The leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday gave what he called final warning to all Igbo sons and daughters resident in the northern part of Nigeria to leave the zone or face dire consequences. Uwazuruike, who gave the warning in Okwe near Okigwe, Imo State, after an emergency meeting with leadership of the movement, said the directive became imperative to avoid further loss of Igbo lives in the North due to the increasing bloodletting by Boko Haram insurgents. The MASSOB leader said it did not require a prophet for any…
Author: Wale Adebayo
America’s baddest gil — Rihanna, is one of those people that has on and off moods and never holds it in. It seems she was in one of those moods recently. After rehearsing with Eminem in Detroit for the upcoming ‘The Monster Tour’ , Rihanna landed at the JFK airport in New York, in a not so great mood on Wednesday. The “What Now?” singer snapped at an excited fan who was waiting to take a photo, saying “Give me a minute, Jesus Christ!” And when she later found out that her car wasn’t waiting for her at the bottom…
A youth group, Lamido Youth Movement, yesterday warned members of the National Assembly from Jigawa State against falling for the temptation to betray the State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido ahead of the 2015 election. In a statement signed by the movement’s chairman, Malam Aliyu Muskula, the youths declared that they are solidly behind Lamido and ever ready to defend his interests. “We heard that there are some members of the House of Representatives that are trying to betray Governor Sule Lamido ahead of the 2015. I want to remind those legislators that Lamido was instrumental to their election in 2007…
Chibok indigenes resident in the nation’s capital have denied knowledge of a N100 million presidential largesse allegedly given to a delegation of Chibok community from Borno State, when they visited President Goodluck Jonathan recently at the presidential villa, Abuja. The Chibok indigenes, under the banner of Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), Instead, claimed that the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Duties, Prof. Dan Adebiyi after the visit with the president, visited the hotel where they were accommodated and presented a token of N100,000 each to the escaped girls on behalf of the Presidency. Out of the 122…
Just when you thought you had seen it all with smartphones, Innjo one of the biggest smartphone brands in the world launched their latest gadget the “Innjo i1s” on Jumia. The Nigerian market is the biggest market in Africa with 125million mobile phone user and a good proportion of the Market 30% using smartphones. In the past year, we have seen major players step up to the big brands. Tecno and Solo have mapped out the market well with new innovations on latest gadgets. Innjoo is one of the newest smartphone players joining the smartphone market offering Nigerian’s top-notch gadgets…
Survivors of the carbon monoxide inhalation incident at a prayer vigil in Aba, Abia State, during the weekend have recounted their experiences. The survivors are now recuperating at the Austin Graces and Goodness and Mercy Hospital on Okigwe Road, Aba. Fifteen of the 16 people, who had gone for the prayers on Eziukwu Road on Friday, were found unconscious on Saturday, while one person died in the incident. Uchechukwu Sylvester, one of the affected persons, narrated his experience in an interview from his hospital bed. “It was Friday night and we went for tarry night at Eziukwu road. I can…
Its been a while since this couple had their pair of twins but this is really the closest we have come to seeing them upfront. Muma Gee and her husband Prince Eke welcomed a set of twins back in April and they just shared photos of themselves and their bundle of joy on Instagram. Check out some of the photos below: –
Outgoing Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has signed into law a bill creating additional council areas from the existing 16 local governments in the state. At the signing of the bill yesterday, Fayemi also denied allegations in some quarters that his government created the new councils as a trap for the incoming Peoples Democratic Party-led administration of Mr. Ayo Fayose. This is just as the matter of the newly created councils is being contested at an Ado Ekiti High Court by the PDP in the state. According to Fayemi, he created the new councils in fulfilment of his administration’s…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State was yesterday forced to jettison the earlier consensus arrangement for the selection of the party’s candidates for the August 16 by-election into the vacant Niger-East Senatorial District seat. The seat became vacant following the death of Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta last month. The party had early this month given the ticket to the former deputy governor of the state, Dr. Shem Nuhu Zagbayi. But following the submission of letter of intent by one time member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Musa, to join the race, the party had to make the contest for…
I’m always happy to see our Nigerian artistes diversifying and entering into other ventures. One of the hottest rappers in Nigeria t the moment — Chocolate city’s multiple award wining artiste, Icepince Zamani, has unveiled his sunglasses merchandise, superfly by Iceprince. Superfly which comes in two main designs- “the cat woman” and “classic” available on online stores, www.konga.com and www.jumia.com.ng The merchandise which is in conjunction with KGS group is billed for a public launch soon.
