Gumsu Sani Abacha, the most vocal daughter of late military president, Sani Abacha is back on Twitter cursing out her family haters for the unjust way some people single out her family name in negativity. I guess this is connected with the new Federal Government lawsuit against her brother Mohammed Sani Abacha for unlawfully receiving about N446.3billion allegedly stolen from government’s coffers between 1995 and 1998. Mohammed is, in the charge of nine counts, accused of “dishonestly receiving stolen property” and “voluntarily assisting in concealing money.” The charge replaced the earlier one of 121 counts in which Mohammed was charged…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Nollywood screen goddess — Genevieve Nnaji has shown us that she has always been sexy even years ago. The veteran actress shared the above photos on her Instagram page a couple of hours ago. What do you think?
Tonto Dikeh and her sibling are still not getting along. You will remember last year that when Tonto Dikeh granted and interview and said while in school she had to strive to make a living; she said she remembers the days she had begged to eat, and everything she owns today she worked hard for it. But one of her sisters was so fast to call her out on Twitter, swearing and insisting none of them suffered while in school because their dad would have died for them, that was how much he loved us, she said. A lot of…
The organizers of the much awaited Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) whose core aim is to provide visibility platforms for new talents and help gather international attention and awareness, has announced its new ambassadors. The event which will hold on the 17th and 18th of May, 2014 already have Pokello Nare and Elikem Kumordzie, the soon-to-be couple as ambassadors of the Africa Fashion Week Nigeria, who were big brother house mates 2013 (The Chase). Elikem, a fashion designer who has a collection of designs is now a part of the AFWN and so also is Pokello. The Africa Fashion Week…
One won’t be wrong to say that the last group of Nigerian Idol Top 30 contestants brought the house down at the last recording. Performing Donna Summer’s song, “Hot Stuff” Beebee Bassey from Calabar turned the last recording upside down when she pointed at Dede singing, “ I want to take this wild man home.” Fellow judges, Darey and Nneka were taken aback at her courageous and very daring performance. “That was a very nice performance with great drama,” said Darey. Dede who didn’t respond immediately had this to say after her performance, “That was a wonderful performance, though…
A luxury party boat — Super yacht Jasmin, owned by Epic Luxury Yachts in Dubai which is slated to host Tiwa Savage’s wedding ceremony on the 26th of April, 2014 has crashed. The yacht crashed last week Friday, 4th of April, 2014 during a storm. It was hosting a private event with 95 passengers on board when the incident occurred around 3.30am. The yacht is presently been repaired and will not be ready for use until June; two months’ time. Tiwa Savage and other individuals who have paid to make use of it have been contacted and their money…
Ice Prince in a new interview with vanguard has said, he is not ready for marriage and will start thinking about it in his late 30’s. “I don’t think I am planning to get married now because I am still young, I’m in my youth and moreover, I am just 27 years old. Maybe later in my late thirties I can start planning to get married or not”, he said. When asked what his real reasons were he said: – “It’s because I still have a long way to go before thinking of settling down. I can’t say because of what I…
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the All Progressives Congress has advised President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to stay away from the Niger Delta region as they lacked the moral rights to ask the Niger-Delta people for their votes due to the alleged neglect of the region under the current administration. This was contained in a statement issued by the Rivers State Interim Chairman of the party, Dr. Ikanya Davies, in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The APC leader said President Jonathan should avoid campaigning in the oil-rich region since his kinsmen had rejected him for disappointing…
Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima announced on Thursday that he had reconciled his differences with his predecessor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, in the interest of the State and their party, the All Progressives Congress. Shettima disclosed this shortly after an APC stakeholders meeting they attended in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. He said, “I want to announce that we have resolved to bury our differences as a family, the interest of our great party, the APC and the people. “The APC is a big family and quarrels or disagreements are inevitable in any human endeavour. “I want to assure you…
PDP National CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI ADAMU MU’AZU (R), PRESENTING PDP CERTIFICATE OF RETURN TO THE WINNER OF PDP Osun GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY, SEN. IYIOLA OMISORE IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY (10/4/14). The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, has charged Senator Iyiola Omisore, the party`s candidate for the forthcoming Osun governorship election, to reconcile aggrieved members of the party in the state. Mr. Mu’azu gave the charge on Thursday in Abuja, shortly before presenting the party`s certificate of return to Mr. Omisore, who won the party`s ticket to contest the Osun governorship election. He contested the party`s ticket with two other…
