According to reports reaching me, the ‘Fashion Police’ anchor — Joan Rivers might be out of her coma soon. Doctors say that she is greatly improving and they have begun taking the comedian out of a medically induced coma, but fear she could be left with permanent brain damage or in a wheelchair. Her daughter Melissa said on Sunday the actress’s family are “keeping our fingers crossed,” as they slowly wake her up – a process which will take until Tuesday. ‘There is real concern that the part of the brain that controls motor skills may have been compromised leaving her…
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The tall lanky and quite handsome popular radio and TV personality — IK Osakioduwa, seems to have kick started his Nollywood career. He makes a debut appearance in Charles Uwagbai’s upcoming movie, Black Silhouette. The story line is about a Senator Maro Oti played by Joke Silva, who plans to make history as the first female Governor in Nigeria. Determined to clean her cupboard, she appoints biographer Eric Mobumba as played by IK Osakioduwa who learns about her ugly past. Femi Jacobs, Ivie Okujaye, Jude Orhorha and Grace Ofre are other acts featured in the movie. Watch trailer below: – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfeuNZdBsjI
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has warned his predecessor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, “to stop running down his administration using his (Kalu’s) paper as a conveyor belt”. Orji, who took exceptions with a media report credited to Anambra-born billionaire politician, prince Arthur Eze, alleging that “Abia stinks”, accused the ex-governor of using his medium to “twist the truth and propagate falsehood”. Dr. Uzor Kalu is the owner of The Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of The Daily Sun newspaper. Briefing journalists yesterday in Umuahia, the state capital, Commissioner for Information, Eze Chikamnayo, said billionaire politician, Prince Eze, was quoted out of…
The Nigerian Army has reviewed the curfew in Maiduguri, the capital of the Boko Haram troubled Borno State. In a press statement by the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, the curfew hours imposed on the town, which was 9pm to 6am, is now 7pm to 6am daily. The additional two hours was handed down due to the worsening security situation in the state, especially as a result of an increase in the number of attacks on some towns. Usman in the statement said no one was exempted from the curfew. “All must comply with the directive and anyone found…
3866 undocumented migrants have been rescued by the Italian Navy in boats between Sicily and the North African coast over the past weekend, authorities say. According to a statement by the navy, the illegal immigrants rescued between Friday and Sunday were aboard boats that had set off from North Africa. Since the beginning of the year around 114,000 immigrants have arrived on Italian shores, according to Italy’s Interior Ministry. The rescue effort is costing 300,000 euros ($394,000) a day and Italy has requested assistance from the European Commission which last week announced the launch of the enhanced role of the…
The deadly Boko Haram sect today attempted to expand its caliphate to another major Borno town, Bama, but met stiff resistance from the Nigerian army. 70 members of the terrorist sect were said to have been killed by the army. A top security official in Maiduguri confirmed the attack but did not give casualty figure or state which side suffered more damage. The security official, who did not want to be named as he was not officially cleared to speak told Premium Times; “We are still on top of the situation and GOC had assured a beef up of troops…
I came across this comprehensive report online about Nigeria’s David O. Oyedepo. The head Pastor of Living Faith Church, is one of the biggest names in the Church scene. Read the report below: – David O. Oyedepo is reported to be the richest pastor in Nigeria (by Wikipedia) affectionately called “Papa” by members of his congregation, born September 27, 1954. He is a Nigerian Christian author, preacher, the founder and presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church World Wide, also known as Winners Chapel, and its affiliated international churches known as Winners Chapel International, with headquarters in Ogun State, Nigeria. Oyedepo…
The beautiful and very sexy Amal Fashanu happens to be the young daughter of football legend, John Fashanu and Spanish Model, Marisol Acuna is currently on the rise for her documentary programmes on BBC 3. The stunning beauty and her dad arrived UK on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 to pick up from where she stopped with her new BBC documentary. A close sources revealed that the Fashanus had visited Nigeria to shoot some part of the documentary in Abuja, Nigeria where her dad was also interviewed. Amal gained all the fame just after shooting Britain’s gay footballers, a documentary on…
After famous OAP resigned from his broadcasting job which he has held for a long time, he decided to start up his own show. It is a brand new online interview show hosted by radio and media veteran and it is titled ‘The Truth’. In the first episode, Olisa interviews Wizkid and he definitely asks all the hard questions. From his relationship with EME, “This is my last album with EME…but they are family” to other topics including if he has abandoned his roots, his alleged beef with Davido, his relationship with Tania Omotayo and more. It is an interesting…
Ahead of the 2015 general election, a former interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has advised Nigerians not to vote politicians who are polarising the country along religious lines. Speaking at the induction, award and graduation ceremony organised by Institute of Public Speaking, Nigeria at the weekend in Kaduna, Baba-Ahmed, who was a onetime INEC secretary, also said Nigerians have every reason to be angry because their leaders have failed them. “Sentimental politicians will come to campaign on the basis of religion, say ‘no’ to them. When they come to seek your…
