Lady Claims Jude Okoye is Cheating on Pregnant Wife Ifeoma Okoye on IG

You remember yesterday, now Mrs Ifeoma Jude Okoye had gushed about her man on her IG  page, thanking her friends and family for attending her beautiful wedding. Everyone was happy for her and all that. Well, guess what! Out of nowhere, this lady named Truthtellaah who obviously isn't happy that Ify is happy showed up with some nasty comments to ruin the day. Her IG posts continue after the cut....

"My Weight Is My Brand, I Won't Want to Lose It" – Eniola Badmus

 

Popular Nigerian actress, Eniola Badmus, while on Rubbin’ Minds yesterday, talked about her weight and once again, she says her weight is her brand, stressing that she would not want to lose the weight that made her stand out in the movie industry. According to Eniola, even if she had to shed weight, she would not go beyond two sizes, except advised otherwise by a medical doctor. ChannelsTV reports that the size 20 actress believes no other person has her size in the movie industry. Eniola said:

Photos: Wizkid & Boo, Tania Omotayo all Loved Up at his Birthday Party

 

Hmmmmm... Its obvious Nigerian's own Wizkid is truly in love with his girlfriend Tania Omotayo. Check out photos from his birthday party.

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Boko Haram Abducts 2 Politicians, Wife & 2 Children

The wife and two children of a politician, Zaraye Mala Sheriff, have been reportedly abducted by Boko Haram in Ngal town, Borno State.

Two prominent politicians in the area, Alhaji Annur Mohammed and Liman Alhaji Hussaini, were also kidnapped when the insurgents stormed the town in the early hours of Friday.
A source from Ngala who spoke to Daily Trust said: "The insurgents stormed the house of the Zaraye around 12.30am on Friday and asked the wife about her husband. They also asked her for the money he kept at home but she kept quiet. Luckily enough, Zaraye was at the other side of the house and when he heard the conversation, he fled."
Apparently angry over the woman’s silence, the sect took her and two of her children away.
 
"Up till now, nothing has been heard of the woman and her kids. We have not heard anything about the two businessmen either," the source added.
It was gathered from sources that Zaraye Mala Sheriff is a councillor in the area and a cousin of former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff.

Men in Uniform Abduct Woman in Lagos

A four-man gang said to be kidnappers stormed Oshodi under bridge on Saturday, snatching a young woman at gunpoint. One of them was reported to have worn the uniform usually used by officials of the anti-robbery squad.

Punch reports that the victim was walking along with her mother when she was confronted by the men. It was said that the mother was threatened with a gun when she wanted to defend her daughter.
The gang, who were said to have arrived at the Oshodi area around 2.30pm, whisked the woman away in a Honda Pilot jeep.

PUNCH Metro also learnt that the young woman struggled to avoid being abducted by snatching handcuffs from one of the abductors and smashing it on his head. The man, who was reported to be on a uniform with a scorpion logo at the back, corked his gun to disperse a crowd who wanted to help the woman.

When their correspondent arrived at the scene of the incident at about 2.45pm, the victim’s mother was seen pacing up and down and shouting “egba mi, omo mi!” (Please help me, my daughter). The worried mother did not reply our correspondent’s enquiries as she ran after the vehicle.

Military Uncovers Boko Haram Plans To Attack Five Busy Spots In Abuja

The Nigerian Army has uncovered plans by the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram to launch an offensive on five busy spots in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

According to Daily Sun, it was gathered that intelligence report had revealed that the sect members have intruded Utako Market, posing as petty traders, wheel barrow pushers, butchers, as well as cab drivers while they await instructions on when to bomb the market.

 

A security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity said, the terrorists target the Utako Market, Area 1 Shopping Centre, DeiDei Mar­ket, Farmers Market, Maitama and Area 3 Motor Spare Parts Market located behind the old secretariat in Abuja.

 

It assured that the security agencies are working tirelessly to foil the impending attacks, adding that the task force in charge of security in the FCT was considering closing down the Utako Market, DeiDei Market and the shopping malls marked for the attacks.

 

It further revealed that security operatives had already met with the management of targeted markets and shopping mall to brainstorm on how to avert the impending attack. He said secu­rity agencies shut down one of such malls located at Wuse Zone 5 after it received a threat letter from insurgents over an impending attack.

Don’t Give Up - Pastor Kumuyi Tells Nigerians

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, on Sunday urged Nigerians not to give up over unpleasant life circumstances and challenges they might be facing, assuring that all would soon be over.

Kumuyi pointed out that some difficult life conditions were meant to serve as training for believers in God and, as such, were meant to be taken in good faith.

He, however, declared that there was light at the end of the tunnel if they remained steadfast in God’s ways.

The cleric spoke during the church’s monthly revival programmed tagged, ‘Soaring on Eagle’s Wings’ held at the Deeper Life Conference Centre along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Mowe, Ogun State.

“God will not fail you; you will rise above life challenges and circumstances,” Kumuyi declared to the several thousands of participants, who gathered for the two-day revival meeting.

The cleric gave the example of Joseph in the Bible who passed through several challenges before becoming the Prime Minister of Egypt.

