Beautfiful singer and photographer, TY Bello turns a year older today and in celebration shared a throwback from her childhood when she was only a baby. We think she’s always been cute since she was a kid… do you think so too?
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The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation has described the appointment of Mr. Mike Omeri, the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), as a member of the Jonathan campaign organisation as unlawful. According to the campaign organization, the action by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, contravened Part 2 Section 6 (2) of the National Orientation Agency Act, which stipulates that the Director General of NOA should be “non-partisan”. While describing the development as unbecoming, the APC presidential Campaign said it was designed to compromise and undermine the rules and principles on which the nation’s public service was…
The N4.3trillion 2015 budget has passed second reading at the Senate. The 2015 Appropriation bill was read on Wednesday by the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN). The bill seeks to authorize the issuance from the consolidated revenue fund of the federation N4, 357,960,000 (four trillion, three hundred and fifty-seven billion, nine hundred and sixty million) as against the 2014 budget of N4.6 trillion. The parameters of the 2015 budget include the benchmark oil price of $65 per barrel, projected oil production of 2.2782 million barrels per day and the average exchange rate of 165 naira per dollar. While most of…
Alhaji Hassan Ardo, the Taraba State Chairman of the All Prograssives Congress, has denied allegations that the party had expelled 90 of its members. Ardo made the denial at a news briefing on Wednesday in Jalingo. He, however, said the Karim-Lamido Local Government chapter of the party had made allegations against some of its members and that the party had set up a committee to look into the issues. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that a faction known as APC Concerned Members in the state, had on Monday in Jalingo told newsmen that it did not recognise Ardo as…
A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that Nigerians made a “great mistake” in electing President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011. Speaking at the flagging off of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s rally in Lagos, Wednesday, Mr. Tinubu described the president as a man of “great excuses”, who always blames other people for his failure. “Every time, a nation must need a great leader at the time of its trial. Nigeria is going through the trial now of choosing the wrong person in 2011”, said Mr. Tinubu, who is a national leader of the APC. “The leader (who)…
The member representing Alimosho Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Solomon Adeola, has said that the Federal Government, under President Goodluck Jonathan, has failed to meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians. Adeola, who is currently the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District in the February 2015 elections, said this at an interactive forum with journalists on Tuesday at the Ladi Lawal Press Centre in Lagos. Speaking on the issue of government expenditure and budget implementation at the federal level, Adeola, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, explained that while…
NDLEA CHAIRMAN, AHMADU GIADE The Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has released its statistics on arrests and seizures made in 2014. According to the agency, 129 suspected drug traffickers were nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, adding that the arrests indicated 16.2 per cent increase in two years. Of the impounded drugs, cocaine was said to be the largest haul. A statement on Wednesday by the NDLEA’s spokesperson, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the suspects were arrested in 18 airlines. It read in part, “Cocaine has the largest quantity with 120.4 kilogrammes Methamphetamine is…
South African youth leader and federal lawmaker, Julius Malema, has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan over his handling of the massacre in Baga, Borno State. He described Jonathan as “irresponsible” and suggested that his country, South Africa, intervenes in the fight against the extremist Boko Haram sect in Nigeria. Malema, who leads the Economic Freedom Fighters Party, criticised the Nigerian president for rushing to publicly condemn the terrorist attack in France on a French newspaper, when he has until date, said nothing about the massacre in Baga. Boko Haram had attacked Baga, a fishing community on the northern tip of Borno…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday further amended the Electoral Act 2010 to make a provision to empower the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that Internally Displaced Persons would vote at elections held during emergencies. The amendment to the Act, which passed third reading yesterday, was a response to INEC’s stance that there was no legal backing for it to guarantee voting opportunities for the IDPs during next month’s general elections. The amendment specifically added a new clause to the existing Section 26 of the Principal Act, giving INEC powers to make provision for the voting rights of the…
INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, released the names of 14 presidential candidates and their running mates cleared to contest the February 14 Presidential election in the country. Out of the 28 candidates, 23 possessed either Bachelor’s degrees or the Higher National Diploma (HND) and above, while three, including the former Head of State and Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari tendered either the West African School Certificate (WASC) or its equivalent. One of the candidates has the National Certificate in Education (NCE), while another also had the Nursing and Midwifery…
The governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has vowed to cancel the controversial Lekki-Epe toll gate, if elected into office come February 14. He stressed that the toll gate was untenable, as it is standing on an existing road. Agbaje made the promise, yesterday, during an interactive session with the Muslim community in Lagos, in the company of his Deputy, Alhaja Safurat Abdulkareem. He commended Governor Babatunde Fashola for some of the successes recorded in the State. He however stated that Lagos was in urgent need of change and not continuity. The PDP…
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, has said the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, was first “discovered” by his wife, Mrs. Unoma Akpabio. Describing his wife as Mother Theresa and ‘Mkpouto’ Akwa Ibom during the PDP campaign organisation inauguration in Uyo on Tuesday night, Akpabio hailed his wife’s foresight in spotting the then relatively unknown Emmanuel. “Mother Theresa, Mkpouto Akwa Ibom; she is the First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, who spotted Udom Emmanuel”, he said. Akpabio also used the occasion to explain why he asked the deputy governor of the state, Mrs.…
Buhari Support Organisation, Kogi State chapter said it had raised N1.4 million to support the campaign of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Mohammadu Buhari. According to the Kogi State Coordinator of the group, Idris Maiyanga, who spoke to newsmen in Lokoja, at the formal launch of the campaign support fund cards on Wednesday, said the funds were raised voluntarily through sale of airtime cards of some mobile telephone networks. He said that youths from three senatorial districts of the state constituted the majority of the buyers of the cards. The national leadership of the Buhari…
file photo Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Goodluck Jonathan, Mohammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and twelve other presidential candidates for the February 14 election have signed an undertaking to make the poll violence free. The letters and the spirit of the undertaking otherwise called “Abuja Accord” by the organizers of the event tilted “2015 General Elections: Sensitization workshop on Non-Violence” essentially barred the contestants in the election from making incisive speeches that could cause the eruption of violence before, during and after the elections. The accord read: “We, the undersigned Presidential candidates of the…
A meeting between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan and former President, which many hoped would end the frosty relationship between them did not end as expected, indications have emerged. President Jonathan and other top leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) were said to have requested for the meeting, but were disappointed by the outcome of the meeting, which reportedly had two clergy men; Pastor E.A. Adeboye and Bishop David Oyedepo, who Obasanjo was said to have deliberately craved their attendance as witnesses. He wanted them to see that it was Jonathan who actually caused the rift…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the invaluable sacrifice of the Nigerian military in keeping the country safe and united in the face of unprecedented forces tugging at the very core of its existence. In a statement, Wednesday, in Abuja, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to mark the 2015 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, the party said Nigerians owe the gallant men and women of the Nigerian military a debt of gratitude for their courage, perseverance and sacrifice in defence of all that Nigerians hold dear. The APC called on all Nigerians to show their unalloyed gratitude…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has denied reports that he ordered one of his aides to beat up a Catholic priest at Ujogba in Edo Central District of the state. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Peter Okhiria, said nothing like that occurred. “We watched with great shock the concocted news that was reported by Independent Television (ITV) owned by a PDP chieftain, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, stating that the governor’s aides beat up a reverend father at Ujogba. The report is callous, malicious and wicked, and those behind it are only interested in churning out falsehood to denigrate…
The Kano State Hisbah Board has stopped a father from giving out his daughter in marriage to the man who allegedly defiled her. Malam Ya’u Shuaibu, father of the 13-year-old victim, had earlier granted the man, who defiled his daughter, permission to marry her. Shuaibu had explained that he met with the defiler’s parents on the matter and a date for the marriage had already been fixed. The alleged defiler, Usaini Ja’afar, was reported to have ganged up with his three friends – Sani Isa, Jamilu Sani and Isa Musa – to commit the act. But Director General of Kano State…
The Nigerian military on Wednesday said it repelled a terrorist attack in Biu, a town in Borno State. Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members had attacked the town, which is the largest in southern Borno, with the aim of capturing it. The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, which confirmed the attack through its official twitter handle, @DefenceInfoNG, said “Troops in pursuit of fleeing terrorists as mopping up operation is ongoing. Five (5) terrorists have so far been captured”. The DHQ said it also recovered two anti-aircraft guns from the terrorists.
Triple MG singer, Tekno appears to have gotten himself a Range Rover sport. He took to instagram to share the photo of his latest machine. Tekno recently released a video for his single, Anything