by Chinwe Okafor
According to the folks at TMZ, Chris Brown has fathered a daughter, and she’s 9 months old.
The report says that R&B singer, Brown has an issue with 31-year-old model, simply known as Nia.
Nia is said to be on “very good terms” with the controversial American artiste.
Brown is reportedly happy about being a dad, although the pair are not romantically involved.
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by Chinwe Okafor
Yinka Bode George who is famous for showing off his bulge is back again… with what he’s known for.
We hear he’s the fifth child of PDP chieftain, Bode George, and he’s said to be a model based in Canada
See below his new hot pictures:
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by Anike Jacobs
Vanessa Gyan, who hosts the Late Nite Celebrity Show on e.TV, hours ago confirmed that Jim Iyke is not the father of Nadia’s twins as Nadia is currently engaged to the father of her twins.
According to her, Nadia gave birth in the presence of her mother and brother in an hospital in Atlanta, with her fiancé showing up later.
She revealed on The Late Nite Celebrity Show that Nadia and Jim Iyke broke up about 11 months ago briefly after he proposed.
She further disclosed that Nadia and the ‘baby daddy’ attended University together.
Another friend who spoke Ghanacelebrities.com said “Jim is not the father of those twins. Who wants to have a baby with this unstable douche bag—not the Nadia Buari I know.”
Rumours of Nadia Buari being pregnant have been hovering for some months but they all settled yesterday when her adopted father – Alhaji Sidiku Buari confirmed that the actress has given birth to twins outside Ghana.
Though the father failed to mention which country she gave birth in, the twins were born in United States shortly after the his announcement.
For now, Jim Iyke has been ruled out as the father—but we still wonder who the mystery man is.
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by Chinwe Okafor
Following reports that singer, Chris Brown, has a 9-month old daughter with a 31-year-old model, his former girlfriend, Rihanna, has supposedly reacted.
According to HollywoodLife.com, Rihanna was shocked to find out that Chris had fathered a child, and she even had to read the report multiple times before she could come to terms with it.
The report said: “Rihanna is shocked and had to read the reports four times before it finally sunk in. But first things first, and that’s that if it’s true, Chris will be a good father and take care of his little girl.”
“That’s a big responsibility and something that requires a lot of work, energy and love,” our source continues. “She wishes him all the best in this new and very important chapter in his life.”
“Rihanna’s been through it all with Chris. This is the type of situation that some women would lose their minds over and end up doing something very foolish,” our source adds.
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by Chinwe Okafor
Actress, Empress Njamah, says she has never gotten financial help from any one, whether friends or from the government.
She says everything she’s accrued has been by her sweat while also saying that the God factor as having helped her get through tough times.
In a chat with Encomium, she said, “It has not been easy though. Like I mentioned, the God factor always miraculously weather the storm. It’s part of how I pay my tithe. I have never gotten funds from a soul, government or friends. It has been my sweat all the way and House of Empress has been supportive to
Empress Njamah also talked about her Foundation which she says she enjoys working on.
“I feel fulfilled as a person, because growing as a child in church, I was taught to always help those in need and by doing that your giving brings a ray of hope that he/she thought had been dashed, thereby bringing God’s blessings upon you. I celebrate them all the time not just on my birthday. The Foundation celebrates with the kids every month. It brings joy to me whenever I am with them, I feel loads of joy and happiness which words can’t explain.”
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by Wilfred Okiche
As the annual #YNaijaPowerList enters its 4th year, we bring you the most influential young Nigerians under 40 who are navigating the increasingly complex world of social media to get things done.
From popular bloggers to interactive marketing strategists, style gurus to plain mischief makers, these guys speak and we listen.
Bankole Bada
The name Bankole Bada may not immediately ring a bell but Twittersphere and BlackBerry users can certainly identify with his fast rising gadgets and accessories e-commerce startup, Huntella. What is more interesting however, is Bada’s social media marketing strategy via the Twitter handle @huntellaDotNet which aggressively pursues followers and keeps them engaged via funny gifs, random musing and motivational tips. @huntellaDotNet has stumbled occasionally in customer service relations but none can deny the stunning effectiveness of this strategy.
