President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday expressed the optimism that if Nigeria continued to progress in the manner it is doing under him, the country would become a better place in the next four or five years. This is just as he assured that his government was putting in a lot of efforts to reposition the country, although the results might not be immediately felt. The president made these assertions at the Christ Apostolic Church, Area 1, Durumi, Abuja where he joined worshippers for the last Sunday service for the year. Mr. Jonathan also enjoined Nigerians to continue to uphold his…
Author: Wale Adebayo
President Goodluck Jonathan has departed Abuja for the United Kingdom in what the Presidency described as “a brief private visit”. The president left the nation’s capital on Sunday shortly after worshipping at Christ Apostolic Church, Area 1, Durumi, Abuja. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said President Jonathan was accompanied on the trip by some of his principal staff and personal aides. The statement read, “President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan left Abuja this (Sunday) afternoon for a brief private visit to the United Kingdom. “The President was accompanied on the trip by some of…
In a bid to ensure free and fair elections in 2015, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has redeployed the 37 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), with immediate effect. The RECs have been directed to “conclude all handing and taking over formalities” by December 31, 2014. The INEC chairman made this known in a statement announcing the redeployment, signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Augusta C. Ogakwu. The decision was said to have been taken at a meeting with the Commissioners. According to Vanguard sources, “in some instances, some RECs were hosted to such…
Some say something is going on between BBA girls Barbz and Zainab. They are yet to deny. Another pix…
The day Tonto Dikeh’s obviously rich, doting boyfriend Mr X will be unveiled. He is plus one and the so silly in love Nollywood actress took to her IG page to celebrate him.
In a recent interview with Vanguard, Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson reacted to rumours that she is a homosexual. Amongst other things, she talks about how people confuse her role in movies to who she is real life. On her experience and lesbianism rumours, she had this to say; “Look at me….what do you think? Of course, I am not a lesbian. Lesbianism is against my religious beliefs, it’s against my cultural norms and I think it was very mischievous for people to insinuate such about someone they hardly knew. The rumor was started by a notorious website in Ghana last…
One of Buhari’s supporters, Nasiru Danu hosted a few celebrities at the Eko Hotel and Suites to declare support for Muhammadua Buhari Presidential campaign in the upcoming 2015 presidential election. SaharaReporters revealed that such well-known personalities as Iyanya, Olu Maintain, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Skales, Azadus, Wande Cole, Ubi Franklin, Senator Mamaroa, Wole Aboderin, “Lagos Boy”-Ahmed Suleiman, Damy Crane and more, attended the get-together to show they are behind the presidential candidates. See a few pictures below: While these celebrities trooped out to support the APC candidate, it does not necessarily mean all Nigerian entertainment personalities are in support…
Nollywood actress Oge Okoye is no doubt a private person. She has been happily married since 2005 and here are new photos of herself & kids enjoying the Christmas holiday. Fine people.
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has finalised plans to declare ‘war’ on Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State over his alleged support of a 45-year-old non-student, Tijjani Usman, who is parading himself as NANS president. The legitimate President of NANS, Comrade Ali Wali, who was duly elected by Nigerian students to represent them, in an interview with LEADERSHIP, alleged that the governor was using Usman to work against the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan by turning Nigerian students against him. According to Wali, the ultimate plan by Governor Lamido was to ensure that President Jonathan no longer…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, has promised to tackle insecurity in order to boost economic development of the state if elected governor next year. Peterside, who spoke in Bonny when he paid a courtesy visit to the Amanyanabo of Grand Bonny Kingdom, King Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple, and the Bonny Council of Chiefs, to seek his royal blessing, said if elected, his administration will ensure even development across the state. The APC governorship candidate was led on the courtesy visit to the Bonny monarch by the traditional rulers…
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, on Saturday inaugurated three committees to devise strategies of ensuring total victory for the APC in the 2015 general elections in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committees were for campaign, reconciliation and contact. The 33-man state campaign committee is chaired by Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, a one-time gubernatorial candidate of the defunct DPP in the 2011 elections while the APP governorship running mate, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, will serve as secretary. The reconciliation committee is headed by a former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Morocco, Amb. Shehu Wurno, with Dr Yakubu Maccido…
