American Music Legend Stevie Wonder leads stars to Nigeria

American music superstar, Stevie Wonder, is among the top stars expected in Nigeria for the country’s leg of the Nelson Mandela Commonwealth Nations and America Unifying Wrestling Championship, which will also hold in South Africa, the United States and Britain.
According to the Project Coordinator, ace musician, Tee Mac Itseli, the multi-talented Grammy Award winning star, will lead a strong cast of stars from the United States, Britain and South Africa, who will join Nigerians (musicians and comedians) to spice up the wrestling carnival in honour of the late Mandela.

President Jonathan Set to launch N960bn workers’ housing scheme

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Wednesday perform the ground breaking ceremony for the N960 billion housing scheme that would be made affordable for Nigerian workers to reduce homelessness some of them face after a meritorious service to their father land.
President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwahed Omar and the Managing Director of Kriston Lally EPC, Alhaji Mustapha Madawaki who disclosed this at the weekend said the housing scheme to be launched same day would be for members of the labour union that indicate interest in the scheme.makokohouse

Why Erstwhile EFCC Boss Nuhu Ribadu was poisoned – OBASANJO?

Erstwhile chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu was once poisoned in the course of his duties as anti-corruption czar, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed.

Obasanjo, who spoke at an international forum on 3rd Tana High Level Forum on Security in Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yesterday, also disclosed that Ribadu created enemies for him because of the ruthlessness with which he carried out his responsibilities of tackling corruption in Nigeria.

Obasanjo, who spoke from the floor following a presentation on Illicit Financial Flow and Governance of Natural Resources made by Ribadu, affirmed that he had known from experience that the fight against corruption attracts a lot of enemies. 

Nigeria Women Stage One-Million-March For The Release Of Abducted School Girls at Chibok

Women all over the country will on Wednesday stage a one-million-women protest march in Abuja to press for the release of the girls abducted by suspected Boko Haram gunmen at Government Secondary School, Chibok.
Prof. Hauwa Abdu Biu disclosed this, yesterday, during an emergency meeting convened by the First Lady of Borno State, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima on the way forward for the release of the school girls.

Akwa Ibom 2015: It’s PDP vs PDP

WITH virtually all electoral slots from the wards, the state and the national levels in the kitty of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Akwa Ibom State can arguably be described as a core and complete PDP state.

And with the massive achievements of Governor Godswill Akpabio in the state, which he has dubbed ‘uncommon transformation,’ the PDP, ordinarily, is not expected to have problems retaining its electoral laurels. At least, not from the opposition parties, which have a very high hurdle to scale, if they were to make any appreciable inroad into the state christened ‘Land of Promise.’

However, the PDP may not have it easy, if the brewing intra-party squabble is not amicably resolved ahead of the election. Currently, what is panning out as PDP versus PDP electoral battle may present the opposition with an unexpected electoral gift.

Currently, some elders, stakeholders and founders of the PDP in Akwa Ibom are at daggers drawn with Governor Akpabio over the control of the PDP structure and zoning of electoral offices ahead of the election.

Eight-year-old girl found with mouth, legs, hands tied under policeman’s bed

A serving mobile policeman, Gbuchenge Augustine, attached to Mobile Police Unit 22, Ikeja, Lagos State, has disappeared after an eight-year-old girl, Amarachi, was found under his bed with her mouth, legs and hands tied.
When Amarachi was discovered, she had a broken skull, twisted neck and was very weak, unable to speak and motionless.
Augustine, with force number 400823, was said to have fled as soon as he got wind of the fact that the missing girl had been discovered in his one-room apartment, under his bed.

I’ll not stop Fayemi’s Dagrin Corps – Bamidele

In a continuation of his town-by-town campaign visits to communities and towns across Ekiti State ahead of June 21st election, the Labour Party’s governorship candidate and member representing Ado Ekiti/Irepodun/Ifelodun Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, has promised that he would not phase out members of the Ekiti State Traffic Management Agency, popularly known as Dagrin Corps.

The story of Sambisa forest - Inside Boko Haram’s Hideout:

Sambisa is a vast area of land located south of Borno State. The thick forest area with swampy condition during rainy season is believed to be harbouring make shift- camps of suspected members of Boko Haram Islamists.

It has boundaries with Chibok, Askira Uba, Damboa, Gwoza, Konduga, Dikwa, Bama and other local government areas of the state.

There is a games reserve situated in the heart of Sambisa forest,  but when members of the terrorist group were dislodged by the military and vigilante youths from Maiduguri, Borno State capital, most of them relocated to the Sambisa and destroyed the games reserve last year killing some of the staff and settling there.

South Africa draw bogey team Nigeria

Africa Cup of Nations defending champions Nigeria were grouped with South Africa and Sudan when the 2015 qualifying draw was made in Cairo Sunday.

The Group A line-up will be completed by the winners of a preliminary tie involving Namibia, Congo Brazzaville, Libya and Rwanda.

Nigeria can be confident of making the 16-team finals between January 17 and February 8 in Moroccan cities Agadir, Marrakech, Rabat and Tangier.

They are a bogey side for South Africa — never losing a competitive match to Bafana Bafana (The Boys) — and Sudan have struggled lately.

Every draw creates a ‘group of death’ and Group G fits the bill with Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal and one from Burundi, Botswana, Central African Republic and Guinea-Bissau.

Egypt have lifted the Cup of Nations a record seven times, hosts Tunisia triumphed in 2004 and Senegal were the strongest third seeds.

Nissan rolls off First Patrol Jeep In Lagos

Nissan has become the first major manufacturer to build a car in Nigeria in response to the Federal Government’s new  Automotive Policy.

According to a statement from Stallion Motors, Nissan representatives in Nigeria, the inaugural vehicle, a black Nissan Patrol, rolled off the production line at the Lagos assembly plant, marking a key milestone in the company’s continued wave of expansion into the high-growth markets.

In addition to the Patrol, Nissan also plans to produce the Almera and NP300, starting in early May and followed by mass production in August. With these three models, Nissan aims to be a significant player in the Nigerian automotive sector.