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- Asari Dokubo’s first wife, Zainab dies in car crash
- Ubi Franklin congratulates Iyanya on his new deal with a management company
- Tiny and Tamar Braxton wore very sexy outfits to the club yesterday
- President Buhari receives Bayelsa State Governor, Dickson Seriake
- Rob Kardashian is really done with Blac Chyna?
- Iyanya done withTriple MG? Signs management deal with a new company
- Photos: Strong wind & heavy rain sweeps vehicles into a river in Niger state
- Kim K shares a new photo of her son - Saint West
- Check out this throwback photo of Nkiru Anumudu and daughter, Ozinna in 1996
- Photos: Meet Chierika Okogu, the first athlete to represent Nigeria in Rowing at the Olympics Games
- All skin and bones: AFP Correspondent photographs Nigerian starving children in Muna, Maiduguri
- Teyana Taylor shares super cute photo of her baby daddy carrying their daughter
- Celebrity Fan Date Series Emerges...
- Man U star Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks all shades of cool as he leaves Radisson Blu in Manchester (photos)
- Alleged Budget padding: I will not withdraw my accusations'- Jibrin tells Dogara
- University of Surrey visiting Nigeria
- Dogara gives Abdulmumin Jibrin 7-days to retract libelous allegations or face legal action
- Billionaire Bernie Ecclestone's daughters step out with bodyguards after his mother-in-law was kidnapped in Brazil
- Photos: Nigerian Council of Women Society meets with Mrs Aisha Buhari
- People assuming Gbenro is with me for a green card is very hurtful- Osas Ighodaro-Ajibade says
- Don't they look alike? IGP Ibrahim Idris and Governor Bindow
- Everything else is hard, getting a loan doesn't need to be!
- Photos: FRSC seize overloaded vehicles on Lagos - Ibadan Expressway
- TV Firm apologises after cartoon character stepping on a page from the Koran sparked outrage
- Submit your script and stand a chance of winning N100, 000 in each category!
| Asari Dokubo’s first wife, Zainab dies in car crash Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:05 PM PDT  |
| Ubi Franklin congratulates Iyanya on his new deal with a management company Posted: 27 Jul 2016 01:49 PM PDT  Iyanya this evening announced that he has signed with a new management team (Read here). His 'former' manager/business partner Ubi Franklin has congratulated him. |
| Tiny and Tamar Braxton wore very sexy outfits to the club yesterday Posted: 27 Jul 2016 01:44 PM PDT  |
| President Buhari receives Bayelsa State Governor, Dickson Seriake Posted: 27 Jul 2016 01:34 PM PDT |
| Rob Kardashian is really done with Blac Chyna? Posted: 27 Jul 2016 01:33 PM PDT  Rob Kardashian and his "fiancee" Blac Chyna are finished – don't believe any press that says otherwise. MediaTakeOut.com spoke with a producer for the show who tells us that Rob is "finished" with Chyna. The insider explained, "The Kardashians are going to every news source, pretending that Chyna and Rob are together, so that they can show the breakup on [Keeping Up With The Kardashians]." But Rob is not playing the Kardashian's shenanigans. The insider continued, "Rob is not playing. He's through." Rob was also a very conspicuous no-show at his own grandmother's 82nd birthday bash yesterday. The same bash where Blac Chyna and her baby bump were front and center, filming the event with the rest of the Kardashian Klan. |
| Iyanya done withTriple MG? Signs management deal with a new company Posted: 27 Jul 2016 01:14 PM PDT  |
| Photos: Strong wind & heavy rain sweeps vehicles into a river in Niger state Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:57 PM PDT |
| Kim K shares a new photo of her son - Saint West Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:53 PM PDT  Kim & Kanye West's son Saint is gradually coming into the spotlight... |
| Check out this throwback photo of Nkiru Anumudu and daughter, Ozinna in 1996 Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:51 PM PDT  |
| Photos: Meet Chierika Okogu, the first athlete to represent Nigeria in Rowing at the Olympics Games Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:54 AM PDT  "It is my ultimate goal to be the 1st Nigerian to row at the Olympic Games. Heading into Rio, it's a really wonderful opporunity for Nigeria. This is the first time we've had an athlete at the Olympics in the sport of Rowing," said UkoguMore photos...            Photo credit: Chierika Ukogu |
