Friday 13 November 2015

List of Foremost Politicians In Lagos

Here is the list of prominent Lagos born and foremost politicians in the state.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu aka Jagaban was elected Senator for the Lagos West constituency in Lagos State, Nigeria in 1993, just before a military take-over in December 1993.

Who is Nigeria’s king of collabos?

Collabos are means by which artistes bring their unique ingenuity on a song and leverage on each other’s creativity and fans base. Juacali, a Kenyan hip -hop rapper puts it this way: “Artistes should be ready for collaborations. And the concept is ever-changing as new faces as well as sounds come. This has changed the way fans consume music. Collaborating gives one high chances of opening up new markets.”

Onyeka Onwenu’s Wait for me duet with King Sunny Ade was one of the collabos that changed the face of the Nigerian music scene in the early 90’s. Ever since, artistes have teamed up with one another to create a seamless artistic chemistry. In no particular order, we chronicle Nigerian artistes who bring their own brilliant magic on collabos and are often sought after by other artistes.

Angelina Jolie talks about filming sex scenes with Brad Pitt

However as we meet in LA, Angelina is adamant that, if anything, the film just goes to prove one thing - in that she & Brad can survive completely each one little thing.

The Tomb Raider star is no stranger to love scenes on camera, but when it came to stripping off with her longtime partner for a steamy bathtub sex scene, Jolie found the experience a bit harrowing.

Urhobo Denounces Inclusion in Map of Biafra

THE Urhobo nation yesterday denounced its membership in the proposed map of Biafra by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Making the position known yesterday in a statement, National Publicity Secretary of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Alhaji Mumakai-Unagha, warned that Urhobo and its territories should be counted out from any IPOB plan.

Mourinho will return to Madrid if Chelsea sack him – Calderon

Former Real Madrid president, Ramon Calderon, has suggested that Jose Mourinho could replace Rafael Benitez at the club.

Mourinho is under serious pressure at Stamford Bridge, after a terrible start to the current campaign. The Blues have suffered seven defeats in their opening 12 Premier League games, but club owner, Roman Abramovich, is prepared to give the Portuguese a chance to turn around Chelsea’s fortunes.

Emelonye Highlights Scourge of Cancer in New Film

Award-winning filmmaker, Obi Emelonye is set with a new movie, Oxford Gardens. Shot in London, the film features Ngoli Okafor, a former boxing champion in the United States, Ngozi Thompson Igwebike, Savanah Roy, Iffy Chukwu, Princess Abiye, Frank Ani, Nnenna Ani and D’Richy Emelonye. It will be officially premiered on December 18, this year.

Basking in the success of great films like, The Mirror Boy, Last Flight to Abuja, Onye Ozi and Thy Will Be Done, the director-producer, who is renowned for championing causes with his themes in Nollywood, says he intends to be refreshingly different with this new work.

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said she did not use her position to steal Nigeria’s money.

Alison-Madueke, who looked frail told the Publisher of Ovation Magazine and The Boss Newspaper, Dele Momodu, that she performed her duties to the best of her knowledge and abilities.

Jumai Shaba Finally Breaks Silence on Her Work with Discover

Jumai Shaba has a long list of television credits, but perhaps one of her greatest accomplishments to date is her work with Discovery +234. After years in the making, international training, and many months of silence, Jumai finally speaks to Seyi Olanihun on why Discovery chose to work with her when they came to Nigeria.

Discovery+234 is a lifestyle and entertainment show hosted by celebrities, Jumai, Gideon and Mannie. The show is tailored uniquely on a need to spread awareness on fair access to education for the girl child. The platform offered Jumai the opportunity to connect with the audiences (men and women of all ages), and share this crucial message across the country.

Benzema admits intermediary role in Valbuena sex-tape scandal

Real Madrid star Karim Benzema has admitted to playing the role of an intermediary in the Mathieu Valbuena sex-tape blackmail case, according to alleged exerts – published by AFP – of the striker’s police hearing.

Benzema was charged by a court in Versailles last week with complicity in an attempt to blackmail and participating in a criminal conspiracy as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to extort money from Lyon midfielder Valbuena.

