The Northern Ulama Forum for Peace and Development has warned Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, to desist from insulting the person or office of the President of the country, saying such an act was unbecoming of a public office holder. President of the Forum, Ustaz Sabiu, who sounded the warning on behalf of the group, said it had become the pastime of Gov. Kwankwaso to insult President Goodluck Jonathan and render personal abuses on him. According to Sabiu, insulting the president, calling him all manner of names with lack of decency and decorum at a public function is…
Author: Wale Adebayo
As expected, the King of African Pop music — Davido, is proving his dominance again in the upcoming award ceremony hosted by Channel O. Channel O, the 17 year old pioneer African music video platform, have released the list of nominees for the 2014 edition of the Channel O Music Video Awards; this year’s show will take place on Saturday, 29 November at Nasrec Expo Centre in Soweto. Leading with the most nominees this year is Nigeria’s Davido and new South African Hip Hop star Cassper Nyovest with five nominations each. Davido has 4 nominations in the 14 categories for…
There have been an on and off debate if Nigerian Super Eagles and Chelsea soccer star, should be dating his Russian girlfriend. A Nigerian lady with the Instagram handle Zanabwizzy says she is pained and frustrated that Mikel has not been doing well lately in his career; she seemed so pissed that she took to his personal IG page and aired her view and why she thinks he should leave Olga, his girlfriend for now. A Russian man who happens to also be following Mikel, felt offended about her words and decided to reply, saying Nigerians are taking this to the…
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has been declared unqualified to vie for the office of president of Nigeria in 2015. The Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, who stated this on Thursday, also warned the governor to refrain from making further uncomplimentary remarks against President Goodluck Jonathan, describing him as a “corrupt public officer”. The elder statesman, who made this known at his Kiagbodo country home, Burutu council area of Delta State, also blamed Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for the crisis of interest between him and Jonathan, describing the Nigeria Governors Forum chairman as a…
Ahead of tomorrow’s primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Adamawa State by-election, eight of the fourteen aspirants jostling for the governorship ticket, have stepped down from the race in the early hours of Friday. Following the impeachment of the former Governor, Murtala Nyako, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, fixed October 11 as date for by-election to get a substantive governor for the state. It was learnt that after about four hours of deliberations with the aspirants, which started by 9.06 p.m on Thursday and ended around 1.00 a.m on Friday at the Banquet Hall of the State House,…
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh has revealed that for the country to win the war against terrorism, there was the need for diplomatic lobbying for foreign assistance in areas of equipment. Speaking at the National Assembly Joint Committee on Defence yesterday, the Chief of Defence Staff said that since the declaration of state of emergency in the three North East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, the Armed Forces had been engaged in a sustained operation against the terrorists. “In the last one month, troops have sustained on-going offensive operations both in and outside 7th Division areas…
The United States of America has warned that the reputation of Nigeria’s military was at stake while the future of the country and her children was in jeopardy following the capture of some towns in the north eastern part of the country in the last few weeks by Boko Haram terrorists. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who expressed deep concerns of her country on the activities of the Islamic sect in Nigeria, while participating in the International Conference on Security in Abuja, declared that failure was not an option. The militants on Monday reportedly…
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West zone yesterday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had brought more economic woes and frustrated genuine attempts by the progressive forces to bring hope to Nigerians. The party leaders said this at the first APC South West Assembly in Ibadan, with prominent chieftains of the party including governors of Oyo and Osun states; Senator Abiola Ajimobi and Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the National Vice-Chairman (South-West); Pius Akinyelure in attendance. Pius Oluwole Akinyelure, the National Vice-Chairman (South-West), who spoke on behalf of South West APC leaders said, “we cannot deceive ourselves…
Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima on Thursday said the federal government has assured him of improved deployment of military personnel and equipment to check the threat of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the Northeast. Shettima made this known while addressing internally displaced persons in some public structure at Bama, Maiduguri. The governor, who was compelled to abort his trip to United Kingdom and Sudan, said he had met with President Jonathan Goodluck on the security situation in Bama and other areas of the state as well as other service chiefs who assured that the insurgents would be tackled.…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed concern about the rate of violence in Nigeria. In a message delivered by Said Djinnit, High-Level Representative of the Secretary-General to Nigeria, for the Third Ministerial Conference on Security in Nigeria, Ki-moon said he supports Nigeria’s efforts at ending insurgency in the country. “I remain deeply concerned by the continuous violence in the north-east of the country, including the killing of innocent civilians and the abduction of girls, women and men. I reaffirm my solidarity with the victims as well as with the people of Nigeria as they face extremism and terror,” he said.…
