The Federal Government has said efforts to extradite the suspected mastermind of the deadly bomb blast in Nyanya, an Abuja in April, Sadiq Ogwuche, from Sudan, is in progress. The government said the process of his extradition was being handled by the International Criminal Police Organisation, also known as INTERPOL. It stated that the process is a long drawn one, which requires a lot of paperwork and tendering of evidence to show that the suspect was indeed involved in what he was being sought for. This was the position of the Director, Public Communication, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amedu Ogbole-Ode.…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Abuja-Kaduna Standard Gauge Rail Modernisation Project is 85 per cent completed, the Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, said Saturday. Mr. Umar announced this in Doko, Kaduna State, at a ceremony to mark the attainment of 100km of track-laying for the railway modernisation project. The Vice President, Namadi Sambo, launched the track-laying at Idu, Abuja, in July 2013. “Today, in less than one year, the construction has attained over 100km out of 186km. In the next three months, the track will be completed. “All the materials required are already on ground to achieve the completion and availability of the rail…
One Mr Daniel Akinneyin has been stabbed to death in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje local government area of Ondo State by a suspect believed to be his wife’s lover. According to the police, the deceased had accosted the 25-year-old Sunday Olumekun, who is suspected of dating Akinneyin’s wife, on why he should give his wife the sum of N100,000 to start a business. The late Akinneyin, according to police sources, was understood to have approached the suspect to query him about the rationale behind the cash donation and accused the Olumekun of having a love affair with his wife as a result…
Male looking Nigerian musician — Weird MC took to her official Twitter page to speak out on reports that her high energy on stage is because she uses enhancement including drugs. Weird MC says she has had it with rumors about herself over the years. How Stupid How Ignorant so if you are A female Artiste and you burn mad energy on stage you are on drugs? Wake up ppl — WEIRD MC (@weirdmcofficial) June 14, 2014 Full Tweets How Stupid How Ignorant so if you are A female Artiste and you burn mad energy on stage you are on drugs?…
Large sized Nollywood actress — Eniola Badmus, has flaunted her large collection of perfumes and says she can’t finish them in a year. But i look through all of them and can’t see any big brand names. What do you think?
Faze might not a famous as his former band mate 2face, but he did quite well for himself. He might have been off the scene for a while but he tells Vanguard he is working on an album which would win more awards than ever before. See what he said below: – ‘I’ve been recording my new album which will be out any time soon. I have some collaborations with some of my friends in the industry and you can expect the normal Faze treats. You know I don’t just release albums. I take my time and make sure what…
She just had a set of twins and hence she has been on a low-key. The new mother and actress/singer — Muma Gee spoke to Punch about fashion and said she spends alot on her hair and tattoos are evil Read below: – I am sorry to say this but I believe tattoos are evil. I might be naive and I am not trying to be hypocritical. You leave your skin in the hands of another person and you don’t know what the person is hiding under that inscription on your body. You don’t know when you are given a…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed as “sponsored stories”, reports that the All Progressives Congress, APC, had zoned him out of the presidential contest following a new arrangement. In a statement issued by his media office, the former Vice President said at no time did the party’s Convention Planning Committee or its recently-dissolved Interim National Executive Council (NEC) discuss the issue of zoning of elective offices outside the positions of leadership of the party, which were filled at the convention held on Friday. Atiku contested the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primaries in 2011, but was defeated by President…
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Mr. Halilu Pai, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission has engaged 7,941 people as ad hoc staff for the June 21 governorship election in the state. Pai told journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Saturday that most of the ad hoc staff were members of the National Youth Service Corps and students of tertiary institutions. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the REC said the commission engaged such a high number of ad hoc staff in order to cater for the 766,132 persons registered as voters in the state. Pai…
The N2.1bn libel suit filed by Chairman of the Organization and Mobilization Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West, Buruji Kashamu against former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has degenerated to a war of harsh words between the two men. The suit, which is before Justice Valentine Ashi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, turned into a sort of mudslinging as Obasanjo, in his statement of defence, described Kashamu as a notorious debtor and a man lacking in local and international reputation. He described the PDP chieftain’s suit as “frivolous, speculative and gold digging”…
A non-governmental organization, the Gatekeeper Foundation, has insisted that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, must be sacked to ensure that she does not interfere with the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The audit was approved by President Goodluck Jonathan after the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Malam Lamido Sanusi, alleged non-remittance of $20 billion by NNPC to the Federation Account. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Saturday, the Executive Director of Gatekeepers Foundation, Blessing Agbomhere, said that it will not be right for a government that claims to be fighting corruption, to…
