Ok, this is new. I mean at least for a celebrity of her status. Popular Yoruba actress Toyin Aimakhu has revealed in a new interview with TW magazine that she doesn’t flaunt her wealth on social media and why she can’t buy expensive shoes. Toyin said “You see, my parents have always told me never to blow my own trumpet. Besides, a lot of celebrities are not being truthful about their lifestyles. I live a very normal life and I am comfortable. I am never one to tell even if I have. Personally, I just don’t see why I should go out to…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Pat Utomi-led United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, has faulted a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over what it described as his reckless attempt to give an ethnic coloration to the critical issue of oil theft, by accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of being responsible for the stealing of 400, 000 barrels of crude oil daily in Nigeria. UNDEDSS, which is a coalition of ethnic nationalities and civil society organisations in the Niger Delta, therefore, warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, national leader to put a stop to his perennial ethnic profiling of the region’s…
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to be diligent in its investigation of the allegation that some members of the National Working Committee of the party collected a whopping N750m bribe from a member of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu. Elumelu, a PDP governorship aspirant in Delta State, had alleged that the money was collected from him by a chieftain of the party, who has since been arrested by the EFCC, with a promise that he would be given the party’s governorship ticket in the state. The…
The Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has vowed to defend the corruption allegation against him. Fani-Kayode, who is a former minister of aviation, was reacting to the statement by a Lagos lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo that he was not qualified to be in President Jonathan Goodluck’s campaign team because of a pending fraud case against him. Fani-Kayode is currently being prosecuted by the EFCC for alleged corruption while in office. Keyamo, who is the prosecutor in the matter, in the statement, which he issued on Sunday, said with Fani-Kayode’s…
The All Progressives Congress has accused the Federal Government of “making a show out of deceit by its so-called fuel price reduction”, saying a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol (from N97 to N87) is “a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent”. In a statement in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said the pump price of a litre of fuel should not be more than N70, meaning that at “N87 per litre, the government is forcing Nigerians to subsidise…
Mohammed Wakil Minister of State for Power, , has disbanded the Technical Committee on Re-connection of Borno State and issued a 48-hour ultimatum for reconnecting the state to the national grid. This came following a long meeting on the black-out crisis in the terror-hit state, which made the minister take direct charge of the re-connection efforts. He insisted that Maiduguri must be reconnected, irrespective of security and sabotage challenges facing the state. He told the meeting of the disbanded committee held on Friday afternoon that Borno people were no longer ready to take any further excuses for the continuous blackout.…
Diran Odeyemi The State Working Committee (SWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has sacked its Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Diran Odeyemi. The SWC, in a statement signed by the party’s publicity secretary, Prince Bola Ajao, also renewed its confidence in the chairman of the party, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa, as he has been able to stabilise activities of the PDP as a a true democrat. “since Mr Odeyemi had shown himself as an uncontrollable irritant, it is important that the party excuses him to allow him engage in his cash-and-carry media management,” the statement read.…
The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said members of the party were prepared to resist any form of rigging in next month’s elections in the state. Chairman of the state chapter of the APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, while speaking at a radio programme in Enugu, tagged Political Voices, said: “It will not be business as usual in these elections. Our votes must count, because the change our people have been yearning for is here, and we must embrace it through APC.” Nwoye, who is also running for Senate for Enugu East district, warned those plotting to…
APC rally in Kaduna Thousands of recalcitrant youths, who allegedly support the All Peoples Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, yesterday, shut down several major streets in the northern parts of the state capital, in a frenzy of support for the APC Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, as they awaited his visit. The youths who thronged out as early as 8am from, Tudun Wada, Kawo, Ungwan Rimi, Malali, and other adjoining Kaduna towns believed to be APC strongholds, wielded weapons, and forced motorist and passersby to chant, (sai Buhari, sai El Rufai ) meaning “Buhari and El Rufai only.” Buhari had not…
Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, weekend, said that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, would use the same strategies which it used in 2007 and 2011 to defeat the opposition parties to win again at the forthcoming general elections. Lamido said this while campaigning for the party’s candidates for the governorship, national and state assemblies at Garki Local Government Area of the state. He warned politicians against making false promises to the electorate as politics is not madness. He also urged the people of the state to reciprocate his administration’s good performance across the state by voting for…
