The All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised a 15-member committee ahead of its National Convention rescheduled for June 13 and 14 in Abuja. Its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday at a news conference after the 10th meeting of the party’s Interim National Committee. He said “the Interim National Committee of APC, after deliberations, agreed to hold the party’s National Convention in Abuja on June 13 and June14”. The APC had earlier announced that it would hold its national convention on May 24, 2014, which it later postponed. Mr. Mohammed said the postponement…
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The Osun State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted claims by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyiola Omisore, who boasted that he influenced the citing of the Air force Safety School in Ipetu-Ijesha, the Navy Communications School in Ile-Ife and the Army Recruitment Centre in Esa-Oke. In a statement by its Publicity Director, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, the Osun APC said only former Chief of Defense Staff General Petirin, former Chairman of the House Committee on Defense Wole Oke and Erelu Olusola Obada, who all hail from Osun, could justifiably lay claims to the…
The ‘N25 million largesse’ purportedly given to an ex-militant in Rivers State, ‘General’ Solomon Ndigbara, aka Osama Bin Ladin, is creating disquiet within the camp of ex-militants in the state. Information Nigeria reports that the said largesse was donated by the Supervising Minister of Education, Barr. Nyesom Wike, when he visited Yeghe-Ogoni in Gokana Local Government Area of the state on May 8. It was learnt that ex-militants are at ‘war’ with Ndigbara over the unfavorable sharing formula, which has made made many of the ‘boys’ to voice out their displeasure and threaten to withdraw their support for Wike’s governorship…
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has described allegations of discrimination against Christians levelled against his government as fictitious, saying he was not a religious bigot. Nyako noted that during his tenure, adherents of all religious faiths have been given equal rights to practise their beliefs without hindrance as enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution, adding that the allegation of any outstanding Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) of any Christian group in Adamawa State, which the governor purportedly refused to sign is utterly false. His position was made known through a press statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Affairs to…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday strongly condemned the bomb blasts in Jos, saying his administration will not be cowed by the atrocities of enemies of human progress and civilisation. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, the president described the perpetrators of the blasts as cruel and evil. Jonathan directed all relevant agencies to mobilise support and relief efforts in aid of the victims of the blasts. He extended his heartfelt sympathies to the affected families and persons, and also assured Nigerians that his government remained fully committed to…
The Senate has taken a swipe at information and Communications Technology (ICT) practitioners in the country over alleged non utilization of their expertise in the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram insurgence. The Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT, Senator Gilbert Nnaji, heavily criticised the sector and its experts as the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, presented a N54.4 billion 2014 budget to the committee last week. Of the total budget, NCC said N14.8 billion was allocated to recurrent expenditure while N15.8 billion was allocated to capital expenditure while the sum of N7.4 billion was allocated to USPF projects. According to the…
Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, yesterday, said that the doubt in certain quarters on whether or not the Chibok school girls were actually abducted by Boko Haram insurgents and the theory that the kidnap was staged managed by his government was as painful as the actual abduction. Shettima also described as a sad tale, the fact that Nigeria pays more emphasis on politics than finding solutions to the nation’s numerous problems.He was responding to the address by the Chairman of the Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the Abduction of Chibok School Girls, Brig, Gen. Ibrahim Sabo (rtd.) “Borno has…
Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, branch has declared a total and indefinite strike over what it described as failure of the state government to meet its three core demands. Chairman of the school’s branch of ASUU, Dr. Idris Adekunle, said having exhausted one year of dialogue and consultations with relevant stakeholders without headway, the union decided to call out its members on a total, comprehensive and indefinite industrial action. According to him, the three core issues to be addressed before members could return to work were the reversal of the high LASU tuition regime from…
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, dragged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh to court over allegations linking him with terror group Boko Haram. In the libel suit he filed before an Abuja high court sitting at Gudu, El-Rufai, insisted that the defendants should be compelled to pay him the sum of N1.5 billion for tarnishing his public image via a press statement that alleged that both himself and the All Progressive Congress, APC, are connected to the Boko Haram insurgents. He told the court that Metuh, in…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that it has so far captured the data of about three million Nigerians who enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN). Director of Operations, Mrs Cecilia Yahaya, who disclosed this, stated that the commission had established over 200 new enrolment centres across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with plans to ensure that the newly-deployed enrolment centres increased the number of their daily enrolments from 60,000 to 100,000. She stated that enrolment exercises in these centres for the NIN had kick-started 10 weeks ago, adding that this was to…
Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere Renewal Group, on Monday, demanded regional autonomy for the Yoruba race of South-West or force it to secede. The group made its position known at a press conference in Lagos, as the national conference commenced consideration of its committees’ reports. Briefing the media at the unveiling of a publication “Regional Autonomy or Nothing,” at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, in Lagos, the group noted that the displeasure of the region as regards the rejection of its demands at the conference, while particularly accusing the northern group of ganging up to defeat autonomy for the regions. “Nigeria…
The Yoruba rights’ group has condemned a statement credited to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, describing majority of Yoruba obas as “useless” and “sell-outs” during the Jumat prayer session to mark the 80th birthday of Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona. According to a statement signed by the secretary of the group, Wasiu Adeyemi, the group said the statement by Senator Tinubu was an insult to the entire Yoruba race, which was calculated to ridicule and bring the entire traditional institution to disrepute. The group, therefore, gave Tinubu seven…
Israel has sent two anti-terror experts to Nigeria to join the search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, an Israeli security source said on Tuesday. “There are in Nigeria two advisers who have dealt in terrorist matters in the past,” he told AFP. “They were sent there by the state to help.” The pair were not currently serving as intelligence personnel for the Israeli government. “They are not soldiers, not officers. They are not part of the security system,” the source added. On May 11, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan…
The Shehu of Borno, Dr Mustapha El-Kanemi, has disowned leaders of the Boko Haram, saying that none of them is from Borno State, contrary to the belief in many quarters. The Shehu said this while receiving the presidential fact-finding committee on the abduction of the Chibok girls in his palace in Maiduguri. “What is happening now is unfortunate. It’s entirely new to us. None of the leaders of Boko Haram is from Borno. They cannot claim to be from here. The problem was brought to us from elsewhere,” the monarch said. He observed that in the 1,200 years of the…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has intercepted 244 vessels allegedly involved in illegal activities on Nigeria’s territorial waters over the last two years, Director-General, Patrick Akpobolokemi has disclosed. The vessels include those alleged to have been involved in sea robbery, illegal bunkering and other criminal activities in Nigeria’s maritime domain. “The last two years of our acquiring operational and enforcement capability had led to the arrest of over 244 vessels. Their offences range from piracy and sea robbery, economic sabotage, illicit activities to non-compliance with regulatory regimes and evasion of statutory levy payment,” he said. Akpobolokemi, who…
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has taken responsibility for the fire explosion that occurred at the refinery jetty of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at Okrika, Rivers State, on Sunday morning. Seven persons were reported to have been killed in the fire incident, while several others suffered severe degrees of burns. MEND also debunked the claim that the arson was perpetrated by some oil pipeline vandals, saying that it was carried out by some of its fighters and aided by some of its agents within and among the NNPC staff. The group made this…
The ‘Like a boy’ singer — Ciara, who has been pregnant for her fiance and fellow singer — Future has put to bed. Sources say Ciara gave birth very early Monday morning in Los Angeles. The baby is the first for Ciara, who is engaged to rapper Future and expected to marry him in the fall. Future has three other children from previous relationships. In March, La La Anthony and makeup artist Yolonda Frederick threw a baby shower for the new mom, where Carmelo Anthony gifted Ciara with a pair of baby Air Jordans. Ciara’s rep, Chris Chambers, had no…
Beautiful Ghollywood actress — Nadia Buari who reports say ended her relationship with Jim Iyke as a result of his bad anger posted the message below on her Twitter page. “He that walks with the wise shall be wise…. But a companion of fools shall be destroyed!”#TotallyLoveThisScripture ! Morning Tweedies Meanwhile the actress is said to have recently acquired an expensive property in Accra, Ghana. It is learnt that the Nadia intends to use the building which will be operated by Nadia’s ‘Fashion Parade’ and will offer free scholarship to its first batch of beneficiaries. She also has the Nadia…
Amidst last week’s drama, this comes as a sweet sweet relief. The Carters and Knowles spent some quality time together in New Orleans over the weekend. According to TMZ, Beyoncé and Jay Z dined with Solange at Café Amelie for more than two hours on Saturday. Read TMZ’s report below: – The arrived in three SUVs with heavy security. A team of bodyguards waited outside to make sure no photographers got a shot of them, but Beyoncé has shared some photos from their get together. Bey, Jay, Solange, and Tina Knowles were all smiles as they posed together for a…
Apparently, since Grammy award winner — Lupita started ignoring Dencia’s hate mail, the Cameroonian singer and businesswoman needed to find another way to stay relevant. What better way than sharing photos of your assets?!? With the help of a hotel room mirror, Dencia on May 20, 2014 introduced the whole world to her BIG backside while she lodged at the MGM hotel, hours after attending the 2014 Billboard Awards. The photo posted on her Instagram shows the singer/fashion entrepreneur unclad from the bottom down. And trust me, this is no mistake!