| All skin and bones: AFP Correspondent photographs Nigerian starving children in Muna, Maiduguri Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:47 PM PDT  "It may be the rainy season, but the savannah scrubland stretching out below me is dusty, dry and brown, linked by a spider's web of dirt tracks and footpaths."Touch down in Maiduguri and the light is blindingly bright. The air hits you in the face like a hairdryer on its hottest setting. I've come here to report on the latest calamity to befall the capital of Borno state. Sitting on the north banks of the seasonal Ngadda river and historically a major commercial hub just south of the Sahara, it was fought over for centuries by traders, traditional and religious leaders, then about a century ago the colonialists. Over the past several years, it had become more notorious as the birthplace of Boko Haram, the Islamist group whose insurgency has devastated northeast Nigeria since 2009 and spilled across the border into Cameroon, Chad and Niger. AFP has covered the insurgency since it began: the horrific and relentless attacks on mosques, churches, markets and bus stations, suicide bombings and raids on remote villages. In the last 18 months the Nigerian military, helped by its neighbors, has reclaimed territory from the insurgents, apparently weakening the radical group to the point of "technical" defeat. But this doesn't mean the people living here are doing any better. In recent weeks another shocking dimension of the conflict has emerged: severe food shortages have meant that hundreds of people -- in particular children -- are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. That's a fancy way of saying they're starving. Sometimes to death The camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) where the worst malnutrition cases have been reported are not accessible without military assistance, so we decide to drive to an informal settlement in Muna, a suburb on the outskirts of Maiduguri where the UN children's agency UNICEF runs a nutritional clinic Before going to a place like Muna, I always try to figure out the best way to portray the situation in the most honest way I can, while still maintaining the humanity in the subjects. It is never easy to witness suffering and be practically powerless to affect change, to do anything about the people's immediate circumstances t's challenging because you need to retain respect for your subjects, which in this case entails focusing a lens on them and capturing that moment in time. I believe part of that respect comes with sensitivity towards the different realities that you are presented with. My first impression of the Muna settlement is of a dry dust bowl, a barren patch of land devoid of grass and vegetation. The tents are scattered in clusters over the naked earth and the sun beats down on the ground.... More photos below...             Photo credit: Stefan Heunis Source: Read the full original post on AFPblogs written by Yana Dlugy: https://correspondent.afp.com/node/3443 |
| Teyana Taylor shares super cute photo of her baby daddy carrying their daughter Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:49 AM PDT  |
| Celebrity Fan Date Series Emerges... Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:28 AM PDT   Fans will contest through this app to compete to win as WINNER FAN. The pre-selected Celebrity (ies) of the month will pick the winning number in a transparent manner; the Star Fan will be invited to the next Celebrity –Fan Date event and will get some complimentary passes for friends, family and associates. At the Celebrity Fan Date series; the winner fan will put the Celebrity on hot seat for 15 -20 minutes, interact and dine with him/her on same table. The high point will be a photo session of the Celebrity and Winner Fan which will be used on all social, electronic, print media and on billboards till the subsequent Celebrity/Winner emerges. Celebrity Fan Date will also give back to the society by giving a percentage of inflow from the project per event to Heart of Gold Hospice, a motherless home for children with special needssituated at 75, Alhaji Masha road, Surulere, Lagos for the first one year. The matron or her representative will be present at all the events. Celebrity Fan Date series 1 will hold on Sunday 14th August, 2016 at Lagos Oriental hotel, Lekki, Lagos by 4pm prompt. The artistes to be featured are King of Comedy, Ali Baba and Star Actress Bimbo Akintola Special Guests of Honor for this series are: Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Sarah Sosan Lagos State Hon. Commissioner for Information, Mr. Steve Ayorinde. Mr. John Shaibu, a Motivational Blogger Corporate table of 8 and Partnership windows with benefits are available on demand. Our contact details are: info@heartlinkgroup.org, heartlinkgroup@gmail.com, +2348033254220; +2348055555864 Kindly visit our website www.heartlinkgroup.org for our profile and past events. To compete to win as the STAR FAN, download Celebrity Fan Date App from google store, register then click VOTE for your favourite……COME MAKE IT A DATE WITH ALI BABA & BIMBO AKINTOLA CELEBRITY FAN DATE IS SUPPORTED BY STL TRUSTEES…… A HEARTLINK GROUP EVENT |