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has dissociated himself from the arraignment of an Okada rider, Wasiu Ogunnoiki, at the Sagamu Magistrate Court 1 and his subsequent remand in prison custody for posting unsubstantiated allegations against the governor on Facebook. A Magistrate court 1 sitting in Sagamu, had on Tuesday, heard the case of Mr Ogunnoiki (31), who was arraigned before it for engaging in acts capable of denting the image of the governor on the social media platform. This is the second time in the present dispensation that a citizen will be arraigned for posting allegations against a governor on Facebook. Mr. Ogunnoiki…
It’s almost impossible for most men to live with one woman in peace, talk more of when a man is married to four wives. However, money usually takes the pain away. Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo and his four wives are still in London after all this while and the Kabiyesi and his wives were spotted at Westfield shopping mall Stratford yesterday with the women wearing the same attire as usual. The wives later treated their husband to a relaxing manicure whilst onlookers posed for pictures with Nigeria’s foremost Royals before unwinding with a movie at VUE cinemas. More photos below: – …
As a guy, we all know how we try to appear like the perfect gentleman when trying to impress a girl, Solidstar was no different. Solidstar sent out a tweet and subsequently shared a photo, however, the star singer didn’t not know that my sharp eyes would figure out he definitely had a woman over in his hotel room. The singer came online and tweeted, ‘Be with a guy who ruins your lipstick. Not your mascara’, apparently to impress the girl, who would obviously with and definitely following him on Twitter. I took another close look at the picture, and…
The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar El-Kanemi, has called on all Muslim faithful in the troubled Borno State to immediately commence a three-day fasting and prayers for the return of peace to the state. El-Kanemi also urged Christians in the state not to relent in their prayers so that the insurgents who invaded Bama, could be warded off. A statement by the Secretary of the Borno Emirate Council, Alhaji Zanna Laisu Kazalma, quoted the traditional ruler, who is also the Chairman of the state Traditional Rulers Council, as advising that the fasting and prayers should start on Thursday (today) and end on Saturday. The statement…
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has assured Nigerians that the Nigeria Police Force would ensure that the 2015 general election is violence-free. He said the Police had embarked on series of trainings and retraining of its officers and men to ensure a transparent and hitch-free polls. The acting IG, who spoke during the decoration of 37 Commissioners of Police on Wednesday in Abuja, informed the officers that the nation expected a lot from them. He recalled that as Chairman of the Election Planning Committee of the Force, he had evolved strategies that would ensure the security of the…
A former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has raised the alarm over a plot to rig the 2015 presidential election in favour of the North. In a statement on Wednesday, the ex-governor argued that the South-East, which is President Goodluck Jonathan’s strongest support base, was disadvantaged in the recent distribution of polling units by the Independent National Electoral Commission. He said the fact that the South-East was allocated just over 1000 polling units, as against over 7000 units in the North-West, was an indication of a definite plan to rig the February 14 presidential election. He said, “The…
Women from the Niger Delta, have warned that those advocating the declaration of full-blown war by President Goodluck Jonathan in the search for abducted school girls from Chibok, Borno State are mischief makers, who want a massacre that will tarnish the image of the president ahead of the 2015 presidential election. The women, under the aegis of Goodluck For Transformation, led by its National President, Mrs Evelyn Omokhodion, urged President Jonathan to disregard what they described as blackmail against his administration and declare his intention for the 2015 presidential election. Omokhodion, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo…
Dangote Cement Plc has predicted a fall in local cement prices by 300 percent from October. The company said the price drop will be made possible by the supply of an additional nine million metric tons into the market from its factories at Ibese and Obajana (additional six million metric tons per annum lines 3 and 4 in Ibese, Ogun state and another three million metric ton capacity additional line 4 at Obajana, Kogi State). Altogether, the company is producing locally at a combined installed capacity of 29.25 million metric tons per annum across its three plants in the country…
“For the 9th year the Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA Awards) celebrated and honored members of the Nigeria entertainment industry here in New York, at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts. The award show was filled with lots of amazing performances – Wande Coal, Praiz, Oritsefemi, the ‘Sekem’ master MCGalaxy, and the crowd pleaser ShattaWale. Also on stage were Patoranking who performed his popular song “Girlie O”, Skales with his new single “Shake Body”. Hosts for the night Bovi and Funke Akindele kept the audience entertained with rib-cracking jokes, while Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi worked the audience by interacting and asking audience members…
Amnesty International (AI) has for long criticised the Nigerian Army’s handling of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, alleging infringement of human rights in the soldiers’ activities in the country. AI now says a report that will prove their claims is ready. The report, which the human rights group said would demonstrate widespread use of torture of the army will be released in Nigeria on 18th September, 2014. The report titled, “Welcome to hell fire” chronicled torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria. “Amnesty International will highlight in its upcoming report “Welcome to hell fire”: Torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria,”…