We all knew that Robin Thicke and former wife Paula were a weird bunch but we didn’t know it was this serious. New facts emerging state that Paula Patton split from her husband Robin Thicke in February after 20 years together and it definitely has to do with another woman. Read how Star magazine reports it below: – Paula and Robin had been carrying on a consensual ménage-a-trois (three-way relationship) with a massage therapist. But when Patton allegedly found out the other woman – who is being called Jasmine and her husband were having a two-person affair behind her back, all hell…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The National Conference Secretariat has denied news reports that the Federal Government has approved the extension of the duration of the conference by six weeks, saying the information was not only “misleading, but untrue in fact”. “If there is need for an extension, a request for that would emanate from the Conference Secretariat to the Presidency, and as at the time of issuing this statement no such request has been made to the Presidency and the Secretariat is not aware of any formal extension of the conference duration by the Federal Government, as reported in some sections of the media”,…
The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Friday rescued a 12-year-old boy, Sunday Afebande, allegedly trafficked from Obudu, Cross River, to Abuja. Mr Amos Andekin, the Commandant of the corps in the state, told newsmen in Lafia that Afebande was found wandering around Angwan Kwano in Keffi Local Government Area of the state on April 25. He said that the boy was rescued by officers of the corps on patrol along the Keffi – Jos highway at about 6. 00 p.m. Andekin said on interrogation, the Afebande revealed that he was from Obudu…
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday allayed fears of insecurity in Abuja as the World Economic Forum on Africa begins on Wednesday, May 7. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke at the backdrop of Thursday’s Nyanya bomb explosion, said that the Federal Government would provide adequate security for participants. She told newsmen in Abuja that President Goodluck Jonathan would make a statement on the forum and security issues shortly. She said “with the World Economic Forum, of course, it’s not easy; the news we have so far is that people are asking questions but it’s seems encouraging. “I think that…
The number of Nigerian schoolgirls still missing from recent kidnappings at a secondary school in Chibok has risen to 276 – 30 more than the previous estimate, police say. Police Commissioner Tanko Lawan also said the number of girls who escaped from their captors had increased to 53. Lawan said confusion over numbers occurred because students from other areas were brought into the Chibok Government Girls’ Secondary School for final exams last month after other schools in the Borno state were shut because of attacks. The schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen from the school in Nigeria’s Borno state last Tuesday.…
A non-political organisation, Northern Youths Leaders Forum, (NYLF), has called for the sack of the service chiefs if insurgency persists in the North East. According to the group, the second bomb blasts in Nyanya revealed lack of competency of the security personnel in protecting the lives and properties of Nigerians. The National Chairman of the Northern Youths Forum, comrade Eliot Afiyo told journalists in Yola that the NYLF was using the opportunity to charged President Goodluck Jonathan to give service chiefs, including the Army, the Navy, the Airforce and the Nigeria Police, two weeks ultimatum to rescue the abducted Secondary…
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has tasked scientists in Nigeria to proffer solution to the worsening insecurity in the country. Senator Ekweremadu said this on Friday at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, during the formal presentation of a book, Braving the Stars, written by Famous Nigerian Space Scientist and Professor of Physics, Pius Okeke. He challenged scientists to develop devices that could be used to track insurgents. Also speaking, foremost Elder statesman and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu advocated a constitutional restructuring ensuring equality of the six geo-political zones…
I came across this list online and decided to share. It’s a compilation of the most successful young Nigerian singers. Go through the list and tell me if you agree or disagree. Enjoy: – Stage name – Wizkid A.K.A Starboy Real name (Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun) Record label – E.M.E/STARBOY ENTERTAINMENT __________________________________________________________________________ Stage name – Yung6ix A.K.A The King of The South Real name (Onome Onokokwomo) Record label – Storm360/ Kashkamp Emp ___________________________________________________________________________ Stage name – Davido A.K.A Omo Baba Olowo Real name ( David Adedeji Adeleke) Record label- Hkn Gang ___________________________________________________________________________ Stage name – Olamide Adedeji A.K.A Baddoo Real name ( Olamide Adedeji) Record…
Probably the funniest actor, presently in Nigerian home videos, Bishop Umoh popularly known as Okon is now a proud father. The actor who got married last year has just welcomed a baby girl with his wife. Big congrats to them.
Although the actress previously discarded the rumor, a reliable source tells me that the reports are true Laide Bakare seems to be less bothered by EFCC’s threats and that of MTN, which accused her husband of swindling them: however, a court has ordered the confiscation of her husband’s properties. Her husband’s two petrol filling stations in Ajah, his house at Ibeju Lekki, his 2014 model of Bentley and Laide’s boutique have all been confiscated as you read this.
