So like we all know, the white wedding between Goodluck Jonathan’s daughter and her husband took place yesterday — 12th April 2014. I brought you live photos from the ceremony, and now i bring you more photos. See photos below: –
Author: Wale Adebayo
Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) has said it will invite the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, to shed more light on NNPC financial transactions, if the NNPC fails to do so. This came following repeated failure of the NNPC management to provide the committee with details of its financial transactions, claiming that it was still collating the financial information being required. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Sen. Magnus Abe (PDP-Bayelsa), issued the threat when he addressed newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. He said the NNPC had persistently failed to supply the committee with the relevant information…
file photo Rainstorm destroyed property worth millions of naira in Lagos on Sunday following an early morning downpour. Correspondents, who monitored the situation, reports that property affected, included public and private buildings, churches, shops and mosques. The rain which started at about 7:30 a.m. was accompanied with stormy wind that disrupted service in most churches in Ketu, Ojota, Somolu, Lagos Mainland, Oworonsoki, Oyingbo and Ebute Metta. The other areas include Lagos Island, Ajegunle, Surulere, Mushin, Oshodi, Iganmu, Gbagada, Ikoyi, among others. Checks revealed that the rainstorm collapsed the building housing the national studios and workshop of the National Gallery of…
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Akwa Ibom said it had arrested 92 drug suspects and seized 20.214 kg of illicit substances between March and April. The State Commander, Mrs Josephine Obi, who revealed this during an interaction with newsmen on Sunday in Uyo, said the suspects included 87 males and five females. The breakdown of the substances showed that Cannabis Sativa was 20.125kg, Cocaine, 0.081kg, Heroin, 0.008kg and five abandoned seizures of Psychotropic substances weighing 0.55kg. Others are one card of tramadol and 63.5 litres of Combine (mixture of cannabis and alcohol). She said that the command…
The Emir of Gwoza in Borno, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, on Sunday decried the renewed insurgency in the area, saying it had crippled the socio-economic activities in his domain. This is contained in a statement issued by the Emir in Maiduguri. According to the statement, it is unfortunate that our people have witnessed increased attacks with mass killings by the insurgents in the last four months. “The attacks have crippled both social and economic lives in the entire area,’’ the statement quoted the emir as saying. Timta said: “it is sad to say that my people have been blocked from going…
Insurgency in communities attacked by Boko Haram has not stopped the ongoing power projects in the affected states, the Federal Government has said. It stated that major government projects in Borno and Yobe states were progressing according to implementation schedule despite the destructive activities of the Islamic extremists. The Minister of State for Power, Mr. Mohammed Wakil, disclosed this at the site of a 33KVA transmission substation located along Damboua road in Borno state. Wakil, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Mr. Olawale Rasheed, said briefings by project managers working on projects in the crisis ridden states…
Alhaji Abdulai Abukari, Consul General of Ghana High Commission in Lagos, on Sunday expressed Ghana’s readiness to partner with Nigeria to fight terrorism. Abukari told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Ghana’s support had become imperative toward a successful war against terror. He said Nigeria also needed the support and cooperation of governments of member-states in the sub-region in fighting terrorists. The envoy said that his country would work closely with the INTERPOL and other international security agencies at the borders in tracking down “gunrunners” and those engaging in cross-border crimes. “Presently as we all know, Nigeria, our brother country,…
New York-based transgender model, Inès-Loan Rau is gradually taking the world by storm. Only a few months into her career, she has already shot for Playboy, Vogue Italia and Candy Magazine. The 24-year old model was born a boy before having a s*x change and says she’s loving every bit of it. She also loves to flaunt her indecency; what she calls her best part in taking pictures. She has a word or two for people who are willing to have a change of s*x insisting they must be ready for it, if they think they were born in the…
Afrobeat king, Femi Kuti, has totally opened up this time on his crashed marriage. The Afro-beat legacy and musician, who is currently in Paris, France where he is due to perform at the biggest African music festival in Europe, went down memory lane and recalled how he met and married Funke, his ex-wife and mother of his first son, Made. Read the interview granted exclusively to Sunday Sun below: – My crashed marriage, the true story – Femi Kuti Because of Made, maybe you and Funke see to talk about common things but we are shocked to see her sitting next to…
Controversial Nollywood producer and veteran actor — Charles Novia is at it again. This time, he talks on the wedding of the daughter of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria — Goodluck Jonathan. Read what he had to say below: – I just attended the wedding reception of President’s Jonathan’s daughter, Faith and her husband, Godswill. I am sure most of you saw it live on television but I just might write a behind-the-scene review of what happened in the hall which you could not see. I might write that later. Let me just give a slice of…
