A retired Air Commodore, John Ajaiye, yesterday warned the military against attempting to stage a coup in the face of the security challenges in the country. Air Commodore Ajaiye (retd), who is chairman of a Pro-Jonathan group, Arise Nigeria, warned his former colleagues that Nigerians would resist any attempt to return the country to military rule. Speaking to journalists in Kaduna, the retired Air Force officer also commended President Goodluck Jonathan for allowing developed countries to assist in the search for lasting solutions to the raging problem of terrorism in Nigeria. He said: “It may be becoming tempting for some…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Six people have been killed in the latest suicide blast in Kano city killed six people on Wednesday and was carried out by a woman, the fourth time a female bomber has attacked the city in a week, reports AFP, quoting Mike Omeri, Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA). “At about 2.30 pm (1330 GMT), another female suicide bomber exploded an improvised explosive device at the Kano State polytechnic… Six persons were killed,” government spokesman Mike Omeri said in a statement. Kano state Police Commissioner Adenrele Shinaba confirmed the blast, noting that a young female dress in dark…
The gale of suicide bombings that has rocked Kano State this week continued on Wednesday afternoon as a teenage female suicide bomber blew herself up along with some students of the Kano State Polytechnic, along Bayero University of Kano, old site road. The bomber was said to have ran into the students, most of them graduates, who were checking their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) postings, before detonating the explosives she was wearing. The Kano State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Aderenle Shinaba, confirmed that the suicide bomber and two of the graduates lost their lives while eight others were injured.
I just received new reports that Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria winner, Iheoma Nnadi lied about her age. Iheoma Nnadi initially claimed to be 19 on her Silverbird profile. Reports began to fizzle in after the above photo was found on Instagram account, which she said she took 7 years ago. Well that certainly isn’t a 12-year old. Or could it be. She posted the above pic on twitter 10 months ago and claimed she took the picture in 2007! Nnadi has since deleted the picture from her Instagram, and has not publicly responded to the allegations.
Petite singer and successful contestant from one of the previous MTN Project Fame contest — Chidinma isn’t one to flaunt anything on social media. The reserved singer who was involved in a s*x-tape rumor last year has shown us that she ‘Garrit’ The singer shared the above photo of herself and the long thing she has behind. I must say that I just developed a new affection for Chidinma!!
Famous celebrity couple of Mariah Carey and her TV presenter spouse Nick Cannon have concluded the sale of their massive Bel Air mansion for over $10m. See how TMZ reports it: – The couple have earned a cool $3 million profit. The parents of three-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe bought the house for $7 million in 2009, a year after they wed, but are now planning to uproot from the West Coast permanently and live in New York City. The $10 million payday is significantly lower than the stars’ asking price, as they initially put the house on the market…
Marriage is one of the most difficult things to live through, especially in this present age with so much side attractions out there; however, some couples still make it work. Congratulations to the founder of Genevieve Magazine Betty Irabor and veteran Nigerian broadcaster Soni Irabor celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary. See photo and caption below: – Betty Irabor @BettyIrabor Follow Loving each other through our imperfections… 10:18 AM – 29 Jul 2014 Betty Irabor @BettyIrabor Follow It’s our wedding anniversary today. 31 years. 9:44 AM – 29 Jul 2014
Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, alongside former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande and national publicity secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday visited former military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari in his Sultan close residence in Kaduna, to commiserate with him over the recent suicide bomb attack that was targeted at him. The visit and discussions, which held behind closed doors, lasted longer than an hour. Although Tinubu, who led the team would not take questions from newsmen after their meeting, he however shook hands with reporters…
A pro-Jonathan group, the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), has cautioned opponents of President Goodluck Jonathan against disrespecting the nation’s top office in the name of politics. Co-ordinator of the legal department of the group, Mr Nureni Otutu, stated this in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital yesterday. He said: “it is only in Nigeria that an individual or group of individuals will hurl insults on the person of the President. Yes there is freedom of speech, this freedom should be exercised with decorum, decency and respect”. The legal practitioner stressed that the office of the president should be sacred, which must…
Nigeria’s largest online store Jumia Nigeria celebrates the end of the holy month of Ramadan with our Muslim customers. All through the Holy month of Ramadan, Jumia Nigeria started a promotion built around buying anytime item from the Jumia Ramadan store to stand a chance to win a ‘Ram’ for the Eid celebration. The competition ended a few days to the end of Ramadan and Jumia announced the winner as ‘Abdulazeez Akanni’ The winner Abdulazeez Akanni bought a tablet and tablet accessory from Jumia and won a Ram for the Eid celebration usually known as Small Salah. Jumia being the…
