Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-.Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, on Friday called on elites to avoid statements that could lead to violence if peace was to reign in the country. Ihejirika made the call in Abuja at public presentation of The Pursuit of Providence, a Biography of Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, former Chief of Air Staff. It was written by Mr Madu Onuorah, Abuja Bureau Chief of the Guardian Newspaper. Ihejirika said the country needed peace development and progress. “Peace can only be possible if we the elites begin to mellow down on tribe or statement that can lead to violence.…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Sokoto State Government said on Friday that it had earmarked N175 million for Ramadan feeding programme The Commissioner of Religious Affairs in the state, Alhaji Tukur Alkali, disclosed this in an interview in Sokoto. He said 84 feeding centres had been created across the state to ensure smooth conduct of the annual event. He said the state government had also set up a committee to monitor the conduct of the exercise. Alkali urged people of the state to reciprocate the gesture by praying for God’s intervention in the socio-economic and political development of the state. He said the prayers…
Some lawyers in Lagos on Friday hailed the recommendation by the National Conference delegates in Abuja to punish corrupt public officers with life imprisonment. The lawyers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that such a punishment would reduce corruption in the country. Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni, Executive Director, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a rights advocacy group, blamed corruption for the insecurity and poverty being faced by Nigerians. “SERAP is in total support of any law that will help to reduce corruption, but it must be properly enforced. “The problem of Nigeria is not lack of laws but lack of the…
EX-GOV. PETER OBI WITH REVEREND SISTERS WATCHING THE AMBULANCE CONVEYING DORA AKUNYILI’S BODY INTO THE MORTUARY OF THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL, ABUJA, LAST WEEK Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Friday set up an ad-hoc committee for the burial of Prof. Dora Akunyili, a former Minister of Information and Communications. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Emeka Ozumba, his Senior Media Assistant in Awka. It stated that the committee, headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Oseloka Obaze, would work out the state government’s involvement and participation in the burial. The others were Joe Asike, Governor’s…
Apparently, Nigerian entertainers are not the only ones spending big. Popular Ghanaian TV Host/Lawyer, Sandra is a force to reckon with. Sandra Ankobiah has got for herself a automobile and it is a Porsche Macan S. She posted pictures on instagram saying that there are only two of it in West Africa, and that makes her feel so blessed. She captioned: ‘#BrandNewWhip #2014PorscheMacanS#FreshFromTheManufacturers #OnlyTwoInWestAfrica #IHaveOne #Overgrown911 #911OnSteroids#FasterThanTheCayenne#FirstCompactSUVThatsAlsoASportsCar #Beast BlessedBeyondMeasure’
I came across this report and decided to share. I saw it in the Vanguard that a Nigerian female talking drummer, Ara, who is a friend to late Kefee, says she had a dream concerning Kefee’s death and that she had called the late singer to pray hard to avert it. In her words: “I want to use this forum to appeal to my colleagues in the music industry. Less than two years ago, I had a dream about Keffee and immediately called her and narrated it to her, I also appealed to her not to make a joke of it….the rest…
Famous veteran Nigerian singer — Zaaki, known for his trademark torchlight symbol has maried again. Its been barely two years after his first wife Hadiza Yadoo left him after claiming domestic violence and the popular 90s singer Zaaki Azzay took another wife, 24 year old Hembadoon Ugema. Zaaki married Hembadoon last month in Ushongo, Makurdi, Benue state. Here are some pics from the quiet wedding ceremony: –
Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Mr Uyi Igbe, has decried the attitude of four suspended members for refusing to obey House rules, and court orders served on them. Igbe made the condemnation when leaders of All Progressives Congress in the Edo North Senatorial District visited him on Friday in Benin. He said that the House had powers under its rules to suspend any member who committed an offence. He described the crisis rocking the House of Assembly as unfortunate and uncalled for, adding that the continued presence of the suspended members at plenary had further fuelled the crisis. “According to…
The Ekiti governorship election holds on Saturday with 18 political parties fielding candidates. The major contenders, however, are the incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress, APC’s candidate, Kayode Fayemi, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Ayo Fayose and Labour Party’s Opeyemi Bamidele. Twenty-nine foreign and local observer groups have been accredited for monitoring. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Halilu Pai, said that more than 603 additional polling units had been created, raising the total number to 2,798. Mr. Pai also confirmed that all sensitive materials had been distributed to the 16 local government areas of the state. A heavy security…
