Press Release: The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on all political parties in the country as well as all other relevant stakeholders in the electoral process to relegate all narrow group interests and join hands with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to guarantee the success of the 2015 general elections. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Sunday said all parties must come together in the interest of the nation and ensure that measures that create the environment for credible, free and fair elections are firmly put in place. “The responsibility of building a…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the AIG in charge of Zone 2 Police Command, Joseph Mbu, as a lawless and barbaric policeman, who should urgently be called to order by his boss before he starts another round of his trade-mark nihilism at his new posting. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the opposition party noted that Mbu’s actions since he was posted to Zone 2, which comprises Ogun and Lagos States Police Commands, have neither dignified the police as an institution nor portrayed him as a well-trained law…
The PDP Presidential Campaign Organization has descended heavily on former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments that President Goodluck Jonathan is planning a “Gbagbo treatment” for Nigeria. Mr. Obasanjo, who addressed reporters at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta on Saturday shortly after returning to the country, said Mr. Jonathan may be working towards a controversial poll and possibly exit from office the same way former Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo, did in his country. The former president, therefore, advised Mr. Jonathan not to tarnish his image for selfish reasons. However, in a swift reaction, the spokesperson for the campaign organization, Femi…
President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out the possibility of ordering an investigation into the scandalous leaked audio tape of the alleged collusion between officers of the Nigerian Army and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party to rig last year’s June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State. President Jonathan told The Wall Street Journal that the audio was a fabrication in spite of the confirmation of its authenticity by a U.S.-based voice-verification firm, Guardian Consulting LLC. “It’s all fabrications”, Mr. Jonathan, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the PDP, said of the audio. “Why should I investigate things that…
Former military President, Ibrahim Babangida says he is optimistic that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct elections as rescheduled. He spoke in Minna when he received the members of Arewa Citizens Action for Change on Saturday. He said people should not look at insecurity as only a problem restricted to a particular zone of the country but as a problem confronting the entire country. “I think people should not see the insecurity as restricted to North East alone; it is the problem of the entire country. “Nigeria is under insurgency not only north east. Nigerians should see it from…
At least two policemen attached to the New Haven Police Station have been killed by unknown gunmen while on a stop and search duty at Nze Street bypass, New Haven Enugu. The incident occurred around 9pm on Thursday, leaving passersby and residents jittery. A security source told Sunday Vanguard that the gunmen stormed the check point with two vehicles, killed two policemen and went away with their rifles. “We are working tirelessly to unravel the identities of the gunmen,” Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident. “The policemen were killed while on duty. The gunmen were about five…
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has faulted the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, for encouraging policemen under his command to kill 20 civilians for each one of their colleagues killed before, during and after the general elections. Mbu, on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, had during his official visit to the Eleweran Command headquarters of Zone 2, also ordered constables posted to polling units for election duty to arrest even the governor of the state if they find him to be violating the law on Election Day. “If one of my men is killed, I shall kill…
A former United States’ ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has warned of likely large scale violence in the March 28 and April 11 elections. This view, contained in a new report published and released by the US’ Council on Foreign Relations and authored by Campbell, warned that the 2015 elections may “precipitate violence that could destabilise Nigeria”. The report noted that the US government was at a cross roads as its influence on the Nigerian government has waned over the years. “The upcoming elections are a rematch of the 2011 elections between the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan (a southern Christian)…
Leader of the Niger-Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has alleged that the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), wich he claimed is now the pivot of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deals with Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), DCOs during elections. He said they also have people in the judiciary and in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), they have people they work directly with. “That is the way they rig election.” “I was a member of ACN, so I know how they operate during elections,” he said, adding, “It is ACN that has transmuted into APC because…
