The United States (US) Navy, under its Project Handclasp, on Tuesday donated materials worth $2.6 million (about N416 million) to three Nigerian Charity organisations. The materials, which were delivered at the Apapa Port by US Naval Services Spearhead (USNS), included personal mobility handcarts, wheel chairs and medical supplies. The benefiting charity organisations were Hope for Independent Living Initiative, Assemblies of God and Deseret International Charity Vision. Capt. Douglas Casavant, Master of the USNS, who presented the items in the absence of the benefiting organisations, said the donation was to promote the Handclasp project. Casanvant, who spoke to the News Agency…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Four security guards were Tuesday arraigned in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court Abuja, for negligent conduct. 32-year-old Emmanuel Essien, Tarfa Gade, 37; Hamza Adamu, 27, and Emmanuel Udofia, 33, all attached as guards to Brains and Braces Ltd, Djibouti Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja were said to have connived and negligently abandoned their duty post, allowing armed robbers to invade the premises. The prosecutor, Cpl Francis Tanko, told the court that on April 6, Mr Boluwati Adetayo, Marketing Manager of the company, reported the accused at the Wuse Zone 3 Police Station. According to Tanko, at about 5 a.m.,…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said on Tuesday that it would recruit five million Nigerians into its newly inaugurated national coalition against fake products. The Director-General of the organisation, Dr Joseph Odumodu, said this in Ibadan at an enlightenment programme tagged: “Zero Tolerance Against Substandard Products.” He said the recruitment exercise would boost the on-going war against the production of fake and substandard products in the country. Odumodu also said the organisation had appointed the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, as its ambassador in the country. “We have already formed a national coalition. Indeed, our plan is to…
The combined average capacity utilisation of Nigeria’s four refineries has been estimated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to be 25.95 percent for the month of December 2013. According to data from the NNPC’s December 2013 Monthly Petroleum Information, this is a significant improvement from the 6.46 per cent average capacity utilisation of the refineries in November 2013, and a slight decline from the 30.87 per cent utilisation year on year to December 2012. The refineries are the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC 1 and 2), and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company…
Laide Bakare’s ex-husband, Olumide Okufulure who dragged Laide’s new born child with her present husband has said she is just starting and the wrath of God will soon fall on her. When asked in a new interview how he feels about Laide’s present condition and how her husband is wanted by EFCC, he said: – she is such a wicked person and she should expect more. By the way some journalists have, made further investigations into the fraud case of Alhaji Mutairu Orilowo (Laide’s present husband) when he issued a press statement few days ago that he was not wanted by…
Top Nigerian film/music video director — Sesan Ogunro who has been the mastermind behind most of the hottest music videos in Nigerian has reached another milestone. Sesan is currently directing the video for one of French Montana’s yet to be released songs in Los Angeles, California. He shared pictures from the set with French Montana, who is reportedly dating Khloe Kardashian.
Nigerian superstar singer — Timaya has revealed why he be believes school was never meant for him. Although he says education is not for him, Nigerian music star Timaya is advising youths who have passion for it, to stay in school. At the Star Music Trek held on Saturday 12th April 2014 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa shares his grass to grace story. “Education is not for me”, he said. “It is important, yes, but not for me”. “I scored 17 in JAMB. That’s when I gave up. I don’t have the brain for education but…
Beverly Osu has been known mostly for her stay in the 2013 Big Brother Africa house and the many controversies that ensued, but 21-year-old Beverly Osu is actually doing well for herself as she bags a new deal with Ivie Hair. The model-vixen recently put up one of the promotional pictures on Instagram with the caption: ’New face of ivie hair..No dulling …thanking God for blessings and grace..Beverly Osu the mannequin, black diamond with a brain. Skinny but no pushover, might seem benign but larger than life. I don’t demand respect, I command it. I don’t read the news, I make…
Oscar Award nominee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, has cleared the air about his nationality. During a media parley held on Friday, April 11, 2014, at the Wheatbaker Hotel in preparation for the premiere of the Half of A Yellow Sun movie, he explained why he claimed to be originally from London while on the Ellen Degeneres show. According to him, it was because it (London) is his place of birth and not because he wanted to dissociate himself from Nigeria. ‘I was trying to give a honest answer about where I was born and so I said London, which was where I…
The management of the Nigerian Jiquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has expressed commitment to supporting Federal Government’s efforts to get more Nigerians to switch to cooking gas by making the product available for consumption, as getting kerosene for households in Nigeria becomes a real struggle. Managing Director, NLNG, Mr. Babs Omotowa disclosed this in Abuja, saying that the company is more determined than ever, to ameliorate the difficulties Nigerians were facing in accessing liquefied petroleum gas, LPG also known as cooking gas. According to him, the use of cooking gas placed Nigerians at better advantages than the continued use of…
Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday said that the country was in need of competent leaders to confront the security challenges facing it. He said this in Osun State at a colloquium with the theme Fundamental Imperatives of Cohabitation, Faith and Secularism, organised by Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, CBCIU, Osogbo. Soyinka noted that the security challenges facing the country could not be solved by prayers, but by leaders with capacity to deal with the situation without partisanship. He suggested that learning from the history of nations that had faced similar situations could help Nigeria survive her present security challenges.…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday volunteered to donate blood to victims of Monday’s bomb attack, which claimed over 71 lives in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory. He also enjoined other Nigerians to donate blood to the victims as a humanitarian gesture of saving lives. There were calls shortly after the blast for people to donate blood for no fewer than 124 victims, who sustained various degrees of burns and wounds. Tambuwal made this known when he visited some of the survivors of the explosion in hospitals to commiserate…
PRESIDENT JONATHAN VISITING NYANYA BOMB BLAST VICTIMS AT ASOKORO HOSPITAL. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) of Bayelsa on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to adopt a proactive and drastic action against sponsors of terrorism in the country. The council, in a statement in Abuja by its spokesman, Mr Eric Omare, said the strategy should be aimed at preventing further loss of lives and property. It condemned Monday’s terrorist attack on a Nyanya motor park in a suburb of the FCT which claimed 71 lives with dozens injured. The IYC commiserated with the families of the victims and urged the government to identify…
FROM LEFT: VICE PRESIDENT, NAMADI SAMBO; ETSU NUPE, Alhaji YAHAYA BUBAKAR AND Sultan OF SOKOTO, Alhaji SA’AD ABUBAKAR 111, AT THE JAMA’ATU NASRIL ISLAM, GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURE IN KADUNA ON SUNDAY (13/4/14). The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama’atu Nasri Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State, on Monday condemned in very strong terms, the bombing of a bus station in Nyanya area of Abuja by suspected Boko Haram members. The duo prayed that God would expose the perpetrators of the heinous act that claimed at least 71 lives, injured over 124 and destroyed property…
The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Federal Capital Territory, FCT chapter, Rev. Dr. Israel Akanji, has called on all Nigerians irrespective of religious beliefs to give the necessary support to the security agencies in the ongoing efforts against terrorism in the country. Akanji said curtailing the security threat in society was beyond what the security operatives could handle by themselves, therefore, all hands must be on deck. The CAN Chairman was reacting to Monday morning’s bomb explosion at a motor park in Nyanya, Abuja, by suspected Boko Haram members. The clergyman pleaded with all well-meaning Nigerians to…
TV personality, Frank Edoho, has become a father again courtesy of his new wife, Sandra Onyenaucheya. The duo reportedly welcomed their first child in the US few days ago. Edoho is, however, yet to confirm the story as he hasn’t picked his calls or responded to the text message sent to him. His wife is also yet to give any hint on her social media accounts. I reported few months ago that the duo would be expecting baby number one after a traditional marriage in Arochukwu, Abia State in December, 2013. They sparked wild media interest when, during the unveiling…
The ladies came out to play at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in L.A. on Sunday. Before she hit the stage with Eminem to perform “The Monster,” Rihanna walked the red carpet in a Ulyana Sergeenko bustier and robe, completing her all-white look with Manolo Blahnik heels. Rita Ora got dressed up in a busty black Barbara Casasola gown, and helped undress Hollywood hunk Zac Efron while presenting with Jessica Alba. Showing off her curves in a skintight Alexander McQueen dress, Nicki Minaj presented the award for Best Male alongside her sexy co-stars from The Other Woman including Cameron Diaz,…
The Kaduna State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed Thursday, April 17 for the election of its officials in the 255 wards in the state. Mr A. B. Mahmud, secretary of the APC election committee in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Kaduna. NAN recalls that the congress was earlier scheduled to hold on April 5, but was shifted indefinitely following efforts to reconcile various interest groups in the party by the APC National Secretariat. Mahmud said the training of officials to conduct the election was ongoing, adding…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the atrocious bomb blast that left 71 people dead in Abuja on Monday, with a call to the Federal Government to urgently convene a national stakeholders’ security summit to help find a lasting solution to the spate of mindless killings in the country. APC in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, expressed shock and sadness at the savagery of the attack, while condoling with the families of the dead and prayed for a quick recovery for the injured. APC noted that it was…
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the South-south campaign office for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan was inaugurated on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital by notable politicians in the region, on the platform of the Goodluck Support Group (GSG). According to a former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere, who is also angling to become the next governor of the state, Jonathan deserves the support of all Nigerians to succeed. He said: “We believe Mr. President must be given a chance by Nigerians to succeed in 2015. Any government no matter its nature, no…