The House of Representatives would be guided by the security reports from the states under emergency rule in arriving at a decision on whether to extend the emergency rule or not. The emergency rule is expected to terminate on April 19 with arguments and counter arguments on the need to extend it. Deputy House Majority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, who made this position known on Sunday, said that security reports from the states would indicate the implications of removing the emergency rule. He argued that since the protection of lives and property was the primary responsibility of government, the House…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for engaging in crass lawlessness by their serial violation of the country’s electoral law, under the guise of liberation, family or unity rallies across the country. APC in a statement issued by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Sunday, said President Jonathan has exhibited a gross abuse of executive power by leading his party to prematurely commence the campaign for the 2015 elections, in violation of the law. It said if the action of the president and his party is…
A one-time governor of the old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, has picked holes with the decision by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to boycott the on-going National Conference, saying the conference, set up by President Goodluck Jonathan, will provide solutions to many of the nation’s woes. While supporting the clamor for the decision of the conference to be subjected to a referendum, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain urged Nigerians to continue to support the programmes of the Jonathan administration which, according to him, will take the nation to the Promised Land. The elder statesman spoke in…
SEN. GYANG PWAJOK Sen Gyang Pwajok, representing Plateau North, on Sunday, said the people on the Plateau were in prayerful mood and asking God to choose good successor to Gov. Jonah Jang come 2015. The senator made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos, saying many politicians were jostling to succeed Jang in 2015. “All manners of aspirants are springing up; that is natural, but we on the Plateau, have resolved to seek God’s intervention for the right direction. “By popular consensus, Jang has done so much to Plateau, but the governor also…
The Emir of Gwoza in Borno, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, on Sunday decried the renewed insurgency in the area, saying it had crippled the socio-economic activities in his domain. This is contained in a statement issued by the Emir in Maiduguri. According to the statement, “it is unfortunate that our people have witnessed increased attacks with mass killings by the insurgents in the last four months. “The attacks have crippled both social and economic lives in the entire area”, the statement quoted the emir as saying. Timta said: “it is sad to say that my people have been blocked from going…
CANDIDATES WRITING THE UNIFIED TERTIARY MATRICULATION EXAMINATION IN ABUJA ON Saturday (12/4/14). The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Jigawa, on Sunday, said it arrested a medical doctor (name withheld) for alleged impersonation and examination malpractice. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told newsmen in Dutse that the doctor in question works with Gumel General Hospital in Gumel Local Government Area of the state. Gidado said the suspect was arrested on Saturday by NSCDC officials who were supervising JAMB examination at Lautai Science Secondary School, Dutse. He was arrested while writing JAMB examination for his wife…
The Borno State Police Command has said no candidate for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) that held nationwide on Saturday was killed in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Borno, Lawal Tanko, who was reacting to media reports that no fewer than 200 candidates were killed in one of the centres in Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, however, said the possibility of attacks on one or two candidates either could not be completely ruled out. He said: “I was directly in charge of the police operations to ensure safety of the candidates in all the examination venues in Maiduguri. “We…
FILE PHOTO The Enugu State Police Command scored a major achievement when it discovered a gun manufacturing factory located at Ihuoha-Amansiodo Oghe in Ezeagu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who spoke SUNDAY PUNCH, said that the discovery was made possible through the assistance of members of the public, who provided information on the factory’s location. Amaraizu disclosed that the place was run by an operator identified as Mr. Ejike Eze. The police spokesperson, however, said Eze, who is now at large, relocated some of the arms when he…
The military high command is reportedly becoming disturbed by recent misgivings in public domain over the Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Okanikoro’s alleged use of soldiers to disrupt a housing project in Ilubirin, Lagos State. The minister was alleged to have drafted soldiers to occupy the disputed parcel of land, claiming it belongs to the Federal Government and should not be developed by the state government. One of the military chiefs, who spoke to our correspondent in confidence at the weekend, expressed dismay at the minister’s actions, saying it would serve the interest of the Armed Forces if…
As expected, this weekend will be filled with the events which happened at the ceremonious white wedding of Goodluck Jonathan’s daughter — Faith. Apparently, the wedding as expected was attended by only the finest few and hence deserve the best of gifts. The gold king — Malivelihood made customized gold plated iPhones for the guests as souvenir. See photos below: –