You are about to behold a sight you don’t see too often. We all use to our President Goodluck Jonathan wearing his normal native regalia but he had a change of outfit this time. Goodluck Jonathan, the First Lady and his mum worshiped yesterday at the Aso Villa Chapel and the President was dressed up in a black suit. Hmm……….what do you think? See more photos below: –
Author: Wale Adebayo
It’s no longer a new thing seeing music stars make the cross-over from music to movies in Nigeria. The latest to make this blend is rapper 2shotz. 2shotz has joined the movie industry and is currently on location with actresses such as Annie Idibia and Halima Abubakar for a new movie, where he and Annie played the role of lovers. pictures below: –
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described as false, media reports that it had dropped corruption case against the governor-elect of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose. The Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Monday said that the recent election of Fayose had not affected the ongoing trial of the former Ekiti State Governor for alleged corruption. Uwujaren insisted that the case was still ongoing at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. He noted that the case would come up for hearing at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, on July 15, 2014. The EFCC spokesman added that…
The outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, said he would not challenge the result of the June 21 governorship election in the state. Fayemi, who made the disclosure when he received the governor-elect, Mr Ayo Fayose, in his office in Ado Ekiti, said “I will not challenge the result of the election because I am not desperate to remain in office. “Election must not be seen as a do or die affair”. He said Fayose’s victory had assisted in “strengthen and deepening” democracy, especially in Ekiti State and the country at large. He said, “Election by its…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it has arrested 11 children and the manager of a hotel in Kaduna over alleged drug abuse and trafficking . The Kaduna State Commander of the agency, Mohammed Jibrin, disclosed this in Kaduna while briefing newsmen on activities marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The theme for the celebration is, “A Message of Hope: Drug Use Disorders Are Preventable and Treatable’’. Jibrin said the children, seven girls and four boys, were arrested in a hotel room taking psychotropic substance. He said eight of the arrested children…
The Kaduna State Government has warned that it would sanction any preacher found sending hate and inciting messages during Ramadan fast. Alhaji Abdulrahaman Mahmud, Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Religious Affairs (Islamic), gave the warning on Monday in Kaduna at an interactive session with Islamic scholars ahead of Ramadan. The meeting was convened to also unveil guidelines and procedures for preaching on radio and television in the state. Mahmud said that the state had established laws on preaching, and advised the clerics to focus on areas that would create stability, unity and mutual respect in the society. He said the law…
The Special Adviser to Speaker of the House of Representatives on Media, Imam Imam, has condemned the incident in Kaduna on Monday, where soldiers subjected his boss, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, to a search. Imam said it was highly unusual for security operatives to search an official car of the Speaker, more so, when he was inside the car. We had earlier reported that soldiers stationed at the entrance to a hotel in Kaduna, which served as venue for the international conference on security and development challenges of pastoralism in West and Central Africa, had insisted on subjecting the speaker’s official…
Vandalisation of power infrastructure is the biggest challenge to power sector reforms, Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil has said. According to him, if nothing is done soon to stop the vandals, effective power supply in parts of the country will continue to be far-fetched. Wakil revealed this in Calabar while Commissioning the new power transmission sub station at Adiabo at the weekend, stating that vandalisation of power infrastructure was a form of terrorism. “Sometimes, youths in the communities where power facilities are located remove some of the components and cables for sale while in some cases, those…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it has arrested 11 children and the manager of a hotel in Kaduna over alleged drug abuse and trafficking. The Kaduna State Commander of the agency, Mohammed Jibrin, disclosed this in Kaduna while briefing newsmen on activities marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The theme for the celebration is, “A Message of Hope: Drug Use Disorders Are Preventable and Treatable”. Jibrin said the children, seven girls and four boys, were arrested in a hotel room taking psychotropic substance. He said eight of the arrested children were…
Scores were feared dead Monday afternoon at the premises of Kano School of Health Technology located along Gida Murtala–BUK Road. It was learnt that the improvised explosive device, which appeared to emanate from a parking lot close to the office of the provost, school of hygiene – a post-secondary training school, went off around 2pm. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Magaji Majia, Assistant Superintendent of Police,confirmed the explosion but declined to provide details as he was not yet at the scene. Details later…
