The apex umbrella body for northern youths, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum has criticised youth groups endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan and campaigning for him to secure another term in office, despite the spate of insecurity in the country. The forum described the endorsements as a mere arrangement, saying most of the groups, including the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, were sponsored. President of the AYCF, Mr. Yerima Shettima, said most of the groups, especially those from the North, were campaigning for “selfish interests” in the wake of insurgency ravaging the region. Shettima said, “Many of these characters are found in…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State on Sunday said the Nigeria military was competent to tackle the insurgency problem in the country. Mr. Kwankwaso, a former Minister of Defence between 2003 and 2007, stated this during a media chat with journalists in Benin. He said the army was as competent as he left it in 2007. Mr. Kwankwaso, who expressed confidence in the military’s ability to deal with the challenge of insecurity in the North East, however said the Federal Government must display the political will to tackle the problem. The governor said there was no relationship between declaration…
A delegation of the “Nigeria Project 2015”, a campaign organization of the Kano State governor. Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso at the weekend visited Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, to seek his support for Kwankwaso’s presidential ambition under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Disclosing part of the outcome of their meeting to newsmen in Owerri, the Imo State capital, Kano State Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Dr Abubakar Nuhu Danburan, who is the team leader, averred that their consultation with Gov. Okorocha was to seek his partnership with Kwankwaso. He, however, noted that they were more impressed…
The Ogun State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has asked a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, to desist from visiting party wards in the state. The party alleged that such visit was causing disaffection within the party and urged him to put a stop to it. To express their disagreement with the visits, the party’s state secretary, Mr. Semiu Sodipo, wrote a letter to him, stating this position. The letter dated September 12, 2014, was titled ‘Stoppage of Your Unapproved Tours/Political Campaigns’. Sodipo also copied the National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mua’zu and the…
The love of my life, the voluptuous Serena Williams and her banging body!!! Personally my greatest female sports star of all time. Anyways, away from my fantasies………Hehe. Serena Wiliams is definitely living the good life and she deserves it. The 32-year-old successfully defended her titled and again became the newly-Crowned US Open champion. Serena Williams turned heads on the sand in Miami on Saturday when she displayed her figure in this black and lime green bikini. See More photos below: –
The Rivers State Government on Sunday warned that the state would not stand by and watch attempts to install “a certain Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant as governor” of the state in the 2015 election. A statement by Mr. Dave Iyofor, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Rotimi Amaechi, said the state was shocked at the reported directive to the state’s new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dan Bature, to ensure the emergence of the candidate of the First Lady as the state governor come 2015. The state alleged that based on the reports in two national dailies, Bature had been…
Veteran Nollywood actress — Genevieve Nnaji earlier today, joined a number of celebrities including Toolz, Mai Atafo, Funke Akindele and others for the annual Genevieve Pink Ball Foundation Run/Walk/Cycle against chest cancer. A few minutes before the race, an excited Genevieve looking all pretty in her sporty outfit, made a show of her readiness for the walk. The session includes a number of people walking, others running while a few rode bicycles along. It took off at Lekki Phase 1 to Ikoyi and back to the take-off point.
