The all new dramatically thin and light design octa-core 2015 flagship killer smartphone, InnJoo One – the biggest advancement in its product lineup, was launched yesterday at the popular Sheraton Hotel in the heart of Ikeja, Lagos and in attendance were the Jumia CEOs, MD’s, staff, various eCommerce and tech stakeholders and of course InnJoo fans were not left out. Packed with a stunning 5.0-inch HD IPS display, this latest device easily competes even with the popular brands of this category. Started from internet with joining hands with Jumia Nigeria, InnJoo’s internet journey is remarkable with its premium quality, disruptive price…
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The new Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, has sounded a note of warning to governors and politicians in the zone, comprising Lagos and Ogun States, with unruly attitude during the upcoming elections, saying they will be promptly arrested. Mbu stated this on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during his official visit to the Ogun State police command headquarters, Eleweran. The controversial police boss ordered the men of the command, who would be on election duty, to arrest promptly anyone caught with arms near the voting centres. He said, “I am here to encourage,…
The Federal Government on Thursday warned that the insurgent group, Boko Haram, may have started recruiting and training fighters. Coordinator of the National Information Centre on the war against terrorism and Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, Mr. Mike Omeri, raised the alarm at a press briefing in Abuja, citing intelligence reports. Omeri said, “In the general effort to contain acts of insurgency in the North East and secure the entire area for the forthcoming general elections, the centre wishes to alert the general public on very recent intelligence reports which indicated a considerable movement of Boko Haram recruits from…
Muna Obiekwe’s step sister Chinwe Obiekwe has opened up on the illness which claimed his life ..She also explained why he didn’t ask for help ..In an interview with Inside Nollywood during his burial ,she said .. Muna was sick from last year October.It wasn’t a normal Kidney failure.It was a high BP that prompted the failure .So he did not give us time to do the kidney transplant because his two kidneys failed.Assuming it was a normal kidney failure ,it was supposed to be one kidney.My uncles were planning to come back to Nigeria and operate on him/do the…
BET award winning act, Davido has just made an announcement that’s got social media buzzing. The HKN boss took to Twitter to announce a trip to Kenya on March 28, 2015, a day that falls on the new date of the presidential election which INEC earlier scheduled for February 14, 2015. Since his announcement, however, Davido has been subjected to the Basketmouth treatment. Recall that Basketmouth was in the eye of the storm recently following the announcement of his Valentine show fixed for February 14, the initial date for the presidential elections, for which many labelled him ‘unpatriotic’ and insensitive…
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The Deputy Governor of Niger State, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, on Thursday reacted to Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu’s statement that he did not send his deputy out from the state executive council meeting on Wednesday, describing the denial as total falsehood. Governor Aliyu had in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Israel Ebije yesterday, claimed that Ibeto had asked the council to excuse him from the Wednesday meeting when issues concerning the forthcoming general elections were being presented. In a swift response, the deputy governor said Ebije’s explanation did not represent the true picture of what transpired at the council…
Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday lambasted his colleague, Senator Babafemi Ojudu over the latter’s allegation that he engineered the postponement of the general elections from February 14 and 28 to March 28 and April 11. Ojudu (APC/Ekiti) was quoted in some media reports fingering the senate president as the brain behind the postponement of the elections. But Mark, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, described the allegation by Ojodu that he (Mark) called for the postponement of the 2015 general election as “an undignifying mischief least expected of a Senator of…
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has disclosed that some soldiers are willing to testify in support of the leaked audio record, which exposed how some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party connived with the military to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti. The audio recording, which was obtained by an online medium, Sahara Reporters, detailed how the then PDP candidate, now Governor Ayodele Fayose; former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; Osun PDP guber candidate, Iyiola Omisore; Minister of Police Affairs, Mr. Jelili Adesiyan and the military allegedly rigged the poll. Fayemi,…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, APCPCO, has described the claims by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration that a high speed Abuja-Lagos rail service will begin operations within three years as a hoax. According to the campaign organization, having an effective rail service would reduce the cost of moving goods and services within the country. The campaign organization, however, said although the envisaged Lagos-Abuja line, as proposed by the Minister of Transport, was most desirable, it was the height of irresponsibility for a senior member of government to tell such “outlandish lies” and give false hopes all in a…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to maximize the advantage provided by its extension of the general elections by six weeks to put its house in order. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, the PDP National Chairman, Adamu Muazu, pointed out that the ruling party was also affected by the poll shift and could, therefore, not have been responsible for it. The INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, while announcing the rescheduling of the elections by six weeks at the weekend, said the development came on…
