Soul Mate, a leading hair care products manufacturer has endorsed the witty Nigerian actor and comedian, Hafiz Oyetoro a.k.a Saka for a deal. Saka, in the mouth-watering deal will lead the new campaign of the brand with two other stars, Ifeoma Ume Okeke and Ure Scott Kalu. The comedian and the models are to star in the commercial portraying the result of using the newly introduced set of Soul Mate body cream. Confirming the deal, Dele Okusanya, Communications Director for Soul Mate said; “We are committed to our customers, and that is why for two years, we have tested the…
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday expressed optimism that the abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno, would be the end to terror in the country. The President said this at the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum on Africa holding in Abuja. Jonathan, who said that Nigeria was proud to host the event for the first time it was coming to West Africa, thanked participants for coming at a time Nigeria was facing terror attacks. Jonathan thanked China, the U.S., United Kingdom and France who volunteered to assist Nigeria in the rescue efforts of the girls and…
GE Foundation, the philanthropic organisation of General Electric, has collaborated with Duke University’s Developing World Healthcare Technology Laboratory and Engineering World Health to develop a new Biomedical Equipment Technician Training (BMET) project in Nigeria aimed at addressing the paucity of qualified medical technicians in the country for service and repair of biomedical equipment. The Foundation will also collaborate with Nigeria’s Health Ministry on the grant program worth $1.5 million, to establish a BMET school and create a Centre of Excellence (COE) in coordination with Federal School of Biomedical Engineering Technology at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), building on the…
Residents and some government officials in Maiduguri have expressed dismay over alleged “ill treatment” of Borno State officials by the presidency in Abuja during interrogation over the abduction 267 girls at secondary school in Chibok over three weeks ago. A Protest Letter signed by Mohammed Bashir Shuwa, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Kashim Shettima on ICT Alhaji Aliyu Biu, made available to newsmen says they have reservations over the “degrading manner in which Borno state government officials were chastised and reduced to nothing by the presidency.” The protest letter reads: “Upon their arrival at the presidential villa on Saturday…
The Vatican on Thursday appealed for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria, voicing its “compassion” and “horror for the physical and spiritual suffering”. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi condemned the “terrorists” and said it was “the latest of the horrible acts of violence that have characterised the activity of this group in Nigeria for a long time”. “The total lack of respect for life and for human dignity, including for the most innocent, vulnerable and defenceless people demands an extremely firm condemnation,” Lombardi said on Vatican radio. “This evokes compassion filled…
One of Nigeria’s biggest media mogul and former Presidential aspirant Dele Momodu has spoken out against the abduction of the 200+ school girls in the Chibok area of Borno state. The Ovation Magazine publisher shared via his official Twitter page – @DeleMomodu, the “nightmare”. Good Day Africa! As I woke up from the #BringBackOurGirls nightmare I wondered how this saga would end when CNN moves to other wastelands. — Dele Momodu(@DeleMomodu) May 7, 2014 It is unthinkable how much Nigeria has become divided! Some people still insist no girl was abducted. Only God can help us. — Dele Momodu(@DeleMomodu) May 7, 2014 I wonder…
Veteran OAP and director at Beat Fm’s radio — Olisa Adibua is reaching his half a century mark and isn’t still married. In a recent interview with Yes Magazine, Olisa reveals why he doesn’t want to get married: – “Well, unfortunately, my problem is that I’ve been married to my work for a long time. So, I’ve gotten used to a certain routine. My day starts at 5am, it ends around 10,11pm. So, if I had married now, whoever she is, even if it was Mother Theresa, she should have left me by now…I will do eventually! But I just…
The pressure is pilling as more public figures and celebrities worldwide including Naomi Campbell, Michelle Obama, Drake, Chris Brown and others have showed their support for Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign for the missing Borno school girls. And now, music superstar, Alicia Keys, has also joined the campaign. She posted the above photo on her Instagram page, along with this statement: “I’m so saddened and enraged that these girls are not back where they belong! Safe at home and at school! Safe with their families! Safe to become the incredible leaders and powerful voices they are yet to be. I’ve already signed…
Famous Nigeria’s transgender — Iris Sahhara who went undercover for a while after Facebook threatened to shut down her account for posting x-rated pictures, is out again. The sexy looking transgender took to her Facebook page this time to slam religion for the many problems in the world, especially the abduction of the 234 girls in Chibok. Read her post below: –
Wizkid’s ex girlfriend is really working hard on achieving celebrity status especially since breaking up with Wizkid. Its been almost two months after Wizkid broke up with the beautiful damsel nut Tania seems to be happier(maybe she’s forcing it). She has been spotted on different occasions grooving and living like a celebrity. Not forgetting that Tania is not a celebrity nor a public figure, she’s still trying to maintain her relevance online without Wizkid. Amazingly, Tania tweeted on Tuesday that she is ready to give out N300,000 today (Wednesday) at 12pm. According to her, two lucky people would get N150,000…
