Owner of the Los Angeles Clippers — Donald Sterling, became one of the most hated men in the USA after he made some racist comments to hi girlfriend in his home. Donald Sterling was banned for life from the NBA over racist comments but has finally apologised and asked for forgiveness in his first public statement since the controversy began last month, CNN said on Sunday. In an interview to be broadcast today, Sterling told CNN he made a terrible mistake but was not a racist. “I love my league, I love my partners. Am I entitled to one mistake?…
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All Progressive Congress (APC) national women leader, Barrister Sharon Ikeazor, has urged the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, to visit the women whose children were abducted in Chibok, Borno State. Ikeazor, who was among the national leadership of the party that addressed a world press conference in Lagos weekend, said it is when the first lady visits Chibok and other parts of the North-East ravaged by Boko Haram that she may appreciate the seriousness of what the depressed mothers and women are currently passing through. She also called for involvement of women in solving the current insurgency problem in the…
Immediate past governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Sam Egwu has called on the Federal Government to recruit teeming unemployed graduates in the country into the Nigerian Armed Forces. The former governor, who made the call in his home town of Ezzambo yesterday, said that the move would help in addressing the country’s security challenges. According to the leader of the Ebonyi delegates to the ongoing National Conference, “the recruitment of youths into the military will also help in tackling the high level of unemployment in the country”. He also stated that President Goodluck Jonathan’s acceptance of the international community’s offer…
Former Lagos State Governor and one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party can only win the Ekiti governorship election by rigging. Tinubu stressed that the PDP knows it could only win the state by manipulating the election because the party had not presented an alternative manifesto to challenge the ruling APC government in the state. The APC chieftain made this known at a fund raising dinner hosted by “Friends of JKF”, a statement said on Sunday. According to Tinubu, “Those in Abuja have sent their agents down…
The Presidency has reacted to the statement by the Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, who asserted that the country is on ‘auto-pilot’, saying the comment amounts to partisan blackmail. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a statement issued on Sunday said: “We consider it most unfortunate that the chairman of the APC will use the opportunity of the situation in the country namely the abduction of the girls of GSSC, Chibok to engage in partisan blackmail. “The issue of national security should go beyond partisan politics.…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has watched with very keen interest a video clip shown on the BBC world service, purported to have been released by members of the Boko Haram sect. In a statement issued in Maiduguri on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Isa Gusau, Gov. Shettima directed the transfer of the video into mobile storage devices under the care of some officials, including the Chairman of Chibok local government area. According to the statement, the video is to be shown to parents, some of the freed students, who know their abducted colleagues, teachers…
The Chargé d’Affaires in the Embassy of the United States of America in Cameroon, Gregory D. Thome, has ruled out the possibility of Boko Haram hiding the school girls abducted from Chibok, Borno State, anywhere in Cameroon. The US envoy made this known while addressing journalists in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon after holding a meeting with the Minister of External Relations, Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo. According to a report posted on the website of one of the leading newspapers in Cameroon, Cameroon Tribune, the US envoy was at the ministry to thank the country for the efforts it has made…
The head of the Boko Haram insurgents — Abubakar Shekau shocked the world this morning when he released another video that shows the girls in Muslim headdresses reciting Quran in a loud voice and declaring they have been converted into Islam. Shekau also made it clear in the video that, he will be willing to exchange the schoolgirls for Boko Haram prisoners. “Praise be to Allah, the lord of the world,” the girls whom a chunk of them are Christians chanted in the video. Will post the new video as soon as it gets online.
