The Federal Government has commenced the rehabilitation of pipelines from the NNPC refinery in Port Harcourt to its depot in Enugu, an official has said. The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Pipeline Matters (South East), Linus Mgbakogu, disclosed this in an interview in Enugu on Friday. Mr. Mgbakogu said that the move to rehabilitate the depot followed government’s avowed commitment to make petroleum products available to Nigerians at the official price. He said that work was in progress at the pipeline locations in host communities, adding that measures were in place to check incessant vandalism. “That is why…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Remember how i told you all how Peter Okoye was paying his brother Jude Okoye back for not attending his own wedding by doing the same. Well, it seems like all the curses and rants were too much for Peter Okoye to take that he fired back. Fans have been hammering Peter Okoye since he snubbed his older brother’s (Jude Okoye & Ify Umeokeke) traditional wedding yesterday. See his replies below: –
About a week ago, I told you about the war brewing between Ibinabo (President AGN) and another Nollywood actor — Mr. Ibu. John Okafor, popularly referred to as Mr. Ibu, slammed Actors Guild of Nigeria President Ibinabo Fiberesima in an interview with Encomium Weekly, saying she should not re-contest. In the interview, he queried what Ibinabo did with the money that President Jonathan and other state governments gave the guild. Ibinabo is now speaking out. In a telephone conversation with Punch, she said; “Which money is he talking about? That is why I said he is detached from the realities…
The Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) has urged Nigerians, especially the security agencies, to hold the All Progressives Congress (APC) accountable, if anything happens to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in Ekiti State. Reacting to allegations by the APC that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in conjunction with the governor-elect, Mr. Fayose are planning to burn down the state INEC office in order to destroy evidence that could rubbish the general belief that the June 21 governorship election in the state was free, fair and credible, AFCO, in a statement issued by its Director-General, Dipo Anisulowo, said “APC…
Niger State Governor and Chairman of Northern States Governors Forum, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has described as insulting and disappointing, insinuations by certain delegates at the ongoing National Conference that the North is a leech. Aliyu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Israel Ebije, said he was disappointed that some members of the National Conference described the North as leeches during a debate on resource control. He stated this recently while breaking his fast with a group advocating religious harmony, led by Solomon Dalung, in his residence in Minna. He said: “Only a few days ago, I…
Faced with the dauting challenges of Boko Haram insurgency and likely political wind of defection about to sweep across his state, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State Friday, held a closed-door meeting with Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd) at his hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger State. According to Leadership Weekend, the governor arrived at the residence of the former military president shortly after the Juma’at prayers with his retinue of aides. Shettima, according to the report, entered into a closed meeting with Babangida immediately he arrived at the residence and spent about an hour before departing at about 3.30 pm. It…
AUTOMATIC ROAD ANALYZER VEHICLE (Google Image) Rivers State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Rotimi Amaechi, has unveiled a scientific device – the Automated Road Analyser to monitor the execution of road projects. Amaechi, who unveiled the ARAN vehicles at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Friday, said the device would ensure that road projects were executed according to specifications. The governor explained that the ARAN vehicles would be driven on newly constructed roads to determine their quality, adding that the measure would check fraudulent activities of some contractors who failed to adhere to project specifications. Amaechi said, “The…
The Borno State Government says it will re-open all public schools after the Ramadan fast. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the schools were shut on March 14, following series of attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on schools in neighboring Yobe State. Mr Inuwa Kubo, the Commissioner for Education, told NAN in Maiduguri on Friday that government had put in place machinery for the reopening of the schools. Kubo said, “Only schools located in safe environments will be re-opened, while students whose schools were located in unsafe environment will be transferred to safer areas. “You will recall that public schools were closed down in the wake…
The Director-General of the Taskforce on Illegal Importation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Chief Emmanuel Okereke, has kicked against calls by some Nigerians for President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Chibok community in Borno State, saying the entire episode smacks of “sabotage and scam”. In the wake of Boko Haram’s abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, in April, President Jonathan was berated for not deeming it possible to visit the community and commiserate with distraught parents of the abducted girls. A supposed visit in May was reportedly cancelled after it was leaked to the press as…
The Acting Governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has visited the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and declared that he has returned the mandate from recently removed governor of the state, Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd). He also pledged his unalloyed loyalty to the national leadership of the party. Fintiri, who spoke with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the deputy national chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, at Legacy House, Abuja, further declared that his swearing-in as acting governor marked the restoration of PDP to the people of Adamawa State. He said, “As a loyal…