Bombs planted in two mosques exploded on Tuesday evening in Yobe State killing a yet to be confirmed number of people, the police have said. The Yobe Police spokesperson, Nansak Chewang, confirmed the bomb attacks in Potiskum, one of the largest towns in the state. Mr Chewang told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that the police were still working on the details to know the casualty figure. “We are still working on the details to get the authentic figures of casualties in the bomb attacks in Potiskum,’’ he said. Bombs planted in two mosques had exploded at about…
A former Niger Delta militant, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has faulted his kinsman, President Goodluck Jonathan, for condemning the attack on former head of state General Muhammadu Buhari. Dokubo, who spoke yesterday in Abuja, also dismissed rumours that he paid those who executed the assassination attempt against Buhari in Kaduna last week. President Jonathan had condemned the suicide bomb attack on the convoy of General Buhari, heaving a sigh of relief that had the assassination attempt succeeded, Nigeria might have been plunged into turmoil given the huge followership of the former military ruler. But Dokubo disagreed, saying “I think it…
The Presidency last night denied giving any form of cash or monetary gift to some parents of the over 200 school girls abducted in Chibok, Borno State, by the Boko Haram sect in April. Following the visit of Pakistani girl-child education activist, Malala Yousafzai to Nigeria about two weeks ago, where she met with some of the escaped girls, their parents and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign group in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan finally met with an expanded group of Chibok community including all the parents of the abducted girls at the Presidential Villa last week Tuesday. However, it was reported yesterday…
Candidate representing the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State, ‘Segun Akinwusi has slammed the incumbent governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola over last Saturday’s live debate that featured only the governor. “We have 20 governorship candidates in Osun State. I am the first person to have challenged Aregbesola to a live debate to let us discuss the state economy, the huge debt profile of the state and his so-called achievements. “Information had it that the so-called international community said to have organised the debate never existed and my two co-contestants of Labour Party and…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah, has said that officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army will soon be kitted with new sets of uniforms to differentiate them from impostors. General Minimah, who made the announcement at the end of his official tour of army formations in Lagos State, his first since becoming Chief of Army Staff earlier this year, said the new uniforms which are currently being sewn at the Nigerian Army Tailoring Department in Yaba, will give officers and soldiers a smarter look. “The Nigerian Army has decided to change the camouflage uniform of the service. We…
The Lagos State Government yesterday clarified that the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, Mrs Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie was wrongly linked to the Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, who died in Lagos last Friday after flying into the country from Monrovia. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Media, Hakeem Bello, explained that it was the federal government officials working in collaboration with officials of the state government that provided the name of the ambassador as one of the persons, who came into contact with the late Sawyer. The statement said the briefing where the name of the…
Google IMAGE Following the new dimension introduced by Boko Haram in its terror attacks, the Borno State Police Command has issued a statement calling on members of the public to beware of ladies covered with hijab and standing by the roadsides or asking to be assisted to find a direction to a particular place, as those ladies might have suicide bomb vests concealed under their dress. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Gideon Jubrin (DSP) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital stated: “the Borno State police command wish to congratulate the Muslim faithful on the celebration of the…
Former Lagos State Governor and national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and some governors yesterday commiserated with former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on the death of his son, Hamza, in an accident. Hamza, a graduate of the University of Virginia and United World College of the Atlantic in the United States, died in a ghastly motor accident in Abuja early Tuesday morning. In their separate condolences, Tinubu, Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Ramalan Yero (Kaduna) and Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) expressed shock over the death of the young El-Rufai. They noted…
Director General of Rivers Bureau on Public Procurements, RSBPP, Mr. Franklin Nlerum, has said that the people of the state get value for money spent on projects and the provision of infrastructures, as Governor Rotimi Amaechi had made consistent and effective use of RSBPP, which has led to the state saving billions of naira. According to Nlerum, huge savings were made following the Bureau’s insistence that projects pass through a rigorous test and due process before contractors could get the bureau’s ‘certificate of no objection’ to commence any project. The RSBPP boss made this known during a media chat in…
Parents of the abducted Chibok girls have reportedly cried out that their community leaders have cheated them in the way an alleged N100 million cash gift from the presidency was shared. The grieving parents were said to have been given the money when they met President Goodluck Jonathan on July 22 at the Presidential Villa. The Presidency allegedly handed over the money to leaders of the Chibok community in Abuja for onward presentation to parents of the abducted schoolgirls. According to a report monitored on Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, some of the parents are now alleging…