A former associate and aide to late Afro beats maestro, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of genocide, calling for his trial. Uwa Erhabor, who worked with the late Fela in the 1980s, made the call Thursday while launching his new book, “Kalakuta Diaries”. He accused Mr. Obasanjo of ordering the killings in Zaki Biam, Benue State and in Odi, Bayelsa State during his time as civilian president from 1999-2007. Mr. Erhabor described the former president as a “hypocrite”, accusing him of ordering troops to kill Fela, when Mr. Obasanjo held power as a military ruler in…
Author: Wale Adebayo
30 Days in Atlanta, the Movie produced by A-list comedian, AY has been announced as Nollywood’s Highest Grossing Cinema Movie of all time, after it amazingly grossed N76million in 7 weeks of showing on Cinema Screens across Nigeria. The announcement was made yesterday (at Silverbird Galleria) by Guy Bruce, the Director, Silverbird Distribution Company, at a special reception to celebrate the Cast and Crew of the Movie. “That it is N76million is quite impressive for a Nollywood film, Bruce said, and we are so proud of AY. We hope he does more movies.” Through the Glass, a movie by Stephanie Okereke…
Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has petitioned the All Progressives Congress, APC, over claims that its gubernatorial candidate in Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Masari, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, emerged the APC gubernatorial candidate in Katsina about a fortnight ago, polling about 50 percent of total votes cast to defeat three other aspirants. In his petition dated December 17, the radical lawyer warned that if the APC went ahead to field the former speaker in the 2015 governorship elections, those claims could earn him a…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Benue State, Dr Samuel Ortom, has dismissed rumours on social media that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ortom described the reports as, “false, malicious, mischievous, and a campaign of calumny”. The Media aide to the governorship candidate, Terhav Agerzua, in a terse statement on Friday said it was a false alert and part of the plans by Ortom’s detractors to smear his good name. He added that the report was one in a series of other orchestrated smear reports. According to Agerzua, “Ortom has not been…
The Nigerian military authority has said it is yet to confirm reports of alleged kidnap of hundreds of girls, women and children in Gumsuri village, Borno State, during the week by suspected Boko Haram members but says troops are patrolling the area in search of the terrorists. According to a statement on the Defence Headquarters blog, “Troops are patrolling the general area of Gumsuri in search of terrorists who were said to have attacked the community last weekend. Although it has been confirmed that some people were killed by the terrorists during the attack, the reported abductions as claimed by…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, on Friday assured indigenes of Abuja that the Land Swap policy introduced by the administration would address issues of their resettlement. Yahaya Yusuf, the Director of Development Control, FCTA, said this in an interview in Abuja. Mr. Yusuf said the policy would also encourage private funding of infrastructure in the territory. “The policy, as initiated by the FCT minister, Alhaji Bala Mohammed, involves granting of Greenfield land to competent real estate practitioners, who will in turn provide infrastructure such as roads and electricity. “This policy is expected to bring in billions of Naira from…
PHOTO: Urhobo Today The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has described as cheap blackmail, the claim that ex-Niger Delta militant, Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo, was awarded a contract by the Nigeria Maritime Academy and Safety Administration, NIMASA, to acquire warships to carryout ethnic cleansing. In a statement issued in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital and signed by its Spokesman, Comrade Eric Omare, the IYC noted that the attack on NIMASA and Global West – Tompolo’s company – of acquiring warships with which to protect the waterways instead of the Nigeria Navy shows ignorance and lack of understanding of the…
More than seventy five Boko Haram terrorists have been killed by Nigerian troops of the 7 Division, Dogon wire along Maiduguri Damboa road in Borno State, security sources and Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) staff confirmed to newsmen. The attack took place in Bulaburin village on Wednesday, while the military was giving security cover to the PHCN staff, who were repairing destroyed transmission cables at Damboa. “We were on the electric tower on surveillance of any perceived threat, while the staff of the TCN were repairing the destroyed cables, when we sighted the insurgents coming in groups and we…
I must admit that I was laughing my head out when I heard about the Instagram purge, I knew the after-effect would last long in our minds. Some of you might have gotten a message lately from Instagram, saying they were going to conduct a fix on your page to remove spam followers and shrugged; but for some celebs like Kim Kardashian-West, Rihanna, Katy Perry and even Oprah, this can be very damaging to their rep. Following Instagram’s latest purge, stars lost a huge amount of followers suggesting that they may not be as popular as we think. Many celebs have…
Much like his mentor award winning late Nigerian rapper, Dagrin; Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf popularly known as CDQ is a hip hop rap artiste, who dishes his rap lines in Yoruba language. This has further increased his popularity among fans, with his consistency and deep lyrics. Most people believe his rap sound very similar to that of 9ice, another artiste who sings in Yoruba; difference however, is that CDQ is a rapper. I ran into the very talented indigenous rapper and bugged him for an interview, and he agreed. Read excerpts below: – Q – We know you as CDQ what…