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), has described Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s recent comment endorsing the 1999 Constitution as unfortunate and called on all Nigerians to condemn it as selfish and unpatriotic. In a statement on Sunday, the group berated the Kano governor and other “self-seeking” Nigerian politicians for endorsing the 1999 Constitution when it suits them and calling for its amendment when it does not. It would be recalled that Mr. Kwankwaso in a media interview recently said that “any Constitution other than the 1999 Constitution should be rejected because anything less than that is an instrument…
Remember months ago when rumors emerged about the divorce of Pastor and Chris and his wife on a Facebook page created by some of his church members? Well, I just went back to check up on them and this is what I found. The page had shared this memo you are about to read last week, then news about Pastor Anita filing for divorce emerged yesterday. Read below: – Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is very interesting that we requested the closure of this page and were informed that in 14 days, the page will shut down. But… its still here! What…
After her epic fail at her movie premiere that held at the Aso Villa; the actress has made sure she saved face this time. The controversial Nollywood producer — Omoni Oboli had the premiere of her much-talked about movie, “Being Mrs Elliot” and here’s what the actress wore to the premiere. The dress was made by Mai Atafo. See another shot below: –
The Wife of Enugu State governor, Mrs. Clara Chime, who, last year, packed out of the Government House, where she lived with Governor Sullivan Chime after she alleged he kept her in solitary confinement against her will, has apologized for her actions. Chime, at the height of the public spat with his estranged wife, had revealed that she was suffering from mental health challenges and needed his protection. But Clara had responded by saying she was healthy but needed to move out of the Governor’s Lodge for change. Mrs. Chime, who had left the state since then and away from…
The Federal Government has summoned another emergency meeting of the National Council of Health over the Ebola Virus Disease, barely a fortnight after the last one was held. The Special Assistant, Media and Communications, to the Minister of Health, Dan Nwomeh, who confirmed the development, said the NCH meeting would hold on Monday in Abuja. “The meeting will hold Monday at Barcelona Hotel, Wuse”, he said. Nwomeh, however, did not disclose the agenda for the meeting.
The conduct of Ekiti and Osun governorship elections raised hope of free and fair elections in Nigeria come 2015, but the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) doubts its possibility. According to the association, the high level insecurity, insurgency and kidnappings in the country would not guarantee free, fair and credible elections in 2015. Rising from its 10th All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) in Katsina, Katsina State, at the weekend, the NGE in a communique issued at the end of the 4-day conference, said the current state of insecurity must be addressed to strengthen the nation’s democracy and instill good governance.…
A former member of the House of Representative turned anti-corruption activist, Otunba Dino Melaye, has taken a swipe at ex-Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode for his defence of a former governor and ex-army chief over their alleged sponsorship of the Boko Haram sect. The All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain called for an end to the distracting finger-pointing by the likes of Mr. Fani-Kayode, who he described as a “loquacious and truth-twisting” individual, adding that “the cat has been let out of the bag”. Mr. Melaye in a statement Sunday, said “Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode’s stout defence of an alleged Boko Haram sponsor, as identified by the Jonathan…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Nigerians must hold President Goodluck Jonathan personally responsible if the Ebola Virus Disease spreads more than it has done in the country. The opposition party said this following Jonathan’s failure to stop a rally by Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), aimed at supporting his re-election bid, in Port Harcourt on Saturday, despite warning from individuals and groups. “As we said in our statement of Aug. 28th 2014 calling on President Jonathan to halt the TAN rallies, especially the one in Port Harcourt, could anyone guarantee that none of those who have had contact…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will join other African leaders in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city on Monday, to participate in a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council slated for Tuesday. A statement by the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Dr Reuben Abati noted that will receive and consider the report of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Africa. The Nairobi meeting is a follow-up to talks by President Jonathan and other African leaders at Pretoria, South Africa in May this year on joint action against terrorism. Deliberations at the…
Minister of State for Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan has assured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s commitment to containing the Ebola virus disease in the country. Alhassan gave this assurance while speaking with newsmen in Sokoto. He stated that the scourge had already been contained in Lagos state while a special team had been mobilised to Rivers state to contain it. “Presently, a specialised team comprising staff members of World Health Organisation, Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta United States and Geneva and Medecin Sans Frontiers are already in Port Harcourt to address the situation. “We are confident we have won the…