Cheta Nwanze
For Cheta Nwanze, a journalist who cut his teeth with the defunct NEXT Newspaper, online is where everything is at. In the past year he has worked with YNaija.com as editor but it is his Twitter handle, @chxta with its 22,000 strong followers that has propelled him to this list once again. When he tweets, especially on political matters, people listen. His #HistoryClasses are a Twitter event and his week daily newsletters serve as the perfect pick me up for a whole lot of readers. He is also a regular fixture on current affairs programmes.
Edidiong Umoh
It is okay not to know the name Ediong Umoh but it is probably a crime to be doing business online and not know of Nigeria Newsdesk, perhaps the most influential news aggregator working today. It is as simple as this, when you want to launch a Twitter dependent service, you go to his @NigeriaNewsdesk, arguably the country’s most popular Twitter handle (with well above 700,000 followers). Umoh’s NND has aggregated tweets for various new media platforms like YNaija, Daily Post Nigeria, TheScoop and with every single tweet or retweet, Umoh is definitely smiling to the bank.
Elnathan John
When Elnathan John tweets, the internet takes notice. The gifted writer and satirist has been in fine form for a while now, irreverently taking on any topic that catches his fancy. He could spend the morning lamenting his broken down relationship with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, his afternoons mock-sympathising with the United States over a recent Measles outbreak, and the evenings engaging in political twitter with the best of them. He still finds time to publish his musings and short stories on his blog, Dark Corner.
Falz the BahdGuy
This young rapper, comedian and internet savvy disrupter was born Folarin Falana, but is better known by his moniker, Falz the Bahdguy. With a hit album behind him, he has found a way to leverage on his comic talents and social media clout to push his music to wider audiences. On Instagram where he reigns supreme with over 52,800 followers, his comic skits have positively influenced the culture and brainwaves of his, like #ElloBae have translated into merchandising opportunities for him.
Funny African pics
The anonymous fellows who run the Funny African pics laugh fest claim cheekily that they have been putting smiles on faces since 1942. That bio description offers a peep into what Funny African pics is all about. On Instagram, where it reigns supreme with over 224,000 (and rising) followers, there is no end to the funny pictures, gifs and memes that have come to characterize the handle. Funny African Pics skewers African pop culture like no other platform presently and leaves followers reeling with laughter.
GidiTraffic
What is the worst part about Lagos living? The traffic jams right? Enter Gidi Traffic, an online social service that is present primarily on micro blogging platform Twitter. GidiTraffic employs crowdsourcing to provide traffic updates in real time to residents of the city of Lagos and it’s environs. With over 232, 167 Twitter accounts (the number increases daily) following, traffic situation requests are placed and retweeted alongside inane queries like the price of fish in the open market.
Mercy Abang-Asu
Mercy Abang is a journalist, publisher, environmental consultant and social media maven. On Twitter, her 30,147 followers rely `on her to put her witty take on whatever is trending. More importantly, Abang-Asu is a heavy player behind the political scenes and can be trusted to be called upon as a social media influencer whenever the politicians need to get in touch with their online constituencies. She has worked as media assistant to former Cross River governor, Donald Duke and hosted a strategic Atiku Ababakar meets young people session in 2014. Abang also runs the up and coming news site, NewsWireNGR.
Tosin Ajibade
As a blogger, Ajibade’s OloriSupergirl is certainly no Linda Ikeji, but she doesn’t need to be to command the clout that she does. Every major event happening in town wants to secure an OloriSupergirl media partnership and can you blame them? With over 43,200 Twitter followers and a significant offline girl next door personality, advertisers trust that her platform can reach their target audiences. Ajibade was a major fixture at this year’s social media week where she hosted and sat in on various panels and discussions.
Noble Igwe
This proud son of Igboland may rub some off the wrong way with his in your face audacity but his work as one third of the popular entertainment and lifestyle website, 360nobs.com these past few years, has been consistently solid and hard to ignore. When he isn’t working on 360Nobs, attending another red carpet event or fencing off attacks from entitled celebrities (MI, Ice Prince, Emma Nyra) on Twitter, he is putting his resources into his new baby, StyleVitae, the breakout fashion blog of 2014
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Two suspected armed robbers who stole N954,000 church offering, from St James’ Cathedral Bishops’ Court, Igarra, Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state, were shot and killed by operatives of the Edo State Police Command on Tuesday.
