A 25-year-old trader, Mrs Modinat Alade, on Thursday sought the dissolution of her eight-year old union with her husband, Gbola Alade over non-payment of dowry. Alade, who approached an Oyo State Customary Court Grade C, sitting in Iseyin, told the court that the union was yet to produce any child. The trader, who is seeking the dissolution on ground of non-payment of dowry and lack of care and love, said the situation was “worrisome and unbearable. “When we are about to get married, he told my people that he will pay the dowry later and also perform the normal family…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Acting Director-General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Benedict Adeyileka, on Thursday said that more than 60 percent of the aircraft operated by Nigerian airlines were on lease. Adeyileka spoke in Lagos through NCAA’s General Manager, Airworthiness & Standard, Mr Kayode Ajiboye, at a seminar organised by Aeroconsult with the theme “Sustaining Safety in the Nigerian Aviation Sector”. He said that most airlines preferred aircraft lease financing to reduce their operational cost. Adeyileka said that many Nigerian financial institutions also preferred to support business aviation at the expense of commercial aviation. “According to financial institutions, their argument is that…
A Nigerian man has been arrested for selling his wife to black magic practitioners who wanted to sacrifice a virgin, police said Thursday. The deal in the central Nigerian state of Plateau was cancelled at the last minute, however, when the ritualists realised she was married. “The man lured his wife to a bush under the pretext of fetching firewood and sold her to two ritualists for N800,000 (about $5,000), Plateau state police spokesman Abuh Emmanuel told AFP. He said the man from Kwalla town lied to the ritualists that the woman was a virgin and had been given part…
Former chairman of Ikeja branch of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Monday Ubani, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop the execution of soldiers sentenced to death on Monday by the Army, through the power bestowed on him as Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria’s Armed Forces. Ubani said that though mutiny was a criminal offence in the military, the convicted soldiers, however, had a right to appeal the decision at a higher court. He also appealed to the military authorities to temper justice with mercy and consider the circumstances that led the soldiers into shooting at their GOC. Ubani stated that the fact…
Ekiti State governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, yesterday, accused Governor Kayode Fayemi of diverting workers’ salaries to pay government contractors. While Fayose claimed Governor Kayode Fayemi was diverting workers’ salaries to pay contractors, Fayemi on his part, said he knew nothing about such diversion because government would not give priority to contractors over workers. Fayose in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, in Ado Ekiti, claimed workers in the state were being made to suffer unjustly as the state government was diverting funds meant to pay their salaries for the payment of contractors and severance allowance political appointees…
Few days back, Omotola Jalade’s Blood In The Lagoon was premiered. Precisely on the 13th of September, the actress, entrepreneur and beautiful mother of four stepped on the red carpet looking glamorous. Omotola rocked a Tan Ejiro Amos Tafiri wrap dress, Red statement Dapri for OmoT neck piece and Gold Ivanna Trump sandals. The movie was directed by Teco Benson and was premiered in Houston, Texas. Here are the photos we got from SYNC Media. Enjoy viewing the photos below: It would be called that just recently, the actress was on vacation with her family and she shared lots of great…
Elder statesman and Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has described all those angling to take over President Goodluck Jonathan’s seat in 2015 as corrupt. He said it was also wrong to accuse the president of not fighting corruption as the menace did not start with his administration. “He didn’t start corruption. In fact, the military started it in the earnest”, he said. Clark, who spoke at his Asokoro, Abuja residence on Wednesday, while receiving leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party from the South-South, said he was in possession of documents that would expose the president’s opponents but he would…
The pan-northern socio-political organization, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State have condemned the attacks on Sanga Local Government Area residents and the attack on a Federal College of Education in Kano State. The ACF called on Boko Haram insurgents to surrender and embrace peace, as ordinary Nigerians who fall victims of their attacks do not understand their grievances. ACF and Yero, in their separate statements, said the two attacks were orchestrated by enemies of peace and aimed at truncating the stable atmosphere in the two states. According to Yero, in the statement signed by his…
A former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), yesterday faulted the death sentence handed to 12 soldiers for alleged mutiny. In a letter to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Kenneth Minimah, the legal luminary said the verdict was an “unconstitutional decision”, adding that he would challenge the constitutionality of the Armed Forces Act in relation to Court Martial in court. The 12 soldiers were sentenced on Tuesday to death by firing squad for mutiny and attempted murder after they fired shots at the General Officer Commanding, 7 Division, Maj.-Gen. Abubakar Mohammed, last May. The soldiers…
The pan-Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday in Abuja, dismissed the allegation linking a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika (retd) with sponsorship of the Boko Haram sect. This would be the first time the apex Igbo organization would be reacting to the allegation, which was made by an Australian hostage negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis. While advising President Goodluck Jonathan to “fast track the recommendations of the just concluded national conference because the resolutions were what the people wanted and it was in nobody’s interest to sit on them”, Ohanaeze Ndigbo also stated that it would…
