The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock has reiterated that the British Government’s offer of assistance to Nigeria in the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls does not involve deploying troops in Nigeria to assume any combat roles. “What we are doing is bringing in some form of expertise, particularly in training and advisory roles and not combat roles,” he said. Pocock stated this while speaking to newsmen, yesterday, on board HMS Iron Duke, a Royal Navy Warship on a working visit to Nigeria. According to him, combat roles specifically is Nigeria’s responsibility. “We are not bringing troops in…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The new Minister of National Planning Commission (NPC), Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, has expressed determination to work hard towards providing the Federal Government with accurate data on Boko Haram, Ebola Virus disease within and outside the country to actualise its ongoing transformation agenda. Sulaiman made the pledge during the official handing and taking over ceremony at the National Planning Commission, yesterday, in Abuja. “I am from the academia, I know what it means to research, monitor and do surveillance, and this we will do to get the best out of us. “We have to work hard to get accurate data not…
Men of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a man, said to be a pastor, and a woman, for allegedly killing two children with a deadly substance sold by the pastor for N1,850. In a press release, the Command spokesperson, DSP Celestina Kalu, said the suspects are in custody helping the police with relevant information. “On July 25, at about 4.00 am, the Police at Abraka Police Station received information that a woman, Ese Oghenevwe (25), of Urhuoka quarters, Abraka had killed her two sons namely, Prayer Clement (9 months) and Wisdom Clement (2 years) by giving them a…
Superstar model and ex Miss Beautiful Girl in Nigeria — Sylvia Nduka, has slammed all rumors that she is married. A month ago, Sylvia who won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant in 2011 sparked reports that she is engaged and married after she posted an image of herself with a diamond ring. She captioned the photo – “#official”. A rep for Sylvia revealed clearly that she is not engaged; reports also came up that she married a top Nigerian politician in the presence of friends and family in Houston, Texas. In an interview with Encomium Weekly, Sylvia touched…
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned today’s attack on Kano State Polytechnic and has therefore directed the Armed Forces, Police and other national security agencies to strengthen security around educational facilities in states prone to terrorist attacks. The President also condemned the attacks on two mosques in Potiskum, Yobe State Tuesday. “No amount of intimidation and violence would stampede the government into abandoning its goal of giving education a new lease of life and opening up access to all young Nigerians who wish to improve themselves,” said Jonathan in reaction to the suicide bombing of the Aminu Kano College of Islamic…
Veteran Nollywood diva, Mercy Johnson is said to be the highest paid actress in Nigeria at the moment but she’s currently on a forced work leave. The movie star who is expecting her second child with Prince Odianosen Okojie, dressed her growing bump in an attractive white blouse, and white pants. She styled the look for the outing with a white bag, white palm sandals, a selection of silver jewelry and dark shades. Her daughter also looks adorable in a white T-shirt, jeans, and white shoes.
After he released awkward photos of himself and two ladies he calls ‘Virgins’, the area fada of Abuja entertainment has dropped another controversial open letter. Read a brief section below: – In the late seventeenth century, witchcraft was big deal as it is now. When someone knows how to deal with nature and understand certain ways to manipulate it to yield to him/herself then such a one is labeled a witch. Until now, when people see that one is breaking forth against odds or doing things that seem beyond the ordinary then others begin to tag them as witches or…
Legendary ‘Soukous’ singer — Awilo Longomba is in the news again. Remember I told you all how much the Makossa singer was enjoying Nigeria and not long after, he is back. The legendary African act requested the vocal prowess of Yemi Alade on a new single he just dropped. The ‘Johnny’ crooner is surely every acts dream collabo-mate due to the energy, sweet vocals and high banging beat on the jam ‘JOHNNY’. The two acts hooked up in the studio yesterday and these pictures were taken during their studio session. It is not yet clear whose album the song will…
Jim Iyke might seem like the baddest and bravest man in his movies but when it comes down to reality, everything changes. The veteran Nollywood actor has jetted out of Liberia’s capital city Monrovia with his business plans unfinished. He revealed that he is scared about the deadly virus and although his business plans were not concluded, he had to leave. Jim posted this photo of himself sitting in the airport’s VIP lounge, wearing a face mask. Although it has not be revealed that the virus is now airborne, Jim seems to be taken his own precautionary steps. ” Monrovia,…
This is a new turn of events as Dokubo seemed to be always on the side of President Goodluck Jonathan, at least till yesterday. On Tuesday, leader of Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteers Force Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari slammed President Jonathan over his comment that there would have been crisis if Gen. Muhammadu Buhari died in the Kaduna blast. He said that placing one life over 80 other people that died was completely wrong. Asari Dokubo told reporters in Abuja that; “I do not work for Jonathan. What the President said was wrong. The life of Buhari is not more important than 87…
