Wednesday 30 September 2015

Ministerial list to be made public next week Tuesday

The Senate has received the ministerial list this evening. The ministerial list was received by the senate president, Bukola Saraki. The list would be made public at the next sitting of the senate on Oct 6th.

Timipre Sylva wins APC governorship primary in Bayelsa State

A former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Slyva, has won the repeat governorship  primary in Bayelsa  State under All Progressives Congress held in Yenagoa, the state capital, today, September, 30th.  Sylva pulled a total of 981 votes out of the 1147 delegates that cast their votes.

Peter and Paul Okoye's kids stuns in matching African print

Peter shared the photo of his daughter Alioma and his twin brother's son, Andre. Don't the kids look beautiful in their African print?

Nigerian Armys says Boko Haram are poisoning water sources in Borno as revenge

According to the Nigerian Army....

Information reaching the Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole indicates that Boko Haram terrorists have now resorted to poisoning water sources like wells and streams in areas they were dislodged by gallant troops or areas threatened by offensive operations. The latest being the poisoning of the cattle water ponds in Kangallam village along Marte and Abadam axis in Borno State where a large number of cattle died after drinking water from the ponds.

D'banj gots balls and wants you to know in new photo

The singer held his ball in this new photo, accompanied by this statement "All I got in this world is my word and mu balls. Ain't breaking Any for no One... I Only Trust in God. Whose is he talking to nah? Some girl? Just asking.


34-year-old man who killed his father in Ipaja turns himself over to police

Nelson Oamen, the 34-year-old accused of stabbing his father, Ehiremen, to death in the Ipaja area of Lagos, has turned himself in to the police.
It was learnt that Nelson, who had earlier escaped from the house, reported at the Ipaja Police Division on Thursday. He had been reportedly transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigation.

Hajj Stampede: More than 50 Nigerians dead, many still missing

Though an official figures of Nigerians who died at the Mina stampede in Mecca has not been verified but the death toll has been put above 50. Different news organisations have reported different figures in the numbers of death, with some reporting that the numbers of the dead is between 64 to 70 and the injured above 70.

See Empress Njamah in green and white with children to celebrates Nigeria's Independence

Nollywood actress turned business woman Empress Njamah again as wow everyone especially children under her House of Empress Foundation. This year, the actress posed in white and green for photoshoot with children under her foundation for this year's  Independence day celebration.
For many years now, the businesswoman has remain faithful to her foundation where she gives back to children she fondly called 'my children' around the country.

Proud Jim Iyke shares cute photo with son

The actor who welcomed a baby boy with his Lithuanian 23 year old girlfriend, Dana Kinduryte on September 1st, in  Atlanta, USA.

Would you rock these Snake and Alligator shoes

I know some of us are daring and would do it. But isn't it scary to put on? See the Alligator shoes after the cut

Borno govt gives scholarship to fifty girls left orphaned by Boko Haram

The Borno State government has given out scholarships to fifty girls in the state who are left orphaned after members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram killed their parents.
The state government gave full sscholarships both the junior and senior secondary school students to attend the prestigious Zaria Academy, in Kaduna.

Lagos State pilgrim Hon. Adefolabi missing

Though, earlier reports by the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board stated that no casualty was recorded from the state during the stampade that occurred in Mina, while pilgrims where on the way to Jamarat, that leaves many dead.

Georgia executes the only woman on death row despite bid for clemency and Pope plea

Georgia executed the only woman on its death row on Wednesday, hours after the State Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected her final plea for clemency and nearly seven months after her execution was postponed because a lethal injection drug had become “cloudy.”
A Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman said the inmate, Kelly Renee Gissendaner, who was convicted of orchestrating her husband’s 1997 murder, died at a state prison in Jackson, southeast of Atlanta, at 12:21 a.m. Read more and more photos...

National Assembly to get ministerial list today

According to information gathered, the National Assembly will be getting the long awaited ministerial list today for vetting.
Though, the Senate president Bukola Saraki on the resumed sitting of the senate was vague on the expected date the senate would be receiving the ministerial list, he however urge members to screen the list with dispatch but with thoroughness... Read more

Buhari finally announce Minister of Petroleum

During the Global Leaders Summit on Countering ISIL and. Violent Extremism, on Tuesday, 29th in New York, President Muhammadu Buhari revealed that he is the Minister of Petroleum. It is a further confirmation that the president trust no one to handle the crucial and sensitive position of the nation's wealth which has been ridden with corruption in the past.
He said during the summit “I will remain Minister of Petroleum. I will appoint a minister of State for Petroleum.” More after the cut...