The Peoples Democratic Party has expressed concern over the renewed violence between Fulani mercenaries and Eggon ethnic group in Nasarawa State with a call going out to the federal government to declare emergency rule in the state. The PDP Chairman in Nasarawa State, Chief Yonana Ilia, tabled the demand on behalf of the party’s Stakeholders numbering over 20 during a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja. At the briefing, immediate-past Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, denied defecting to the All Progressives Congress, saying the posters insinuating his exit to APC was the handiwork of his political detractors. Ilia said,…
Author: Wale Adebayo
It’s good to see that Nigerian celebrities are being recognized globally with each day that passes. The next star to eclipse the global scene is Mavin CEO — Don Jazzy. Don Jazzy shared pictures of himself rehearsing for his performance at the General Assembly of the United Nations for the UNICEF Imagine Campaign. He captioned, ‘Would be performing alongside some great world musicians at the UN-GA tomorrow, for the UNICEF #Imagine campaign.’
Famous American R&B singer — John Legend made headlines after featuring his wife in the sensational music video of ‘All of me’. That instantly put her on the map. The hot supermodel — Chrissy Teigen shared a picture of the music star taking a shower on her Instagram page with her 1 million followers and she captioned, ‘hehehe’. From her POV (she is in the tub), he is strategically covered with a towel.
A former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has asked the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to accept the blame for plunging Nigeria into the abyss of underdevelopment in the past 15 years. Speaking at the “Salvation Rally” organised by the All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Wednesday, the ex-military ruler said the APC was worried about the lack of performance of the PDP-led Federal Government and challenged those who had the capacity to reflect on the performance of the ruling party from 1999 till date. He said, “Our concern is the lack of performance of the Federal Government.…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday supported the clamour for the removal of immunity clause by some Nigerians from the nation’s constitution, saying some people are abusing the privilege. According to Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, the President, Vice President, state governors and their deputies are entitled to immunity, which protects them from criminal prosecution. But speaking when Governor Seriake Dickson led a high-powered delegation of traditional rulers and top government officials from the state, who came to felicitate with him on the occasion of his 57th birthday today, the president decried a situation where people hide under the cover…
Following the fracas which ensued between some members of the House of Representatives and detachment of policemen deployed to the National Assembly on Thursday, the Force Headquarters has blamed the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, for the breakdown of law and order. Policemen stationed at the gate of the National Assembly had earlier today denied Mr. Tambuwal and some federal lawmakers entry to the sprawling assembly complex where they were slated to deliberate on President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the House of Representatives, requesting their approval for the extension of emergency rule in three Northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Despite…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Muhammed, on Wednesday blamed some members of the security agencies, particularly soldiers and policemen, for undermining the FCT Administration’s ban on commercial motorcycles in the territory. According to the minister, most of them use motorcycles as their means of transportation in spite of the existing ban in the FCT. Muhammed said this while fileding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. The minister admitted that the situation was frustrating him. He said, “This is an area that I am really frustrated because you discover…
I guess this won’t be another controversy like the drama that happened between Wizkid and Saeon. When the audio first dropped, Wizkid was the first to tweet about it on Twitter. The fast rising and talented singer Seyi Shay is done shooting the video of her new smash hit that features StarBoy’s Boss Wizkid. The song, tilted ‘Crazy,’ features Starboy boss, Wizkid and was produced by Legendary Beatz. It now has a video which was shot in London and will be hitting the airwaves before the end of the month. Seyi Shay has enjoyed a pretty remarkable year, with her…
Ahead of the 2015 presidential election, the former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, has described a Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Rotimi Amaechi joint ticket as the best for the All Progressives Congress. Eze explained that though the party delegates and leaders of the APC had the power to determine who would represent them as presidential and vice presidential candidate in the 2015 election, it was necessary for them to make the right choice. Eze, who is currently the spokesman for the state APC Chairman, Dr. Davis Ikanya, expressed these views in an interview with…
Kim K has been all over the news lately since the controversial photo of her b*tt hit the internet. It’s however obvious the reality TV star isn’t bothered by that. Kim Kardashian got heads turning as usual as she stepped out in this flesh-coloured PVC frock. Event was the launch of her perfume called ‘Fleur Fatale’ in Melbourne and Kim slayed one more time in this clingy outfit that stayed glued like skin to the most infamous curves on the planet. Photos below: –
Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State has said as a firm believer of “continuity”, he will not abandon any project initiated by his former boss, late Gov. Patrick Yakowa, who died in a helicopter crash in December, 2012. The governor, who gave the assurance when leaders and members of the Yoruba Community in the state paid him a courtesy visit at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, on Wednesday, explained that it was based on this that his administration had yet to initiate new projects on infrastructure in the state. He said the government was determined to complete ongoing projects…
The Boko Haram affected states of Adamawa, Borno and Yola have witnessed the registration of about 700, 000 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, from January to date, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has said. The agency, in its current update on IDPs by its North-East zonal office in Maiduguri and made available to journalists on Wednesday, gave the number of registered people internally displaced by insurgency in the state as 678, 773. NEMA, which said this number of people were assisted with both food and non-food items to alleviate the effect of the crisis on them, explained that in Adamawa…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Justice Mahmud Mohammed on his appointment as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria. He urged him to keep pace with reforms in the judiciary and uphold the Rule of Law as the nation passes through the challenges of democratic development. A statement by Atiku Media Office in Abuja on Wednesday, quoted the former Vice President as saying that “the country has credible and upright CJN” but went on to urge Justice Mahmud to use the opportunity he has got on merit to head the nation’s judiciary to keep pace with reforms in the…
The Kokomaster has been involved with so many women that it’s almost impossible to say who he’s actually dating or if he’s dating at all. More recently, the entertainer and businessman was spotted with Agbani Darego, former beauty queen. The photo shows D’banj looking deep into Agbani’s eyes at Olu of Warri’s son’s wedding in London this past weekend. Romance???
It’s not one of the very famous awards but the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards (NBMA) 2014 held on Saturday November 15 at Oriental Hotel, Lagos but this particular edition had a lot of broadcasters gathered to grace the fifth edition of the awards. The event was hosted by OAPs Lolo1 and Omalicha as well as Elajoe and a lot of big names were present. Below is the full list of winners at NBMA 2014: – Best Campus Radio Station – Unilag FM (Lagos) Best Campus Radio Presenter – Michael Dimeji-Lamu (Unilag FM) Best Online Radio Channel – Praise World Radio…
A five-man committee, chaired by Alhaji Mohammed Babangida has screened Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for the Delta South senatorial primary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Other members of the panel were Dr. Frank Okafor, Mr. Mike Ewausia, Rev Yakubu Abudullahi and Dr. Kabi Illelah. Uduaghan expressed confidence of winning the party primaries because he was the most qualified to represent the Delta South senatorial district. “I believe that I am the most qualified candidate to represent my senatorial district. The legislature is about making laws that will affect the lives of the people positively. I believe that a lot…
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has called on the federal government to reduce the number of political appointees and aides and the cost of maintaining them, instead of imposing unnecessary austerity measures on Nigerians. President of PENGASSAN, Francis Johnson said this in a statement released in Lagos, yesterday. “The cost of governance in Nigeria is too high and irrational and if we are looking for ways to cut cost, I think the first place to exemplarily focus on is in the direction of reducing the numbers of political appointees to the barest minimum,” he said.…
Peter Jack, NTIDA DG The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Peter Jack, has disclosed that that Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has created about 12 million jobs from 2012 to date. Jack said this at the eNigeria 2014, an annual information Technology (IT) summit organised by NITDA, with the theme “Creating Market Opportunities for Indigenous ICT Products and Services”. “The ICT sector in Nigeria is currently boosting the Federal Government’s efforts in job creation as an average of 12 million jobs from 2012 to date have been created. This is in addition to contributing…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned commercial banks in the country to stop placing unrealistic deposit targets on their marketers, a practise many say have led some of these marketers into selling their bodies to prospective customers. Meeting thei targets are often made prerequisite for employment confirmation or promotion. The CBN gave the warning during the 2014 Bank Directors Association of Nigeria stakeholders’ forum held in Lagos, where the Governor, Godwin Emefiele who was represented at the forum by Oneybuchi Kelvin of the Banking Supervision Department, said the practice was against the grains of acceptable ethical conduct and…
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to all aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to take the coming elections as a do-or-die affair. He said this on Wednesday, while dissolving the Presidential Declaration Committee chaired by Bello Halliru Mohammed at a luncheon held in their honour at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa. “I plead with all of us that we should not play the do or die: ‘Except I get it, let the party sink’,” he said. Jonathan explained that the world does not begin and end with the offices being vied for by respective political office…