They were shot dead by the police while trying to escape interrogation.
The third suspect who was the informant that led to the robbery is currently being detained in police custody for further interrogation.
According to PM Newspaper, the third suspect who was adopted by the Bishop, Rt. Rev. Jolly Oyekpen and his family, informed his other two partners in crime about the N954,000 in the Bishop’s Court.
The money was said to be from offerings which is yet to be paid into the church’s bank account.
The robbers reportedly stormed the church premises in the early hours of last Thursday, snatched the money and some other valuables, including mobile phones.
Police investigations however led to the arrest of the suspect, who was said to have admitted to have committed the crime by giving information about the money to his dead friends.
The principal suspect confessed that his share of the loot was N300,000 and out of which he spent N20,000 before he was arrested.
A senior police officer at the Igarra police station who confirmed the report.
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by Ranti Joseph
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Tuesday directed its members to commence importation of refined petroleum products as the Federal Government had pledged to pay outstanding subsidy.
The National President of IPMAN, Chinedu Okoronkwo, disclosed the directive on telephone to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Okoronkwo said the directive followed assurances from government and to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians from the on-going national scarcity of petrol.
“We have had series of meeting with government agencies that are saddled with the payment of subsidy claims and we have been assured of prompt payment. IPMAN members have been instructed to commence importation of petrol into the country to avert the lingering fuel scarcity. The Ministers of Petroleum and Finance have assured us of prompt payment of the marketer’s money; we urge Nigerians not to engage in panic buying of petrol as adequate petrol will be in circulation soon,” he said.
He however, warned its members to desist from hoarding petroleum products, adding that the association’s surveillance teams would monitor compliance nationwide stating that the association would penalize marketers indulging in hoarding of petroleum products and other sharp practices.
Okoronkwo said that joint taskforce by IPMAN and the NNPC had been set up to monitor petrol retailing as part of efforts to stabilize supply. “We will not hesitate to sanction any errant marketer caught hoarding the product. A joint taskforce by the NNPC and IPMAN had been set up to monitor filling stations and sanction them accordingly. With the quantity of petrol pumped into the country and distributed to stations by the NNPC, the corporation has indicated serious commitment to ensure effective product supply. I want to confirm to Nigerians and marketers that with the level of petrol injected into the country by the NNPC, there is no cause for panic buying and hoarding of petrol,” he added.
Okoronkwo also insisted that refined petrol supplied to each depot was enough to address the nation’s current petrol supply challenges in the zone. “Once again, we have been assured by the NNPC that petrol supply will be sustained in the depots. I enjoin marketers to join hands with the NNPC to wet the market with product and shun hoarding,” he said.
He lauded the programmes of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of NNPC, saying that without them the sanity in the downstream oil sector would not have been possible.
He advised the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to give import licences to serious marketers who were willing to import petrol.
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by Ranti Joseph
A woman in her mid-40s was on Tuesday arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force while attempting to sell Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). She was arrested following an alarm raised by the women leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of the Kabala ward in Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The women leader of the ward Hajiya Hajara Mairiga told the police that the suspect, whose name could not be ascertained as at press time, came to her house Monday and told her that she has her PVC and some other people’s own for sale. Surprised by the disclosure, the woman leader raised the alarm and the attention of the police at the Kabala Costain was called to the matter and the suspected was arrested.
The case was thereafter transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police force where the suspect was detained for further investigation.
When the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) Abubakar Zubairu was contacted on the subject matter, he confirmed it and said the woman suspect was in their custody and investigation on the matter was on going.
According to him, “the case with us is that the PDP woman leader of Kabala Costain is the complainan. What happened is that one woman came to her with PVC for sale and she raised alarm and called the police. The woman suspect was arrested and is presently in our custody and investigation is on-going” he stated.
The police however said if the suspect is found guilty upon investigation, she will be charged and prosecuted accordingly.
