Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke, said that the state government was planning to privatize the popular Carnival Calabar, an event he described as a big boost to the economy of the state. Imoke, whose tenure as governor will not end next year, urged whoever succeeds him to ensure that the carnival was sustained in the years ahead. “This year’s carnival is my last carnival as the governor of this state. But I believe it will continue in the years ahead. It has truly become the ambassador event for Africa,” the governor said at the grand finale of the 10th year…
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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s popularity on social media is increasing exponentially, ahead of the 2015 elections. The development is helping him reach his growing youth support base, but it has been slammed as insignificant by the presidency. Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri argued that the popularity of Buhari on social media was bought through sponsored posts. “It shows the level of hypocrisy and deceit. Anybody can grow followership with adverts but a true proof of popularity on social media should be organic,” Omokri argued. “The almost…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has redeployed all its Resident Electoral Commissioners, REC, nationwide as part of plans to ensure the success of the February 2015 general election. The RECs were informed of their deployment to new stations in a statement dated December 23 with Reference number INEC/SEC/402/Vol.III/ 312 and signed by the INEC Secretary, Augusta Ogakwu. The Commission requested all the RECs to conclude all handing over formalities latest by Wednesday, December 31st, 2014. According to details provided by the commission, O.E. Onukaogu has been moved from Abia to Enugu State, while Tukur Sa’ad leaves Adamawa for Bauchi.…
Director General of the Buhari Campaign Organization and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has boasted about the chances of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) at the 2015 presidential election. Speaking at an interactive a session recently, Amaechi explained what gave him the assurance that Buhari will win in 2015. “The simple electoral arithmetic is that before the president had the South-south and Southeast 100 percent, but now there are problems for the PDP in Cross Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta States. It wasn’t like that before. “By this time the PDP…
I always remind how lavish the lifestyle of superstar footballers are. The millions come in weekly and it’s had to blow all that money qucik enough. Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye, 26, who a few months ago signed a three-year deal with English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion, becoming the club’s record signing at £10million, recently acquired a Rolls Royce Ghost Series II valued at around $250k. The photo of the car was shared on Instagram by Ideye’s friend and fellow footballer, John Ogu. Below are photos of his wife and kids: – Ideye with wife and sons
Famous Nigerian gay activist, Adebisi Alimi is not only living with the struggle of being a a gay in Nigeria, he also is HIV +. Adebisi has been very outspoken about the injustice faced by individuals who are gay after he came out of the closet years ago. He had to flee Nigeria because of threats on his life. Adebisi started out as an actor, he confesses, “I was pretty much a drama queen”. He talks about theatre, the anti-gay law and living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to NPR. Read excerpts below: –On the anti-gay law: “I see…
This is another entertainment couple that most people forget to acknowledge, and they are sailing smooth. Alicia Keys has just had her second child with the veteran rich music producer, Swizz Beatz. The music superstar and music producer hubby Swizz Beatz welcomed a baby boy on Dec 27th; his name is Genesis Ali Dean. “The joy of joy is joy!! It’s a boy,” Keys, 33, and Beatz, 36, shared on Instagram .”We are so grateful!! #blessings!!” Alicia and Swizz are already parents to 4 year old son Egypt Daoud.
There have been reports going round recently that Beyonce’s dad, Matthew Knowles selling off Beyonce’s posters and memorabilia for money. Mathew Knowles, the father of the songstress, got a lot of media attention when he decided to hold a garage sale outside his Music World Entertainment Complex in Houston, Texas. He sold boxes of Beyoncé, her sister Solange Knowles, as well as Destiny’s Child‘s memorabilia and he explained to a reporter at KPRC that his decision to sell isn’t to make money. “If I needed money, I wouldn’t sell $5 T-shirts. I’d sell a Grammy or an MTV award. So…
Just the way he started the year with all the awards in his shelf, Davido is definitely going out with a bang. Now he has genuine reason to shine his teeth whenever and wherever he wants. The music superstar has revealed that he just signed a lucrative deal with toothpaste brand ‘Close Up’. He also announced that he would be dropping his new album in April 2015. His tweet read: – JUST SIGNED A DEAL WITH CLOSE UP! GREAT WAY TO END THE YEAR!!
