The member representing Idemili North and South Federal Constituency of Anambra State in the House of Representatives, Rep. Charles C. Odedo on Monday defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His defection has dealt a further blow to any plans by the APC to displace PDP as the majority party in the lower chamber. Odedo is billed to formally present his letter of defection to the Speaker of the House, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal today. The lawmaker, who was at the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of PDP in Abuja yesterday, said his decision to dump…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State’s target in the August 9 governorship election is not only to win with a landslide, but also to defeat his major challenger, Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his (Omisore) ward. This was disclosed by his Senior Special Assistant on Research, Planning and Policy Implementation (Federal Matters) Prince Olusegun Bada yesterday in Abuja while speaking to The Nation. It would be recalled that Omisore lost in his bid to return to the Senate after he was defeated by Senator Jide Omoworare of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the…
As expected and already addressed by veteran Nollywood actor and producer, the alleged P-Square debacle was only a publicity stunt. P-Square’s publicist has come out to say in an interview with ICON weekly that the supposed beef between the P-Square twins and the break-up saga was all a ‘PR Stunt’. Even speaking defiantly, he has accused Ace blogger, Linda Ikeji of misleading Nigerians, and bloggers being stupid enough to believe it. Read the full interview below.: – Are you saying there wasn’t a fight at all, how then did Peter and Paul keep releasing comments through their Facebook accounts? My…
Nigerian superstar music icon has come out to urge people to stop the rumours. At the Star Music Trek concert which held recently in Orlu, Imo on Saturday 26th April 2014, the Nigerian music star spoke on stage about reports that his song “Only Me” was directed at Chelsea football star Mikel Obi. It was reported that the ‘African queen’ crooner tried greeting Mikel Obi at an event, but was ignored completely; after the song was released, insiders went on to say it was his way of hitting back at Mikel. “I know some people have been saying I sang…
Some of Nigeria’s leading Nollywood acts like Annie Idibia, Monalisa Chinda, Bryan Okwara and Emem Isong joined other friends and family members of Nollywood star, Ini Edo to celebrate her birthday which she decided to mark with a boat cruise. Ini Edo’s birthday came up on Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 but the actress was on location in Enugu and so she had to wait till she was free on Sunday April, 27th 2014 to have a party. More photos below: –
Amaka Igwe has died today, as reported by the President of Actor Film of Nigeria, Ibinabo Fiberesima after a long battle with asthma. ‘She suffered an asthma attack and was immediately rushed to the hospital after initial interventions had failed. She passed on before getting to the hospital’, as it was said in the official statement released earlier this morning. According to the statement by the official spokesperson of Amaka Igwe studios the incident happened in Enugu, where she was for the preparations of pre-productions for new soap, accompanied by her husband. Amaka Igwe was 51 and she left a…
Beautiful Nollywood actress, Ini Edo who turned a year older on March 23, 2014 got a surprise party from her husband, Philip Ehiagwina. Although the actress who was on the set of a new movie in Enugu on her birthday, she made the most of it and still had fun and celebrated it with her colleagues. Ini Edo got married to American-based Nigerian businessman Philip Ehiagwina in 2008.
Immediate past Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (rtd) has assured the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the June 21 election in Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, of victory. In what was widely believed to be a reconciliatory meeting in Ipoti Ekiti, the ex-minister’s town, on Sunday, Fayose and Olubolade pledged to work together to ensure PDP emerges victorious at the polls. The duo were perceived to be at loggerheads after Fayose defeated the former minister and about 12 other aspirants to clinch the PDP guber ticket. The outcome of the primaries led to speculations that…
IGP MOHAMMED Abubakar (R), DISCUSSING WITH THE DIG ADMINISTRATION, MR SULEIMAN FAKAI AND DIG CID, MR PETER GANA, DURING THE DECORATION OF SENIOR Police OFFICERS IN ABUJA The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has called on all Nigerians to be extra vigilant as the country is in a war situation. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Investigations), Mr Peter Gana, who represented the IG during a stakeholders’ meeting on the security situation at the Police Officers’ Mess, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, noted that “we are in a war situation and we need to be mobilised. We want to urge all of you…
Some of the female students abducted from Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok, Borno State, may have been ferried around Lake Chad basin by their abductors – suspected Boko Haram gunmen. A Chibok youth leader, Dr Pogu Bitrus, who stated this during an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), said his assertion was based on a report that indicates the girls were divided into groups to make it impossible for security agencies tracking them to rescue all the students from one place. He said, “We have a report that the sect might have divided the…