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by Ranti Joseph
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Tuesday came hard on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State over reports that the State PDP leaders were against President Goodluck Jonathan’s nomination of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as minister.
Lagos PDP, in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Gani Taofik, urged the public to ignore the rumour, declaring that the party leadership is solidly behind Obanikoro noting that the rumour was intended to cause acrimony and confusion within its fold, the party insisted that Obanikoro was highly qualified for the ministerial post.
“They are thus peddling the rumour to cause acrimony among our leaders but unfortunately for the APC, all our leaders have come together, better united and have said no to leadership acrimony in Lagos State. The sponsors of the divisive rumours are the leaders of APC, especially in Lagos State. They will always shiver at the mention of Obanikoro. Indeed, a willing Obanikoro is politically skilful to torment the assumed political influence of APC in the state. We enjoy how, in recent times, the APC has become very paranoid of our soaring feat in Lagos State. They now discuss our concerns more than theirs! This is laughable. How does one explain the interest of the APC in the decision of the PDP to support one of its best to serve the country?
“This rumour is obviously the extension of the recent impotent threat by APC senators to oppose the screening of Senator Obanikoro. This is a politically influential, successful business and family man,” the statement said.
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by Chinwe Okafor
Yemi Alade has been on a roll for the past 12 months.
The singer has embarked on an European Tour, and was featured on France 24’s “Eye On Africa” program.
In the interview, she revealed that the video for her hit single ‘Johnny’, has gained over 15 million views on Vevo.
Yemi also talked about her music, male artistes, the African continent and lots more.
Watch video here:
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by Chinwe Okafor
It gets even more interesting that she’ll be one to give.
Toke Makinwa shared a picture today via her Instagram post in response to the prevailing saga that is Chris Brown’s relationship.
Apparently, it was reported that Chris Brown fathered a 9-month old child and his girlfriend. Karrueche was totally unaware of the entire episode and only found out when the whole world did.
She quickly took to Twitter to end the relationship with the singer saying she doesn’t need no baby drama.
See Toke’s advice to the enraged now ex-girlfriend below;
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by Inibehe Effiong
The truth is that no industrialisation has taken place. Akpabio has however consolidated his insatiable proclivity for wasteful spending, extravagance and suppression of dissenting voices.
As politicians and political parties in the country continue in their to campaign to lure the electorates preparatory to the rescheduled elections, Governor Godswill Obot Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State and his stooge Udom Emmanuel have taken their insatiable plot to get power to a ridiculous and provocative level. Governor Akpabio has continued to dissipate public funds in promoting his ungodly third term agenda using Udom as a veil even as he manipulates critical state institutions and apparatus for egregious and partisan objectives.
Recently, I watched Akpabio’s stooge, Mr. Udom on television talking arrogantly in a very desperate attempt to deceive credulous and unsuspecting voters in the state. While speaking in a campaign rally, Mr. Udom declared that he will carry – out a census of all youths in the Akwa Ibom State within his first three months in office in order to determine those that should be sponsored abroad for education and those that should be empowered to start businesses and so on.
In case Udom Emmanuel and his supporters do not know, census is item 8 in the Exclusive Legislative List under Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). The undeniable import of this is that only the federal government is vested with constitutional vires (power) to determine population.
Therefore, no state government can conduct census. In any case, we are all conversant with the chronic and alarming level of unemployment in Nigeria. As such, any candidate that says he will conduct census in order to determine the rate of unemployment in a state if elected is being deceitful and insincere. In any case, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics is there for any administration that requires official information on demographic related matters and statistics for planning.
In the said speech, Udom also admonished youths in the state not to “play opposition” saying that opposition is not good. What other evidence do we need of Udom’s autocratic inclination? What is democracy without a strong opposition? That statement smacks of sheer arrogance and intolerance by a man that was forced on the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) in Akwa Ibom State as her gubernatorial candidate. It clearly shows that Udom, if given the chance will be more brutal and monstrous than his imperial benefactor.
Not done with his nauseating campaign shenanigans, Udom Emmanuel a supposed banker and economist of repute, went on air in a radio interview and declared that the price of garri will be reduced by 50% if he assumes office as the governor of Akwa Ibom State. I have said it repeatedly, “a product cannot sell beyond the limits of its marketer ( s ). Illegitimacy cannot give birth to legitimacy”.