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has described Nigerian politicians as “too difficult to handle,” as they cut corners, offering bribes and threats to officials of the commission because they see elections as investments and would do anything to protect their investments. Jega made this comment at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), yesterday, at a lecture organized by the Political Science Department of the school. “Good elections are not the business of the election managers alone. Politicians want to win by hook or by crook; they induce and entice INEC officials and if they fail, they…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said his achievements in the north lays credence to the fact that he was not an enemy of the region as some ‘liars who have nothing to offer the region’ claimed. “When I came on board as president, I established 14 new universities, four were built in the South while 10 were built in the North, yet they keep telling you I hate the North. If truly I hate the North and I do not want the children from the North to be like me, will I take such action?” the President asked during the campaign…
This has become a norm in the entertainment world. People only recognized their fellow celebrities when they’ve passed on. A lot of people blasted the Nollywood Guild President after she paid tribute to the late Muna Obiekwe on Facebook. Ibinabo Fiberesima replied fans who said the Guild Association abandoned the actor. Fiberesima said “We never ignore our members. If we are informed of a situation we take action. Pls like I said lets Pray not Curse. We have gone out of our way to help non Guild members talk more of our own. We never neglet anyone. We have an active insurance plan .…
There was a serious social media confusion yesterday if the reports were true that Nollywood actor “Muna Obiekwe” is really dead or not. Sadly enough, the reports are true. It has been confirmed that the actor is really gone. He died as a result of kidney failure.
file photo: Jonathan pays courtesy visit to the Sultan Millions of eligible voters in Nigeria are yet to get their Permanent Voter’s cards, (PVC), 25 days to the country’s crucial presidential election. One of such is the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar III. The monarch expressed fears that unless something is done urgently, millions would be disenfranchised as they are not able to collect their PVCs. He made this comment in Sokoto when he received President Goodluck Jonatham in his palace. Jonathan was at the monarch’s palace to pay homage when his campaign train moved to Sokoto. The…
Former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on Monday declared his support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress Mohammadu Buhari for February 14 election. “All of us will support you in the cause to salvage this country,” Babangida said while receiving Buhari who visited him in Minna. “I wish to congratulate members of the party for the honour of nominating my colleague, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as your presidential candidate in 2015 elections,” he added. According to him, he and Buhari fought the battle to keep Nigeria indivisible, and such traits are the attributes of patriots. Speaking earlier, Buhari…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Organization said it would hold the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accountable if any thing happens to its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. The organisation made the comment in reaction to a front page wrap-around advert on Monday’s edition of some Nigerian dailies where Nigerians were asked to choose between life and death. The sponsor of the advert grouped Buhari among former Nigerian leaders who were either killed or died of natural causes while in office. “This is the height of desperate tactics by the PDP, which is capable of degenerating into unnecessary bloodshed and…
Dangote Group of Companies will commence mining of gold, iron ore, coal and lead/zinc this year, the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) said on Monday. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the Director-General of the Office, Mohammed Amate, also disclosed that six foreign mining companies will commence work next year. The companies, according to Amate, are Australian mining firm, Kogi Mines Ltd, Segilola Nig. Ltd, Mines Geotechniques Nig. Ltd. and Northern Numero Resources Ltd. Others are West African Polaris Investment Ltd. and Tongyi Allied and Mineral Services Ltd. The MCO DG said Kogi Mines,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and some drivers and commuters in Enugu State on Monday commended the Federal Government over the reduction of petrol pump price from N97 to N87 per litre. They said the pump price reduction would make life easier for Nigerians. The state’s Chairman of NLC, Chumaife Nze, described the development as a good response to the yearnings of Nigerians. He said the pump price reduction is necessary following the dwindling price of crude oil at the international market. “The government is sensitive to the plight of the people, so, it will go a long way to…
Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda says only President Goodluck Jonathan can give the people of the state and Nigerians the dividends of democracy. The governor said this, Monday, in Bauchi, at the end of a meeting held with the leaders of “Bauchi 2015 Support President Jonathan/Sambo PDP Progressive Forum.” “We know what we want for our people; we know the kind of dividends of democracy that our people should have. And we know who can provide them; it is Jonathan that can provide them for us. Not any other person,” said Yuguda. “I can say with a lot of confidence…