Julius Agwu Takes Philantrop To America

Seasoned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu has explained the reason behind his recent donation to American families during Thanksgiving.

The entertainer had earlier shared photos via Instagram of him giving out turkeys to families in Riverdale, Atlanta under the aegis of his Julius Agwu Foundation.

Speaking exclusively to NET, the comedian’s publicist said the act was in line with the philosophy of serving God and humanity.

He said: “This gesture is in line with the vision and mission of Julius Agwu Foundation Inc. worldwide with our motto being For God & Humanity.

Jonathan, PDP Stalwarts To Lead Dickson's Re-Election Bid

The immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan will be leading stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party, governors elected on the party’s platform and members of the National Assembly for the grand finale of the Governor Seriake Dickson’s of Bayelsa state gubernatorial election campaign.

Ayo Fayose, GEJ and Dickson

According to the director of Dickson’s campaign organization, Jonathan Obuebite the rally which is tagged ‘Mother of All Rallies’ will hold in Yenagoa to garner support for the incumbent governor, The Sun reports

Obuebite noted that mega rally is coming after Dickson had toured communities in the last one month to spread the message of restoration,  consolidation of peace and security.

Dickson’s campaign director stated that the governor will be handed the PDP flag during the rally as well as solidarity speeches by PDP leaders in the country.

500 Nigerian Deportees Arrive Lagos From UK

About 500 Nigerian deportees will arrive in Nigeria from the United Kingdom this morning aboard a chartered flight.

The chartered flight, according to Leadership, was expected to take off from London Stansted airport via a private charter company, Titan Airways.

Titan Airways to bring the deportees today.

It was confirmed that the flight was scheduled to depart from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 24, at about 10.30pm Nigerian time to land in Lagos on Wednesday, November 25 at about 6.00am.

This move is a monthly exercise by the UK government, in which about 100 detainees from the UK are deported to their respective countries via charter flights commonly run by Titan Airways.

UPDATE:
Latest reports monitored on the BBC inform that the plane carrying about 500 Nigerians deported from the UK has landed in Lagos.

According to the report, most of the deportees expressed their sadness to return to the country.
One of the deportees stated that he was arrested by British police and was not allowed to even take his belongings before being deported.

It was gathered that some of the deportees who claimed not to have relatives in Nigeria are stranded in the airport.

Authorities in Nigeria had expressed their concern over UK’s plan to deport 29,000 Nigerians, and has insisted that due process be followed before Nigerians are removed from the UK.

PHOTOS: MI Abaga Hangs Out With Kaduna State Governor

Rapper MI Abaga was seen eating lunch with Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state on Tuesday, November 24.

MI Abaga

The rapper and record label executive shared pictures from the hangout on Instagram.
He was obviously elated about meeting the governor going by his captions on one of the pictures.

See more photos after the cut......

LIVE: Late HID Funeral Ceremony On-going

Exactly 28 years after the passage of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, late matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo will today, November 25, be buried beside her husband in the family compound in Ikenne, Ogun state.


HID Awolowo died on Saturday, September 19 shortly after a meeting with her family members, at the age of 99.

If death hadn’t come knocking, late HID Awolowo would have been celebrating her 100 years birthday today.

However, going by the legacy she has left behind, the exit of the Yeye Oodua, as she also popularly known, is one that calls for celebration.

Until her death, Mama was a successful businesswoman and astute politician. She played an active role in the politics of Western Nigeria and was famously referred to her as his “jewel of inestimable value” by her late husband.

She became the first Nigerian distributor for the Nigerian Tobacco Company (NTC) in 1957 and was the first to import lace materials and other textiles into Nigeria.

She was also the Chairman of African Newspapers of Nigeria Limited, publishers of the Nigerian Tribune established in November, 1949 by her husband.

Photo: Tonto Dikeh Finally Shows Her Baby Bump

After much denial of being pregnant, Nollywood star actress, Tonto Dikeh is pregnant and this is authoritative.

The actress who got married traditionally in August to her boo Oladunni Churchhill popularly known as Mr X.

For some time now, Tonto has been rumoured to be pregnant and that she has always denied. This time around, there is no denying as her baby bump is showing.

Tonto laid pregnancy rumours to rest in this new photo with her husband.
Photo they say speaks volumes, Tonto shared the picture on her Instagram page with no caption.