Udom Emmanuel, an illegitimate child of Governor Akpabio’s brigandage, despotism, corruption and politics of exclusion should stop teaching our people nonsense. Akwa Ibom State as at today is not known for large scale agricultural exploits. The state largely depends on neighbouring states and importation of food supplies to meet her food needs. Is Udom Emmanuel going to subsidise the price of garri if at all he’s elected? How will this banker reduce the price of garri by 50%?.
During his 2011 electioneering campaigns, governor Godswill Akpabio had audaciously declared that he was going to build one industry in each of the 31 Local Government Areas of the state if elected for a second term. Though the gubernatorial election in the state was marred by rigging, violence and fraud, in the end, the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) declared him elected.
With less than three months to the expiration of his tenure, Akpabio has not laid the foundation for even one industry in the state. Ironically, governor Akpabio in 2013 presented a N459. 9 billion budgetary estimate to the rubber stamp Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly which he christened “budget of industrialisation and consolidation”. The truth is that no industrialisation has taken place. Akpabio has however consolidated his insatiable proclivity for wasteful spending, extravagance and suppression of dissenting voices.
On Friday February 27, 2015, all markets in the state capital were forcefully shut down on the orders of governor Akpabio because Udom Emmanuel wanted to sell his manifesto to market women in the state ostensibly as a counter to an earlier visit to major markets in the state by the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Umana Okon Umana. Angered by the popular reception said to had greeted the APC campaign in the markets, Akpabio ordered the closure of markets for his stooge.
As if our people are fools, the media apologists of Akpabio went to town with the insulting lie that it was the market women who willingly closed the markets in solidarity with the PDP. Is it possible for everyone in a market to support one candidate? However, my discussion with the leadership of the market women in the state revealed that the closure of the market was not of their volition.
The truth is that the market women were not consulted nor was their consent sought. This crass provocative lawlessness and impunity is happening in a state without a viable economy; a state without employment opportunities and industries despite receiving the highest allocations from the federation account.
How can Udom, a man who prides himself as a clean intellectual consent to such cruel obstruction of peoples’ only source of livelihood in an effort to make him a governor? With what we have seen, is Udom Emmanuel not another imperial Godswill Akpabio? A candidate who seeks to ride to power on the tears and blood of the down trodden is a disaster that shouldn’t be allowed to happen.
The whole country was recently incandescent with rage over the dubious donation of a whooping N100 million to Udom Emmanuel by some ragtag “student leaders ” in Akwa Ibom State as their contribution to his campaign. Only a candidate with a criminal mind whose goal is to steal and loot will accept ONE HUNDRED MILLION NAIRA from some unemployed lazy minds? How does Udom Emmanuel Intend to repay them if he emerges the governor? That donation cannot be charitable, it was made with an expectation.
Governor Godswill Akpabio is using state funds to secure bogus endorsement for his stooge from the labour union leadership in the state, traditional rulers, religious leaders, transporters and all sorts of money seeking groups in the state. Few days ago, it was widely reported in the media that some so-called youth leaders in the state were summoned to the government house where the governor reportedly shared N155 million to the youths who are said by some reports to be cultists.
With the way Akpabio is going, Nigerians may wakeup to the news that Mr. Akpabio has summoned mad people roaming the state, Boko Haram, witches and wizards, rapists, armed robbers, kidnappers, prostitutes and like persons to the Akwa Ibom State Government House for them to endorse his stooge.
Democratic dividends should not be reduced to construction of some roads at highly inflated rates. Let us not wittingly or unwittingly reduce democracy to pettiness and mediocrity. It is an abuse of language to credit a governor and a gubernatorial candidate who can shut down markets in a gestapo and primitive show of power to score cheap political goals with the appellation ‘democrat’.
There should be no compulsion in political choices. The freedom to choose who should govern us is the hallmark of democracy. It was former American President, Abraham Lincoln who posited that ” no man is good enough to govern another without his consent “. Nigerians should deprecate this crude, illegal and tyrannical plot to foist a candidate on Akwa Ibom people. If this is allowed to go unchallenged, then there is a justifiable reason to be sceptical about the forthcoming elections.