The All Progressives Congress has accused the Federal Government of trying to suppress the audit report on the alleged missing $20bn oil money. The party said the deadline for the release of the report, which was set by the government itself, had “come and gone”. The allegation that the huge sum of money was missing was raised by a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, who is now the Emir of Kano. Mr. Sanusi had earlier alleged that as much as $49 billion was diverted by the state oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, but…
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has thrown its weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan on his recent warning to political leaders and some former public office holders to desist from sowing seeds of discord among the people with their incendiary comments. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Saturday described the president’s statement as a “perfect act in nationalism, the mark of true leader who is committed to the interest and welfare of the nation and her citizens” and urged the opposition to heed this caution, show decency, patriotism and shun do-or-die quest for power.…
Mr Labaran Maku, a former Minister of Information, has given the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) one week to correct anomalies in the party’s governorship primary in the state. Maku gave the warning on Saturday while addressing youths in Wakama Villege of Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. He said that he had already written a petition to the appeal panel set up by the national headquarters of the party challenging the outcome of the primaries. He mentioned the irregularities that occurred during the primary to include shortchanging of delegates names in many LGAs, intimidation and threatening of delegates,…
The Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority, Prof. Mohammed Al-Ameen has described the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor’s annual empowerment programme as an unparalleled act of philanthropy that can destroy the yoke of militancy in the country. Intrigued by the commitment of Oritsejafor to helping the less privileged, the FHA boss said on Friday in Warri, venue of the programme, that the CAN president practices what he preaches. “This is a man that will gather the down-trodden in the society and empower them with things that will totally change them for better…
The Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi, Mr Raphael Igwenagu, on Saturday said the agency has secured 70 convictions in the state in 2014. Igwenagu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that the command also seized 1.6 tons of drugs within the period under review. According to him, the 70 convictions was the highest level of conviction ever secured since the inception of the command. “I commend the effectiveness, commitment and the precision handling of drug related cases by the judiciary in Ebonyi. “Political activities often results in youths being used as…
The military has offered reasons behind the seemingly prolonged time it is taking to bring the ongoing insurgency in the North-East of Nigeria to an end. The Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, in an interview with Channels Television yesterday, explained that the security forces are operating within the operational limits of conventional warfare. He said, “The motivation of the Nigerian soldier is based purely, first of all, on patriotism and service to fatherland. “In that case, the motivation here will be different from somebody who is driven by suicide instincts, people who believe they are just there to…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Saturday urged for the continued sustenance of peace in Modakeke in the Ife East Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Aregbesola made the call in a message he sent to the 29th Modakeke Akoraye Day Celebration and launching of N500 million Community Development Fund at Modakeke. The governor, who was represented by Mr Wahab Adeniji, member, Local Education Authority Board, Modakeke, said peace was imperative for any sustainable development to take place. “My administration is determined to ensure that infrastructure is provided in every part of the state, including Modakeke”, he said. Earlier,…
Borno Deputy GOVERNOR, Alhaji MUSTAPHA ZANNAH, APPEALING TO PEOPLE FROM ASHIGASHIYA COMMUNITY IN GWOZA LGA OF Borno WHO RELOCATED TO CAMEROON TO Return HOME Borno State Government says it is expending over N600m monthly on the feeding of those displaced by the activities of insurgency in 20 local government areas of the state. The state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha, made this known while speaking to newsmen in Yola on Saturday. Mustapha said there were about two million internally displaced persons in Maiduguri. “We have of recent also evacuated about 43,000 IDPs of Borno indigene from Adamawa to Maiduguri”, he…
PHOTO: AKINWUNMI AMBODE FACEBOOK PAGE The Lagos State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Akinwunmi Ambode, has claimed that the Federal Government is indebted to the state to the tune of N51bn just as he alleged that there has been no meaningful federal project in the state since 1999. He, therefore, called on Lagosians to vote for the APC at the governorship and presidential elections next year in order to make the state and federal governments to work in synergy for the progress of the state. The former Lagos Accountant-General spoke during the ‘10,000-man March’ organised by the Ambode…