CHAIRMAN OF THE OCCASION, JUSTICE MUSTAPHA AKANBI (L) FORMER CHIEF OF army STAFF, LT. GENERAL ABUDLRAHAMAN DAMBAZAU (M); AND FORMER MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, DR. OBY EZEKWESILI A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has rated the Nigerian Army low in its battle against Boko Haram insurgents, saying the performance of the military has been below expectation. The military’s conduct in the war against Boko Haram, he said, made the international community to question the Nigerian Army’s professionalism, noting that the lack of political will had also made the fight against the insurgents look impossible. Dambazau said this in…
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Like other celebrities, Tonto Dikeh has shared her own tribute to the late actor, Muna Obiekwe who died of kidney failure some days ago. She expressed her emotional heartbreak as to how she feels about the actor losing the battle to a disease that could be easily treated. Below is her emotional tribute: Just sitting here gazing at a picture of a boy I know but now gone because of an illness that would have been managed. The thought of his lifeless body brings me so much pain and sadness and it is not because I was close to…
Robyn Fenty popularly known as Rihanna is one of our favorite hollywood celebrities and each time she steps us, she always makes sure she’s the centre of attraction. The 26-year-old pop star attended the Los Angeles Fashion Awards alongside other A-List celebrities and Rihanna was at the top of her fashion game as she stepped out with Jeremy Scott’s Moschino creations and it looked adorable. Photo Credit: Getty Images/Gilbert Flores/BroadImage
Singer Rihanna has won a legal battle against high street store, Topshop over a T-shirt bearing her image. The Court of Appeal in London upheld a ban on the store selling a sleeveless T-shirt featuring a photo of the star without obtaining her permission. In the first successful celebrity case of its kind, three appeal judges agreed marketing the item without Rihanna’s approval amounted to “passing off”. In other words, the unauthorised image was damaging to Rihanna’s brand. The star sued Topshop’s parent company Arcadia for $5m (£3.3m) back in 2013 over the T-shirts, which featured a photo taken…
Olamide YBNL Boss, Olamide Adedeji a.k.a Baddo has taken to his instagram page to let his fans know that he’s hale and hearty as opposed to a rumour that’s going on around alleging that his car was stolen and he was kidnapped. Check out what he said below:
South African television host, radio personality and businesswoman, Bonang Matheba who has been linked to dating Nigeria’s D’banj has been sharing lovely new photos of herself and we couldn’t help but share it with our readers. She indeed is a classy lady and one fit for a Boss like D’banj. Photo Credit: Instagram
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the statement credited to the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization spokesperson, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode that Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) should be stri*ped of his military status and privileges for joining the army with fake result as laughable. Fani-Kayode had during a press conference on Wednesday said Buhari, who is the presidential candidate of the APC, should also be disqualified from the February 14 presidential election over inability to present his original credentials. Reacting to the PDP campaign spokesman’s assertion while speaking as a guest on Channels…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the Peoples’ Democratic Party has run out of lies and is fishing for new ones having failed with the School Certificate lie they tried to pin on the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Speaking during an inspection of road projects, which culminated in a campaign at the Egor market in Upper Siluko area of Benin, the state capital, Oshiomhole said: “I’m happy that you people are following what is happening and one young man said even Buhari doesn’t have a school certificate, if it’s just a NEPA…
source: Nigerian Tribune Governorship candidates of three political parties in Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Honourable Dakuku Peterside of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Prince Tonye Princewill of the Labour Party (LP), have agreed to ensure violent-free elections in the state, in February. The three leading governorship candidates made the peace pledge in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, during a roundtable, jointly organised by the United States Embassy in Nigeria and an organisation named, the Dawn in the Creeks Board of Advisors. “I (name), do hereby pledge on behalf of myself and my supporters,…
With the political campaigns across the country reaching fever pitch ahead of next month’s general elections, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Thursday, debunked the insinuation in some quarters that he holds a grudge against President Goodluck Jonathan. Addressing a mammoth crowd of All Progressives Congress (APC) party faithful at a campaign rally held in Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government area of the state, Fashola said, “I have no personal disagreement with Jonathan”. The governor pointed out that the only area of disagreement he has with the president is in his failure to fulfil lots of promises he (Jonathan) made to…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has said that it prefers not to respond to the provocations of the Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode, but rather engage him on issues that have the potential of bringing benefit to the greatest number of Nigerians. A press statement signed by Director of Media and Publicity of the APCPCO, Mallam Garba Shehu, yesterday said it was laughable that the PDP would still keep hammering on the issue of the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari’s educational qualifications, even after the matter has been…
