I swear this article got me laughing more than anything else today, hahahahahahaha!!!!! Here it is, veteran Nigerian musician, Majek Fashekhas seriously opened up today and said he intends to go into politics in 2015. The ‘Send Down The Rain’ singer who ruled Nigerian music in the early 90s believes he has the power to support political aspirants next year. In an interview with Pulse, Majek Fashek revealed that he is making the step into the political world to support the President of Nigeria,Goodluck Jonathan, and push him for re-election in next year’s general election. “Next year, I’m going to be…
Author: Wale Adebayo
She was recently rumored to be the mother of superstar Nigerian DJ — DJ Xclusive. This however hasn’t been confirmed. Anyways, an American’s website, Wealth-X has named Nigeria’s oil mogul, Folunsho Alakija has the 9th richest woman in the world. According to the website the selection was done based on the richest woman in each region of the world. Check out the list below with their estimated net worth: – 1. $37.9b Christy Walton North America 2. $31.3b Liliane Bettencourt Europe 3. $14.8b Gina Reinhart Pacific 4. $6.3b Vanessa Paola Slim Latin America 5. $6.3b Soumaya Slem de Romero Latin America 6. $6.3b Johanna…
We thought this matter had blown over but I guess a new chapter has just been opened all over again. You remember that this drama begun when Saeon lashed out at Wizkid for not being polite enough to help promote the song, ‘Boogie down’ across his social media accounts. Wizkid responded by saying Saeon is not his friend and he even gave her a fair deal by featuring on her song while threatening to beat her up. Shedding more light on what really transpired between both parties, Saeon’s former manager who was in charge of the self styled Omo Ibadan’s…
The adoption of Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2015 poll has united party members, the party said on Sunday. Abubakar Bakabe, the APC State Secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Damaturu that the emergence of Mr. Gaidam was a good fortune for the party. “The collective decision of all stakeholders to speak with one voice by endorsing the governor as their candidate in 2015 has strengthened the party. “Stakeholders including federal and state legislators, ward and local government party executives and elders endorsed Gov. Gaidam on…
DANBABA SUNTAI SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS AT THE JALINGO Airport IN JUNE SHORTLY BEFORE HE WAS FLOWN TO THE UK FOR A SCHEDULED CHECK UP. THE Governor IS UP FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF MEDICAL TRIP TO THE UK ON MONDAY. Recuperating Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, is to be flown back to the UK for further medical treatment today, a few weeks after he was suddenly brought back by loyalists to forestall his purported impeachment from office. Governor Suntai was involved in a plane crash near the Yola Airport in Adamawa State in October 2012. Since then, he has…
It was a full ‘Turn up’ as Iyanya aka Mr. Oreo threw a big birthday party. The Triple MG record label henchman Iyanya celebrated his 28th birthday recently and he threw himself a party in London where he and other artistes on the Triple MG record label are currently having a tour. For the event there were several of his fans present as they partied with Iyanya. Also spotted was Emma Nyra looking lovely in a unclad and black dress as well as Iyanya’s manager, Ubi Franklin. Check out photos from the massive party below: –
It seems like Kim Kardashian has begun a personal mission to get her sister to go back to her former boyfriend and rapper — French Montana. The mother and reality TV superstar took to her Twitter account early today, to tweet that she is obsessed with Khloe and French Montana. Do you think Kim K’s personal campaign would be successful??? See her tweet below: – I’m kind of obsessed with Khloe& French — Kim KardashianWest (@KimKardashian) November 3, 2014
THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF Anambra STATE, MR PETER Obi (MIDDLE), WITH PDP LEADERS FROM THE SOUTH-EAST, INCLUDING Gov. GODSWILL AKPABIO, SHORTLY AFTER Obi JOINED THE PDP AT HIS ONITSHA GRA RESIDENCE National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for saying it had been losing governorship elections in Anambra State as a result of former governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi’s political clout and not because of APGA’s popularity. Mr. Obi recently defected to PDP from APGA. According to Chief Umeh “contrary to the claim by PDP that they…
At least 6,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area on Sunday dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. The defectors were received at a colorful reception by the leadership of the APC at Igarra, the Headquartres of Akoko-Edo LGA, which also had in attendance serving lawmakers and aspirants into the national and state assemblies, including the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, who is also a senatorial aspirant, and a House of Representatives aspirant, Anslem Agbabi. Speaking at the reception rally, the Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Domingo Obende, expressed confidence…
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina says corruption in the Agriculture sector which has lasted about 40 years has ended through President Goodluck Jonathan’s Agriculture Transformation Agenda. “We ended 40 years of corruption in the fertiliser sector. The old system of government direct procurement and distribution of fertiliser was corrupt,” said Adesina on Monday, at the Public Affairs Forum organised by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe. Adesina said over N873 billion was spent on fertiliser subsidies between 1980 and 2010 but about 90 percent of the…
Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana has accused the Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba of getting involved in partisan politics, a development he said was detrimental to maintaining law and order in the country. In the petition titled “Illegal policing of the republic”, Falana gave three instances where the police have been partial in the discharge of its duties. “The Osun State governorship election, which took place on August 9, 2014 was almost marred by the Police and other security forces which arrested and detained over 700 leaders of the APC. Indeed, some electoral officers who were assumed to be members…
President Goodluck Jonathan has given the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers the order to ensure that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal is removed from office, Vanguard has reported. The news platform cited a source close to the presidency as saying that Jonathan was angry about the recent developments at the House of Representatives and therefore told members of the House at a meeting held at the Presidential Villa on Friday night to start the process of removing the speaker. “We had to apologise to him and promised to carry out his instructions as to how to…
At least 15 people were killed on Monday in Potiskum, Yobe State after a suicide bombing hit a Shiite Ceremony. 50 people were also injured. According to police and eyewitness account, a bomb had exploded about 10 metres from a seminary where Shia worshippers had gathered for the Ashura festival, the anniversary of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. “We lost 15 of our members in a suicide blast at the end of our Ashura procession,” AFP quoted the head of the city’s Shiite community, Mustapha Lawan Nasidi, as saying. Potiskum, the commercial capital of the…
Unknown gunmen have freed about 144 inmates at the Koton Karfe prison in Kogi State after an attack on Sunday night, State Controller of prison, Mr Adams Omale confirmed the attack to newsmen on Monday. According to him, 145 inmates were in the prison as at the time of the attack, 119 of who were awaiting trial and only 26 already convicted. Omale explained that 12 of the inmates were either re-arrested or returned on their own, adding however that one was killed in the confusion that followed the prison break. The controller said that police and army personnel were…
PHOTO CREDIT: PREMIUM TIMES Following a peace meeting between the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II and President Goodluck Jonathan, the emir is to have his seized travel passport and withheld salaries returned. The Kano Central Prison, which is in close proximity to the emir’s palace, is also to be relocated for security reasons. All of these formed part of last Thursday’s rapprochement between the emir and President Jonathan. It was learnt that the Presidency decided to have a “total reconciliation” with the traditional ruler as a means of ensuring his non-partisanship during next year’s general elections considering the…
The member representing Rivers South East in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, has told the ruling Peoples Democratic Party that it cannot remove Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker of the House of Representatives following his defecting from the PDP to APC. The senator explained that though the PDP was working hard to remove Tambuwal from his position, it would be a difficult task to achieve. He posited that the PDP could only impeach Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives if it can muster 240 votes, adding that without such number of lawmakers, the speaker cannot be removed…
The House of Representatives has laid to rest speculation that the Presidency and ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are working behind the scene to convince lawmakers to cut short their recess and reconvene with the aim of impeaching Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, last week. Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Zakari Mohammed, who put the speculation to rest in a statement issued on Sunday evening, said the green chamber cannot cut short its recess without the express approval of the speaker even as he went further to…
The Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association, NATCA, on Sunday issued a 21-day ultimatum to the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, to pay outstanding allowances of its members. The association gave the ultimatum in a communiqué signed by its President, Victor Eyaru, and the General Secretary, Banji Olawode, at the end of its 43rd Annual General Meeting in Kano State. The association demanded that all unresolved issues regarding air traffic controllers’ remuneration and professional allowances should be attended to with effect from November 3. The air controllers also requested for the review of the allowances of their members…
Former Director General, Department of State Service (DSS) Chief Albert Horsefall, has called on Nigerians to unite against Boko Haram insurgency, describing it as a threat to the nation’s unity. Horsefall told Vanguard at the weekend that the terror group had stated its intentions clearly to seize and control some part of the nation. He said all Nigerians must resist the move by the terrorists. “These people (Boko Haram) have expressed an aim to take over control of Nigeria’s territory, thereby undermining the country’s territorial integrity. This is something we must never compromise as a country,” said Horsefall. He described…
Iyanya turned a year older on Friday October 31st and they threw him a party in London where’s currently performing some shows. See more photos after the cut…