APC LEADERS DURING A RECENT VISIT TO EX-President Olusegun Obasanjo IN ABEOKUTA The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was sympathetic to the cause of the party because of his desire for positive change in 2015. This was disclosed by the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the APC, Senator Lawal Shuaibu, during an interview with reporters in Abuja, on Sunday. Shuabiu noted that though the former president is still an active member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, he was like most Nigerians, desirous of an end to maladministration and impunity. According to the deputy national…
Even before the 2015 presidential elections have held, former Niger Delta militant leader, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, has said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has already won. Asari, who spoke at the burial ceremony of Late Princess Preba Abigail Prince Ekineh, the ex-militant’s grandmother, organized by his disbanded group, Niger Delta People’s Salvation and Volunteer Front, NDSVF, at Buguma in Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, said it is not possible for the incumbent president, who also hails from the Niger Delta region, to lose the election that returns him for a…
The Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Anambra Chapter, Chris Eluemunoh, on Saturday said the group would vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in next year’s presidential election. Mr. Eluemunoh said this in an interview at Nkwella-Ezunaka, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra. He said Igbos would vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the exercise because the All Progressive Congress, APC, had no agenda for the South East. He called on the people of the state to obtain voter cards to exercise their civic rights, adding, “the card is the weapon at the voter’s disposal in choosing a leader”. (NAN)
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Force Headquarters, Abuja, has disclosed that polling units will be manned by unarmed personnel. It stated that three unarmed policemen would be at each polling station to monitor the election and secure electoral materials, noting that this would be done in collaboration with other security agencies. According to a PUNCH reported, the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Emmanuel Ojukwu, made the disclosure in a telephone interview on Sunday. The FPRO added that the police would ensure that the electoral process was free, fair and credible. He stated that the police high command had…
The Osun State Government has barred revenue collectors in the state from collecting cash for payments into the state coffers. The ban includes cash payments for school fess, fines and charges. A statement issued in Osogbo, the state capital on Sunday by Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said the governor made the disclosure at a meeting with labour leaders in the state. According to the statement, the state government had finalised plans to go digital in the collection of its revenues and do away with all avenues through which revenue officials handle cash. The governor was quoted…
HUNDRED OF SYMPATHIZERS BESIEGE TATTAURA Village AFTER THE Attack (PHOTO: SAHARA REPORTERS) Unknown gunmen on Saturday night killed 10 persons and injured several others at a post-Christmas celebration in Kaduna State, it was learnt yesterday. The attack took place in Tattaura community in Ancha District of Ninzo Chiefdom in the southern part of the state. Those injured in the attack have been rushed to the General Hospital in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, which is closer to the community than the General Hospital in Kafanchan, Kaduna State. The attack on Tattaura, which is under Sanga Local Government Area, reportedly started at about…
Hum! Their love no be here at all, lol. America’s first lady, Michelle Obama shared the photo on twitter to wish the world a Merry Xmas. Cute couple
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Bayelsa State, Chief Jude Tabai, has said the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is a big threat to the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. Tabai, who is also a youth leader in the Niger Delta, expressed the fear in an interview at the weekend. He said, “By and large, the PDP should see the opposition party as a challenge, no matter who they project as their candidate owing to their desperation to get power. Even though we know that they have nothing to offer to Nigerians…
The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has faulted Governor Ayodele Fayose over his refusal to pay the September salary of workers in the state. The party accused the governor of harassing banks not to grant loans to the administration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in order to pay the salary before he left office in October. The APC also accused Fayose of diverting the September allocation received in October to other things instead of paying the workers. Fayose in the monthly media chat on Friday titled, ‘meet your governor’, had told workers the workers to forget about…
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has slammed this fundraising for the reelection campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying some of those who donated money are the people the federal government failed to prosecute for the fuel subsidy scam. Amaechi, who was recently appointed Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, while speaking at an interactive session, also denied funding Buhari’s campaign, saying Nigerians were the ones providing all the funds being used. “Buhari did not spend money for the primaries. Anybody who said they spent money should come forward with evidence. We have maintained consistently that Nigerians would fund us and…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at the weekend released the list of presidential candidates for the 2015 elections. According to the list, only 13 political parties would field presidential candidates in the 2015 presidential elections. The parties and their candidates are the People Democratic Party, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan; the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); Action Alliance, Tunde Anifowose-Kelani; Kowa Party, Prof. Oluremi Sonaiya; United Progressives Party; Chief Chekwas Okorie; and National Conscience Party, Chief Martin Onovo. Others are African Democratic Congress, Dr. Ibrahim Nani; United Democratic Party, Godson Okoye; Alliance for Democracy, Rafiu Salau; Peoples Party of…