The anticipated single Chairman by Nigerian renowned rapper MI Abaga
is out. The chairman himself (Oga at the top) MI has done amazingly
well. I hope you enjoy it.
Darey was live at the Nigerian Idol
competition last weekend as a guest judge. The music sensation thrilled
fans when he performed some of his classic songs at the show. He kicked
off his performance by performing three of his biggest hits: ‘Asiko’
followed by ‘Sisi Eko (the remix)’ and finally rounded it off with a
dazzling performance of his popular single ‘Style Na Style’. Watch the
performance below;
Omotola has offered an explanation, in
an interview with Stella Dimoko-Korkus, as to why she wore two outfits
at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards event. She said;
Abuja based TV producer/ presenter
and blogger, Rachel Edjeren, shared the story below on her BLOG about
a dream she had about the Indian Hair she fixed.
So my people, who dey hold your remote control? Mbryo’s remote
control is in the wrong hands and they girl dey push all the wrong
button.
Rugged Records presents brand new video by MBRYO titled REMOTE, a
Patric Ellis Pictures. Ruggedman signed Mbryo to his record
label on the11th of September 2012.
So if you have a remote control sing along and enjoy!!
Award winning media personalityTolu “Toolz” Oniruis
the cover of this month’s edition of TW magazine. Toolz, who started in
radio a few years ago, has extended her brand to include television
& online media. She opens up like never before on her meteoric rise
to the top, building her brand & that famous curvaceous body!
Designer Lanre Da Silva Ajayi is on the
cover of this month’s issue of Mania magazine. This issue focuses on
timeless age and beauty and is a befitting issue for the mother of two.
Nike Davies Okundayo -arguably the queen
of traditional themes- is a Nigerian batik designer with an increasing
global recognition. She is on the cover of Genevieve Magazine’s March
issue (a.k.a. the Iconic Edition). The issue graces her with a feature
tagged “Her Romance With The Arts”.
Nigerian entrepreneur, Tara
Fela-Durotoye graces the cover of Motherhood In-Style‘s March 2013 issue
with her three cute sons. The Nigerian beauty professional of make-up
brand House of Tara speaks on parenting with her motivational speaker
husband Fela Durotoye, life as a working mother and a whole lot more.
Inside the editorial spread, the magazine captures Tara at home with her
children as well as a few shots of Tara in her stylish yummy-mummy
best.
Violence erupted again, in Maiduguri,
the BornoState capital, yesterday, as gunmen suspected to be members of
the Boko Haram sect shot dead a tea vendor (name withheld) at his
Maduganari T-junction shop at 6.30am.
Maduganari is one
of the peaceful areas of Maiduguri Metropolis, until of recent that it
witnessed two killings by suspected terrorists.
The gunmen,
according to an anonymous eyewitness, came in a tricycle from the
Maduganari neighbourhood and fired four shots into the vendor’s head and
chest, he died immediately.
He said: “We were waiting at this bus
stop, when gunmen in a tricycle fired several gunshots at the tea shop,
55 metres away and people started running in different directions,
before soldiers rushed to the scene at 7am and evacuated two other
people injured by stray bullets to the hospital.
“The area was
also condoned off to prevent further attacks and killings, but the
gunmen had already fled into the neighbourhood without being arrested.”
Twenty-seven people were rescued in
the boat mishap, which occurred at Malabo, 40 nautical miles off the
Calabar water ways on March 15.
Mr. Olayemi Abass,
Coordinator of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency,
NIMASA, said, yesterday, in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, that the
survivors were rescued by Adax Oil, which has an oil rig in the area.
He
said: “Some of the survivors were taken to Oron and two brought to
Calabar. Those in Calabar are receiving treatment at Bakorm Medical
Centre, Calabar.”
At Bakorm Medical Centre, one of the survivors,
who gave his name as Kieve Sani, a Togolese, said the boat started its
ill-fated trip at 9am on Friday and sank at 3pm, adding that they were
on the sea until 3 pm on Sunday, before help came their way.
The city of Warri was a sight to
behold yesterday as far as track and field is concerned in Nigeria. Many
of those who had a hand in building the sport and raised it to the
level that placed Nigeria in the world map were there.
A two day
refresher course for technical officials who will officiate during the
March 27 -31 Africa Youth Athletics Championships had brought them to
Warri.
Commodore Matseye Nesiama, the Athletics Federation of
Nigeria Technical Director who is also a member of Local Organsing
Committee for the AYAC 2013 is the facilitator of the event that will
continue today.
Professor Lucas Ogunjimi, Alex Onyewenwa who are
IAAF lecturers were there. And so were big names like Elias Gora, Rotimi
Obajimi, Emelia Edet, Henry Amike, Tina Iheagwam, Jide Josiah, Akin
Folarin, Mary Onyali, Gabriel Okon, Yusuf Ali, Solomon Agbari, Eric
Mayuku, Ben Majekudumi, Beatrice Molokwu et al.
