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The fortune of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in Kwara State received a boost over the weekend with the defection of thousands of members from Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to its fold. The ACPN is the new political platform for the strongman of Kwara politics; Olusola Saraki, the father of the…
BY BENJAMIN NJOKU If you have seen actress Ngozi Nwaosu recently, perhaps, two things are bound to engage your mind; one, that the actress has fallen on bad times and secondly, she has re-invented herself. Whichever way, you want to look at it, you may not be far from the truth. The initially robust-looking, yet fair-complexioned actress is at the…
After wowing Nigerians, especially movie buffs at a classy and well-attended world premiere, which held at posh and pristine Four Points, Lekki, Lagos, Vivian Ejike’s latest film, “A Private Storm’, is poised to storm cinemas nationwide. The big budget production from the stable of the multiple awards winning top female film producer, will sensationally saunter into cinemas on Friday, February…
By Lolade Sowoolu Which young person made the most remarkable contribution in 2010 and is worthy of emulation? That among many more answers will be provided at the sixth edition of The Future Awards holding tomorrow in Lagos. Seyi Law, Ini Edo and Don Jazzy After 3 months of a rigorous judging process, The Future Awards (TFA) released its final…
Kaduna Polytechnic will be closed down indefinitely as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) of the school in a congress last Friday declared a strike action, accusing the school management of fraudulently managing the school finances. Infuriated by the school management's decision to stop the payment of their allowances, which it claims is a nationwide agreement which has been…
Residents of Lagos Island Constituency II still have not found any comprehensible explanation to the outcome of the Action Congress of Nigeria's state House of Assembly primary election and they have regarded the exercise as a sham. Some of the residents, who claimed to be members of the Action Congress of Nigeria expressed shock over the emergence of Wahab Alawiye-King,…
We used to be called ‘Bendel number one’ because we were number one in everything we did. In education and sports we were number one and in crime we were number one, we were so number one in everything that once you find any Bendelite anywhere in the nation outside Bendel state, you would hear “up Bendel”. I still tell…
Pretty Nollywood actress Lilian Bach has finally broken the jinx, as she brings Bollywood stars to feature in a Nollywood flick. Lilian Bach and Yemi Blaq HVP gathered that the half-cast actress is producing a romantic movie, where she is featuring some actors from Bollywood. She’s said to have concluded the Lagos leg of the shooting of the film last…
By Aramide Pius Actress Mercy Aigbe in this interview, bares her mind, especially on the issue of her alleged snatching of someone else’s husband. Hear her own story… How do you feel when people meet you and gush that they are so happy to meet you? Mummy Mercy I feel really loved because that means they appreciate what I do.…
The Nigerian entertainment industry is well known for graduating artistes, who come into the limelight and fade out after a few hits as only a few are able to stay grounded and maintain a relationship with their fans. Jazzman Olofin After many years of silence, Afro Hip Hop crooner, Jazzman Olofin is planning a comeback via a new album which…
The contentious primaries of the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), in Edo State is causing a lot of ripples. Just a day after two commissioners and the Head of Service resigned their appointments, another commissioner has also resigned from the cabinet of the ‘Comrade Governor’. Commissioner of Agriculture, Tunde Lakoju did not just resign from the government, he also quit…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has declared Friday as public holiday to allow more people in the state to register for the 2011 general elections. Mr Fayemi in a statement on Thursday signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mojeed Jamiu, said the holiday would enable civil servants in the state to go to their various towns and villages…
A former senate president has said that the Arewa Consultative Forum (AFC), is a minority that cannot speak for the whole of northern Nigeria because it represents few of the 19 states that make up the region. Ameh Ebuteh of the Congress for Equality and Change, said at a press briefing in Abuja yesterday that the publication in some daily…
Medical doctors in the public and private hospitals in Oyo State have threatened to stay off their duty posts if the state government refuses to accede to the request of their striking colleagues in the next few days. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) gave the warning in Ibadan yesterday. Addressing a press conference at the state secretariat of the NMA…
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission’s Vice President, Jean de Dieu Somda, has identified the tripod upon which West Africa’s integration stands. These are: The harmonisation of the policies of member states, reinforcement of capacity and the promotion of regional peace and security through various instruments that seek to entrench a culture of democracy and good governance. Mr…