Top Nigerian fashion designer — Omoniyi Makun popularly called Yomi Casual, is comedian AY brother and he is seeing as much money as his brother. Yomi casual moved in this newly acquired property in April and held a big House-Warming party It was a celebrity affair as comedians and Nollywood actors breezed in. Some notable faces at the event were: IK Ogbonna, AY, Ushbebe, Funny Bone, Gbenro and some more. See Photos of the newly acquired mansion below with its House-Warming shots: –
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday faulted the ban on the use of commercial motorcycles known as “achaba” by the Kaduna State Government in some parts of the state. The state governor, Mukhtar Yero had on Wednesday signed the law banning the use of achaba in Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Zaria and Birnin Gwari local government areas respectively. The law, which comes into effect from May 21, also bans the use of achaba in Chikun, Jema’a, and Igabi local government areas respectively. But the interim state chairman of APC, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said the ban would not only add…
President GOODLUCK Jonathan DECLARING OPEN THE 2014 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON AFRICA IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY (8/5/14). President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday expressed optimism that the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, would be the end to terror in the country. The President said this at the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum on Africa holding in Abuja. Jonathan, who said that Nigeria was proud to host the event for the first time it was coming to West Africa, thanked participants for coming at a time Nigeria was facing terror attacks. Jonathan thanked China, the…
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha yesterday, predicted that the 2015 presidential poll will end in supplementary elections. The governor, who spoke against the backdrop of the May 6, 2011 supplementary elections that brought him to office, told newsmen at Government House, Owerri that supplementary elections have become part of elections in the country. Okorocha has celebrated May 6 as ‘Freedom Day’ since he assumed office. The governor note that as it stands today in the present political situation, he is the “only son of Igbo land” that has eyed the highest seat in the land while others are busy chasing…
The Osun State Government said on Wednesday that there were no plans by Governor Rauf Aregbesola to sack workers, if re-elected, as being peddled in some quarters. A Senior Special Assistant to the governor, Mr. Olatunbosun Oyinloye, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Oshogbo. Oyinloye said the speculation that Aregbessola would reduce the state’s labour force, if reelected, was the handiwork of the opposition. The adviser said the governor had made it public that his (governor’s) second term in office would rather employ more workers than sack them. “The efforts and programmes of Aregbesola administration…
An Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Concern, on Wednesday described the activities of the Boko Haram sect as contradictory to the tenets of Islam regarding the treatment of the girl-child and women. MURIC said this in a statement made available to newsmen by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. The group, which described the abduction of some school girls in Chibok, Borno, as criminal, said, “The Quran said that the most perfect Muslims are the best in conduct to women. “Whoever has a daughter and does not insult her but treats her equally with the male children, Allah will give him a place in…
The Northern Governors’ Forum on Wednesday welcomed the U.S. government’s offer of military assistance to Nigeria to help locate and rescue the over 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Niger, Dr Babangida Aliyu, expressed the forum’s position at a meeting on Wednesday night in Abuja between some select Northern governors and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajah Shah. The visiting top U.S. envoy hosted the governors at the residence of the Mission Director of USAID in Nigeria, Michael Harvey, in Maitama, Abuja. Aliyu told the U.S. official that the…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and FCT has released a statement expressing reservations and alleging conspiracy in the abduction of over 200 female students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram gunmen. The northern CAN alleged that the abduction was a high-level conspiracy involving Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the principal of the school, the state commissioner of police and the state Commissioner for Education. In a press statement signed by its Secretary-General, Prof. Daniel Babayi and Public Relations Officer, Sunday Oibe, entitled “The position of Northern CAN…
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi on Wednesday sacked the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Jibrin Usman. Also relieved of their positions were other members of the board. A statement signed by Mr Jacob Edi, a Special Adviser to the governor, said that the removal of the officials was with immediate effect. The statement, however, did not give reason for the removal of the officials, but approved a six-man interim management committee to run the affairs of the board under the chairmanship of Mr Salami Ojonaun. It, therefore, directed the sacked officials to hand over all government property in their possession to Ojonaun. Other members of the…
At first, when Kenya Moore revealed that she would be storming the ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ show with her African Prince, the whole world thought she was referring to D’banj. However, it seems the reality star was talking about someone else. Kenya Moore was recently photographed with Nigerian billionaire Tonye Cole which has left a lot of people guessing if he is the African Prince she has been boasting about. Moore and Cole were photographed at Harvard University by a fan whose twitter name is @LudaKrys1. Luda posted the picture online with the caption: – ‘Just seen Kenya Moore…