It’s safe to describe Davido as the younger version of D’banj. This is due to the fact that he has been rumored to be romantically involved with so many women, that we are all confused and don’t know who he’s dating now. The Omo Baba Olowo of Nigerian music went shopping at Polo Boss Jennifer Obayuwanna‘s place and the two of them struck a pose for the camera. Jennifer, who was in a relationship with D’banj, recently got engaged to her heartthrob, Peter Sallah on December 31, 2014. Don’t get any ideas, the photo is innocent; at least so I…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Senate President, David Mark, on Tuesday nailed the coffin on insinuations that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party might use the National Assembly to elongate the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan through an Interim National Government. The senate president, in a welcome speech he read to senators following their resumption from the one month long election break, explained that the ING was alien to the 1999 constitution and that as such, it cannot work out under the current democratic arrangement. He, therefore, appealed to politicians against using the issue to heat up the already tension soaked political atmosphere. “These are not…
Nigerian troops backed by air support have killed over 300 Boko Haram fighters during an operation to recapture 11 towns and villages over the past three days, according to the military, on Wednesday. “Several weapons and equipment were also captured and some destroyed,” defence spokesman Major-General Chris Olukolade said in a statement. However, two soldiers lost their lives and 10 more were wounded in Borno state. According to him, the communities liberated by the troops are Monguno, Gabchari, Abba Jabari, Gajigana, Gajiram, Damakar, Kumaliwa, Bosso Wanti, Jeram and Kabrisungul. The defence spokesperson also said that a number of Boko Haram…
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday said corruption persisted in the country because Nigeria lacked the institutions, systems and processes to prevent it. Speaking in Abuja, at the Catholic Caritas Foundation Forum, Okonjo-Iweala made this known when she spoke on the Topic: `Preventing Leakages in the Nigerian Economy` in Abuja. According to her, the absence of the relevant systems and institutions that will help check corruption has created opportunities for people to engage in the act. “This thing has been with us and we must crack it. This is not something that started in this country today;…
Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, U.S, Prof. Ade Adefuye, on Tuesday faulted an editorial published by the New York Times on the postponement of the general elections in the country. “I was shocked and disappointed to read your editorial of Feb.16 titled ‘Nigeria Miserable Choices’ because it distorted and omitted important facts”, he said in a statement on Tuesday, which was made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The publication had in its editorial said that the main reason Nigeria’s elections were postponed was to frustrate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress…
The visit of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to Chibok, in Borno State, was put off at the last minute on Tuesday due to the tight schedule and the mammoth crowd that opted to follow the flag bearer to the deserted town. Chibok is the scene of Boko Haram’s abduction of over 200 girls of Government Secondary School, on April 14, 2014, while preparing for their final examinations. Confirming the postponement of the visit, the Director of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Garba Shehu, said Buhari was initially scheduled to visit the…
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, has called off his planned campaign tour of Ogu/Bolo local government area billed for today (Wednesday). The campaign train of the APC guber candidate was attacked in Okrika on Tuesday by heavily-armed gunmen, who several eyewitnesses claimed were led by Evans Bipi, the self-styled speaker of the Rivers House of Assembly and a Personal Assistant to Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s President. The attack left at least two persons, including a police man, dead and several others injured in the ensuing stampede. The bodies…
The Senate on resumption of plenary Tuesday summoned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, to appear before it tomorrow (Wednesday) to shed more light on the level of INEC’s preparedness towards the forthcoming general elections. The decision was taken following a motion by the senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, who noted that there was the need for Jega to brief the senators and demonstrate the use of the card readers. The Minority Leader, Senator George Akume, also suggested that the service chiefs, on whose recommendations the elections were shifted, be equally invited. However, Senate President David…
An Ikeja High Court has awarded N25,000 in cost against the Synagogue Church Of All Nations and its founder, Temitope Joshua, for delaying further hearing of their suit against a Lagos state coroner. Justice Lateefa Okunnu awarded the cost against the applicants on Tuesday for “wasting the time of the court and tax payers’ money”. The applicants had sued the coroner, Oyetade Komolafe, and the Lagos State Government, over its ongoing inquest into the collapse of SCOAN guest house. One hundred and sixteen persons were killed after the six-storey building collapsed on September 12, 2014. In the suit, counsel to…
The Police Command in Benue on Tuesday alerted residents of the state of a ring of kidnappers targeting children. The command’s spokesman, Austin Ezeani, said the kidnappers were operating mostly in Makurdi and parts of Guma Local Government area. He said the abductors target children fleeing from areas of conflicts and some living in densely populated areas of the state capital. He particularly urged schools, parents and religious organisations to take extra measures to protect children in their care. Mr. Ezeani assured that the police were on the trail of the criminals, but said parents and other residents should be…
A suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint near Biu, Borno State on Tuesday, led to the death of 11 people, AFP reports, citing a vigilante and a resident. The vigilante, who spoke to AFP, Gana Sheriff, said the attack happened at about 2pm at Yamarkumi village, four kilometres from Biu in Borno state. “It was a suicide attack by three men in a motorised tricycle. They killed 11 people, including Civilian JTF (joint task force) and child vendors at the checkpoint,” he said. “It was later that we realised the attackers came in two rickshaws. The one ahead had three…
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, has denied rumours that he is suffering from mental illness or is a patient of a psychiatrist, Lanre Adeoye. He urged Lagosians to disregard the rumor in its entirety. The APC flag bearer denied this in a statement signed by the Director, Media & Communications of the Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign Organisation, Steve Ayorinde. According to Mr. Ayorinde, the report is a smear campaign in a bid to contain the soaring popularity of the APC governorship candidate, describing the report as “wicked, baseless and cowardly lies…
Wow!! Am sure most people didn’t know this hot Ghanaian Actress was ever married.. Well, she was… She got married to Kwadwo Safo Katanka in 2010 and the marriage Ended in 2014.. It came as a big shock to many when Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim announced that her marriage to Kwadwo Safo Katanka, son of Apostle Safo Kantanka had come to an end few years after the marriage, with a young child hanging in there. See more photos of Juliet Ibrahim and her Ex husband.
The welcomed their baby last year and after months of hiding, we finally got to see a photo of their bundle of joy. Hollywood actress, Kerry Washington and her former NFL boyfriend, Nnamdi Asomugha; got married in July 2013. Kerry told InStyle in a recent interview that her mother in-law gave her a Igbo name. Kerry said “Nnamdi’s parents are Nigerian immigrants. His father passed when he was young. When you marry into the Igbo culture, you get a new name. My name is Ogechi. I wear it on a necklace my mother-in-law gave me.” Kerry also said she’s not…
He’s one of the most famous rappers in Africa at the moment and he’s making waves both in South Africa and even in Nigeria. The very talented South African rapper and his girlfriend of 3 years, DJ Zinhle are expecting their first child as the mother to be is 4 months pregnant South African rapper AKA who was in Lagos about three weeks ago is having a baby with his DJ girlfriend. The 27 year old rapper whose real name is Kiernan Jordan Forbes and his girlfriend DJ Zinhle; real name Ntombezinhle Jiyane have been together for 3 years. Yesterday…
Nollywood actress Tonto Dike has debunked claims that she is pregnant. A fake Instagram account posted some false pregnancy news of the actress’s alleged pregnancy. The account had posted a picture showing the Tonto with a baby bump, with a caption that that read: ‘Lord thank you for d seed of life u planted inside me, it’s such a beauty when he/she kicks inside of u! I knw most of ya may b wondering yhv bn taken lot of head shots lately i will tell u why, n d season s becuz God haz been faithful and his been keeping…
Since they got married, we haven’t talked about her hubby for a while. In a recent interview with Encomium, the very popular TV presenter and OAP, Toke Makinwa talked about her marriage life and how she cherish her hubby, Maje. Read excerpts from the interview below: – On her marriage being a year old “It is like closing your eyes and opening them, that’s how it feels clocking one. We woke up one morning and realized that it is a year already. It is really unbelievable. We have been through a lot. If you are married, you will understand the…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has described the decision of the Court of Appeal, which upheld his June 21, 2014 electoral victory, as a triumph of the will of the people over political bitterness aided by selfish interests. Reacting to the unanimous judgment, Fayose, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, urged the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Kayode Fayemi, to face the reality of their electoral loss. “What the Court of Appeal in Abuja did today further attested to the fact that the will of the people, clearly expressed,…
The All Progressives Congress Campaign Council in Kaduna State on Monday said the exit of former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the Peoples Democratic Party would boost the chances of the opposition party in the rescheduled March 28 and April 11 general elections in the country. The APC Campaign Council in the state is the campaign outfit for the former Federal Capital Territory Minister and the state governorship candidate, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, and the party’s presidential candidate, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the 2015 elections. Chairman of the council and ex-finance commissioner in the state, Alhaji Suleiman Hunkuyi, who addressed journalists…
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday met an enthusiastic crowd in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, as a new phase of his rally tour of Nigeria began. Accompanied by several members of the APC including the Director-General of his campaign, Gov. Rotimi Amaechi and Audu Ogbeh, the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima was also on hand to lend his support to the campaign party. Tens of thousands of supporters thronged the streets of Maiduguri, defying the threat of insecurity and cheered Mr. Buhari as he made his way through the city. Many of…