President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday evening vowed that he would lead Nigerians to defeat the Boko Haram sect that has been unleashing terror on parts of the country. “Fellow citizens, we will defeat terror and I will lead Nigerians to achieve this”, the president declared at a fundraising dinner where over N58bn was raised for the Victims Support Fund. The event held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja was meant to raise fund to provide relief and succour for all those who have been adversely affected by terrorism and insurgency in the country. Jonathan said the fact that…
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Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged the Federal Government to close its borders with affected West African countries to prevent the outbreak of Ebola virus in the country. Speaking at Lagos House, Ikeja, on Friday, Fashola said Ebola was no longer a local problem, but an international one that required urgent measures in place to prevent its spread. He said, “This is because it is easily transmittable across the borders and boundaries. “The Federal Government team has been working with the state’s team. But I think what the Federal Government should do is to consider closing down some…
The ongoing National Conference in Abuja has lost another delegate. He is Prof. Muhammad Nur Alkali. Prof. Alkali, who is one of the six representatives of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, according to LEADERSHIP SATURDAY, died at his residence in Maiduguri on Friday night, August 1, 2014. He was aged 68. A renowned Professor of History, Alkali was a two-term Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (1985-1992), Director General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS (1993-1998) and Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee under the administration of the late Gen. Sani Abacha. He was also a member of…
So, over a week ago, people on social media attacked the actress turned singer — Tonto Dikeh, for calling out her maid for wearing her shoes and what-not; but it seems Tonto Dikeh has replied in the best way she can. Yesterday, she was bashed yet again by some of her fans for addressing her cook, Onyinye as her maid. Tonto Dikeh apparently doesn’t care as she shared more photos of herself and Onyinye goofing around in matching dresses. Scroll down to see more photos: –
A group known as the House-to-House campaign organization, has advised the All Progressives Congress to stop denigrating the office of the President of Nigeria. Director-General of the group, Hon. Ogidi Bara Benjamin, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, decried what he described as unnecessary and unwarranted barrage of scathing and vitriolic criticism of the APC on the presidency. “The APC since its emergence as a political party has been engaging itself in a voyage of baseless and destructive criticism of the office of the President without proffering any iota of solution to correct and address what could have been…
A total of N58.79 billion was realised at Thursday’s fund-raising dinner for President Goodluck Jonathan’s Victims Support Fund, his office disclosed in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The statement, issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, said the sum exceeded the initial target of N50 billion by N8.79 billion. It expressed Mr. Jonathan’s appreciation to those who responded to his call for collective action to support victims of terrorism in the country, for which the fund is meant. “The President said he was overwhelmed by the expression of support, co-operation and solidarity by Nigerians…
The Oyo State Government has assured the people of the state that it has taken some precautionary measures to ensure that the infectious Ebola virus does not find its way to the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Muyiwa Gbedegesin, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Friday, said that the state government was working closely with the Federal Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministries of Health of the neighbouring states to prevent the outbreak of the disease. “All the disease surveillance and notification officers in all the local government areas have been alerted…
Commercial banks in Benue State on Friday joined the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress ongoing strike which commenced on July 30. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the strike was to protest the deductions of staff salaries and non-payment of three years’ transport allowances owed them. They were also protesting the non-implementation of the full minimum wage by the state government. NAN also reports that part of the workers’ grievances were the non-implementation of 15 per cent and two and half per cent increment for pensioners in the state. Customers were stranded at the various banks…
Remember when I brought you shots from Charly Boy’s extremely edgy shoot barely a week ago? Well, the veteran musician Charly Boy has released another set of daring photos. His wife also features in the shoot. See photos below: –
Ahead of the August 9 governorship poll in Osun State and as part of the final leg of its campaigns, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and top leaders of the party will from Monday, relocate to Osogbo, the state capital. The relocation of APC leaders was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the APC National Chairman, Odigie-Oyegun on Friday. The statement said: “This is to inform the general public and millions of our dear members, and supporters that as from 4th August 2014, the National Secretariat of our great party, the…