The time to act is now!
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Op-ed pieces and contributions are the opinions of the writers only and do not represent the opinions of Y!/YNaija.
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by Chinwe Okafor
Jessey Eagan, a married Christian mother of two, decided to wear a hijab for Lent in an attempt to remind herself “what it feels like to be an outsider”.
According to her, “We lived in Amman, Jordan about 7 years ago where we ended up teaching at an Islamic school,” she told BuzzFeed News. “While we were there we met many Muslims and built great personal friendships with them. And living in a culture where I stuck out like a sore thumb, I personally know what it can feel like to be an outsider, and I wanted to remind myself of that, so that I can better love all people, no matter what they look like.”
In her blog, the children’s director at her church in Peoria, Illinois, wrote about a Muslim friend’s response to her idea to wear a hijab, and how it spurred her on: “Before I fully explain my reasoning, let me tell you how I came to the decision. I told my husband my idea and he encouraged me to do it, but I decided that I needed to ask a local Muslim friend her thoughts on it. She wears hijab for many reasons, I’m sure, but one is identification with her Muslim community. I wanted to make sure that I would not be disrespecting or offending the Muslim community, so I asked her opinion. Her response was this;
“You are a very thoughtful person full of great ideas…I don’t see a reason why people get offended by a very thoughtful, nice, and peaceful act. Our role is teach and educate all people and I’m 100% in support of this idea…My hijab drawer is yours come and pick what you like. If u don’t have time I can bring them to u, just let me know what colors.”
She says that her main goal for this project is to encourage other people, especially Christians, to look beyond appearances and remember Christianity’s teachings about love.
“Jesus said to love our neighbors, strangers, and enemies. I think this is something that is not often taken seriously by many Christians,” she told BuzzFeed News. “We are so influenced by the media, that we allow fear to take over, and forget to love. Fear is the opposite of love.”
One thing Eagan says she hopes to do next is use make-up to “darken” her complexion and “go out into the community.”
“My friend told me that white Muslims and brown Muslims have different experiences, as do black Muslims, within the Islamic community as well as in the community at large,” she said. “This is all about helping my people, specifically white Christians, learn how to see difference, embrace it, and engage with it. That’s what hospitality does. It welcomes people who were once outsiders into a community with love and the desire to understand.”
When asked what lesson she felt would be learned, that could not have been gleaned from a Muslim woman who wears a hijab, Eagan said she felt it was more important to experience it “first hand.”
“I wanted to see what my friends’ public lives are like, how they experience my community differently from me,” she said.
“It is likely, I think, that my friends would tell me many positive things and avoid speaking negatively, either about their experience or why they wear the hijab,” Eagan added. “I also wouldn’t get to understand my own prejudices towards people, which has come out at least twice.”
Eagan said she expected people “wearing cammo or driving big trucks” to threaten her, but that she’s been “proven wrong each time.”
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by Ranti Joseph
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that over 200 female pupils kidnapped by Boko Haram from their hostel at the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, are still alive.
Jonathan revealed this in an interview with the African Independent Television (AIT) during a current affairs programme, Kaakaki.
The schoolgirls have spent more than 300 days in captivity since they were abducted in April 14 last year during their West African Examination Council final papers.
His statement that the girls are still being kept by Boko Haram contradicts Abubakar Shekau’s statement in a video released in October 2014 to the media that he had married off the pupils. In a previous statement, the Boko Haram leader had threatened to sell the girls as slave brides.
Jonathan argued that if the schoolgirls had been killed, the Boko Haram would have released a video showing how they the girls were murdered.
The Nigerian security forces are also wary of storming the main stronghold of the terrorists because they fear the insurgents may use the girls as shields. “Because they may use them as shields so we are working with the global best practices. We can’t just move in with artillery and clear the place. The good story is that they’ve not been killed. They are still alive because when terrorists kill they display,” he said.
