PHOTOS: FASHION HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY CAREER- GABRIELLE UNION.

 

 

43-year-old Hollywood actress, Gabrielle Union looks amazing on the cover of Ocean Drive Magazine‘s May/June 2016 issue.

 

In this issue, she talks about being financially independent in her marriage to Basketball player Dwayne Wade and the place of diversity in Hollywood.

 

 

On having her own financial independence in marriage to Dwyane Wade:
“He appreciates my independence, and my high credit score, and the fact that if I want a Chanel bag, I’m not asking for his credit card; I’ve got my own.”

 

On her happy marriage:
“If you have good, effective, honest communication, you can handle any issue or problem in a relationship. D is literally my best friend. We really, really enjoy spending time with each other more than anybody else. Well, with D, maybe I’m tied with LeBron! But I’m definitely his favorite female! If you have the chance to marry your best friend, I would highly recommend it.”

 

 

On Hollywood’s Lack of Diversity
“Half the time, [African Americans] don’t even get the opportunity to fail, at least let me audition, so you can say I just wasn’t good enough, but most times black actors can’t even get in the door. The idea that the playing field has ever been equal is a farce. With leaps and bounds of advances, it’s still grossly unequal—and that goes for the Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, and LGBT communities as well. We’ve made strides, but if Hollywood is really going to mirror the world that it’s catering to, we have a long, long way to go.”

 

 

On Her Latest Project for Invicta:
“Fashion has been an important part of my career. It’s become such a fun outlet for expression.”

PHOTOS- JERMAINE JACKSON IS IN LAGOS FOR JAZZ CONCERT. 

 

Jermaine Jackson, co-lead singer of global music brand, Jackson 5 and elder brother of late king of pop, Michael Jackson on Friday confirmed readiness to participate at the star-studded Jazz concert being put together by the Lagos State Government in commemoration of the 2016 International Jazz Day.

The concert, which is to be hosted by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, holds at the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja on Saturday, April 30 by 5pm.

 

 

 

Jermaine, who confirmed his readiness to participate at the festival during a press conference held at the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy, Alausa, said he would be at the festival to support the government and array of international and local artists who would be performing.

 

Jermaine, who is in Nigeria as part of activities marking the Jackson Golden Africa Tour, also disclosed plans by the Jackson 5 to establish a music academy in Nigeria to nurture and prepare the talents in Africa for global market.

 

 

 

He said:

 

 “It’s been 50 years for the Jacksons and we are bringing a team together of people who can produce a concert. I like coming here because I have a lot of questions. I was just in China and I learnt that the first dynasty that started in China came from Africa here and I had a professor in China to tell me this. That made me very proud and the world needs to know this because in our history books in America, they don’t put this there; they don’t want us to know this but when you travel and you have the opportunity to see things for yourself, you will realize that the history books were written by someone else and it is their version and their interpretation of what happened which is usually not the truth.”

 

“We are going to give you nice compilation of songs that you know and I am just very honoured to be here because we have been kept away from you because of the politics and we are not interested in such politics because we are people who care about people. We need to have a closer relationship with African-American and the rest of Africa because we have been separated for long and we can reach out to do other things.

“There are lots of great talents here and we want to use our 50 years experience of being in the business to teach the arts. We have in our plans to establish Jackson Academy Performing Art School and the school will have a curriculum and also will teach music, directing, film, lightening, producing, dancing and so on. We want to get the talents here ready for the global market and I do believe that the drums and the beat started from here,”

 

 

Earlier, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, who received Jermaine and his entourage alongside the Special Adviser to the Governor on Oversees Affairs and Investment, Professor Ademola Abass and other senior officials of the Ministry, expressed delight to receive the visitors to the state.

 

 

 

Ayorinde added that the visit of the Jacksons to Nigeria in commemoration of the 50 years anniversary coincided with preparations by the Lagos State Government to mark the 50 years anniversary of the state in 2017, and welcomed collaboration with the Jacksons in that regard.

OBA OF BENIN JOINS HIS ANCESTORS.

 

 

The Palace of the Oba of Benin in Edo on Friday announced that the monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolopkolo Erediauwa, had passed on.

 

The Iyase of Benin, Sam Igbe, who made the announcement in Benin City, said that the Oba passed on at Ugha-Ozolua, situated inside the palace.

 

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that before making the disclosure, Igbe, dressed in a red and white attire, performed series of consultations along with other palace chiefs, including the Esogban of Benin, David Edebiri.

 

He said “The native chalk has broken. All Benin sons should shave their hair and all major markets are expected to be shut down indefinitely.”

Tiwa Savage Addresses Tee Billz’s Accusations In Exclusive Video | Pulse TV

WATCH VIDEO- HEARTBROKEN TIWA SAVAGE ADDRESSES CONTROVERSIES AND RUMORS REGARDING HER MARRIAGE.

