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The Association of Republic of Niger residents in Taraba State has warned its members against participating in the ongoing voter registration. Its chairman, Mohammed Warsu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo on Thursday that he has told his people that the exercise was meant for only Nigerians. “I have also told them that participation of foreigners in the…
The Ondo state government has declared Friday, February 4, a work-free day to enable full participation of the civil servants in the registration exercise. Clement Faboyede, Commissioner for Cooperative and Community Development, told journalists that this is to offer the final opportunity to those who have not been able to register. Mr.Faboyede revealed that, access to social services like education,…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has challenged the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) to intervene in the ownership crisis between Osun and Oyo States over the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. Receiving members of the YCE, led by its national chairman, Adeyinka Adebayo, a retired major general, on a courtesy visit in his office in Osogbo yesterday,…
Weird MC and Darey Starting from this February, young people across the country have been advised to watch out for a one-of-its-kind event called ‘Champagne Conversations’. Billed to be an evening of classy champagne cocktails, beautiful ballads and banters, interspersed with wild and wicked works from some of the best contemporary Nigerian music makers, the networking event aims to bring…
julius AgwuOne of Nigeria’s most gifted comedians, Julius D’Genius Agwu will be giving couples resident in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja an opportunity to celebrate their valentine in a classy romantic gathering. The show which is its first edition, will take place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. It will feature great acts like Darey, MI, Waje, Iyanya and…
Fragrance is a young Nigerian singer who relocated to Lagos from Warri in anticipation of fame and fortune in exchange for her musical talents. Her experience so far has not matched her expectations as she still lives off her siblings back in Warri. Four years and counting, the fair skinned beauty has risen past a disappointing recording contract and is…
The continuous killing of notable politicians and security operatives by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Borno State has prevented the State House of Assembly from functioning. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the House last sat on January 18, and adjourned for one week but is yet to resume. The members of the assembly including the…
The Bayelsa State government has warned that those who fail to register will be sanctioned. said it will The Secretary to the State Government, Gideon Ekeuwei, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Yenagoa. Mr Ekeuwei had earlier said the state government will constitute a Special Task Force to ensure that persons who are 18 years and…
The Bauchi state House of Assembly has passed a bill which seeks to establish the Bauchi State Social Development Institute in Ningi. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Education presented by its chairman, Mohammed Aminu Tukur, member representing Lere/Bula state constituency. When established, the institute will offer one year course…
The Future Awards (TFA) 2011 that held last Sunday was a resounding success going by the quality of guests, winners, performances, speeches and even choice of venue. Organised by RedSTRAT with Chude Jideonwo, Debola Williams and Debbie Magnut as Directors, the event was hosted by the pair of Yvonne Ekwerre and Ebuka Obi Uchendu and then Dolapo Oni and Dr…
Fifi EjinduIf there has been any question about whether the stylish, drop-dead gorgeous fashionista, Fifi Ejindu is losing her touch that question had better be dispense with as this Cross River state beauty and brawn seems to be getting better and better with age. Contrary to the gist making rounds that she had lost her touch, the disarming damsel hit…
The beautiful, indefatigable and alluring Deputy Governor of Lagos state is one woman who is having a raw deal being dealt her way right now. Guess what she is paying for? SosanHer loyalty to the governor has become the Achilles heel that looks good on the bill to put paid to her career as a politician. The word running riot…
President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice, Namadi Sambo, yesterday, shunned the presentation of books written about them by Coalition Front for Goodluck (CFG), an affiliate of Goodluck-Sambo Campaign Organisation. The two books,‘The Voice of the Earth’ and ‘Goodluck/Sambo, the Hidden Treasure,’ were billed for presentation at the occasion. The event,which was slated for 10am took place at Yar’Adua Centre in…
Bauchi State Grand Khadi, Abdullahi Yakubu Marafa, has appealed to the federal government to place an embargo on the importation of pornographic publications and materials into the country which, he argued, pollute the minds of Nigerian youth. He explained that if the government is really serious with its programme of re-branding Nigeria and its desire for a disciplined society, it…
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Thursday, discharged all the patients on admission, following a strike by nurses and laboratory technologists in the hospital. By noon, the workers, operating under the aegis of Joint Action Committee, had deserted their duty posts in protest over cuts on their monthly allowance, tagged ‘Teaching Allowance’. In a statement…