The police in Ebonyi on Monday confirmed the killing of a police officer on Sunday by unknown gunmen. The Public Relations Officer of the Ebonyi Police Command, Mr Chris Anyanwu, told newsmen that more information on the incident would be made public later. He also confirmed that another officer from the command sustained gunshot wounds in the incident which took place at Ude Street in Hausa Quarters, Abakaliki. An eyewitness said on the condition of anonymity that the two policemen were on duty at the Abacha Roundabout, near the area. “They went to the Hausa Quarters to buy sachet water…
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe has engaged some critics of President Goodluck Jonathan on micro-blogging site twitter, querying them about their bases for calling the president ‘clueless’. Okupe made the remark in a tweet via his Twitter handle @doyinokupe. He called those that labeled the president as ‘clueless’ bias and uninformed commentators. He asked if the Minister of Finance, Okonjo Iweala; Minister of Agriculture, Akin Adesina; Minister of Works, Mike Onolomeme , Director-General, Budget Office, Mr. Bright Okogwu and Minister, FCT, Bala Mohammed among others are clueless. According to Okupe, Jonathan has achieved…
Eastern popular singer — Flavour N’abania has recently been added to another honor row. He has been chosen as an ambassador for popular beer, Harp. Flavour recently signed a deal with Harp Lager Beer as a brand ambassador in a deal said to be worth a large amount of money undisclosed presently. The deal is already signed, sealed, delivered!
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Alhaji Saidu Baba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the bye-election into the Yobe State House of Assembly. INEC had on Saturday conducted a bye-election to fill the Nangere constituency seat, which became vacant following the death of Adamu Degubi.Degubi, who was killed by unknown gunmen in June 2012. Announcing the results on Sunday, the INEC Returning Officer for the election, Malam Idris Yusuf, stated that Baba polled 14,360 votes to beat Shuaibu Ibrahim of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who garnered 7,851 votes. The returning officer also stated that 23,320…
World famous with Young Money Records — Nicki Minaj has always been rumored to be dating fellow rapper Drake. Nicki Minaj recently cracked a joke about wanting to run away with Drake and marry the Canadian one day in an interview with i-D magazine. Other topics she spoke on were working with Kanye West on “Monster,” her ideal woman, her influences and more. Read excerpts below: – What are your influences?The way I rap is the way I speak, it’s conversational. I try not to limit what I put in my raps. I approach it like I have something to prove,…
Just like his song, “Gratitude”, Dammy Krane showed on Saturday night how much he appreciates his fans as he gave out his gold chain to a fan that impressed the crowd with her dancing skills. He was the host at the eviction party organised for Elvis Jay who was evicted from the Etisalat sponsored Nigerian Idol Season IV after making it to the top 3. If you were not there, you may have missed one of the best performances from Dammy Krane. Dammy krane perfoming The party was organised by Etisalat on Saturday night at Ntyce, Karimu Kotun in Victoria…
The Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District, Prof. Ajayi Borrofice, at the weekend, said the All Progressives Congress, APC, will cruise to victory in 2015 if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fields President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate. He said it is the APC’s earnest prayer that Jonathan emerges the PDP presidential candidate at the polls. Borrofice spoke with reporters at his Oka-Akoko home town in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo during an empowerment programme for his constituents. At the event, which was attended by APC state executives, led by Chief Isaac Kekemeke, 50 tricycles, 45 power…
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has “hailed” the Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, for admitting that about 90 per cent of the #BringBackOurGirls protesters are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The minister had while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting last Wednesday in Abuja, alleged that 90 per cent of the people protesting the abduction of over 200 school girls from Chibok, Borno State, are members of the opposition party. The lawmaker noted that the minister’s statement was a confirmation that majority of Nigerians are in…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed indifference to the Federal Government’s release of the state-owned Bombardier aircraft, saying there was no justifiable reason for its seizure in the first place. The FG, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, had over a year ago grounded the Rivers-owned aircraft at a time the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan were at loggerheads. But NCAA Director of Airworthiness Standards, Benedict Adeyileka, defended the grounding of the Bombardier – BD 700-1A11 (Global Express) aircraft, with registration number N565RS, arguing that the clearance certification that allowed it…
The death toll in Sunday’s bomb explosion in Mubi, Adamawa State, has risen from 14, earlier confirmed by the police to 18. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Sunday in Abuja. The statement also said that the number of injured people had risen to 19 as against 12 earlier confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Usman Abubakar. It said that all the injured persons had been evacuated to hospitals for treatment. The military spokesperson also said two suspects linked to the blast have been arrested. He, however,…
The Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has asked Nigerians to begin to hold their respective state governors and local government chairmen accountable for allocations accruing to states and councils. By doing this, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala argues that it would accelerate national transformation, adding that the revenue allocations of some states supersedes the annual budgets of some neighbouring countries. Delivering a lecture titled: “Transforming Nigeria’s economy: Opportunities and Challenges”, at the 12th Convocation of Babcock University at the weekend, the minister, who was conferred with the honorary title of Doctor of Human Letter, noted that Nigerians often vent their anger on the…
The Nigerian military has been placed in a tight corner in its effort to rescue the Chibok schoolgirls because their abductors have kept them “tactically” in the face of attack, sources said yesterday. According to a report by The Nation, citing a top military source, the girls cannot be rescued using force without some casualties. The source, who confided in the newspaper on the condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak on the subject, insisted that the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, was right when he disclosed that the location of the girls…
Multiple award winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has flayed the intervention of western military experts in the search and rescue of over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, saying Nigeria can solve its own problems. She said while the terrorists’ actions had forced members of her own family to flee the area, a foreign attack on her homeland would be counterproductive. “Now we have American drones helping us in this forest and even the French have sent in people – shouldn’t they be fixing their own economy?” she said, adding that “We can solve our own damn problems”. Adichie, who…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has described Saturday’s trip to Gwoza, where he paid his last respects to the late Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Shehu Idrissa Timta, who was killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Friday, as most petrifying. He said travelling through such a dangerous route that has become a slaughter ground for insurgents on a daily basis requires more than just having courage. “If I say I was not petrified travelling through that 135km of road to Gwoza, I would be lying because that road had been designated a no-go area for about two months now…
27-year-old Chocolate City rapper, Panshak Zamani popularly known as Ice Prince in a recent interview opens up on when he’ll get married. The father of one who was said in an interview that ‘he is not mentally ready for marriage’ said: “I am just 27 years old. I don’t have any brother or mentor that got married at 27. So, I have about five years to go. I have to make more money and build a house in Banana Island before I take a woman home.” Speaking on his kind of woman he said: “I just want her to be…
New York born rapper, songwriter and actress Nicki Minaj rocked the revealing outfit for the Hot 97 Summer Jam held in her native city. Although we have seen the controversial being provocative and … braless more than on one occasion, this time she again managed to get the audience excited with her sexy look. The extreme level of hotness was reached as one of the world’s richest rappers was bumping her parts on Drake at one point. Be careful, Nicki, RiRi might not like this! Enjoy more photos from the occasion:
The House of Representatives has maintained that its probe of the Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke’s alleged expenditure of N10billion on private jets charter is not a “witch-hunt”. The House deputy spokesman, Victor Ogene stated this during a press briefing at the weekend. The House had earlier insisted that the probe of the minister was “not selective and targeted”, but a constitutional duty as enshrined in Section 89 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Recall that President Goodluck Jonathan during his last media chat had alleged that most probes, particularly the one involving Mrs. Alison-Madueke, had political undertones. He went…
The decision to dissolve the state executives of the Yobe chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a laudable step that will reposition the party to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015, a former Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri, has said. He made this known in a chat with reporters yesterday at his residence in Abuja. According to Waziri, the immediate past chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur made a lot of mistakes during his aborted tenure and supported such illegality that destabilized the party in the state and almost consumed the party nationwide.…
NIGERIA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AMB. AMINU WALI The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Aminu Wali, has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will no doubt win the forth coming 2015 general election, because according to him, the so-called popularity of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, was nothing but ‘fake and artificial’. The minister also faulted the result of the just concluded local government elections in Kano, which returned all APC’s candidates as winners in the 44 local government areas of the state, saying: “Every sensible person knows that what happened was nothing but a sham and…
An Australian man has revealed how he is desperately trying to free the 250 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, who were taken on April 14 by Boko Haram terrorists. Dr Stephen Davis left his home in Perth to travel to the African country after being recruited by the country’s president for his hostage negotiation expertise. The girls were taken in a raid on their school in Chibok, in Nigeria’s north-east, by the violent group who want to impose Sharia law on the country. Dr Davis, a friend of The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has been working secretly in Nigeria for almost…