The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has banned delegates from Ebola-affected West African nations such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, from attending the church’s ongoing convention, which opened Monday night at the church’s Redemption Camp along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Adeboye, while speaking at the convention, expressed regret over the decision to bar members of the Church in the affected nations, but prayed that God would soon arrest the situation. The development came two days after a Nigerian female doctor tested positive to the Ebola virus. A nurse, who also tested positive…
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The Lagos State Government has begun an intensive search for 27 secondary contacts, who might have come close enough to doctors, nurses and health workers, who attended to the late Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, at a Lagos private hospital. Sawyer, who was infected with the deadly Ebola virus in his native Liberia, died in the Obalende, Lagos-based hospital over one week ago, four weeks after he was admitted there. Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who spoke in Lagos on Wednesday, said government was also planning a life insurance cover for doctors and other health professionals, who volunteered to…
Wow, I never even knew the veteran Nigerian soccer star was married, talk-less of having kids. The Nigerian footballer, Taye Taiwo showed off his kids in a new photo. He is allegedly 29 years old and now plays for Bursaspor in Turkey. Taiye Taiwo is married to Nimot Taiwo and they have two kids together.
The Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, on Wednesday withdrew from the August 9 governorship election in Osun. This is contained in a letter to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and signed by Frederick Fasehun and Abubakar Sokoto, the party’s National Chairman and Secretary, respectively in Abuja. The party cited flaws in the process that produced its flag bearer, Ibrahim Adeoti, as the reason for its withdrawal. “We arrived at this painful but patriotic decision after a thorough investigation of the nomination process of the party’s flag bearer organised by the state chapter of the party. “The leadership discovered some flaws…
BALA JAMES NGILARI The former deputy governor of Adamawa State, Mr. Bala James Ngilari, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order compelling his swearing in as the governor of the state. Ngilari, who purportedly addressed his resignation letter to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Ahmadu Fintiri, who is now the acting governor, following the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako, is asking the court to declare his July 14, 2014 resignation letter as illegal, null and void. In his suit, marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/545/14, Ngilari argued that his resignation letter was in breach…
The FCT Primary Health Establishments Registration and Monitoring Committee, PHERMC, has closed two illegal hospitals in Lugbe, Abuja Municipal Area Council. The Registrar of the Committee, Ibrahim Tata, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr. Tata said the clinics were Gado’s Clinic and Maternity Home and Lugbe Clinic and Maternity. According to him, unqualified medical personnel operate the two hospitals in an unhygienic environment. “The owners of the clinics failed to meet the required conditions for licensing, including suitable infrastructure and qualified personnel. “FCT Administration refused to issue licence to…
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Wednesday described the Ebola outbreak in the country as a “national emergency”. Mr. Chukwu made the statement at an emergency meeting convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Health over the Ebola outbreak in Abuja. He said that out of six Nigerians diagnosed with Ebola virus, one had died on Tuesday, adding that the other five patients were receiving treatment. The minister said that everyone in the world now was at risk, adding that the experience of Nigeria had opened the “eyes” of the world to the reality of Ebola. Mr. Chukwu…
Ahead of this Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to produce and circulate to all political parties, the Voters Identification Numbers of unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards in the state. The party made the call in a communique after its emergency National Executive Council meeting which held in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Wednesday. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who issued the communiqué, said INEC should declare anybody in possession of the VIN of the unclaimed PVCs as impostor, “who must be arrested if he or…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over what it called an ‘open threat’ by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, to institute a parallel government should the opposition party lose the 2015 general elections. PDP said the plan was to enact an ‘Arab Spring’ in Nigeria and berated APC for always claiming an election was rigged whenever it lost while accepting as free and fair, whenever it is declared winner. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, on Wednesday in Abuja, PDP said it is a globally acknowledged…
Some people call him a traitor for switching allegiance just days to the Osun State governorship election, but former Osun state Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has blamed the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), especially President Goodluck Jonathan for his exit from the PDP. Oyinlola defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday at a well-attended mega rally in Osogbo as they drummed support for Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s second term bid. According to him, President Jonathan and other national leaders of the PDP were responsible for his suspension as the National Secretary of the PDP, a development, which…
