Governor Ayodele Fayose has come under fire from the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over a front page advert the Ekiti State governor paid for in The Punch and Daily Sun newspapers on Monday morning. Buhari, in a Facebook post, accused Mr. Fayose of abusing a Bible verse and insulting Muslims, especially Northerners. The governor had paid for front page adverts in the national dailies, depicting three former Heads of State from the North, who are Muslims and died in office, together with the APC presidential candidate, suggesting that what happened to them…
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Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has dared a former governor of the state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, to sue him over his claim that he (Ladoja) and others refunded N500m to the state coffers as part of a plea bargain they struck with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Ladoja had given the governor a seven-day ultimatum within which to retract the claim or face a legal action. The former governor, who also demanded N10bn in damages, also told newsmen that the governor should be prepared to face imminent defeat in next month’s election rather than resorting to “cheap blackmail”.…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, on Sunday in Abuja summoned the Indonesian Ambassador to register Nigeria’s protest over the execution, by firing squad, of two Nigerians. A statement issued by the ministry’s Director of Public Communication, Ogbole Amedu-Ode, said the executed Nigerians are Solomon Okafor (Alias Namaona Denils) and Daniels Enemuo (Alias Diarrassoube Mamadou) by the Indonesian government. It said the Nigerians were executed for drug offences at the Island of Nusakambangu in Cilacap, Central Java Province, in spite of appeals by the Federal Government. “The executions were carried out despite persistent pleas for clemency made by the…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, has said that holding elections in the troubled states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe is not a privilege but a right of the electorates. He also advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to think of not conducting elections in the three states, after the electoral body said it would conduct elections only in places it considers safe for the exercise. The governor stated this on Sunday in an interview with journalists shortly after the inaugural meeting of the North-East Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressive Congress, APC, held at the Zaranda…
The individual behind this account caused a lot of confusion yesterday ..He dispelled rumours Nollywood actor, Muna Obikew had passed on..After backlash by those who knew it was a fake account, he apologized..Sad to say thousands have been scammed by that fake account .. RIP Muna
Just few months after the marriage of Nollywood actress, Ini Edo collapsed, she has reportedly found love in the arms of another man. According to a report on Linda Ikeji, Ini Edo is romantically involved with an actor named Mike Godson. It would be recalled that in the first week of January, reports had surfaced that Ini’s estranged husband, Philip Ehiagwina was in a relationship with a Nigerian lady based in Ghana and was set to remarry. He had however debunked the report. More intimate photos below: Report had recently surfaced that the divorce between Ini and her husband…
2Face Idibia has been advocating for the ‘VOTE NOT FIGHT’ campaign and in an effort to buttress his point, Nigerian luxury designer, Michael Awolaja popularly known as Malivelihood gifted the music star with this custom iPhone6 which has ‘VOTE NOT FIGHT’ clearly inscribed on it. The Nigerian general elections is slated for tomorrow and 2Face has been advocating for peace during and after the elections.
Nigerian veteran musician, Daddy Showkey alongside Chief Raymond Dokpesi were at the Aso Villa today to meet with President Jonathan. They’ve both shown support for President Jonathan’s campaign aimed towards the General elections coming up next month.
Looks like most of the Nigerian acts all have a story to tell about how they suffered before they hit the limelight. Sean Tizzle has also shared his story from how he used to beg for food at parties before he became famous. While speaking with Tribune in a recent interview, he said: Those days were very rough, but we thank God that we have been able to sail through. I used to sleep outside, hustle and fall asleep in buses. I also used to go to owanbe parties not to dance, because I didn’t have party clothes to…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to come clean on issues surrounding his health. The Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, made the call at a press conference on Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Fani-Kayode said the call had become necessary since the health and academic certificate of Mr. Buhari had become topical issues of discussion in the country. He said the request was a standard practice across the world, adding that the PDP was not in any way…
The Presidency on Saturday said President Goodluck Jonathan was ready at all times to appease former President Olusegun Obasanjo. It also agreed with the ex-president that candidates in the forthcoming general elections should be judged by their performance. The Presidency’s position came on the heels of a series of failed efforts to curry Mr. Obasanjo’s support for President Jonathan’s re-election bid. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, who made this position known, was reacting to a statement credited to the former Nigerian leader that performance, as against party loyalty, should be the overriding…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, APCPCO, has lampooned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for circulating a scam medical report on General Muhammadu Buhari. A statement from the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the campaign on Sunday said it is ludicrous for the PDP to throw all cautions to the wind in its shameless effort to pull wool over the eyes of Nigerians over their rising desire for change of guard at the federal government. The statement, signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of the APCPCO, Garba Shehu, particularly directs the attention of Nigerians to the…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, said on Saturday that he does not consider the February presidential election as a war and advised electorates to eschew violence during the elections. While advising other candidates not to see the race as a do-or-die affair, Mr. Buhari said, “I have no reason to see the presidential ambition as a war, because I am not fighting for myself but the interest of the people of this country”. Mr. Buhari stated this at the township square, Lafia, during his campaign rally in the Nasarawa state capital. He said if…
There seems to be no end to the gale of defections currently sweeping across Ondo State in recent times as the former Chief Press Secretary to Governor Olusegun Mimiko, Mr. Kolawole Olabisi, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Olabisi served the Ondo governor as his CPS until the early stages of his second term in office. Olabisi defected alongside prominent indigenes of Ondo town, who had earlier followed Mr. Mimiko to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Labor Party. Apart from Olabisi, other prominent members of the area, who defected, according to Saharareporters, include Mimiko’s former Special Assistant…
The Rivers State Government has condemned the threat by the Peoples Democratic Party in the state to force its way into the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, for its presidential rally. The state government had reportedly refused to approve the state PDP’s application to be allowed to use the stadium for the event on grounds that the facility was still under construction. The ruling All Progressives Congress in the state and the PDP have been at loggerheads over the opposition party’s insistence that it must use the stadium for its rally. PDP had argued that since the APC had used…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ikechukwu (surname name withheld), for obtaining $100,000 from a Dane, Hengamesh Misepasi, in a love scam. A statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Sunday, said that the suspected fraudster was arrested by operatives of the commission at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in response to a petition from the Nigerian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. According to the statement, the suspect, who met the Dane online, had conned his unsuspecting victim by posing as an American business executive on…
A security officer working as an undercover agent in the Kaduna State Government House has allegedly been arrested on suspicion of stealing. He was caught stealing clothes in Governor Mukhtar Ramalan’s official residence. According to Daily Trust, which carried the report, the officer, whose name was not disclosed, was said to have been deployed in the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House since 2007 as undercover agent. He was later redeployed in 2010 but was reposted back in 2013. A security source in Kaduna said the officer had access to every room and office including places where people are restricted, such as…
Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo has endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the presidential election, General Muhammadu Buhari. Giving his reason for not supporting President Goodluck Jonathan, Keyamo said it was because he has proved his incapacity to fight corruption. In a statement made available to Vanguard, yesterday, Keyamo said Jonathan’s decision to appoint a money-laundering suspect who he, Keyamo is prosecuting on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was a great act of indiscretion. “We have a President who has no single appetite to fight corruption – yes, none. Imagine a campaign that is…
The Buhari Campaign Organisation has called on Nigerians to disregard the ongoing misinformation about the personality and record of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as it is meant to instigate hatred against the former head of state. “It is shocking that rather than explain itself over the multiple crises it has engendered or has failed to respond to or offer panaceas to these challenging troubles, desperate Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates and spokesmen have stuck to the tactics of demonising the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the presidential election,…