In an exclusive chat with Pulse TV, superstar Tiwa Savage has addressed the controversies and rumors about her marriage.

 

The singer had quite a lengthy chat with Pulse TV in which she talks about the fact that she was recently pregnant again but she lost the baby. She also adds that she knew her marriage was over for a while. She says when things started (two months ago) she didn’t know whether to keep up appearances or let the world know.

 

The video is heartbreaking because it confirms that the couple (Tiwa Savage and Tee Billz) will probably be finding their way individually henceforth.

 

She talks about how she found out about the Instagram posts from a friend and how she was woken up from sleep to hear all about what had been posted on Instagram. According to her, her first thought was that maybe they found him dead. She says that when she heard that nobody could find him her initial thought was that “We need to find him. He might be suicidal.”.

 

She didn’t even know the extent of what he had said until much later. Tiwa Savage explains that her phones were taken away from her and she was just scared for his life.

 

Tiwa Savage categorically denies every cheating on her husband…”and Tunji knows this” she adds.

Tiwa reveals the following in the interview

• She had a devastating miscarriage just 2 months ago
• She and Tee Billz have had problems for a long time
• Tee Billz was fraudulent and stole from her as her manager
• She fired him as her manager to give them a chance to work on their marriage
• Tee Billz cheated on her frequently
• The final straw as per infidelity was when she saw a number saved as “edible catering” on his phone discussing various rendevous including during her miscarriage
• She discovered that Tee Billz has another child in Nigeria, conceived during their relationship
• According to Tiwa, Tee Billz has alcohol problems, a cocaine habit, lives above his means and has many other vices
• He is currently owing over N45 Million and the EFCC is after him
• She covered up his issues for so long by paying off his debts
• He bought a rolex and a Mercedes even when he could not afford it and she ended up paying the debts
• He accused her of “stealing his manhood”
• She has NEVER cheated on her husband
• Tee Billz was emotionally abusive and claimed “He made her”
• The marriage was a mistake and it is over
• Her focus is her son
• She wishes Tee Billz the best and is praying for him

MARRIAGE WILL BE A DISTRACTION FOR ME AT THIS POINT IN MY CAREER- FLAVOUR

FLAVOUR OPENS UP ON WHY HE'S UNMARRIED.

 

Flavour opened up to Hip TV about why he hasn’t gotten married yet. The musician has two daughters the public knows about. He said marriage is not good for musician’s careers.

 

BN TV transcribed the interview for people who don’t have data, or just want to read.

Here’s what Flavour said –

“Marriage is not a thing that you just go into. This music business is a serious business. In my own opinion I think if you’re in that P of yours and you’re getting there you don’t need no distraction.

For now it could be a distraction for me because … you know, it’s a whole big institution. When you go in you have to be fully prepared, you have to know what you’re getting yourself into. And right now, looking at everything, it’s not so easy for the boy.

And most of my colleagues, whenever they get married everything starts crashing down, you know? I keep asking people, have you ever seen a successful musician having a good home and a good career?

It’s not gonna be easy you know?

If you know one just tell me. It’s easy to say, but when you get inside it’s not easy.”

Flavour was also asked about his recent tour stops.

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WATCH - PERPETRATORS OF THE ENUGU KILLINGS ARE NOT FULANI HERBSMEN- BABA OTHMAN NGELZARMA.

 

 The National Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Baba Othman Ngelzarma while speaking on Channels Television‘s Sunrise Daily on Thursday have come out to say that the perpetrators of the Enugu Killings should not go unpunished.

 

He said that such persons are not Fulani Herdsmen, but criminals disguising as the Herdsmen. “Some people somewhere are out to profile fulani herdsmen as terrorists,” he said

 

Othman said that no day passes by without the kidnap of between 5 and 10 Fulani Herdsmen, especially in Kaduna but these incidents are not being reported. He also criticized media houses for not reporting such, stating that the Herdsmen have been labeled as criminals when in actual fact they are victims.

 

He said that the Herdsmen also put themselves and their family in danger as they journey from the North to other parts of the country for food and water for their cattle.

 

He urged the National Assembly to focus on the grazing bill before it, as it will bring an end to the communal clashes.

DRAKE TALKS GENUINE CONNECTION WITH RIHANNA, REVEALS HE NO LONGER SPEAKS TO NICKI MINAJ.

 

Though at one point in their careers they were collaborating on back-to-back albums, Drake says he no longer has a close relationship with Nicki Minaj.

He revealed this while chatting with Beats 1's ZANE LOWE on Thursday night, saying

"I don't really talk to Nicki. Another person I have a lot of love for . She dealt with me how I would expect her to—with class. I always have respect and love for her. Unfortunately, we haven't spoke."

 

The potential rift could be due to the feud between Drake and Nicki's beau, Meek Mill, last summer.