Munachi Abii explains why she took a break from music

Former beauty queen cum rapper, Munachi Abii has explained why she has seemingly taken a break from the music industry. She told  Vanguard that she took the time off to re-access the industry and work on her craft:

It wasn’t too long, and nothing actually happened, I just decided to take a break.  It’s not everytime you have to release songs, you have to take time out in between. If you continue doing songs all the time, before you know it, you will crash and it is happening to a lot of people right now without them even knowing it. So I had to take some time away to study people, the environment, and the music industry to know those that love and hate me. So that’s what I did. I took a step back and it wasn’t too long and I also used the time to work on my tracks and work on myself as well. So that is why I decided to keep quiet.

On artistes who are difficult to work with in the industry:

To me everybody is cool to work with. It’s just that women are tough to work with. I don’t know why we are like that, working with the men is easier because they know what they want but with the females, it is different. It only works well when you are friends.

On if she's open to working with upcoming artistes:

I don’t have any problem being featured on anybody’s track at all.  That is,  if I see that you have a good track and you want a good job done, I will do it.

Ebonyi State House of Assembly Speaker impeached, new speaker elected

The speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Chukwuma Nwazunku has been impeached. He was impeached this morning July 21st by 18 out of the 24 members of the House. He was impeached over allegations of gross misconduct, incompetence and corruption.

According to reports, the members of the House re-instated three members who were on suspension before moving to impeach the Speaker.

The member representing Ezza South state Constituency Hon. Chris Usulor moved the motion for his impeachment while the Minority Leader and member Representing Ezza North West, Hon. Enyi Enyi seconded the motion.

 

A new speaker, Hon Helen Nwaobosi was immediately elected.

PDP Accuses APC Over Nyako’s Impeachement

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is responsible for the impeachment of the former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako.  

The party made the accusation in a statement issued to Premium Times on Sunday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh.

 

Olisa Metuh

 

The statement described as unfortunate that the APC which hampers on championing the rights of the electorates to choose their leaders, is now the same party challenging the constitutional right of the same people to oust a corrupt leader.

 

“The impeachment of the former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako is an act of democracy. It is a constitutional right granted exclusively to the people of Adamawa State and no other. This, they exercised through the votes of the overwhelming majority of the elected members of the State House of Assembly who also accorded rule of law and due process the rightful place in removing Nyako. Therefore, allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC), linking the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Goodluck Jonathan to this, are purely escapist and can only come from revisionists and reactionary forces, the unmasked pretenders to democracy. It is really an irony but what does one expect from the APC that is undergoing febrile seizure over the furious collapse of its imagined dominance of Nigeria’s political space? It is not surprising that the drowning, who is striving to clutch on any available straws would turn the PDP into a scape goat” the party said.

Boko Haram Attack Power Station Around Damboa

For 3 weeks now Borno State capital Maiduguri has been reportedly cut off from the national grid following the damaging of major electricity installments around Damboa by Boko Haram insurgents.

Leadership has made this known with reference to its security sources.

Many residents of the city are said to be suffering from the darkness in the area. People were unaware of the reason for power outage and thought it had been caused by power line upgrade for improved supply, as it had been previously stated by the minister of state for power, Hon. Muhammed Wakil.

According to the new findings however the real reason for blackout is attack by terrorist on major installations of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria.

Confirming the information, the military source said the insurgents had detonated bombs leaving about 2 million of Maiduguri residents without electricity. As a result many locals have to rely on power plants and big businesses – on generators. 

The situation has reportedly resulted in substantial hardships both for businesses and individuals.

Households who produce iced blocks required for the Ramadan fasting period lament now they are forced to purchase them:

"We now buy iced sachet water for N25 but before it used to be sold for N10 each or, in some cases, two sachets of iced block for N15."

Photos from Iretiola Doyle's daughter's traditional wedding

On Saturday July 19th, Iretiola Doyle's daughter Ngozi Ozofor married her man in a traditional wedding ceremony which held at an event centre in Ikeja, Lagos. Many celebrity friends of Iretiola came out in their numbers to support her.

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Former Petroleum Minister, Rilwanu Lukman Passes Away

Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, a former Minister of Petroleum has passed away.

Lukman who was 76-years-old died this morning in Austria, Leadership reports.

Dr. Rilwanu Lukman

He was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources by Nigerian president late Umaru Yar’Adua, on 18 December 2008. In February 2010 there were rumors that Lukman had tendered his resignation after a shakeup in the cabinet by the new acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, but that it had not been accepted. In March 2010, he warned that the scarcity of petroleum products in Nigeria would only get worse as long as the government held back on deregulating the industry. He left office on 17 March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.

Born in Zaria, Kaduna State on August 26, 1933, he served as Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from January 01, 1995 to December 18, 2000.

Photos: Jermaine Jackson pictured with Peter Okoye's wife and kids

 
Peter Okoye shared photos of Jermaine Jackson hanging out with his wife Lola Omotayo and their kids. The Jackson brother is currently in Nigeria to work on P-Square's 6th album.

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Former South African Coach Tips Keshi For Bafana Bafana

A former South African soccer coach, Steve Barker, has tipped Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi for the vacant coaching job of the Bafana Bafana.

According to Barker, who is currently the head coach of University of Pretoria, Keshi has all it takes to take over the reins of South African soccer team.

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has indicated that it would not renew outgoing coach Gordon Igesund’s contract.

It would be recalled that after the just ended 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, there were speculations of Keshi dumping Nigeria for South Africa.

But football authorities in South Africa released a statement where they denied such insinuations.

* Coach Barker