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State on Wednesday raised the alarm over plans by some unnamed individuals and groups in the state to drive a wedge between the executive and legislature. The governor stated this in Abakaliki, the state capital, in his first reaction to the crisis currently brewing at the state House of Assembly. The crisis started when 18 out of the 24 members of the House impeached the Speaker, Chukwuma Nwazunku and elected Rt. Hon Helen Nwaobasi as the new speaker. But Uwazunku, supported by some of his colleagues opposed to his impeachment, insisted that he remained the…
The Nasarawa State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elders from the state of masterminding the impeachment plot against Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, saying the move is occasioned by the party’s fear of facing Al-Makura at next year’s election. This position was made known in a press statement signed by the state chairman of APC, Mr. Philip Shekwo, after the executive committee meeting of the party in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital yesterday. The party was reacting to advertorials recently published in some national dailies in which chieftains of the PDP expressed their support…
The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the August 9 Osun governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has assured that he would not abandon any ongoing project of the Governor Rauf Aregbesola administration if elected governor of the state. Omisore, who spoke through the director general of his campaign organisation, Akogun Lere Oyewumi, while addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, however, said that the assurance covers only projects that are beneficial to the people of the state. The PDP governorship candidate was reacting to fears in some quarters that he might abandon some ongoing projects embarked upon by the…
The former political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, has declared his intention to contest the forthcoming governorship by-election of Adamawa State. Speaking while addressing stakeholders at the Conference hall of Lelewal Motel in Jimeta, near Yola, the Adamawa State capital, Gulak said his intention to contest the gubernatorial seat, which became vacant following the impeachment of Murtala Nyako, was to right the wrongs of the past administration. He allayed any fear over imposition of candidates in the gubernatorial race just as he said the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party national leadership had no intention to impose…
The Senator representing Edo North, Domingo Obende, has said President Goodluck Jonathan has committed some impeachable offences but the Senate shunned the temptation to remove him from office because it wanted to avoid causing unnecessary chaos in the polity. Domingo was reacting to the gale of impeachment by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against governors of states controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC). He argued that the PDP had not been tolerant as the APC. According to the senator, had the APC been on the rampage like the PDP, Jonathan would have been impeached long ago for the…
President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigeria has moved a step forward as the federal government launches a new 64 page e-passport. Speaking during the event held at the Presidential Villa, Jonathan said the key thing was for Nigeria to have a robust relationship with key countries so that frequent travellers may not need visas. “One thing one must know today is that it is not the issue of 64-page passport that is key to Nigerians but the security. If our passport could be easily faked by criminals, then we will have problems. One thing again is that how can Nigerians are…
Maj.-Gen Emmanuel Abejirin, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2nd Division Nigerian Army, Ibadan, on Wednesday inaugurated a general court martial to try erring personnel within the division. The GOC said at the inauguration that the Court Marshal became necessary to dispose of some disciplinary cases which by the provisions of military law could not be tried summarily. He said the cases included stealing, forgery, defilement, r*pe and murder. He said member the court martial, led by Brig. Gen Felix Agugo, were selected based on rank, seniority, general service knowledge and wealth of experience. “Let me note at this point that…
Coordinator of National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri says security forces stopped a car in Kano’s neighbouring state of Katsina today and arrested three suspected Boko Haram members. The group included one male and two girls, aged 18 and 10. The older two tried to flee, according to Omeri’s statement. The “10-year-old…was discovered to have been strapped with an explosive belt,” he said. The chilling trend of deploying young women and girls as bombers comes three-and-half months after Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the remote town of Chibok in the northeast. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau boasted…
The Senator representing Rivers South-East, Magnus Abe, yesterday, expressed concern that the Nigerian Government’s over-reliance on oil and the current disagreement over resource control in the country, could split the nation if not properly handled. Abe, who stated this in an interview with journalists in the state, therefore advised that, rather than fight over the percentage from oil resources, Nigerian leaders should develop and utilize other natural resources which remained untapped across the country. He said, “What is getting the most attention is oil. If you sit with people who think and analyse what we are doing in this country, what…
Nigeria’s leading indigenous automobile manufacturer, Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company Limited, has concluded plans to export its passenger car brands to West African countries, especially Republic of Benin and Ghana, as soon as the vehicles are finally rolled out from the company’s plant in Nnewi, Anambra State. The products to be exported include Fox Sedan and Amazon car brands. Chairman of Innoson Group of Companies, Chief Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma, made this known at the company’s Nnewi plant during a brief preview of the company’s passenger cars to mark the formal takeoff of the auto policy. He noted that Innoson-branded vehicles are…