19-year-old Iheoma Nnadi from Akwa Ibom State has emerged winner of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2014 beauty pageant (MBGN 2014) at a glamorous finale which took place in Bayelsa State on Friday 18th July 2014. While Nnadi ended the night with the crown, Miss Abuja (4th Runner-Up), Miss Osun (3rd Runner Up) Miss Kwara (MBGN Tourism), Miss Edo (Miss Universe) showed beauty and intelligence and any of them could have won the crown on another night. The top 15 are Miss Plateau, Miss Bayelsa, Miss Kogi, Miss Ondo, Miss Adamawa, Miss Delta, Miss Abuja, Miss Kano, Miss Edo,…
A former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday raised alarm over the federal government’s plan to arrest and try former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, after forcefully removing him from office, on a treasonable felony that carries life sentence. The Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he added, were also behind the impeachment of Nyako. In a statement made available to journalists in Lagos, Tinubu said President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition of gluing himself to power could spell doom for the nation’s democracy. Tinubu said the federal government harassed the…
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Forum of Local Government Chairmen in Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned aspirants and their sponsors against name-dropping. The warning came on the heels of reports that Chief Alani Bankole, the father of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, stormed a recent meeting of the forum and boasted that his son has been assured the state PDP’s governorship ticket by President Goodluck Jonathan and Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, the national chairman of the party. In a statement yesterday by the Chairman of PDP in…
Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has denied allegations that the newly-registered Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, was resuscitated to secure South-West votes for President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the next election. The All Progressives Congress, APC, is the dominant party in the region and it was not surprising when it raised the alarm that Fasehun’s UPN was sponsored by the Presidency to whittle down its influence in the South-West, which is considered APC’s stronghold. But Fasehun, who is the leader of the UPN, said that the party was more interested…
Sixteen charges bordering on official misconduct have been levelled against the Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura by the State House of Assembly. The legislature had ordered that the governor be served an impeachment notice signed by 20 out of its 24 members on Monday. One of the charges against Gov. Al-Makura includes missing Local Government Joint Account Funds between June 2011 and April 2012 and from January to July 2013. They also alleged that the governor misappropriated and misapplied funds in the joint account and Local Government Sure-P Fund just as he was also accused of transferring local government SURE-P…
The apex pan-northern organization, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has warned people of the South-East against maltreating the Hausa living in the region under the pretext of fighting the Boko Haram sect. The ACF said maltreating the Hausa could spell doom for Igbo people’s investments, which it said amounted to over N45tn in just three northern states. The ACF Deputy National Secretary, Abubakar Umar, while receiving the South-South/South-East Arewa Coalition, who paid a courtesy call on the Forum in Kaduna on Friday, said the warning became necessary in view of the ongoing profiling and intimidation of the Hausa in the South-East.…
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has commended the federal government for constituting a special fund for victims of insurgency in parts of the north. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the CAN president described the decision to set up a fund for the insurgency victims as “courageous and bold”. “CAN received the news of the institution of a special fund to cater for the needs of victims of insurgency in parts of the country with gratitude,” the CAN president said. “On behalf of the association and the entire Christian community in…
Presidential candidate of the African Liberation Party, ALP, in the 2011 general elections, Chief Emmanuel Okereke, has blamed Boko Haram insurgency on politicians who are desperate about ruling the country. He made the comment in Abuja, yesterday, while addressing a group under the aegis of Southern Youths For Peace Initiatives, which had bestowed an Award of Excellence on him. According to Okereke, the insurgency was created by the politicians to intimidate President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking a second term in office. The politician, who is also the Director-General of Taskforce on Illegal Importation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, also…
Nollywood stars Desmond Elliot, Ini Edo and Doris Simeon have officially become students at the National Open University of Nigeria. Actor Desmond Elliot took to his Instagram to share some photos where he together with Ini Edo and Doris Simeon take part in the matriculation ceremony. However, the trio are currently on different movie sets, they took some time off to gather for this ceremony. Elliot and Edo have since become students in the Law department, while Simeon joined the English department. The three film-makers and a few of their colleagues were recently given scholarships by the University. The classes…
Fast rising singer — Seyi Shay is obviously making more efforts to established her name permanently in the music scene in the country and she seems to be making headway. The singer’s latest track “Murda” is killing it on the music charts nationwide and she just signed a new deal with Bacardi Breezer. Journalists and reporters rarely ask their male counterparts this question, which raises the conversation about sexism. In an interview with Punch, the question is thrown at Seyi Shay, asking if there is any rivalry between her and Tiwa Savage. She says: – “I think people can see the…