Here is a peak into Fuji king, Wasiu Ayinde Anifowose popularly known as KWAM1′s Palatial mansion in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. The mansion called ‘Ule Omoojusagbola’ House was completed in March 2012, around the same time the Fuji star turned 55. This was where he celebrated his birthday recently and held three wedding ceremonies for three of his daughters. See photos below:
President GOODLUCK JONATHAN (2ND L) CUTTING THE TAPE TO INAUGURATE THE PHASE 3 AND 4 LOWER USUMAN DAM water TREATMENT PLANTS IN Abuja ON THURSDAY (10/4/14). WITH HIM ARE FROM LEFT: CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON POWER, SEN. PHILIP ADUDA; FCT MINISTER, SEN. BALA MOHAMMED AND FCT Minister OF STATE, OLOYE OLAJUMOKE AKINJIDE. President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday commissioned for use, the multi-billion Naira ‘Phases three and four’ of the Abuja Water Treatment Plant with a pledge to provide portable water supply to all residents of the Federal Capital Territory. This was contained in a statement sent via e-mail by Muhammed…
A 14-year-old girl in Kano has confessed to killing the man she was forced to marry, police say. Wasilu Umar, a child bride, admitted killing her husband, who was more than twice her age, by concealing rat poison in his food, the Kano State Police Command said. Three other people also died while 10 were taken to hospital apparently after eating the poisoned meal. Just recently, the issue of child marriage became the topic of national discuss when a controversial senator and former Zamfara State governor, Ahmed Sani Yerima, openly advocated and showed support for child marriage, saying it was…
The pop star who is famous for going unclad has taken it to another level, with these x-rated photos for a French magazine. The singer was pictured posing without panties while wearing only a bra.
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2014 budget of N4.695 trillion. The amount is N53 billion higher than the N4.642 trillion estimates submitted by the executive. President Goodluck Jonathan on December 19, 2013, through the Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, submitted the 2014 budget to the National Assembly for consideration and passage The budget is made up of statutory transfers, N408.687 billion; debt servicing, N712 billion; recurrent expenditure, N2.454 trillion; and capital expenditure, N1.119 trillion. In the proposal, submitted by the executive, the recurrent expenditure was put at N2.4 trillion while capital…
The Ogun State chapter of Labour Party has reacted to the outcome of the Ward Congresses of the All Progressive Congress (APC) held on Saturday, 5th April, 2014. Publicity Secretary of Ogun APC, Deji Kalejaiye, in a statement on Thursday, decried the acts of violence and civil disturbances that characterized the congress. It lamented the incidence of violence which saw a lot of party members sustaining various degree of injuries, saying it has further exposed the APC to being a congregation of selfish politicians, who are bent on acquiring power by all means without being prepared for the responsibility that…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an orchestrated distraction and a mindless public relations gimmick, the ongoing hullabaloo surrounding the rebasing of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which its current proponents say puts the country as the largest economy in Africa, ahead of South Africa. In a statement yesterday in Washington, DC, the United States, by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC said coming on the heels of the damning World Bank report, which stated that Nigeria is one out of five countries that is home to the largest population of poor people in the…
The Federal Government summoned yesterday the Zimbabwean Head of Chancery, Stanley Kunjeku, over remarks credited to President Robert Mugabe, which depicted Nigerians as corrupt. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Kunjeku in Abuja to protest against Mugabe’s comment. The Permanent Secretary Dr Martin Uhomoibhi, described Mugabe’s comment as “vitriolic and denigrating on Nigeria and Nigerians”. He added: “We were concerned when we read that on the occasion of the 90th birthday of President Mugabe, he took time to vituperate about Nigeria”. The permanent secretary noted that Mugabe’s comments reflected “what we consider to be a strong aversion of our country,…
Constitutional lawyer and professor of law, Auwalu Yadudu, yesterday told the ongoing National Conference in Abuja that the gathering lacked popular democratic principles. Yadudu, who is one of the North-West delegates, argued that though President Goodluck Jonathan claimed not to have any sinister motive for convening the conference, there appeared to be a bold agenda set in play by acts of commission or omission. The one-time legal adviser to the late dictator, General Sani Abacha, Yadudu noted that it is evident that the conference was designed, not in line with popular or democratic indices, contrary to the advice offered by…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s perceived presidential bid has received a massive boost from a South-East political pressure group, the Turaki East Alliance (TEA), which urged Nigerians to support his emergence as Nigeria’s next president in 2015. The group said an Atiku presidency is the panacea to the leadership challenges confronting the nation. The group noted that its endorsement of the former vice president was based on his contributions to the promotion of unity and religious tolerance in the country. “He has proved to be a detribalised Nigerian who could be trusted to carry whole country along”, TEA said. The…