Famous Nigerian veteran Fuji singer — Pasuma, is working really hard to fuse into this day’s modern music. Some people have already begun to tag this collabo with Tiwa Savage as the perfect marriage between Fuji and hip hop as Fuji maestro. Pasuma Wonder is set to officially release the full track of his latest duet with sexy pop star, Tiwa Savage titled ‘Ife’ (Love). The Fuji star who prefers to be called Ogannla says ‘Ife is a love song and having Tiwa Savage on it is like Fuji making love to R&B, It’s a song everyone will like, not only because of the rhythm and the lyrics but…
Iyanya’s MMMG record label are very proud of their first lady — Emma Chukwugoziam Obi, aka Emma Nyra. The sultry singer has admitted the reasons she has been seen exposing her b**bs a number of times. In an interview with Encomium magazine, The Made Men Music Group (MMMG) first lady revealed that her body features are part of her marketing tools; honestly, if that includes her boobies, I’m not buying. To put it more precisely , she said her b**bs are her selling point. ‘It’s not that I flaunt them but part of your selling point as a female artist…
The Senate President, David Mark, did not call for the postponement of the 2015 general elections, his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, said yesterday. Ologbondiyan said the clarification became necessary, following alleged misrepresentation of the senate president’s position by a section of the media during Senate’s debate of the security challenge posed by the Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday. The media aide noted that rather than call for the postponement of the poll, Mark emphasised the danger, which Boko Haram portended to the country if left unchecked. Ologbondiyan’s statement added that Mark only explained that the issue before…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party Governors on Wednesday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as their sole candidate for the 2015 presidential election. The governors, under the platform of PDP Governors Forum, took the decision after their meeting which held at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja. Chairman of the forum and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, stated this while briefing journalists after the meeting. He said this decision was not challenged by any of the governors who were in attendance at the meeting. “The Forum hereby endorses President Jonathan for a second term in office and resolved to…
Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has appealed to the outgoing Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, not to use the funds meant for the payment of workers salaries to pay government contractors. He stated this in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi. Fayose, who lamented that workers were owed months of salary arrears and entitlements, pleaded that workers should not be made to suffer the financial recklessness of the Fayemi administration. “The governor does not need to rob Peter to pay Paul. He is owing workers in the state backlog…
The Federal Government on Wednesday okayed the sum of N147.4bn for two major roads, the Benin-Ore and Okene-Benin expressways. The approval was granted at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. The breakdown of the projects includes the execution of Phase II, dualisation of Lokoja-Benin Road Section I, II, III and IV in Kogi State and Edo State. Also part of the projects is the reconstruction and asphalt overlay of Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Shagamu dual carriageway Phase IV: Ajebandele-Shagamu KM162 + 586 (Ondo State to KM 261 + 000 (Ogun) in Ogun State. Briefing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting, which lasted till…
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger has directed primary and secondary schools in the state to resume for the new academic session on October 10. Aliyu gave the directive when he received a delegation from the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, West African Examination Council and National Examination Council in Minna Wednesday. The governor said the extension from the September 22 date given by the Federal Government was to allow the children to celebrate the Muslim Eid-el-Kabir festival with their parents and loved ones. “It seems the time of resumption will coincide with the Sallah holidays. So, if the Sallah is…
So Nigeria has Maheeda and Kenya has Huddah Monroe. Former BBA housemate representative from Kenya and socialite — Huddah Monroe, is as controversial as they come. Huddah who isn’t getting tired of doing what she does best on social media, by showing us her hot banging body is back again. This time the former BBA rep took to her Instagram page to post more semi-unclad photos, where she is seen wearing a customized top and nothing else, while covering her crotch. See photos below: –
A former FCT Minister and governorship aspirant for Kaduna State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday slammed the national president of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, describing him as an “irresponsible” leader, who has abused his revered office by involving himself in politics. El-Rufai was reacting to a statement by CAN’s Director of National Issues, Sunday Oibe, Tuesday, who accused some APC chieftains, notably the ex-minister and the opposition party’s spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, of blackmailing Oritsejafor because of his support for President Goodluck Jonathan. In his response Wednesday, Mr.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Wednesday declared that there was no cold war going on between the Governor of the state, Seriake Dickson and President Goodluck Jonathan. The Bayelsa PDP Secretary, Mr. Godspower Keku, said members of the party were united and solidly behind the aspirations of President Jonathan and Dickson. There have been speculations of frosty relationship between Dickson and the president, with the governor last weekend accusing an unnamed serving senator from the state of attempting to drive a wedge between him and Jonathan. Members of the party were also said to be divided…