I received some sad news today that macho Nollywood actor, Sylvester Madu was involved in an accident on Sunday November 2,2014 on his way from Awka to Asaba. The actor’s car tumbled three times but he came out unhurt and without a scratch. According to eyewitnesses, people rushed to help him turn the car back to its original position and he also helped pull it out.
Author: Wale Adebayo
I came across this online and begun to wonder who pissed off Davido. The Omo Baba Olowo shared this tweet on his Twitter page, and all those smileys shows how angry he is. So I ask, what company is Davido threatening???
superstar entertainer and businessman, D’banj seems to have everything going well for him. The award winning singer/African ambassador for Apples’s Beats by Dre Headphones shared these photos of himself with his new look. Looking fresh and clean as usual, Dbanj remains one of the most stylish entertainers in the industry. See photos below: –
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal Tuesday drove himself to the National Assembly without his security details following the withdrawal of same by the Police. The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, had last week ordered that the policemen attached to the office of the Speaker be withdrawn. According to a statement issued by the Force spokesman, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, the action was due to Tambuwal’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tambuwal did not have his security details, but he was accompanied by APC lawmakers who shielded him all through…
Thirty deaths have been reported by Yobe Hospitals Management Board in the bomb attack in Potiskum on Monday. 89 injuries were also confirmed for the 119 total casualties reported. Earlier reports have put the number of people killed at 15, and the number of people who sustained injuries at 50. Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr Mamman Mohammed told Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, who visited the victims at the Potiskum General Hospital that some of the victims who sustained severe injuries had been referred to tertiary health institutions in Azare and Nguru. The governor however directed that free treatment…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have attacked a bank and a political party’s office on Tuesday in Nafada, Gombe State, according to witnesses. Nafada is a town near Gombe’s border with Yobe State. “They came in large numbers in vans and on motorcycles, shouting Allahu Akbar (God is greater),” Vanguard quoted a resident identified as Abubakar Galda as saying. According to him, the military and police guarding a checkpoint on the main road were overpowered before they took the attack into the town. He added that the gunmen “blew up a police station with rocket propelled grenades.” Corroborating Galda’s report, another…
Controversial Nollywood actress turned singer — Tonto Dikeh is one that loves to show off her gadgets and clothes. No matter how much criticism she get online, it’s obvious that Tonto Dikeh doesn’t send anybody. I’m not too sure if she’s still dating her Gold King boyfriend but Tonto definitely has good taste. See her new N2 million Rolex watch below: –
Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat Nigeria, today announced it will offer iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, beginning on Friday, 14 November 2014. This is good news given the quality of data of Etisalat network and certainly the best network option for such a revolutionary device. All Etisalat Customers can pre-order the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus from Friday, 7 November, 2014, at www.etisalat.com.ng/iphone6. If you are not on the Etisalat Network but love the new iPhone 6 or the large screen 6+, then this is your chance to experience the pleasure…
Shell is set to carry out three developmental projects worth N2 billion in Nigeria to mark the country’s centenary celebration. The company which started business in Nigeria in 1937 plans to undertake a health project at Oloibiri, Bayelsa State, build a 200-seater library in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and upgrade athletics infrastructure in five secondary schools in Delta State, all in the country’s Niger Delta where Shell operates. “The projects show our commitment to a long-term future for Nigeria,” said Mutiu Sunmonu, Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria. He expressed pleasure…
LMAO!!! I came across this online and I laughed my heart out. It’s a very hilarious prayer said by Peter Okoye on his Instagram page. See prayer below: –
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, formally declared his ambition to run for Governor of Kaduna State, with a pledge to turn around the fortunes of the state if voted into office next year. Mr. El-Rufai, who looks set to clinch the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, described the current Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, administration of Governor Murktar Yero in the state, as incompetent, which should not be allowed to drag the state down. The former minister told a cheering crowd of supporters and party leaders in Kaduna that…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State Governor has commiserated with the family of the late Peter Aliu, the lawmaker representing Etsako East constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, who died on Monday morning at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital following an ailment. Governor Oshiomhole, during a condolence visit to the widow, Mrs. Mary Aliu, and other family members of the deceased lawmaker, described the late lawmaker as a man of character and principle whose unwavering position on both state and national issues made him a shining light among his colleagues. The governor stated that the late Aliu,…
Mr Simon Lalong, the former Plateau House of Assembly Speaker, on Monday picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form for 2015 governorship poll. Lalong, who paid N5.5 million for the nomination and express of interest forms at the party’s headquarters in Jos, said there was need for “urgent change” in the Plateau. “Plateau must change its political leaders if we must move forward”, Lalong, a former member of the PDP, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shortly after he picked the form. He said he had prayed and fasted before making up his mind to contest, and declared…
The national leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has reversed its decision on the sale of its presidential nomination form as it has informed those who may want to contest the presidential primary with President Goodluck Jonathan to go ahead and pick the form. However, the party is insisting that the deadline for the submission of the form and indeed forms for all other positions, would be Thursday. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh, on Monday in Abuja, said “All aspirants, who paid for nomination forms, including the Presidential Form but yet to collect…
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has blamed the rot in the power sector on various administrations that came into office after his tenures both as a military head of state and civilian president. Obasanjo stressed that if Nigeria must surmount the power challenge, it must start generating additional 2,000 megawatts every year. He said apart from his efforts to ensure stable electricity while he was head of state in the 70’s, subsequent administrations did nothing on power generation, up to the time he returned as a civilian president in 1999. The former President made this known on Monday at a programme…
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha said in Kaduna on Monday that the mission to rescue Nigeria from what he called the “inept leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party” in the 2015 general elections, rested in the hands of Nigerians. The governor stressed that he was the only one among aspirants jostling for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress that had the capacity to defeat President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. Okorocha spoke at a rally which was organized by a northern group, Arewa Peoples Grand Coalition, to urge him to throw his hat in the…
Embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has called on Nigerians irrespective of their religion or ethnic inclinations to ensure that they elect good leaders in 2015 general elections. According to a statement in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Monday by Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, the speaker made this call on Sunday in Lagos at a victory colloquium organised for the governor by the Gazelle News, an online news organisation. He said, “What Nigeria needs urgently is a good leader, one who believes in peace, progress and development of the country and the welfare of the people.…
The Federal Government on Monday warned politicians to desist from unpatriotic acts such as political thuggery and assassinations that could derail our democracy. The National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), gave the warning during a two-day workshop on security consciousness and awareness for reporters in both print and electronic media organisation based in Abuja and environs. Represented by the Director of Policy and Strategy in the office of the National Security Adviser, Amb. Layiwola Lasende, Dasuki also decried the constant deriding of the present administration by some section of the media and “some unpatriotic politicians”. According to the NSA,…
The Federal Government was totally unprepared for the insurgency that has claimed lives, destroyed both public and private property and left thousands displaced in the northeastern part of the country, the Presidency admitted yesterday. Speaking at the public forum on the impact of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration on Tuesday in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, however, warned that the present administration could not be rated only based on the worsening insurgency in Nigeria. He said: “Somebody wants us to believe that the only testimony of performance of this administration is insecurity,…
PHOTO CREDIT: NASIR EL-RUFAI TWITTER PAGE A former head of state and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has told Nigerians to go out and obtain their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), saying that is their tool against incompetent leaders in 2015. Buhari, who stated this in Kaduna on Monday while speaking at the public declaration of former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai’s governorship bid on the platform of APC, also endorsed canvassed support for the governorship aspirant, saying people of Kaduna State would be better for it if they elect the former minister as their…