Beyonce
and Jay Z's bundle of joy Blue Ivy Carter is officially four years old today
(Jan. 7). Happy birthday to her.
Thursday, 7 January 2016
Iredia’s mendacious piece, by Joe Iniodu
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| Tony Iredia |
By Joe Iniodu
Dr. Tony Iredia is easily presumed an
honourable man. At least his age, educational attainment, offices occupied and
profession he belongs to bestow the attributes of honour on him. But “tonnie
Iredia” as he fancies to be addressed in his column in Vanguard has over the
years developed character flaws that put this deserving honour in dispute. He
has consistently put his reputation at risk in a manner that suggests that he
has scant regard for it and even self honour. This is the tragedy of the Edo
born broadcaster who lost his job with Radio Nigeria but was to emerge as
Director-General of NTA.
Photo of Awilo, D’banj, and Flavour ahead of tonight’s GLO/CAF awards
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| L-R: Flavour, Awilo, and D'banj |
The
trio are set to perform in this night’s GLO/CAF awards which will hold the
International Conference Centre. Other top entertainers for the event who are
already in Abuja include Malian sensation, Salif Keita, Ladysmith Black
Mambazo, a South African male choral group, Awilo Longomba, Charles Nii Armah
Mensah Jnr, Ahmed Soultan, D’banj, Korede Bello, Di’ja, alternative
soul singer, Bez, Omawumi, Ego and King Sunny Ade. All of these top
musicians cum entertainers are also Globacom Ambassadors.
Buhari appoints SA on Political Matters
President Muhammadu Buhari has named Babafemi
Ojudu, a former senator, as his special adviser on political matters, deploying
him to the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. He represented the Ekiti
Central Senatorial District in the Senate between 2011 and 2015 on the platform
of the Action Congress of Nigeria and later the All Progressives Congress.
Premier League side, Coventry signs Joe Cole
Premier
League side, Coventry has signed former Chelsea midfielder, Joe Cole. Coventry
confirmed this via their twitter handle.
Super Eagles player returns to Federation Cup winners
A fringe player of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Ubong
Ekpa has completed his return to 2015 Federation Cup winners, Akwa United. The
former Kano Pillars winger signed a two-year deal to return to his former club.
TB Joshua raises Facebook fraud alarm!!!
Prophet TB Joshua has raised alarm
over the activities of fraudsters who impersonate him to defraud unsuspecting
members of the public on facebook. Read below a statement from his ministry…
"Good morning. Despite our numerous and repeated warnings on
Emmanuel TV, we are sad and shocked to regularly receive reports of people
still being deceived on Facebook by individuals claiming to be or represent
Prophet T.B. Joshua.
Our attention has been repeatedly drawn to a particular
Facebook Page claiming to be one of the official pages of TB Joshua Ministries
which now has nearly 250,000 likes -
http://www.facebook.com/TBJscoanministries. This page is FRAUDULENT! It is
using images of TB Joshua to gain attention but anyone who is a follower of
Emmanuel TV will know that the message and contents of its posts do not in ANY
WAY reflect the message and ministry of T.B. Joshua.
Soyinka replies Rivers State Government, says EFCC can arrest him
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka
has replied Rivers State government over allegations that former Governor of
the State and now minister in FRN, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi spent a whooping
N82m to host him in a dinner. Read below his reply contained in a letter…
“This morning, I saw only the by-lines in one or two print
media regarding the 80th Birthday dinner to which I was hosted by the former
governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amechi, now Minister of Transportation. I
ignored them. It was not, and remains not my business to probe into the
catering and logistical implications of the hundreds of institutions and
governments all over the world to whom I acknowledge an immense debt of
unsolicited recognition over the years.
New kid on the block, DAILY DETAIL gradually taking over newsstands
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| Former Commissioner for Works in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Don Etim reading Daily Detail |
A visit
to the newsstands in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State shows that there is an
array of assorted newspapers in circulation. According to the League of
Newspaper Publishers, there are 91 (yes, I said ninety one) local newspapers who
have registered with them. This is quite alarming. But there are many other
newspapers who have not registered with the body. As at the last count, there
are over 150 newspapers in circulation in the state. Now, that’s mind-blowing;
right? That is the situation Akwa Ibom has found herself.
Apart
from the commercial capital of the country, Lagos and the nation’s seat of
power, Abuja, Akwa Ibom is rated as the state with the most vibrant media.
Photos: D'banj visit Police Force headquarters
Onofiok Luke is a crowd puller, he is loved by all - Assemblyman
Hon. Aniekan Bassey is the member representing Uruan State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. He spoke to newsmen on sundry issues. Excerpts:
You came into the House of Assembly in June, 2015. How far, so far?
I came into the House of Assembly by the special Grace of God. Not because I was too good as a politician. Of course I was not a politician. I was into business. My people saw the little contributions I have made so far over the years. By the grace of God, I have contributed immensely to the development of Uruan youths. Anywhere I am opportune to meet indigenes of Uruan, I support them in no small measure. So it was through popular demand that the people of my constituency said that I should represent them in the House of Assembly. And by the help of God, I went into the PDP primaries, I won convincingly. I went into the general elections and I won. I went to the tribunal, I think I was one of the first in my state to win my tribunal case and the first to have victory at the Court of Appeal.
