The white wedding ceremony of President Goodluck Jonathan’s daughter — Faith Sakwe is holding this moment as I write this. The wedding is taking place right now in Abuja and currently aired live on NTA. More photos of the bride and groom below: –
Author: Wale Adebayo
Following the scrapping of the Ministry of Capital City Development and the splitting of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, and the Ministry of Energy, Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson has sacked two commissioners from the state executive council. The affected commissioners are James Dugo (Local Government and Community Development) and Barrister Zuwa Konugha (Capital City Development). Their sack was contained in a statement signed by Dickson’s Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson. According to the statement, their removal was in line with government ongoing re-organisation and repositioning of the ministries, departments and agencies. The statement reads, “In…
Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for the 2015 general elections will come from Niger North Senatorial District. He, however, added that the party would be fair and just to all the aspirants vying for the ticket. Aliyu gave the assurance in Kontagora on Friday at the inauguration of the Kontagora township road and street light as well as 110 kilometers of roads projects constructed in the 11 wards of the local government area. While the Kontagora road and township light projects cost the government over N1.9bn the 110…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said his administration would continue to provide democratic leadership in the country. Jonathan made the disclosure at the South-East Zonal Rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu. He said that the world looked up to PDP to provide Nigerians with democratic leadership devoid of rancour. The president commended the people of the zone for their “commitment, dedication, resilience and support for the party”, and assured that his administration would not disappoint them. “I thank our party loyalists at all levels in the South-East. Today, we are here for a unity rally and it…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State, Friday adjourned the case instituted by the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, against Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, and its executive secretary till 17 April as power outage stopped proceedings. Sanusi’s counsel, Kola Awodehin (SAN) leading six other lawyers and Mr Adesegun Ajibola (SAN) leading eight other senior lawyers for FRCN, were seen in the court premises discussing as the court room was not only dark but stuffy because of the power outage. For sometime now activities at the Federal High Courts have been paralyzed…
CORPS MARSHAL, FRSC, MR OSITA CHIDOKA (R), OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE CORPS, DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS WITH Road SAFETY MESSAGES TO MOTORISTS ON THE RIVER Niger BIDGE IN ONITSHA, ANAMBRA ON NEW YEAR’S DAY Ahead of the Easter celebrations, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has advised motorists to be safety conscious and drive with care to avoid road crashes. The Itori Unit Commander, Mr Fatai Bakare, made this known in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Ota. “Motorists should be safety conscious by not taking excessive alcohol while driving to their various destinations during the festive period”, he said. Bakare…
The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated a technical committee on grazing reserves in Nigeria. According to the government, the committee would work out modalities for establishing additional grazing reserves across the country to forestall future clashes between herdsmen and farmers. It also mandated the committee to produce a report on how to address the challenges within two weeks beginning from Friday. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who formally inaugurated the committee at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, said the committee was made up of representatives from the Federal Ministries of Environment, Works, Science and Technology,…
The sum of six billion naira has been set aside for the execution of the ongoing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane project in Warri, Delta State. The deputy governor of Delta State, Professor Amos Utuama, made this known on Friday when he visited the palace of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase II. Utuama, accompanied by some members of the ad hoc committee on state sanitation, said the project would help to reduce traffic congestion experienced currently in most parts of Warri metropolis. He said the BRT lane would start from Effurun and terminate at the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA).…
Yusuf Isiaka Onimisi who was arrested for tweeting live photos of the SSS jail break has been freed. Yusuf was freed early hours of this morning. After confirming his release, protesters still insists, their rally must continue and the Federal Government must explain why he was detained for 12days.