Aside from the ups and downs of whatever it is they are, Drake has continued to build a relationship, musically, with Rihanna.

He admits,
             "It wouldn't be a record without Rihanna, would it? We do well as a team."

The duo worked on "Too Good" together for Views, which Drizzy said came to fruition after Rih's "Work."
He continued,

"[I was like] I think I have one that would follow this one up really nicely. It was like a flawless victory when she sent it back. Every nuance, every cadence was perfect...That's what makes the record."

In fact, Drake promises nothing between the pair is fabricated.

"We're not forcing some story on people. A lot of the music and energy we have is genuine. We have a genuine energy."

PHOTO- THIS IS HOW NORTH WEST WILL LOOK LIKE AT KIM'S AGE.

 

Kim Kardashian used Snapchat's new face swap feature that allows users to "swap" with photos in their camera roll instead of another person and decided to test it out with photos of herself, she decided to switch Kim-North, which she said was her favorite.

"This is so weird to face swap as North," she comments. "This is what she's going to look like when she's older."

The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star decided she would have to show her daughter what it looks like even though she hasn't had the best experience with Snapchat in the past.

"I love me as North. I have to show this to her," she says. "Look at how cute!"

SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI RE-ARRAIGNED ON NEW CHARGES BY THE FG.

 

The Federal Government in Ajuja on Thursday , April 28, 2016 (NAN) re-arraigned Senate President Bukola Saraki on amended three charges of alleged false asset declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

 

In the fresh charge, the Federal Government accused Saraki of abusing his office while serving as Governor of Kwara State between Oct.2006 and May 2007 by obtaining a loan from GTBank to acquire property at No. 17A and 17B McDonald Street Ikoyi, Lagos.

 

The Federal Government, through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), said Saraki failed to declare the property which was allegedly acquired in at N497.2 million.

 

In the charge, Jacobs also accused Saraki of failure to declare his leasehold interest in property located at No.42, Remi Fani-Kayode Street, Ikeja, Lagos allegedly acquired through his company Skyview Properties Company.

 

The charge further accused Saraki of allegedly receiving monthly salary between June 2011 and October 2013 when he was Senator.

 

Saraki pleaded not guilty to the charges.

 

Saraki’s lawyer, Paul Usoroh SAN, asked the tribunal to adjourn the case to enable him to consult his client to respond to the new amended charges.

 

The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, adjourned the case till May 10 for continuation of trial.

FIDELITY BANK MD ARRESTED BY THE EFCC FOR ALLEGEDLY RECEIVING $115 MILLION FROM DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo and Head of Operations Martins Izuogbe, along with some other officials for allegedly receiving $115 million from former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

It was alleged that Diezani called on Okonkwo to help her handle some cash to be distributed to some election groups and officials during the build up to the 2015 General Elections.

 

The bank CEO is accused of not reporting the receipt and warehousing of the cash to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, which is a breach of law.

 

It was also alleged that Diezani lodged $26 million into an account, and four companies Actus Integrated, Northern Base Gas Company, Midwestern Oil and Gas and Laitan Adesanya also paid $17.8m, $60m, $9.5m, and $1.35million respectively into the same account.

It was also alleged that Diezani’s son Ugbonna Madueke was used as the middle man in the transactions.

 

According to PUNCH, a source within the EFCC said that “The MD said it was Diezani’s son that sent him a list of beneficiaries which included several INEC officials and election monitors across the 36 states. Diezani specifically instructed that the funds be disbursed at least a day or two before the elections. The total amount of money was $115m and Diezani told the bank to convert the funds into naira, which was about N23.3bn at the time.”

 

Meanwhile The Herald reports that the Bank has responded to the news in an emailed statement that all transactions were duly reported to the appropriate authorities.

The statement read:

Our attention has been drawn to reports in the media on investigations into transactions undertaken by the Bank in the normal course of business in 2015. The transactions are now the subject matter of investigations by the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). We can confirm that the transactions were duly reported as required by the regulators and the Bank is cooperating fully with the authorities on the investigation. We assure our numerous stakeholders, including our customers that we are working assiduously towards a quick resolution of the issues.

PHOTOS: PRESIDENT BUHARI QUERIES GOVERNORS ON INABILITY OF STATES TO PAY SALARIES DESPITE BAIL-OUT BY FG.

At the meeting with members of the Nigeria Governors Forum at the Presidential Villa on Thursday, President Buhari said that he was very disturbed by the hardship which state government workers across the country and their families were facing due to the non-payment of salaries.

 

The President said it was a matter of great concern to him that nearly two-thirds of states of the federation are still having difficulties with salary payments despite the bail-out funds provided to them by the Federal Government.