Jonathan contradicted his assertion during his Monday interview with the cable TV news channel, Al Jazeera that the Federal Government did not mishandle the Boko Haram insurgency, claiming that the insecurity problem did not start during his tenure. “At the beginning, we did not really estimate the capacity of Boko Haram. But over the years they continued to build their capacity with links with other terrorist groups. I believe we’ve got up to 65 per cent of what is needed to prosecute this war,” he explained.
He added that the military force was winning the war against the insurgents, noting that only Madagali still remains under the control of the terrorist group in Adamawa State.
“People will want to go back when they no longer hear stories of Boko Haram invasion. We launched the Victims’ Support Fund to aid in rehabilitating them. The Victims’ Support Fund is not managed directly by government but by the private sector,” Jonathan stated.
Jonathan further explained that there was no provision for interim government in the country’s Constitution. “There’s no provision for interim government in our constitution. The only interim government is military government. Talking about interim government to me is treasonable. There are some Nigerians that are bent on creating crisis in this country. There was no reason to doubt the May 29 handover,” He said.
Although Jonathan expressed confidence that he was going to win the March 28 election under the platform of the PDP, he admitted that his chances were slimmer than they were in 2011. “Globally, a sitting president wins with fewer votes than during his first attempt. PDP still has better chances of winning a national election. PDP is still the dominant party; there’s no polling unit where you don’t have PDP members. If you remove the PDP elements in the opposition, it would just collapse like a pack of cards. PDP still has an edge over every other party; I am not worried about the outcome of the presidential election,” he said.
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by Jewel Stephen
Saturday, February 21, 2015 will always be a day to remember for most people who attended the Closeup Cupid Games ball at the Eko Hotel and Suites!!
Unilever Nigeria Plc. recently unveiled the winners of the Closeup Cupid Games Campaign in an exclusive ball party, with popular OAP Toke Makinwa and Ebuka Obi-Uchendu as comperes of the event.
Cupid games this year, is a platform for young individuals to confidently express the extent they would go for love by spinning the ‘Closeup tube’. Top five (5) entries were shortlisted from the huge numbers of entries received across the country.
During the course of the campaign, the weekly winners were rewarded with amazing prizes like beats by Dre headphones and a valentine evening with the celebrity himself- Davido.
The event was a huge one filled with loads of fun, energy and electrifying performances from popular artists like Davido, Yemi Alade, Bez, Adekunle Gold and Dance Na The Main Thing (DNMT).
The winner, Mr Samuel Adekambi, who rode home the grand prize of a power bike, revealed that he is so pleased with the brand for giving him such great opportunity. Winning to him was a dream come true!
Hyacinth West the (1st) runner up got a pair of personalized MacBook Air Notepads while Deborah Jesunami, (2nd) runner up took home personalized Ipads.’
The event was filled with glitz and glamour as it had people from all works of life in attendance. This year, the brand went a notch higher by ending the grand finale with an after party which had Dotun, the popular Cool Fm presenter as the host of the night.
Speaking at the event, Brand Building Director Oral and Personal Care Unilever Nigeria Plc, David Okeme stated that Closeup is happy to be associated with such a competition, as it is an engagement platform for young adults to connect and show their loved ones how much they care, especially at valentine.
According to him, Nigerians can only look forward to a more engaging and amazing 2016 Closeup Cupid Games!
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by Mark Bassey
The 2014/2015 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), will kick off this weekend as scheduled.
This was rubber-stamped during the Club Owners/League Managers meeting in Abuja on Thursday.
There were uncertainties over when the league will resume, after some club officials insisted on a date after the general elections.
“What I can only tell you is that the league season will start on Saturday with the star match being the clash between Heartland and Kano Pillars. Other details of the meeting you get to hear about it later after I have met with other members for ratification,” Acting Secretary of the Club Owners, All Chukwuemeka told Goal.
Kano Pillars, who have won the Nigerian Premier League for three consecutive seasons, kick off the new campaign with a star match against Heartland at the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri on Saturday.
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by Damilola Jagun
The All Progressives Congress says it has been vindicated on its accusation that the Peoples Democratic Party is opposed to the use of Card Readers during the forthcoming elections.
According to the opposition party, the ruling party’s aversion to the card readers is borne out of a desire to prevent the election from holding or to rig it.
