Toyin Nwosu, wife of Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers, Mr Steve Nwosu has been released by her abductors. She was kidnapped from her Okota residence few days ago. According to Vanguard, the kidnappers dropped Mrs. Toyin Nwosu off near Zenith Bank by Festac bridge and sped off in a boat. On Monday, the kidnappers numbering about seven had stormed Bale Street in Ogundiaro Bashorun Sunmonu Akanwo Estate, Okota at about 1a.m. They were said to have gained entrance into a building close to Nwosu’s house with the aid of an abandoned ladder used to paint the building. And…
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One of the most active ministers under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of been unfair to ministers who worked hard, but didn’t make much noise about it. Johnson, who served as Minister of Communication Technology was reacting to a statement credited to President Buhari, in an interview during his three-day official visit to France, where he stated that it is the civil servants and technocrats who do the real job of governance in Federal government ministries more than the ministers, who he described as noise makers. In an exclusive interview with France 24 on…
At least 19 persons were feared dead early yesterday morning at Kadunung village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, following gunmen’s attacks on the community where houses were also razed and shops looted. But spokesman of Operation Safe Haven, Op SH, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, who confirmed the incident, said no one died in the attack which had rendered many homeless. The gunmen, residents said, came in their scores, killing and injuring people and setting houses ablaze. “It is true there was an attack on Kadunung village, houses were burnt, residents are displaced but the situation has been brought…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt the outcome of the National Conference as an anti-corruption template. Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan had convoked the Confab at the twilight of his administration to address multiple structural imbalance plaguing the nation. He handed over the report of the conference to President Buhari. “There was need as every Nigerian has identified, to sit down and discuss on how we are going to live. Most segments of the country are complaining. What brought about the Biafran war? It was inequality, unfair play and injustice,” former Secretary General of Ohanaeze…
The talks between the Presidency and Boko Haram aimed at ending the carnage in the North-East have so far been carried out at an informal level, reports Vanguard citing ‘credible sources’. Speaking in France on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari had said that his administration was negotiating with Boko Haram on how to end the violence, but did not disclose who the government was discussing with. Sources in the know, however, told Vanguard, yesterday, that some key elements of the sect were talking individually with the Presidency on how to achieve peace, following sustained military bombardment of Boko Haram strongholds. “It…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has banned its support groups from holding meetings at the conference hall of its national secretariat in Abuja due to unruly and violent behaviors. A letter signed by Abdullahi Gashu’a, Director of Administration of the APC said that the party directed the groups to use other places within the neighbourhood for their activities. “We have observed with great concern the arbitrary use of the conference hall of the party particularly by the support groups. In as much as we recognised and indeed appreciate your efforts towards mobilizing support for our party, we are of the…
“If there’s anyone to blame for your present condition, its never the man who sat in the seat you now seat. Its always the man in the mirror!” Ben Murray Bruce wrote on Twitter in reaction to several criticisms of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan who is being blamed by the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the state of the country. Murray-Bruce reminded those attributing the state of things to the former president that “By blaming Jonathan for all Nigeria’s problems, his enemies make him the main issue in Nigerian politics which is good for him not for them”.…
American rapper, Kanye West, has reportedly banned everyone involved in his show at New York Fashion Week from discussing him, his wife Kim Kardashian West, 34, and his daughter North, two, or risk being slapped with a £6.5 million fine after they put pen to paper and signed his non-disclosure forms. A reliable source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ”Kanye’s hacked off some really high-profile models by asking them to sign the agreement, particularly because it stated that he could sue them for up to $10million if they spoke out about him.” The source added: ‘‘It’s a ridiculous amount and…
Kehinde Oshadipe, who lost her twin sister a while back has opened up in a new interview. She talks about how she has been coping without her, and her son. In the interview with Encomium Weekly Kehinde said she is holding on strong even though it is not easy with her twin sister around. “I believe in staying strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I always try to occupy myself because I notice that it’s when I am idle I get really depressed. It’s not easy at all without her, and like you know we’re multi-talented artistes…music, drama…
According to a report, Nigerian singers, Olamide and Dammy Krane were left shell shocked after they performed at a show in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. The superstars were stunned after 2 different UNILAG Students jumped on the stage and snatched their caps. Olamide clearly showed his displeasure as the student snatched his cap!
