The embattled Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Mr. James Ngilari, on Sunday said he had no reason to be afraid because of the plan by the state House of Assembly to impeach him and his boss, Governor Murtala Nyako. 19 out of the 25 member Assembly had signed the impeachment notice for gross misconduct, which the Speaker, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, had on Wednesday directed the Clerk of the House to serve the governor and his deputy. Ngilari, who was one of the dignitaries that attended church service at the Aso Villa chapel on Sunday, told State House correspondents that he believed…
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The newly elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met a former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in Okuku, on Sunday. We gathered that Oyegun and Tinubu, who led chieftains of the party to Oyinlola’s ancestral home in Okuku, solicited the support of the former military administrator of Lagos State, saying they wanted him to be part of their new movement. The Osun governorship election comes up on August 9, 2014. Oyegun, who spoke first, said: “The APC knows that you are the…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has described an alleged plot by six anti-Governor Rotimi Amaechi lawmakers to impeach him, as ridiculous and undemocratic. The allegation came on the heels of denial by leader of the six lawmakers and member representing Ogu/Bolo Constituency in the House, Hon. Evans Bipi that they were plotting to remove the governor from office. But, the APC, in a press release issued in Port Harcourt, the state capital yesterday, noted that the appointment of Justice Daisy Okocha as the Administrative Judge of the State by the National Judicial Council (NJC) was part of…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, on Sunday said Ekiti State governor-elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose would not have been the party’s candidate if “the Nigerian factor” was taken into consideration. Mu’azu, who led Vice-President Namadi Sambo and members of the party’s National Executive Committee, to pay a congratulatory visit to President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential villa, Abuja, however, did not explain what he meant by “Nigerian factor”. The PDP chairman recalled that following Fayose’s emergence as the party’s flag bearer in the just-concluded elections, many groups reported him to President Jonathan for allegedly making a wrong choice. Mu’azu,…
President Goodluck Jonathan might be under a lot of tension right now with all the problems happening in the country, but the number citizen of the country still has time to chill. He made out time to watch the Super Eagles defeat Bosnia on his flat screen TV in the presidential villa. See photos below: –
The Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has vowed that the Peoples Democratic Party will displace the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Rivers Government House come 2015. Wike made this remark weekend while announcing the sponsorship of the 23 state PDP local government chairmen and other stakeholders of the party to Brazil to witness live, the ongoing FIFA World Cup. The minister also declared that the APC-led government in the state was comatose, adding that the PDP was only waiting for the appropriate time to mount the saddle of leadership. He described the sponsorship of over 50 PDP…
Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said his deputy, Dr. Olusola Eleka, will not succeed him in 2018. He also said industrialisation of the state was not on his agenda because there was no adequate power supply to support such a venture, adding that he will empower the people through contract award to indigenes. Speaking with journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Sunday, Fayose, who admitted that the Constitution did not permit him to take the oath of office more than two times, said: “I have taken one and I will…
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday expressed his concern over the act of granting state pardon to convicted political office-holders. El-Rufai, while delivering a lecture on the topic “Corruption, and the Challenge of Good Governance” at the University of Lagos, said such act of pardon would encourage corruption. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the lecture was organised by “The Companion,” an association of Muslim men in business. El-Rufai said giving state pardon to convicted political office-holders would encourage many corrupt Nigerians. He said it would also particularly give the youths the…
Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan has threatened to engage former governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who recently decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a physical fight whenever he left office as a member of the Federal Executive Council FEC. Adesiyan explained that his position as a member of the FEC prevented him from beating Senator Adeleke during a stakeholders meeting of the PDP at Ideal Nest Hotel, Osogbo in April, this year,during run-off to the PDP primaries in the state. In his response, Senator Adeleke responded that he was too matured a politician to…
The governor-elect of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose, yesterday thanked the people of the state for voting for him and promised to work with Gov. Kayode Fayemi in developing the state. Fayose spoke at a maiden news conference in Ado-Ekiti after he was declared the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election by INEC. The governor-elect recorded a resounding victory with a total vote haul of 203, 090 out of the 350,256 votes cast. Fayose, who called on other candidates to support his administration, warned his supporters against making disparaging remarks which may promote violence. He particularly warned against attacks on the personality…