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
President Buhari's media chat and the words of a tyrant, by Femi Fani-Kayode
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| Femi Fani-Kayode |
Mr. President, you will recall that I wrote
you an open letter on December 28th, 2015 which I
sincerely hope that you found most gratifying, illuminating and helpful.
That was two days before your Presidential
media chat which took place on December 30th. I hereby humbly crave your
indulgence to add an addendum to that open letter. That is what this
contribution represents.
I hope and pray that this second letter,
which will be the last, will further enlighten you and impart a little more
wise counsel to you that will result in assisting you to properly appreciate
the complexities of our times.
Mr. President it is pertinent to note that
approximately two hundred and sixty five years ago one of the founding fathers
of the United States of America, Mr. Benjamin Franklin, said "rebellion to
tyrants is obedience to God". I am sure that you will agree with me when I
say that he was absolutely right.
Gunmen kidnap wife of Super Eagles player, John Ogude
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| Fegor and wife |
According to TheCable, gunmen have kidnapped Maimunat Ogude, wife of Fegor
Ogude, Super Eagles and Amkar Perm of Russia player. According to Ogude, who
spoke with TheCable on Tuesday, his wife was kidnapped by unknown armed men in
Warri. Delta state, on Monday night.
“I wasn’t home yesterday. My wife,
Maimunat Ogude, went out with my kids. Barely two hours that I left the house,
my younger brother Ogaga called me to say that some armed men came to the house
to take my wife away,” said the midfielder, who has 16 International caps. “I
was told that they threw my kids out of the car and just took my wife in my
car.
Drama as Former PDP chair, Bello is taken into courtroom on wheelchair
Former acting national chairman of the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and a member of the party’s board of trustees
(BoT), Dr. Haliru Bello, has been arraigned on a four-count charge of money
laundering before a Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday.
Bello and his son, Abba Mohammed, were
alleged to have diverted N300 million meant for the procurement of arms by the
former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
Bello, however, caused a drama at the court
when he arrived in ambulance. The ex-PDP chair was taken into the courtroom on
a wheelchair. More photos after the cut…
Photos from the visit of IMF boss to Nigeria
The Managing Director
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mrs Christine Lagarde, today visited
Nigeria and had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House,
Abuja. Below are more photos from the meeting…
Photos: Dokpesi’s son visits Aso Rock
A team from DAAR
Communications, owners of AIT and Ray Power F.M, was at State House, Abuja,
today, to present a giant seasonal card marking Eid el Maulud, Christmas, and
New Year, to President Muhammadu Buhari. The team consisted of Mr Raymond
Dokpesi Jnr (Chairman), Mr Tony Akiotu (Group MD), Imoni Mac Amarere (MD, DAAR
News Services), Paulyn Ugbodaga (Head, Human Resource) and Kunle Onime (Head,
Corporate Communications). They were received by Mr Femi Adesina, Special
Adviser, Media and Publicity to President Buhari, as well as Mr O.J Abuah,
Director of Information.
Why I didn’t emerge as Speaker of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly – Hon. Aniekan Bassey
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| Hon. Aniekan Bassey |
The Member Representing Uruan State
Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Hon. Aniekan Bassey has
stated why he didn’t emerge as the Speaker of the assembly after the Court of
Appeal sacked immediate past Speaker, Hon. Aniekan Uko. In an interview with
newsmen recently in his office, the businessman cum politician said the issue
of him emerging Speaker of AKHA was purely speculative. Read below some
excerpts from the interview:
“The issue of me being a Speaker was
speculative. People thought since the Speakership position was zoned to Uyo Senatorial
District, that I should emerge the speaker. So it was based on assumption that
Uyo Federal Constituency should produce the speaker because the immediate past
speaker was from Uyo Federal Constituency (Ibesikpo Asutan to be precise). People
thought either Uruan, Uyo or Nsit Attai should produce the Speaker. But speakership
is more than that. You have to look at capacity and you have to look at what we
are facing at this particular time. I believe that the Speaker that we have is
the best for the moment. He has the capacity. He is a former Students Union
president and former Speaker of the Nigerian Youth Parliament. He has the
capacity to lead us at this time.
Governor’s S.A causes trouble in students’ body, set to inaugurate parallel exco
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| Otobong 'Aquilla' Akpan |
The S.A
to Akwa Ibom State Governor on Students Matters, Miss Otobong Akpan is causing
a major crisis in the Akwa Ibom State branch of the Joint Campus
Committee (JCC), a body under National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).
Information
at our disposal has it that the Governor’s Special Assistant who is fondly
called Aquilla has sworn that over
her dead body will the recently inaugurated exco be allowed to operate. Findings
reveal that she has finished plans to constitute and inaugurate a parallel exco
to the real JCC state exco headed by Akwaowo Clifford Ukpong.
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