Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday decried the continuous shutting down of businesses in Apapa area of the state, saying people are living a very traumatic life in that axis of the state due to traffic congestion. Fashola, who spoke while inspecting the roads in the Apapa area of the state in a bid to find lasting solution to the recurring problem, added that the entire roads had collapsed due to the movement of heavy duty vehicles on the road. He said, “Businesses are shutting down in Apapa, people are living a very traumatic life. The entire…
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Delegates DURING THE HEATED DEBATE ON THE CONTROVERSIAL DERIVATION Fund AT THE National Conference IN ABUJA THURSDAY Ahead of the rounding-up of the ongoing National Conference in Abuja on Thursday, delegates from Akwa Ibom State have warned of a looming crisis should their northern counterparts frustrate efforts to adopt the 18 per cent derivation fund recommended by the Consensus Group for oil-producing states. A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by a former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien, on behalf of the delegates, warned that the series of existing agitations by youths of the region…
Leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, yesterday, in a new video clip obtained by AFP and seen by our correspondent, vowed to hold on to the Chibok schoolgirls in captivity until the federal government frees his men currently in various detention facilities across the country. Shekau, who appeared in the 15-minute-long video fully kitted in military fatigue with a black band wrapped around his head and an AK 47 rifle slinged across his bulletproof-covered chest and surrounded by a handful of armed fighters in masks, read his message from a spiral bound document. Delivering his message in…
Senate President David Mark has congratulated Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on his 80th birthday, describing him as a rare gem who has continued to touch lives and shape the future of younger generations. The senate president, in a congratulatory message, noted that Soyinka as an international scholar and world citizen, brought pride and honour to Nigeria when he won the Nobel Laureate Prize in Literature in 1986. “Professor Soyinka is a pride to Africa. His kinds are few. We cannot appreciate him enough. His intellectual prowess is equal to none. Many successful Nigerians passed through him. Many more would profit…
Super-star singer — Wizkid, has been all over the world in the last few months and has finally landed back in Lagos. Wizkid who was in the United States for several months hanging out with the superstars there, then took a trip straight to London for other engagements; however, Wizkid is finally in Nigeria – Lagos. He shared the photo above and added the caption below: – “Givenchy x Balmain x Giuseppe!! feels good to be back home in Lagos. About to perform at this private event!
Young singer and rapper Skales, whose contract with EME wasn’t renewed was having a bad time last year but it’s obvious the young rising artiste is working hard to stand back on his feet. Skales recently shared the above photo of his girlfriend and we can clearly see the big kpomo that Skales has been eating. I hope his music career becomes as big as her …………….. See caption below: –
The Omo Baba Olowo 1 of Nigerian music has again proofed to us, exactly why he is called by that name. The Skelewu hit maker who has been on the road for the past 5 months, took to Twitter to show us his new acquisition — A Rolex Sky-Dweller. From credible online sources, the wrist watch cost at least $35,000 which is over N5,600,000. Check out the piece below: –
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi State has accused the state government of non-implementation of N18, 000 minimum wage, which led to the state workers embarking on an indefinite strike action. This is coming on the heels of the directive by the state chapter of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, which said it had reached an agreement with government. Addressing newsmen yesterday at the correspondent chapel office in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, APC publicity secretary in Kebbi State, Alhaji Sani Dododo, wondered why the state government had to wait for workers to first embark on strike before agreeing to…
Despite the acceptance of the result of the June 21 governorship election by its candidate and incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has filed a petition challenging the results, which produced Mr. Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as winner. The interim Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Jide Awe, who disclosed to journalists at the weekend that he filed the petition before the Elections Petition Tribunal in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Saturday, said he submitted the petition on behalf of the party “since the law…