The remains of Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola, were buried in his home in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday amid tears by family members, friends and associates. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Arisekola died in a London Hospital on Wednesday. The corpse was brought to Adamasingba Stadium at exactly 10.05a.m. in ebony casket for prayer. After the prayer led by Chief Imam of Ibadan, Sheik Haruna Suara, the corpse was taken to his Oluwokekere House, Ibadan, for interment. President Goodluck Jonathan was represented at the burial by Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, Mr Jelili Adesiyan and Mr Jide…
Medical services have resumed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, reports have said, as doctors and other workers yesterday suspended their strike action. The health workers under the auspices of Joint House unions and the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, LUTH branch, had embarked on an indefinite strike since June 2 to press home their demands. President of the Association, Dr Omojowolo Olubunmi and spokesperson of the Joint House unions, Kehinde Adegoke told Vanguard that with the new development, all workers were expected to return to work today. According to Olubunmi, the decision to suspend the strike was…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has deployed an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, and five Commissioners of Police, CP, to Ekiti to supervise security arrangements for Saturday’s governorship election. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer. The statement stated that Bala Nasarawa, an AIG, would be assisted by CP Ikechukwu Aduba, while CP Hosea Karma would take charge of the Police Mobile Force. It stated that CPs Danladi Mshelbwala, Mohammed Ibrahim and Augustine Eubakhabokum, would be in charge of Ekiti North, Central and South, respectively. Mr. Abubakar had…
Immediate past President of National Association of Women Journalists, Ms Asabe Baba was humiliated Thursday when the Chairman of the National Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi walked her out of the conference for misconduct. Baba, a delegate from Gombe State representing NAWOJ at the conference had left her seat for another when another delegate, Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN), unsure of her identity, raised an alarm. “Chairman, there is a woman sitting here. She is not a delegate. She has no name and tag to identify her,” said Ahamba, stressing that it was a security risk, more so, when she veiled her…
Northerners, particularly traders in Aba, Abia State, have called on their hosts to stop labelling them as Boko Haram sympathizers, saying not every northerner is in support of the group. The appeal came on the heels of the arrest of 486 traders, who were traveling from the North to Port Harcourt on Sunday in Abia State by soldiers, on suspicions of being members of the deadly terrorist group. But speaking with journalists in Aba yesterday, the Chief Imam of Aba Central Mosque, Alhaji Idris Bashir and Secretary of the Aba Onions Market, Alhaji Sani Jos, lamented that ever since the…
It’s been one endorsement deal here and there since Lupita walked away with a Grammy months ago. The Kenyan actress gets another landmark as she landed her first ever Vogue cover this July. On the cover, Lupita smoulders in a print dress with a plunging neckline and cut outs. In the editorial spread, she rocks pieces by Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, Givenchy, Jonathan Saunders, Prada, T by Alexander Wang and J. Crew.
Probably one of the very few Fuji singers left in the country — Pasuma Wonder, has announced that new material is set to drop soon. The popular Nigerian Fuji musician Odetola Wasiu Alabi, aka Pasuma Wonder is gearing up to release three singles from his upcoming Hip Hop album. The songs: ‘Abo’, ‘Omo Olope Sope‘ and ‘O ti Clear’, produced by Frankie Free and DJ Toxiq will be released on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. According to the Fuji star, who was the first person to collaborate with Nigerian hip hop group, Remedies in 1999, he said: ‘This is something a whole…
Na wa ooh, Nigerians must always yab somebody sha, no matter what you do…hehe After the beautiful actress shared the above photo, fans said she was cheap for not going to the salon to get her hair done, and using cheap relaxer. See messages below: –
Former singer from the great female band, Destiny’s Child — Kelly Rowland, announced that she is expecting her first child with husband/manager Tim Witherspoon earlier this month. The mom-to-be shared with the world a photo fans have been craving to see. Rocking a crop top and yoga pants, Kelly flaunts her sweet cargo as she meditates.
EVANS BIPI The six anti-Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi members of the State House of Assembly, on Thursday, listed impeachable offences committed by the state governor and vowed that they would carry out his impeachment at the appropriate time. The leader of the anti-Amaechi lawmakers, Mr. Evans Bipi, said the governor’s interference in the affairs of the state judiciary and meeting with other members of the House of Assembly at the Government House, Port Harcourt, were impeachable offences that would count against the governor when the time comes. Bipi, who made this known in a telephone interview on Thursday with PUNCH, also…
An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday restrained the National Assembly from proceeding with its proposed probe of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The House of Representatives had summoned the minister to appear before its committee investigating her alleged spending of N10 billion on a chartered aircraft. The minister and the NNPC, first and second plaintiffs, however, filed a suit seeking to stop the lawmakers from embarking on the probe. The plaintiffs had joined the Senate and the House of Representatives as co-defendants. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in his ruling, ordered all parties to maintain the status quo pending…