 

 

 

To ameliorate the hardship being faced by affected workers, the President said that the Federal Government will strive to make more funds available to the states by expediting action on refunds due to them for the maintenance of federal roads and other expenses incurred on behalf of the Federal Government.

 

President Buhari also said that he will establish an inter-ministerial committee to study a Fiscal Restructuring Plan for the Federation which was presented to him by the governors.

 The President said that the committee will review the plan to improve the finances of state governments and make recommendations on how proposals in the plan should be dealt with by the Presidency, the Federal Executive Council and the National Assembly through legislation.

 

President Buhari urged the governors, however, to understand that while he was ready to do all within his powers to help the states overcome their current financial challenges, the Federal Government also has funding problems of its own to contend with.

 

“You all know the problems we have found ourselves in. You have to bear with us,” he told them.

 

 The Chairman of the Governors Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State and the Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, who chaired the committee that worked on the Fiscal Restructuring Plan, asked the Federal Government to do more to help the states financially.

 

The governors told the President that while they had resolved to take other measures to boost their internally-generated revenue, the implementation of the Fiscal Restructuring Plan will help them to deal with their funding problems on short, medium and long-term bases.

 

 

 

They said that if the plan was adopted and implemented by the Federal Government, states of the federation will become more financially empowered to fulfill their constitutional responsibilities.

PROF. WOLE SOYINKA- GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE ATTACK BY FULANI HERBSMEN.

 

At the 2016 National Summit on Culture and Tourism, Experts in culture and tourism called for the resuscitation of presidential council on Tourism (PSC), at the plenary session. The event was hosted by Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at Abuja, on April 28, 2016.

 

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the summit, declared opened by President Muhammadu Buhari, was organised for stakeholders to brainstorm on how to make culture and tourism the mainstay of the nation’s economy.

 

Dr. Paul Adalikwu, culture and tourism expert, said the council should be resuscitated to formulate and implement policies that would take the culture and tourism sector to the desired height.

 

He said the PSC should be chaired by the President with all state governors and principal stakeholders from the private sectors as members.

 

Adalikwu stressed that culture and tourism should not be an exclusive preserve of the federal government but that states and the private sector should be carried along.

 

He also called for standardization of hotels across the country to the extent that a three star hotel in Lagos should be of the same standard in Jigawa or Ondo.

 

Adalikwu and some other stakeholders, however, disagreed with the position of Prof. Wole Soyinka that insecurity would deter government’s effort to reposition the sector.

 

Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, who chaired the plenary session, said that with Boko Haram insurgents and the herdsmen attacks across the country, the step by government to reposition the sector would be a mirage.

 

In a paper titled “The Killing Culture of Neo-Nomadic”, Soyinka, represented by Dr. Wale Adeniran, said government had not done enough to handle the attacks by the Fulani herdsmen.

 

Adalikwu, however said Nigeria was not an exception in global insecurity and that it would not deter growth of tourism and culture.

“Kenya has challenge with Al-Shabaab terrorist group, Jamaica has the highest number of crimes in the world, South Africa has the highest figure of HIV and AIDS and all their economies thrive on tourism’’, he said.

On his part, Prof. Ahmed Yerima said government should go ahead to package the country into a cultural product that would be attractive to tourists.

 

Yerima said that the government’s plan to use culture and tourism to revive the nation’s pride as giant of Africa was in the right direction.

 

He stressed the need for cultural re-orientation and the introduction of subjects and courses on culture in the academic curricula of primary, secondary and tertiary institutions.

 

Another contributor, Prof. Mabel Evwierhoma of the University of Abuja, said government should review its visa policies to attract tourists to the country.

 

She said that government should ensure proper and regular maintenance of the nation’s monuments.

NAN reports that all the participants at the summit called on government to ensure implementation of the decisions reached in order not to make the gathering a mere talk show.

UPDATE #SAVEDNATWINS- KIDNAPPED TWINS BLAIR AND CLINTON ROBERTS FROM GLO X FACTOR RELEASED.

 

Some days ago two Glo X Factor Contestants, Blaire and Clinton Roberts aka DNA twins were kidnapped by unknown gunmen on their way from to Lagos from Abuja.

 

Today we are happy to inform you that they have been returned alive. Their elder bother Quincy Roberts shared the joyous news via Instagram this afternoon.

He said,

It’s with great joy and happiness that I announce to everyone that my brothers, Clint & Blair (DNATwins), who were kidnapped days ago, have finally been rescued. A ransom was paid, and we got the boys back. The boys are currently in the hospital. There will be a press release on the details of the incident and rescue. I also want to use this medium to thank everyone for their unending support and heartfelt efforts in the rescue of my siblings. I pray that God, in His infinite mercies, bless all of you abundantly. Amen! Please let people know about this development. Cheers!

