Friday 3 June 2016
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Obidinma-Sylvia Ijeoma Of UNIZIK Bags A First-Class, Breaks 10 Year Record.It seems to be a harvest of First class degrees and setting of records in the Nigerian higher institutions as another young Nigerian lady has made history in the South-eastern part of the country.
Miss Obidinma Sylvia Ijeoma who is convoked on the 17th of March, 2016 has bagged a first class degree in Banking and Finance from the prestigious Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka in Anambra state.
The beautiful lady who is well conveted and admired by several male colleagues has successfully joined the list of history-making individuals in the school’s Department of Banking and Finance which has never recorded a female first class graduate in the last 10 years.
The great feat of Obidinma Sylvia Ijeoma follows a memory lane of brilliance as she also bagged a distinction in her one year Diploma programme in the same discipline, Banking and Finance.
According to her friends, Obidinma Sylvia Ijeoma is a very hardworking student that leaves no stone unturned as far as academic issues are concerned which has singled her out as the best among her equals.
Ijeoma’s celebration is currently incomplete as a cash prize of N1 million accrued to her iconic achievement is to be denied her simply because she is not from Anambra state.
Kenyan singer Akothee releases new single: Give It To Me featuring Nigerian singer – Flavour. Give It To Me is a certified banger that will set ablaze dance floors across Africa.
Produced across Kenya and Nigeria, Give It To Me is produced by Nigerian producer Masterkraft with the video being filmed in South Africa by Godfather Productions. Akothee says, “Since putting out Ashawo, I have seen Flavour as a mentor and I always wanted to work with him.
It was a lot of fun and hard work while recording Give It To Me. Everyone involved in the project, from Flavour and his manager Benjamin to Masterkraft, gave their all and I did the same. I hope Akothee fans love this and dance to it.” Akothee is releasing Give It To Me in the wake of her hit collaboration with Tanzanian singer Diamond.
The music video of their song Sweet Love (released January 2016) has already surpassed a million views on YouTube. Other notable Akothee songs include Djele Djele, Shengerera Mama, Akothee Katika and Mkenya Halisi.
Produced across Kenya and Nigeria, Give It To Me is produced by Nigerian producer Masterkraft with the video being filmed in South Africa by Godfather Productions. Akothee says, “Since putting out Ashawo, I have seen Flavour as a mentor and I always wanted to work with him.
It was a lot of fun and hard work while recording Give It To Me. Everyone involved in the project, from Flavour and his manager Benjamin to Masterkraft, gave their all and I did the same. I hope Akothee fans love this and dance to it.” Akothee is releasing Give It To Me in the wake of her hit collaboration with Tanzanian singer Diamond.
The music video of their song Sweet Love (released January 2016) has already surpassed a million views on YouTube. Other notable Akothee songs include Djele Djele, Shengerera Mama, Akothee Katika and Mkenya Halisi.
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The news was confirmed by Nigeria head coach Samson Siasia. ‘He suffered from food poisoning and so was not part of training. His condition is stable.’ he said
Iwobi was in line to start Nigeria’s African Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt on Friday night but that now looks unlikely. Wish him safe recovery!
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U.S. police officers reportedly entered the house of Nigerian singer Davido, suspecting he must be a scammer to be living in such a house.
The singer showed them his YouTube page and they left.
Davido told them he is a superstar from Africa, the cops doubted him until they saw that he has over 100 million views on YouTube and apologised.
“Mehn my YouTube views has saved me from police in America so many times … Make dey leave me,” the singer tweeted.
I went to visit family members where I used to stay, then decided to quickly say hi to my secondary school friend who stays in the same neighborhood.
On getting to his place he was drinking a mixture of alcohol, we talked about old times and the future. This guy keeps drinking the mixture so I couldn’t help but ask him why he’s drinking that at afternoon, he told me that a girl is coming to visit him and he “needs to finish work”, he went on to tell me of his escapades with this girl, I just laughed and said he won’t change.
Just as I was about leaving the girl called him that she is almost at the gate. I was going to leave immediately since his place is a self contain and I don’t want it to look awkward that I am leaving because she came. I was right outside his door when the girl walked into the compound, and for a moment I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. This same girl is a girlfriend to a close friend of mine where I live, this girl from what I know is the decent type, my guy’s serious date, whenever she is around we would be like ah madam don show.