Lord’s Chosen Nigerian pastor arrested in Tanzania for allegedly smuggling cocaine

A Nigerian pastor, one Mr Chukwudi Okechukwu, who preaches in Tanzania, under the umbrella of the Lord Chosen Church of Nigeria, has reportedly bagged a 30-year jail term after being convicted of smuggling cocaine worth Sh3.1 billion.

According to reports, Okechukwu, who Anti-narcotics police allegedly believe is one of the top members of a drug syndicate operating in Tanzania, Nigeria and South Africa, was jailed alongside a South African, one Stan Hycent and Pakistani Shoaib Mohammad Ayazi over the same offence.

Russia is the new front for militant Islam

As Russia deepens its involvement in Syria, it risks more than a military quagmire. Its intervention exacerbates a growing domestic threat, one that could destabilize the whole country. A new brand of radical Islam is rising in Russia, fueled by Russian fighters eager to perpetrate acts of terror at home.

Even a decade ago, the scope and depth of this emerging terrorist network would have seemed inconceivable. While Russia has suffered its share of domestic terrorism, those crimes were largely perpetrated by Chechen fighters based in the North Caucasus region. When Moscow declared an end to its counterterrorism operations in Chechnya in 2009, it suggested that the threat of radical violence had been largely contained.

Trump's rant against Carson goes viral on social media

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rant against fellow contender Ben Carson on Thursday, in which he said Carson had a “pathological” temper as a young man, quickly became a lively topic on social media on Friday.

Speaking in Iowa late Thursday, Trump cast doubt on Carson’s often-reported story of lunging at someone with a hunting knife as a child, an episode Carson says led him to Christianity.

Issa Hayatou undergoes kidney transplant

President of the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou, and acting president of FIFA, has undergone a kidney transplant.

According to the CAF website, the kidney transplant was successful, but the football administrator, who is spending a fifth term in office, will need some days of rest.

NYSC detects fake certificates, calls for verification

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Friday, said it had detected fake certificates alleged to be issued by its office and called on employers of labour to always verify certificates to ascertain their authenticity

Alhaji Hudu Taura, Director, Certification, NYSC said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja.

Another university revokes honourary degree from Bill Cosby

Drexel University has joined a number of other schools in rescinding an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby amid accusations of sexual assault.

Drexel President John A. Fry says the misconduct that came to light in a deposition given by Cosby "stands in clear opposition" to the Philadelphia school's values.

Ajimobi hails Buhari for giving Oyo substantive ministerial slot

Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing a substantive minister for the state in the newly-constituted cabinet, even as he assured the Minister of Communication, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, of the support of the people of the state.

Speaking during a courtesy visit to his office by the minister, an indigene of the state, the governor recalled that the state had for several years been having junior ministers.

Superrich Ronaldo Buys €19 Million Private Jet, Reveals His New Special Woman

Ronaldo has a number of brands he is handling including a line of perfume called ‘Legacy’, a line of underwears and pants, a line of shirt all under the CR7 trademark.

According to the Mirror UK, the 30 year old’s aircraft can carry between eight and ten passengers, depending on its specification.

Basira in London Premiere Shut Down London with Massive Crowd at Odeon Cinema UK

“It’s official! Odeon Cinema Greenwich UK confirms in a letter that Philippa Abraham‘s Basira in London movie premiere now holds the record for the highest turnout for a movie premiere at their prestigious venue. The massive crowd that attended the premiere have been described as unprecedented!”

The star studded event was attended by elite members of Nollywood, Industry Professionals, African Royalty and Government officials.

Indians struggle to worship baby born with two heads

The misfortune of a family in Bangladesh, India, is turning to be a blessing in disguise after their baby girl born with two heads, is now the subject of attraction as locals struggle to see the miracle baby and worship it, reports Mirror.

The extraordinary two-headed baby girl, who was born by Caesarean section, is currently in intensive care where medics are treating her for breathing difficulties.

9 Dangerous Bus-stops In Lagos

Are you planning of going to Lagos for the first time, here are some of the bus-stop that you keep tab on. Either day or night, you have to be careful when standing, walking, or even driving along these axis or else.