The Ekiti State Governorship Election Tribunal has affirmed Governor Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the state’s June 21 governorship election. A three-man panel of Judges at the Tribunal dismissed the petition that was filed against Fayose by the All Progressives Congress (APC) at its proceeding in Abuja. In its petition, APC challenged the outcome of the election, which it said “witnessed an unprecedented level of rigging, manipulation of voters register and widespread election malpractices.” It also queried the legal qualification of Governor Fayose to participate in the process. The party argued that Fayose…
Tragedy struck at Ayankor, Gboko East, in Gboko local government area of Benue state when a family of seven, were at the early hours of Friday, burnt to death in a mysterious fire that engulfed their home. An eyewitness told Vanguard that the inferno, which started at about 1 am, burnt the block of three flats, killing a man, his wife and their five children. Other occupants of the building however managed to escape. The man, Lawani Oye, was said to be a popular automobile panel beater in the area. “The fire started at about 1am in Mr. Oye’s flat…
All international cargo flights operating into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos has been suspended by the Federal Government. General Manager, Corporate Communications, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Yakubu Dati told newsmen that the suspension of cargo aircraft into the country was necessary because of the congestion at the warehouses. “This has become imperative due to the congestion created by the backlog of cargo created following the two-week closure of the terminal by the Nigerian Customs Service,” he said. According to Dati, the agency is initiating possible measure to accelerate the clearance of the goods and return…
The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied an existing order restraining it from submitting the name of Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as its flag bearer for the 2015 governorship election in the state. It said this while reacting to reports in a section of the media that an Abuja Federal High Court had on Thursday ordered PDP not to submit Ugwuanyi’s name to INEC. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Dr. Okey Eze, the party said, “For the avoidance of doubt, there is no injunction whatsoever restraining the PDP…
The United States of America has restated its commitment to helping Nigeria tackle the threat of Boko Haram and similar organisations to the country. According to a statement issued by the Public Affairs Department of the US embassy in Nigeria, the American government also said it will help the country in its efforts to rescue the abducted Chibok girls who have been taken since April 14, as well as others who were abducted in various communities, including those kidnapped in Sunday’s attack on Gumsuri village, Borno State. “We are aware of reports from persons who fled the scene of the…
A Nigerian civil war veteran, Godwin Alabi-Isama, a retired Brigadier General, on Thursday, called for the exhumation of Benjamin Adekunle’s corpse from the Ikoyi cemetery for a befitting hero’s burial in Ogbomoso. He made the call at a public lecture in honour of the late Mr. Adekunle by Ogbomoso Community Foundation held at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomoso. The late civil war hero, Mr. Adekunle, popularly known as Black Scorpion died on September 13, 2014 in Lagos at the age of 77. He was buried at Ikoyi Cemetery in Lagos on October 3. Mr. Alabi-Isama said that heroes…
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has condemned the renewed waves of attacks in Borno. A statement issued on Friday by National Information Officer, UN Information Centre, Mr Oluseyi Soremekun, said Chambas particularly condemned reported large number of abductions of women and children. Chambas, who is also the High-Level Representative of the Secretary-General to Nigeria, noted that the renewed waves of attacks were being perpetrated against innocent civilians. The special representative called on the Nigerian authorities to do everything possible to curb the continuous attacks taking place in the North-East. He also called…
The All All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the antics of a certain political party that has engaged in purchasing Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) with a view to disenfranchising the owners of such cards, especially in areas considered strongholds of the opposition party. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said while such purchased PVCs may not be transferable, the intention of those buying them off the original owners was to reduce the votes in the opposition strongholds and improve the chances of their own party…
Wow, this isn’t something we get to see everyday on Nigerian stations. It’s probably a wardrobe malfunction but it’s still something considered to be definitely unprofessional. A channels newscaster going by the name, Modupe Ogun gave male viewers a little more than they bargained for as she flashed her bosom live on TV. The left bosom seem to want a little media attention too as it popped out looking all perky. The question however is was she wearing a bra?
The Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has cautioned the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from overheating the polity in the state with the way the result of its last governorship primary election was being handled. A statement by the state publicity secretary of the party, Sulyman Buhari, alleged that there were reports of pockets of violence across the state including an attack on a former PDP governorship aspirant by some thugs. “The fact that the State Executive Committee (SEC) of Kwara PDP issued a communique and the Chairman of PDP, Mr Iyiola Oyedepo issued a contrary…