The People of Okpaka, Opete Communities, Urhuegwior, in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State yesterday cried out to the Delta State government, demanding to be recognised in the scheme of things before the expiration of governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s administration. Speaking through the President-general of Okpaka Community, Olorogun Godwin Edoja, at his country home in Okpaka, the community lamented the poor state of infrastructure in the community since 2011. He said; “The entire people of Okpaka/Opete, Urhiegwior, have never benefited anything from the time till date. There has been no recognition from the local council either. We want stakeholders and…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Federal Government has released N200 billion for the execution of capital projects in the third quarter of the year, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance. “The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the sum of N200 billion as capital for the third quarter of 2014,” the statement signed by Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, spokesman to Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday in Abuja said. The statement noted that the amount released by the federal government would help to ensure further progress in the execution of capital projects across the country.
Some Boko Haram terrorists have begun to surrender with their weapons voluntarily following relentless onslaught by troops, the Defence Headquarters has disclosed. “Some of them submitted themselves and their weapons to the leadership of the troops in Konduga during a further campaign at the weekend,” the DHQ said in a statement posted on its website on Sunday. “As the heat on the terrorists continues, five terrorists surrendered on Saturday (Sept. 20) with all their weapons to troops at Konduga pleading for mercy.” According to the statement, other captured terrorists who refused to surrender have also been giving useful information on…
Bauchi state Police Command has arrested one Musa Sale for stabbing two girls to death in Sabon Garin Sade village of Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The command, in statement made available on Sunday, said the culprit, aged 6o and suspected to be insane, went berserk on Saturday evening, killing the girls and injuring others, using a sharp knife. The statement, signed by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said one of the injured, six-month-old baby girl, Maryam Disu, narrowly escaped death after the culprit slit her throat. It gave the names of the two girls killed as…
The Kardashian family would soon be welcoming another baby girl into the family, after Kim’s baby — North West. Reports suggest that Kourtney Kardashian is over the moon has after learning she and Scott Disick are expecting a baby girl. The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star and her partner Scott Disick – who already have son Mason, four, and daughter Penelope, two, together – recently found out about the gender of their unborn third child and Khloe is said to be ‘thrilled’ by the news. A close source from the family revealed that: ‘They just found out. ‘Kourtney is…
Ace Nigerian comedian — Julius Agwu has been off the entertainment scene for a while and he is currently in Mahatma Ghandi’s country as one of the delegates at the 2014 edition of The Big Picture Summit holding in New Delhi, India. Julius Agwu who recently hinted about his political aspirations to govern the people of Rivers State where he is from, shared a picture of himself with the Nigerian High Commissioner to India, Obaje Audu with the caption: ‘Incredible India at the #NigerianHighCommission in #NewDelhi with my guy @ObajeAudu #TheBigPictureSummit’
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday left Abuja for New York to attend the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly, Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said in a statement. Abati said that Jonathan would attend receptions to be hosted by President Barack Obama of the U.S. and the Secretary-General of the UN Mr Ban Ki-Moon. “The president will address the UN Security Council High-Level Session on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused By Terrorist Acts. “He will present Nigeria’s statement to the General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 24. “Jonathan is also…
Very controversial and eccentric TV personality Denrele has gotten out attention in a new interview with SaharaTV. Denrele says that late Goldie has been appearing to him in dreams saying “You know who killed me and you are not doing anything about it”. In the video which you will find below, Denrele said: “I kept seeing her in my dreams and she keeps saying you know who killed me and you are not doing anything about it…. I’m not kidding… You know these things, we don’t actually believe in Supernatural. I’m serious. I have a friend who can bear me witness…
Whenever we think that heavy Nigerian singer turned critic — Etcetera, has vanished off the grid; he emerges with one of his crazy articles again. This time, Etcetera says that falling in love is stupid. See what he says below: – I see a lot of romantically challenged people asking Cupid to shoot an arrow straight into their lover’s heart. How does anyone survive an arrow in the heart and love you right back? And again, can you be sure how good a shooter Mr. Cupid is? What if he misses and shoots her straight in the eye instead? I…
D’Banj’s alleged girlfriend — Adama Indimi was among the thousand of people that queued outside the Apple shop to get themselves a version of the latest iPhone 6. Adama Indimi later went on her Instagram to show off the prize of her hustle. After days of sleeping rough outside flagship stores, eager Apple fans finally got their hands on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. To see what one of the queues looked like, just scroll down: –
