Today was more like a day for political declarations, the current president — Goodluck Jonathan declared his intention to run for a the presidential seat a second time. Also, TV/Radio broadcaster Dayo Adeneye officially declared for the Ogun state House of Assembly in Odogbolu today. See more photos below: –
Author: Wale Adebayo
She might nit be remembered by a lot of people as she has aged now but she was quite popular many years ago. Formerly a student in UNILAG, Kessiana Salubi was a model, Miss UNILAG 2001, first runner up Miss Nigeria 2002, an Architect and an Interior Designer. Unfortunately, the former beauty queen died on Friday November 7th in her sleep. According to a family source, she came back from an outing, had dinner, had a bath and went to bed in her Lekki home; she didn’t wake up the next morning. She was just 34 years old and survived…
Na wa oooh, only 1 person?!? There is God oooh……….. A certain Kerisha Mark from Texas was known for having a sharp pain surging across her chest, an ache creeping up her neck, causing a debilitating migraine. Initially she feared they were the symptoms of a heart attack or brain tumor, not until doctors told her she had Gigantomastia. Gigantomastia is diagnosed when chest weight exceeds three per cent of a person’s body weight. Ms Kerisha had always had an exceptionally large chest, but by her late 30s, her bust had grown to a staggering 36NNN. The rapid growth was…
Governor of Imo State and Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has said that he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) to liberate the Igbos from the many years of marginalization and neglect by the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). He stated this at the campaign rally organized by the South East elders and leaders of APC at the Igbozurumee Cultural Centre, Enugu. He stressed the need for him to vie for presidency so that the Igbos can reclaim their lost opportunities in the scheme of things in the nation. “APC is the only party that can…
The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) will commence an indefinite strike action on Wednesday despite being given the consultancy status like their counterparts in the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), which has been one of the talking points for months. The National President of National Union of Allied Health Professional (NUAP), Felix Faniran, who is also the Vice President of JOHESU, disclosed this to Journalists Tuesday in Abuja. JOHESU, a conglomerate of several health care associations in the health sector, having achieved the consultancy status, is embarking on strike over wage issues. “We held a meeting with the SGF on Thursday,…
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday said that the Nigeria of his dream had not been actualised but he believed it was still possible to achieve in future. Fashola spoke at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Summit held at the Muson Centre, Lagos. He said that he looked forward to a new Nigeria in which people could live their lives to the fullest. The governor said that in building a new Nigeria, the people were the most important and human resources needed to be equipped with skills to ensure survival. Fashola said that a new Nigeria should…
President Goodluck Jonathan today promised to continue to ensure a free and fair election in Nigeria as he declares his intention to run for re-election in 2015. Jonathan said, according to his promise to “sanitize and restore integrity in our electoral process, by ensuring that our votes are not only counted, but truly count,” his government has gone a long way to ensure transparency and fairness in the conduct of elections. “Elections have been conducted across the country with local and international election observers testifying to their transparency,” he boasted. Announcing his intention to run for re-election in 2015 at…
Petite, talented singer Chidinma Ekile has shown she also has a softer side than most people know. On a new song she just did called ‘Martha,’ dedicated to her mother, Chidinma states that she is showing her fans a new side to Chidinma, “a side never revealed to so many, a side I will forever remain grateful and indebted to Father Lord for His miraculous interventions and guidance in my life” According to the singer-rapper-songwriter, “I was conceived and certified totally Blind at birth. For fifteen nights this woman held me in her hands and wept uncontrollably, with my father…
Wife of famous P-Square twin — Peter Okoye has finally come out again after all the controversy surrounding her role in the P-Square controversial fight earlier this year. The pretty Lola wants the world to know that she is proud of her age, proud to uplift other women and proud to celebrate the successes of others. She took to her Instagram page to share a long message for her followers and all the people who attacked her about her age recently. She stated, “Good morning my beautiful people. Let me share some of my thoughts with you…Whilst some of you…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described as utterly insensitive and absolutely callous the decision by President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his second term ambition a day after almost 50 students were killed and about 80 injured in a suicide bombing in Potiskum, accusing the president of dancing on the graves of the students as well as of all the victims of the Boko Haram insurgency. The party, in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, said: “Since this president has chosen to celebrate a national tragedy, Nigerians should also be ready to celebrate his…