See photo after the cut........

Police Arrest Kastina Mousque Explosion Suspect

Following a suspected bomb blast at Yartabki village mosque said to be near Funtua local government headquarters in Katsina state on Tuesday, November 24, officers of the Nigerian police force have arrested one person in connection with it.

According to report by the News Agency of Nigeria, the public relations officer of the state police command, Aminu Sadiq, made this known to the in Funtua.

Speaking on the incident, Sadiq said that the suspect was arrested at the scene where the blast occurred, adding that he was arrested with two mobile cell phones and remnants of the suspected explosives also recovered.

The spokesman said the explosion did not hurt any person or caused severe damage to the mosque, adding that recovered items were taken to experts to ascertain what it was.

NAN further reports that worshippers at Dariqa mosque in Yartabki village, about 15 kilometres from Funtua were scared when they spotted a black polythene bag inside the mosque in the morning.
They quickly informed the police about the suspicious items. It was also reported that the suspected explosives detonated before the police arrived.

U-17 Captain Kelechi Nwakali Begins Transfer Talk With Chelsea And Other European Clubs

2015 FIFA world-cup-winning U-17 squad member has started transfer talks with European teams.

Kelechi Nwakali

After being crowned the Most Valuable Player at the recently concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, it seems Kelechi Nwakali is proving his worth. The player’s agent, Klay Ekeocha has confirmed recently that there has been talks with English Premier League giants, Chelsea FC of London to sign the young lad.

Nwakali, who is 17, reached an agreement on Monday to be represented by the same agency that looks after Real Madrid’s Welsh star Gareth Bale. The Golden Eagles captain recently admitted that he would favour a move to Arsenal over any “big English club,” due to the Gunners’ style of play.
Despite his desire to play for Arsenal, his agent says the club is yet to follow up their interest in the player and that Chelsea has already tabled an offer for the player.

According to Ekeocha, clubs from Italy and Greece are also interested in securing the service of the player.

“We are in contact with Chelsea, Udinese and Olympiacos. Udinese made a ridiculous offer of €800,000 for the Most Valuable Player of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup. We are working hard for the player, his family and academy. Manchester City and West Ham are no longer involved because of the work permit issues. We got in touch with Arsenal and there’s no feed-back yet,” Ekeocha said.

Mr. Ibu Responds To Amber Rose's Meme

Nollywood actor John Okafor (Mr. Ibu) has responded to a meme about him posted by American celebrity and Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend, Amber Rose.

The American TV personality had earlier posted a meme of Mr. Ibu and another man which she captioned:“The sugar daddy I like Vs. The sugar daddy that likes me.”
Going by the placement of the pictures on the meme, it appeared as if Amber was dissing Mr. Ibu as he happened to be the “the sugar daddy that likes me.”

DPR Gives Out FREE Fuel To Motorists

A petrol station, Alkad and Sons Nigeria Limited, situated along Olorunsogo, Ilorin, Kwara state capital suffered heavy loss yesterday, November 23 as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) gave out their fuel to motorists and motorcyclists free of charge.

Daily Trust reports that the surveillance team of the DPR caught the station hoarding a total of 2300 litres of petrol, following a tip off.

The station had allegedly told buyers that it had exhausted its stock but when the team led by Salvation Philip, the operation controller of DPR got there, they discovered the station had 2300 litres of fuel.

Another station, Nasmut Nigeria Limited, located in Otte, Asa local government area of the state was found hoarding a large volume of petrol also.

Philip ordered that the commodity be given to members of the public free, saying he was acting in accordance with the directive of Minister of State for Petroleum.

He said: “We are out for surveillance because of the situation on ground and we want to make sure that the fuel that comes in is distributed to commuters. When we got to this place (Alkad), we dug and discovered that they (management of the station) were hoarding 2300 litres of fuel. So, we are simply enforcing the ministerial directive. We are giving the fuel free to fellow Nigerians that need it. It is a critical time we have to utilize what is available. This is the second station so far we caught hoarding.”

Nigerian Army Arrest Officers For Sabotage

The Nigerian army has arrested and is investigating some officials for planning to soil the name of the force and the name of the chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai.

In what is considered an act of sabotage, the officers were accused of planning to use the social media as from December to publish lies and false stories capable of thwarting the on-going fight against Boko Haram.

