Northern youth groups under the aegis of the Northern Youth Voters Forum (NYVF), have urged a former Head of State and national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to support the presidential bid of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2015. The group hinged its call on Atiku’s political clout, which it said was potent enough to send the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) packing out of power. Addressing journalists yesterday at Arewa House in Kaduna, the youths dressed in T-shirts and caps emblazoned with Atiku’s picture, said they endorsed the Turakin Adamawa as the…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Federal Government prevented Emirates Airline from flying the Kano route after the airline had sold tickets to prospective passengers, Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has alleged. Kwankwaso, who made the allegation during an interview with journalists in Kano, said the airline had already sold tickets and people were eager to fly until the federal government pulled the plugs in the last minute. The airline was slated to begin Kano operations on August 1. Kwankwaso said the federal government has directed the airline to instead fly to any other state except Kano. “If you are talking of investment, we have so many…
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has urged the general public not to leave security matters to government or traditional rulers alone, even as he blamed the present insecurity situation in the country on the twin evils of poverty and illiteracy. Speaking on Monday at a meeting of Kano elders, the emir said ensuring adequate security in the society should be the collective effort of all Nigerians. His words: “If you see a 17-year-old carrying bomb, there is a need to ask ourselves a question; was she brainwashed because of illiteracy or how much was she paid because…
The Oyo State Government has described as mere campaign of calumny, insinuations that one of the government-owned secondary schools in Ibadan, the state capital, has been pulled down to make way for a shopping mall. The State Government was reacting to a report credited to the Senate deputy chief whip, Senator Hosea Ayoola Agboola that it was planning to convert Oba Akinbiyi High School, Mokola, Ibadan, to a shopping mall. The state Commissioner for Education, Solomon Olaniyonu, in a statement issued in Ibadan, on Monday, to refute the report, said Oba Akinbiyi High School was one of the six schools…
The acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has sounded a note of warning to people who have no business to conduct in Osun State this weekend, when the governorship election holds, to stay away during the period or have themselves to blame. Speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with Vice President Namadi Sambo, in Abuja, on Monday, Abba maintained that only people with official duties to perform in the state would be allowed to move freely within the state during the election period. He also revealed that he had already made changes to the schedule of operations…
Never quarreled for a day??? Hmmm *coughs* Ok oooh. A certain Ruth Abosede Adekola who is married to star actor, Odunlade Adekola came up with some shocking statements on her marriage to a Nigerian actor. According to her, they met at a church night vigil in 1995 and the actor proposed to her shortly after that. Ruth described her husband as her rock and says he also sees her like a semi-god and loves her to a fault. She also explains how she has been able to deal with gossips that surrounds are husband; the couple are blessed with three…
Governor of Niger State and Chairman, Northern States Governors Forum, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, yesterday, denied the rumor that he drafted the former deputy governor of the state, Dr. Shem Nuhu Zagbayi, into the Niger- East senatorial district race on his behalf. The governor spoke in Minna, the state capital, against the general belief that Dr. Zagbayi was drafted into the race for the Niger-East senatorial seat to serve as a stopgap measure for him to contest the seat in 2015. The seat became vacant following the death of Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta. But Aliyu said the emergence of Zagbayi…
Ahead of the August 9, governorship election, the All Progressives Congress has alleged that about 500,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been cloned in Osun State. It said the cards, which were either unclaimed, nor handed over to the authentic owners or were obtained fraudulently, were cloned to rig Saturday’s poll. In a statement on Monday by its ational Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC said: “These cloned cards, mostly in the hands of persons from states other than Osun, are to be used along with the authentic PVCs issued to the electorate during Saturday’s election. “Already, we can confirm…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has been appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan as the National Amirul Hajj, who will lead the 23-member Federal Government delegation to this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Sam Nwaobasi, in Abuja, on Monday. The statement listed other members of the delegation as: Senator Bello Tukur,; Alhaji Ismaila Gadaka, Hon. Justice Tajudeen Ariwoola, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed and the Emir of Suleja, Muhammed Auwal Ibrahim. Also in the team are, Oba Aderemi Adedapo,…
Veteran Nigerian Afro R&B star — Paul I.K Dairo has taken a bold step as he sues Etisalat and Optima Media Group who stages the yearly Nigerian Idol show. He grievance is the unauthorized usage of his song, Mosorire. Paul Play is accusing them of reproducing his song on the show and airing it on air as well as their you tube channel without his consent. According to a source, Paul Play wouldn’t have sued them if only the companies agreed to his terms when his lawyers wrote them, but they turned deaf ears to him and his lawyers instead, which…