The political drama playing out in Adamawa State took a different dimension yesterday as the acting governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri vowed to punish the impeached governor of the state, Murtala Nyako, who allegedly squandered the states resources to the tune of about N82billion. Fintiri, who made the remark during a PDP stakeholders meeting which took place at government house, Yola, said Nyako’s punishment will serve as a deterrent to any leader with an insatiable appetite to steal public funds. The acting governor said he will inaugurate the panel of inquiry, which will look into the financial misdeeds of the former…
The Amphibious Training School, Calabar, on Friday graduated 45 soldiers after undergoing three months intensive training on Maritime Warfare and other security challenges on the waterways. The Flag Officer Commanding, FOC, Eastern Naval Command, Obiora Medani, said the training was necessary in the face of the current security challenges in the country. Mr. Medani, a Rear Admiral, said the training was strategic because it would enable the soldiers operate alongside the Navy in protecting Nigeria’s territorial waters. “Any combined arms training is very good, like the training that they have just finished, as it enables them to operate with the…
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday effected a major shake-up in the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), a National Oil company that has been involved in alleged financial misconduct in recent times. The president sacked the Group Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Yakubu as well as the Managing Director of NNPC subsidiary Exploration and Production (E&P) company, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Mr. Victor Briggs. Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha who had served previously as the Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production of NNPC was appointed by Jonathan as the new GMD of NNPC while Briggs who only last March…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said President Goodluck Jonathan lacked the political will end terrorism in Nigeria. “I must admit is appalling. I have never seen it this bad – not even during the civil war did we have this sense of insecurity all over the country,” Atiku told Voice of America (VOA). The former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) noted that growing insecurity has undermined the country’s economy as well as impacted negatively on Nigeria’s reputation in the international community. Atiku said…
Apparently, Wizkid has more than just Davido to deal with now as some of his own fans have turned against him. Star Boy CEO — Wizkid is currently in Miami, Florida to shoot a new music video. As we all wait to see what Wizkid has in store for us, his fans are not so happy with his latest moves. The 24-year-old Superstar posted photos and video clips on his official Instagram page and his followers are going in on him for not featuring dark skinned girls but Latino ladies. This is not the first time Wizkid has been caught…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised an alarm that the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP-led federal government has deployed thousands of masked operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, to Osun State ahead of the August 9 governorship election. In a statement issued in Lagos, Friday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party wondered why the federal government would send DSS operatives “masked and clad in black” to harass innocent citizens of the state. “As widely reported, DSS agents, armed to the teeth and riding in over 50 trucks, drove around Osogbo and other parts of…
Determined to prove his innocence before the people that put him in office, the embattled Governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, has offered to waive off his immunity to appear before the seven-man investigative panel set up by the state Chief Judge on alleged mismanagement of state funds. The seven-member panel headed by Mr. Yusuf Usman, which is scheduled to begin public sitting on Monday in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, has notified all the parties involved, including the House of Assembly. Confirming his decision to appear before the panel yesterday, Governor Al-Makura simply said: “I think I will…
American singer Chris Brown has been spotted in swimwear showing that he really gained some weight while in jail. The troubled celebrity spent about 3 months behind the bars over violating the probation in connection with Rihanna’s case. He was even had to celebrate his 25th birthday in prison. However in the beginning of June Chris returned to his beautiful model girlfriend Karrueche Tran and seemed to look a bit chubby. See the BEFORE picture for comparison: This became evident yesterday as the rapper was pictured while he was chartering a luxury yacht on in St. Tropez, France. No matter what, the fact…
Adamawa youths under the banner of Concerned Youths for Good Governance, have called on the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and contest in the Adamawa State governorship by-election. Ribadu is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress but is being courted by the ruling PDP in the state due to his soaring popularity. Speaking in an interactive session with stakeholders from 21 local government areas in the state in Yola, chairman of the group, Ibrahim Toungo said the former anti-graft czar has all it takes to…
Youths groups under the aegis of the Niger Delta Youth Leaders Council on Thursday announced a last minute cancellation of their one million man march on Abuja, the nation’s capital, in support of President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his ambition to run for second term in office. The groups said they decided to shelve the rally planned in honour of people who died from suspected Boko Haram bomb blasts during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Addressing reporters yesterday in Abuja, coordinator of the groups, Barrister George Turnah, said after series of consultations with stakeholders, it was resolved that the rally be suspended…