In a rather unexpected twist of events, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been described as an embarrassment to the military, by the Defence Headquarters. The DHQ made the comment on Monday in a statement posted on its Facebook page while reacting to a statement credited to the former president that the 2015 general elections were postponed to enable President Goodluck Jonathan use the service chiefs for tenure extension. The DHQ accused Obasanjo of politicizing serious national security and military issues, adding that while his (Obasanjo’s) intentions remained unclear, his motives for making such utterances were less than noble. The statement,…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The planned probe into the allegation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Goodluck Jonathan was training and arming a killer squad for 2015 general elections has been frustrated, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said. NHRC Chairman, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, who said this in Abuja at the weekend, blamed the uncooperative attitude of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke (SAN), and Obasanjo for the obstacles facing the probe. Odinkalu said the AGF and the former president, who are key to the investigation, refused to honour NHRC’s requests to furnish it with the information and evidence it…
Armed operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) have invaded the Bayelsa home of Mr. Tife Owolabi, the correspondent of international news agency, Reuters. The operatives, who were said to have accused the agency’s correspondent of espionage, seized his laptop and other electronic gadgets. The security operatives, armed to the teeth, were said to have searched the home of Owolabi for over four hours, claiming to be acting on orders from Abuja. After the search, the operatives left with the mobile telephones of the Mr. Owolabi and those belonging to his wife, Jane. It was gathered that the invasion followed…
Ahead of the rescheduled presidential elections next month, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has intensified its mobilisation of Islamic clerics in the Northeast geo-political zone. The party organized a huge meeting under the banner of “sensitisation and mobilisation of Islamic clerics on non-violence 2015 elections”. It was the culmination of events including visits to the clerics by Jonathan’s Campaign officials in the seven states that make up the Northwest zone. The meeting, which was also attended by Vice President Namadi Sambo, saw 3,500 participants – mainly Imams and Islamic clerics – queuing up to collect gift packs, which was said to include cash.…
The Director, Naval Information, Commodore Kabiru Aliyu, has announced the procurement of four warships for the Nigerian Navy by the Federal Government. This was contained in a statement on Sunday. The Nigerian Navy spokesman said the four warships would be inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday at the Naval Dockyard Limited, Victoria Island, Lagos. He said the new ships would enhance the Navy’s operational capabilities against contemporary security challenges especially on the nation’s maritime domain. Aliyu said the inauguration was unique because this was the first time the Navy would take delivery of four warships at once. He pointed…
Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Sunday condoled with the government and people of Bayelsa State over the death of some prominent women from the state in a ghastly motor accident in Rivers State. Although the two-paragraph statement by her spokesperson, Ayo Adewuyi, did not give the circumstances surrounding the death of the women, which includes wife of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Elizabeth Oguru, an online news medium claimed that they met their end after a visit to the First Lady. The statement read, “The First Lady, Dame Dr. Patience Faka Jonathan wishes to commiserate…
Yemi Alade’s secret romance with rapper Phyno has been exposed after a hacker got access into her Instagram account some hours ago. The hacker has been uploading messages between the two entertainers. The last post is from Yemi’s manager Taiye confirming the hack. The hacker, then uploaded a pic of Snoppy with we ed in his hand using Yemi’s account, and captioned; ‘who wants to smoke weed with me? The hacker also posted this: Lol, so phyno has been knacking Yemi – using Yemi Alade’s handle too! A lot of fans then commented, some confused, some thinking it was a…
Few days after he accused President Goodluck Jonathan of orchestrating a tenure elongation plot, which he dubbed the “Gbagbo treatment”, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he is no longer interested in partisan politics as he is now a statesman. Although this is a developing story, there are reports the ex-president allegedly tore his PDP membership card in public. You may recall that the Presidency and PDP had made various attempts to appease Obasanjo to no avail, which led to speculations that the ex-president may be suspended for anti-party activities. Perhaps his dumping of…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has dared his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to go ahead and prove how soldiers rigged the June 21 governorship election in his (Fayose’s) favour. Speaking with journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, Fayose declared that he was ready to defend himself before a court of competent jurisdiction. In what seems like a reaction to the interview granted by Fayemi on an Akure, Ondo State-based ADABA 88.9 FM last Thursday, whereby he claimed that some soldiers are willing to testify in support of the leaked audio recording on how the military was used by the Peoples…
Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, has asked youths in the state not to sacrifice their lives for the All Progressives Congress, saying that their lives were too precious to be wasted. The governor gave the advice at the weekend during the campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. “Do not allow anyone to deceive you into sacrificing your lives for them. No Akwa Ibom child should go and sacrifice their lives for APC”, he said. Akpabio also urged the youths to cast…
The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday refuted allegations by the All Progressives Congress that it was behind Saturday’s attack in Gombe State just as the Presidency too, described the allegation as false, baseless and stupid. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, who made the Presidency’s position known yesterday, said contrary to the APC’s claims, President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP were ready for elections. Therefore, there was no reason for Jonathan and his party to be fomenting trouble in any part of the country. Abati said: “All the allegations by Lai Muhammed are false,…
Two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West, Chief Bode George and Buruji Kashamu, have warned ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to put an end to his tirades against President Goodluck Jonathan. The PDP leaders, who incidentally used to be Obasanjo’s allies during his time in office as a democratically elected president, gave the warning during separate press conferences in Lagos on Sunday. George urged Obasanjo to remember that his own tenure was not perfect, advising him to enjoy old age gracefully. The former PDP deputy national chairman expressed disappointments that Obasanjo was supporting the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate,…
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It’s no news that controversial singer c*m self-styled Goddess of X, Maheeda has a daughter. The pretty 14-year old daughter of the woman whose real name is Caroline Sam, is named Divine Sam and although she shares a striking resemblance with her notorious mum, she’s very pretty. Maheeda’s daughter was born on February 9, 2001 and according to her mum, she’s currently studying in far away Australia.
The couple who met on the set of popular series, Tinsel lovers celebrated Valentine in style ..They got engaged last year shortly after Damilola Adegbite and Chris Attoh who also met on Tinsel got engaged..
Stephanie Regina Hornecker, former actress Regina Askia’s daughter and her Kogi royal Prince boyfriend, Musa Ado-Ibrahim, grandson of the king of Ebira land in Okene, Kogi state, celebrated val together and shared some photos online.
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed allegations by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), that it planned to use teachers to rig the 2015 elections in the state. This came following a statement by one Felix Oboagwina on behalf of PDP governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, that the party wanted to use teachers and civil servants to swing the forthcoming election in favour of the APC. “We find the allegation of PDP as laughable considering the fact that the PDP in Lagos has discovered that the false bubble on which it built its wild expectation of…
The Presidency and the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) have decided against sanctioning former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his perceived anti-party activities. “The position is that the party does not want to come out outright to take action on Obasanjo so as not to heat up the system further. We believe that with time he would see the need to stop attacking Jonathan,” a party official told Vanguard. This came as a Northern governor known to be very close to Obasanjo described him as lacking the democratic credentials to attack Jonathan on the issue of democracy. The governor, who pleaded anonymity,…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, claimed that the continuous attack by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on him was the consequence of his failure to surrender his administration to the former leader. Responding to Obasanjo’s recent attack, Jonathan said the former president was so bent on controlling his proteges that he would rather see a devil rule than have someone he would not be able to control. “Control and domination is an obsession for Obasanjo.” Addressing journalists, yesterday, in Abuja, Director, Media and Publicity of PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode stated the reasons why Obasanjo has continued to attack…