They are both celebrities, but one is definitely more recognized than the other these days. Fast rising singer, Cynthia Morgan and Queen Ure have not been in good terms ever since Ure dragged Cynthia to court over name infringement. Late last year, Queen Ure asked the court to ban Cynthia Morgan song because she used the same word “Popori”, a word originally used by Queen Ure. The court then banned radio stations from playing the Northside recording artiste songs due to name infringement. Cynthia Morgan refused to take the shot lying down so she blasted Queen Ure on Instagram saying “I never knew this…
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The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) on Friday adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the Feb. 14 polls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the adoption was announced at its first National Convention to elect new officers, which was held in Lagos. NAN recalls that controversy had trailed the UPN leadership but the convention saw Dr Frederick Fasehun emerging as its National Chairman, which put paid to the internal wrangling within the party. Speaking after the ratification of the new executives by members of the party from across the nation, Fasehun said that the UPN…
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, on Friday promised to develop infrastructure and encourage entrepreneurship spirit of Nigerians if given the mandate. Buhari said this at the APC presidential campaign rally in Aba, Abia. “We will focus on infrastructural development in terms of power and roads, which are necessary. “We will also encourage the entrepreneurship spirit of the people of Aba and this zone because your entrepreneurship capability is known even beyond Nigeria. “We will make sure that you have good roads, electricity and communication and we will empower farmers to produce more food. “The main…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said the South East geo-political zone will produce the president of Nigeria after 2019. The governor stated this yesterday while speaking at the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign rally in Aba, Abia State. The South-East, which comprises of five states, namely Abia, Enugu, Anambra, Imo and Ebonyi, is yet to produce a democratically-elected leader of the country. However, an indigene of the zone, the late Maj.-Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, was Nigeria’s first military head of state. He ruled the country between January and July, 1966, before he was overthrown in a bloody coup…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has described the All Progressives Congress as capable of causing chaos in Nigeria with the statements being made by its leadership. Fayose, in a statement on Friday, blamed the opposition party for what he called a “campaign of hate”. He also described the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as an “Islamist, who is out to return power to the northerners and implement Islamic agenda”. He said if this happens, the Niger Delta region could go up in arms against the country, since that is where the incumbent and presidential candidate of…
The Director, Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign organization, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on Nigerians to scrutinize the ties between the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and violent groups in the country. Fani-Kayode made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. The PDP presidential campaign spokesman specifically called on Nigerians and the international community to beam their searchlight on the relationship between Buhari and the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) as well as Boko Haram. The call came on the heels of MEND’s endorsement of…
Civil rights activists have appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure the availability of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to all registered voters. The commission had Thursday revealed that at least 15,567,219 Nigerians were yet to collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs). The activists, who are members of the Youth initiative for advocacy, growth and advancement, made the appeal while presenting an observatory report on the PVC in Abuja on Friday. The Head of research, policy and advocacy of the organisation, Samson Itodo, said there was palpable fear amongst the youths that they may be disenfranchised due to…
The truth behind the sudden termination of the assisted military training agreement between Nigeria and the United States, which recently raised comments over whether the US was truly committed to helping Nigeria end insurgency has been revealed. According to the US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, who spoke to some journalists at his residence in Lagos on Thursday, there was an agreement between Nigeria and America on the provision of equipment and trainers for the Nigerian military, which Nigeria failed to honour. “We had, at Nigeria’s request, agreed to train some battalion, in my opinion, some of the best trainers…
Major General Salihu Zaway Uba Major General Salihu Zaway Uba, Commander of the Training and Doctrine Command of the Nigerian Army (TRADOC), has been appointed as the Force Commander for the United Nations Mission in Liberia, (UNMIL) by United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. Uba will succeed Major General Leonard Muriuki Ngondi of Kenya. He brings 32 years of national and international military experience to the new position. The TRADOC commander acquired invaluable experience in peacekeeping duties at the UN, Regional ECOWAS monitoring group (ECOMOG) Liberia and in the united nation protection force (UNPROFOR). His operational performance at UNMIL Liberia, was…
Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola has described President Goodluck Jonathan as an angry man, who is recriminating about people criticising his government. “I watched the president of my country speak in my state for about one hour and I saw an angry man. He was recriminating about people criticising his government. He was blaming all who ruled before him, forgetting that he has been on this job for six years,” he said on Thursday at the mobilisation and interactive campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benin City, Edo State. “For 29 minutes, he did not reveal his plans…