As the wave of impeachment threat berths in Imo State, the State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has expressed confidence that his seat is not under any threat from the State House of Assembly. He was reacting to alleged moves by the state lawmakers to impeach him over unpaid entitlements. Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha said that he is not aware of such move. He said: “we read it in the newspapers like every other Nigerian, and we are not aware that members of the State House of Assembly are making any move to impeach me”.…
The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Wednesday in Abuja said international terror organisations use female suicide bombers in attacks because they are less suspicious. Mr. Mba, who was answering questions at the National Information Centre, said the use of females in suicide attacks is not new. “Established international terror organisations use female suicide bombers, the major reason is because women generally raise fewer suspicion, particularly when there are security layers. “If you have been following the trend of terrorism worldwide, you will understand that the use of a female suicide bomber is not new. “But, it is a…
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to you all, because i already revealed that Lil Wayne has signed Cristiano Ronaldo to his Sporting Agency. However, Lil Wayne met some of the Real Madrid football players at their hotel in Miami, Florida. In the photos below, Tunechi can be seen with Sergio Ramos, Pepe, and Jesus Fernandez Collado (who is better known as just Jesus). If you are wondering what the Spanish team are currently doing in the United States of America, they are taking place in the International Champions Cup on their pre-season tour. They have already played and lost…
Ahead of the 2015 general election, a group known as the League of Patriotic and Progressive Youth, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is the only candidate that has the political clout to deliver the presidency to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). A statement by its North central zonal coordinator, Dominic Alancha, said after various consultations with other youth groups in the country and leading political actors, “it is increasingly clear that only the former Vice President has the political stamina and sagacity to match the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP)”. He added: “We therefore, urge the…
The pan-northern socio-cultural organization, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), on Wednesday described the mass movement of people from different parts of the country to Abuja for solidarity rally in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid, as a security threat to the nation. The body also said such mass demonstrations by youths from certain sections of the country may portray them as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians, who have been under terrorist attacks and bomb blasts. ACF in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mohammed Ibrahim, said, “The movement of Nigerians to Abuja for such rallies may likely…
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, declared the seat of the member representing Etsako West Constituency I, Mr. Abdulrazak Momoh, vacant for defecting to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from All Progressives Congress (APC). The Speaker, Mr. Uyi Igbe, during plenary of the APC lawmakers at the Old Assembly complex in Government House, Benin, said the lawmaker’s defection did not follow due process. According to him, section 109 (1g) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, empowers the Speaker to declare the seat of a lawmaker, upon defection to another party from the party he was elected, vacant. He…
A 10-year-old girl with explosives strapped on to her body has been arrested, Mr. Mike Omeri, Coordinator of the National Information Centre, has said. The girl, Hadiza Musa, was arrested alongside another 18-year-old girl, Zainab Musa, and an adult male, Iliya Dahiru. They were all wired up with explosives, travelling in a car at night on Zaria Road in Tundun Wada, Funtua Local Government Area, Katsina State. The arrests were made on Tuesday night. Omeri, who is also the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), broke the news yesterday in Abuja during a routine press briefing, saying it was an…
Former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has described plans by the Acting Governor of the state to probe his administration as “ridiculous”. The acting governor, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, in a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday, announced that Nyako’s administration, which he accused of leaving behind a whopping N82 billion debt, would be probed. A statement issued in Yola on Wednesday by Nyako’s Director of Press and Publicity, Malam Ahmad Sajoh, said the planned probe was an attempt to discredit the former governor and pitch him against the people of Adamawa. “To say Nyako left a liability of N82 billion is…
The First Lady, Dame (Dr) Patience Jonathan, has denied reports in a section of the media that she is related to one Christopher Awai, who reportedly drowned under suspicious circumstances at the swimming pool of an Abuja hotel. Mrs Jonathan, in a statement yesterday by her spokesperson, Ayo Adewuyi, also denied that a woman mentioned in media reports as having petitioned the police on the death of Awai, is also not her younger sister. “We also wish to state without any iota of equivocation that Madam Esther Ebiere Gbonkumor who was mentioned in the news reports as the immediate younger…
Leadership of the Chibok community group, Kibaku Area Development Association, Abuja Chapter, has denied that it received the alleged N100 million incentive from the Presidency on account of the missing Chibok girls. The group, in a statement by its spokesperson, Dauda Ilya, described the claim as “false, malicious and unfounded.” The group explained that it only offered, as a community association that represented the Chibok people in Abuja, to facilitate the visit of parents of the abducted girls and 51 of the 57 that escaped. It added that it helped make that visit possible despite their misgivings that it was…