In a statement released in Lagos on Thursday, March 5, by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said it was curious that the PDP “rushed to the press” to deny the APC’s claims, only to “quickly turned around to confirm them.”
The party said: “At the press conference we addressed on Wednesday, which rattled the PDP and the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration so much, we listed the conditionalities of the PDP/Jonathan Administration for holding the election: ‘No PVC, No Card Reader, No Jega’ and the fact that the party wants the military deployed to harass and intimidate voters.”
“We mentioned ‘Card Readers’ at least three times during the press conference, and said they (PDP/Jonathan Administration) are doing everything possible to sabotage the machine and prevent its use.”
“Both the spokesmen for the PDP and the Jonathan Campaign Organisation rushed to the press to deny any such ‘reprehensible’ plan. But a few hours later, the spokesman for the campaign organisation told an incredulous country that they would oppose the use of Card Reader, apparently after the spokesmen were overruled by their party.”
The APC statement added: “Obviously, these men are outsiders in their own party and it is now obvious that the opposition knows more about the inner workings of their party than they do. In an apparently-choreographed show, some 15 portfolio political parties called a press conference to also announce that they will oppose the use of the Card Reader, vowing to boycott the elections and use a legal process to prevent the use of the machine.”
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by Ranti Joseph
Lagos State coordinator of the Buhari-Osinbajo Presidential Campaign Organisation, James Abiodun Faleke on Wednesday said All Progressives Congress (APC) has done vigorous political campaign to swing the polls in 26 states of the federation in the forthcoming presidential election scheduled for March 28.
Speaking at a press conference to herald one million man march in Lagos tagged ‘Marching for Change’, Faleke, a member of the House of Representatives said the party is not in any way jittery over constant campaign visits of President Goodluck Jonathan to the South West region.
“We are not worried about President Jonathan’s visit to Lagos, let him continue to share his dollars, as far as we are concern in South West, it is Buhari at all states. Buhari will win in 26 states across the country,” he said.
Faleke added that Nigerians are ready to vote for change. “The present administration has done nothing; they could not deliver on constant power; and we can’t allow them to continue ruling the country like this, its certain that Nigerians will vote out PDP at the poll,” he added.
He said that APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, Buhari’s running mate Yemi Osinbajo, Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola would lead the million man march for Buhari slated for Saturday March 7 explaining that the walk will commence from Maryland through Ikorodu road to end at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere adding that the walk is to showcase that residents were ready for the general elections. “It will also give psychological reawakening to the electorates. It is also to say that Nigerians reject the return to the dark age of Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs); there is no going back on PVCs as it is the practice in civilized countries,” Faleke said.
He assured that the walk would be guided and would not disrupt commercial and business activities stating that all relevant agencies and security operatives have been adequately mobilized to ensure hitch-free political walk.
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by Damilola Jagun
The Johnnie Walker Black Podium, the nation’s boldest, most unique party experience, is back with a bang at Quilox, VI, Lagos, this weekend, with performances by some of the country’s top artists.
At Quilox on Saturday, March 7, The Johnnie Walker Black Podium will welcome hip hop star Timaya, dancehall maestro Slyde and R&B ladies man Rayce, joined by Cool FM’s SenseiUche. These top performers will be joined by dancers, a saxophonist and a breath-taking contortionist act.
“The Johnnie Walker Black Podium is a unique platform for some of Nigeria’s most impressive artists to perform on.
We blend the most popular artists and performers to deliver a truly distinctive and rich experience, which marks it as the next step up on the regular Nigerian party scene,” says Liz Ashdown, Head of Marketing, Spirits and RTD at Diageo Brands Nigeria.
Over 30 Johnnie Walker Black Podium events are scheduled to take place across the region in the coming months, all of which will offer exciting line-ups of live music and entertainment, along with exclusive Johnnie Walker tasting experiences for each guest.
If you’re unable to make Ouilox, VI, Lagos, on Saturday, March 7, other Black Podium events taking place this weekend include Metronex in Warri, Platinum Lounge in Port Harcourt and Infinities in Ibadan on March 6 and House 99 in Warri and Mayfair Lounge, Calabar, on March 7.
Doors open at at venues from 10pm till late.
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