The member representing Kachia/Kagarko Federal Constituency of Kaduna State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for All Progressives Congress, APC. Jagaba, a second-term member of the House, follows in the step of another federal lawmaker from Kaduna State, Hon. Isa Mohammed Ashiru (Makarfi/Kudan), who is now one of the governorship aspirants in the state. In a letter dated November 8, to the Kaduna State chairman of PDP, Abubakar Haruna, Rep. Jagaba, who is Chairman of the House Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, said his withdrawal from the party was…
Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom said the continuation of President Goodluck Jonathan in office in 2015 would ensure the delivery of more dividends of democracy to Nigerians. He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during the formal declaration of President Jonathan to contest the presidency in 2015. Akpabio, who is also the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, said the governors supported President Jonathan for a second term because of his achievements in the past three years. “We went down and we saw the dams and the irrigation projects in the north; we saw what you are doing in…
Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has expressed deep pain and sadness at Monday’s suicide bomb attack at the Government Science Secondary School in Potiskum, Yobe State. The attack left 48 persons dead with over 70 others currently receiving treatment for injuries sustained in the dastardly act. Describing victims of the attack as ‘innocent’ and the perpetrators as ‘evil’ in a statement posted on his Facebook, Buhari added “words alone cannot convey the full solemnity of my grief”. The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant noted that “there is no doubt that we are going through a dark…
The Adamawa State police command on Monday said efforts were being made to ensure that Sani Ribadu, the younger brother of the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, is rescued from his abductors. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Othman Abubakar, a deputy superintendent of police, who made this known in a chat with journalists in Yola, also pleaded with the general public to assist the security agencies with relevant information that would lead to the arrest of the kidnappers. DSP Othman said the abduction was carried out by three gunmen around 6:30p.m,…
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani, on Monday, presented the governorship nomination form to the state Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, at the Government House, Ilorin, to enable him contest for a second term in office. Balogun-Fulani handed over the nomination form to Ahmed in the presence of some top government functionaries and party officials. In his reaction, Gov. Ahmed said the continued display of unity as exhibited by APC members during his declaration would play a pivotal role in the forthcoming general elections in the state. He, therefore, urged…
The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced the leading influencers for its global campaign to pool 1 million young Africans to act against Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The #StopEbola campaign will be led by TFAA Young Person of the Year 2013, Ashish Thakkar and Africa’s leading creative icons – Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Paris-based Asa Elemide. The #StopEbola campaign will get young Africans to support the World Health Organization by donating social media updates and a minimum of $25 between now and the awards date via the portal www.stopebola.com. The funds go directly to the United…
Heartbroken by the killing of 48 students in a suicide bomb attack, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State on Monday asked President Goodluck Jonathan to explain to the people why insurgents were having a field day in the state despite the imposition of emergency rule. He said the Federal Government must take action instead of indulging in the condemnation of such dastardly attacks. The governor spoke in an emotional statement issued through his Special Adviser on Press Affairs and Information, Abdullahi Bego. This is the first time the usually quiet governor will bare his mind on the insurgency in a…
He ism’t a new face in the Nigerian music scene, Emmanuel Bezhiwa Idakula, aka Bez was born 10 November 1983, turned a year older today. Bez is a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and composer, working in a genre known as “alternative soul”, a hybrid of soul, rock, jazz and R&B. Happy birthday Bez!!
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Monday invited the opposition to free, fair and peaceful contest in 2015. It also said it had done well for the country in the last 15 years since the country returned to democratic rule. The party, therefore, said the declaration by President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election, which holds at the Eagle Square, Abuja on Tuesday, was an immeasurable boost to the collective aspiration of millions of members of the party for the greatness of Nigeria through the continuity of the quiet, all-sector transformation of the nation. National Publicity Secretary of the…
The Senate on Monday rescheduled its resumption of plenary from Tuesday to Wednesday. This is contained in a statement issued by the Clerk to the Senate, Benedict Efeturi, in Abuja. The clerk subsequently requested senators to resume sitting in plenary on Wednesday by 10 a.m. No reason was given for the postponement, but the Senate, it would be recalled, adjourned abruptly on November 4 and 5 and subsequently adjourned again till Tuesday, November 11 after a tense sitting, which saw the scant discussion of the removal of the security details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal,…