The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday, filed a petition at the presidential election tribunal to challenge the result of the April 19 presidential election, alleging irregularities and noncompliance with the 2010 electoral act. The party is contesting the result of the election in about 20 states of the federation, cutting across the six geopolitical zones. Though a copy of…
Ice Prince loses mum Chocolate City rapper and 2009 Hennessey Artistry winner, Ice Prince, real name Panshak Zamani, lost his mother last week. According to a Chocolate City manager, Mrs Zamani died in a hospital in Jos, although details of the cause of death is yet to be confirmed. Mrs Zamani, who is said to be hypertensive, passed away on…
The Kaduna chapter chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in this interview, alleges that the governorship election in the state was rigged. Before the election on April 28, some opposition parties called for the postponement of the election because of the curfew. Was the ACN part of them? Whether postponement or not, what we said was that the…
Thirty-five-year old Patience (not her real name) was a trader at Uselu Market, Benin City, Edo State, before it caught fire last December. With a huge debt of almost N1 million, she ran away to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, in an attempt to escape from her creditor ? only to end up in Honeymoon Hotel, where she makes between…
Gele Agbai had lofty dreams. As a young reporter based in Owerri, he wanted to work with a big newspaper. He had thought that having his by-lines in a national newspaper would make him famous and with a little luck, he might also strike gold. So when he was employed by a weekly news magazine in Lagos, it was a…
After an amazing experience I had recently, I now realise how much we need to keep Jonathan in our prayers.
The former executive governor of Kwara State is the newly elected senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Kwara North senatorial district. In this interview, he speaks on how he emerged victorious in the contest, his vision for agricultural development in Nigeria and his views on the new senate, among others. How would you describe your emergence as a…
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) scored another first with the granting of the Best Renewable Project in Africa Award to the Cabeolica Project, at the recent Africa Energy Awards held in Johannesburg. The Cape Verde based Cabeolica wind farm project was singled out for being the first commercial scale Public Private Partnership (PPP) wind farm in Sub-Saharan Africa. AFC is…
The Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) says it has suspended its state chairman and other members for anti-party activities. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that, three days to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the chairman, Uche Okwukwu, announced that he had quit the party. Mr Okwukwu said his reason for quitting was…
At least 108 INEC staff from Enugu State have been deployed for the conduct of the Imo governorship supplementary election today. Josiah Uwazuruonye, INEC resident electoral commissioner in Enugu State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu that the directive came from INEC headquarters in Abuja. Mr Uwazuroye said: “As a result of what happened in…
For their alleged roles in the subversion of the will of the people of the Oguta and Ohaji Egbema council areas, through armed thuggery, brigandage and snatching of ballot materials, the All Progressive Grand Alliance governorship candidate, Rochas Okorocha, has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Joan Nzeribe, the wife of former senator Arthur Nzeribe, and Goodluck Opiah,…
Lynxxx takes album launch to Abuja New hip-hop revelation, Lynxxx will continue his promotional tour to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja this month. According to a press release from the PR consultant to Syndik8 Records, Lynxxx’s record label, the Dynamix Awards nominee will be in Abuja with ally hip-hop group, Show Dem Camp on Saturday May 14 for a launch concert…
Age Beeka’s entrance into the café was unassuming; as he apologised repeatedly for his lateness, it was immediately apparent how humble he is. Born in 1975, the soul/rock musician’s foray into music started early, performing on stage at the young age of ten. By the time he was 13, he had written more than 20 original songs. He has a…
Nollywood actress and The Rochas Foundation Volunteer Corps’ Face of Hope ambassador, Nkiru Sylvanus, introduced her pet project, ‘I’ve Got Talent’, at a press briefing on Tuesday. Speaking at the briefing, which took place at Planet 1 in Maryland, Lagos, Sylvanus revealed that ‘I’ve Got Talent’ will be a talent exhibition television show that will help raise funds for the…
Uwaoma Ekeoma, assistant director, African Financial Institution (AFI), says the African Development Bank (ADB), has increased its project implementation in Nigeria from 21 percent to 48 percent. Mr Ekeoma made the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja at a workshop on Improving Financial Management and Disbursement Implementation Capacity for Projects. She said the workshop was aimed at improving the quality of…