Thinking about the details and escapeds this my secondary school friend just told me, I couldn’t believe she is the same person. Long story short, I don’t know how she got my number, she had been calling me, when I refused to talk to her she sent me a message on whatsapp saying she doesn’t know why she did what she did, and that she loves her BF what what.
I have been cheated on and thanks to a UN who was able to help me go through that phase, I know how much it hurts and I don’t want to be the one to put my friend through same pain. Should I just keep quite and hope he finds out or should I tell him?
Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former senior aide to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Tuesday morning explained why he wanted Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike as well as Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi out of the state in any subsequent election rerun exercise.
Okupe, who was also Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Jonathan had said that Wike and Amaechi, who was the governor of the state, as well as their loyalists be moved out because of the level of violence that marred Saturday’s election rerun in Rivers into the state House of Assembly and the National Assembly.
He also demanded the prosecution of all those involved in the violence that claimed up to 10 lives including that of a member of the National Youth Service Corps.
He also demanded the prosecution of all those involved in the violence that claimed up to 10 lives including that of a member of the National Youth Service Corps.
But Okupe’s suggestion did not go down well with some Nigerians who condemned his position on social media, forcing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain to clear the air on what his intentions were.
“I have seen and read many responses to my post on violence accompanying our electoral process. This is the beautiful part of the social media. It is interactive.
“I have seen and read many responses to my post on violence accompanying our electoral process. This is the beautiful part of the social media. It is interactive.
“It is interesting that most of the comments have nothing to do with the killings and loss of lives involved in this mayhem. It will appear that we have come to accept killings and thuggery as part of our national life.
“As Dele Giwa said: ‘nothing shocks us as Nigerians again’. But this ought not to be so.
“As Dele Giwa said: ‘nothing shocks us as Nigerians again’. But this ought not to be so.
“For me, I was particularly overwhelmed by the killings and especially the death of the innocent and young ‘youth corper’, just trying to serve his country. I felt highly repulsed and too deeply pained.
“Regrettably, I really did not consider the legal and moral implications of actually moving a state governor out of the state. I truly never intended to undermine the mandate of the rivers people freely given to Governor Wike. I am truly sorry about that.
“My thoughts were mainly focused on what we must do to avert this unnecessary and wanton bloodshed and deaths following our elections nationwide,” he said in a reaction to comments by some Nigerians to his earlier position.
Okupe said he had watched the American presidential primaries in the various states and caucuses and had never seen any police officer close to the various venues even though there must be a winner and a loser.
“Nigeria and Nigerians must move away from this derogatory barbarism and move along with the rest of the civilized world.
“If the violence that marred our electoral process in 1966 is still very prevalent in our elections in 2016, then there is something seriously wrong with Nigeria and the way we are and the earlier we all address this the better for us all,” he added.
“If the violence that marred our electoral process in 1966 is still very prevalent in our elections in 2016, then there is something seriously wrong with Nigeria and the way we are and the earlier we all address this the better for us all,” he added.
In the earlier post, Okupe had indicted Wike, who is his party man, Amaechi, a former ally and now a member of the All Progressives Congress, the Independent National Electoral Commission and the security agents for the level of violence that scaled the election rerun.
He also demanded a stop to the use of NYSC members for elections especially in volatile areas of the country.
“All principal participants must accept responsibility for this intolerable acts of savagery. By all principals I mean the PDP, APC and their leaderships, the INEC, and the entire gamut of our security agencies.
“In 2016, the wanton destruction of lives and properties that accompany our elections in varying degrees is no longer excusable.
“In 2016, the wanton destruction of lives and properties that accompany our elections in varying degrees is no longer excusable.
“The frequent deaths of citizens, electoral officials, members of the security forces has assumed highly barbaric proportions. Of particular importance is the reported death of innocent Youth corpers.
“As a Nigerian parent whose children will still go through this national calling, I cease this opportunity to call on other Nigerian parents and well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on INEC to stop with immediate effect the deployment of our children for electoral services.
“We can no longer bear the pain of losing our wards to mindless acts of lawlessness by thugs and hooligans acting for and on behalf of reckless, desperate and irresponsible politicians and power mongers.
