I must confess that singer — Ecetera, seems to be doing a little too much talking these days and less singing. After attacking Tiwa Savage and other female singers about a week ago, the singer has come with another article on the Nigerian situation. Read below: – Rev. father Mathew this morning said we should pray. Pray for Saint Anthony of Padua to intercede. But why should we pray to saint Anthony of Padua? When you can easily lead us in prayer to Saint Jonathan of Aso Rock to intervene? If Martin Luther king can walk his congregations through the bridge…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Nigerian celebrities have come out with the average Nigerians to conduct a peaceful protest in Lagos asking the government to bring back the missing girls. Tonto Dikeh, Toke Makinwa, Ini Edo, Tiwa Savage, Adaora Ukoh, Jeremiah Ogbodo, were part of the celebrities spotted at the rally. They marched from Falomo roundabout to the State house in Onikan, where they met with Governor Fashola. More pictures below: –
Nigerian comedian MC Abbey has raised disturbing questions about the Chibok kidnap, he however agrees that the girls were truly abducted but he says there are lots of shady stuff surrounding the story. Read what he says: – “I believe there where kidnapped but there are a lot of shady stuff involved…the numbers are conflicting,the circumstances around it are also conflicting,the right questions are not been asked,the principal has two different stories to d issue,CNN and amnesty group are doing there best but I sense bias ,why are they not questioning the so called security heads that they said where…
The list keeps getting longer, the number of celebrities acquiring luxury cars is amazingly high. Nigerian Eastern rapper “PHYNO” has just gotten himself a brand new Bentley GT Coupe which is said to be worth N 30 Million joining the league of Bentley owners in Nigeria. Big Congrats Phyno
The eccentric P-Square brothers who are currently vacationing in the beautiful island of St. Lucia shared photos. Paul and Peter Okoye are in St. Lucia for the Saint Lucia Jazz & Art Festival at Pigeon Island, National Landmark with their elder brother/manager Jude Okoye. After waking up to a breathtaking view, the brothers and their team briefly explored their environment, also meeting a few fans. While on the beach, Paul used the opportunity to join the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. In an Instagram post, Peters says “Beautiful St Lucia.” More photos below: –
Popular Nigerian actress, Victoria Inyama, is undeniably one of the most popular and talented ladies to grace the Nollywood screens. The dark-skinned TV Diva made waves with amazing movie roles in the Nigerian film industries during the 90s but however disappeared off the movie screens and off public eyes as well. Apparently, Victoria gave up her acting career, got married and moved out of the country. She currently lives in London and has 3 beautiful children; and yes, she is looking more fabulous than ever. Victoria’s children Check out hot new pics of her below;
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), through its president, Comrade Udengs Eradiri, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to go ahead and contest the 2015 presidential elections, saying they are solidly behind him. The youths, who said they won’t shed any blood to help actualize their kinsman’s ambition, however, warned the Boko Haram insurgents to stop what they called “this rubbish”, in reference to the wave of attacks carried out by the sect. In a statement during the inauguration of various projects in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State on Saturday, May 10, 2014, Eradiri told the president in no uncertain terms…
Schoolgirls who were lucky and brave enough to escape when they had the chance, from Islamist militant group, Boko Haram have narrated their ordeal at the hands of the terrorists. In a video interview obtained by SKY UK, some girls targeted by the kidnappers told how they had escaped from the terrorists. Despite being threatened anyone who attempted to escape would be shot,the girls took a chance and never stopped running even when they were being fired at by the terrorists. One said she had hidden in a tree overnight, while another said she had fled after being put in…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has decried the low institutional capability in data generation, risk analysis and early warning services in disaster management in the country. It also decried inadequate funding of the agencies at the grassroots level. This was contained in a statement signed by the agency’s Public Information’s officer, Ibrahim Farinloye in Lagos on Sunday. The statement said Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Muhammad Sani-Sidi, highlighted these as some of the challenges facing the nation’s emergency management at the International Symposium of Integrated Disaster Risk Governance held in Beijing, China. Sani-Sidi also said they were part of…
The 13 persons onboard a Naval vessel identified as Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Encounter have survived when the Offshore Maritime Security (OMS) patrol vessel went up in flames and sunk while at sea patrolling the waterways. The survivors were rescued by Naval personnel who were alerted by a canoe operator passing by, after they floated for hours on the open waters outside bar at Lagos Anchorage. It was learnt that the vessel which was on patrol ran into hitches at the Lagos Anchorage when a minor electrical fault snowballed into a huge fire that almost claimed the lives of the…
Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has met with the United States in a bid to revive the region’s economy through inclusive growth and development following the destruction of the region’s economy by the activities of Boko Haram. Speaking at an investment forum hosted in Abuja, the two parties stated that the task of rebuilding the North, and specifically the North-east which had been ravaged by terrorism, rests squarely on inclusive economic development. The investment summit was sequel to last March meeting of the governors with United States National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, at the White House where they were reportedly…
Some Nigerian celebs, on Saturday took to the street in Lagos, protesting the abduction of over 234 school girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The celebs comprised popular actress and singers like Tonto Dike, Tiwa Savage, Toke Makinwa, Elohor Aisien, Debola Williams and many others. They marched from Falomo Roundabout to the State house Onikan where they met with Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola. On April 14, over 234 school girls writing their WEAC exam at Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, were kidnapped by Boko Haram sect. The move had, however, stirred international community anger as…
Young Nigerian musicians have for the last decade revolutionalized the music sector in the Nation, from a sector looked down by investors, it is now the one of the biggest in Africa. Our local artistes can now be heard from Tunis to Soweto, From Malaysia to Jamaica, Putting Nigerian Music stars to be seen in high regards as shinning a positive light for Nigeria even as the Nation battles Insecurity issues. Also a lot have changed at the financial part with musicians taking in more and more money, signing multi million Naira deals and raking in millions at show. Vanguard…
Hip Hop Legend Dr. Dre will soon be a Hip Hop’s First billionaire when his company Beats Electronics finally get bought by Apple. Dre founded the company with Jimmy Iovine, and now will sell it for $3.2 billion. Even though the official deal is yet to be announced, the hip hop mogul has already started popping bottles. He was spotted partying with friends director F. Gary Gray and Tyrese, who posted the video to Facebook. Tyresse said: “The Forbes list just changed,”, “They need to update the Forbes list. Shit just changed.” “In a big way, added Dre. “The first billionaire…
Veteran Nollywood actress — Caroline Danjuma used social media to wish mother out there a happy mothers day and also prayed for the safe return of the Chibok girls. In her words: – Exceptionally blessed. May God visit every barren woman today, and may testimonies fill the mouth of the mother’s of the missing chibok girls today. He is an awesome God. Nothing is too difficult for him.
The Presidency has ruled out negotiating with the Boko Haram sect for the release of the schoolgirls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. While claiming responsibility for the April 14 abduction in a video obtained by AFP, the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, had threatened to sell-off the over 200 girls, who he called ‘slaves’. His statement was deconstructed as a subtle way of asking for ransom from the government for the release of the girls. But the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, weekend, said the government would not pay ransom…
The Chairman, United Muslims Council, Lagos State and state leader of the All Progressives Congress, Mufutau Hamzat, has debunked reports that the relationship between him and a national leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has gone sour. Hamzat, who made the clarification at his Lagos residence weekend, also denied the rumor that he was planning on mobilizing Islamic clerics and Muslims to protest against Tinubu’s alleged imposition of a former Accountant-General of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, on the state as the next governor. The APC chieftain said the report was nothing but the…
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO WITH (FROM LEFT), CHIEF OF AIR STAFF, AIR MARSHAL ADESHOLA NUNAYOM AMOSU, CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LT. GEN. TOBIAH MINIMAH, CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, AIR CHIEF MARSHAL ALEX BADEH AND CHIEF OF NAVAL SATFF, REAR ADMIRAL USMAN JIBRIN. The Executive Director, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Adetokunbo Mumuni, has spoken out in defence of President Goodluck Jonathan in the face of rising security challenges, saying rather than call for the president’s head, Nigerians should be calling on those at the helm of affairs in national security, including the Inspector-General of Police,…
A whopping N4 billion was spent by the Federal Government on the recently held World Economic Forum on Africa, which held in Abuja from 7-9 May, a report compiled by SUNDAY PUNCH has shown. The figure, which was provided for in the 2014 budget under the service wide vote with code 23050143, is aside the unspecified amount provided for sponsorship by the Organized Private Sector. Although the budget did not provide a breakdown of the allocation, it was discovered that the amount was used to pay for hotel bills, feeding and other logistics of top government functionaries of countries that…
Erstwhile governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion has disputed allegations that he looted the state dry during his eight year tenure in office and had to cut a deal with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), to return huge sums of money he illegally acquired. According to him, the allegation are false because after an extensive probe by the anti-graft agency into all his accounts, nothing incriminating was found to warrant the return of the billions he was alleged to have looted. He said, “I did not return any money. They found N3.2 million in my account. Let…