Author: Wale Adebayo

Maybe it’s cause I really like him but I kind of think his outfit makes a lot of sense 😀 A lot of people don’t think so as there were enough crazy comments wondering what the Kokomaster was wearing. Stylist Jeremiah “Swanky Jerry” Ogbodo just uploaded these photos of the DB Records star accompanied by armed Police officers. In other news, D’banj is releasing a new track “Feeling the N*” today, look for it and listen to it………….Osheey!!!!

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Police might have withdrawn the security details of Speaker House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal, but he is to get them restored by virtue of his added status as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Sokoto State. The provision of Police security for Tambuwal, according to Vanguard sources, was borne out of the duty by the Police High Command to ensure that all successful candidates of all the political parties, are given security protection because of their status before and during the 2015 elections. The source noted that the provision of security for the Tambuwal had nothing to…

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According to very reliable sources, one of our leading stars has suffered unimaginable agony. Uche Jombo travelled from Nigeria to the United States over 4 months ago when she was pregnant, with the hope that she will remain in the United States until her delivery. But unfortunately, she lost the pregnancy before she could give birth. However God has been Merciful and the actress is pregnant again. Insiders confirm that Uche Jombo is presently taking a rest from making movies and instead focused on pushing her most recent produced movie “The Other Side” into the market. Below is a picture…

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Winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the struggle for a better Kaduna state had just begun. A statement issued by Mr. El-Rufai Friday in Kaduna read: “After months of hectic campaigning, our party, the APC, has made its choice regarding its candidate for the governorship of Kaduna State in the 2015 elections. It is a choice I accept with gratitude and humility. “I salute all the elected executives at ward, local government and state levels, as well as statutory delegates who voted in…

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Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has invited all major stakeholders in Borno and Yobe States to an all-important meeting of the party slated for Saturday (today) at the National Secretariat in Abuja. The NWC also announced that all primaries for Adamawa State will now be conducted in Abuja from tomorrow, Sunday, following allegations of abduction, assault and intimidation leveled against the state governor, Mr. Bala James Ngilari by the Chairman and members of the PDP House of Assembly primary election committee to the state. PDP National Publicity Secretary,…

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The aspiration of a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bayero Nafada, to become the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Gombe State vanished into thin air on Friday following his defeat for the sole ticket of the party in the hands of a former state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya. Yahaya polled 905 votes to defeat Nafada and another aspirant, Murtala Aliyu, to the governorship ticket of the party. The APC governorship primary for Gombe State, which commenced on Thursday afternoon, lasted till Friday under a peaceful atmosphere. Journalists and security personnel also kept…

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Governors of Osun State Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday said that Nigerians will enforce free and fair election in 2015, no matter what anybody tries to do to rig. He slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as being a party that develops poverty. The governor made the comments in Benin City during the Commissioning of 12 blocks of 31 classrooms at Asoro Grammar School Benin City, Annunciation Catholic College Irrua and Isua-Uzenema Road, Uromi. The projects were constructed by the administration of Governor Oshiomhole. According to him, the sack of President Goodluck Jonathan from Aso Rock has been sealed by the developmental…

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Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Friday stated that the harmonization of the state executive committee in the state has transformed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, into a mega party. The harmonization came following the recent defection of the governor and his supporters from the Labour Party (LP) to the PDP which at the time threatened to tear the party apart. The governor, who led the new committee to the national headquarters of the party in Abuja where they took their oath of office before the national leadership, expressed confidence that the inauguration of the new leadership…

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The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has restated the commitment of the Federal Government to the full implementation of the local content policy as enshrined in the Nigerian Content Development Act. The Minister stated this yesterday, at a ceremony to mark the unveiling and formal signing of a $1 billion contract for the construction of General Electric’s Multi Modal Manufacturing and Service Facility in Calabar, Cross Rivers State. The plant will service the oil and gas as well as power sectors. She commended the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for ensuring inflow of investment such as the…

