Just yesterday, I wrote a piece about her; veteran Nollywood actress and singer, Stella Damasus as she spoke up for women rights in the African continent. The pretty Stella has now become the latest celebrity host with 12Radio.net which is based in Atlanta, US. The excited actress who would be hosting ‘Undiluted with Stella Damasus’ every Monday, to her Instagram page on Thursday, Janaury 1, 2015, to make the announcement. ‘#radiohost #radioplay #airplay #ATL#Atlanta #nyc #losangeles #boston#houston #dallas #shows #singer #SDMusic#SDtheman #StellaDamasus #undiluted#USA #music #maryland #musiclover She also shared new photos of herself.
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The Managing Director of Izon-Ibe Security Company, James Jephthah, said on Sunday that the Bayelsa Government has reviewed its security policy to check crude oil theft in the state. Mr. Jephthah told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Yenagoa that the policy review was to check pipeline vandalism along the creeks and waterways in the oil producing state. The state government recently incorporated the security firm, which it jointly owns with the private sector, to protect oil installations within the state with a view to stopping oil theft. The official said that the activities of oil thieves and…
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has advised eligible Nigerians, who enrolled for the national identity number, to collect their Identity Cards (ID) at stipulated centres. Abdul-Hamid Umar, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the commission, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday. According to him, the commission has notified people who enrolled and whose cards were ready by sending text messages. “Many Nigerians have been enrolled in the national identity data base, though we are far behind the expectation. “Nigerians, who have received text messages personalised to them, giving information…
Igbo youths on Saturday said that Igbos will reject the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in the February 14 presidential election. The youths, under the aegis of Ohanaeze Youth Movement for Justice and Development (OYMJD), said that Buhari’s maltreatment of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme in the aftermath of the 1983 coup, was a clear display of his aversion for the Igbo and his disregard for the race. The group, in a statement signed by its president, Comrade Phillips Igweneme and Secretary, Comrade Uchenna Anihiru, further stated that the former head of…
Founder and General Overseer of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said that God has revealed the winner of next month’s presidential election to him. Speaking exclusively with Sunday Tribune, the cleric, renowned for the accuracy of his prophecies, including the recent election of Ayo Fayose as the governor of Ekiti, revealed this in his prophecies for 2015 on issues that will affect the country and the world at large. According to Ayodele, “2015 elections will hold but will be peaceful in some areas and not in other areas. As it is, from what I see at the…
Furtherance to his promise to boost security in the state and secure lives and property of the Ekiti State citizenry, Governor Ayodele Fayose has announced plans to launch a Security Trust Fund (STF). Chairman of the Trust Fund, Chief Bisi Omoyeni, said in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday that some corporate organisations were already contributing to the fund that would be launched this month. Omoyeni, a former deputy governor of the state, said 20 Toyota Hilux vans equipped with modern security gadgets; Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and sundry security equipment had already been donated by some banks. According to the…
The successful businesswoman shows off her cute SUV as she begins the year 2015 in a big way…!
