NPC CHAIRMAN, CHIEF EZE DURUIHEOMA (SAN) Nigeria’s population might hit 223.3 million by 2020, according to a projection by the National Population Commission (NPC). The commission also hinted that the population of those aged between 10 and 24 have reached 60.4 million going by its latest records. Chairman of NPC, Chief Eze Duruiheoma, SAN, who made this known in an address on Friday to commemorate the 2014 World Population Day, in Akure, Ondo State, said the nation’s youth population was put at 44.4 million or 33.1 per cent of total population at the end of the 2006 Census exercise. Represented…
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Suspected assassins have killed the General Manager of Kaduna-based weekly newspaper, New Democrat, in Kaduna State. The gunmen stormed the residence of General Manager, identified as Ustaz Yunus, at Ungwan Dosa around 7:45 p.m. on Friday night and killed him in cold blood, colleagues said. “We suspect a political undertone to his killing because the killers did not take anything from the house. They just stormed the house, killed him and disappear”, a member of staff of the newspaper owned by a former Senator, Mukhtar Aruwa said. The Kaduna Police Command spokesperson, Aminu Lawal, confirmed the incident, saying investigation has…
The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Bem Angwe, has warned Dangote Cement Company to remedy the environmental hazards caused by its excavation activities or face court summon. Angwe gave the warning when he led the monitoring and compliance team of the commission on a visit to Dangote Cement Plant in Gboko on Friday. He said the commission had received series of complaints from the host community on the monumental danger being caused to them following the company’s excavation activities. The executive secretary said oil spillage from the company into River Ngo had destroyed the only source of water…
The Nigeria Police Force has said that credible intelligence at its disposal indicates that terrorists have perfected plans to carry out attacks on the Abuja transport sector. “The attacks which are intended to cause panic amongst Abuja residents and visitors alike are planned to be perpetrated through suicide bombings, or through the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed in luggage, bags, cans, and other receptacles”, a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mba on Saturday in Abuja said. ACP Mba said the Police High Command had ordered the FCT Commissioner of Police (Joseph Mbu) in particular and other…
Gospel Singer Kefee was yesterday laid to eternal rest in her hometown, Okpara, as friends and family cried in Ethiope East Local Government, Delta State. The mourners all carried black posters with Kefee’s photo and all wore black as they went to the burial site. At the homecoming service, family and friends came and gave their last respect to the wonderful singer at Akpevweoghene Educational Centre, Okpara. She was laid in a beautiful white casket and taken to one of the classrooms, where some of the leaders prayed for her. Her widower, Teddy Don-Momoh, was dressed in white and did not say…
Out of favored Nigerian striker who currently plays in the United States seems to love sharing pictures for his loyal fan base. Obafemi Martins is teasing the ladies as she shows off ripped body at the beach with just panties on.
The veteran actress who took a very long break from movies seems to have found her passion again as she is set to appear in a new movie. Empress Njamah who once dated singer Timaya, shared photos of herself as she was on set for a new Nollywood movie. She’s currently on set of a movie titled ‘I want a divorce‘ with Ik Ogbonna and other acts. See new shots of her below: –
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday that it had reviewed the regulations contained in its code of conduct governing political advertisements and campaigns in the country with a view to ensuring strict compliance by political parties and their candidates. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, stated this in an interview with reporters on the sidelines of an international seminar with the theme: “Political advertising, perception building and voter education”, organised by the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria in Abuja. The INEC chairman noted that the seminar provided an opportunity for advertisers to reach out to politicians…
Former British Prime Minister now United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, Friday, called for global support for the kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok, Nigeria, on 22 July, which will be the 100th day of their captivity. “We, of course, hope that the Chibok girls will be released before July 22”, Mr. Brown, who will begin his new term as special envoy this month, said, according to a press release from his office. “However, by marking the 100th day of the abduction of the girls, kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists, and by pledging never to abandon them, we are…
The Supreme Court in Abuja on Friday cleared all charges of certificate forgery levelled against the Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam by a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr. Terver Kakih. The five-man panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Suleiman Galadima, in a judgment that took 62-pages, unanimously held that Kakih’s appeal lacked merit and consequently threw it out. The apex court upheld the concurrent judgment of the Federal High Court Makurdi delivered on July 11, 2012, as well as the Court of Appeal Makurdi, which had on March 5, 2013, dismissed…