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| Alleged Budget padding: I will not withdraw my accusations'- Jibrin tells Dogara Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:21 AM PDT  Sacked House of Representatives Appropriation committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has reacted to the legal threat from speaker Yakubu Dogara. Reacting via his twitter handle, Jibrin says he will not retract his allegations against the speaker. He also says his lawyers have notified EFCC and ICPC about the matter. See more of his tweets after the cut...    |
| University of Surrey visiting Nigeria Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:19 AM PDT  Come and meet Peter & Ann-Marie to find out more about studying at a Top 10 UK Institution with world class, research leading academics in one of the most beautiful campus settings in the UK. We are still open for admission for 2016 entry for many courses Please note that Business Courses are already full for 2016 entry apart from MBA! Abuja Monday 1st August 10.00am – 12.00noon SI-UK Abuja Office Suite SF 15 Olive Plaza by Banex Junction, Wuse 11 Abuja Phone: 234-8053790901 2pm – 5pm VantageScope 360 Degrees Suite B8,1st Floor, S H M Complex, Mabushi, Abuja Phone: 08181113767,09-2905905 Tuesday 2nd August 11am – 1pm UKEAS Abuja Office Suite 3, 2nd Floor Hatlab Place, Plot 1952 Sokode Crescent, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja Phone:: +234 (0) 9-2906508 3pm – 5pm Dave Abion Abuja Office Suite 206 (Second Floor), JINIFA Plaza, (Opposite Securities & Exchange Commission Office) MuhammaduBuhari Way, Central Business District, FCT-Abuja Phone: +2348068559860 Wednesday 3rd August Lagos 12noon – 2.30pm Dave Abion Ikeja Office 79, Allen Avenue (2nd Floor, Front Wing - 2nd SAMSUNG Building Before UBA), Ikeja, Lagos. Phone: +2348062700622, 3pm – 5pm UKEAS Ikeja 3rd Floor, 76 Opebi Road Ikeja, Lagos Phone: +234-01-3429059 Thursday 4th August 9.30am – 12noon UKEAS Victoria Island office 6, Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island Phone: +234 01 2915972 12noon – 3pm Dave Abion Victoria Island office Plot 5, Imam AbibAdetoro Street, Off Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos +2347033383220 Friday 5th August 2pm – 5pm SI-UK Ikeja office 2nd Floor 84 Opebi Road Ikeja, Lagos +234-1-212 0530 |
| Dogara gives Abdulmumin Jibrin 7-days to retract libelous allegations or face legal action Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:19 AM PDT   Jibrin who was sacked on 20th July, has released several statements accusing Dogara and three other principal of corruption and padding of the 2016 budget. Read Yakubu Dogara's statement below... The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has given a seven day ultimatum to Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin to tender an unreserved apology to him and retract all allegations made against him or face legal action. A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs to the Speaker, Mr. Turaki Hassan, stated that the demand was contained in a letter written and addressed to Jibrin by counsel to Dogara, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) & Co. It was signed By Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, who is the Principal Partner of the firm. The letter, entitled, 'REQUEST FOR A RETRACTION AND AN APOLOGY OF A LIBELOUS PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY YOU ON MONDAY 25TH JULY, 2016', noted that the claims of the former Appropriations chairman, who was removed for padding the budget and other actions, that the speaker is corrupt and abuses his office is aimed at tarnishing his image at home and abroad and is a clear case of libel. The letter read in part, "We act as solicitors to Rt Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of House of Representatives of Three Arm Zone National Assembly Complex, Abuja herein after referred to as "our client" and on whose instructions we write this letter to you. "The attention of our client has been drawn to a libelous press statement you issued on Monday 25th July 2016 which was made available to members of the press (print and electronic media) titled "THE CORRUPT SPEAKER YAKUBU DOGARA AND HIS 3-MAN CABAL". "In the said publication, you published words to the following effect concerning our client and three other principal members of the House of Representatives- "Honourable colleagues and fellow Nigerians, I wish to make further revelations. Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his senior cabal namely Deputy Speaker Lasun, Whip Doguwa and Minority leader Ogor has (sic) promoted corruption so badly in the House that if President Muhammadu Buhari with his disdain for corruption and corrupt people have the slightest idea, he will ban the QUARTET permanently from the Villa before they eventually allow for proper and unbiased investigation by the House. Mr Speaker and Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun diverted millions of Naira all in the name of paying for guest houses and official residence. The issue became so messy that the Deputy Speaker openly accused Hon Herman Hembe of short changing them of millions of naira in the deal to the shock of many Hon Members. Speaker Yakubu Dogara frequently abuse his office amounting to conflict of interest by soliciting for inappropriate favours from agencies and Multinational companies. He forced an agency to grant loans and a construction company blackmailed to do some work at his Asokoro 'plot' Speaker Yakubu Dogara has carefully designed a scheme to scam Hon Members through deduction from their salaries certain amount of money for a so called mortgage arrangement to build houses for members. He has been applying every under hand tactics to ensure Members agree to the deal. "Speaker Yakubu Dogara has consistently refused members access to the financial dealings and internal budget of the House. He runs the financial management of the House like a cult aided and abated by the Chairman House services Hon Babanlle Ila. It is no longer news that all over the House, Hon Members are aware of the monumental fraud perpetrated by Speaker Yakubu Dogara in this regard. We are even told that this is a child's play compared to the mess and allegations of money laundering he left behind as Chairman house services in both the 6th and 7th Assembly. The EFCC should have something to start working with in respect to his tenure as Chairman House services if they properly dust their files." "These members of the body of principal officers were not comfortable with my independent disposition and my refusal to cover up their unilateral decision to allocate to themselves N40bn out of the N100bn allocated to the entire National Assembly. The four of them met and took that decision, in addition to billions of wasteful projects running to over 20bn, they allocated to their constituencies. They must come out clean. My inability to admit into the budget almost 30bn personal requests from Mr. Speaker and the three other principal officers, also became an issue." It continued, "The personal references are obviously directed at our client, and amount to a very serious libel. "By the said publication and without putting to the public any shred of evidence, our client is portrayed as a criminal, corrupt, dishonest, fraudulent, dishonourable and unfit to hold the position of Speaker of House of Representatives. "Our client's reputation has further been brought down in the estimation of right thinking members of the society and he has been thrown into public opprobrium, odium, scorn and ridicule. "Consequently, we consider your publication on the matter as not only libelous but made in bad faith; an act of vendetta owing to your recent removal as the Chairman of House Committee on Appropriation. "The said publication is also aimed at causing disaffection between Nigerians and members of the House of Representatives. "Sequel to the above, we have to request you to submit immediately to us a clear and unqualified apology and retraction of the publication in an equally conspicuous position in all the print and electronic media where the publication appeared. "TAKE NOTICE that in the event of your failure/refusal to comply with the above mentioned demands within seven (7) days of your receipt of this letter, we have further instructions to institute a suit against you in a court of law. If we have to pursue this course, we shall be claiming aggravated and exemplary damages. Yours faithfully, For: Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) & Co Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN Principal Partner." Recall that Jibrin has been circulating all manner of falsehoods against the speaker after he was removed as the chairman of the committee, a decision the whole House took after due consideration of his gross incompetence and immaturity to handle the position of Appropriations Committee Chairman, among other issues. |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:11 AM PDT  The mother-in-law of billionaire/one of the most powerful people in sport - Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone, was reportedly kidnapped in Brazil by criminals demanding millions of pounds. (Read here)   |