Following the official announcement of the results of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, the Peoples Democratic Party, whose candidate, Ayodele Fayose, was declared winner, has been described as the party to beat. This is according to Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu. In a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel A. Ebije, Gov. Aliyu, while Fayose on his electoral victory over the incumbent, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressive Peoples Party, APC, said the victory was well deserved. He said, “The election was free and fair, and it mirrors the true desire of the people…
Three soldiers were yesterday killed at a military post in Gwoza after a suicide car bomber suspected to be a Boko Haram member hit the post located near a secondary school in the Borno town. Three other soldiers were wounded in the incident which occurred at 7 a.m. The suspected suicide bomber came through Wala and Warabe villages on high speed and hit the military post, with deafening sound that rocked the town for seconds, before people started scampering for safety, Mallam Usman Yaro, yesterday told Vanguard in a telephone interview in Maiduguri. “We were woken up with a bomb…
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Ughelli North Local Government Area chapter, Delta State, has told the Sultan of Sokoto to blame the Boko Haram insurgency on religious institutions in the North and not the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. The Sultan had reportedly said that Boko Haram was an offshoot of the injustice meted on the North by the President Jonathan administration. In a statement by its Chairman, Rt. Rev Diamond Emuobor, at the end of its quarterly meeting, the CAN chapter said: “The debacle of Boko Haram insurgency is wrapped in a Jihadist designation, but deceitfully tagged as a…
At least 40 people were killed at the weekend, when suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked three villages of Chuha A, Chuha B, and Korongilim in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The attackers also destroyed houses, shops and vehicles after carting away foodstuff and livestock, Vanguard quoted sources as saying. “Some suspected Boko Haram terrorists invaded Chuha A, Chuha B and Korongilim villages of Chibok council of Borno State and killed over 40 persons,” a community youth leader in Chibok, Mallam Yakubu Joshua, who confirmed the incident to Vanguard on phone said yesterday. “The terrorists injured many other villagers,…
The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, and the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), on Sunday congratulated the governor-elect of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC on Saturday declared Fayose, the PDP candidate, as winner of the governorship election in Ekiti. Afenifere spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin, told NAN that the election of Fayose reflected the people’s choice. “The Ekiti people have spoken and we congratulate the governor elect”, Odumakin said. Odumakin, however, urged the governor-elect to utilise the opportunity of his re-election to correct any mistakes he may have made during his first…
It seems even the American press have noticed how much time Wizkid has spending with famous and richest American celebs. Wizkid was once again, featured on UK’s Daily Mail as he hung out with Chris Brown, Karrueche Tran and Chris’ entourage at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills yesterday. Wizkid will be in LA till after the BET awards and we learnt he and Chris Brown are planning to shoot a music video for their song collaboration. See more photos below: –
Now I can seriously assume that Chris Brown is most likely to be featured on Wizkid forthcoming album. It seems the two have been spending a lot of time together lately while Wizkid is still in the states. The Two music stars who seem to have struck up a friendship after meeting and performing on stage together in December 2012 in Nigeria – remember the ‘Azonto’ dance together were pictured at a hotel in LA yesterday. Chris was there with his manager and Akon’s younger brother, Bu Thiam. See another photo below: –
Veteran Nollywood actresses — Kate Henshaw with her colleague and friend Ini Edo posed together after the pair did a little but of work out yesterday morning, 21st June. The two of them did a run of 7km in order to burn fats, calories and whatever. Kate shared a post work out photo with the caption. ‘With @iniedo after a 7 km run….Are you still in bed? Did you use the rain as an excuse not to exercise?? No pain No gain!! #Fit4Life #fitfriend #FitSis #fitlifestyle#NollywoodGreats #NoDulling #Legooooo’
Nollywood bad-boy Jim Iyke and his sweetheart Nadia Buari have been on a roll since they quenched all break-up rumors. The couple have released some hot pictures of themselves all caked up ahead of the premiere of the 3rd season of Reality Show, Jim Iyke Unscripted. The photo above is one of the photos be publicized as the celebrity couple arrive an airfield on a private jet, with a Rolls Royce waiting for them. Niceeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has hailed Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for toeing the “path of honour” by congratulating his opponent, Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on his victory at the governorship elections, which held on Saturday. Fayose polled 203, 090 votes to defeat Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who garnered 120, 433 votes. The candidate of the Labour Party, Opeyemi Bamidele, polled a paltry 18, 135 votes to come a distant third. Gov. Fayemi on Sunday, conceded defeat, bowing to the wishes of the people and congratulated the governor-elect,…