Famous OAP at Cool FM, Freeze, has angrily taken shots at US billionaire businessman Donald Trump. This comes after Donald Trump said the US govt should stop all flights from West African countries with cases of the Ebola virus from entering the US. Freeze didn’t like the comment and came out with all claws. See his tweets below: –
Famous Nigerian singer, Emmanuel Bezhiwa Idakula aka BEZ, married his sweet heart a while back now and they have been sharing the highs he has be reaching. The multiple award-winning artist with a long list of endorsements to his name told us a touching story on how he met his wife. The singer got married early this year, on Saturday, January 4, 2014 to be precise. Recounting how he met his wife in a recent interview with City People, Bez said: ‘wow! I went to Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, while she went to Olashore International School. These two schools and…
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF Nasarawa State Assembly AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA RECENTLY President Goodluck Jonathan unsuccessfully tried to settle the dispute between the Nasarawa State lawmakers and Governor Umaru Al-Makura, the Minority Leader, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Tanko Maikatako, said on Wednesday. Mr. Maikatako said the president appealed to the lawmakers to opt for dialogue rather than impeach Mr. Al-Makura, but that the legislators insisted on removing the governor. “The President’s efforts toward peace were not successful due to selfishness among the lawmakers”, Mr. Maikatako, who represents Lafia Central constituency, said in Lafia. “The President met with us and appealed to…
Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa State on Tuesday said he has been vindicated by the “not guilty” verdict of the-seven man impeachment panel, investigating allegations of gross misconduct leveled against him by the state House of Assembly. In his reaction to the verdict of the panel at the Government House, Lafia, the embattled governor said the dismissal of all the 16 charges against him had proven beyond reasonable doubt that he did nothing wrong in the discharge of his duties as Chief Executive Officer of the state. A hugely relieved Al-makura, who spoke with reporters, said, “There can be…
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Wednesday said the Federal Government has approved the upgrade of work at the second Niger Bridge. According to a statement by his spokesman, Umar Sani, the vice president made the disclosure while receiving a delegation of elders from Delta and Edo States at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation made up of Ebu, Illah, Emu, Inyede and Igbedo, the host and immediate benefiting communities of the Utor River Bridge on the Asaba-Illah-Emu-Ahia-Uromi Road, were led by the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen. Sambo said the upgrade of work was approved by the government to facilitate…
The Chief Butcher of the Boko Haram sect, Zakari Mohammed Ardo, yesterday, gave a chilling description of how the terrorist group used to slaughter people they capture, saying it only takes him two minutes to butcher victims and enemies condemned to death. Ardo, who had been reported in some media as having escaped from Police custody, said the group’s butchering committee was made up of five persons of which he is the chairman, pointing out that the other members will hold down the already tired victim while he cuts off the head. Speaking through an interpreter in Kanuri, the ‘Chief…
I bet by now you have been following the beef between Wizkid and Davido, all the curses and laughs. Anyways, in an exclusive interview with Sahara TV, Davido, who is currently in the US, said his recent online beef with Wizkid was because of the shade Wizkid threw regarding their concerts in the US (New York) “It’s not beef at all..but I’m the type of person if I feel something..to me everything you do, you don’t hit your brother down. This is the first time I’m saying this but the only reason I was upset was because of the NY…
Governors and leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, South-South zone, on Tuesday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term in 2015 general election. The endorsement of President Jonathan for the 2015 election was the highpoint of a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mua’zu, as part of his zonal tour of the South-South. The leaders of the region in a communiqué read at the end of the meeting by former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chibudom Nwuche, hinged their endorsement of the president’s re-election on the giant strides recorded by…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against attempting to rig the 2015 general election, saying if it fails to heed the warning, it would set up a ‘peoples’ government’. Addressing a mammoth crowd of supporters at the party’s mega rally for the re-election of its governorship candidate in Osun State at the Osogbo Township Stadium, the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, noted that the battle line was drawn. His words: “Let those who have ears hear that they should not tamper with a single vote that belongs to us. The battle line is…
Hmm, Halima Abubakar has decided to talk about relationships in her new interview. The Nollywood actress in a long and deep interview with Encomium Weekly, talks about her upcoming movie, her record label, relationships and her age. Read excerpts below: – On settling down: “Will I ask a man to marry me? Is it not when you see the man that you want to settle down with that you can decide to marry? You can’t just settle down with anybody because you need to marry. I don’t want to go into marriage and rush out of it. There is a lot…