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The Nigerian entertainment industry is well known for graduating artistes, who come into the limelight and fade out after a few hits as only a few are able to stay grounded and maintain a relationship with their fans. Jazzman Olofin After many years of silence, Afro Hip Hop crooner, Jazzman Olofin is planning a comeback via a new album which…
The contentious primaries of the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), in Edo State is causing a lot of ripples. Just a day after two commissioners and the Head of Service resigned their appointments, another commissioner has also resigned from the cabinet of the ‘Comrade Governor’. Commissioner of Agriculture, Tunde Lakoju did not just resign from the government, he also quit…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has declared Friday as public holiday to allow more people in the state to register for the 2011 general elections. Mr Fayemi in a statement on Thursday signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mojeed Jamiu, said the holiday would enable civil servants in the state to go to their various towns and villages…
A former senate president has said that the Arewa Consultative Forum (AFC), is a minority that cannot speak for the whole of northern Nigeria because it represents few of the 19 states that make up the region. Ameh Ebuteh of the Congress for Equality and Change, said at a press briefing in Abuja yesterday that the publication in some daily…
Medical doctors in the public and private hospitals in Oyo State have threatened to stay off their duty posts if the state government refuses to accede to the request of their striking colleagues in the next few days. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) gave the warning in Ibadan yesterday. Addressing a press conference at the state secretariat of the NMA…
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission’s Vice President, Jean de Dieu Somda, has identified the tripod upon which West Africa’s integration stands. These are: The harmonisation of the policies of member states, reinforcement of capacity and the promotion of regional peace and security through various instruments that seek to entrench a culture of democracy and good governance. Mr…
Charles Okah and three others who are standing trial for last year’s Independence Day bomb blast in Abuja which killed at least 12 people, yesterday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that it has no jurisdiction to try them over the offence. At the resumed hearing of the case yesterday, counsel to Mr Okah, Ogheneovo Otemu, told the court,…
Nigeria’s “big brother” role in Africa could be meaningful in Cote d’Ivoire if other countries in the West Africa sub region agree to jointly contribute soldiers who will use legitimate force to edge out defeated president, Laurent Gbagbo, than fighting the political logjam in that country alone. This is the position of former military administrator of Edo and Delta States,…
A Bauchi State High Court has restrained the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Halliru Dauda Jika, from performing the functions of the office and parading himself as the Speaker. The court, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Mohammed Zango, granted the order in a suit filed by Abubakar Ahmed Faggo, a former Speaker of the House. It also ordered…
For her love for her career and good money of course, controversial Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson has shaved her hair completely for the second time. On set of a movie which continues filming through this week, the lady who’s described as Nigeria’s Kim Kardashian (without the face that is) went bald last Saturday to play a widow role. With the…
Regenerated actress Ibinabo Fiberesima who’s since moved on with her life after her traumatic experience has returned to the Kirikiri maximum prison to extend a hand of help to the prisoners. The actress, was in a Lagos High court during the week to demand for justice for two prisoners whom she said have been standing trial for the past five…
Award winning Nigerian comedian (who’s more popular in the UK), Tunde Ednut, has announced basic requirements for his future wife. The good looking and outrightly witty short comedian says a woman without the back props could pass but one without (adequate) frontal weight is a no-go area. Tunde Ednut He tweeted on Tuesday: “MY WIFE MUST HAVE YANSH (Not really…
Five National Youth Serving Corps members, a councilor, and an ad hoc staff are standing trial for allegedly diverting the Direct Data Capturing [DDC] machines and other materials meant for the ongoing voter registration exercise. The corps members are Makinwa Michael, Ovat Benard, Mustapha Yahaya, Osha Tolulope and Chinyere Okoye while the councilor is Effiong Edet Oqua representing Idundu Ward…
At least five people died in the early hours of Tuesday in an auto crash that occurred along the Akure/Ilesha expressway. The accident which involved a Mercedez-Benz truck with registration number XCC739RSH and a Nissan Sunny commercial vehicle with number AE341BKN occurred around 6 o’clock in the morning. Eye witnesses said that the Mercedez truck which was heading towards Akure…
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State yesterday said that it has registered over 600,000 voters since the exercise started on January 15. The commission also said that it has received an additional 527 Direct Data Capturing machines to address the hitches being recorded in the exercise. The administrative secretary of the commission, Folarin Awujoola, said this in a…