The Nigerian Prison Service has commenced an investigation into the attempted jailbreak on Friday at the Medium Security Prison Kirikiri, Lagos, in which an inmate died. The Public Relations Officer for the NPS, Mr. Ope Fatinikun, on Saturday, stated that the Acting Comptroller-General of Prisons, Aminu Suley, had set up a probe panel to investigate the remote and immediate causes behind the riot. The panel, headed by Assistant Comptroller-General of Prison (Operations), to probe the riot, is expected to submit its findings on or before Friday. Mr. Fatinikun, who clarified that what took place was a riot and not attempted…
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The member representing Borno Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Zannah Ahmed, has raised the alarm that the people of Bama, a commercial town in Borno State captured by Boko Haram about a month ago are dying daily of starvation. Describing their condition as pathetic, the senator said the aged and women, who could not flee the town in the wake of the capture, now depend on the insurgents to survive. His words: “It is quite unfortunate that the military has shied away from moving down to Bama to free the town from the insurgents several days after it…
Aiteo Group, an oil company owned by Ben Peters have described as erroneous, reports that Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 belonging to Shell had been acquired by Taleveras Group owned by 39-year-old billionaire Igho Sanomi. According to a statement issued by Oseyemi Oluwatuyi of Aiteo Group’s Communications Department, the company described as “total misinformation in the local and international media that it is the ‘Taleveras-led consortium’ that acquired OML 29 divested by Shell.” “The Aiteo Group, whose major business areas include exploration and production, issued this statement in order to clarify various print and online media reports that carried misleading…
The Bauchi State Chapter of the Buhari Campaign Organisation has pledged to buy nomination form for a former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, to contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). Danjuma Dabo, the Coordinator of The Nigerian Solution Network Group, made the disclosure on Saturday in Bauchi during a solidarity rally in support of Mr. Buhari. Mr. Dabo said whether Mr. Buhari was willing to contest in the 2015 polls or not, the organisation would source for fund to foot both the campaign bills and purchase the nomination form for him. The coordinator…
Probably the most soccer star of our time, Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo has described his rivalry with Lionel Messi as a positive rivalry and sees no big deal been compared to the Barcelona forward as they both have no relationship outside football. Speaking with World Soccer recently, when asked for his thoughts on the rivalry with the Argentine forward, the three times World best said: ‘This is part of my life, It is normal that people compare us. I am used to it. It happened to me at Manchester United and I know how to manage it.’ ‘We are football colleagues.…
Since she married one of the biggest music stars in Africa, Annie Idibia has been shifted into the back seat. However, Annie Idibia is the latest celebrity to feature in The Celebrity Shoot organised by Nigerian fashion designer, Abbyke Domina. In the short interview accompanying the pictures, Annie described fashion as being confident and comfortable in what you wear and mentions Victoria Beckham and Florence Ita-Giwa as her style icons. See photos below: –
Over the course of this year, we noticed how various celebrities came out of the closet and revealed that they had kids and the next thing, photos of their kids were all over social media. Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji however chose a different path. The veteran actress has revealed why she has for long shrouded the identity of her daughter and hardly talks about her in the media. She told Olisa Adibua during the recent edition of his The Truth programme: ‘I don’t answer such questions because that is a part of me that existed way before people got to know…
Veteran Nollywood actress — Ini Edo, has been under the radar for over a week now, after reports claim that her husband left her based on infidelity rumors from her side. Ini Edo has now gone ahead to changed her name on Twitter from @Ini4phil to @inidelicious01. This could be part of the several changes the actress is making in her life at the moment following the crash of her marriage to businessman Philip Ehiagwina. At the moment, the actress has well over 316,000 followers on twitter, while she follows 464 people. Ini4phil has been her Twitter identity since she…
I personally think Davido has been the busiest artiste in Africa this year. From one show to the other and one tour to another. The King of African Pop music is still enjoying his world tour and concerts all over the world. The BET Award winning star is currently in Windhoek, Namibia for another concert. Davido would headline a concert at the Hage Geingob stadium tonight alongside Namibian star Gazza Shimi. Confirming his presence in Namibia a few minutes ago, Davido shared a picture of himself at the airport with the caption, ‘Live in NAMIBIA!! Love it here!! Meet me and Gazza at…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, on Friday, congratulated Bala Ngilari on his swearing-in as the new governor of Adamawa State, with a charge to run an inclusive administration and ensure delivery of the dividends of democracy to the people of the state. Mr. Ngilari, who was the deputy to impeached governor, Murtala Nyako, was sworn-in as substantive governor on Wednesday after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja asked the acting governor, Umaru Fintiri, to vacate office. The NGF in a statement by its Director General, Asishana Okauru, described the ruling of the court as a landmark judgment and a…
The immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on Friday said the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, will win the 2015 governorship elections in the state. The ex-governor, who spoke at a unification meeting held at his Asoludero Court residence in Sagamu, said the coming together of some parties into the PDP made the party the most formidable in the state. “With the array of major stakeholders of Ogun politics in this hall, it is glaring that the ingredients for winning elections are at hand and ready to go for power in 2015”, Mr. Daniel said. ”A leader worth…
Everything needed to commence the construction of the $1 billion Azura Independent Power Plant (IPP) in Edo State is on ground, President Goodluck Jonathan has said, noting that the 450 megawatts IPP was a sign of the Federal Government’s commitment to power sector reforms. “I am pleased to join you today on this history making occasion as we witness the ground-breaking of the Azura Edo Power Project. This initiative is a major milestone in our power sector reforms programme and we are happy to associate with Azura as this model of private sector investment in new generation capacity represents the…
Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) Cross River State Chapter, Hon. Cletus Obun, has described as treasonable comments by the Surveyor-General of the Federation (SGoF), Professor Peter Nwilo on the controversy surrounding the boundary between Nigeria and Cameroun in the central part of the state. Nwilo had Monday said Bakassi belonged to Cameroon. According to him, “Bakassi was more or less part of what they called Southern Cameroon. “I know that the available facts did not weigh in favour of Nigeria … the facts they (Cameroon) had at their disposal did not favour Nigeria and that was…
President Goodluck Jonathan has lauded the renewed support for the war against terrorism in Nigeria, shown by the country’s neighbours in the last few days. Speaking at an audience with Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet, a Special Envoy of President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Jonathan applauded the “renewed and heightened commitment” of Niger, Chad, Benin Republic and Cameroon to joining forces with Nigeria to rid the West African sub region of the scourge of terrorism and violent extremism. According to him, attack b terrorists on one should be seen as attack on all civilized nations. He therefore called for a stronger…
Lagos State budget has achieved an 86 per cent performance in the third quarter. This is the aggregate of the budget between January and September this year. This was disclosed by Governor Babatunde Fashola at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja on Friday after a review of the 2014 budget. The governor said 84 per cent performance was recorded for the third quarter; July to September. He said, “More capital projects were handled during the third quarter compare with those undertaken in the same period last year. Anyway, there is room for further improvement. “More than 11,000 unemployed youths who were…
In renewed effort to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-Eastern part of the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has increased the number of troops in the region from 15,000 to 20,000. The Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who stated this in a lecture delivered at a forum in London on Friday, also affirmed that over 170 teachers have been killed in Borno State alone this year as a result of the insurgency. The minister also disclosed that the country loses more than 100, 000 barrels of oil per day to international oil…
An academic who lectures on business education at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Mahmood Aliyu, has joined the race for declared his intention to contest the the Presidential seat in 2015, on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Aliyu declared his intention at a press conference in Minna on Saturday. According to him, he stood up to challenge the current crop of leaders in Nigeria “to fight the malaise in the country.” “There has been agitation for the emergence of new crop of leaders by well-meaning Nigerians in order to take this country out of problems,”…
PDP National PUBLICITY SECRETARY, OLISA METUH ADDRESSES AGGRIEVED Rivers PDP YOUTHS Members of the National Integration Committee South-South zone, set up by the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to reconcile aggrieved members of the party in the zone, have denied speculations that they have been compromised by governors and ministers from the area. The committee, while reacting to allegations made by some aggrieved members of the party from Rivers State, who said the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, had compromised them, said they were incorruptible and challenged anyone with evidence to the contrary to step…
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, now Senator representing Benue North-East Senatorial District of Benue State in the National Assembly, Chief Barnabas Gemade, has expressed the confidence that he will floor his co-challenger for the PDP ticket to contest the senatorial election in 2015, Governor Gabriel Suswam. Gemade said it would be impossible for Suswam to defeat in the forthcoming senatorial primary, adding that the Benue governor’s entry to the race would be one of political lessons, where he (Gemade) is the teacher. The senator made this known in a parley with journalists at the national headquarters…
The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday said the agreement to pick the governorship candidate for 2015 from the central zone of Adamawa State was no longer binding State PDP Chairman, Chief Joel Madaki, made this known in Yola while fielding questions from newsmen. Madaki said the initial agreement was that the then acting governor, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, was the party’s candidate for the cancelled by-election. He explained that Fintiri was to complete the tenure of the impeached governor, Murtala Nyako, saying the latest development that led to the cancellation of the by-election had made the agreement untenable. “With what happened now,…