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned those nursing the plan to postpone the 2015 general elections to perish the thought, saying Nigerians will not accept, under any guise whatsoever, any scheme by desperate elected officials to get tenure elongation by subterfuge. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said those who are flying the kite of pushing forward the election ostensibly because the nation is at war are trying to imperil the nation’s democracy. “Election is the lifeblood of democracy, the mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates.…
National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday, told all its governors, federal and state legislators, ministers, chairmen of locals, all appointed and other elected officials to be prudent in the management of resources if the party must continue to get the votes of Nigerians in presidential and general elections. The PDP however reiterated its call on Nigerians irrespective of ethnicity, religion, region or party affiliation to live in unity and remain peaceful. The party however urged Nigerians to emulate the people of scotland who have chosen to preserve their more than 300 years union by voting to stay…
National chairman of the Peoples Democraatic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu has expressed the party’s readiness to take over the South west. Mu’azu said this at the South West sensitization and unity rally, which held i Lagos on Saturday. “We have lost three states in the south west but we have started recapturing our states starting with Ekiti-State. By the grace of the almighty God, in 2015, we will not only capture our own state that have been taken over by the opposition. As I always tell my friend, governor Raji Fashola that we are coming and indeed, we shall…
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to probe its erring governors, who recently endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 election is an endorsement of corruption by the ruling party. Addressing reporters yesterday at a rally to welcome members of the PDP who decamped to the APC at Ijora Badia in Lagos, the APC spokesman said the condition reportedly given by the governors was a challenge on the collective will of the people. He said: “The governors gave President Jonathan a condition that…
Prof. EMELE UKA The Prelate and Moderator of the General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, the Most Rev. Emele Uka, has condemned the recent death sentence by firing squad pronounced on 12 soldiers by the General Court Martial of the Army. The soldiers were found guilty of mutiny by an army court martial in Abuja after they opened fire on the vehicle of the then General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division 7 of the Nigerian Army, Maimalari Barracks, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed. Prof. Uka described the death sentence as primitive, barbaric, ungodly, inhuman and a miscarriage of justice.…
FILE PHOTO Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Madagali, Gulak, Michika and Bazza local government areas of Adamawa State have rejected relief materials donated to them by the Adamawa State chairman of All Progressives Congress, Hon. Binta Garba Masi. The IDPs said what was paramount to them was the return of peace so they could go back to their homes and continue with their major preoccupation which is farming. Hon. Masi was accompanied by members of the state exco of the party to Ribadu Square, the venue of the distribution of the relief materials. The displaced persons maintained that no amount…
A girl, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents was r*ped everyday, sometimes several times a day by groups of men, Australian Boko Haram negotiator, Stephen Davis has revealed. Davis made this known in his reply to leader of Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Dokubo-Asari, who has once expressed doubts about the kidnapping of the Chibok girls. “While Asari may not believe any girls were kidnapped, let me assure you that hearing the stories of some girls who have escaped from Boko Haram camps is a sobering experience. There are many girls who have been kidnapped apart from the…
Senator Musliu Obanikoro, the Minister of state for Defence, on Friday said investigations were ongoing to unravel the mystery of the aircraft that allegedly caused the collapse of a guesthouse belonging to the Synagogue Church. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Synagogue Church of All Nations had claimed that an unidentified aircraft had hovered above the building many times before it finally came down. No fewer than 86 persons died while many were seriously injured when the six storey building collapsed on Sept 12 in Lagos. Speaking with newsmen after a condolence visit to the Church, Obanikoro urged Nigerians…
President and founder of the Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has defended what many consider to be the exorbitant tuition fees charged by the church’s schools, describing the provision of quality education as an expensive venture. Oyedepo defended the fees while addressing journalists on Friday in Ota, Ogun State, at a media chat organised as part of activities to celebrate his 60th birthday coming up on September 27, 2014. Private schools, especially faith-based ones in the country, including Covenant and Landmark universities, owned by the church, are often criticised for being too expensive for average…
He was among the first few to make it real big in the business of owning a Music Record Label. We have witnessed a l0t of artistes became stars through Kennis Music managed by Kenny Ogungbe and Dayo Adeneye but some of them have opted out of the signed agreement when they became famous. In a recent chat with Yes International Magazine, Dayo D1 expressed his disappointment over this issue, he said: ‘Well, it can be a bit painful at times. Sometimes, it’s discouraging, I can’t lie to you. It is like watching a child you’ve raised. He goes through…