@instablog9ja @officiallindaikeji @mi_abaga @officialwaje @patorankingfire @thevoicenigeria @timidakolo @denrele_edun

 

EBONYI - 10 CORPS MEMBERS HOSPITALIZED AFTER A BRUTAL ATTACK BY CULTIST GROUP.

 

About 10 Corps Members serving in Ohukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state have been hospitalized due to injuries they sustained during attack on their lodge by suspected cultists.

It was reported that the cultists attacked the corps members using machetes and axes and made away with their belongings.

 

The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP George Okafor confirming the incident on Wednesday, said that the attack occurred last Friday.

 

He also said that 20 people have been arrested, including a council chairman. He said the council chairman is currently on bail.

 

According to Today.ng, the cultists have been killing and maiming people in the community for the past one week.

COURT GRANTS BIANCA OJUKWU'S APPLICATION TO RE-OPEN EVIDENCE IN LATE OJUKWU'S ESTATE.

 

 

 

Bianca Ojukwu‘s application to re-open evidence in a suit she filed against her late husband – Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu’s family was granted by Justice Abdulfattah Lawal of a Lagos High Court, in Igbosere on Tuesday, April 26th 2016.

 

According to the Vanguard, the former beauty queen instituted a lawsuit on behalf of her under-aged children Afamefuna and Nwachukwu against Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL) and seven others. An attempt had earlier been made to eject her sons from the company’s properties located in Lagos.

 

She prayed the court to declare the threat of forceful ejection by the defendants as illegal and that her children are entitled to possess some properties owned by the late Ojukwu.

 

The claimants stated that throughout the period their father was struggling to retrieve the properties from the government, the second to seventh defendants “never played any role in the struggle nor contributed financially or otherwise to the realisation of the struggle.”

 

The matter was however adjourned till June 3, when she will give evidence on behalf of her sons.

 

 

QUICK FLASH BACK TO 2012.

 

As we recall, The Will of the late Biafran leader,  Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu, followed a number of  counter claims. Bianca's inheritance stated in the will is to replace her late husband as the trustee in the family company, Ojukwu Transport Company Ltd. 

 

However, a director of the company, Ifeukwu Ojukwu, has said Bianca has no place on the directorship or trusteeship of the company. He told Punch that since the company was owned by the late Sir Louis Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the late Biafran warlord could not dictate who the trustees or directors of the company should be.

 

He said “Bianca is neither a trustee member nor a Director of OTL and it is good to note that OTL is a different property from the things the late Ikemba Ojukwu had and the directorship cannot be transferred through a Will.”

 

Though Ifeukwu counsel for ,the late Ojukwu, Emeka Onyemelukwe, insisted that the Will read at the Enugu State High Court Registrar was authentic and sacrosanct.

 

He reacted to a claim by one of Ojukwu’s children, Emeka Ojukwu Jnr. who said that the Will was manipulated. Onyemelukwe argued that he had been close to the late Ojukwu since his return from exile in Cote d’Ivoire in 1982. He also said that all Ojukwu’s legal papers were still with him, including those of properties and chattels willed to Emeka Jnr, who claimed he did not know him as his father’s lawyer or friend.

 

Meanwhile, Ojukwu Jnr. has taken over his father’s residence in Nnewi, “according to the Igbo tradition that the first son would inherit his father’s house and compound on the event of his death.”

 

 Ojukwu (Jnr.) said even if the Will had not covered the Nnewi residence, it was traditionally statutory that the first son inherits his father’s house.

MY ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE TO SECURE LIVES AND PROPERTIES - PRESIDENT BUHARI ON THE ATTACKS, BY FULANI HERBSMEN IN NIGERIAN COMMUNITIES.

 

President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has condemned the attack on Ukpabi Nimbo community in Enugu state by Fulani Herdsmen,  and other such acts across the country, assuring Nigerians of his administrations’s commitment to ensuring the safety of lives and properties in all parts of the country.

The statement titled, “Ending Upsurge of Attacks On Communities By Herdsmen Now a National Priority” read:

Following continuing reports of attacks by “herdsmen” on communities across the country, particularly Monday’s attack on Ukpabi Nimbo in Enugu State, President Muhammadu Buhari assures all Nigerians, once again, of his administration’s continued commitment to ensuring the safety of lives and property in all parts of the country.

President Buhari unreservedly condemns the attack on Ukpabi Nimbo on other such acts of extreme violence against communities in other states of the Federation. 

Acting on the President’s directive, the Inspector-General of Police and heads of the nation’s other security agencies are already taking urgent steps to fully investigate the attacks, apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice. 

Ending the recent upsurge of attacks on communities by herdsmen reportedly armed with sophisticated weapons is now a priority on the Buhari Administration’s agenda for enhanced national security and the Armed Forces and Police have clear instructions to take all necessary action to stop the carnage. 