Peter Okoye of P-Square’s 1st son, Andre, celebrated his 1st birthday. Andre, who doesn’t look like he can walk yet, was dressed up fine and seemed to have a lot of fun. Check out the pictures from the birthday party below: –
Enugu mystery river which a lot of people have been visiting in the last few months for healing purposes has dried up. A lot of them washed their bodies in the river, drank the river’s water, and also took part of the river’s sand away for healing purposes. Trees that grew in the river were also cut away for the same purpose. While the river was flowing, it had thousands of visitors from near and far; but sadly, the believed healing river has now dried up. See a video of the river below: –
Area Fada of Abuja entertainment has dropped another one of his articles or should I call it an open letter. Read below: – Leaving your comfort zone or breaking away from someone else’s shadow are the most difficult things to do. As humans we are always stuck in the wheel of routines. As soon as I was done with school, I was in a hurry to establish an identity of my own, find my own path and do my own thing. I gate crashed into the music scene, for me it was the quickest way to not only get attention…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Friday said President Goodluck Jonathan had lost the moral authority to lead the nation by violating all electoral laws and campaigning ahead of time. The opposition party was reacting to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-East zonal rally, which held in Enugu State yesterday, where the president declared that APC lacked internal democracy. Jonathan was quoted to have said in a veiled reference to APC: “One party tags itself as progressives but where are they progressing to. It is only in such progressive party that you find an ex-governor determining who gets what and…
Despite the protest by the Federal Government to sweeping allegations of corruption leveled against Nigerians by Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to look inward and address the message rather than castigating the messenger. The National Publicity Secretary of CNPP, Mr. Osita Okechukwu said in a statement issued Fiday in Abuja that, whereas, President Mugabe is not the moral compass or the credible messenger, however, President Jonathan should not throw away the baby with the bath water. The CNPP recalled that, “penultimate week Mugabe while addressing his people said, ‘Are…
Against the media speculation that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has endorsed General Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as its presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2015 general elections, a chieftain of the party and former Minister of Steel Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said nobody has been endorsed by the party as its presidential flag bearer. Ogbeh, who spoke with Daily Trust in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said those flying the kite of a Buhari/Tinubu candidacy were out to cause disaffection in the party. “We have not discussed it. But I am open to every religion. I want…
Ex-militant and leader of the defunct Niger-Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahedeen Asari Dokubo has flayed the recent statement attributed to the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan that she is solidly behind Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike’s quest to govern Rivers State come 2015. Asari-Dokubo warned that any attempt to impose Wike on the people of Rivers State would adversely affect the political fortunes of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party. “To make Wike a governor in Rivers State in 2015 is not morally right. All the fellows endorsing him for whatever reason should know that it…
The Okah brothers have denied the allegation by Ijaw national leader,Chief Edwin Clark, that they were behind the recent abduction of his son, Ebikeme, in Delta State recently. While the elder Okah, Henry, is currently serving a jail term in South Africa for masterminding the October 1, 2010 bombings in Abuja and gun-running, his younger brother, Charles is in prison custody at the Kuje Prison, Abuja. The brothers in a statement released by their counsel, Festus Keyamo (Esq), described the allegations as logically untenable since they are both behind bars. The statement read in part: “The accusation is factually wrong…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said it had secured more than 773 convictions and recovered billions of naira since its inception in 2003. Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, Chairman of the commission, disclosed this on Friday in Sokoto while inaugurating the Usman Danfodiyo University chapter of ‘Zero Tolerance Club’, an anti-corruption club. Lamorde, represented by Mr Osita Nwajah, Deputy Director, Public Affairs Department of the commission, had also delivered a paper entitled: ”Students should lead the fight against economic and financial crimes”. He said the war against corruption and financial crimes would only be won through collective efforts.…
A suspected ‘online’ terrorist, Muktar Ibrahim [aka Abu Sabaya], who sympathizes with activities of the Boko Haram sect, must answer charges of terrorism brought against him by the Federal Government, an Abuja Federal High Court has ruled. The presiding judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, while dismissing a no-case submission filed by the accused, ordered that he should be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of his case. Ibrahim was described by the prosecution as an online personality, who was celebrating the bombing campaigns of the Boko Haram sect on a jihadist website while also soliciting funds from international terrorists groups…
FILE PHOTO The Police in Benue have confirmed that two persons were killed in renewed attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen against Tiv farmers in three communities in the Logo Local Government Area of Benue on Friday. The Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ezeala, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the suspects laid siege on Tse Chembe, Ifer and Tse-Gundu communities. Mr. Ezeala said that two persons lost their lives in the attack which lasted for hours in the early hours of the day. However, witnesses said the attack which lasted for at least six hours, left five people dead.…