President of the Senate, David Mark, on Saturday, said the immediate past Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, had betrayed the confidence reposed in him by President Goodluck Jonathan by joining the governorship race on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nasarawa State. Maku left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following his loss to Alhaji Yusuf Agabi, during the PDP governorship primary in the state. Speaking in Keffi, Keffi Local Government Area of the state, while addressing the supporters of the party during the kick-off of the governorship campaign, Mark lambasted Maku and debunked insinuation that President…
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Agbaje answering questions from market women at Ogudu market Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, yesterday, vowed to end ‘the looting trend’ in the state. Agbaje said this to a mammoth crowd at the party’s rally held at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Lagos, the venue he got to on a motorcycle (popularly known as okada). “For so long, the APC leaders have been deceiving the people of Lagos. When election is coming, they will reduce school fees; when you vote them in, they’ll increase the fees. Before election, they will embrace Okada riders…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, warned Nigeria not to vote the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 14 election if they want Nigeria to change. The former head of state, who said this in Akure, the Ondo State capital, during his rally, told his supporters that the PDP had nothing to offer and therefore needs to be voted out. “This is the time for change. The APC government will give employment, deal with corruption and invest the money to develop education, build, equip schools and train teachers,” Buhari said. “We will…
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, accused the Federal Government of diverting Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) money, to fund the campaigns of President Gooodluck Jonathan. Fashola made the allegation at the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally in Badagry area of the state. “The money they took for Sure-P is in Sure Pocket, that’s what Sure-P means. It has nothing to do with the people,” he claimed. Speaking further, Fashola accused the government of setting its priorities wrongly, saying that at a time they ought to have been committed to serving the people. “They were busy doing TAN…
Ok, calm down, it’s not as bad as you think. He’s very comfortable and this isn’t as a result of him being broke. This is the tale of former Westlife band member. Some of you might know Mark Feehily, he was a member of the very then famous all boy band group — Westlife. Mark was the one that came out later after the group disbanded to say he was gay. Anyways, the gist is that Mark is now selling snacks & coffee from a catering van. The 34 year old has set up his own catering business. He travels…
Hahahahahaha, this is so hilarious. Someone has chickened out and I don’t blame him at all. Imagine Buhari eventually wins the election, Sammie Okposo might have to change his name or something, LOL! Anyways, the Gospel singer Sammie Okposo who blasted the hell out of Buhari days ago and said Buhari should be flogged for forging his WAEC result; is now apologizing. Sammie Okposo took to social media to apologize to the APC Presidential candidate. Read what he wrote below: “I reposted an uncomplementary and unconfirmed report about GMB which said he should be flogged for being involved in…
Well, it seems we might have lost another cute innocent kid to the crazy world of indecency and se*uality that accompanies stardom. I guess most of you remember Miley Cyrus when she was a Disney star, innocent, cute and adorable. It was a total transformation when she turned into a singer and now, there’s no proper word to describe the very controversial singer. Anyways, another child is losing it. The photo above shows daughter of Will Smith, Willow wearing a top that completely shows off her bosoms from her very tiny br**sts. Willow Smith posted the bizarre photo on her…
Nigerians who are apprehensive of violence in the forthcoming general elections had their fears heightened again on Saturday, as the Police in Rivers State confirmed an attack on the National School Field, Okrika, venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship rally in Okrika local Government Area of the state. The attak is the latest in a series of attacks that have either hit campaign rallies or political office seekers ahead of the February general elections. The State Police Commissioner, Dan Bature, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that unidentified assailants on Saturday at about 4.30 a.m., attacked the venue with…
Boko Haram gunmen have killed 15 people, including a village leader, near Maiduguri, security sources and residents said Saturday. “The terrorists attacked Kambari village which is less than five kilometres to Maiduguri around 5:00 am. They killed 15 people and set the entire hamlet ablaze,” Vanguard quoted the security source who requested anonymity as saying. “After fruitless efforts to enter Maiduguri through Konduga without success, the terrorists took a different route and attacked Kambari,” he said. The news platform also quoted a woman from the village, who simply gave her name as Kyallu, as saying four of her children were…