The Supreme Court on Friday held that the illegal removal of 148 elected local government officials by the Abia State governor smacked of “official recklessness”. In a judgment delivered yesterday, a seven-member panel of justices of the apex court said no state governor has the right to illegally remove a democratically elected local government official. The apex court also ordered the Abia State Government to pay the sacked 148 elected officials of the local government areas of the state their salaries and entitlement for the 23 months they had to stay in office prior to the expiration of their tenure.…
Captured terrorists from Balmo Forest, which stretches from Gombe to Bauchi States, have been volunteering useful information to military authorities even as troops on mopping up operation of the area, have uncovered more weapons in their possession. This was disclosed yesterday by the Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukolade. “Suspects captured in the (Balmo) forest have been taken into custody and are volunteering information linking the activities in the forest with other terrorist activities in the country”, the Defence spokesman stated. The statement, which gives the details of various weapons recovered from the terrorists, also disclosed the mopping exercise continues.…
Minister OF EDUCATION, Ibrahim SHEKARAU MEETS ASUP EXECUTIVES IN ABUJA THURSDAY In what apparently is good news for polytechnic students across the country and a breakthrough for the newly appointed Minister of Education and former Kano State Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has suspended its 10-month-old strike. According to a report by PREMIUM TIMES, the suspension of the prolonged strike was confirmed by ASUP National Publicity Secretary, Clement Chirman. The strike, which started in October 2013, was suspended on Saturday morning at the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the union held in Abuja.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that for the 2015 general elections to be considered free and fair, the military should be kept away from voting centres. The call was made yesterday by the leader of APC in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area and Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Chief Tony Okocha, shortly after the inauguration of the Elders’ Advisory Council of the party in the area. According to him, the military had no reason to be in politics or found around voting centres during elections. He added that the primary responsibility of soldiers was to protect the territorial integrity…
Ahead of the 2015 general election, the Ekiti State governor-elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has declared that no force would be able to stand in the way of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election. Fayose stated this yesterday in Lagos at a reception organized by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to celebrate his victory in the just concluded Ekiti State governorship election. The rally attracted big-wigs of the party including the Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musilu Obanikoro, chairman of the PDP in Lagos State, the Zonal chairman of the party, Chief Ishola Filani, and Chairman, Mobilization Committee of the PDP in…
Ijaw youths worldwide under the aegis of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) yesterday kicked against the proposed 18 per cent derivation principle to oil-producing states and five per cent to northern states affected by Boko Haram insurgency, saying the proposal by the consensus building group of the national conference “is an open invitation to war”. According to the IYC, the proposal to increase the derivation by a paltry 5% to bring it to 18% while also proposing a 5% development fund to areas in the North ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency “is provocative, disgusting and an invitation to war”.…
The Osun State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted security apparatus in the state over the plan by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in next month’s election, Senator Iyiola Omisore, to assassinate top leaders of the APC. APC said the assassins, who are from the Niger Delta, were contracted to kill Alhaji Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke (the first civilian governor of the state), Elder Peter Babalola (aka Peter Action), Chief Olu Abiola and Alhaji Fatai Oyedele. The hired killers, APC reliably gathered, have already began surveillance on the four leaders. Osun APC Director of Publicity,…
Most of you must have already seen the rampant Konga advert video with Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde on most channels, even on DSTV; as a matter of fact it just aired again right now. Anyways, I bring you the colorful pictures taken behind the scene of the advert. Check them out below: – Photo Credit: Sync Photos
Famous and very controversial Italian soccer star Mario Balotelli, is one of those people who makes headlines for the wrong reasons; even on the pitch. The half Ghanaian and Italian is at it again, this time for a photo he posted and then deleted of himself pointing a shotgun at his haters on Instagram. The photo, which was probably removed for glorifying guns and making shooting people seem trivial, angered Balotelli’s employers AC Milan but vice president Adriano Galliani admits the club is powerless to stop players using social networks. Galliani said: ‘I have my own ideas about social networks…
It’s very sad to hear news like this, young man with so much ahead of him would kill himself just because a girl dumps him; it’s really sad. The 21-year-old boy named Effiong Otu, a student of Maritime Academy Oron, has committed suicide on Thursday, 10th of July, 2014 because his girlfriend jilted him. Ironically, the 10th of July was also the 10th anniversary of his father’s death in a car accident. After the family prayed and marked the anniversary, his mother left for work. Effiong later went to one of their neighbours to borrow a rope, locked his room…