Saturday, during the inauguration of the recently elected state executive council. He lauded the Katsina state chapter of NULGE for its active contribution to the union. “The leadership of Katsina NULGE is active, dynamic and operates within the law of the union.” Khaleel said NULGE remained committed to its demand for autonomous council areas. He stressed that the demand was in line with aspiration of majority of Nigerians. “A situation…
The Military, on Saturday, said Baga town in Borno State has been retaken from Boko Haram. “Troops have this afternoon captured Baga after fierce battle with terrorists. Heavy Casualties. Mopping up ongoing. Details later,” the military said via Twitter today. FLASH: Troops have this afternoon captured #BAGA after fierce battle with terrorists. Heavy Casualties. Mopping up ongoing. Details later — DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) February 21, 2015 Although there has been no independent report confirming the announcement by the defence headquarters, but the channel used had often been used to disseminate information on the activities of the troops in the…
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The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Chief Sam Ortom, Friday escaped death, as unknown gunmen shot sporadically, when he attended the funeral ceremony of a lecturer of Benue State University (BSU), Dr Samson Sambe, in Adikpo, headquarters of Kwande Local Government Area of the state. Ortom was giving funeral oration when sudden sporadic gunshots left mourners scampering for safety, reports Saturday Tribune. The window of Ortom’s van was reportedly shattered as the bullet pierced through the roof the car. Another branded Pick-up vehicle was hit at the tail board and the bullet pierced through,…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has described the idea of having military chiefs determine when elections will hold as a mockery of democracy. The APCPCO said this, Friday, in Abuja, following Wednesday’s assertion to the Senate by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, that service chiefs would have to ratify the March 28 date for the presidential election. In a statement by the organisation’s Director, Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, it called on INEC to take cognisance of the courts’ ruling on the role of the military in elections and…
President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday, assured Nigerians that power supply would be stabilised in the next two years. He made the pledge at the inauguration of the 750MW Olorunsogo II Power Station in Olorunsogo, Ogun State. The plant was constructed by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and it is one of the 10 National Independent Power Plants constructed by the company across Nigeria. “Private sector-controlled power sector will be midwifed and the interface between government and private sector will be sealed properly and Nigerians will take power for granted like in other countries,” said Jonathan. Once power becomes stable,…
Amazing! The actress sizzles in a shiny s3xy black dress for the February/March issue of Cedar magazine.
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This guy should look familiar to you. His name is Markice ‘Kesan’ Moore. He starred in Walking Dead after getting his start on MTV’s reality show, “From G’s to Gents.” Markice attempted to commit suicide this week and according to TMZ, he explained why in a video. Markice was found unresponsive at his Woodland Hills home on Tuesday Feb. 17th by friends. He’d overdosed on a deadly mix of Xanax and Patron. In the video he left behind which is in possession of law enforcement, Markice, who is also a rapper, outlined his plan to end his life, telling his…
The Borno State Government on Friday raised the alarm over a grand plot by the Peoples Democratic Party-led federal government to scuttle the forthcoming general elections in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Dr. Mohammed Bulama, who made the state government’s position known at a press briefing in Maiduguri, said the recent politically motivated attack and allegations by the party were parts of the plan to ensure that elections do not hold in the northeastern state. Bulama said, “Everyone knows that the PDP cannot win the forthcoming elections as the party has been nowhere in the last four years when…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dragged the Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for allegedly unleashing violence on its members and supporters in the state. The party, in a petition submitted to the commission by its Secretary in the state, Omotosho Ayodele, accused Fayose of using thugs to attack and intimidate the opposition in the State. “Fayose’s boys are always on the streets macheting, scaring people as vehicles and houses are being damaged. In spite of various petitions to the police, nothing has been done,” said Ayodele. “Governor Fayose does his things with…
Dbanj has opened up to the Nigerian Tribune on his achievements so far Did you imagine how far you will get to when you started? My first single was out in October 2004 and my first album was released on the 25th of March 2005. Yes. As at then, I always said I was an entertainer. I always said “I’m Dbanj” as loud as I could. And I hoped and prayed that I’d become the biggest entertainer to ever come out of Africa. I also prayed that I will be the richest entertainer and so on. I had a lot…
The busty actress is not ready to let go, in fact as far as she is concerned, the man is her husband and the man’s first wife is now his ex. That is how the cookies crumble. Foluke Daramola in a new interview with PUNCH said there’s no more cause for alarm because things are now fine between her husband and his first wife, like wise she and her ex-husband. She added that her marriage to a Redeemed Church female pastor’s husband is one that will last forever because, according to her, it is rooted in Christ. Below is what…
Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission over alleged attack on its supporters the state by Governor Ayo Fayose and his loyalists. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Bem Angwe, while receiving a copy of the petition in Abuja on Friday, expressed shock over the weighty allegations levelled against the governor by the APC. It was learnt that copies of the petition with accompanying photographs, newspapers clips and tape were sent to the European Commission, United States Embassy in Nigeria, British High Commission, French Embassy, the US Secretary of States and…
The Socialist Party of Nigeria has flayed the approval by 33 out of 36 state Houses of Assembly, a recommendation approving life pension for former presiding officers of the National Assembly. The group expressed its displeasure with the development in a press statement signed by its national chairman, Segun Sango, on Friday. The recommendation is part of the ongoing amendment to the 1999 Constitution, earlier passed by the National Assembly. The state assemblies voted in support of the alteration that will allow a former President of the Senate, Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to get life…