INEC stands accused in all this dastardly developments. Before going into an election in any volatile area, they ought to obtain full security reports of the area in question and also confer with the police and the army to get written assurance that they can guarantee the security of electoral materials and officers.
He wondered why INEC would still be involved in the movement of electoral materials on election day rather than do this two weeks before the election in company of security agents.
He also suggested that in special volatile areas like Rivers and others as to be advised by police and the intelligence agencies, a minimum of five armed personnels per polling station with availability of standby re-enforcement in each Local Government Area should be considered.
Former Minister of Finance and coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said corruption should be fought using technology and other institutions.
Speaking at the Africa CEO forum yesterday, the former Minister, said those involved in corruption should be made to pay for their actions.
Speaking at the Africa CEO forum yesterday, the former Minister, said those involved in corruption should be made to pay for their actions.
“We have to fight corruption in two ways; one is by punishing those who steal, and making sure they pay for what they do.
“But we also must plug all the holes by building institutions and systems that prevent corruption in the first place.
“But we also must plug all the holes by building institutions and systems that prevent corruption in the first place.
“If you have a financial system for running your financial accounts that is not computerised, that is not technologically based, you are still transferring cash, as we were doing in my country up until 2003, 2004, then you are opening up the place to a lot of leakages,” she said.
Monday 14 March 2016
Going by the recent activities of the power duo, one of Africa’s finest groups, Psquare made up Peter and Paul Okoye, it seems that they may never perform together under the PSquare brand…
If Peter’s recent solo performance in Abuja is anything to go by, then lets get ready to say goodbye. Earlier in the month Peter Okoye released his first solo single called “Look Into My Eyes” just shortly after a very public fallout with his brothers Paul and Jude Okoye.
According to theNet.ng, Peter Okoye has finally made his debut as a solo act under the name ‘Mr P’.
Peter took to the stage performing under the name ‘Mr P’ and apparently, he is also set to perform solo again on 7 April, 2016 in Dubai.
This morning, Paul added more fuel to the rumours when he shared an image of their late mum on Instagram with the caption: ‘I wish you were around, now I understand what this life is without having a mother’ The senior Mrs Okoye died in 2012 after a protracted illness, and their father Pa Okoye followed in 2014.
I don’t know how much mens’ shoes cost and I don’t know what shoes this is, but PDP member, Deji Adeyanju, claims these shoes the President wore today to board a flight to Equatorial Guinea cost $8000…see another tweet after the cut..
Guy’s what do you think ?
Governor Nasir El-Rufai,of Kaduna state has been accused of “thinking of removing President Muhammadu Buhari.” According to The Interview magazine, Mr Sani said: “It would be counter-productive for the Governor to start thinking of evicting Buhari in 2019 to be the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “El-Rufai should do his job and stop putting his eyes on the Presidency.”
Premium Times reports that Senator Sani and Governor El-Rufai have been loggerhead for undisclosed political reasons, leading to Sani’s suspension by the state branch of the party.
Sani accused El-Rufai of ruling like “an emperor,” promising to “give him war or peace,” whichever he chooses. In the same vein, former military governor of Kaduna state, Dangiwa Umar, a retired colonel, gave his first major interview in 23 years in which he laid in on Governor Adams Oshiomohle; and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains, Edwin Clark and Tony Anenih, calling them “traitors.”
Responding to a question on the fortunes of former President Goodluck Jonathan after he was defeated in March, Mr. Umar said, “I compare them (Oshiomhole and co) to insects that cling to flowers.
They are attracted by the nectar rather than by the beauty of the flower. “Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who generously praised Jonathan as a true democrat, suddenly turned into his most virulent critic.” Mr Umar revealed that during Jonathan’s testy days as acting President, he advised him to sack his service chiefs, but that the former president was too confused and agitated to act.
“He complained,” Umar said, adding that “the NSA had informed him that the service chiefs were disgruntled with the way the sick and bedridden Umaru Yar’Adua was being treated and that he, the acting president, was most disloyal.” Senator Sani recently came under severe criticism by governors under the auspice of Northern State Governors Forum (NSGF).
The governors said that Senator Sani erred over his comment on their trip to Saudi Arabia to obtain loans from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), saying that lawmaker displayed ignorance on how government works.