The Kwara State Security Council has called on the police to prosecute all pending cases of thuggery to halt increasing incidence of political thuggery in the State, a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor, Abdulwahab Oba, said on Thursday. The council at its meeting headed by the state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, expressed concern that increase in political violence as the general elections approach has created serious security challenges in the State. Addressing journalists after the council’s meeting, the Secretary to the State Government, Isiaka Shola Gold, said the council also resolved that other measures to check…
The Cross River State chapter of All Progressives Congress has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission to arrest and prosecute all those alleged to be buying the Permanent Voter Cards from the electorate in the state. The party also challenged the relevant law enforcement agencies to take the bold step of assisting INEC in arresting the buyers, whom it alleged are agents of the Peoples Democratic Party. But the state PDP chairman, Mr. John Okon, denied the allegation, adding that the APC had resorted to propaganda after failing to campaign in any local government area ahead of the elections. In…
Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said unlike those who parade the number of women their government had appointed to leadership positions as achievements, women in leadership is a way of life in Lagos. The governor made the remark Thursday at Ikeja, Lagos, during the send-off of the state’s outgoing Head of Service, Mrs. Josephine Williams. According to Fashola, Lagos State has a tradition of appointing women to important and sensitive positions, adding they have overtime performed creditably well. He said, “Today, our Head of Service, Mrs. Josephine Williams, bows out from service in fulfilment of statutory…
Officials of the agency created to manage traffic in the nation’s commercial capital of Lagos State have again been prevented from carrying out their duties on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Lagos State Government said on Thursday. A statement from the state Ministry of Transportation said men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, were forced to leave the expressway by “some men in black uniform who have been parading themselves as FERMA Task Force”. The statement, signed by the ministry’s Assistant Director, Press and Public Relations, Sina Thorpe, added that the task force men were aided by armed policemen.…
An officer of the Nigerian Customs Service attached to the Port and Multi-Purpose Terminal Services (PTML) command, yesterday died after he went under a moving petroleum tanker, while test-riding his boss’s new power bike. The officer was identified as Muri. An eyewitness told Vanguard that the accident has thrown the entire command into a mourning mood as the boss of the deceased was also shaken by the accident. “The man was test driving the power bike that was bought by one of the gate officers at PMTL and he was on top speed, he ran under a truck that was…
The apex northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Thursday in Kaduna, warned the Nigerian military against encroaching into the nation’s political turf. The ACF appealed to the military to confine itself to the professional callings of protecting the lives and property of Nigerians, which it swore to uphold. “We invite the attention of the Nigerian military to its hallowed and constitutional duty to protect the peace, security and survival of our fatherland. “This is the time for our military to stand behind the people and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which it have sworn to protect”,…
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State on Thursday described as bogus and “tales by moonlight”, the claim by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Nyesom Wike, on the state government’s expenditure. The PDP flag bearer had accused Amaechi of running the most corrupt regime in the country, alleging that the governor had between January and November 2014 squandered over N298bn that accrued to the state from the Federation Accounts and loans obtained from various commercial banks. Wike further alleged that between December 2014 and January 2015, the governor, through the Government House and the Office…
Governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has denied barring his deputy, Ahmed Ibeto, from attending state executive council meetings after the latter defected to the All Progressives Congress last month. According to the governor, Mr. Ibeto on his own, requested permission to stay away from the state executive council meetings, a request that was granted by the council on Thursday. There were reports that Mr. Aliyu directed the deputy governor to henceforth stay away from the council’s meetings following his defection to the opposition APC. According to the governor, his deputy had said unless very sensitive state matters…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the party’s leadership and members will not be intimidated by the antics of the Jonathan administration to intimidate the opposition ahead of the general elections. The party alleged that phones of some its leaders are even being tapped. “As the elections approach, we know the harassment and intimidation will be stepped up. We know our leaders, including the National Chairman Chief John Oyegun; National Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu; Gov. Rotimi Amaechi; former Gov. Timipre Sylva; Senator Bukola Saraki and National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, are under surveillance and their phones being hacked,” National…