file photo A military court in Abuja has freed an army Commander who had been standing trial over an offence committed during an operation against Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. The general court martial, sitting in Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja and presided over by Brigadier General M.S. Yusuf, on January 20, discharged and acquitted Lt Col Suleiman Saidu Tilawan, the former Commanding Officer of 103 Battalion on the charge of failure to follow channel of communication that was preferred against him. This came after the defence counsel made a no-case submission. After going through the prosecutor’s case, the court upheld…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, says members of the Boko Haram sect will be prosecuted for using female children as suicide bombers. Adoke made the government’s position known in an advisory issued by him on January 21, where he expressed deep concern over reports that young children were being used as suicide bombers in violation of the innocence of the children. He condemned the use of girls as suicide bombers, a development that has become rampant in recent times. He reminded the perpetrators that the practice amounted to breaches of international and…
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, over alleged attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train. In a statement released through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka in Ado Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State on Friday, Fayose said Jonathan’s humility and silence must not be taken for granted. He stressed that further attacks would not be tolerated. “We will no longer tolerate any attack on President Jonathan and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anywhere in the country.” According to the governor,…
Former Chocolate City recording artiste, Brymo is going to be a daddy this year. The singer on Instagram shared a photo of his pregnant baby mama rejoicing as he looks set to welcome his first child to the world ‘we gonna have a baby!! am gonna be daddy!!!!… “singing”‘ he captioned on Instagram. Brymo and his baby mama below
Halima Abubakar has once again opened up on her past and talked about having suicidal thoughts. In an interview she granted Punch, she said that when she got broke, she was tired of life and how people lied with her name coupled with betrayal . She said: “There were a lot of things that were wrong with me and led to my depression. I was angry, broke, people lied against me and they were also using my name to lie. I was deceived by the people I loved. I was seriously broke at the time and I had lots of responsibilities.…
Comedian Basketmouth just posted a way back photo of himself and his mother on Instagram. The photo was taken in his hometown in Abia. “minor throw back saturday. me and my mum……village things. (isikwato, abia state),” he captioned
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the Nigeria’s ranking as the third fastest-growing economy for 2015 after China and Qatar by the CNNMoney, a business analysis programme, is a referendum on the prudent management of the Nigerian economy by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration, describing it as a verdict of a disinterested party. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh on Saturday, said the assessment, coming from the world leading media institution is a confirmation of an earlier evaluation by other international institutions that proclaimed a thriving performance and a bright future for our economy and added that…
Joseph Mbu, outgoing Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police, Zone 7, has promised to respond to allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he was deployed to Zone 2 for a political hatchet job at the appropriate time. Mr. Mbu made the remark in Abuja on Friday while reacting to question during an interaction with journalists. Zone 2 comprises Lagos and Ogun states. It would be recalled that Joe Igbokwe, the Publicity Secretary of the APC in Lagos state, made the allegation on January 20 after Mr. Mbu was deployed to the zone. Twenty-seven AIGs were redeployed to other…
The All Progressives Party (APC) has warned Nigerians not to discountenance the calls for the postponement of the general elections next month, saying such calls were an attempt at replicating the June 12, 1993 election annulment. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Timi Frank, said the Peoples Democratic Party led-government has started seeing the handwriting on the wall that it will lose the elections and started making frantic efforts to derail the process. Frank said the call by the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), was not only a…
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, says the APC government will end current epileptic power supply in the country. Buhari told party supporters in Brinin Kebbi on Thursday that “ending current epileptic power supply will boost the economy and attract domestic and foreign investment.” He further said that, if elected, the administration would focus on the provision of employment to curtail youth restiveness and insecurity in the country. “I will revive mining industries and give loan to our businessmen and women in such a way that our economy will emerge stronger than ever. “My administration…
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, yesterday said orchestrated attacks in some parts of the North targeted at President Goodluck Jonathan and members of his entourage were part of a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to frustrate the conduct of the general elections in February. The APC scribe also accused the National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), of flying an unpopular kite with his suggestion to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to postpone the upcoming polls to allow for the sufficient distribution of Permanent Voters Card to the…