In keeping with the President’s directive, the Inspector-General of Police, the General Officer Commanding the 82nd Division of the Nigerian Army and the Director of the Department of State Security in Enugu State have visited Ukpabi Nimbo to personally oversee investigations into the attack on the community and ongoing efforts to apprehend the culprits. 

Meanwhile, President Buhari is scheduled to meet with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to receive further briefing on the attack on Ukpabi Nimbo and discuss additional measures to forestall similar attacks and restore public confidence. 

The President urges all Nigerians to remain calm and assured of his administration’s readiness to deploy all required personnel and resources to remove this new threat to the collective security of the nation.

FORMER MINISTER OF STATE FOR EDUCATION KIDNAPPED BY ARMED MEN.

 

Former Minister of State for Education, Iyabo Anisulowo who also served as Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between 2003 and 2007, has been abducted by gunmen in Ogun state.

 

Vanguard reports that she was kidnapped on Wednesday by armed men alongside her security aide along Igbogila road in Yewa North local government area of Ogun state while returning from her farm.

 

Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi who confirmed the incident said:

We have the report that the senator was kidnapped this evening by some armed men. The State commissioner of police, CP Abdulmajid Ali, has despatched teams to the area, Ilaro, for the rescue operation. We want to assure the Public particularly her relations and those concerned that we will rescue her unhurt soon and the perpetrators will be apprehended. We have embarked on scientific investigation on the kidnap case. And we are optimistic that the Senator will be rescued very soon.

STATEMENT- SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI CALLS FOR AN END TO CATTLE HERDSMEN-ATRRIBUTED VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY.

 

Senate President Bukola Saraki has on Tuesday called for an end to the violence attributed to Cattle Herdsmen in the country.

This he made known in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, New Media, Bamikole Omishore titled:

 

 “Saraki Pushes for an End to Cattle Herdsmen-Attributed Violence in the Country”

 

Read below:

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, today called for an end to the violence that has been recorded in various parts of the country, that have been attributed to nomadic cattle herdsmen.

Speaking at the Senate Plenary on Tuesday, April 26th, 2016, the Senate President urged the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, to fast-track the execution of the report  of the Senate Public Hearing aimed at addressing the herdsmen crisis.

Immediately after plenary, Saraki took to his official social media pages on Twitter and Facebook to update Nigerians on the development, saying that: “It is important that the violence attributed to herdsmen is addressed and curbed to ensure the safety, well-being and unity of the people and the country.”

Many will recall that in recent weeks, there have been attacks on communities by individuals said to be Fulani herdsmen. With violence occurring in Ibadan in the South-Western State of Oyo, Enugu in the South-East, and Agatu, Benue State in the North-Central, violence between herdsmen and communities is becoming more prevalent.

OLISA METUH IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AFTER COLLAPSING IN ABUJA.

It has been reported by PREMIUM TIMES that the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh slumped on Tuesday and has been rushed to the National Hospital.

According to the report, a source close to Metuh said that he slumped during the inauguration of the Yobe and Borno states caretaker committees at the Wadata Plaza party secretariat.

 

“The incident happened in the full glare of all those who attended the programme including party members and journalist,” the source said.

 

The source also confirmed that the PDP Chieftain has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital for treatment.

 

Metuh is currently being prosecuted by the EFCC at the Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged N400 million fraud

PHOTOS: PROTESTERS DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI. 

According to reports scores of youths protesting under the Occupy National Assembly platform storms the National Assembly complex demanding the immediate resignation of the Senate President Bukola Saraki.

Saraki had earlier released a statement informing the general public and the Inspector General of Police on the plan by some politicians to create public disorder (on Tuesday) through a sponsored demonstration.

They are also demanding that the National assembly revisit the “grey areas” identified by President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2016 Budget.

 

The protesters are also calling on the 36 Senators who received the 36 SUVs to return them or face the wrath of Nigerians.

 

Daily Trust reports that the protesters marched from the Unity fountain arrived the main entrance of the National Assembly around 11 AM carrying placards that read “Saraki must go” and“Enough is enough”

 

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#SAVEDNATWINS: BLAIR AND CLINTON ROBERTS FROM GLO X FACTOR REPORTEDLY KIDNAPPED WITH N10 MILLION RANSOM DEMANDED. 

20-year old twins Blaire and Clinton Roberts were on their way to Lagos from Abuja after spending some time with their mother. Barely two hours into their journey, the vehicle which they boarded was attacked by unknown gunmen who robbed the passengers before taking the twins away.

 

According to reports the men who attacked them were dressed in army uniforms and the passengers thought their bus was stopped as part of  “checkpoint procedures”. The robbers went on to hit the driver, shoot the bus’ windscreen before they ordered all passengers to alight.

 

They were allowed to return to the bus after they were stripped of their valuables. It was not until then that they discovered that the twins did not return, and they have not been seen or heard from since then.