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has disclosed that satellite images from the Nigeria SatX and Sat 2 cannot locate the 273 school girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok, Borno State as they were not built for such purposes. The Director General of the agency, Professor Seidu Mohammed, who made this known in a chat with Daily Trust yesterday, explained that while many Nigerians were expecting the satellite to do what he called wonders in tracing the abducted school girls, the country’s satellites only possessed 2.5 meters resolution, not sufficient to do such tracking. Mohammed claimed…
I must admit that sometimes i feel so sorry for Kim K, although the reality TV star has thousands of fans, it seems she has twice the amount of haters. A super excited Kim showed off her first mother’s day gift, a wall of roses from her fiancé Kanye, but instead of her fans celebrating with her they went for her head. Read their comments below: –
The governor of Nigeria’s Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram. Governor Kashim Shettima said he had passed reports of the sightings of the girls to the military for verification. Mr Shettima added that he did not think the girls had been taken across the border to Chad or Cameroon. Earlier, France’s president offered to host a summit on Boko Haram. “I suggested, with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, a meeting of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries” Francois Hollande said. “If the countries agree, it should take place next Saturday”, he…
EbonyLife OAP — Ebuka never use to be so outspoken, especially when he was a housemate in the Big Brother House, years ago. The handsome character is now always on social media networks, dissing one individual or the other. His latest victim is former beauty queen. See his tweet about her below: _
The head of the Catholic church worldwide has also joins millions of people in the world demanding for the return of the 200+ girls that were abducted. Pope Francis used his Twitter account to demand for people all over the world to pray for the same return of the Chibok girls. See his tweet below: –
I just got reports that the former minister — Dora Akunyili has to be flown abroad as her health worsens. Efforts are currently being made by officials of the foreign affairs ministry to secure an Indian visa for her as soon as possible because her doctor says any delay might be risky. It will be recalled that Mrs Akunyili has been sick for a while, but showed up at the on-going conference in Abuja where she thanked those who stood by her and said she was getting better. I remember speaking to a friend on this issue and he told…
Two suspected kidnappers and three suspected robbers have been arrested along Lagos‑Ibadan expressway and in Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area respectively by the Ogun State Police Command, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) yesterday said. The suspected kidnappers had reportedly attempted to kidnap two children, Damilola Folorunsho, 6 and Olaitan Folorunsho, 5 at Agbado Road, Dalemo Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area. Muyiwa Adejobi, State PPRO, in a statement said the two suspects were reported by grandfather of the two children and when they were questioned about their mission in the area, they could not give any satisfactory…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, yesterday urged the United Nations Security Council to go beyond mere expression of concern over the plight of school children seized by armed groups, as well as those affected by violence from Boko Haram insurgency, saying the council should act decisively against Boko Haram. The group, in a statement by its executive director, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni, said it is now time for the Council to act decisively against Boko Haram by imposing “targeted sanctions against them and their backers to end persistent attacks against children and other civilians.” “The Council should consider a broad…
The World Economic Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation has set up a joint task force to redesign development financing for Africa and other developing economies. The decision to set up the task force was reached at the conclusion of proceedings of the forum in Abuja. According to Development Initiatives, an independent organisation working on poverty elimination, approximately $1.7 trillion in development assistance flows from the developed to the developing world. The task force will redesign the channeling of these development assistance to key sectors of the economy for maximum benefit. Meanwhile, panelists at the conclusion of the forum…
About 30,000 Nigerians spend $1 billion on medical tourism annually, Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji has disclosed. Orji spoke at a side session of the just concluded World Economic Forum on Africa, organised by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, PWC. He stated that opportunities abound in the Nigerian healthcare sector for private sector participation, if the affluent class had the will and determination to end the capital flight and invest the money back in the local economy. According to him, 60 per cent of the $1 billion is spent in four major areas of healthcare, namely: cardiology, orthopaedic, renal…
Elder statesman and former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has said Nigeria can be great if leaders do the needful, which entails restructuring Nigeria into true fiscal federation with powers devolved to the federating units as was practised in the First Republic. “We are facing serious crises now. Nigeria cannot achieve peace, stability and development without a far-reaching change to the existing order,” said Anyaoku at the weekend in Lagos, during the meritorious awards and reception organised by Ndigbo Lagos for eight Igbo sons and a daughter, who recently left public service. Anyaoku linked the raging violence and insecurity,…
Veteran Nollywood actress — Victoria Inyama, shared new photos of herself looking like she hasn’t even aged a day. Victoria Inyama now lives in London with her 3 kids and husband. See more photos of the sexy and beautiful Victoria below: –