Author: Wale Adebayo

Tiwa Savage is prepping her body for her Dubai wedding. The singer/songwriter who had her traditional wedding in November 2013 to Tunji “Tee Billz’ Balogun, will have her white wedding ceremony on Saturday 26th April 2014 at the Armani Hotel, Dubai. Weeks after sharing her weight loss selfie, Mrs Tee Billz shared a photo of her toned body in a sheer blouse which revealed her black bra, and black leather shorts. See below: – “#qualityoverquantity#weightloss #skinnybinny #nowmyheadlooksbigsha#dubailoading” she captioned the pic, referring to her forthcoming nuptials. The “Eminado” songstress completed her look with wavy locks, pink lipstick, and gold earrings.

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Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Wada on Wednesday dissolved the state executive council. This is contained in a statement issued in Lokoja by his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Mr Jacob Edi. According to the statement, the cabinet was dissolved shortly after the weekly executive council meeting. The statement quoted Gov. Wada as thanking the 16 commissioners for their services to the government and people of the state since 2012. It also directed the commissioners to hand over all government property in their possession to their permanent secretaries. According to Edi, the governor advised the affected officials to be prepared to render…

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President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has summoned members of the National Security Council to a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The meeting is coming on the heels of recent events and developments in the country. According to a statement released on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Mr. Jonathan would chair the meeting that kicks off at 11am after which he would hold an enlarged meeting on security developments in the country to be attended by all the state governors by 1pm. The statement listed those expected at the…

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Samantha Lewthwaite, also known as the White Widow, has been linked to the horrific attack in Abuja on Monday, which left 74 dead and hundreds wounded, according to UK-based newspaper, Daily Star. Also known as Sherafiyah, Lewthwaite is the widow of 7/7 suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay and one of the world’s most wanted terrorism suspects. She had been accused of being involved in several terrorist attack in the past, including a mall siege in Kenya last year. A huge explosion Monday ripped through a busy bus station in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, during the peak morning rush. The enormous blast destroyed…

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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has condemned the Monday’s abduction of 100 schoolgirls of Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect. The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) led by the Sultan in a statement by its Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, on Wednesday in Kaduna State, described the incident as unfortunate. While calling on Muslims to intensify prayers to expose the perpetrators of the evil act and other similar crimes in the country, the JNI tasked the relevant authorities to put in all the needed efforts to ensure that…

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The Police in Bayelsa on Wednesday arrested 32 suspects in connection with an attempt to raze the palace of the traditional ruler of Oruma Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Hillary Okpara, told newsmen that 14 of the suspects were apprehended for alleged cultism while 18 others were arrested over the alleged attempt to burn the palace of the traditional ruler. “These arsonists plotted to raze the palace over allegations bordering on mismanagement of oil money belonging to the community. “They were on their way to execute the plot when a team of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad…

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Against the Minister of Power’s speech over the weekend that Nigeria was facing a spiritual war and urging those who could pray like him, to pray hard. After Nyanya’s bomb blast yesterday, Professor Wole Soyinka while speaking at an event in Osogbo have said, what Nigeria needs are competent leaders and not prayers. He said for example, the nation could get help from similar countries that have survived their security challenges and learn from them.   Also speaking against a paper that quoted him to have said, prayers can solve the nation’s problems, Soyinka said: –   ”I have never…

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I came across this open letter from a certain individual to the Kokomaster — D’banj. Read open letter below: – Let’s start with a simple question: When was the last time D’banj released a hit? *crickets* Exactly. In the past two years of ‘silence’, the kokomaster has in fact released song after song. The problem? All have been uniformly dreadful. A music manager who has worked with D’banj in the past, and asks to remain unnamed, puts it succinctly: “You know that there is a big problem when a musician begins to be known more for ‘kpo-kpo garri’ and his…

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The wait is finally over, SERIKI IBIYEMI SULAIMAN a.k.a SERIKI @serikiomoowo reveals Tracklist and Album Artwork of his debut album. The Album will be up for sale In Our Store in few days, be on the Look Out. Support Seriki. 1. Love Again ft BMyne 2. Too Much Money 3. Higher ft Pato Ranking 4. Baba O 5. Chillin (Freestyle) 6. 25 Questions (Skit) 7. Turkey and Malt 8. Inshi Gini ft oritse femi 9. Control ft 9ice 10. Small Jagaban 11. Alhaji Versace 12. Sweet Love ft MayD & Vector 13. Agbalumo 14. Love Song ft Princewill 15. Eleda…