Bukola Saraki Elected Senate President
Increasingly, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, is becoming a tool in the hands of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, SaharaReporters sources in Kwara State say.
The Senate President, who is facing prosecution for alleged false declaration of assets and possible loss of his exalted position, is using a variety of weapons to fight his political battles, and the most prominent of his battle axes are the Emir and State Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed.
A recent victim of the onslaught is Alhaji Ibrahim Oniye, Makaman Ilorin, who was suspended by Governor Ahmed as Chairman of Kwara State Parent-Teachers Association.
The suspension of Oniye, who was also barred by the Emir from stepping into his palace, did not come as a shock to many people in the state.
The man, although blind, is a reputed straight talker, who is not afraid to speak the truth to those in authority. His fearless nature was said to be one of the attributes that endeared him to the late Emir Aliyu Abdulkadir, the 10th Emir of Ilorin, who appointed him the first Makaman of the Ilorin Emirate in 1993.
Our sources say what got Oniye into trouble was his decision to tell Alhaji Sulu-Gambari that more people in Kwara are angry with Saraki and are actually cursing him. Oniye was said to have told the Emir that those cursing Saraki are mainly the poor, who see the Senate President as one who has taken what belongs to them and continues to do so through Governor Ahmed, who is seen as a stooge.
Alhaji Oniye was said to have made this observation known to the Emir at a meeting called by the latter to find out why huge financial outlays on prayers by Saraki failed to stop the Supreme Court from halting the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) from going ahead with the Senate President’s prosecution.
In attendance at the meeting were prominent Muslim clerics and Ilorin title holders, who preferred to deodorize the real situation until Oniye spoke and told the meeting about the anger of Kwarans with Saraki.
The treatment of Oniye by the palace and the governor has sparked disquiet in the state and invited scrutiny of the Emir.
SaharaReporters sources said that as word leaked that Alhaji Oniye had been suspended and that his PTA chairmanship would be taken away, the political establishment in Ilorin reversed the decision. By the time SaharaReporters reached Alhaji Oniye, it was apparent he had ready-made answers. Carefully picking his words, he denied he had not been suspended and blamed the news on those that might be jealous of his many titles and prestigious position within the Ilorin Emirate.
He also said he was never removed as the PTA chairman at the state level. He stressed that as he had never been “queried or indicted” for any malfeasance, he couldn’t have been removed.
Asked if he had spoken up for teachers whose salaries had remained unpaid in the state, he waxed philosophical saying he is the “father of all” and then asked rhetorically if there are no unpaid teachers in Osun, Bauchi, Kano and other places.
When SaharaReporters pressed Alhaji Oniye regarding the Saraki trial in Abuja, he gave interesting answers. First, he said it was his duty not to allow the image of Ilorin to be dragged in the mud by the trial since Saraki was Ilorin’s son, and later, that he would advise people not to jubilate over Saraki’s predicament unless he is pronounced guilty by the tribunal. When our reporter read this portion of his statement to him he asked that it be taken out completely saying he had no comment on Saraki because he doesn’t want to be dragged into politics.
The Senate President, who is facing prosecution for alleged false declaration of assets and possible loss of his exalted position, is using a variety of weapons to fight his political battles, and the most prominent of his battle axes are the Emir and State Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed.
A recent victim of the onslaught is Alhaji Ibrahim Oniye, Makaman Ilorin, who was suspended by Governor Ahmed as Chairman of Kwara State Parent-Teachers Association.
The suspension of Oniye, who was also barred by the Emir from stepping into his palace, did not come as a shock to many people in the state.
The man, although blind, is a reputed straight talker, who is not afraid to speak the truth to those in authority. His fearless nature was said to be one of the attributes that endeared him to the late Emir Aliyu Abdulkadir, the 10th Emir of Ilorin, who appointed him the first Makaman of the Ilorin Emirate in 1993.
Our sources say what got Oniye into trouble was his decision to tell Alhaji Sulu-Gambari that more people in Kwara are angry with Saraki and are actually cursing him. Oniye was said to have told the Emir that those cursing Saraki are mainly the poor, who see the Senate President as one who has taken what belongs to them and continues to do so through Governor Ahmed, who is seen as a stooge.