| Photos: Nigerian Council of Women Society meets with Mrs Aisha Buhari Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:07 AM PDT  The new Exco was sworn in following a free and fair election conducted during the NCWS National Convention held between July 15th - July 17th in Abuja. The convention was attended by a 20-woman strong delegation from Kebbi state led by the president of the state chapter Mrs M Danga. Amongst National officials elected and present at yesterday was Dr Bilkisu Magoro as well as the Kebbi state Patron and wife of the governor Dr Zainab Atiku Bagudu. Mrs Buhari as the wife of the president is by constitution and tradition the Grand patron of the society and she was formally invested yesterday in a colorful ceremony. Aisha Buhari tasked the leadership to review its current constitution (which has not been reviewed since 2005); to reflect current needs of Nigerian women especially in relation to over 2M displaced women and children. She also asked the women to chart a course for a greater future for women and children in Nigeria. She emphasised the importance of involving all stakeholders in building a strong partnership as enshrined by the NCWS slogan: SERVICE IN UNITY. "I commend and congratulate the National Council of Women Societies and their newly elected President Gloria Shode. The elections were conducted freely and fairly in the most democratic manner. The Council will always have my support as they chart a course towards a greater future." said Mrs Buhari.Others present at the investiture were Minister of Women Affairs Senator Jummai Alhassan, Mrs Akinfuluire SA SDG to the president and former Deputy governor of Lagos, Recent MD Niger Delta Development Commission Mrs Ibim Semenitari, Dame Pauline Tallen, Haj Hajjo Sani, Honourable Asabe Vilita, wives of ministers governors and other associates. More photos...         |
| People assuming Gbenro is with me for a green card is very hurtful- Osas Ighodaro-Ajibade says Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:06 AM PDT  "Being in the limelight, I hear different things and I wouldn't be human if some of them didn't get to me; especially the comments people made about how he is only with me because he wants a green card. That was very hurtful because people don't understand the love we have for each other. Everybody likes a good life. Who no like better tin?Osas said many people thought she could have done better with her choice of a life partner but she doesn't care. According to her, Gbenro might not be the richest man but they have love and will grow together. "People say I could have done better but I don't even think about it. I know what I have gone through and the kind of men who have approached me. The first and most important thing to me is love. Of course I know some billionaires could have courted me but I am not about the money. When I first returned from the US that's what I was being approached with but it's never been my priority. Love is more important to me. Gbenro might not be the richest man in the world but there is love and we will grow together and that's what makes me proud of our marriage. Would I rather be rich and miserable? No! I have a man who is smart and talented, so handsome and God fearing. There is no other direction he would go but upwards because he is a man who is determined for himself and his family. I am not worried that he is not a billionaire; by God's grace he will get there. I'd rather be happy in the man he is and the man I know he is aspiring to be. People will always have opinions. I am judged even for the air I breathe"she said. |
| Don't they look alike? IGP Ibrahim Idris and Governor Bindow Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:02 AM PDT    |
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| Photos: FRSC seize overloaded vehicles on Lagos - Ibadan Expressway Posted: 27 Jul 2016 08:59 AM PDT |
| TV Firm apologises after cartoon character stepping on a page from the Koran sparked outrage Posted: 27 Jul 2016 08:59 AM PDT   The episode, called Troubled Waters, was last shown on TV on June 28 and HIT Entertainment, which produced the cartoon, apologised "unreservedly" to viewers. The firm, which produces Bob the Builder, Pingu and Thomas the Tank Engine, said it had cut ties with the animation company responsible for the mistake. A spokeswoman for HIT Entertainment said: "It has been brought to our attention that in an episode of Fireman Sam an image of the Koran is briefly depicted.  "The page was intended to show illegible text and we deeply regret this error. We sincerely apologise for any distress or offence it may have caused." "We will no longer be working with the animation studio responsible for this mistake. "In addition, we are taking immediate action to remove this episode from circulation and we are reviewing our content production procedures to ensure this never happens again." Source: The Sun UK |
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