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The Senator representing Yobe North Senatorial District, Senator Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government not to further extend the one-year state of emergency it imposed on three northeastern states due to the activities of insurgents in that part of the country. The emergency rule which was imposed on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states by President Goodluck Jonathan on April 19th 2013, is expected to terminate on Friday. It’s however, subject to renewal. Lawan, who made this position known in Abuja, said instead of the extension of the emergency rule, the Federal Government should allocate more resources to the…

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Erstwhile Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, yesterday denied reports in the media that he is against the conduct of elections in the North-Eastern part of the country as a result of the insecurity challenges confronting the region. Shekarau had last week after visiting President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential villa told State House correspondents that securing lives and property in the North-East was more important than conducting the 2015 elections in volatile states there. His statement was condemned by many prominent politicians from the area including Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, who said Shekarau had ‘lost it’…

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The list of Committees for the National conference was released on Tuesday without any of the youth delegates represented in the Committee for devolution of power. Information Nigeria learnt that the list of the committees and their members was distributed to the delegates at the plenary session. However, the Conference did not name leaders for the newly constituted committees. The committees are Devolution of Powers; Political Restructuring and Forms of Government; National Security; Environment; Politics and Governance; Law, Judiciary; Human Rights and Legal Reform; Social Welfare; and Transportation. Others are Science, Technology and Development; Agriculture; Civil Society, Labour and Sports;…

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President GOODLUCK JONATHAN, IBRAHIM SHEKARAU, OTHER PDP STALWARTS DANCE TO MUSIC BY POPULAR HAUSA MUSICIAN/ACTOR, SANI DANJA IN Kano ON TUESDAY The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan is exhibiting the traits of an insensitive and utterly hardhearted leader by returning to his illegal campaign trail, barely 24 hours after it was confirmed that 75 Nigerians had been killed in a bomb blast in Abuja; and as news broke that 200 school girls have been abducted by Boko Haram in Borno. In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai…

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As reactions continue to trail the bomb attack on a motor park in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory on Monday morning, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the incident as a national calamity. A statement issued in Kaduna by its National Publicity Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim, on Tuesday, condemned the action, saying it was inhuman and senseless. The pan-northern socio-political body reiterated its call to the insurgents and other aggrieved groups to explore the path of dialogue to ensure peace in the country, adding “the killing of innocent people and destruction of their property is…

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PRESIDENT JONATHAN & HIS ENTOURAGE BEING BRIEFED AT THE SITE OF THE CRATER LEFT BEHIND BY THE explosion IN NYANYA ON MONDAY As the casualty figure from the explosion that rocked a motor park in Nyanya, Abuja on Monday increases, forensic investigators from the United States of America, yesterday arrived Nigeria to join their Nigerian counterparts in conducting investigations. Their arrival in the country might not be unconnected with speculations in security circles that British-born international terrorist, Samantha Lewthwaite aka White Widow, may have been behind the heinous attack that left over 71 persons dead and scores injured in retaliation…

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The FCT Administration said on Tuesday it would collaborate with the office of the National Security Adviser to provide security at motor parks and public places in the territory. The FCT Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, made the statement when he visited Nyanya Motor Park which was rocked by explosion on Monday morning. He said the park opposite the bombed one would be used temporarily pending when security agencies would vacate the ill-fated park. “The park at the opposite side is going to be used temporarily pending the time when this place (park) will be handed over to us by the security agencies. “Henceforth,…

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The Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha, on Tuesday urged the military to redouble efforts in ending the Boko Haram menace for peace to reign in the country. Mustapha gave the advice at a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Maiduguri. Mustapha expressed gratitude to the military for the efforts in maintaining peace in the state, in spite of numerous suspected insurgent attacks in the area. “We commend the role of the military in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency. “Your presence has made us to remain in the state. “Everybody will (sic) have fled if not for your…

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The Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed sadness over what it described as the reckless spending by the State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, which it alleged had turned Rivers into a debtor State in the past 3 years, as the governor was borrowing billions of naira for no just cause. In a statement issued by the media aide to the state PDP Chairman, Mr. Jerry Needam, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the party wondered why lawmakers that are not properly constituted and lack the legal standing to make laws and give authorisation or undertake what it called…

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