Some of them are rugged bus stops that only survive of the fittest can fits in. They are:

How N18.7 billion meant for primary school teachers’ salaries disappeared in Benue

The Justice Elizabeth Kpojime Commission of Inquiry which resumed sitting at the Makurdi High Court Four yesterday heard that the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs paid N18.7 billion meant for primary school teachers’ salaries into an unknown account with First Bank in Makurdi.

Testifying before the Commission, Permanent Secretary of the Bureau, Mr. Emmanuel Ikpe who could not give satisfactory explanation as to the owner of the bank account, appealed to the Commission to invite the former Special Adviser of the Bureau during the period under investigation, Mr. Solomon Wombo and the then Permanent Secretary, Mr. Asen Sambe, to give the required clarifications.

High cost of marriage, funeral ceremonies in Igboland worrisome – Forum

A group of participants at a forum organized by the Voices for Change Programme Nigeria, have expressed concern over the rising cost of marriage and funeral ceremonies in Igboland, calling on stakeholders to take a definite stand on the matter.

Speaking in Enugu at the official presentation of the landmark research report on: “Being a man in Nigeria: Perception and Realities”, the participants identified such economic burden as one of the major reasons behind short lifespan of men.

Annie Idibia is 31 years old

Nollywood actress Annie Idibia is a year older today. She turns 31.

Annie Idibia who was born in Ibadan hails from Akwa Ibom. She has two degrees; Computer Science from Lagos State University, and Theatre Arts from the University of Lagos.

California college dean resigns after students protest bias

As college students across the United States protested racial bias on campus on Thursday, the dean of a prestigious Los Angeles-area liberal arts college resigned under pressure, the school said.

Mary Spellman, the assistant vice president and dean of students at Claremont McKenna College, stepped down following a protest over her email to a Latina student saying the school would try to serve those "who don't fit our CMC mold."

Group Rejects Call For NOUN VC Sack

Following alleged calls for the sack and petition of the Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University, Prof. Vincent Tenebe, the Africa Centre for Education Rights and Advocacy has called on the Federal government to ignore such calls and rather look into the enviable achievements of administrators especially the accused Vice-Chancellor.

In a press statement issued by the Centre’s Regional President, Mr. Abayomi Ogundele, openly condemned the said petition while saying that the students were ignorant of the towering image of the University both at home and abroad in providing quantitative and qualitative education to all seekers of education with ease and flexibility. The statement also stated that the petition was the handiwork of people who were not bona fide students of the institution but hirelings acting under the guise of NOUN student’s congress.

The CVs of Buhari’s ministers at a glance

In the exercise of the powers conferred on President Muhammadu Buhari by Section 147, Subsection 1, 2 and 3 of the Nigerian constitution, he nominated 36 qualified and capable Nigerians as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Senate has since confirmed the nominees and they took their oaths of office on Thursday, 12 November. Below are the Resumes of the ministers.

My target is to be best minister –Onu

Newly sworn-in Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said he will work assiduously to emerge as the best minister the country ever produced, assuring that he will make Ebonyi State proud with his position in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

Speaking at a reception organised in his honour in Abuja by Concerned Ebonyi State Indigenes, Onu said his conduct will be such that will not bring shame to the state instead he would quit politics.

Welcome our ‘change’ ministers

“And already, the axe is lying at the root of trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into fire” —- John the Baptist.

SIX months after this government was inaugurated, we are getting an administration amidst challenges created by the government through politics of body language, propaganda, and mixed messages. The president, says one thing, the media, opinion commentators, pick it up, write, shout, reason and argue over it, and the man goes ahead to do what he wants to do, no matter what the people say, and so we have a team of ministers comprising professionals, the old, the not too old, the young, the corrupt and not too corrupt, whom we must look upon to deliver the change agenda of the APC, until when we will have to assess their total performance to decide what to do with them as a political party.

Oshiomhole Promises Successor A Stable, Robust Economy

Adams Oshiomhole, the governor of Edo State, has disclosed that among his administration's core drive is to ensure that his successor in 2016 inherit a stable and robust economy to be able sustain and continue with the infrastructural development in the state.

Oshiomhole said he will shore up additional revenue in the state.

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