A lot of you might not know her but i’ll help you with that. Elvina is one of the daughters of billionaire businessman, Olorongun Michael Ibru who use to weigh more than an elephant. In a new interview with The Nation has expressed how she lost tremendous weight and revealed the true meaning of her son’s name, Elisha. She also talks about how she has been coping with his father, ever since they separated. Read below: – How is your son? He is good; he is the best thing that as ever happened to me. His name is Elisha and there…
As outrage continues to greet the comment credited to National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kema Chikwe, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the former aviation minister, saying that she crossed the line and plumbed the depths of ‘absurdity and insensitivity’. Ms Chikwe had reportedly expressed doubts that over 200 female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, were actually abducted by Boko Haram gunmen, asking for evidence of the incident. But she has since said she was ‘misunderstood’. But the opposition party in a statement issued on Thursday by its Interim National…
The National Woman Leader of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kema Chikwe, has said her comment on the abducted female students were ‘misunderstood’. Information Nigeria reports that at a prayer session for Nigeria at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja, the ex-Aviation Minister had expressed doubts on the kidnap of over 250 girls from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State, saying the names and photographs of the girls should have been released by now. “How did it happen? Who saw it happen? Who did not see it happen? Who is behind this?” she was quoted as saying.…
A former gubernatorial candidate of the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, in Edo State, Solomon Edebiri, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with 1, 000 of his supporters. Addressing a rally in Benin on Thursday, Mr. Edebiri said that his defection to PDP was done after a careful reflection. He said that his decision became necessary against the background of the way the APC was being administered in the state. He said the APC is built on deceit and will only destroy the hopes and aspirations of the people in the state. He said that what took…
FROM LEFT: Rivers NLC CHAIRMAN, MRCHRIS ORUGE; Gov. CHIBUIKE Amaechi AND CHAIRMAN, Rivers TRADE UNION CONGRESS, MR CHIKA ONUOGBU, DURING 2014 MAY Day CELEBRATION IN PORT HARCOURT ON THURSDAY (1/5/14). Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday lampooned labour unions in the country, accusing them of refusing to take any action. The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Malam Sanusi Lamido had alleged that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, had withheld the sum of $20 billion accruing to the Federation Account, a charge the state-owned oil company denies.…
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Friday said it has received assurances from President Goodluck Jonathan that adequate security arrangements have been put in place to host next week’s meeting of the Forum in Abuja. The 24th WEF on Africa will hold in Abuja from May 7-9. The WEF’s statement came on the heels of back to back bombings in Nyanya, Abuja, by suspected terrorists. A statement from the organizers said, “The World Economic Forum on Africa 2014 will go ahead as planned next week following assurances by Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and his government on the robustness of the…
The Commissioner of Police in Borno, Alhaji Lawan Tanko, on Friday appealed to parents whose wards were abducted in Chibok to forward the names and photographs of the girls for documentation. Tanko, who made the appeal at a news briefing in Maiduguri, said the move followed difficulties in accessing the records of the girls due to the burning down of the school by the abductors. “We want to appeal to parents of the abducted girls to please come forward with the names and photographs of their wards, so we can come up with a tentative figure of those missing. “The…
The Christian Association of Nigeria has condemned the bomb attack which took place on Thursday evening at Nyanya in Abuja describing it as a ploy to demoralize Nigerian workers. The latest attack took place after the celebration of this year’s Workers Day. A statement by the General Secretary of CAN, Dr. Musa Asake, said “the second attack is not only devastating but suggests a sad day for our nation”. According to him, the attack came barely 15 days after the bomb explosion at the Nyanya motor park. Asake said, “It is an act that must be condemned by all, no…
FILE PHOTO: STRNADED TRAVELERS ON THEIR WAY TO MAIDUGURI Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Thursday waylaid travelers along the Maiduguri – Beneshiek – Damaturu road, slaughtering 10 commuters and motorists, while about 7 vehicles abandoned by fleeing occupants, were seized. Maiduguri – Beneshiek – Damaturu road has become a highway to the grave for many unsuspecting and defenseless travelers, particularly last year, when terrorists laid in ambush, killing over 50 passengers and motorists, while setting over 20 vehicles ablaze. According to Vanguard sources, “the gunmen suspected to have been from Sambisa Forest enroute a new destination attempted to cross over…
The pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Friday alleged that the terrorist activities of Boko Haam are boosted by cooperation and support from within the military and other security agencies. ACF, therefore, urged the Federal Government to carry out an internal scrutiny of its security apparatus and put in place measures that will boost the morale of the troops deployed to fight the insurgency and instill confidence in the people. The organization in a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting and signed by the Secretary General, Col. John Paul Ubah, admonished the military to…