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Ok, calm down. It’s not what you are thinking and I don’t blame you either. It’s quite weird and inappropriate to share such a photo online; at least so most people would think. Nigerian superstar goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama and his teammates were celebrating the team’s 1-1 draw with PSG at the weekend Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama posted a photo of himself and two other men in a tub on Thursday The 32 year-old LOSC Lille shot stopper who is still recovering from the loss of the AFCON 2015 ticket and more recently, that of the BBC African Footballer of…

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Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Friday pulled out of the Delta South Senatorial race, saying he made the decision in the best interest of peace and security of the State. The senatorial primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been billed for tomorrow. Speaking to newsmen in Asaba, Uduaghan said he felt he had to offer himself as a sacrifice to sustain the peace and security in the state. According to him, there has been ethnic tension, which may threaten peace and security of the State. He noted that election was not a “do or die” affair. He…

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Fayose Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose has called for the immediate suspension of the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities. He also alleged that the former president is already a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking following the visit of five PDP governors to the former president at his Abeokuta country home on Thursday, Fayose said Obasanjo was working against the interest of the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan, as it was evident that he is secretly working for the success of APC at the poll.…

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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the party would fight corruption with every resource and vehemence that it could muster, if voted into power come 2015. Mr. Odigie-Oyegun gave this indication at a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Declaring corruption as “evil”, Mr. Odigie-Oyegun said the party would promote personal integrity, government integrity and national integrity. According to him, since independence, Nigeria had experienced varying degrees of corruption to the extent that it had been one of the recurring reasons for change of national leadership. He noted that in spite of…

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A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, on Friday sentenced one Emmanuel Sunday alias Umoh Sunday Iyang, Iyang Samuel Chukwudi to seven and half years imprisonment without option of fine for obtaining money under false pretense. The convict was arraigned by the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 19, 2014 on an 8-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense. He pleaded not guilty to the count charge. After diligent prosecution, the trial judge, Justice P.I. Ajoku found him guilty on the 5-count amended charge and sentenced him to thirty months imprisonment each of…

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Some Nigerians in Lagos urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to develop a database to ease the ongoing registration of voters. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the provision of a database was the only way to successfully capture the entire electorate. Adewale Onadeko, a worker with the World Bank Group, said that since INEC’s objective was for every registered voter to be able to vote during elections, the only way the electoral body could achieve the objective was by creating a database that would be updated from time to time. “I think the step INEC…

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PHOTO: Defence HQ BLOG Nigerian troops have fully reclaimed, and cleared Mubi, Adamawa State, of Boko Haram insurgents, who had earlier captured the town and reportedly renamed it, the Defence Headquarters said Friday. A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said troops completed the operation to clear Mubi of the insurgents on Thursday. The defence spokesman added that a mop-up operation was currently ongoing to capture any terrorist, who may be lurking around after they had been dislodged during coordinated air and land military operations in the area. He also said the operation to clear other…

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The Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Segun Adesegun, on Thursday declared his interest to unseat his boss, incumbent Governor Ibikunle Amosun, and his defection to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, ahead of the 2015 general elections Mr. Adesegun defected to SDP from the All Progressives Congress, APC. The deputy governor, who wrote a stinker to Gov. Amosun, highlighting all the maltreatment against him, declared that what mattered to him now was moving the state forward by leading the people aright. Adesegun explained that the conflict between him and Mr. Amosun dated to their pre-swearing in ceremony in 2011. He also…

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of resorting to the use of torture to obtain forced confessions from the workers who were arrested during the first raid on the party’s Data Centre in Ikeja, calling it a contravention of the UN Convention against Torture to which Nigeria is a signatory and a violation of the citizens’ fundamental human rights. The party, in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, said for the avoidance of doubt, it is necessary to quote a relevant section of the UN…

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A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, has promised to work and support the winner of the party’s governorship primary, Akinwumi Ambode. Mr. Hamzat, who is presently the Lagos Commissioner for Works, came second in the election which held Thursday. He polled 1,201 votes while Mr. Ambode, the eventual winner, scored 3,735 votes. In a Facebook post on Friday morning, Mr. Hamzat said: “I congratulate Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for his victory in the Lagos Gubernatorial Primary Election. We shall support you for the upcoming final victory by February 28th 2015”. He also declared…

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