Amid calls by some stakeholders, with the most recent coming from the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) that dates for the general election in February should be postponed, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared that there was no operational reason, including the concerns over the distribution of the PVCs, to postpone the polls. The commission further added that it was not aware of concerns by the presidency over complaints of the distribution of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs. The NSA, yesterday, during a talk show at Chatham House, the London think-tank group, said he had discussed the…
The Federal Government, on Thursday, distanced itself from calls for the postponement of the general elections slated for February, saying it will not interfere with the operation of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, stated this while answering questions from newsmen during a security briefing in Abuja. The federal government had been accused of plotting to postpone the elections following a call by the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, who said this will allow INEC to finish the distribution of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs). Omeri however distanced the government from any such plans, as…
President Goodluck Jonathan says his administration has achieved a lot but his achievements are being overshadowed by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents. He said this at the palace of the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwan Suleiman Adamu, on Thursday, shortly before addressing a political rally in the state capital. Jonathan, however, assured that his administration would soon put an end to insurgency in Nigeria. “When we moved round in 2011, we got massive support from you and since then, we have been working hard to justify your support. Insha Allahu, we will also succeed this time. “The unfortunate Boko…
Ahead of the general elections in Rivers State, three leading governorship candidates in the state, on Thursday pledged to work towards ensuring a violent-free poll next month. The governorship candidates are: Dr. Dakuku Peterside of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party and Prince Tonye Princewill of the Labour Party. The candidates signed the peace pact in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Thursday, during a roundtable organized by the United States Embassy in Nigeria in partnership with a group known as Dawn in the Creeks Board of Advisors. Wike, Peterside and Princewill agreed that…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday called on politicians in the country to be prepared to accept the results of the forthcoming elections in good faith. The sultan made the call in Sokoto while receiving the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who visited him. He said that accepting results of the elections should be done in the interest of the peace and unity of Nigeria. According to him, I believe that there must be a country before a leader; if there is no country, there will be no leader. “So, it is now…
Rumour going around social media this evening suggest that YBNL boss and rapper Olamide has been kidnapped. The rumour states that Olamide was on his way to a video shoot when the incident occurred.http://www.nikefreerunshoesplus.com ebay nike free run Well Olamide quickly went online and denied it, stating that he is safe and hard at work. In a recent post her wrote: Real recognize real.. Don’t knock another niggas hustle lol Olamide Adedeji became famous when his song, E ni Duro became a street anthem. He has then managed to always give the nation street hits, every year.
The Federal Government is considering the recalling of soldiers in the country’s peace keeping mission abroad to enhance the operational capability of the military against insurgency in the North East. The Coordinator, National Information Centre, NIC, Mr. Mike Omeri, disclosed this, yesterday, during the usual press briefing on security issues across the country in Abuja. “There is need for a troops surge in operational areas which may require recalling Nigerian troops from peace keeping missions abroad to enhance the operational capabilities of the Nigerian military,” Omeri said. It will be recalled that, a number of African countries converged on Niamey,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the call by the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, for the postponement of next month’s general elections, which he said would give the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), more time to distribute all Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). According to the party, nothing must affect the date of the elections. In a statement in Abuja, Thursday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC said that the call by Col. Dasuki, during an event at the Chatham House in London on Thursday, showed it had been the Jonathan Administration’s plot all…
The Middle Belt Dialogue (MBD), a group representing the ethnic nationalities in the Middle Belt, said although President Goodluck Jonathan failed the zone during his first term in office, they would support him instead of the Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). According to the group, Buhari is not a better alternative because as a life patron of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), he had never for once called suspected Fulani herdsmen who have been committing a lot of atrocities in the area, to order. “Fulani herdsmen…had been rampaging through…