I must say i’m impressed with the production standards of music videos by Nigerian artistes these days. Nigerian singer — Mr. 2kay is about to drop a new a video for his new single ‘Summer girl (samba)’ this week and gets his fans excited with some photos from the shoot. The colourful visuals was shot and directed by Nosa Igbenediun. Check out the photos below: –
We have noticed the appointment of a lot of socialites into political offices during this Goodluck Jonathan government and the trend continues. Queen Collete Nwadike, the current Miss Tourism Nigeria 2014 who few weeks ago was appointed as Special Assistant (SA) On Tourism to the Anambra State Governor has just sealed another major deal. Queen Collete just signed a major movie series deal with one of Africa’s biggest producer Obi Emelonye, the Producer and Directed of ‘Last Flight to Abuja’, ‘The Mirror Boy’ and ‘Onye Ozi . The deal will see Queen Collete in a major lead role alongside some…
We all know that most of the biggest names these days in the Nigerian entertainment industry had to work hard and fight their poor backgrounds to get to where they are today. Some of them had to hawk on the streets to make ends meet, while others engaged in low paying jobs in order to sustain themselves. Here are the stories of their pains, anguish, disappointments and triumphs. Vanguard shares with us their inspiring stories. DON JAZZY Micheal Collins Ajereh, the renowned music producer and entrepreneur has had his own fair share of life’s hard knocks .According to him, when…
A former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, has urged the Federal Government and the terrorist group, Boko Haram to ensure that they arrived at an agreement to ensure the release of abducted students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State. This is even as he pleaded with government to use all available means to secure the release of the abducted girls, who have been in Boko Haram captivity for over two months now. Baraje made this known in an interview with journalists in Ilorin on Sunday during the graduation of 136 students…
The Election Working Group of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, yesterday declared that the Ekiti State governorship election held on Saturday was free and fair. It said there was hope for Nigeria, if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, sustained the tempo. The EWG said this in its report on the election, which was released on Sunday and signed by the Chairman of the group, Dafe Akpedeye, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The group had deployed 36 observers, which included members of the NBA, in all its branches in the state. The governorship poll was won by the candidate of…
Jumia Nigeria, Africa’s Ecommerce Giant continues expansion in Nigeria and reaching out to a larger audience within 2 years of establishing in Nigeria. The larger population of Nigeria is in the North with 10 states located in the Region, Jumia Nigeria is opening up a window for the millions of Nigeria to be able to enjoy more shopping with convenience. Part of Jumia’s aim being the Largest and biggest online retailer established within Two years in Nigeria, Jumia offers options to for customers all over the country with Cash on delivery and other payment options. ‘We continue to innovate new…
Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday led a top level federal government delegation to commiserate with the family of late prominent businessman and Aare Musilimi of Yourbaland, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola Alao in Ibadan, Oyo State. The vice president, who was in Ibadan yesterday on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan, extoled the virtues of the late Arisekola-Alao, saying his death was a great loss not only to his family but to the government, people of Oyo State and the country at large. According to Sambo, the late Arisekola was a devoted Muslim, who dedicated his God-given endowment to the service of humanity.…
A Nigerian-American actress known as Uzo Aduba, has emerged as the winner of the Best Guest Performer in a Comedy series at the 4th Critic Choice Awards. Aduba, who plays Crazy Eyes on the critically acclaimed Netflix series, Orange Is The New Black, beat James Earl Jones of The Big Bang Theory, Mimi Kennedy of Mom, Lauren Weedman of Looking and Andrew Rannells of Girls. She joined the OINTB cast in 2013 as Suzanne Warren, also known as Crazy Eyes, after initially auditioning for another part.
Nigerian Super Eagles shot-stopper — Vincent Enyeama, has caught the attention of the whole world with his super saves made in the on-going World cup. He also got women drooling all over him, so it’s a heartbreak to announce top all of you that he isn’t single. See photos of his sweetheart below: –
Star-Boy CEO — Wizkid, has been in the USA for a while now and is obviously having a good time. The superstar singer who has been sharing photos of himself hanging out with the biggest names in American music has also gotten Rihanna’s attention. It seems like hanging out with Chris Brown = Meeting Rihanna. Wizkid claims that Rihanna said he was amazing after her met her during one of his studio sessions, he even cc’d her. See caption below: –