GEN. Buhari IN WARM HANDSHAKE WITH SEN. MAGNUS ABE ON THURSDAY The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), on Thursday promised to implement the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on the polluted Ogoni environment if elected president in the February 14, 2015 presidential election. The APC presidential candidate, who made the promise while speaking during a meeting with stakeholders of Ogoni ethnic nationality at Saakpenwa, headquarters of Tai local government area of Rivers State, also promised to complete the abandoned Bodo-Bonny road project. According to Buhari the decision of the Federal Government to…
The Sokoto State Task Force on Illegal Structures, has embarked on the removal of bill boards illegally erected by politicians in the state. The Chairman of the Task Force, retired Sqdn. Ldr. Aminu Bala told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Sokoto that the exercise commenced on Thursday in Sokoto. According to him, the exercise will continue up to the period of the election not minding whose ox is gored. “We are not out to witchhunt any candidate or political party, the aim is just to sanitize the city and make sure that nobody tramples on the…
The Nigerian military has assured that it will provide adequate security to all Nigerians during and after the forthcoming elections. Defence spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, said in Abuja that the military was putting everything in place to ensure the safety of lives and property of the citizens of the country. Mr. Olukolade, a Major General, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “All considerations are on to put in whatever is required to comply with the security requirements of the nation in relations to elections or all other socio-economic activities”, he said. On the operation in…
Millionaire businessman and rapper — Jay Z, has completed a deal to buy promoter, Gary Shaw’s company thereby giving Roc Nation a steady stable of fighters. According to ESPN, the deal, which had been in the works for more than a month, was finalized around the time Roc Nation Sports was conducting the weigh-in for its first card Friday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, which is headlined by welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison against Tommy Rainone. It is believed that under the agreement, Gary Shaw Productions will be absorbed into Roc Nation Sports including most of the contracts…
She’s still a new face in Nollywood and i would advice she build her career first before even thinking of finding a rich man to marry. The actress who is also a model and TV presenter, Nancy Isime, spoke to The Nation recently about her private life and many more. Read excerpts below: – Give us an overview of yourself and how you got into the acting world I am a model and an ex beauty queen. I am still modelling. I started out with a TV drama series called Echoes. That was my very first gig. Last year, I…
I heard this rumour but it seems like that’s exactly what it is, ‘a rumour’. Phillip Ehiagwina, the ex-husband of Nollywood actress, Ini Edo has denied reports going round that he is about to remarry for the third time. According to the report, Philip had moved on after his divorce to the actress and was set to marry a Nigerian lady based in Accra, Ghana. The lady was said to be one of the major reasons that Philip abandoned Ini in Nigeria and relocated to Ghana to be with the lady and that before the first quarter of this year would…
It’s really heartbreaking to be experiencing such a loss this early in the year. Nigeria just lost a model and beauty pageant winner — Esther Kanu. The 24-year old beauty queen died on Wednesday, January 7, 2014. She is said to have suddenly slumped and was rushed to the hospital where she was confirmed dead. When Desmond Agboola, the Director of Queen Of Aso Nigeria beauty was contacted, he confirmed the sad news. Esther won the Queen of Aso pageant in 2012 and In 2013, she contested in Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant, representing Abia State. It would…
One minute he’s doing something super fun, the next he’s settling his beef on Twitter. The very talented and rich Nigerian singer, Davido is in Dubai right now where he seems to be catching a lot of fun shooting a video while also on vacation. The singer shared some interesting photos from his trip on Instagram. Days back, he shared photos of a reunion of himself and his sister and some friends hanging out in Dubai; and today, the ‘Aye’ singer decided to go sky-diving. He shared picture of himself wearing an all-white ensemble with red and white sneakers and he seems…
The Adamawa State Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS), Mr. Ubi Ikpi Nkanu, yesterday gave the assurance that the service would ensure that only Nigerians vote in next month’s general elections in the state. Speaking to journalists in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, Nkanu said the command was collaborating with other security organizations to prevent infiltration of foreigners during elections. He also charged the staff of NIS to exhibit professionalism in the course of discharging their official responsibilities, warning them against collaborating with aliens to facilitate illegal immigration in to the country. “We will fire any staff that conspires to…
The Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday commended Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), for compensating Bodo community in Ogoni land over oil spillage. The company, this week, agreed to pay compensation to thousands of residents of the Niger Delta community for what it agreed was two “deeply regrettable” oil spills in 2008. Shell agreed to pay a total of $83.3 million with “an individual payment to each claimant, who accepts the settlement agreement in compensation for losses arising from the spills”, the company said in a statement Wednesday, effectively bringing…