 

According to reports, the kidnappers have since called their father on the phone and made demands for a N6million ransom, which was later increased to N10million with threats to kill the boys if the ransom is not paid today.

 

The twins are a singing duo called DNA Twins and were contestants on Glo X Factor Season 2. They are also currently competing in “The Voice Nigeria”.

 

Artistes like M.I (who was a judge on the show), Dice Ailes among others have come out to plead for information needed for their safe return.

Their elder brother, Quincy first raised the alarm via Twitter.

"Hi, if you're seeing this, please retweet my next few tweets. My Lil brothers (CLINT&BLAIR) were kidnapped yesterday morning#SaveDNATwins"

"The driver was shot in the eye. D rest of d passengers were robbed but only my brothers were kidnapped#SaveDNATwins"

"The kidnappers called us demanding for a ransom of N6Million, but as at yesterday morning, they increased it to N10Million.#SaveDNATwins"

"We cant come up with such an amount at this time,so we urge nigerians to report to the nearest police station if you got info#SaveDNATwins"

"We put these pictures up because d transport company(EKESONS)denied that the boys were left behind after the rescue team came.#SaveDNATwins"

"So this is proof enough to whom it may concern and other passengers confirmed the twins were taken.#SaveDNATwins"

To find out how you can help please contact @quincysings via Twitter.

FULANI HERBSMEN DID NOT TAKE US UNAWARES, THE SECURITY AGENCIES DID NOT COME TO OUR AID DURING THE ATTACK.-ENUGU COMMUNITY.

 

The people of Ukpabi Nimbo community in Uzo-uwani Local Government Area that was attacked by Fulani Herdsmen on Monday have blamed security agencies for failure to act on the information given to them before the attack.

 

It was earlier reported that the community had called on security agencies that the Herdsmen were planning to attack them, prior to the gruesome invasion.

 

One of the community’s leaders George Ajogu during the visit of the Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, General Officer Commanding, 82 Division, Enugu, Major General Attahiru Ibrahim, and the state Commissioner of Police, Nwobodo Ekechukwu said:

"Had it been that security agencies responded appropriately, this would not have happened. They (Fulani herdsmen) did not take us unawares, we knew they were coming.

We are not happy; we have been crying for more than two weeks that our community is under threat. Now, over 20 people are dead. We are still discovering corpses; we discovered one corpse this morning and so many corpses are still in the bush.

We have been shouting and crying but the security agencies did not come to our aid; only one police patrol van comes to this community.

Because we lack security, the Fulani come here and tell us the land is theirs. They tell the farmers to kneel down and they rape the women in front of their husbands."

Caretaker Committe Chairman of Uzo Umani LGA, Cornel Onwubuya also said that he personally informed the governor, commissioner of Police and other heads of security agencies after confirming the planned attack. He said:

We had a security report that this was going to happen and I convened a meeting with Fulani stakeholders in Enugu State. Some Fulani leaders told us that the herdsmen were camped very close to our community. I informed the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, who assured us that the attack would be stopped.

He (Commissioner of Police, Enugu) said he would get in touch with the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State to prevent the attack. The information we got was credible but unfortunately, they still attacked us.

Governor Ugwuanyi on his part said that he was assured by security heads that the attack would be prevented but lamented the fact that his people were still murdered by the Herdsmen.

 

He also called on the Federal Government to act to stop the Fulani Herdsmen menace.

 

“At the emergency security council meeting, which I convened, we were given all the assurances that the attack would not happen. The Federal Government should do the needful, but as the governor, I call for peace and prayers. Until the Federal Government decides to address this situation, this will continue to happen,” he said

 

Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police, Ekechukwu told PUNCH that he deployed policemen to the community after receiving the information that the place is under threat. He however said that the community is very vast and his officers, supported by soldiers prevented the attackers from coming to the centre of the community.

"We massively deployed policemen in Uzo-uwani when we got information that the place is under threat, anyone saying we didn’t deploy sufficiently would not have been on the ground and so cannot say what happened.

Sufficient police officers were deployed, but the community is very vast; Nimbo is in Uzo-uwani Local Government Area and it has boundaries with Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue and Kogi States.

Our men were supported by soldiers and they prevented the attackers from coming to the centre of the community. The attack took place at the fringe of the town and my men engaged the attackers in a shoot-out and prevented them from coming to the centre of the town which was their target."

Speaking on whether any arrest has been made, he said,

 

 “It’s an ongoing thing, it’s a process, so we want to be silent on that.”

STATEMENT- OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT ALERTS THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE ON A SECRET PLOT OF PUBLIC DISORDER AGAINST BUKOLA SARAKI.

 

Senate President Bukola Saraki has released a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Yusuf Olaniyonu, calling on all members on the public and the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase “on the plan by some politicians to create public disorder (on Tuesday) through a sponsored demonstration.”