Apparently, the love story between Drake and Serena Williams is realer than real. Drake had a seat reserved for him at the front and center of Serena Williams’ New York Fashion Week runway show case on September 15. Serena had no problem dusting off her disappointing defeat against Roberta Vinci last week during the U.S Open semi-finals to make a hot and sexy come-back with a runway show of her HSN Signature Statement Collection on Tuesday night. Drake, who was joined by VOGUE’s Editor-in-Chief, Anna Wintour, was seen carefully examining every piece as it made its way down the runway, and then…
It’s no longer news that Mercy Johnson is heavily pregnant again. This 3rd pregnancy came months after she welcomed her second child from her marriage that was consummated on August 27, 2011, in Lagos. After the news of her third pregnancy made headlines, several people castigated her for not spacing her pregnancy properly. In a recent interview, Mercy Johnson has slammed those attacking her to let her be because she is old enough to decide on what is good for her. She told Goldmyne TV, “I am expecting my third child and I’m a married person so I don’t think…
Governor Nasir el Rufai of Kaduna State has ordered the immediate closure of two churches, a seminary and a church-owned hospital and secondary school, all in Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the governor, the closure was to avoid the eruption of violence among factions of the congregation whose leadership positions, he said was “principally to preserve their personal interests with little concern for the common good, and the peace and security of Kaduna State”. A statement on behalf of the governor signed by his spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, Wednesday, in Kaduna named the affected bodies as:…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, popular Nigerian artiste, 2Face Idibia and 87 other Nigerians made the list of Those Who Inspire Nigeria in a new book. The 212-page book is billed for launch on Thursday, September 17, 2015 in Abuja. A statement made available to Leadership in Abuja, yesterday, quoted publishers of the book, Those Who Inspire Ltd. to have said it will partner with the Federal Ministry of Education to make the book available to Nigerian students across the country. It said 13,000 copies of the book have been made available for distribution to students…
An estimated N1.2 trillion of public sector funds were transferred to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by Deposit Money Banks in the country in compliance with the Federal Government directive on Treasury Single Account (TSA). President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) had ordered that all revenues be paid into the “Treasury Single Account” (TSA) from yesterday, as part of a drive to fight corruption and aid transparency. “No trading is currently going on because no bank was willing to put out quotes until there is a clearer direction with the implementation of the Treasury Single Account,” Vanguard quoted a dealer to…
Families of the six Nigerian pilgrims who died in the last Friday crane collapse at the Makkah grand Mosque are to get 70 million naira each. Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who disclosed this on Tuesday has also ordered that top officials of the Saudi Binladin Group be banned from traveling outside the kingdom after the construction company was partially blamed for Friday’s deadly crane crash in Makkah. Saudi authority said families of each of the 111 people who lost their lives in the accident be paid compensation of (SR1,000,000) one million Saudi…
The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna, on Wednesday, nullified the election of Mrs Comfort Amwe of the Peoples’ Democratic Party as member representing Sanga Constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The tribunal equally ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue Certificate of Return to Mr Haliru Dangana of the All Progressives Congress who had the second highest vote in the April 11, election. The case was instituted by Dangana, who urged the tribunal to declare the votes secured by Amwe unlawful, null and void and return him as the winner of the…
Denrele was born in Hamburg, Germany to a Yoruba father and an Indian-Mauritius mother. He is the only son and has two sisters. He grew up in Germany and came to Nigeria when he was five where he attended St Gregory’s College, Ikoyi and the University of Lagos Denrele is known for his unique fashion style and personality. He started his television career as an actor at eleven when he played a presenter/producer on Kiddievision 101 on NTA Network. As an undergraduate at the University of Lagos he went into modelling, and after graduation, he joined Sound City as a…
The Department of Civil Military Affairs at the Army Headquarters, said on Wednesday that it had captured and de-radicalised over 200 Boko Haram insurgents in Adamawa. Brig.-Gen. V O Ezugwu, the Commander, 28 Task Force Brigade, Mubi made the disclosure at the opening of a two-day sensitisation programme on de-radicalization held in Mubi, Adamawa. “This Brigade has rescued and de-radicalised over 200 Boko Haram insurgents from November 2014 to date. “And the beneficiaries of this programme numbers in terms of thousands”, Ezugwu said. According to the commander, military operations alone cannot provide a holistic solution to eradicating terrorism and insurgency…
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), in Onitsha, Anambra State, has maintained that the continued clampdown of its members by security agents would not silence their agitation until Biafra is actualized. MASSOB Deputy Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, stated this yesterday in Onitsha while speaking with journalists. According to Mocha: “Buhari cannot stop us from actualisation of a sovereign state of Biafra even if he sends the entire security operatives in the country to the South East and South South geo-political zones. Infact, it is an act of cowardice to do that, because…