The Imo State Police Command has arrested six suspects over the discovery of two Improvised Explosive Devices in a church in Owerri, the state capital, the Commissioner of Police, Abdumajid Ali, and spokesperson for the command, Andrew Enwerem, have said. Mr. Enwerem, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, in a chat with PREMIUM TIMES, said the command was alerted to the presence of strange objects at the entrance of the Port Harcourt Road branch of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel around midnight on Saturday. He said bomb experts were immediately deployed to the church to sweep the area. “During their…
Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda has expressed hope that insecurity will soon end in the north eastern part of Nigeria. Yuguda spoke with newsmen in Gombe on Saturday, stating that although the problem had lingered for long, it had not defied solutions as the issue would be resolved at the appropriate time. “Everything has its own time; efforts are being made by both the states and Federal Government to address the security problems in the country,” the governor said. “I assure you that it is just a matter of time; there is time to start something and there is time…
Wife of the Ondo State governor, Mrs. Olukemi Mimiko, weekend, celebrated her 47th birthday with 51 triplets and quadtuplets that benefited from her pet project, the Maternal Pulse Foundation. Mrs Mimiko, who spoke at the Government House ground in Akure, Ondo State capital, charged the parents in the various communities to be sensitive to the health of their children. While expressing gratitude to God for her life and foundation, Mrs Mimiko thanked God for keeping the children of the foundation and parents for their efforts in nurturing the babies. ”We are gathered here to celebrate God and our special families…
Meagan Good the Hollywood star married to a pastor is in the news again and this time for the wrong reasons. We reported a few months back about an outfit which she wore to an event that exposed her very ample bosom and caused an uproar in the media, (read that story here). The actress is in the news again for her outfit to the “Think Like A Man” screening that took place in Washington D.C recently, she wore a transparent bra and a transparent top so that anybody who looks closely can see very clearly the large chest which…
Popular Naija singer, songwriter and performer Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, a.k.a. Wizkid, congratulated his long-time girlfriend, Tania Omotayo, on her birthday today, June 14, 2014. The “Love My Baby” crooner showed love to Tania both on Twitter and in reality, despite rumours on their breakup. Wizkid, who is reportedly in Los Angeles, the U.S.A., sent a congratulatory message via his twitter. But what really surprised Tania is delivery of flowers and a cake to her address (see the photo above). “Woke up to this from my Ayodeji!!! Thank you baby!! I love you!,” she tweeted in response. The relationship between Wizkid…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Saturday said he stayed away from the All Progressives Congress National Convention in Abuja as a mark of respect for the abducted schoolgirls. The Special Adviser to the governor on Communication, Mallam Isa Gusau, said this in a statement issued in Maiduguri. “Shettima stayed away from the Eagle Square, venue of APC national convention as a mark of respect for victims of Boko Haram attacks in Borno that include families of those killed across the state. “The action is also to honour parents who have remained in despair following the abduction of about…
The leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the newly elected national executive members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP also hailed the successful conduct of APC’s national convention, describing it as good omen for constructive and purposeful opposition that the Nigerian people deserved. The ruling party, in a statement on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, also welcomed the emergence of Chief John Oyegun as national chairman of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed as substantive National Publicity Secretary and other national executive members of the opposition party. Metuh said the PDP was looking forward…
Executive Director of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Comrade Shehu Sani believes that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is itching toward tyranny on account of its recent conducts. The rights activist cited the attacks on Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso over the appointment of Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano and clampdown on the press by agents of the Federal Government even as he added that the Kano governor is a victim of a desperate and dying government. Sani, in a statement in Abuja yesterday, warned government apologists against returning the nation to the dark days. He traced Kwankwaso’s ordeal…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday endorsed Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State for a second term in office. Gov Fayemi is the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the June 21 governorship election. The NLC President, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, who led a delegation of the union’s Central Working Committee (CWC) on a visit to the governor in Ado Ekiti, however asked stakeholders, including the federal government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ensure level playground in the election. According to the NLC president, Governor Fayemi has “performed creditably well and deserving of a second…