Policemen attached to Ejigbo division in Lagos have uncovered
a fake drug manufacturing outfit in the areas, recovering large
quantity of counterfeit drugs which are distributed to pharmaceutical
stores across the nation.
Arrested was the
alleged manufacturer, a 58-year-old man who said he learnt the skill in
India.
Recovered from the factory situated at 5, Arochukwu Street,
Ilamoshe, Ejigbo, were five large cartons of fake Zentel tablets,
thousands of packs of Zentel tablets and a large quantity of printed
packets for packaging Postinor tablets.
But the suspect, Nne
Ikenna, who was paraded, yesterday, by the image maker of the Lagos
State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, denied manufacturing the drugs,
saying he only packaged them.
As Nigeria, yesterday, joined the rest
of the world to mark the 2013 World Oral Health Day, Lagos State
Government and the Nigerian Dental Association, NDA, raised alarm that
over 50 percent of Nigerians were at risk of heart-related diseases.
They called on the
Federal Government to urgently implement the newly-formulated National
Oral Health Policy aimed at improving oral healthcare in the country.
Special
Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Public Health, Dr. Yewande
Adeshina, spoke at the flag-off of the Lagos World Record Tooth-Brushing
Challenge to mark the World Oral Health Day, on the theme Healthy Teeth
for Healthy Life, 2020 Begins Now, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium,
Surulere.
He said: “One of the unspoken complications of poor
dental hygiene is heart disease.
A seven-year-old girl (name withheld),
has accused her 49-year-old father of rape.
The girl
said her father, Sylvester Ehijele, had on numerous occasions had sex
with her, adding that he used to promise to buy her goodies and toys
before the actions.
Sylvester Ehijele
She
said he usually had sex with her on a daily basis whenever her mother
was not home.
She said, “Whenever my mum is not at home, he grabs
me, forces his hand over my mouth and then inserts his penis into my
private part. He promises to buy me a car, cake and biscuit but he
doesn’t buy anything for me.
“He also threatens to use a knife to
gouge my eyes out anytime I threaten to report to my mother.”
Sylvester’s
wife, Margaret, told PUNCH Metro that he (Ehijele) also raped their
23-year-old daughter when she was much younger and recently, he raped
their one-year-old granddaughter that lives with them.
Chelsea star John Mikel Obi and newly acquired Saunders of America
striker in the MLS have been businesslike since they joined the Super
Eagles camp Tuesday evening.
By Onwuka Nzeshi
The House of Representatives yesterday abruptly suspended its
proceedings following intermittent power outage at the chamber during
plenary.
•Tinubu asks Jonathan to resign over insecurity
• JNI alleges sinister plot to plunge the north into chaos
By Our Correspondents
Less than 48 hours after a motor park in Kano was attacked in multiple
bomb blasts, nine riot policemen escaped death by a whisker when gunmen
ambushed their truck on Dorayi Road in the Kano metropolis Tuesday.
• Ndume asks Appeal Court to upturn admission of evidence
By Tobi Soniyi in Abuja
The alleged mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St.
Theresa's Catholic Church in Madala, Niger State, Mr. Kabiru Umar, also
known as Kabiru Sokoto, was Wednesday brought before a Federal High in
Abuja for arraignment on terrorism charges.
James Bond will be back within the next three years,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer said on a call with investors.
There's no set timetable, MGM executives cautioned, only a sense of
optimism and eagerness on the part of the studio that 007 will return in
the not-too-distant future.
The Presidency has explained that one of the major reasons why the
Diepriye Alamieyesiegha was granted pardon is because he worked to
restore peace in the Niger-Delta region while challenging northern
leaders to replicate same, especially on the state of insecurity in
their region.
Only two survivors have been found so far after a boat capsized off
Nigeria with an estimated 128 people on board, emergency officials said
on Wednesday.
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
By Ibrahim Shuaibu
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on
President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately resign for his failure to
curtail the worsening insecurity challenges bedevilling the country.
Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc (Mutual), one of the fastest growing
risks under group in the country has demonstrated its readiness to meet
the peculiar insurance needs of actors, actresses and other celebrities
in the Nigerian society.
UK - For anyone who has ever struggled
to find a parking space, it could be the ultimate commuter transport - a
groundbreaking electric scooter that conveniently folds up.
The
practical scooter folds in the middle, allowing the user to easily take
it on a train or in the back of a car before riding it at a respectable
28 mph. The innovative scooter has a comfortable traditional leather
seat - making sure the rider is comfy as they travel through the city.
Mamman Ali, the son of former Peoples
Democratic Party National Chairman, Ahmadu Ali, forged documents to
fraudulently collect N4.4 billion as petrol subsidy payments, a witness
told a Lagos court on Wednesday.
A
prosecution witness, Chidi Onyedikwe, told an Ikeja High Court that
some of the documents used by Mamman Ali were forged.