This was contained in a statement released by Colonel Sani Usman who is the spokesperson of the army on Tuesday, November 24 titled: Alert On Impending Smear Campaign By Some Disgruntled Elements.

He said the army was committed to defeating the insurgency as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari and would therefore not tolerate any act of insubordination.

Read the statement below:

The Nigerian Army has received report of some elements both within the Nigerian Army and outside, especially through the use of the social media circle to ridicule the Nigerian Army and the person of the Chief of Army Staff for reasons best known to them. They intend to execute this plan as from next month, December 2015, using all means possible; lies, fabricating baseless stories, falsehood, publishing and broadcasting them through some designated print and electronic media, most especially the Social Media.

Edo 2015: APC and the prospects of continuity

With a little over a year to the end of the governorship of Comrade Oshiomhole in Edo State, there are overt and covert signs that the race to succeed him on November 12, 2016, has begun in earnest.

Political discourses and engagements have tended to be focused on that quintessential candidate who will fly the flag of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, among the motley crowd of emerging aspirants who have shown subtle interest in succeeding Oshiomhole next year.

A common line of thought among the contending camps in the jostle for the state’s governorship in 2016, is the desire to present the primus inter pares within the ranks of those who have expressed such interest. Aside the myriad projections that will aggregate those defining factors of good governance, prompt and equitable delivery of democracy dividends and acceptability across the various social, political, ethnic, professional, religious and other divides within the state, the right choice of the APC governorship candidate, who has no ethnic or any other primordial cleavages, will undoubtedly enhance the success index of the party in next year’s governorship election.

There is this conventional wisdom among the people of Edo State that the momentum of the extent, quality and spread of infrastructure development, human capital development, sustainable security of life and property, etc, by the Oshiomhole administration, should be maintained and even surpassed after November 12, 2016.

It is also the view of these people that only a core player with varied experience in the governance and power matrix and who has imbibed the pristine values of sustainable development with the will to impact it positively on the larger mass of Edo people, should be entrusted with the governorship of the state after the record-setting Oshiomhole administration.

Real Madrid President Speaks About Ronaldo Move

Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid, during the press conference gave his full backing to under-fire coach Rafa Benitez and commented the rumours that the club are looking to sell Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is being linked with a move to PSG and a return to the Premier League at the end of the season.

However, Perez said: “Those who say I want to sell Cristiano do so in an attempt to destabilise [my position]. It annoys me that journalists said I have been attending any lunch meetings to discuss Ronaldo’s sale. I have never dined with Paris Saint-Germain’s president or [Ronaldo’s agent] Jorge Mendes to sell Ronaldo. Those who think I would meet with the president of PSG on the same day as a crucial match to talk about selling Ronaldo are naive.”

We need to change the way we do things in Nigeria – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need for Nigerians to positively change their attitudes in order to achieve a paradigm shift in the way they do things, in line with the change mantra of the Buhari Administration.

The Minister made the call in his speech at the opening session of a meeting on the impending launch of a nationwide reorientation campaign by the ministry in Abuja on Tuesday.

”The impending campaign must take on the indiscipline, the lack of respect for time, loss of our time-tested values and generally lead to attitudinal change in such a way that there will be a paradigm shift in the way we do things. This is also in line with my vision as Minister of Information and Culture

”Make no mistake about it, we need to change the way we do things in Nigeria. It is important to let our people know that we cannot continue to do things the same way and expect a different result,” he said.

The Minister reiterated his earlier statement that the National Orientation Agency (NOA) will be in the forefront of the campaign, because it is in line with its mandate to positively change attitudes, values and behaviours.

He said those invited to the technical session have been painstakingly selected ”because I believe they have the necessary expertise to help drive the campaign”, adding, however, that everyone in the Ministry of Information and Culture as well as its parastatals is key to the campaign.

”This is because as the lead ministry, we must first buy into the campaign and own it before we can propagate it,” he Minister said

Aisha Buhari In Her Official Office

The wife of the president Muhammadu Buhari Aisha has released lovely photos in her formal office.

Aisha Buhari uses official office of the first lady.

Aisha denounced herself as the First Lady but she’s using the official office.

After Buhari’s victory at the presidential election, the wife of the president made a significant remark about her status saying that she will prefer to be called the wife of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria than the first lady of Nigeria.

However, the formal portrait of the president’s wife was issued several hours after the inauguration on May 29.