The Adamawa Acting Governor, Umaru Fintiri, has approved the constitution of seven-member judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the administration Murtala Nyako, impeached former governor of the state from June 2007 to June 2014. This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Tukur Liman, in Yola on Monday. The statement stated that the panel was given four weeks to submit its findings. “It is to undertake a comprehensive assessment on governance in Adamawa from June, 2007 to June, 2014”, it stated. Others include the investigation of disbursement and application of funds to ministries, boards,…
The Federal Government said in Jalingo on Monday that it had engaged 7,000 graduates under its SURE-P Graduate Internship Scheme, GIS. The Chief Project Officer of SURE-P, Istifanus Bargo, said this at a three-day orientation programme for interns and firms under GIS. Mr. Bargo explained that over 170,000 graduates had registered in the scheme’s database out of which 7,000 had been matched with firms. According to him, the scheme is a deliberate effort by the federal government to link unemployed graduates with firms with a view to enhancing their skills and employability. He said federal government paid N30,000 monthly stipends…
President GOODLUCK Jonathan LAUNCHES THE E-PASSPORT LAST WEDNESDAY The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, said on Monday that 24 officers were sent to various embassies abroad to ease the process of obtaining visas and e-passport. The NIS Public Relations Officer, Emeka Obua, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. Mr. Obua said some Nigerians in Diaspora experienced difficulties obtaining the passport because NIS was not represented at some Nigerian embassies. “President Goodluck Jonathan has graciously approved and increased the number of missions abroad so that the service can send officers to man them,” he…
Wow, I must admit that I’m impressed, I might be coming in a bit late, but still………… One of Nigeria’s popular magazine publications — Icon Weekly has retracted its story concerning 2Face Idibia. In March, the weekly magazine reported that a Lagos banker is expecting a child for the music superstar. Her name was reportedly Teniola and she is a graduate of the University of Lagos. 960 Music Group – 2Face’s management later released a statement refuting the reports and later sued the publication for 100 million. The management got a letter from July 20th and they have released the…
Following the disclosure by the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday that a medical doctor in Lagos has been infected with the deadly Ebola virus, Temitope Joshua, popularly known as Pastor T.B Joshua, has directed Ebola victims intending to visit his church, the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, for healing, to remain in their countries. The news of the unnamed infected doctor, marks the second case of confirmed Ebola infection in Lagos after Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian, contracted and died of the ailment last month. As the death toll from Ebola increases across West Africa and following…
The Nigerian military said, yesterday, that it took the issue of human rights seriously and will never condone any proven case of abuse by its personnel. Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, in response to allegations of war crimes against the military by Amnesty International, said in a statement: “Military authorities are deeply concerned about the set of video footage being circulated and which unfortunately has also become reference data for Amnesty International in its report.” Amnesty International, in its report, claimed to have “a fresh evidence of war crimes, including extrajudicial executions, and other serious human rights violations…
The Nigerian Navy said on Monday that it had deployed a standard security measure to guard against any insurgency activity around the Niger Bridge in Onitsha. The Niger Bridge is the only link between the South-East and Delta State through South West Nigeria. The Commanding Officer of Naval Out-post, Onitsha, Mike Oamen, said in Onitsha, Anambra that the bridge was under heavy surveillance. “We are on top of the water (River Niger); the way we did it is concentric lines of defence. “So, we patrol the waterways; as you come into the land, the marine police are there. Because there…
Marriages are a thing of joy and USUALLY, most women look forward to that day. I came across the above photo online and decided to share. At first I could help but burst into laughter but when you think about it again, this is the fun of being in-love. You can clearly see the wide smile on the bride’s face, she would love to leave the venue in a limousine but they can’t afford it. Now that’s real Love!!!
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara on Monday accused officials of the All progressives Congress, APC, of buying Temporary Voter Cards, TVC, from the electorate ahead of the 2015 general elections in the state. Rex Olawoye, the state PDP Publicity Secretary, made the accusation in Ilorin in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. He alleged that the illegal practice was being perpetrated in all the 16 local government areas of the state. He said that each temporary voter card was being bought for between N2,000 and N5,000 from their owners. Mr. Olawoye alleged that officials of the APC…
The Presidency has slammed Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of running a government based on ethnic sentiment and religious bigotry. Kwankwaso had in an interview with newsmen, weekend, argued that the real cause of insecurity in the country was bad leadership, adding that the inability of President Jonathan to tackle the issue of insurgency has exposed Jonathan’s incompetence to preside over the affairs of Nigeria. Reacting yesterday, Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said Governor Kwankwaso must try to use his head when commenting on national issues.…