The man arrested in connection with the June 23, 2014 bombing of the Kano School of Hygiene, which left no fewer than eight persons dead and 20 others injured, has been released. The man, identified as Nasir Maikudi Isa, a nurse working with the Federal College of Agriculture, Kano, was arrested at the scene of the blast by irate youths as he purportedly tried to escape. The police had shortly after the blast, announced the arrest and a picture of Isa, eyes blindfolded and being led into a waiting police vehicle, went viral on the social media. However, a report…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka as the conscience of the nation. In a statement yesterday in Lagos by his Media Office to congratulate Soyinka as he joined the elite club of octogenarians, Tinubu said: “No word can describe what you have achieved as a professional and a patriot. You are one of a kind. You have become the conscience of our nation, pricking us and alerting us to the dangers ahead. You have not stopped there; you have gone further to proffer solutions…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, has approved the compulsory retirement of 18 workers for involvement in age falsification and certificate forgery. The affected workers were found out during the biometric screening carried out by the FCT Administration on staff data irregularities. The minister in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mohammad Sule, in Abuja on Sunday, said the interim report of the Implementation Committee submitted by the firm that handled the exercise established and confirmed 18 cases of age falsification and certificate forgery. The statement said the minister ordered that further clarifications and assessments be…
Three suspected kidnappers met their waterloo on Sunday in the hands of the police at Enwhen village, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. The kidnappers were killed when men of the Dragon Squad of the police force stormed their den to rescue their victims. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Celestina Kalu, said the kidnap victims, Mr. Cyril Djebah, and Ms. Augustina Godwin from Ughelli, were kidnapped last Tuesday by unknown hoodlums. “Acting on a tip-off, SARS operatives and Dragon patrol team based at Ughelli stormed the kidnappers’ den at Enwhen village in Isoko South LGA, Delta state. “The kidnappers on sighting the…
It’s finally official people, the versatile DJ, DJ Xclusive, who is affiliated with the EME group has finally proposed to his longtime girlfriend. Sorry to break your heart ladies but he is officially off the market, except…………hehe Anyways, DJ Xclusive and his girlfriend of over four years, Tinuke Ogundero seem to be the perfect couple. Congrats to them: –
I mean, whoever thought Rihanna would be a soccer fan and even more weird a supporter of the German team. Oh well, I already told you of her appearance at the finals and who she left with Lahm and Podolski to celebrate thier victory, but this happened when Goetze scored the winning goal. Rihanna was at the Maracana stadium to watch the 2014 World Cup final and guess what she did to celebrate Germany scoring the fatal goal? Riri lifted her top to show the world her bra but the truth is that there was really nothing to see as…
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress to face reality and use the period before the August 9 governorship election in Osun State to campaign and canvass for votes, just like the PDP is doing. In giving the unsolicited advice, PDP said instead of engaging in political blackmail and empty propaganda in the media, it is better the APC focus its attention on finding more effective ways of wooing the electorate. The PDP commended its Flagbearer, Senator Iyiola Omisore, and other party stalwarts in the state for engaging in vigorous all-inclusive campaign in…
Gov. ROTIMI AMAECHI PRESENTING A SOUVENIR TO PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME Council OF OGONI TRADITIONAL RULERS, KING GODWIN GININWA The Ogoni people of Rivers State have restated their demand to produce the next governor of the state come 2015. While commending the leadership qualities and development strides of Governor Chibuike Amaechi in Ogoniland, they said their demand was justifiable. Their position was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a one-day Mini Congress of Ogoni Ethnic Nationality, organised at the weekend by the Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers at Saakpenwa, headquarters of Tai Local Government Area of…
As the race to succeed Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State gathers momentum, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Russia and the Belarus, Chief Assam Ekanem Assam (SAN) has signified his intention to resign and contest the governorship election in 2015. Assam, who stated this at the weekend while addressing hundreds of his supporters from the 31 local government areas of the state at his country home in Idua, Eket LGA, stated that he would tender his letter of resignation to President Goodluck Jonathan by next month (August). The aspirant vowed to stop Akpabio from imposing his stooge on the people of…
Senator Ahmed Makarfi discussing with dep. Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday said the Senate report on the purportedly missing $49.8 billion crude oil revenue, which recommended that President Goodluck Jonathan should submit a supplementary budget, is unconstitutional. Last week, the Senate Committee on Finance chaired by Senator Ahmed Makarfi (PDP, Kaduna) said President Jonathan should “prepare and present to the National Assembly, a supplementary budget to cover the sum of N90.693 billion for PMS subsidy for 2012 and the sum of N685.919 billion for kerosene subsidy expended without appropriation by the National Assembly”.…
Governor of Kano State, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan is scheming to be life president of the country. Speaking in an interview with journalists in his office at Government House, Kano at the weekend, Kwankwaso said President Jonathan, being the biggest beneficiary of democracy, is trying to truncate the system by further deepening divisions in the country. “We are praying for the best in 2015 and working to have a free and fair election and we want to see one united country but with the way they are working now everybody, both locally and internationally,…