The white wedding ceremony is the church’s own way of making the union between a man and a woman official before the eyes of God; but not all the time. I came across the photo above online and as you can see, that’s what the lady chose to wear to her white wedding ceremony in front of God. The gown is so tight that her bosoms are trying to force their way up to grab some air. What do you think? Trashy or………………
The pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, rose from an emergency meeting with non-governmental organisations in the North on Sunday with a declaration that President Goodluck Jonathan had failed the region in terms of security. It said there was a deliberate attempt to emasculate the North economically, reduce its numerical strength and divide its people along religious and political lines. The ACF, through its Chairman, ex-IGP Ibrahim Coomassie, stated that the general belief was that the Jonathan administration never liked the North. It alleged that while the region was being battered, the Jonathan government never made any serious effort to end it. According to…
A former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, has urged Northern leaders to save the North by tackling the security challenges facing the region. “We must salvage the North and by extension the whole nation, our success will usher vista of hope, respect, unity and cooperation in the North,” he said. Coomassie, who is the Chairman, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), gave the advice at the emergency meeting of the ACF with Northern non-governmental organisation leaders in Kaduna on Sunday. According to him, if we fail to save the north, all of us will go down in history as those crops…
At least 20 persons have been feared dead and scores of others injured when Fulani herdsmen allegedly invaded Tunari village in Wukari Local Government of Taraba State yesterday. The attackers were said to have stormed the village at 10 am and set houses ablaze while most residents were in church. President of the Youth of Vision, Wukari, Mr Tsa-asen L. Agbu, who spoke to Vanguard on the issue, said the invaders, who were over three hundred, attacked mainly the Jukun Christians, a situation which he said has compelled a lot of persons to relocate from the area. “They are burning…
Four persons were yesterday feared dead in Ibaa community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State as rampaging cultists took over the community, shooting sporadically. The shooting, which was said to have started in the early hours and lasted for about five hours, made scores of residents flee the community. Although no one could say precisely what caused the attack, but some community folks said it could be a reprisal from the hoodlums. State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmed Muhamaad, confirmed the incident, saying security men had moved in to restore nomalcy. “The command is aware of the incident.…
Imo State Police Command has arrested four persons over their alleged involvement in the assassination of a former member of Imo State House of Assembly, Mr Kingsley Nkemka. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Andrew Enwerem, who confirmed the brutal killing of the Umunoha-born ex-lawmaker to newsmen in Owerri, also affirmed that the four suspects were currently being interrogated by the police to ascertain their level of culpability or innocence. “It is true that Kingsley Nkemka was assassinated last Tuesday. The police swung into action to unravel the mystery surrounding the heinous murder. “As I am talking with you…
Famous video vixen, model and former Big Brother Africa representative from Nigeria — Beverly Osu, just lost her dad. The Delta state born model announced the death her father to her fans and friends. Beverly who was Nigeria’s representative at last year’s edition of Africa’s biggest reality show Big Brother Africa ‘The Chase’ took to twitter a few minutes ago to simply write: ‘Lost my father last week. ‘Still in shock, God bless you all, burial will be in Delta State on the 19th and 20th’. At the moment details and the cause of her father’s death are not known yet but…
Controversial Nollywood actor and model — IK Ogbonna, was in the news just a few days ago after he bought his very sexy girlfriend a Range Rover she had been begging for. The bald headed actor is back on our radar again with something new. IK Ogbonna has attributed his tattoos and body piercings to his love for the arts. In a recent interview, IK described tattoos as natural, adding ‘Its just like buying clothes, you see what you like and you get it’. He went on to say that he desires to get more but for his profession, ‘…
I didn’t even know there was a Korede Bello fan base known as — BELLOVERS!!! Anyways, a very serious fan of the Mavin artistes did a count down of the things that make him so special. Read it below: – People constantly ask me why I like Korede Bello so much. They do not understand that it’s not for superficial reasons so i decided to do this. TEN THINGS I LOVE ABOUT @koredebello 1. His HUMILITY. This definitely is number 1. It always gets me. But like i always say, the way up is down. 2. His VOICE. He is extraordinarily talented.…
A coalition of Igbo leaders from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has demanded the deputy governorship slot in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Lagos State as a precondition to support the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The coalition, under the auspices of ‘Goodluck Gaa Niru 2015’, stated this in a communique issued after it’s maiden national executive meeting in Abuja last weekend. The coalition also added its voice to demand for immediate removal of the chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attairu Jega, over allocation of 30,000 new polling units across the country.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State have accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of expending N17.5 million on a private visit to Miami, United States, last month. The party called on Oshiomhole to stay at home and use taxpayers’ money accruing to the state to solve what it described as myriads of problems facing the state instead of junketing abroad when it suits him. The state party chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, spoke said this at Afuze and Sabongida-Ora, headquarters of Owan East and West Local Government Areas of the state during rallies organised to welcome defectors from the All Progressives…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, weekend, said the Niger Delta region will not give up its demand for increase in the 13 percent derivation to oil states despite the stand-off at the just concluded national conference. “We shall not give up asking for more for this region. Let me appeal to our brothers outside the Niger Delta that what we have presently is not near enough to address the challenges of development we have in the region,” said Uduaghuan, Uduaghan, who spoke while hosting a delegation of Urhobo leaders, who came to thank him for his role in the…
Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, weekend traded words over both the Federal and Lagos State debt profiles. While the APC challenged the PDP led Federal Government to give Nigerians a detailed explanation on how it piled up N8.8 trillion for the country, the PDP demanded a probe into how the state government disbursed N160 billion loan meant to develop the state. APC in a statement by its Lagos State Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, commended Governor of the state, Babatunde Raji Fashola, on his detailed explanations about the status of…