Alhaji Oniye was said to have made this observation known to the Emir at a meeting called by the latter to find out why huge financial outlays on prayers by Saraki failed to stop the Supreme Court from halting the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) from going ahead with the Senate President’s prosecution.
In attendance at the meeting were prominent Muslim clerics and Ilorin title holders, who preferred to deodorize the real situation until Oniye spoke and told the meeting about the anger of Kwarans with Saraki.
The treatment of Oniye by the palace and the governor has sparked disquiet in the state and invited scrutiny of the Emir.
SaharaReporters sources said that as word leaked that Alhaji Oniye had been suspended and that his PTA chairmanship would be taken away, the political establishment in Ilorin reversed the decision. By the time SaharaReporters reached Alhaji Oniye, it was apparent he had ready-made answers. Carefully picking his words, he denied he had not been suspended and blamed the news on those that might be jealous of his many titles and prestigious position within the Ilorin Emirate.
He also said he was never removed as the PTA chairman at the state level. He stressed that as he had never been “queried or indicted” for any malfeasance, he couldn’t have been removed.
Asked if he had spoken up for teachers whose salaries had remained unpaid in the state, he waxed philosophical saying he is the “father of all” and then asked rhetorically if there are no unpaid teachers in Osun, Bauchi, Kano and other places.
When SaharaReporters pressed Alhaji Oniye regarding the Saraki trial in Abuja, he gave interesting answers. First, he said it was his duty not to allow the image of Ilorin to be dragged in the mud by the trial since Saraki was Ilorin’s son, and later, that he would advise people not to jubilate over Saraki’s predicament unless he is pronounced guilty by the tribunal. When our reporter read this portion of his statement to him he asked that it be taken out completely saying he had no comment on Saraki because he doesn’t want to be dragged into politics.
What is Happening in Your Area?
Minister for Transportation and Leader of the APC in Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi who is in the state to campaign for the party’s candidates in the March 19th State/National Assembly Rerun Elections -stormed Rumueme Ward 10, Obio/Akpo LGA earlier today. The occasion also featured the public defection of Dr. Moore Oja Chinda, PDP Governorship Aspirant and Leader/Coordinator of God is Able Team.
The minister in his address dared wike saying, “One clear message I will send to Nyesom Wike is, I will come to his village on Saturday… on Friday I’ll be in night club because I’m sure we will win.”
Continuing, he assured Rivers people that “if Wike cannot maintain law and order, the Federal government will not abdicate from its responsibility, we will secure the lives of Rivers people.”
The event saw large turn out of members and non members of the APC who have decided to cast their votes for the dominant APC.
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You know you do not have enough self-control to be a pastor, why get involved? A magistrate court in Kwale, Ndokwa West area of Delta State has sentenced a 38-year-old Pastor, Ruben Okotie, to six months imprisonment for seducing his house maid with red candle.
Presiding magistrate of the Court, Chief magistrate Carl Moeteke, who sentenced the Pastor, said he was found guilty with overwhelmed evidence in a three counts of conspiracy, attempted r*pe and illicit s*xual act.
Pastor Ruben was sentenced to six months without option of fine to serve as warning to others.
It was gathered that the Pastor on the 22nd day of February 2016 in Kwale town seduced his housemaid with a red candle after his wife had gone to visit her sick parents in a neighbouring community.
The housemaid, 13yrs old Helen, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State, was said to have resisted the attempt by the pastor to make love to her on her return from market where she had gone to buy food stuff and other cooking materials.
The pastor was said to have threatened to eject her from his house if she failed to comply. It was stated that a week after, the pastor pounced on the maid and pushed a red candle into her private part after forcing her into his bedroom.
He was reportedly arrested in Kwale when his wife reported the maid’s complaints to the police.
Police prosecution witness, Sgt Promise Enebeli, told the court that Pastor Ruben was arrested when the matter was reported at the Kwale Police Division, adding that upon interrogation, he confessed to the crime and was charged to the court.
Funny enough, the Pastor’s lawyer, Mr. Thomas Okobi, had dismissed claims by his wife, Mrs. Esther Okotie, insisting that his client (Pastor Ruben) was innocent of the crime.
But the court said that the evidence against his was overwhelming and sent him to jail, straight.
Thursday 10 March 2016
Michelle Obama and Sophie Trudeau's both stole the show in floral-themed dresses. More photos after the cut...
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