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of spending N142million when the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), and Sen. Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the party were in the state to commission some projects executed by his administration. The state chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, made the allegation at Igboubazuwa, headquarters of Ovia South West Local Government Area, during a rally organized to welcome defectors from the APC to the PDP. “Governor Oshiomhole sat in his office and signed two vouchers to commission projects…
The member representing Ado-Ekiti/Irepodun-Ifelodun federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, has refuted the allegation that he had started begging a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to return to the party. He described the report by an unnamed online publication as a puerile, preposterous and misdirected venom against his person. Bamidele, who defected to the Labour Party, LP, to contest the June, 2014 governorship election of Ekiti, which he lost, explained that while he held Tinubu in high esteem, being his political mentor and benefactor, he didn’t need to beg anybody…
The former Director General of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Campaign Organisation in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Babalola Borishade, has sounded a wake-up call to leaders of the party not to be complacent in their efforts to unseat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2015 general elections. In a statement on Saturday, Mr. Borishade called on leaders of the opposition to work extra hard to bring about the desired change that will usher in a purposeful political leadership in the country. He particularly noted that relying on the popular disenchantment with what he described as the “epic…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has assured that he would focus on youth development if elected as governor of the state in next month’s general elections. Peterside, who spoke yesterday when he unveiled the office of Generation of Peace, GOP, in Port Harcourt, the state capital, said he would create jobs and initiate programs that would build capacity among youths in the state. He also enjoined youths to remain focused and shun acts of violence. Earlier, the Coordinator of the group, Commander Collins Ehimieghe (rtd.), said Peterside was adopted as their choice for governor because of the sterling…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said party agents in all the 1,130 polling stations in Ogun East senatorial district, including party coordinators, would be equipped with mobile telephones during the forthcoming general elections. In a statement issued to journalists on Saturday, the party’s senatorial candidate for the disctrict, Dapo Abiodun, explained that the gadgets would assist the agents in monitoring the elections at their respective polling booths and pass on necessary information to the party secretariat seamlessly. According to the senatorial candidate, this is part of strategies being put in place to check any form of electoral fraud that…
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Senate President David Mark on Saturday called on the people of Sokoto North Senatorial District to return Sen. Ahmed Maccido to the Senate in 2015. Maccido (PDP-Sokoto), is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation. Mark made the call during the distribution of motorcycles, water pumping, sewing and grinding machines purchased by Maccido to the constituents in Sokoto on Saturday. Mark was represented by former Senate Leader and PDP gubernatorial candidate for the 2015 general elections in Sokoto state, Amb. Abdallah Wali. Mark explained that Maccido’s re-election would enable him to continue with the good work he had been…
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed says those who have been speaking on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan make him look incompetent. “Most of the spokespersons of the Presidency make President Jonathan look incompetent everyday. If your house is gutted by fire, will you be looking for those that ignited the fire or put out the fire?” he asked. Mohammed also criticised the president for how he has been handling insurgency in the country. “For a good President, what he should do first is put out the insurgency and then arrest those he…
A bomb blast scene in Kano Kano has been hit by series of insurgent attacks in recent times. However, to ensure the state is more secured, the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr Abdulahi Ganduje disclosed that the state government was installing surveillance cameras in strategic areas of the state. “We are also constructing gates as you enter Kano metropolis that will be fitted with cameras,” he told journalists at the weekend. “At least this will be better than the long queues of lorries you see security people checking without tangible results. “Apart from this, we also provide logistics when…
Candidates vying for offices in the February elections can breathe easy as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would not empanel clearance committees to scrutinize their records. “To the best of my knowledge, there is no such arrangement. I don’t have such information yet,” Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, told Vanguard in a telephone interview. The development is a total deviation from the 2007 and the 2011 general elections where candidates for the elections, after submission of their lists by the political parties, were screened by verification committees set up by the…
Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku’s insistence that his governorship ambition was still on course despite losing the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was understood on Saturday when the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) him as its governorship candidate in Nasarawa State. This came to light as the Chairman of the party in the state, Chief John Amako, presented Maku and his running mate, Ibrahim Abu, to the party’s officials and supporters from the 13 local government areas of the state. ”By this pronouncement, all rumours making the rounds that Maku is not the governorship candidate of…
PRESS RELEASE The Adamawa State Governor, Bala Ngilari has described the emergence of a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in the state as God’s answer to the cries of the people of Adamawa State, who he said have been yearning for good governance in the past 16 years. Mr. Ngilari, who spoke at a ‘Thank You’ rally held by the party at Jada on Saturday, said Mr. Ribadu’s record as an astute administrator and fighter of corruption place him in good stead as the…
The wife of late Premier of the Old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, has given her blessing to Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with a call on Nigerians to vote for him in the February 14 election. Osinbajo is the running mate to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The call came when Osinbajo paid a visit to the matriarch, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Awolowo, at her Ikenne home. The matriarch expressed her gratitude to God over the choice of Mr. Osinbajo as the running mate of Mr. Buhari and sought the support of…