President Goodluck Jonathan, has appealed for more help from the US Government in the fight against Boko Haram. A report by AFP said Jonathan made the plea in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “Are they (the United States) not fighting ISIS? Why can’t they come to Nigeria? “They are our friends. If Nigeria has a problem, then I expect the US to come and assist us”, Mr. Jonathan was quoted as telling the newspaper. But Pentagon spokesman, Rear Admiral John Kirby, said there are no plans to deploy boots on ground in Nigeria. “I can tell you that…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organization (APCPCO) has urged the federal government to obey the various decisions of the highest courts in the country, directing that the military and all armed personnel be kept out of the nation’s election processes. “Following recent calls by our Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of our party, Chief Odigie Oyegun that the military be kept of our elections, so that they can focus on the challenges posed by the insurgency, we wish to draw attention to critical decisions of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court directing that the…
Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido has urged Nigerians to support President Goodluck Jonathan despite his shortcomings, as those lapses were part of a national healing process. He also brought the attention of the people of the country to the tension during the 2007 election when all the candidates were supposed to be brothers from the same region, showing how hungry some people are for power. “Whatever the shortcomings or strong points of President Jonathan, they are part of the process of national healing, and it is the duty of all of us to come together and be part of the…
The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has threatened to sue Saharareporters to court if it fails to publish an apology within three business days over what he termed a malicious story it published. A letter by Omokri’s lawyer, Iyoke Michael stated that the story titled, “Jonathan’s Aide, Omokri Burglarizes House in Delta, Carts Away N25, Million Meant For Buying Votes” is completely false and a damage to the reputation of his client. “Be it known to you that Mr. Omokri did not lead armed men to a residence in Warri or any other place.…
Everyone in music is making money and sometimes I begin to wonder if I’m in the right profession. Following his return to Nigeria from the United States of America in the last quarter of 2014 and signing of a record deal as well as releasing a few singles, Nigerian singer, Olatunde Owoloye Olumoroti aka Jahbless has splashed a fortune on two brand new whips. The singer, who signed a multi-million naira deal with Jagged Edge Records led by Dr. Kunle Oladehin on his return to the country, has just acquired a 2014 Mercedes Benz G- Wagon valued at over $102,000…
I came across this online and decided to share. We all know how everyone loves indigenous rapper Olamide, but do you know everything about him. Yesterday February 13, 2015 a Twitter interview was held of Olamide Badoo Adadeji and Cute Kamani of UniLag FM. The rapper who is currently in London to perform at the GTBank Valentine’s day concert shared 10 golden nuggets about himself that no one would have ever known. One job he’ll never do is gossiping; it’s too tasking. His role models are Abacha, Obasanjo ,Jay Z. Most influential person so far in his career is popular…
Actor Ejike Aseigbu and his beautiful wife are celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary yesterday Feb. 13th. The couple have four children together. Writing on instagram Mrs Asiegbu said if she had another opportunity in the next world, she would love and marry Ejike again. Aww. Congrats to them.
So, I wrote an article earlier about how rapper MI was blasting Etcetera for calling celebrities prostitutes. I decided to share the article so you see why MI was pissed off. His article was aimed at — Olamide, Banky W, Don Jazzy, Flavour, Duncan Mighty, D banj, Mercy Johnson, Ibinabo, Ini Edo, Mama Gee, Naeto C, Joseph Yobo, Daddy Showkey, Kanu Nwankwo, and Sammie Okposo. According to Etcetera, they are political prostitutes for getting involved with political campaigns. Read below: – Some say Afro Candy is a prostitute. Some say she’s not or at least, not yet. A few others…
There were rumors ages ago that he had the HIV, but we all thought it was just rumors. The very popular Nollywood actor, Hanks Anuku, who is known for playing criminal roles in Nigerian movies, has revealed he tested positive for HIV. The Nollywood actor also revealed how he deliberately infected his wife with the deadly disease. Hanks Anuku who’s now a born-again Christian and based in Ghana, talked in an interview about how he went to Zambia for six months in April 2011 without his wife and two kids, to take part in plays teaching about HIV and AIDS. While there he…
The Presidency has accused former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of trying to impose an interm government on Nigeria. According to a statement by the Presidency, Obasanjo is plotting with others within and outside the country to thwart the general elections and foist an Interim National Government, which he hopes to head. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement said, “as we have had cause to say before, it is most regrettable indeed that a man like Chief Obasanjo, who should know better, chooses to repeatedly, wantonly, and maliciously impugn the integrity of a…
Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has started showcasing projects completed by his administration across the state as he seeks to draw support for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming polls. Uduaghan, while commissioning the project, said it was necessary for the people to vote PDP in the coming elections so that they will continue to enjoy the dividends of democracy as they have been enjoying since 1999. He observed that the PDP-led government in the state has made it possible for vehicles to drive to Aboh, in Ndokwa East local government area of the state without…