The statement read:

"The Office of Senate President has alerted members of the public on the plan by some politicians to create public disorder (on Tuesday) through a sponsored demonstration that will seek to ground human and vehicular activities on some major streets of Abuja, particularly, those leading to the National Assembly Complex.

We have information that the sponsors have been deploying resources to ensure that a sizable crowd was mobilized to create chaos, confusion and tension around the streets of Abuja. Money and other materials are being provided for the organizers by the sponsors.

Their aim, as we have earlier stated, is to further create an atmosphere of confusion by forcing the Senators to move against their leadership, particularly, the Senate President.

We have insisted that while Nigerians have the inalienable right to express their opinion, move and associate freely with others, so as to convey their wishes and aspirations to their leaders, they should avoid being used by those who have ulterior motives, particularly those who want to settle political scores on the streets instead of the floor of the Senate.

Our concern is to warn that those who are recruiting others to protest and their recruits should not create a situation of breakdown of law and order or create an atmosphere that will be seized by hoodlums to bring about needless crisis.

We therefore call on the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, his officers and men to prevent any incident that can be used to wreak havoc on the generality of the people or on public institutions and facilities. Nigerian should learn to respect due process and allow the rule of law to take its natural course."

PHOTO-YOUTHS ATTACKS CHURCH PROPERTIES OVER ALLEGED ADULTERY BY THE BISHOP.

 

 

Youths of a community in Jesse, Delta reportedly attacked a church named Mountain of Prayer Ministry, brutalizing worshipers and destroying church properties over allegations of adultery by the leader of the church.

 

Vanguard reports that the cleric was alleged to have been sleeping with the wife of one Austin who is the President General of Idjerhe Clan Development Union, ICDU. It was alleged that he was doing this under the guise of rendering special prayers for her.

 

 

 

Austin, who has been invited for questioning by security operatives, has denied sending the youths to attack the church. Commenting on the allegations, he said: “The Bishop has been sleeping with my wife for the past two years and I reported the matter to the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yet he continued in his heinous act.”

NIGERIA HAS LOST FAITH IN APC, COME 2019 PDP WILL BOUNCE BACK TO POWER.- NYESOM WIKE.

 

 

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike during the PDP Membership Mobilization Programme in Jigawa, said that the Peoples Democratic Party will take over the government in 2019 because Nigerians have seen that All Progressive Congress, APC is one full of deceit.

Governor said:

"What happened in 2015 has opened the eyes of Nigerians. Nigerians have lost faith in APC. From what we have seen, it is obvious that Nigerians were deceived. They have seen the deceit of APC and they have returned to where they belong. 

They have seen the truth and they are back to their original party. The false stories of 2015 will no longer be accepted and come 2019, PDP will bounce back to power.

I am going back to the Niger Delta to tell the people that PDP is fully rooted in the north'

DID JAY Z CHEAT ON BEYONCE?-10 CONTROVERSIAL LYRICS FROM BEYONCE'S NEW LEMONADE ALBUM.

Did Jay Z cheat on Beyonce? Looks like that's what Beyonce wants her fans to think with the release of this new album. Some of the songs in her new album was about cheating. Some people have highlighted ten of the most intriguing lyrics from the new album.

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1. "So what are you going to say at my funeral now that you've killed me? Here lies the body of the love of my life whose heart I broke without a gun to my head. Here lies the mother of my children both living and dead. Rest in peace, my true love, who I took for granted."
2. "Looking at my watch, he shoulda been home. Today I regret the night I put that ring on. He always got them f--king excuses."

 3. "He only want me when I'm not there. He better call Becky with the good hair."

Rachel Roy acknowledged this by tweeting "Good hair don't care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. Live in the light #nodramaqueens."

4. "Middle fingers up, put them hands high. Wave it in his face, tell him, boy, bye. Tell him, boy, bye, middle fingers up. I ain't thinking ‘bout you."

5. "You remind me of my father, a magician… able to exist in two places at once. In the tradition of men in my blood, you come home at 3 a.m. and lie to me. What are you hiding? The past and the future merge to meet us here. What luck. What a f--king curse."

6. "Show me your scars and I won't walk away...every promise don't work out that way."
 
7. "Ashes to ashes, dust to side chicks."


8. "You know I give you life. If you try this s--t again you're gonna lose your wife."

9. "I tried to change, closed my mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less awake. Fasted for 60 days, wore white, abstained from mirrors, abstained from sex, slowly did not speak another word… I grew thickened skin on my feet I bathed in bleach and plugged my menses with pages from the holy book, but still inside me, coiled deep, was the need to know…are you cheating on me?"


10. "My grandma said nothing real can be threatened. True love brought salvation back into me. With every tear came redemption. And my torture became my remedy."

At the end of Lemonade, Beyoncé sings about forgiveness and the importance of family.