A clash between cult groups in Ijebu Ode, in Ijebu Ode local government area of Ogun State, Sunday night led to the death of two persons, reports have said. One person was said to have been killed at the popular 9/11 lounge and bar, along Adeola Odutola Road while the other person was shot at Oju ega area, off Idomowo street, Ijebu Ode. It was gathered that the deceased were both members of the Eiye fraternity and they were attacked by the rival Aiye group. Sharing of largesse given to them by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) financier in Ogun…
Two barges carrying 285 tonnes of crude oil valued at N50 million were yesterday impounded off Bonny Island in Rivers State by the Nigerian Navy. 11 suspects were arrested, according to the Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Bonny, Capt. Hassan Dogara, during a raid on 23 April. 55 tonnes out of the 285 tonnes suspected stolen crude oil was set ablaze. But the troops were able to save 230 tonnes because the barges were spilling the product into the creeks and polluting the environment. “We intercepted and arrested two-wooden badges containing an estimated 230 tonnes of suspected crude oil during…
Youths, under the aegis of Kibaku Youth Association of Nigeria, KYAN, yesterday in Lagos, stormed the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, calling for the immediate release of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok Local Government, Borno State who were abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents. 234 female students had been abducted, about 3 weeks ago, by the Boko Haram group and taken to the dreadful Sambisa Forest, Borno State. While some escaped in the process, others are still being held by the sect. The aggrieved indigenes of Chibok council, Borno State resident in Lagos, stormed the…
Parents and elders of Chibok community in Borno State whose abducted daughters are still being held by Islamist sect Boko Haram in the dreaded Sambisa forest said, yesterday, that the Federal Government has failed them over the government’s inability to rescue the girls more than two weeks after they were abducted. Speaking on behalf of the elders and parents, Leader of Chibok Elders Forum (CHEF) Dr. Pogu Bitrus, who spoke with newsmen, yesterday, in Maiduguri, said that 43 girls managed to escape from their captors, while over 100 others were still being held in the forest by the insurgents. “We…
The Federal Government, yesterday, linked the Boko Haram insurgency to the 2015 presidential election, saying that this was because people fought for power each time elections were around the corner. Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made this known in an interview conducted in her car with Reuters in Abuja as she headed to the airport en route New York on Sunday. “There is no war…there is an insurgency. We are not in a Colombia situation,” she added, rejecting comparisons with Colombia which has, for decades, battled a major left-wing insurgency that often affected large swathes of its national territory.…
Clashes between rival tribes in Nasarawa State have left at least 34 people dead with homes and barns torched in a village in the state. The violence erupted on Saturday when a militia from the Eggon tribe attacked the Gwandara village of Egan following a dispute over farmland, said Nasarawa State spokesman, Sani Musa Mairiga. “All the victims were from Gwandara tribe whose village came under sudden attack from Ombatse cult members from Eggon tribe,” Mairiga said. “So far 34 people have been killed in the violence with several others injured,” AFP quoted the spokesman as stating. A farming dispute…
Nigeria’s military said it has tracked down and surrounded the location, where over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted two weeks ago from Government Secondary School, Chibok, are reportedly being held captive by Islamist sect Boko Haram. The military is said to be applying caution in its approach having identified the various camps where the girls are held, to ensure their safety it explores several options, including intense negotiations by locals and the Borno State Government to secure their release. “The operation is being strategically carried in a very covert manner because the terrorists will not hesitate to use any of…
Nigerians on Monday commended the Federal Government for setting up a committee to resolve the Higher National Diploma (HND) and Degree holders’ dichotomy. The Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, on April 24 at a special retreat for chairmen of Governing Councils of Federal Polytechnics and Federal Colleges of Education in Kaduna, announced the establishment of the committee. Wike added that the committee was being headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim. Reacting to the development in Abuja, some parents and polytechnic students told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the…
President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged to collaborate with the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) in seeking divine guidance to govern the country. Speaking, Monday in Ibadan at the Annual Session and Centenary Celebration of the Nigerian Baptist Convention Mens’ Missionary Union (MMU) held at Molete Baptist Church, Ibadan, Jonathan, who was represented by an aide, Mr Moses Siasia said the centenary celebration came at a time when he was saddled with leadership responsibility. He urged the NBC to use the opportunity of the centenary celebration to work for the growth and development of the country in line with his transformation agenda.…
Contrary to widely held belief that cholesterol is bad for the body, a veterinarian, Dr Mari Dawuda, said in Jos on Monday that many researches have proven that cholesterol is good for the body. Dawuda, the Chief Executive Officer, Nannang GZ Veterinary Services, Jos, said this in reaction to the impression that eggs were not very healthy for humans of a particular age group due to its cholesterol content. Cholesterol is a soft, waxy lipid (fat) found in the bloodstream and in all body cells transported to and from the cells by special proteins carriers called `lipoproteins’. An article entitled…